Hello everyone, I am searching for informations about the second part of my grand uncle Judka Szmurkiewicz’s life in South America. He was born in Zelechow (Poland) in 1892, he was a famous

I know this is an old post, but research sometimes requires going backwards, right? I have Weinberger relatives from Kisvarda, through marriage (Kornstein). Wondering if/how we are related. Lisa

There is a facebook group called 'Genealogy - Dating old photographs' that you could post your photographs on. They will be able to pinpoint what decade these photos are likely from, based on the

Hello Alex: I have been to the Nyirbator cemetery about 10 years ago, in the beginnings of my genealogy research. I saw some of the GROSZ headstones, as my dad’s paternal grandmother’s family are

So sorry, it was a typo. I did mean the 1858 Revision List. Thanks, Arlene, I am going to get your book and will take a look at the Latvia SIG page. Ava Nackman

It looks to me that Abraham was held as a LPC (likely to become a public charge) based on a medical certificate issued by one of the medical examiners. The "305" is most likely the time he was

Are “Chaim” and “Hirsch” the same people? I’ve been down this road before and the only answer is you have to play the odds and the likelihood. First, I’d recommend you get the original

Hi Catherine, If Abraham Lesiuk was born in 1988, he arrived Palestine at 36 years old in 1924 and was almost 60 at Independence War in 1948. It is not impossible, but I think it is most probably that

Ilya, a very preliminary comment -- the files often have multiple years, so I'd suggest avoiding that as the first part of the name. But more basically, why should all the files

Thanks to David Price for providing the key aspects of the requested translations. I'm still seeking the address/house number, if present, in the Warsaw birth registration below for Tanchem TYK.

POLIN TOWEN LOWICZ REGION LODZ MAINE FAMIII KNOPF סבתא רבא ילידת העיירה לוביץ RACHEL KNOPF היתחתנה עים סבא רבא מי צד

Gary, sure, there is no way to sort all of Alex K's postings in chronological order, but if you will organize and use an established naming convention for all posts, it will facilitate the search

Barry, For both photos I had a look at the photographer and for the Liverpool one it is certain that it was from the late eighteenhundreds. Considering the type of clothes on the Warshaw one they date

Although my mother was brought up Roman Catholic, DNA indicates Jewish ethnicity. Neither her mother or father's surname come up in any DNA link. Any suggestions how I might explore the likelihood of

Yoav, Chag Sameach. The Publication I cited, correctly spelt "Amts-Blatt der Koniglichen Breslauschen Regierung" can be viewed at www.europeana.eu. The relevant issue, No. 45, dated 16-Nov-1814 can

The Jewish Genealogy Society Southern Nevada invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (PDT) on Sunday, October 18: “Finding your Eastern European Jewish Family on JRI-Poland.org” with Robinn

Linda, lots of Jewish birth records in Uman are in the FamilySearch. Uman births records covered 1866 -1919 with some years missing. Here is the link to the

Re Tuchin and Zaslav: The Kremenets (Volin) district Concordance (an index of name/town combinations found in Kremenets-district records) includes 308 entries for Tuchin and 820 for Zaslav. This means

Greetings: Attached is a screen shot from JRI-Poland's Rzeszow 1835,41-1866 Births database. Sime is listed as the mother of all five children, but I am trying to determine whether the fathers

The poem of praise forms an acrostic spelling the name Mordechai, and this is confirmed by the last line that is partially visible. Unfortunately, the continuation of the line, where his father's