I am not familiar with the Zablotow records, but a spike in a number of deaths is and indication of a local/area pandemic, most often cholera. I’ve seen it in several Polish towns in the late 1840's

Hi Friends, The message that I sent on 3/29/20 was misinterpreted. I just want to know about the Anschel Burial Society at Mach Peleh Cemetery. You see I already saw the area where my ancestors are

Recently Avrami Groll told us that all JewishGen Discussion Group and SIG group messages have been archives in this new system. I went to https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/topics and searched for

I am the transcription coordinator for the SF Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society, and we have records from the Home of Eternity Cemetery location cards. Here is the data for Sylvia ALBERT: Cemetery

The "r" stands for recte. To learn more, look up that word in the new archives search at https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/messages . Renee Renee Stern Steinig Dix Hills NY genmaven@... Dorcey

On a related note, I found on Ancestry.com there have been errors in the "Record" transcription from scanned documents. For one of my relatives the town Ostrog was listed as the place she lived in

I am looking for descendants of residents of the shtettle Bobr, Belarus Sincerely, Elena

Our long-awaited book, entitled: The Shpoler Zeida – The Life, Legends, and Descendants of the Grandfather of Shpola, by Jeffrey Mark Paull and Jeffrey Briskman, is now nearing completion, and is

Dear Genners The given famine name Ida get out from the Hebrew Biblical name Jehudith (Yudith) יהודית. The name Ida was used in the German countries in the Middle Ages, From them it go over to

People should know that copyright laws prohibit 'publishing' material fairly new or new material without the author's approval. Just because you can attach something, that doesn't make it legal.

Another great source of information on this topic -- only centered in Detroit -- is "The Purple Gang: Organized Crime in Detroit 1910-1945" by Paul R. Kavieff (2000). Found my husband's grandfather in

This subject has come up before in the discussion group. You can do a search on the word "recte" in the discussion group archives and see 50+ messages. r = recte It means the correct

The Hebrew name of someone who took the English name Ida might have been Eta, Ita, or Chayah, or their derivatives. Bert-- Herbert Lazerow Professor of Law, University of San lazer@... Author:

My wife's grandparents BERKOVITS/BERKOWITZ are from Suwalki. Her grand mother said they were from Minsk area. Was this Minsk Geburnia ca the 1900's Maurice Kessler

Hello All: hope this finds you well! Please be sure to sign your eMail with your name and place - place being so important and fun for the rest of us around the world! Carol Raspler Delray Beach, FL

I have seen the names Ite and Etie. Ida might be an English version. -- Shelley Mitchell. NYC

In my family, every time a woman named Ida appears, her Jewish name is Chaje. Joyce Weaver Islip, NY Seeking DAIBOCH, VILNER from Grodno Gubernia, Belarus

I am curious about surnames in the Galicia archives from Zablotow area, for example, Reischer r Kessler. What does the little r stand for? Could it be Reischer son of Kessler? I have seen this quite a

Hi Although not that exact part of this huge cemetery, I have contacted the Mount Lebanon part to get information about two people buried there. Ancestry had shown that one was there but with no

Ostrog is in Volyn Province Alex Krakovsky has additional Revision Lists for Volyn province for 1881-1883 which includes a detail town listing showing Ostrog starting on pages 69 and 145. This is a