Hi all, When looking at the actual death records >from 1897 the head of the records tells that it is really for Glazmanka (Gostini), not for Dvinsk (Daugavpils). It seems like many times the vital

a1steve@... wrote: My own great-grandfather, Joseph Bernard FRIEDMAN, is recorded in different US censuses as being >from Kurland, Poland, Germany, and Russia. I can make some sense of that,

Hi all, When looking at the actual death records >from 1897 the head of the records tells that it is really for Glazmanka (Gostini), not for Dvinsk (Daugavpils). It seems like many times the vital

a1steve@... wrote: My own great-grandfather, Joseph Bernard FRIEDMAN, is recorded in different US censuses as being >from Kurland, Poland, Germany, and Russia. I can make some sense of that,

I did know a man who called himself Chick (presumably a nickname). It has been over 30 years and I don't remember if he was Jewish.

I did know a man who called himself Chick (presumably a nickname). It has been over 30 years and I don't remember if he was Jewish.

There was a fairly famous TV and radio personality in California named Chick Hearn. According to his imdb.com biography: Got his nickname while, as an amateur basketball player, he was handed a box

There was a fairly famous TV and radio personality in California named Chick Hearn. According to his imdb.com biography: Got his nickname while, as an amateur basketball player, he was handed a box

Hello everyone, I am looking for descendants of the family of David Shapiro and Rivka (Rebecca) DZIAKOWSKI Shapiro. The family name may have originally been Shapilfka or SHAPIRA. David and Rivka

Hi, I have posted an item on viewmate that requires translation from Yiddish. It is the back of a photo taken at the turn of the last century and is of two adults and one child. The people are

Hello everyone, I am looking for descendants of the family of David Shapiro and Rivka (Rebecca) DZIAKOWSKI Shapiro. The family name may have originally been Shapilfka or SHAPIRA. David and Rivka

Hi, I have posted an item on viewmate that requires translation from Yiddish. It is the back of a photo taken at the turn of the last century and is of two adults and one child. The people are

Hello all, I enjoy the Ukrainian interest group and in the past have had some interesting correspondence in regard to my husband's father's family, the Melechs (sp?) of the shtetl Pulin, west of

Hello all, I enjoy the Ukrainian interest group and in the past have had some interesting correspondence in regard to my husband's father's family, the Melechs (sp?) of the shtetl Pulin, west of

Good evening, I have posted the back of a photo most likely taken in Ukraine before 1920. It is in Yiddish and I would greatly appreciate your help in its translation. The possible surnames are

Good evening, I have posted the back of a photo most likely taken in Ukraine before 1920. It is in Yiddish and I would greatly appreciate your help in its translation. The possible surnames are

On Saturday, I posted a message about the addition of a page to the Kovel site containing a partial English translation of the Table of Contents of the Pinkas Kovel. The direct link I provided had to

On Saturday, I posted a message about the addition of a page to the Kovel site containing a partial English translation of the Table of Contents of the Pinkas Kovel. The direct link I provided had to

Hello, My husband has obtained copies of birth records of his father in Jitomir, in 1911 . In the column father's situation, it says : "?????" îr (on another paper ) "?????" (lokachevski or

Hello, My husband has obtained copies of birth records of his father in Jitomir, in 1911 . In the column father's situation, it says : "?????" îr (on another paper ) "?????" (lokachevski or