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Finding parents of Leib DROBITSKY/DRUBETZKY #ukraine

My great grandfather, Leib DROBITSKY/DRUBETZKY/DRUBICKY and more, did not emigrate from the Ukraine. I am trying to identify the names of his parents. Leib was married to Razel MAYER/MAZUR/MASUR. They

By Felissa Lashley · #647074 ·

Semyon GOLZMAN/HOLZMAN Opera singer in Milan, Italy 1914 #belarus #latvia

Seeking help to find any descendants of my great uncle Semyon Golzman. He was born in 1889 in Polock/Polotsk, Belarus. His parents were Max and Paulina Golzman/Holzman who operated a bakery on

By virginiaeverett@... · #647073 ·

Re: military notbook #bessarabia

Yes, "Vapor Holandes 'Zeelandia'" means "Dutch steamship 'Zeelandia'". (Six years of high school Spanish finally pays off.) And the two stamps on page 16 are in Russian.

By rroth@... · #647072 ·

Re: Help in translating a German document dated 1939 #translation

Gemeinschaftliches Testament Wir setzen uns hierdurch gegenseitig als alleinige Erben ein. Der Überlebende von uns soll über den Nachlaß vollständig frei verfügen. Berlin Charlottenburg, den

By W. Fritzsche · #647071 ·

Re: New Holocaust Database Set - Reichsanzeiger (Revoked Citizenship and Property Seizures) 1933-1945 #poland #JewishGenUpdates #announcements #holocaust #germany

The Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA] is working on a set of documents from the German Consulate in Palestine called the Meldeblaetter for the years 1938-39. German citizens living in

By Rose Feldman · #647070 ·

Revoked citizenship and property seizures #general

A few notes and clarifications for this large database: Many of the citizenship revocations affected persons who had previously left Germany, e.g. were resident in the United States and various

By Lande · #647069 ·

mtDNA matches #dna

If a person has an extensive family tree that traces back in time hundreds of years directly from his mother, would another person, who has the same haplogroup such as mtDNA K1a4a, legitimately be

By jgorran11@... · #647068 ·

Re: Deportation from U.S. ports back to Eastern Europe #general

Between 1903 and 1914 my paternal great grandfather traveled back and forth between Bessarabia and the US at least 3 times, each time in steerage. In 1903 my ggf (Schimen Baitel) landed in NY and made

By Marshall Lerner · #647067 ·

Re: family name meanings #names

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:17 AM, <alejandro@...> wrote: Alejandro, the original name was Tzipershteyn and this family changed it to Ziperstein, Silverstein and Selverston.

By Bob Silverstein · #647066 ·

Krakow survivors - GRENZBAUER #holocaust #poland #galicia

I have located a reference to Helena Leora Grenzbauer in a survivors list on Dan Hirschberg's website. Does anyone know where can I find the actual documents this is based on? thank you, Daniella

By Daniella Alyagon · #647065 ·

Re: Technical problem with Latvia database #latvia

It appears that Raduraksti has launched a new website! https://raduraksti.arhivi.lv/ The marriages will be filed under I will be sure to notify the Latvia team at JewishGen and we will work to

By Renée K. Carl · #647064 ·

Voliakas / Voliack / Wollock & Perevosnik from Shtayatsishisok / Stajetiske #lithuania

My wife’s family comes from Shtayatsishisok / Stajetiske, a shtetl in the subdistrict of Adutiskis in the Sencionys municipality of Lithuania. Her paternal GF’s surname was variously spelled

By Simon Kreindler · #647063 ·

Re: Lost family in Ukraine-a dead end #ukraine

you wrote: My family name in Russia was Shainsky. My paternal grandfather, grandmother, and children arrived in 1913 in Philadelphia. His 18 yo brother also came on the same ship, but was deported

By Amybeth · #647062 ·

Re: Sephardic Names; Follow-up to Dr. Sack's program on Jewish Names #names #sephardic

"I'd like to ask for help understanding practices or conventions or ... among Portuguese Jews". These naming conventions are different in different locations. I have never seen a child in Amsterdam

By Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...> · #647061 ·

Re: Links to the Raduraksti Latvian Archives #latvia

Sorry I missed the question about registration on the Raduraksti site. You have to re-register as it is a new site which means a new username and password. Arlene Beare Co-director Latvian Research.

By Arlene Beare · #647060 ·

Re: Links to the Raduraksti Latvian Archives #latvia

You are quire right we have a problem. When the Raduraksti site upgraded their site our links were broken. We now have a mammoth task to reconnect them either to Raduraksti or to Family Search

By Arlene Beare · #647059 ·

Re: military notbook #bessarabia

Dear Yefin and Erika With pleasure I could have it on the Bessarabia website. When you can attach the link so I can see it. Regarding my grandfather's Military notebook (military license), Sheet

By Adrian Koifman · #647058 ·

Re: Song - Why don't they give a Yiddisher Boy a Chance? #unitedkingdom

Thank you for the information about 'Jewish Cockney'. I have ordered the book mentioned and believe that I have found the home address of Mr Kops. I shall write to him today! Much appreciated.

By David Cantor · #647057 ·

Re: Kansas City Lithuania Jews #lithuania #usa

My father grew up in St. Joseph. His mother's sister from Minneapolis married Isadore Litvak from St. Joe. She was born in Roumania. He owned a pawn shop there and was killed in an armed robbery in

By Kenny · #647056 ·

Re: Kansas City Lithuania Jews #lithuania #usa

While I have not personally met Calvin Trillon, his family was Very close to my father's in St. Joseph. His father had a grocery store there, as did my grandfather. The Trillons moved to KC before he

By Kenny · #647055 ·

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