What I know is that Bismarck's model of health insurance was the first introduced in Germany. In the 1880's.

I am sorry. I should have added that most physicians detest the name provider. Now you can see why! Phil Goldfarb President JGS of Tulsa LEET (LIT): Radeikiai, Lithuania GITOW (GITOVITCH): Belarus &

Below is a copy of a registration card I found on the website of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum awhile back. It is from a collection called "Registration cards of Jewish refugees in Tashkent,

The U.K. Outward Passenger Lists on Ancestry sometimes show how a passenger leaving the U.K. arrived there. I’ve found this information for someone who left from Libau and then took a ship from

For anyone interested in Ferramonti di Tarsia, the Calabrian concentration camp, and the miraculous 1940 adventure of the Pentcho steamship that sailed down the Danube carrying 500 Jews on their

I was told that between the world wars, there were 4 Jewish families living in this small town, 15km on the railway line from Breslau, My PGPs , Adolf and Frieda STEIN,with their 3 children. They had

Thanks for the advice. Her maiden name was Fannie Shore. She was 18 years old when she left Jaffa for the US. She was born November 1887.

Have you ever set up a Google Alert for your family names, ancestral towns and key words you may be researching? I use this tool everyday and many of the postings I create are a result of one of the

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) asked New Yorkers for family artifacts from World War ll. They collected 250 artifacts thus far. As Holocaust survivors are aging and many have

There are couple issues withthe contains of the post that may require further investigation. 1. We do not know for a FACTthat the naturalization papers were filled out accurately (unless there is

Part of my family was not Jewish. I have posted a copy of an Easter Postcard on VM #78491. The body of the card is written in what I believe is Old German script. I can read the address, but not

This looks like a tradeoff to reduce bank charges for all involved. Charges on transfers within the SEPA (Single European Payments Area) zone are the same as for internal transfers, e.g. nil for

We have records from a family member recently discovered to have been in a DP camp. We have copies of several cards. We have contacted Berlin and did not receive any info about them leaving the DP

Hi Roberta, You wrote: “Have hit the infamous "brick wall" regarding my Grandmother. Her naturalization papers show she was born in Libau, Latvia (Russian Empire) and Ellis Island ship's manifest

"I have a family member that I am researching and she is from Solabarewka (supposedly Russia). I have not been able to find this town with google. Usually, with google, I can get general information

I have used Western Union. As long as you have all the bank code information etc, should work, and it is extremely not expensive. FYI. I've done it three times right at the desk at my local

NOTE: MEETING STARTS ONE HOUR EARLIER 12:30-2:30 PM WE OPEN at 12 NOON for SCHMOOZING CORNER The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County's program is Sunday, March 1,

23 February 2020 I’m hoping someone can help with the following two family questions. 1. Zelkowitcz, possibly Abraham or Solomon Israel, from Mlawa, 107 km NW of Warsaw. Looking for connections if

I would like to find an honest and reliable researcher to find out the answers for some specific questions for the LISHINSKY/LESCHINSKI; DROBITSKY; ZATALOFSKY, and MOZER/MAYER/MAZURENKO families who

I have in one of my family branches a Joseph KAMINSKI who married an Annie PINCUS. She was born about 1903 to Hersch Pinczuck (Harry Pinkus) and Tillie KANTROWITZ. The PINCUS children were Sohn