Peter Absolon, whom I met through this group, did research for me in the area in and around Kosice. You can find him at: http://jgs.absolon.eu -- Miriam Alexander Baker

David, The quality of your photo does not allow me to identify most of the stones. But, based on the inventory of Burgpreppach cemetery

I live in Germany and would be happy to translate documents that are relatively short. Polish is also possible. And I assume y’all know that you can upload a photo of a doc to Google Translate as

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, announced that the government will seek equivalent of $1.32 trillion (6.2 million Zlotys) in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’

I previously posted about the September 18-20 6 hour, 3 part documentary U.S. and the Holocaust. Check your local Public Broadcasting System (PBS) channel. The New York Times has an article about the

A stone (and the engraving on it) are paid for by family members. They have to agree on the text. So now some of the questions for you to investigate are: Could she afford to pay? Was there a

I attach a photo of a section of the Burgpreppach (Germany, Bavaria) cemetery Is there a significance in the shape of the stones? Am I right that the smaller ones are for children? Is there a

In addition to what Fredel said, another source of confusion in this issue is the difference between the abbreviation bet-resh, and the Aramaic word for son, which is "bar" but is also spelled

Judy Simon refers to Adam's reference to the Erfurt data, where 40% of females from a 14th century German cemetery (reckoned to be bodies from a progrom in 1349) were K1a1b1a. This is a separate study

Thank you for your assistance from this discussion group where I have located Nathan and sister Rose Roginsky burial sites. To continue my search, looking for their other siblings – Sam, Fannie and

Thanks to everyone for engaging in this. I learned a few things. I thought the Hebrew said "Tzvi" which was odd, since I knew her father's name was Hirsch. Fredel Fruhman's observation that Tzvi

June, Looks to me like the Hebrew says: Leah daughter of Mr. Hersh. -- Adam Cherson

I'm looking forward to further comparisons between the Norwich and the Erfurt data to see among other things how closely related the individuals of the two sets are to each other. This should be

You should move to the next page or the previous page(s) of the census and see if the handwriting of the street names is clearer. I located this census sheet in Queens and I believe it is 12th

Looking at other pages in the group, it is 12th Lane. There are other numbered “Lanes” in this enumeration. However, I was not able to locate any numbered lanes in Jackson Heights. Maybe someone

Hello, Leah daughter of reb Hersh May her memory be gathered in eternal life (abbreviation - last line) Shalom, Malka Chosnek

I found Philip/Eisig’s ship manifest list, from information in the index card for his certificate of arrival on Ancestry.com, which showed he arrived in 1913 on the SS Patricia. I looked for anyone

This is the 1950 census sheet which includes my parents, sister and me. I cannot read the name of the street. It looks like 12........ Lane, perhaps. Maybe someone else can read it better than I can.

It doesn't look to me like this includes her father's name which is what I am really looking for but thought I would give it a try. -- June Genis, 650--851-5224 Hemet, CA Researching: GENIS, OKUN,

Lee Jaffe is correct, in that the two letters bet-resh usually are understood to stand for the words 'Ben Reb', the son of Reb (an honorific)" (father's name). When the deceased is a female, the