My family also emigrated from Odessa. Because my grandfather was already conscripted into the army, he had to change the family name before leaving to avoid detection from the Russian army. Papers

I am researching Mankoff/Mankovetsky/Monkowski relatives in Russia and Poland. Records indicate they resided at different times in Berdichev, Vinnitsa, Riga and Bialystok. My cousin Jeff Mankoff and

There is also a book titled Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey 1882-1920 by Ellen Eisenberg.

Any chance of a link or image for the death record where this is found? I've found that even typed documents are easier to read if you know what they're supposed to say; for handwritten things, I

Can anyone suggest books and/or articles on Jewish history for Great Britain, Europe and Eastern Europe? I'm looking for both general histories and histories specific to a town or topic such as

I am a coordinator for the Yizkor Book translation of the STOUBTSY MEMORIAL BOOK. We are in the process to accomplish a full translation of this treasured book and would be delighted if we could find

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In NYC the cause of death is listed on the death certificate usually in some detail. In the case of my great great grandmother who was hit by a car on the Grand Concourse, the death certificate was

My paternal grandparents are from Poland/Galicia. I like both applesauce and sour cream on my latkes. That just makes me greedy. Kleinman, Smith, Ganz, Sussman

Have you been creative in your searches on all databases in jewishgen.org with different surnames like Markus, Markovsky Mardonsky, Markunsky, Etc. Etc. You may get lucky also with the passenger

It could be Jurbarkas (Yurberg in Yiddish)? It is in Lithuania, and rec ords of Jews in that town can be searched on the ALD All Lithuania

The Latvia database's Christine Usdin vital records collection is based entirely on the translations of the late Christine Usdin. There is no need to access Christine's original webpages, which

Barry, I would still recommend that you contact the Jewish Historical Society of England's branch in Liverpool. They should be able to point you in the right direction. This is available for free

The one in the Ukraine seems just in the right area because my Grandfather's sister wrote she was from Bucovina which is in that area. Thanks so much!!! I searched the databases in Jewishgen but maybe

Looks to me like Yurbrek, Russia. I searched for that in the JewishGen Communities Database using "sounds like" matching and came up with only one result: Jurbarkas, Lithuania ( modern name), which

This event does not appear on the website calendar or mentioned on FB page. Is it on today august 18 at 3:30pm? Thanks

https://granbydrummer.com/2018/10/local-author-writes-history-of-a-special-community-in-sandisfield/ Stewart Levy TKO POLYMERS 4215 Wendell Drive # 204 Atlanta, GA 30336 404 691 8567 -

The Vilnius State Historical Archives participated in the Archives Portal Europe project. I thought that they had put some documents online, but when I checked before responding, I only found

Klauznik, Klauznikiene, and Klauznikaite are all the same name. Lithuanian has suffixes that denote the sex and marital status of the name bearer. as (us): suffix used to denote a male. iene,

A search for Klauznik at www.fultonhistory.com which is a site of old digitized newspapers, found a 1917 NY Times article which listed names of people in the U.S. being sought by relatives in Russia.