Could I have a translation of the attached postcard from Boremel, Russia (Presently in Ukraine). Thank you, stuartroswell@...

Hi All, Please can someone explain why British naturalisation records for the early 20th century appear to be for men only. Behind this question lies a second one: my great grandmother was born in

Trying to make contact with the family of Abraham Yaaakov Finkler, son of Rabbi Israel Joseph Finkler who was the Rabbi and Admor of the Radoshitz Chassidic Dynasty. He posted a page of Testimony to

Brian Burg asks about a 20th century record for the town of Wegrow, Poland. Researchers interested in the records for their town in Poland should address such questions to the JRI-Poland Town Leader

Linda Kelley wrote: I believe the address at the end might mean Castlefield 20. But Castle in German is Schloss, so I am confused. Can a single s look like an f? Yes, a single s in old German script

I've posted some vital records in Yiddish (I believe) for which I need a translation. They are 2 postcards written to my Grandfather (From Latvia I believe) to NYC and 3 photos in need of translation.

Sheina in Yiddish spelling is שײנע.

Hi Rob, I don't have any family history to offer you, but I took a about 12 photographs of him captured in abt.1971 at the University of Sydney, School of Physics. Prof.J. S. Miller at this time

Phil has asked: Is there information on the record image that's not in the index? I'd love to know any or all of these facts from the image: Who made the original record? Birth location (hospital or

Dear Kenneth, There is a ready-to-hand explanation for your Italian/Greek/Ashkenazy mix. It applies to my family as well: Romitic Jews who lived for centuries in Greece. Romitic Jews migrated

Graz, Landeshauptstadt, Oterreich, 1901: Graz, State Capital, Austria, 1901: Can someone please translate the listing for Marie Markovik? Marie Markovits/Markovik owned farmland near the castle at

JRI-Poland has indexed the 1904 Marriage Registration of Sura Ruchla FRYDMAN & Chaim Icko WOLINSKI as AKT #43, in Wegrow, Siedlce Gubernia, but the parents of the bride and groom are not named in the

Tomorrow at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. Our genealogy librarians will discuss how to find archives in other

Try stevemorse.org Gold Form Search for Hersche Shore using "sounds like" option on both first & last name. I found these. You will have to look at the manifests to see if any are your person. 3

Thank you, Krzystof, for posting this website of old Warsaw photographs. I found the building where my great aunt lived. Elissa Burnat

Hi, I am by no means an expert, but the writing is old German script. What I see on the left is the name Fani Weis g. Taub and I can't make out the rest of the letters. Based on that I can tell you

Hi Roberta, Have you tried searching passenger manifests using a soundex search? A very quick soundex search on Ancestry for surname SHORE finds alternative spellings, i.e. Schur, and many

S. Geller, Have you tried searching passenger manifest databases using a soundex search? The surname may have had a somewhat different spelling at that point, or been transcribed incorrectly into the

Hi, We spent 5 days at the Zemplen County Records Center in Satoraljaujhely about 4-5 years ago with Karesz and a young Masters student from Israel referred by her Professor at the University of

My grandfather's last name was "Yellen" but his family that came at different times were named "Levin"! Think we might be related????