Thank you. The All Lithuania does not have much on Oshman. I will check Oshmiany. area. Regards.

Sorry, I forgot the main question as to what the name means. To answer your question, in Numbers 13.16 we find “And Moses called Hoshea, the son of Nun, Yehoshua Joshua”. Rashi explains the change

Hi Terry. Yes, the name is the exact same name as Joshua. In Poland (and most probably Russia, such as your case) I’ve found that those called Joshua (or Yehoshua, in Hebrew) were listed in Records

One of the long unsolved puzzles has been finding the arrival records of Julius Gerber. He was born Israel Getzel Gerber in Riga Latvia December 24, 1871 {after his arrival, he was thereafter

Hi folks, I’ve been digging into my family roots and happened to stumble upon a piece of (likely) valuable information. I discovered in a post-war form (attached below) that my grandmother owned

In some documents I have had translated from Russian, the male name of a relative is presented as either “Osia or Oshia.” I am wondering if anyone can shed any light as to what this name may

same to you. a zisse pesach

I have been searching and researching for almost 40 years, but this family line is my 10’ block wall. If anyone can suggest anything or anywhere I might find data, I would be thrilled. I am hoping

Just because someone had the same name as his grandfather doesn't necessarily mean he was named for him. Could be a coincidence.

Hoping to connect with descendants of Abraham SOTZKY on behalf of someone who owns a copy of the “Zohar”, printed in Amsterdam, 1715, with the name A. SOTZKY, CHICAGO, ILL stamped on its cover

Dear JewishGen Community, As we all work to keep our Seders connected to our traditions in this non-traditional time, JewishGen.org and the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the

Looking for relatives of Riwka Blufstein (sp.) and Kalman Holc. Blufstein can be spelled Baufstein, Blauvstein and other spellings. They were from Biala Rawska and Lodz in Poland. They emigrated

Peter, I have seen similar situations as a result of surname adoption in both France and the Rhineland. It may be that the older Joseph Mayer was originally called Mayer Joseph. When he had to

-- Hi Rochelle, I saw your post,and I'm looking for my maternal grandfather who was Max Aronovsky on his Declaration of Intention,but Max Aronowitz on his draft card. He was born in

It has a horrible taste and once when I was in Africa I had to take 2 pills and was seeing double for over an hour. Scary stuff. Diane jacobd Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I went to a boarding school where we were given a mixture of Gees Linctus and Quinine for almost any illness. We called it "Kill or Cure". Many of us believed it was dispensed because the nasty

-- Dear JewishGenners, I guess being frustrated looking for information, is something that newcomers to the geneaology search, can expect....OR is just me ?? I'm looking for my paternal Grandfather

I did not know how to title this. So here goes. My great grandfather is Morris Sklansky. He and 3 of his 4 children came from Russia in 1900. We have no idea when the forth child came since he is

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Ooh, I can help with this one! Having grown up in an observant Yekkish home, the word "Schnoder" was part of my (well, actually, my father's) vocabulary. He would refer to a person having "Schnodered"