"In the late 1800s, if paternal and maternal grandfathers were both deceased when the first son was born, would he have been named after the paternal grandfather, or was it a choice?" You don't say

There is no universal rule that I am aware of. He could have been named after either, or both. In my experience, that is not what happened. The child was given the same Hebrew name as the ancestor,

Yonat sorry to disappoint ....while there are a number of records from Volyn Province I dont see anything in Alex K files posted from this town.....and the JG database has very little available from

VM85357 290 Гинда Вайсблех Состоялось в городе Люблин 27-го апреля (9-го мая) 1912 года в 9 часов утра. Явился еврей

Thank you to all the replies to my inquiry regarding Yaakov Rotem's testimonies on Yad Vashem regarding Wilder family from Lwow. The replies have helped me further my research regarding this family

VM86358 In Rusian: 290 Шимон-Лейб Вайсблех Состоялось в городе Лублин 27-го апреля (9-гомая)1920 года в 9 часов утра.

If you want to find the story that Judite mentions above, it was the daughter of the man who was raised Irish, but was really from a Jewish family was on Good Morning America not that long ago and the

Hi Michelle, Can you tell if this couple were refugees from Nazi Europe or Holocaust survivors? What is the ship's arrival date? Megan Lewis, USHMM

I went to my local FedEx store where they will print your tree as a banner. You need to transfer the tree document to a thumb drive and bring it to FedEx or send it as an email attachment. Talk to

You can try the Central Zionist Archives, though at present, with the lock-down, you may get an answer that they are temporarily closed. I believe, though, you can see if they have what you are

Wrt: does anyone know of a home printer that will take continuous paper My Epson P800 (new model P900) can print 17" wide up to 590 inches (maybe longer) on roll paper, on Windows. It is more limited

VM85397 In Russian: 220 Хая-Рехля Мокра Состоялось в городе Лублин 5-го (18-го) апреля 1915 года в 2 часа дня. Явились евреи

You can also print an image of up to 24x36 inches as a poster. This can be done by any photo lab. If you use FTM to make a PDF of the tree you can then print that PDF as a poster. You may have to

The following article in the Washington Post is likely the story to which you're referring. Two of the sisters of the five children of the Jewish father and Irish mother were in contact with various

VM86455 In Russian: 53 Герш Вайсблех. Состоялось в городе Лублин 19-го июня (2-го июля) 1907 года в 2 часа дня. Явился еврей:

I have the same problem. Over the years, I have printed everything and preserved them in a folder with plastic sleeves, like a book! Whereas in the past, you could update individual pages when you

Two questions regarding naming conventions: In the late 1800s, if paternal and maternal grandfathers were both deceased when the first son was born, would he have been named after the paternal

Other people have responded about how to export a printable tree in Family Tree Maker 2019. The question then is where to get it printed, presuming you want it on one sheet of paper. I was able to

I did a search on the JewishGen Discussion Group Archives for "Switched at birth" and found what you may be looking for:

If they arrived (but with no immigrant arrival record*) in the 1940’s they might be eligible for Registry/Lawful Entry proceedings after 1965 or 1986. Let me explain. This question highlights