If the family of a deceased (nonobservant) Jewish man doesn't know the name of his parents, how would his name be shown on his headstone? Would "ben Avraham" be used to signify that he was Jewish,

Well, good question. The general answer is that you are writing a Jewish Russian family name in English using common English characters. The original name sounded something like that with k's and ch

Meyer LEVIN left Danzig before the rest of the family adopted the name of PERLBACH. He went to London. I am trying to find the link with Jacob LEVIN (resided in London, later on in Cape Town as a Cape

There was a question about Ovsey name. "Ovsey" is a common Russian variant for Yehoshua

Hi Sherri Thank you for replying, Grandpa Gerson was born in Nov.10, 1885. He came to NYC and according to records was picked up by his brother Samuel, they both were Bakers. In 1923 His wife Dora,

thanks for your reply Stephen, I did know about the changed name but the main problem is the date 1805 ! they moved to Hungary, Màd around 1845 , I'm getting nowhere with this. I tried the archives

VM83397 In Russian: 22 Замброво Состоялось в городе Ломжа 26-го января (6-го февраля)1897-го года, в 9 часов утра явились

Hi Yefim, This is indeed very interesting finding! Can you provide with the source of the document (archive) if it is available please? Thank you! Semion Sucholutsky

St. Marks Avenue is a street in Brooklyn, in the Crown Heights neighborhood, not far from the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.

St Marks Ave, Barbara Mannlein Tucson, AZ

Saint Mark's Avenue. I hope this helps.

In addition. The numbers listed are the house number and Google shows that address as a house still in existence -- Deanna M. Levinsky, Long Island, NY

It is St. Marks Avenue. According to Google Maps, it is a street in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, just north of Prospect Park.

Saint Marks Avenue and there was also a Saint Marks Place -- Deanna M. Levinsky, Long Island, NY

Hello, My wife had at least two grand-uncles who emigrated to the USA from Poland and changed their name from MALARCZYK to MILLER, Jacob MILLER 1894-1984 and Joseph MILLER 1897-1981. Jacob MILLER

The first note says he changed his name to Boros, the second that he joined the Reformed church in Buda/Budapest on 1908.5.21 . BOROS means Winemaker or something to do with Wine. Not an uncommon

Have you searched the All Lithuania Database on jewishgen.org I have been having a lot of success with the ALD for the past couple of months on extended family in Lithuania. Diane Jacobs Sent from my

I can't translate the Hungarian, but it seems like this was a change from a German surname to a Hungarian one. I had a number of relatives who changed their surname in that way, possibly some cultural

Go to stevemorse.org Scroll down to New York City and search the marriage and brides & grooms indexes.. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I am looking for birth, marriage, death certificates, etc., for my Great Grandparents, Albert and Magdalena Eisenbeis ( also spelled with a ‘z’ on the end, as in Eisenbeisz), who lived in (