I suppose you already searched the Arolsen archives. Some of the names are there but they were either from Hungary or Vienna. Shosh Eizenshtein, Toronto

There is a book by Erwin A. Schmidl called Jews in the Habsburg Armed Forces 1788 - 1918 You can buy a used copy from bookfinder.com Albert Braunstein Melbourne, Australia

Cohen de Azevedo - Tracing a Sephardic Family The Azevedo family of Lisbon became the Cohen de Azevedo family in Amsterdam. Active in the Portuguese-Jewish community, they first involved themselves as

Larry, you're making mathematical sense, but: The license is from October 1936 Why would they have the groom's age in 1934 (18 moths preceding the license) and the bride'ss age in 1933 (almost 2 years

Many years ago I was driving through South Tyrol, which was annexed by Italy after WW I. I noticed a sign for a cemetery honoring Austrian soldiers who died in that war. There I noticed many names

My great grandmother was Rochel Frieda Trushinski/Troshinski/Trosinski/Trisinski of Dotnuva, Lithuania, Russian Empire. This is a surname that I have looked into in all its various spellings, trying

Wendy, On other New York records they sometimes have "age at last birthday" or maybe it was "age at next birthday" I can't exactly remember, so I think it is really that: Charles was 21 years old on

Here us his burial place, dob and dod Shosh Eizenshtein, Toronto

There is a person on Ancestry.com named Lynn Kaffko, who the site says has a private tree that contains photos of Harry (Hirsh) Atotsky, who she lists with the death date 1961. Have you contacted her?

Phyllis Gold Berenson writes: "... my theory is that my maternal uncle, who served in Europe after WW II, fathered a child, etc. Unfortunately, he died recently, so I can't ask him about the

Charles Ellner and wife Sylvia are in the 1940 census, he is 27 and she is 25. I tried looking up birth records on-line without success. I managed to locate them on FamilySearch.com. Social

I have a parallel situation, also in England, except that my match is much younger -- about 28. I emailed about 20 people with the match's name on Facebook, and one responded that she had tested on

I’m trying to find the ancestors and descendants of Yehuda Lev Taraday, born before 1824. His son was Menachem Mendel Taraday, 1842 to 1936, who was born in Umin Ukraine and died in Kitchener

Brian, the marriage too place in 1936 so your explanation so the date of birth year cannot be 1926. Take another look. Diane Jacobs -- Diane Jacobs, Somerset, New Jersey

I have written a blog post about how I used DNA matches to unlock longstanding roadblocks in my family tree. This one focuses on Ancestry matches and Russian Empire records (in modern-day Ukraine), as

A very good question... I asked someone in the NYC Vital Records this question quite a while ago (as myself and many of my Maternal family members were born there) and was easily explained. When

Lee, I think it would be inaccurate to say that Ancestry is any more accurate or reliable than MyHeritage. My personal experience is that Ancestry tends to under-estimate the closeness of

There is a Stephanie Knight on Ancestry DNA and she has put up a family tree with parent and grandparent names. Try researching the names of her family to spot any possible links. It worked for me

In NYC, dates appear to be Dec 1 at 9:30 and Dec 4 at 2 pm. Shelley Mitchell, NYC

World War II occupies a central place in Yizkor books because of the horrors of the Nazis’ “final solution” and how it was seared into the memories of Jews who survived it. World War I afflicted