Dear group, I have posted a picture of the curtain of a Torah. I would appreciate a translation of the Hebrew text in German or English. The name of the village is probably Biebesheim. Thank you

As I and others have repeatedly said the ethnicity percentage is mainly meaningless on any of the DNA sites for people of Jewish heritage (due to endogamous populations - ie closed communities and

If I receive a message on Ancestry, when I reply I always ask the sender to change to using my normal email instead of continuing on Ancestry messaging. It's much more reliable. Alan Cohen

A need Russian translation for 5 certificates of families from Przasnysz . I don't need word-for-word but details such as names, dates, locations, occupations, and so on are very helpful. A birth

Some time ago I posted a message concerning Werner Eisenhandler connections on behalf of my husband’s cousin. I received some replies at the time but wasn’t able to see any further connections.

I’m trying to find the descendants of my great-aunt, Sure Lea Falkenflik. She was born in 1887 in Borszczow to Mendel Falkenflik and Chaje Breine Gezler. She emigrated to New York, arriving on May

I have spent a lot of time at the Municipal Archives and have looked at both Marriage License Applications & Marriage Certificates. The Archives have the Certificates only through about 1938. These

The license was issued first and as people said it was permission to marry. It was not mandatory but most people got it. Then they got married and both the license and the certificate were filled out

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-----Original Message----- From: rich.meyersburg@... In addition to the excellent explanations about the difference between a marriage certificate and a marriage license, there is one other major

Michele Typically I see the Anyksciai rabbi's name spelled as Kalman Yitzhak Kadishevitz and I believe he was the only Anikst rabbi of that name. I suspect that Kalman and Kalonymus are one and the

Well, clicked the wrong button . . . I'm trying to find out more information about Rivka who was a daughter of Rabbi Nachman Tzvi EPSTEIN (1740 - 1829), ABD Kolomyya. According to Meorei Galicia,

In addition to the excellent explanations about the difference between a marriage certificate and a marriage license, there is one other major difference between a marriage license and a marriage

hi, appreciate if someone would translate the hebrew in the next to last row of the attachment, which is the wedding information for morris jacobs and marianna green. i also attached the uk

It's possible that the they are adding these records because MyHeritage suggests a relationship and offers to add matches, including a profile photo and the rest of their information. I've had that

How is (Is?) the My Heritage Lithuanian Jewish records collection different than the one on Jewishgen? -- Michael Herzlich Delray Beach, Florida USA Belarus - EPSTEIN, HELFAND, POLLACK Galicia

Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday March 21, 2020 at 2 p.m. EDT Zoom Webinar Fragments that Remain: The Search for My Mother's Lost Family Speaker: Jennie Milne In this presentation, Jennie

My sister and I are applying for the restoration of our right to German nationality because our grandfather was a German Jew who lost his nationality while the Nazi government was in power. We have a

I also have a situation where a researcher who is related to a distant relation of mine through marriage is progressively hoovering up my family trees and importing a copy into his own tree, along

Please help with Yiddish translation of postcard to best of your ability. It is posted on Viewmate at the following site: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91584 Respond to