I am looking for the records of a New Jersey Burial Society by the name of Moses Montefiore of Hoboken, New Jersey. The cemetary where my ggf is buried tell me that the Society is defunct. I assume

Sounds as though she was probably Masha Sheindel, both being common Yiddish names for girls. Judith Romney Wegner jrw@...

One of our family first names is Shea, passed down through the generations. always spelled it Shea except for my cousin who is female and it is her middle name spelled Shay. Hope this helps Gloria

Hello, I am trying to locate a missing branch of my grandmother's family. Grandmother's oldest sister - first name not known - was a RZEPSKI from the Kocubince/Kopyczynce area, district of Husiatyn

Dear J-Genners: If anyone has access to records of Jews in the Austrian army, and if these records are indexed alphabeticall , so that names are easy to find, could you please look for my husband's

Hi everyone...Does anyone know if the city housing projects in Brooklyn keep archives? I'm looking for a tenant list >from 1970. The name of the project is Marlboro Houses on Stillwell Ave. in

I am looking for the records of a New Jersey Burial Society by the name of Moses Montefiore of Hoboken, New Jersey. The cemetary where my ggf is buried tell me that the Society is defunct. I assume

Sounds as though she was probably Masha Sheindel, both being common Yiddish names for girls. Judith Romney Wegner jrw@...

One of our family first names is Shea, passed down through the generations. always spelled it Shea except for my cousin who is female and it is her middle name spelled Shay. Hope this helps Gloria

Hello, I am trying to locate a missing branch of my grandmother's family. Grandmother's oldest sister - first name not known - was a RZEPSKI from the Kocubince/Kopyczynce area, district of Husiatyn

Dear J-Genners: If anyone has access to records of Jews in the Austrian army, and if these records are indexed alphabeticall , so that names are easy to find, could you please look for my husband's

Hi everyone...Does anyone know if the city housing projects in Brooklyn keep archives? I'm looking for a tenant list >from 1970. The name of the project is Marlboro Houses on Stillwell Ave. in

I live in the boondocks and do not have access to Beider's books on Jewish surnames. I would be very grateful if someone would look in Beider's books for Poland and Russian empire and tell me if

Michael Bernet wrote: <<4.FOOKS {Poland} Probably an anglicized soundalike for Fuchs, which is German for "fox." A common Jewish last name but, unlike names for deer, wolf, bear, is rarely

Schei (pronounced like English "shy") would be the German transliteration for the name more familiar to us as "Shaye" in English transliteration. In other words, it is a Yiddish abbreviation of the

I live in the boondocks and do not have access to Beider's books on Jewish surnames. I would be very grateful if someone would look in Beider's books for Poland and Russian empire and tell me if

Michael Bernet wrote: <<4.FOOKS {Poland} Probably an anglicized soundalike for Fuchs, which is German for "fox." A common Jewish last name but, unlike names for deer, wolf, bear, is rarely

Schei (pronounced like English "shy") would be the German transliteration for the name more familiar to us as "Shaye" in English transliteration. In other words, it is a Yiddish abbreviation of the

Friends I have received several translations and they all come down to more or less the same translations. You even suggested me what should have been the letters as some resemble others very much

I am looking at a list of tombstone inscriptions >from the Jewish cemetery in Binsfurth (Hessen), and I have come across a few abbreviations that I do not understand: 1. Sg"L As in the following