I think you are right about them being Germanized versions of originally Polish or Slavonic names. I've noticed that German names ending in "ke" frequently have a history in the eastern areas of the

Would the cemetery have a contact person either from the nursing home or the acquaintances they can provide OR maybe you can write a letter and have cemetery send to them? Shosh Eizenshtein, Toronto

Jeremy - I have friends who come from Beirut. They now live in Dubai, but still have family back in Beirut. I can see if they would be willing to visit the cemetery and take a photo of the gravesite.

Both French documents are too blurry. I can accurately guess some words, but not enough to come up with a reliable translation. Do you have any way of getting a clearer copy? -- Dominique Anderson

Good morning, Here lies or here is buried (2-letter abbreviation on top) My husband and our dear father A’haron Zvi Me’ir Passed 6 (?) Cheshvan 5678 May his soul be gathered in eternal life

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 16, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita carried a notice from the Mayor of Warsaw indicating that the city is seeking heirs to a property located

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 16, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita carried a notice from the Warsaw Mayor's office, Department of Bierut Decree Affairs, indicating that the

FYI As a former history teacher Habaranik and researcher of historical documents I refer you to the "T-4 (Tiergartenstrasse 4)" program instigated by Adolf Schicklgruber. In 1920 the jurist Karl

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I tried in 2008 to get a copy of divorce papers for my late husband's maternal grandparents who were married in 1910 and divorced in New York in 1943. I was told by the court clerk that the only way I

My grandmother's first language was Russian, my gfather's was Litvak Yiddish, so my mom born in the US, used occasional words that I assumed were all Yiddish. One day, after my mom was

Steven, this is a sad story. However, the Nazi program to euthanize disabled people, known as T4, did not begin until October 1939. Hitler backdated the order to begin the program to Sept. 1. The

Shalom friends, Could anyone tell me anything about our surname, KUTSCHKE? I have read it is related to / is a Germanized form of the Polish “KUCZKA,” which denotes Succot. In addition, is

See attached photo: we carry last name hall, but maybe this headstone will show our real family name? Lee hall

Thank you so much for this Corinna. This is some of my thinking: He is listed as a "Pflegling" which my friends thought was a foster child or an orphan. His mother died in 1931 and his father was

Hello Steve, the letter from the City of Vienna shows that there are no longer any medical records for Leo and that generally few medical records of children have survived from the Nazi period.

I've posted a death certificate in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM100508 Please respond

Looking for descendants of John Jacob Bernstein, who emigrated from Dunfermline, Scotland in 1920 to Australia. Family may have been Braude from Libau, Latvia. One descendant may have been Nancy

I have posted the following three vital record requests two in French and one (i think) in German to ViewMate. They are as follows: 1. The marriage record, in French, of my 4x great grand Uncle Moyse

I've posted two images of tombstones that I'd like translated. I found the photographs of the tombstones among the papers of my cousin, a Holocaust survivor who died in 2019. He lived in Kovno and