The USHMM first priority is documentation for survivors for compensation and there is no charge. PLEASE do not give money to any organization without checking with USHMM first. Feigie Teichman

Yes I understand but in years of doing this with actual survivors as well as descendants I have never had such a reception. t most, request to call me back would be fine, the anger was intense. I did

Russ, It's excellent you're saying straight forward what you mean. I do not doubt that LitvakSIG has done a fantastic job of making the material available to a broader audience. By "handover", LVIA

I use Hebrew to search Israeli data bases. There is also an Android app called Gravez. My understanding is they use the chevra kadisha records (I found a mistake that seems to be from poor

All LitvakSIG Power Up Your Research presentations will occur on a Sunday at 12:00 noon Eastern Time. About two (2) weeks prior to a presentation, registration links will be sent to this digest, the

From the American Jewish Congress' "American Jewish Year Book" it begins: The subjoined table of the outrages perpetrated upon the Jews of Russia, from Kishineff in 1903 to Bialystok in 1906, is far

Has anyone heard of the LfF Office of Compensation? They say they have records for my survivor parents but are asking me to pay to get the information and I just want to make sure I'm not being

There is a town in Poland called Miedzyrzecz and there is a Town Leader on JewishGen who may be able to help you. Geoff Ackerman Melbourne Australia

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JewishGen Gazetteer suggests 182 locations for " Mezherigi". Reducing it to only Poland, best option seems to be Międzyrzec Podlaski, previously known as Mezhirech've or just Międzyrzec. Yohanan

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The פנים מאירות on ירושלמי is like you said by Rav Yosef Meir KOTKIN. I found a website that seems to have some of his descendants listed, you can try to search if you're connected

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Do you have the passenger manifest for this person? For 20 years I have tried to find my Singman family under Schimkov after finding them in 1888 coming from Vilna to NYC with no success. When I

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Good day, I have exhausted looking for my grandfather's family by their last name (which wasn't their real name) so I thought to look by first name. My second great grandfather was Abram Shmuel, but

Jan, I apologize for misinterpreting your message, nonetheless I wanted to make it clear for the benefit of anyone else who might have read your message the way I did, that a.) no physical records

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 04:29 PM, Russ Maurer wrote: The implication that LitvakSIG in any way denuded the archives of Jewish records is categorically false. How I interpret your presentation of my

You might want to try searching on IGRA, an Israeli research organization. I believe there is a small membership fee. You can also email them for more personalized help. They have been very helpful.