A friend of mine and I are trying to figure out the name of the place her father was exiled to in WWII. On a form he filled out for his immigration visa and alien registration, the place was cited as

Oh, duh, I meant to say it adds up to 50%, i.e., implying 100% for my father.

My grandfather was born in the UK after his father died. His mother failed to register his birth within the 6 months legal time limit. To avoid a fine, she invented a date of birth (26/04/1888) within

"Could Slaviansk, in the southern Ukraine, be the place where the family was exiled to during WW I?" Anything is possible - my usual reply for most genealogy questions. I had a cousin Jankel, who

In this period the German peasant class couples often had several births out of wedlock during a very long courtship because there was a significant fee to get legally married. Once the couple was

Please note that "unehelich" may mean illegitimate, but it also means out of wedlock -- Reuven Stern, Kfar Vradim Israel

I had my genes tested by FamilyTreeDNA. I already knew I had two very different lines of ancestry. My father's Ashkenazi Jewish (Belarus, Ukraine). My mother's of Irish and German descent. My

Hello Paul. Abbreviation on top – here lies or here is buried Woman Mrs. Hannah Daughter of Eliyahoo passed away 12 Tishrei 5379 Abbreviation on bottom – may her soul be gathered in eternal

I have also learned to be cautious. I must say that I do not much like the big Genealogy sites whose view of reliable sources is no greater than quoting their own customers' unsourced trees.

The IKG in Vienna has copies of the so called exit questionnaires. One is a standard form usually filled out in 1938 the other an interview record. I think we may have already exchanged emails. If you

We are on the search for traces of the Pins and Seelig family in Montevideo. The Louis, Jenny and Johanna Pins family lived in Dülmen, Germany. Louis died in Gestapo in Hamburg in 1939. Jenny and

Thank you so much for posting this - have been trying to trace grandfather, Naum Beckerman and his (possible) marriage to Eugenie Zaslavsky in 1918 - and subsequent birthplace of my father Ura

Rich, You don't specify exactly when these children were born, but there are two scenarios, both of which were known to happen. One is that Gerson was widowed and then married his wife's sister. Who

The database seems to go only to 1911? Do you know if there is something analogous that goes into the 1920s? My husband's relatives left Poland and went to Argentina in 1928, according to my

Dear Paul, Please see transcription+translation below. best regards, Tsvika Rozenblat, Herzliya, Israel in Hebrew: פנ האשה מרת חנה בה ר' אליהו נפטרה יום ח לחודש

Is there a source for the names of Romanian survivors who made it to Israel 1946 to 1960?

In the years 1928-1932, the Groedel family (Transylvania Forest Industry Co.) in Skole, Poland (today Ukraine), published a newspaper called Wiadomości Demiańskie (Demnia News), that first appeared

There were, at times, civil laws that only allowed the eldest Jewish son to marry. The religious community recognized the marriage as legitimate but not the civil authorities. David

My great grandfather's death certificate (Adolphus Gustavus MEYERSBURG, who died in 1922 in NY) listed his mother as Julia FRANK. The family came from Bovenden, just outside Gottingen, in what was

I recently had some birth notices translated from old written German by members of this SIG, and I am very grateful. However in two of the instances, both from Hebenshausen in 1840, the births were