Naomi, Thanks a lot. Yes, I did try the S.A. archives and did find quite a bit about the LEVINS but not what Iam looking for which is related to my ggm who was found in documenst about Bowesdorp in

In my family "Kos" or "Koas" is Yiddish for Kohas or Kohat (that name also can be Kehas or Kehat), which was the name of one of the three sons of Levi, i.e. one of the three families of Levites. Joel

The next "Show & Tell" session of IGRA will be on Monday, October 26 at 9 pm Israel time. (Israel will have changed clocks the night before so there will be a 6 hour time difference to the East Coast

I will be teaching a class (fee-based) on the following topic, on Wednesday, October 7, at 5:00 PM New York time. Jewish Research Basics 2 - What's in a Name? October 7, 2020 Introduction to Jewish

I've just done a search on Jewishgen, looking for entries in the Lublin Gubernia for the given name Kos. And I got 62 hits. I found one from 1847, where its easy to see the father's name Kos Mandel

All these choices seem reasonable to me. I just checked the Polish birth record for Aron Kos, and there does not appear to be any Hebrew or Yiddish written out for his name, though his parents' names

Irish birth and marriage certificates from as far back as 1864 are now available for free online and death certificates between 1878 and 1968 are also available. The records were made available by a

I will offer another possibility...Yekotiel -> in Ashkenazic Yeskosiel -> shortened to Kos. (Usual nickname is Kushel.) Peter Cohen

to Ira Leviton I dont see any records specific to Majaky but there are several records for Odessa at: https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/Архіви/ДАОО/39. and

Hi, May be someone can recognize the picture or some of the siblings there? https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=86756 The woman and the man at the right remained in Ukraine/URSS.

I’m looking for living descendants of Chaim Weg who born in Nowy Sacz c. 1879, lived in Jaroslaw, Poland and emigrated to the United States in 1924. The issue is regarding a letter written to him

My last name KOSFISZER is made up of the first name Kahat (Kohos) and Fiszer. I have documents showing that my ancestors signed their name with Hebrew characters using the two names separated, and

Thanks everyone. I have been in touch with Tony Blasebalk today about all this, but to summarise: Although I've been researching this family for many years, my recent enquiry was because I had just

I’ve been searching for any immigration papers for my great aunt Mollie Schiff from Slutsk. I have found all of her half and full siblings ship manifests but I can’t find hers. According to the

Lots of good suggestions here with wildcards and Soundex systems. However, you may also want to check for transposition of letters. My father's birth certificate, for example, says "Slominsky"

Hi Gary, After looking at the photo of the residue of the Kamemetz-Podolsk records that you providedssI have decided to look for info about family from Izyaslav, Ukraine. Do birth and marriage records

Hello Bernard, I would suggest that if you have not already done so, that you do searches in the 1891, 1901 & 1911 England & Wales Census and the 1939 Register to start with using www.findmypast.co.uk

To everyone who has replied here and to me privately...THANK YOU! The research community is amazing. In such a short time, valuable help has come from a half dozen people in Israel, Belarus, and the

Recently Mr Kaplan requested information about family from Cardiff. I have managed to get a lot of information from the shul in Cardiff. Please see the email below. Dear Mr Kaplan, I received an

My thought too that the nun/vav difference is an error. One tombstone is in yiddish (using the aramaic 'bar' for son of), accounting for the alef in the name, which is missing in the second tombstone,