Hello Dan, Right. However, if we look into the Heymann Family tree we can see it's not "that" Mordecai Susskind ben Meir (b. c. 1370 who's purported to be a son of the Maharam. Instead, the Maharam's

The BOF session for the Raseiniai district will be held over Zoom on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at 12:00 noon EST. The Raseiniai district includes the following towns: Batakiai, Dauglaukis,

Thank you to all that have replied. This is helping on what's be long journey through sparse and always contradictory documentation. My takeaway from the comments is my maternal grandfather's

According to one etymological source, the word "charwoman" seems to have been rare in most of the U.S., except perhaps in New England. Your grandmother's census, though, was taken in

Hello: The photo below is from the NY US Home for Hebrew Infants 1922-1937 in the Bronx. The third column from the left lists a one year old boy, Gerald Palladino, who is being discharged. The

If you can't find a boy of the appropriate age in any census records, the most likely reason is because the child died. I've looked on the New Jersey State Archives death record index database, which

Several trees have mistakenly listed this Mordecai Susskind ben Meir (b. c. 1370) as a son of Meir of Rothenburg. Actually, he was a fifth-generation descendant of R. Meir. Susskind's father was also

Could someone help me locate a Mary Mischka from Bohemia? 1860 birth. I'm looking for a jewish record of her and possibly her husband Joseph Buben from Bohemia as well. Thank you so much for all the

I don't know where the inscriptions are held, but there is a woman in Kittsee named Irmgard Jurkovich, who has made it her life mission to perpetuate the memory of the last Jews of the town. Among

Please advise: How do I access the 1903 family list of Volkovysk residents? Thank you. -- Shirley Portnoy

I found this reference but don't know how to access it. The reference is from the Minnesota Historical society. The 1940 census indicates that he was born in Russia in 1885. I am looking for more

I believe that the following link is to the IDF in question that you can obtain their contact information for some guidance. http://www.fidf.org Good Luck! :-)) --~Brian D. Kerr, Esq | SSG, U.S.

A photo postcard taken in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland, in 1931 has been added to the Bielsk Podlaski KehilaLinks site at https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Bielsk_Podlaski/1931%20group.html. The photo

I am looking for the link in for the Czech archives for the birth, marriage, death and other records for Trebic in Moravia (czech republic). I Tried the website of the czech archives but could

I am pleased to announce that new KehilaLink pages for Dukla, Poland are ready for viewing on jewishgen.org. (The new material has previously been up, but now, thanks to the webpage developers, some

And there have always been children who find their own path in life, who find their own truths, who may choose a faith different than the subset of a faith believed by a parent. That does not make

There is a slight chance that the last digit of the year is an 8 rather than a 5. This adds three more possible years to the list: 5648, 5668, and 5688. Here are the possible equivalent secular

I know a Hasidic rabbi whose brother left the fold as a young man a few decades ago. I would guess this is not unusual. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

I agree: charwoman. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

He was a righteous and innocent man Here lies Yehudah son of Moshe Medels Who went to his world (euphemism for “died”) 6 Iyar In the year 5665 according to the short count May his soul be bound in