I too had a great-grandmother named Hannah Gittel. Hannah was her Hebrew name; Gittel her Yiddish. I believe the names were often paired as having (somewhat) similar meanings. Rich

I too had a great-grandmother named Hannah Gittel. Hannah was her Hebrew name; Gittel her Yiddish. I believe the names were often paired as having (somewhat) similar meanings. Rich

A Google search for "Lottery history Europe" yields this: The first recorded lottery in Europe was a raffle held by the Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck in 1446. He gave away his paintings as

A Google search for "Lottery history Europe" yields this: The first recorded lottery in Europe was a raffle held by the Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck in 1446. He gave away his paintings as

Judith, First of all in order to read any digitized collections, a browser plug-in sotware is required. If you don't have one, please download it for free, the most popular is the the DjVu

Judith, First of all in order to read any digitized collections, a browser plug-in sotware is required. If you don't have one, please download it for free, the most popular is the the DjVu

Reply to Message # 1 1. Re: RE:Lwow Address Book/Directory I was able to log on to the web site, but when I clicked on "New Account" or "Login" a message came up regarding a "security breach", so I

Reply to Message # 1 1. Re: RE:Lwow Address Book/Directory I was able to log on to the web site, but when I clicked on "New Account" or "Login" a message came up regarding a "security breach", so I

What a great idea and piece of information! Where does one get the cadestral maps? David Europe.

What a great idea and piece of information! Where does one get the cadestral maps? David Europe.

The first group of translated Marijampole district internal passport records, 1919-1940 - 506 records in all, has just been distributed to the qualified donors. Many, many, more records remain to

The first group of translated Marijampole district internal passport records, 1919-1940 - 506 records in all, has just been distributed to the qualified donors. Many, many, more records remain to

This event in memory of poet Avrom Sutzkever, who died last month, will be of special interest to Litvaks and others devoted to Yiddish culture living in the New York area. Sutzkever was a native

This event in memory of poet Avrom Sutzkever, who died last month, will be of special interest to Litvaks and others devoted to Yiddish culture living in the New York area. Sutzkever was a native

With reference to my recent request, may I thank all who generously responded with information. A recent posting requested that I place the information on the SIG as it could be of general interest.

With reference to my recent request, may I thank all who generously responded with information. A recent posting requested that I place the information on the SIG as it could be of general interest.

The following email message was recently received by me. It may be of interest to those following Austrian restitution and Jewish news >from Austria. Frank Eisinger Saint James, NY USA Dear

Hi All, Peter Haas asked what "rekte" means. >from the context of his example it looks like it is a misspelling of "rechte" which is occasionally seen in Austria-Hungarian metrical records and

Hi All, Peter Haas asked what "rekte" means. >from the context of his example it looks like it is a misspelling of "rechte" which is occasionally seen in Austria-Hungarian metrical records and

The following email message was recently received by me. It may be of interest to those following Austrian restitution and Jewish news >from Austria. Frank Eisinger Saint James, NY USA Dear