I have visited Wielkie Oczy. There is a lovely restored synagogue at the entrance to the town and a gated cemetery with a few headstone artifacts. I have many photos if you like. The village is

There are two different indexes based on Social Security information. One is the SSDI or Social Security Death Index which lists the name, date of death, and formerly the SSN, and some other info.

In fact clicking "View/Reply Online" below a message opens a window where you can scroll down till you see a button "view all n messages in topic". This is certainly an improvement over the previous

Interesting question, Sheryl, and similar to thoughts I've had. Hopefully, you don't mind my adding to your message. My grandmother took her three children from Czernowitz sometime in 1914, and

Sephardiccertificate.org is the Iberian citizenship program of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico. After a very successful program of thousands upon thousands of applications for Spain (now closed),

I am a little late to this party but it seems like "Bialystocker kuchen" becoming "bialy" -- against ineffectual resistance -- would be the exact same process as what we now call a "burger" was once

From the Hamburg passenger lists Bernhard Stahl Gender: männlich (Male) Ethnicity/Nationality: Österreich (Austrian) Marital status: verheiratet (Married) Departure Age: 31 Birth

Loren, When you say museum quality scans a few things come to mind. First are these digital images to be printed for display? And if so what size (8x10” or 20x30) or will the images be used in

Also to Kansas City. Evan Roy Wilson, my late wife's nephew, likes tracing families (his family from Des Moines County) and he has a sister in Mediapolis (north of Burlington), If you send

Have you contacted or searched the Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street, Ny, Ny 10011‎ www.cjh.org This is a wonderful resource. They have archives for many old Jewish Organizations based

Maybe anyone hear about a name family נושא חן from shklow?I don't know exactly how to write it.

Greetings everyone, I am writing a biography of Professor Julius Sumner Miller, and I would like to get in touch with any members of his extended family who have an interest in the family

Regarding Hungarian labor brigades first person narrations see this recent thread. Theo

No-no. they are not the same Lemberg is the big town in Ukraine, today it is called Lvov (Lviv) Wielkie Oczy (big eyes) is a settlment in S-E Poland, close to Ukrainian Border. Ask Googl, it knows and

Dear Eileen! The village of Velyki Ochi (literal meaning: "the Big Eyes") is the old city/village/shtettl (around 1000 Jews living there in 1880), now it is at the territory of Poland, at the very

Uman' is a town, 212 km S to Kiev (Ukrainian capital). Gub is "gubernia" - ~province. (from govern) Buki is some small settlment about 40 km N to Uman Ivanki is also small, I think it is village ~20

For an interesting article on name changes, see https://bloodandfrogs.com/2011/05/name-changes-at-ellis-island.html We should really end this discussion, xince it has now been covered extensively.

OK, I’ve just gotta do this: :-) ITEM 1: My father’s oldest brother’s (FOB) completely hand-written 1890 Romanian birth-cert, showed the surname as BERCOVICI. 4 children and 15 years later, my

Thank you so much Sherri Bobish. The https://genealogyindexer.org is a fantastic site. Will try to search using it.

Hi Sheryl, Could this be him? Bernard STAHL in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 Name:Bernard StahlGender:MaleArrival Age:22Birth Year:abt 1878Departure Port:Liverpool, EnglandArrival Date:20