JewishGen is pleased to announce that an additional 2274 records has been added to the Nasz Przeglad Warszawa Death notice database. The database now contains over 20,000 death notices covering the

Actually, I see it has its own record set: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253716?availability=Family%20History%20Library "I am hunting for records of the family of Izsak and Szidonia

I would use whichever each branch uses…. I have numerous last names on my tree that various branches use different permutations….on the older generations , like those who never came to

Could it be Kishinev, Bessarabia (today Chișinău, Moldova: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u )? Regards, David Oseas

When it comes to deciding which name to use in a family story (as opposed to a database), I use the most recent name they utilized, followed by their original name in parentheses: Louis (Lippa)

Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon Sunday, May 31, 2020 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time Making the Most of FamilySearch for Jewish Research Speaker: Todd Knowles, AG The

I am looking for the SS NYASSA passenger list from the crossing my father made from Lisbon to Cuba (Havana?)--I'm guessing in late 1941. He always told me it was the last voyage the ship made before

If the family arriving in the US used Kahn, but the family arriving in Israel used Kan, what name should I use? Thank you.

In terms of labeling photos, I have always started photos with the date, and then a description of at least who was in the photo. For example, if I knew that a photo was taken on the date of my

With ancestry they have “also known as” and you can put as many names as you want. Most of my relatives did not change their names but in Germany evidently were known by many names. One document

"Please take a look at item 108 of the cited materials. Ot means other color or race." The problem is, this OT is not in the color/race column as an entry, but is an extra notation in the relation

The way that I have always handled it is by the generation to change their name. For the generation that changed their name from the old Russian name to the new U.S. name, I first put the new name

Ancestry.com has the option to add an alternate name. On the person's page, next to Facts is an Add button. Scroll down and select Name. When you select Add Name, you can check "Preferred." Otherwise,

Hello Rick, I want to reply to your message, but also give a few advice to everybody who is researching their families. Rick, you right, the Last name is very important in searchers, but the

Sam, The reason you are unable to find the record at FamilySearch is that the 1848 Conscriptio for Saros was not filmed by the Mormon Church. JewishGen’s Hungarian Research Division acquired these

Hello I am hunting for records of the family of Izsak and Szidonia Friedmann who lived in Biharudvari, Hungary in the late 1800s, I am trying to locate the birth records for their children (Margit

The question was asked about which name to use when there are more than one. You can specify as many names as needed on Ancestry. For Ancestry or Family Tree Maker- Just go to Facts - Add - "Name"

Louis, JGFF towns database are using "modern" i.e. current or native towns names which follows updated USBGN (United States Board of the Geographical Names) system. On the JewishGen Gazetteer click on

I lean towards the name they last used, typically on their gravestone. I list the others in “Also known as,” or Birth name,” or “Nickname” entries in my Brother’s Keeper software. The

You might try to check the Hamburg passenger list database ("Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934") on Ancestry.com. If your ancestor left for Argentina on a ship from Hamburg (as one of my great