The Naturalization papers for both Jacob and Molly Novick can be found on Ancestry.com. Both say that home town is Ekatrainslav, (Ekatrinoslav) Russia. Today is Dnipro in Ukraine.

Thank you again, I also found the record for Sam Liss, who I had not been able to find on Ancestry. Do you know why some passenger info might be found on familysearch but not Ancestry? I now know that

Have you tried the http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/ ? It could be a good place to begin. -- Nancy Summers Maryland, USA FINKELSTEIN, BOOKSTEIN, KOENIG/SUKOENIG, LUSMAN, GOLDINER,

Hi David, As "tompa" states below, Oded is active on Geni. I'll be happy to relay a message to him; just send it to me privately. Best, Judith Berlowitz

You might want to try enhancing the image at https://www.myheritage.com/photo-enhancer. I think it is free for non-paying members, up to 5 images. I have found it really helps Nancy -- Nancy

This looks like a tax payment. I recall reading something about the Jewish societies collecting tax money in their communities. However, I could be wrong.

While it was not common for individual Polish Jewish families to have a coat of arms, it was very common for Polish cities to have coats of arm. Certainly for the all of the large cities, many of the

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Three or, possibly, four Friedson brothers (Chontze, Solomon, Alexander and Hyman) emigrated from Motol/Motal/Motele Belarus in the 1910's. They lived in several towns in western Massachusetts,

Hi Everyone, We only know grandfather as Max Samuel, born Latvia February 1874, we don't know if the family name was different, we only have information from 1895 when he left libau/Leipaja to come

COUPON issued by Kiev Gouvernor on November 30, 1905 #7468 to the petty bourgeous Mojshe-Lejb Avrumovuch (=s/o Avrum) MAZUR with children: Khaya 22 yo and Khava 16 yo the rubber stamp "Jan 28, 1906

Hi. I do not know a researcher, but would appreciate if you share any information on Galati! I also have family from this area and would love to find someone who can go to the Archive. I am also

Two distant cousins, Max and Morris Harry Wein, moves to N. Adams in the early 20th century. Their family had immigrated from Eishyshok and Lida in the 1890’s to Port Chester, NY.

Can it be "KITZE" or Kittsee or Köpcsény? It had a and old Jewish

Hi All, I used to get 10-12 message digests of this discussion boards posts, but - apparently since changing to the "Daily Summary" setting for receiving posts, I can no longer see how to "like" a

Mom's maternal grandparents both from Galicia, Dad and family from Minsk. In both families, it was the women who did the cooking - and probably got the recipes from their mothers. Lakes were a rather

Trying to decipher the last residence of the family in lines 11-14. See image. Thanks

Moishe, There's a "friends of" website for the cemetery: https://www.budapestjewishcemetery.com/ Google gives contact information for the cemetery as: Address: Budapest, Kozma u. 6, 1108

I was very grateful to receive a translation of Yiddish handwriting on a postcard I recently posted to ViewMate, but one expression is still puzzling me: "simonia

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on August 18, 2020, that a Camille Pissarro painting a Jewish woman traded to the Nazis to escape the Holocaust in 1939 may remain the