I want to thank everyone who replied to my question, both on line and privately. While, as expected, there is not universal agreement as to the percentage of Spanish Jews who converted, there was

I want to thank everyone who replied to my question, both on line and privately. While, as expected, there is not universal agreement as to the percentage of Spanish Jews who converted, there was

My Grandmother Louise (bernhardson,bernardson,bernhardt,berman??) was born in then Constantinople into a family of merchants.The family apparently also had interests in a water bottling plant in

HI Ruben, Wonder if you can direct me to a source other than CEMLA, for locating info on an uncle. BTW, my maternal Weiser line is from Buczacz and Tarnopol. Barbara Mannlein Tucson,

Trying to make contact with descendants of this family which traces back to Landau rabbinical family of Sanz. One - Rabbi Aryey Leib Aoptheker lived in New York (1846-1942). On Kevarim.com there for

Maybe the clerk was told Faigela and heard it as Fikela David Rosen Boston, MA

On Geni, I am proposing to sever the deep ancestry of the Maharal, which appears to be invented and without any reasonable source. I am sure people will be upset, but if you disagree, please follow

Thank you for noting Germany's ongoing reconciliation efforts. Justly administering the latest rulings is not trivial, apparently. Current guidance and discussion of legislative initiatives is found

I had my DNA tested at My Heritage and was informed that I am a close match to Joan G. I got in touch with her as I don’t know who she is. She is Jewish but wouldn’t tell me anything about

Hi Ruben, Please look up any TUCHFELDs for me. I am likely related to all with this surname in Rzeszow. Thank you! Can you tell me what your source is or anything about it? I am on the board of Gesher

Hi to all anybody with ancestors in rzeszow poland from 1790 to 1840 and want to try to learn more about them please send to me names and dates so i can make a fast look up thanks ruben weiser buenos

The ending date of the Inquisition, I am told, is considerably later than one might imagine. My ancestor Antonio de Sousa was born 1707 on the Island of Terceira, Azores, Kingdom of Portugal. He

The ending date of the Inquisition, I am told, is considerably later than one might imagine. My ancestor Antonio de Sousa was born 1707 on the Island of Terceira, Azores, Kingdom of Portugal. He

Can anyone suggest a reliable local genealogist in Czernowitz (Chernivtsi) who could help me in getting information and documentation regarding my mother and her family who lived there

Can anyone suggest a reliable local genealogist in Czernowitz (Chernivtsi) who could help me in getting information and documentation regarding my mother and her family who lived there

Dear All, I've noted a pattern in the records of my family: if the husband's father dies, the first-born male after this event will be given the same name as the (deceased) grandfather. I'm

Dear All, I've noted a pattern in the records of my family: if the husband's father dies, the first-born male after this event will be given the same name as the (deceased) grandfather. I'm

Dear Siggers, I am glad to update you that after a long journey of more than six years we managed to solve one of our family's mysteries. Along the way I committed several unnecessary mistakes and

Dear Siggers, I am glad to update you that after a long journey of more than six years we managed to solve one of our family's mysteries. Along the way I committed several unnecessary mistakes and

Have you checked the given names database on Jewishgen.org for suggestions? Also remember that when you look in the US censuses there were times when Poland did not exist, it was either Russia