I do not know of any Yizkor book for Grodzisk. My family is from Grojec (about 20 miles SE of Grodzisk) and there is an Yizkor book for it. My family name is Zangier and a family with the same family

Ancestry's parent matching is in beta. On Facebook's DNA pages, many people are reporting erroneous results. -- Kathy Goldberg

I believe you are right regarding geograpgical basis for it. I forget their names right now, but I am 100% Ashkenazi- one parent is 100% of one variety (the more centralized one), but the other

Hi Ronnie: Did you apply for the long form as described on this page?: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/birth-death-records-birth.page -- Rod MacNeil Philadelphia, PA USA roddy407@...

I am finding they are marking paternal family maternal and vice versa…and unless there are hidden connections on the other side, this is very wrong as welll!! Sharon F. Yampell Researcher

Hello Sarina Roffe and Leslie Kelman, The Majority of British Consular Records are kept and in most cases located at the UK's National Archives at Kew, You should search in the Discovery Channel see

Further to my previous reply the Consular Records for India and Asia will probably be located in the British Library, but see the National Archives at Kew Discovery Channel

I have the same issue. Both sides of my ancestors are from Germany/Poland. Ancestry categorizes most of mine as UNASSIGNED. Not helpful. :-( Myra Fournier Bedford, MA USA

My grandfather also served in the Russian Army (they lived in Warsaw) in that war. I was told I'd have to know the regiment or whatever division, so for me it was hopeless. Sorry! If you find out

Birth Certificates - NYC Health -- Odeda Zlotnick Jerusalem, Israel.

Dale, There is a Warren J. Friedman in Family Search from Chicago whose DOB matches the date you give so on that basis I presume I found the right person. According to these records, extracted from

You can try the 1930, 1940 and 1950 US Censuses to get their names. Your school records would have your parents names. Your marriage certificate might have it? Just a few ideas I can think of

If the information has been obtained through the LDS lists then it could be almost anything. Many LDS transcribers could not read the cursive script of the time. In my own case the town in the

I would like to know if there are any existing and/or accessible Russian military or conscription records for mid-19th century Poland. Our family story is that the 3 brothers who came to California in

Wait a second, Eva. My understanding is that both Ancestry and FamilySearch (I can't speak for any other sites) advise using birth names, not women's married names, for just the reasons you cite. I

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Are 20th-century (pre-Holocaust) birth/marriage/death records for the town of Brichany (or Bricheni) in Bessarabia available anywhere? If so, how could they be accessed? Many thanks for any

Dale, The US National Archives and/or the Department of Veterans Affairs's may have Warren Friedman's military personnel records. These records can provide significant information, not only about his

Dear JewishGeners, I have applied for German citizenship under “Application A — for naturalization of persons living abroad pursuant to Article 116 (2), first sentence, of the Basic Law (GG).”

Hi, I'd be happy to hear of the place where civil (BMD) records of Prussian towns are located. Specifically, my great-grandmother Rosa-Rachel LEVY was born in 1873 in Tuchel/Tuchola. I can only find