His father was Mark Cohen born 1879 Naturalisation Certificate 17 December 1912 shows; MARK COHEN 35 Lashan Buildings Shoreditch born Dennenburg Courland Russia son of SOLOMON and RACHEL COHEN

- When few vital records for a town have survived, notary records can be a remarkable source of family information, as described in this article. Notarial Records in Poland: A Potentially Powerful

Jeremy, These are excellent points. Another potential vector to keep in mind is the use by the Romans of Germanic and Scythian legions who were sent all over the empire, sometimes taking local,

YOSEF BEN TUVIAH HALEVI. ON THE GRAVESTONE YOU LIST NAME PER FATHER. FIRST NAME, SON OR DAUGHTER OF FATHERS FIRST NAME. SO HIS FATHERS TOMBSTONE WILL GIVE YOU THE SECOND PART OF WHAT YOU NEED WHICH IS

Go to https://www.suburbantorah.org/visit and fill out the form requesting a visit. I'm sure you will get an answer very shortly. -- Arthur Rosenthol rosentho@... Suburban Philadelphia PA

CAPS AND BOLD ARE ACCOMODATION. I WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN AN IMAGE OF THE SATORALJAUJHELY TRAIN STATION AS IT WOULD HAVE APPEARED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1900S FOR MY MOTHER TO SEE. THIS WAS WHERE SHE WAS

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Hi Sandra Thank your insight. My grandaunt was married and divorced six months later. She did not have any children. Lots of bubbe meises about her but little truth. Take Care Deborah -- Deborah

Hi Robert, Thank you for the lead. I will check with the department of health. Deborah -- Deborah Barany deborahbarany@...

My Great Grandfather was Asher/Uscher Makowski (now Macofsky) married to Faige/Fannie Markus. I believe they were born around 1860 in Dzialoczyn, Poland. They had 3 known sons Nathan, Jacob and Morris

I admire the great effort that you went to, typing up all of the text and then using Google Translate to get an approximate translation. Looking at the text, and at the translation, I see a few errors

Make sure you check out the Yizkor book for Brzesko. It is being translated and is 50% complete. https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Brzesko/Brzesko.html Donations would be great if you are interested

Thanks so much for instituting this great weekly feature! I am learning so much. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

FWIW, a friend found an obituary notice for me at newspapers.com, along with a few other articles related to the family in question. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

Jack, You are right. Tobias was the English name of my husband's grandfather and GG-grandfather. So they were Tobias son of Joseph or Tuvia/Tobia ben Yosef in Hebrew. My understanding is that Tobia

I've had a great aunt and a great uncle who both died in psychiatric hospitals in NY State. I have both their death certificates. I was able to get them from the NY State Department of Health. I

The cover of this document (Reise-Pass) says that there are 16 pages. Is there anything recorded other than the two pages you give here? The first of these pages is for a trip to Philadelphia from

Hi Adam, I think it's worth keeping in mind Jewish sources too - they clearly state that there were various periods in history where conversion to Judaism was relatively common. This was particularly

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 12:40 PM, michele shari wrote: My great great grandmother was Nina Jakab (1842 - ?) from Tasnad. Her parents were Unknown Jakab and Mari Lederer, also from Tasnad. She

Peh Tet stands for Po Tamun or here is interred. Leya Aronson Toronto, Canada