Hi, Below you'll find answers to the questions raised in your Email. The Hebrews had 12 tribes. Cohen and Levi were the Priest tribes. The other 10 tribes were called Israel (not Yisroel), among

Hi, Below you'll find answers to the questions raised in your Email. The Hebrews had 12 tribes. Cohen and Levi were the Priest tribes. The other 10 tribes were called Israel (not Yisroel), among

Shalom: My grandparents had a store in Old Constantine/ Starokonstantine in the l920's and perhaps in the 30's...... Would there be any rcords of shopkeepers or tax payers? If there are, how would i

In honor of the opening of the new WWII museum this week, I would like to provide some information on one of the items that Jewish soldiers and sailors received >from the National Jewish Welfare

Hi I've been reading all the 'genners queries about people they are trying to locate - dead or alive! I have been searching since 1982 for relatives of my father and have gotten nowhere. I am

Laurence Harris (laurence_harris@...) wrote: : ... I have been told that David and Leah could _not_ marry in England : (c1890) but were obliged to make a special trip to Netherlands : (Holland) to

Perhaps a Verst is 0.6629 miles, but one should think in kilometers. One Verst is equal to 1.066 Km. The US is the only backwards country still using a non-metric system. The Russians and Prussians

Shalom: My grandparents had a store in Old Constantine/ Starokonstantine in the l920's and perhaps in the 30's...... Would there be any rcords of shopkeepers or tax payers? If there are, how would i

In honor of the opening of the new WWII museum this week, I would like to provide some information on one of the items that Jewish soldiers and sailors received >from the National Jewish Welfare

Hi I've been reading all the 'genners queries about people they are trying to locate - dead or alive! I have been searching since 1982 for relatives of my father and have gotten nowhere. I am

Laurence Harris (laurence_harris@...) wrote: : ... I have been told that David and Leah could _not_ marry in England : (c1890) but were obliged to make a special trip to Netherlands : (Holland) to

Perhaps a Verst is 0.6629 miles, but one should think in kilometers. One Verst is equal to 1.066 Km. The US is the only backwards country still using a non-metric system. The Russians and Prussians

Dear David: Szmeterling is just Polish spelling of German Schmetterling, means butterfly. Such Polonized pronounciations were pretty typical. The name is also typically Jewish, however not very

Dear David: Szmeterling is just Polish spelling of German Schmetterling, means butterfly. Such Polonized pronounciations were pretty typical. The name is also typically Jewish, however not very

In reviewing records >from Latvia I expect to be confronted with entries in Russian, German and Latvian. "Following the Paper Trail" should offer help with the Russian and German languages, but is

In reviewing records >from Latvia I expect to be confronted with entries in Russian, German and Latvian. "Following the Paper Trail" should offer help with the Russian and German languages, but is

Dear Genners, In reviewing FHL microfilm holdings in preparation for the Salt Lake City Conference, I have found many references to Revision lists >from the Courland area towns I am researching. In a

Dear Genners, In reviewing FHL microfilm holdings in preparation for the Salt Lake City Conference, I have found many references to Revision lists >from the Courland area towns I am researching. In a

Dear Latvia researchers: I understand that there are quite a few films dealing with Latvian archival information available in Salt Lake City. In preparation for my forthcoming trip July 9-14 I would

Dear Anthony, My cousin, Ingrid Friedman, married Lionel Edelman in 1972. They had a son, Ari Hirsch Edelman. Ingrid and Lionel subsequently divorced, and Ingrid remarried Selwyn Shapiro. All this in