I would agree with Steve, a mistake was made. I found her death extract in the DB of Familysearch which is also referenced in ancestry.com. I copied/pasted it below. It says her death was on December

I am looking to retain someone to research birth, marriage and death records for members of my family that were killed in the Shoah. They all lived in Eastern Slovakia. Fluency in

"Here lies our dear mother,Khentcheh daughter of Zvi, died 30th of Tevet 5684" (January 7, 1924) Obviously, either the civil or the Hebrew date is wrong. December 8, 1923 = 30th of Kislev 5684. I

When my Mom and I were making arrangements for my sister's stone (I was executor of her insolvent estate, and my Mom was bankrolling the stone from her own limited funds), the monuments guy initially

I should have said that JI wanted to sell the rimonim to a museum in Boston that had made a multi-million dollar offer. Susan Graber Slusky Highland Park, NJ

Hi, Could you tell us how to join the IAJGS Discussion Group Chat? What platform? Where? etc. Thanks. -- Regards, Arthur Sissman Jewish Genealogy SIG of Collier/Lee Co

What I know of the story from friends who attend there: The building was abandoned in the early nineteenth century and that original congregation handed over the keys to Shearith Israel. Then a new

ב״ה Dear Dr. Nussbaum: ”…Polish Christians very rarely had toponymic names”? What about all of the -ski surnames? Best wishes, Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>

Could someone help translate this marriage document regarding my family Golendziner/Marienbild. Thanks Tony Allan

Thanks for the answers. The person I am looking for was not found on the Facebook, nor on the instegram and LinkedIn. I found him on the 144 Bezek but trying to call there was only a fax voice

I've posted a vital record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM99731 I would greatly

People put what they want on tombstones. There are customs in particular places, but even they change over time. Customs, but rarely rules. (Personally, I am fascinated by many Hungarian stones with

ב״ה Angel, While obituaries commonly list all surviving family members, tombstones generally do not. The stone also refers to the deceased as “our brother” suggesting that the stone was

ב״ה Try . That’s a search engine for Bezeq Telecommunications. Other operators may have similar search capacity. Yale Reisner

Only a guess here. The Touro is the oldest synagogue building in the US, but it is not the oldest continuously operating congregation. Shearith Israel has been in operation since 1654. My guess would

Hello, Here lies or here is buried (two letter abbreviation on top) Our dear mother Chantchie daughter of reb Zvi Passed 30 Tevet 5684 May her soul be gathered in eternal life (last line

A group of genealogists working around the world will collaborate September 1–8 on the ancestry of US author Scott Turow, whose books include Presumed Innocent and The Burden of Proof. JewishGen

Perhaps they are on Linkedin or Facebook and you could initiate contact via a message. Instagram? -- Pieter Hoekstra Moss / Moses, De Costa - London and Brighton Barnett, Da Costa, Lazarus, Joseph,

Further to Linda's posting - there are two birth records in 1935 for boys named Gennaro Palladino. The one Linda mentioned: Gennaro G Palladino 24 Mar 1935 in The Bronx, cert # 3978. And, Gennaro

Pulled the attached image off of JRI-Poland; not sure if the groom is related to me. Document is in Russian. I don't need a full translation at this time, just the groom's given names (end pf the 14th