I read your father's story with great interest. It is marvelous that he wrote this narrative for the family. My father left Poland sometime between 1917 and 1920. He passed away in 1976, and I

Ruth Chernia rchernia@... Toronto, Canada 4168381043 -- Ruth Chernia Toronto, Canada searching for TSCHERNIA of Copenhagen, Denmark, & Genichesk, Kherson Oblast,

Good morning, Here lies or here is buried (2-letter abbreviation on top) Hinda daughter of reb Shmu’el Passed 18 Cheshvan 5731 May her soul be gathered in eternal life (last line

Hi all, I'm looking for military information on Warren J. FRIEDMAN from Chicago who served in the U.S. Air Corps in Cambridge, England, during WWII and was to be deployed to Japan from Belgium near

We do have quite a few of these mystery DNA matches at ~100 cM total, the largest ~20 cM , which we haven't been able to connect to genealogically. I ended up writing it off as a match beyond our

Jill, Have you tried the 'What Are The Odds' tool on family painter? I believe you've gathered enough data. Once you've got a best odds relationship level you can focus on that generational level.

Jill - I have had a similar experience and it sounds like you are very organized. One suggestion that can help is create a "research tree" adding those trees of your DNA matches to your contact. So

I have a DNA link with whom I share 1.25% DNA and 91.7cms. We share 8 segments including one at 24cm, one at 13 cm and one at 10cm. The possible options are 2nd cousin once removed, 1st cousin 3 times

My father's family left Proskurov, Ukraine, around that time. I am attaching a portion of his autobiography that describes his route from there to the US. Perhaps the early part would be similar to

Hello, My father, Joseph Ispa, grew up as an orphan in Ukraine. I believe he was born between 1909-1911. He was told that his father, Joseph Ispa, was a rabbi who died before my father was born. My

How can I access Czarist Russia military records? Are conscription records available and digitized? I once heard that my grandfather served in the Russian Army during the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War

ב"ה Dear JewishGe nners: The October 25, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice indicating that the Regional Court in Tarnów is considering a claim from the

Hi, I've posted two vital records in Russian that I received from JRI-Poland for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners, The October 25, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice indicating that the Regional Court of Central Kraków [Sąd Rejonowy dla

Hello! Quite a few of you helped me with suggestions as I searched for Annie/Anna Kaplan, my first cousin once removed. Thank you for all of your help. I found her! The NYC Department of Health

My great grandfather Joseph Eliezer Edelman from Narewka Poland is buried in the Cemetary Warszawa (Okopowa) Sector 75 Row 13 #55 I found a photograph of the tombstone online but we were unable to

My maternal great grandfather was from Rajgrod ( I think) in the Lomza Gubernia region of NE Poland. He died young, sometime after the conception of his only child, my great grandmother Ida Sara

I have traced my paternal line back to my 5X Great Grandfather Abraham FUSSFELD from Brody, Galicia (Ukraine today). His 2X great grandsons emigrated to the USA in the late 1800s. I would like to

Some 10 years ago I found a letter written to me by a young lady who signed as my "little sister" Franny. The letter was written in 1965 when we both college students. Not remembering such a "little

The DOE project is a US Project to identify dead bodies that have been located by police where no identification of the body has ever been made - so the remains are "John Doe" or "Jane Doe". This