Tanya, Did he naturalize? If so, he may have done the name change during the naturalization process. Both FamilySearch and Ancestry have good databases of naturalization indices and documents.

Thanks to everyone for he ideas/alternative explanations. a few more details - this was isolated to the 1930 census. It was the inventory of the house my Grandparents lived in for many years and the

VM31822 In Russian: 37. Состоялось в Варшаве, в 1888-м году, 7-го (19) декабря, в 6 часов вечера, в концелярии чиновника

My parents were in Kammer-Schaerffing for about 4 years. -- George (Naftali) Muenz Vancouver, Canada

Wondering if any direct line descendants from the WORMS family of Frankfurt, Germany have taken a Y-DNA test? I would be interested in comparing results to see if there is any connection to my Worms

The USHMM has added 54,695 names taken from collection RG31.013M, Ivano-Frankivsk State Oblast Archives records. The names come from reels 24-38 in Lista osob zamieszkalych (list of residents) in

I have Rothenberg/ Rottenberg on my immediate tree; from Galicia, towns, villages both west and slightly north of Lemberg, now Lviv, Ukraine. Your Lina is intriguing; my gr gr grandmother was Liebe,

Janis, I would start with HIAS. https://www.hias.org/records-search-requests AJHS has a HIAS client database, but it is a later time frame than you

Hi Israel, The Arolsen Archives records have many DP records. Check their website arolsen-archives.org to see what they have put online already. Ancestry.com has indexing some of their postwar lists

Hello, Invitation to the wedding of GITTEL, sister of the person inviting to MENACHEM, son of the late Shmuel Bialik. Date of wedding is Tuesday, the 7th of Kislev, 5665 which corresponds to November

I was an enumerator for the recent 2020 census. I can tell you that there is no assurance that the census information is accurate. I don't know how it worked in 1930, but this year we were told that

Email reference@... and we can help you. Megan Lewis reference librarian United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Dear Yoni Ben-Ari, I am investigating this family as part of my research into the rabbinical history of this region and would like to ask whether the Rabbi Moshe of Kletzk you mention could be this

In particular it may be Monastyrok city/village. Several villages with this name are situated in different parts of Ukraine. regards, Igor Holyboroda, Lviv-Lwow-Lemberg, Ukraine.

I'm with Jill on this. Hrodne (Grodno). The record specifically says "guberniya" but does not appear to give a town or uyedz (a district within a guberniya). However Grodno is all three. There was no

Hi, I have Rothenburgs in my tree. Originally from Lithuania or Poland, settling in Cleveland. I don't have much on them, but there is a direct line. Do let me know if we can help each

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 04:42 AM, Johann Hammer wrote: Hello Israel, Files on the DP camps are kept in the Salzburg State Archives (https://www.salzburg.gv.at/archive). I myself did research in the

Shalom, What can I say? A great deal has recently taken place within our Yizkor Book project and it’s time to let you know a little of what has transpired over the last month. To begin with,

Since my family name was also originally Herskowitz / Herschkovics etc. - I follow the reasoning of many of the respondents. Also, the suggestion to look at other census records, such as 1940. Or

An enumerator filled out the form in the US 1930 census so it is possible that the family were not at home when the enumerator called and that a neighbor was asked and and gave their own false