Thank you very much for your response. If you check my post you are supposed to see a picture of her grave. No father's name. Yes I did DNA test with FTDNA, Ancestry, 23&me and My

Hi Eric, It is the testimony of Raya Levy given in 1981 to the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum. The cover page is in Hebrew, the next 5 pages are Raya's testimony in Yiddish with many words in Cyrilic,

A recent presentation on NYC records explained that divorce records are a court matter, therefore you won't find them amongst the popular website collections from the Health or Clerk's

Concerning the marriage, there is an entry at familysearch according to which the wedding took place on 26/08/1874 in Žabokreky nad Nitrou:

The main document, a few pages of testimony from Raya Levi, are in Yiddish. at the end are two pages in Hebrew with a summary of the testimony. You better have a Yiddish translator all the best Chaim

Hello Eric, It is a scan of a file at the Ghetto Fighters archive in Israel, including testimony given by Raia Levy from Guldingen, Latvia. The first page - in Hebrew - is the cover page of the file

Do you have a picture of her grave? That might tell you her father's name. You can ask the cemetery to send you a picture too. She might have been afraid of saying she was Jewish on the manifest.

The heading is in Hebrew and the letter is in Yiddish (very easy to read) -- Angel KosfiszerRichardson, Texas

I have been asked to try to determine the “value”-historical or otherwise, of several foreign paper currencies, dating from 1880’s-1910’s. They appear to be Reichmarks, as well as some Polish

Amnon, There are two possible records to look for. If the person was born 1870 or later, and was living in the mid-1930's than they could have filled in an SS5 (original Social Security application.)

Hi Carole, The information I mentioned was found at Ancestry.com. If you don't have an Ancestry subscription, or your public library does not offer access to Ancestry, than you can also search at

https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/79_pamela.html Here's a nice article that explains the history, the available records and how to get them. -- Meta S. Brown Chicago, IL

Today I received from the Vienna Municipal Archives the death certificate (attached). I really cannot make much sense of it. I wonder if anybody here can help me understand it. Thank you. Steven

Hi, I was wondering if there exists pictures of graves from the Beirut Jewish cemetery. There is an inventory of more than 3,000 graves from the cemetery on Sephardicgen.com but it does not contain

If that relative had siblings that died in the US you may be able to find the names you are seeking from their death certificates. Marshall Lerner West Chester, PA Lerner or Beitel from Brecini;

And can I add, as Marc has mentioned it, the Museum itself is well worth the time to visit -- Ian Charles London, UK

My father married his second wife in VA but lived with her in NYC. They divorced fairly soon after being married. Any assistance in where to find documentation of their divorce? VA or NYC? I am on

My family name is Perlin. Family is from Dubrovna which is not far from Orsha. I have a family tree of Perlin's going back to late 1700's Please contact on howard0181@... Regards Howard Berlin

What information is available in U.S. Social Security of a dead relative and where can I find it. -- Amnon PALDI

I linked this update to your original thread. Am writing here to bump your present message up. Messages get pushed down quickly and can be lost in the shuffle. I wonder if you can change the original