Hi, I happened to have watched the same book discussion and have also bought his book. My mom and her family were in the worst of the civil war pogroms in Proskurov. I've talked a lot about this in

Leiba was most definitely a man's name in the old country, although today it is also used as a woman's name. My male Liebman/ Lebman ancestors from Belarus had the name Leiba in every generation back

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It seems that the tenure varied. According to the Pinkas, Steinberg was only Rabbi for 6-7 months, and there is documentation of him. A brief google search hasn't borne fruit, unfortunately. He is

Greetings I am looking for a book called: "The Posen Family: The Descendants of Eliezer Lazarus Posen (1803-1865) and His Wife Brandina and Tzelar-Posen (1833-1901)" by Naftali Bar-Giora Bamberger,

On November 30, I watched an excellent YIVO-sponsored one-hour youtube video, "In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust”,

Hello I've posted 2 vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following

What would be the point of using an mtDNA or Y-chromosome test when an autosomal test is available? Roberta Sheps, Colchester England

Do you know how long, in general, the tenure of these Rabbis were in Bialystok? Six years seems to be relatively short so it is possible that he is not documented like the others. Regardless of this

The Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam, called Verzets Resistance Museum, website is available in both Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and English at:

You can find the records that were indexed by Jewishgen in Volume 2: FamilySearch Catalog: Metrical books, 1862-1927 — FamilySearch.org The records are in Romanian. You have to browse using the

The important information: Surname: Lador First name: Rivka Father's name Yitzhak ID number: 0724176-3 Marital status: Widow Born: 9th of Tishrei 5671 (October 12, 1910) Died: 29th Tevet 5762 (Jan 13,

I would like to learn more about Jewish life in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) in the 1900s before World War II. I am particularly interested in Jewish ownership of glass "palaces," what they were

JewishGen Press is proud to announce our 136th title: “I Am a Tear of Joy and Sorrow” The book is based on Masha Wolfsthal's story as told to Nava Gibori Writing and editing: Nava

Hi all: I recently found the following given names for many Jews in Warszawa and other areas of Poland. This was very surprising to me as they are not our traditional Jewish given names.

Hi Micah: I searched the JewishGen Communities database. I think the second one now in Ukraine or the fifth one in Belarus may be your town Mark Halpern Conshohocken, PA, USA JewishGen Communities

When there is conflicting or unusual information in Jewishgen records, I think it's helpful to get copies of the original images of these marriage and birth records, and have them re-translated from

Am looking for any documents relating to the marriage of Emanuel Mendel Wertheim/er, also known as Emanuel Simson & Menachem Mendel. He married Sara Feibel. I know they are buried in the cemetery in

Since "alte" means "old" (in German), it strikes me as likely that "Alte" was simply an intra-familial nickname ("the old woman") Alternately. one naming website reports that "alte" was a name

If you k which newspaper the article was in you can email the main library in that city. There should be a link on their website that say Ask A Librarian or something on that order. They should