Robin, Have you checked if www.familysearch.org has vital or other types of records from those regions? Regards, Sherri Bobish

Ozzy, The question is too vague. It may be more helpful if you indicated the last names and towns where they lived. If you have first names and birth years, it may help narrow things down a little

Hi Linda, We probably have to separate two things here. The U.S. allowed a very restricted amount of immigrants at that time, and we now know that for years The U.S. was not even using the small

For some time I have been trying to find the death details of my great-grandmother Pearl Finkelstein. Perhaps someone has an idea I have not tried. She arrived in New York in December 1890 with her

Bob, "s.o." - shorthand for "son of", as in Ios son of David. I listed the people with the last name you asked about in the Novaya Ushitsa documents. Notes for one of the families states that they

I've seen him mentioned in a Russian language article under the name Чурапин (standard transliteration Churapin). "Ch" in his name is read as "chess", "cheer"; "ou" transliteration to French

Hello, The Hebrew name of the groom is Mordechai son of Yosef – Martin; Surname is Bassit The Hebrew name of the bride is Zipa daughter of Ya’akov - Sylvia; Surname is Berkowitz Shabbat

Sorry for my delay in replying. I couldn't find the original post then saw your comment. The town name was spelled incorrectly: Nova Ushytsia (Khmelnytska). -- Bob Rosenthal Palatine, IL USA

A little delayed in my reply. sorry. Yes, the name was Duvid. As said earlier, his spouse was Ruchel and I do not know her maiden name. The children I am certain of are Simon (Shimon) b. July 19 1881,

I could not find a FB SIG for Zakroczym and wonder if there is a group for descendants of the town. Thanks Relly Coleman

Name 5 is Jakob Menachem Steinmetz, probably the person you’re looking for. Praise God Here (ie, Safed). important notice Among the tribes of Israel we send this Faithful notice And its sound

Signatures all begin Neum or Uneum, meaning “the words of” Third name Dov Wieder of Rosa—- Fifth name is Steinmetz, not stein, probably “from marmoresch” (see the stamped seal) Sixth name.

I likely got a bit ahead in his story since, in 1939-40, he was a member of the French 22nd Regiment comprised, what I understood, of East European Jews and Spaniards. No, not that simple. While he

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Hi its the standard traditional Ketuba text. You can find a translation online. monday 21 Elul 5700 chicago hebrew names groom mordecai son of Josef, known as Basist bride: the virgin Tzippa

Hello, I am looking for decedents of Chaim Lebovits, married to Zseni Einhorn. He was born 1870 in a small town in Romania called Birsanov in Yiddish. His father may have also used the surname of

Seeking any information on GUREVITCH brothers Sandor and Hilliard born NE of Minsk c 1870 / 80's , disapeared / missing. Parents were Isaya and Brayna. Siblings of brothers moved to the UK, Canada,

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If you searched the 1848 records on Jewishgen you should be aware that it’s incomplete, you need to look at the original documents on FamilySearch. -- Stephen Schmideg Melbourne,

There is a phone number at this site: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/courts/1jd/supctmanh/county_clerk_records.shtml Ellen Zyroff