Frank &Sarah Kaplan All start off with HERE LIES and end with with MAY THEIR SOUL BE BOUND UP IN ETERNAL LIFE Ephraim son of Shlomo Died 6th Nisan תשל'א = 5731 Sima Chaya daughter of Yehuda

I would appreciate your translation of some old handwritten postcards in German script. There are a few words that are difficult to read because of age. The View Mate numbers are: VM88414, VM88415,

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ViewMate - Image 88745 - Translation - Other - Belarus - Krinsky, Isserman, and Esserman - November 25, 2020 (jewishgen.org) Information Question Category: Translation - Other Family Surname:

Thinking some more about the surname 'Thirman', it could be Thierman or Thorman, or even Furman or Forman, if the clerk at the courthouse misheard the mother's maiden name. -- Michele

I've posted a 3-4 sentence news item in German from a Viennese Jewish newspaper/magazine, and I am hoping someone can translate it for me. It's in what I believe is a fraktur font, and I can barely

Trying to make contact with the descendants of Esther, died in Cracow in 1939 (married 1: Teichman and 2: Neiman) whose grandchildren settled in Toronto. Neil Rosenstein.

Hello Frank, a "Repertorium" is a sort of table of contents/directory for archived files, another German word is "Findbuch". This book gives you a hint on the files that once existed in the city of

Hello Sherry, The one on the right The two letters are an abbreviation or -here liesor here is buried Efraim Son of Shlomo Passed 6 nisan 5731 (1971) On the left Same two letters on

I am trying to locate the 1923, 1924, and 1925 ST. JOSEPH, MO city directories. I have tried the local historical societies and they have not been able to help. I am looking for two names in these:

Hello everyone, I've posted 3 vital records in Russian for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Birth record of Dawid Mordchaj GUTERMAN:

There is plenty of information on LitvakSig about the Sinko,Sinka,Sinke families in Jonava. They married a lot with the Vender family and later lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Sora (Sarah) Sinko married

We have Kaplan’s/Caplan’s from Radin/Radun , Belarus. There is also a Facebook Kaplan page that has many posts and people!

The Arolsen Archives added about one million documents to their online archive. The new additions include picture of prisoners and transport lists from Auschwitz concentration camp as well as letters

An addendum to my previous statement. Try to get DNA from both sexes. Often a Y chromosome can tell a good deal. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Rochester, New York yekkey@...

Negative information is still information. You now know to not bark up that tree. -- Ken Ryesky, Petach Tikva, Israel kenneth.ryesky@... Researching: RAISKY/REISKY, ARONOV, SHKOLNIK(OV),

You definitely should try DNA testing. One never knows what would show up. I dwelled for a decade in New Bedford, Massachusetts which has a large Cape Verdean population. There were women among them

I would appreciate your help with the Hebrew on these headstones. The third is a little hard to read so I'm adding another photo of it. Thanks -- Sherry Robinson, Albuquerque, NM

Hi Does anyone have advice on how to find a relative who know landed at Ellis Island but cannot be found easily in the lists? Are there lists of equivalent Jewish names? Or, has anyone dealt with

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88696 Resend- Hi - on the Help deciphering old handwriting Ellis Island Records 1909 I am having trouble reading the old cursive handwriting.