I am a paying member of Jewish Gen. and have been so for many years. I agree with your suggestion to continue offering your services for free. Your dedication and contribution that all of you,

Здравствуйте уважаемые исследователи истории! Не могли бы вы мне помочь в одном вопросе? Мне известно, что в

Thank you so much everyone, I really appreciated your help and sorry for the delay in replying. I have my Aunt and Uncle and a few cousins on Ancestry and 4 cousins - the lowest of these known ones is

Jeff, I assume that you've seen the record of the marriage of Nathan Nathanson & Eva Goldenberg in the Ancestry database U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949. There are two pages with a lot

I believe that when a man married into a prominent family for example a famous rabbinical family, the husband if he was a rabbi, would take on the father-in-laws surname so that he could continue the

Family lore has my ggfather (Przeworski) taking his wife's surname (Roth) due to the children being teased being called 'Sewer'. (NYC, about 1900) John Segedy, NH

Hi Lee, I'd like to add another detail which is important when reading Yiddish in general and transliteration of names (persons or places) in Yiddish. The letter aleph renders in many cases the

Hi Sam, My husband’s maternal grandmother was Gita ZELTZER (1901-2005) from Bessarabia. The daughter of Haim Hersh ZELTZER (1858-1939) and Keila SHTERN (1860-1942) and a sibling to Tuba, Beila,

It doubt if this is the reason in this instance, but I know two men (unrelated), who in the last century took their wife's name at marriage because they were in business partnership with the wife's

One reason I can think of for the husband to take his wife's last name in the UK is because Fletcher may have made it easier when dealing with other people or the authorities, compared to the foreign

My great-grandmother, Esther Schwartz (married name Litt) was from there. Her parents were Isaac & Lena (born Polack). I'd also be interested in any resources. Eric Fink Researching SCHWARTZ & POLACK

Both are abbreviations of: - our teacher, the Rabbi מורנו הרב - ritual slaughterer and inspector שוחט ובודק Valentin Lupu ISRAEL

If anyone is researching Surnames Rzezak, Pakentreger, Iglicka/Iglicki from Lodz or Zdunska Wola, Poland #names #poland # rabbi Shlomo (Szlama) Iglicki of Lodz (most of whom died in the Holocaust or

David, found some folks in 4 different places, 1875 census, 1921 pogrom list (possible relatives that didn't emigrate), and 1897 Odessa census (perhaps some relatives moved from Tulchin to Odessa),

Neil, Gertrude Parkin adopted the surname Black in January 1958, at which time she was living at 5 Rugby Street, Cheetham. See: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41305/page/882 Perhaps someone

Why dont you contact The Together Plan, a charity based in London and Belarus, which helps the remaining Jews in the country become self-sufficient. One of their projects is to undertake genealogical

I'd appreciate some help deciphering a couple words on my great-grandfather's gravestone. What I've made out so far is: Here Lies Our Beloved Father xxx Rav Ari Leib son of Shalom HaCohen

It seems that one of my grandfather's sisters, Leah Fleiser / Fleser, married a Samuel Lazarus. As far as we know, Leah was born in Prienai, Lithuania in 1879, and Samuel was born in 1868. We don't

I appreciate JewishGen being free for all. I use it often and sent my donation to support your work. While Amazon Smile is a nice addition, at a rate of 0.5% per purchase, one would have to spend

Myer Liss and Dora were reported as having moved West in 1923. I located them in Los Angeles in the census of 1930 and 1940. She is not difficult to identify in the census because she was born