Yes! In the case of my grandfather's brother, he did not actually embrace another religion. I do not know any of the specifics, but his granddaughter stated that he did the formal conversion for, as

Thank you, Andrea. These are my great-great-grandparents, so I actually would love a translation of all the details, if you or anyone else is up for it. I'd be happy to pay for your/their time.

Long-time Skierniewice and area researchers will be pleased to learn that Jewish Records Indexing - Poland has undertaken a huge new “Phase 3” project to fully extract all surviving Skierniewice

Hii Does anyone have details on the Laniado family in Livorno? Regards Avi laniado

SOLVED. Thank you. This turns out to be Ludza (Lutxin in Yiddish) in present day Latvia. Thank you. Steven Granek

One branch of my family is the Recu family originally from Bacau in Romania. The article cited in the heading refers to a Simion Recu who fought in the Romanian Independence War in 1877. Does anyone

For my Lithuanian forebears, I have found that about 70-80% lived within the same district for most of their lives, prior to coming to the US. By that, I mean only moving to neighboring towns, not

Rosalie's obit. in addition to listing children Joseph and Susan lists grandchildren Erik and Jared. I could not find an obit for Harold. Suggest you contact the cemetery/funeral home since Harold

War, pestilence, and famine haven't been mentioned. A cousin of mine who came to the US from Augustow, Suwalki gubernia said, on his naturalization papers (both sets) that he was born in Marseilles.

I bookmarked it, it's not available from the main museum site. https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/BH Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click on Jewish Genealogy to search for names. It's got

Manya is a nickname for Maria in Russian and Ukrainian and possibly some other Slavic languages. It's likely that the full name was Mariem, Maria, or similar. Mike Vayser

Il am wondering if anyone has recently used the DOROT (The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center at Beth Hatefutsoth) recently to research family names. I came across the name from an old

It's quite likely, based on your additional record and lack of Efroimovich last names in the area, that this is the same family and the last name was just missed in the 1854 marriage record. It's not

Chloe asks a good question, Around 1900 both scenarios would have been common: some stayed put, some moved. There are many reasons why our very mobile ancestors moved within the Russian Empire.

My father in law's family was from Zinkov, Ukraine, but his uncle wound up in Riga, Latvia. When my mother and her nuclear family left Ukraine for New York, they visited relatives in Europe all along

The female name that is phonetically "Manya" is the first name of my husband's paternal grandmother, who lived in Galicia. We, too, do not know what the origin of the name is and have wondered about

I've been following this discussion with some interest as one of my great-grandmothers apparently had a sister named Manya (or Mani). I've been wondering if that's a variant of Muni/Munya. Or perhaps

Steve, Ruth Sokol has a testimony at USC Shoah Foundation, Visual History Archive. https://vhaonline.usc.edu/viewingPage?testimonyID=25737 Index of names in Ruth's testimony: Name:Ruth Sokol [Ruth

Jeff, If it's any help, here is a photo of Julius' tombstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98725610/julius-fine And, Samuel's: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98725641/samuel-fine This may

I am searching for my relatives with the last name BOROK. My grandfather (Kissel Borok) and his siblings were from Akkerman in Bessarabia, but I know records don't exist for this. His brother, Lova