Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday November 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. Zoom Webinar Researching Your Litvak Roots…with LitvakSIG and More Speaker: Judy Baston Do you want to know more about your

I am descended from Les Juiffs in Saint Malo in the 1400 and 1500s. Olive LeJuiff, 1520-1570 Guyonne Derrien, 1503- ? who married Jehan LeJuiff, Sieur de Champedavoine, an attorney, ordinary judge of

Adam, While it is true that this MIGHT be the DNA for all Langsam's, this terminal SNP is very specific to a small subset of Pesach's descendants. GENI does not have more than two yDNA tests for this

I am looking for a genealogist or researcher in Germany who can help me investigate the possible Jewish ancestry of my late German mother. Thank you. Roberto D'Angelo

Lorraine, It does look like a studio photo, with chair and backdrop provided. In some cases even the clothing was provided by the studio. The pose of having the wife standing, and the husband

As a side note, one of the United States' most scandal-ridden presidents, Warren Harding, was given Gamaliel as a middle name. He was of Dutch-British ancestry, with no apparent Jewish DNA. --

Gamaliel is a name born by several prominent rabbis during the Roman period, First-Fourth centuries, and is thus certainly not of Germanic origin. One of them is mentioned in the Book of Acts in the

Hello All; I am trying to find out the given name and other details for my aunt's brother. My aunt, Edith Marcu, was born in Czernowitz in 1913. Her maiden name was Willig. I know that her

This is a Biblical name. It is found many times in the Book of Numbers (fourth book of the Five Books of Moses). The first reference is in chapter 1, verse 10, occurring during the listing of the

Looking for information on Hyman Satmpler family of Drohobych and immigration of Lena (Leah) Stampler. 1908 or 1909. She was in the 1910 census records. Harvey Weisthal Stoughton MA

Based on your comment and the one below I believe that you are talking about the Application and Claim index and not the SSDI. If the child listed a parent by name (even if the parent was not a

My 2nd great grandmother's brother, Herman Fabian's naturalization record indicates he was from "Gross Gevitz" Hungary. I have not been able to locate any other document, link, or information

I am going to make a visit at some point (maybe Sunday) to Mt Judah Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens, NY and as before I would be happy to try to do photos. If you are interested I need the names and

I believe the Pesakh Langsam yDNA lienage is J-FGC65704. Please see here for more details: https://www.geni.com/documents/view/6000000072391855387?doc_id=6000000158337910049 This is an index of

Well my maternal grandmother lived with us and Zaslav was her original home town. After she married she moved to Proskurov. I have fond memories of her kreplach which she would make once in a while.

We lost a great deal with the cessation of Research by the Latvian State Historical Archives. The work they have done for us over many years has been invaluable and greatly appreciated. Nonetheless

Hurmana is really an Aramaic word meaning permission, and Hora'ah is Hebrew for teaching. So as previously answered, it means a rabbinical ordination since it grants permission and authority to decide

The replies to the e-mail I sent to main@groups on 13 October 2020 have kept me very busy. It is possible that Ruth Roubitschek, born in 1913 in Dresden, changed her name to Renee Ruby and was able to

My brother's second given Hebrew name is Gamaliel, civil name George. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel_(disambiguation) David Rosen Boston, MA On 11/12/2020

Is there any chance of watching a recording of this. I unfortunately missed it and am desperate to see it having just read her book. Thank you. Thea Valman Virus-free. www.avast.com