Rumour has it that many families of the community >from Mitau (Jelgava) came originally as a group >from somewhere in Turkey, date uncertain but before something like 1740. Does anyone have any

Rumour has it that many families of the community >from Mitau (Jelgava) came originally as a group >from somewhere in Turkey, date uncertain but before something like 1740. Does anyone have any

The original name was HALBERSTADT >from that town. For full details on the HALBERSTAM and HALBERTHAL families see my book - The Unbroken Chain (English) as well as Wunder's Meorei Galicia (Hebrew).

The original name was HALBERSTADT >from that town. For full details on the HALBERSTAM and HALBERTHAL families see my book - The Unbroken Chain (English) as well as Wunder's Meorei Galicia (Hebrew).

I am going through a Yizkor book and have found a register of families in the town. The register is organized by street and is titled "a taylvayze reshima". Reshima is a register (or list) but can

I am going through a Yizkor book and have found a register of families in the town. The register is organized by street and is titled "a taylvayze reshima". Reshima is a register (or list) but can

Has anyone published a genealogy of the TWERSKY line? There was a story >from one of my sources that our COHEN family >from Talna had "important" rabbinical connections, but I always regarded this as

Has anyone published a genealogy of the TWERSKY line? There was a story >from one of my sources that our COHEN family >from Talna had "important" rabbinical connections, but I always regarded this as

This message is reposted >from the JewishGen Discussion Group. If you have any information, please reply to Yale Reisner privately. Shirley Rotbein Flaum Subject: Otto (Yehoshua) SCHORR (Warsaw >>

This message is reposted >from the JewishGen Discussion Group. If you have any information, please reply to Yale Reisner privately. Shirley Rotbein Flaum Subject: Otto (Yehoshua) SCHORR (Warsaw >>

The only given name I know for my grandmother is Rose. Does anyone know what her name would have been prior to arrival in the US during the early 1900's? She came >from Lomza gubernia (area west

The only given name I know for my grandmother is Rose. Does anyone know what her name would have been prior to arrival in the US during the early 1900's? She came >from Lomza gubernia (area west

The moderator might not have noticed that two different dates were given for the Simchat Torah date in 1898. The 27 September date would have been for 1899. In 1898 [5659], the date was, indeed,

The moderator might not have noticed that two different dates were given for the Simchat Torah date in 1898. The 27 September date would have been for 1899. In 1898 [5659], the date was, indeed,

This really resonates for me. My mother (who went on to the "technical", not the "college", track in high school) knew a vast amount of classic literature, history, geography, and even Latin when she

This really resonates for me. My mother (who went on to the "technical", not the "college", track in high school) knew a vast amount of classic literature, history, geography, and even Latin when she

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life, the remarkable three-volume set in English for the first time, has been made available by Yad Vashem Publications to the JewishGen Mall. Now all of you living outside

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life, the remarkable three-volume set in English for the first time, has been made available by Yad Vashem Publications to the JewishGen Mall. Now all of you living outside

I have been looking for the town of origin of a particular YAFFE family who went to North Dakotah and Winnipeg in the years before WW One, and then fanned out through the US. I had been told by one

I have been looking for the town of origin of a particular YAFFE family who went to North Dakotah and Winnipeg in the years before WW One, and then fanned out through the US. I had been told by one