Hi it wasn’t explicitly stated that Zev in Hebrew translates to the animal known as the wolf. In Yiddish that’s Volf, and the Yiddish diminutive is Velvel. many names are similar. Zvi (gazelle,

I'm not familiar with either name as a Hebrew or Yiddish name. Maybe they are Ukrainian. Elio could be a way if spelling the Hebrew Eliya which is a variation of Eliyahu. Do you have any records that

Hello Mr Brian Kerr 13th March 2022 I wonder, if I may record my thoughts--long overdue--about the Name 'Tomasy' ? As I like to

I went to Rzeszow and Tarnow in 2006. Our guide was Krzysztof Malczewski krystek@... Also worth contacting Prof. Leszek Hondo uwhondo@...-- Ric Cooper Midhurst, UK BORENSTEIN, MATELEVITCH,GODZINSKIJ

I was able to get images of 1836 metrical records for Nizhyn (formerly Nezhin) and Kozelets right before the invasion (both were part of Chernigov Guberniya in the Russian Empire). You can see them

I have had issues with family search and family tree. My tree was dissolved my someone changing everything I put on. Family search did nothing and family tree was not any better. I have not put my

Like Steve said Shmuel Zev is the Hebrew name and he may have been known as Velvel since that is the Yiddish version of his middle name. In general last names are uncommon on Hebrew gravestones so

Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto Is It Genealogy or Bobeh Meises (Grandma’s Tall Tales)? Michael Goldstein Sunday, 27 March 2022, at 10:30 am ET. Virtual Meeting: Join from

Clearly this has touched a nerve and become a popular thread! So here’s my two cents: I keep my master file on my computer (using FTM), with lots of backups. I link it to Ancestry, with the

Another plus for public trees is receiving correction from people close to the line with issues. Max Heffler Houston, TX From: main@... <main@...>On Behalf Of Susan stone via

Hi from Paris, I confirm Andreas' reply concerning the period of German occupation of French Alsace-Lorraine between 1870 and 1919. (Reconquest of Alsace-Lorraine after defeat of 1870 was a real

JoAnne... You wrote: "My family tree is public, and the information there was mostly derived from official documents I found online! If the tree helps someone else do research, or allows me to make a

I keep my trees private and if someone wants to see one of them, I grant them permission or I offer to make them a small tree just with the part of the family we share and put a time limit how long

Harry, This Ukraine SIG post dated 01/09/01 may be of interest (note that NYPL is The New York Public Library.) Dear Fellow U SIG Members: As you are probably aware, the Ukraine SIG is investigating

Paul, It looks like the Soc. Sec. app is for Shifra Melnitskaya herself, not for her father. There will not be a Soc. Sec. app for anyone born prior to 1870, and since Shifra was born 1885 I doubt

Hello 'Genners, This site lists newspaper archives by geographic region: Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives And, the

Most of my research is in the UK – primarily the British Newspaper Archive and the Welsh Newspaper Archive (for local papers,) and the Times – and Sunday Times – digitial Archives but I've found

It depends on what year the grandfather obtained his citizenship. It may have been prior to the marriage. If it was after the marriage, her name should be listed on HIS petitions and certificates,

Hi - I'm looking at relatives in revision records in Ukraine and the records for my family list Elio as the patronym in the 1858 census. However, in the 1816 to 1817 revisions for Tuchyn Ukraine- one

The JewishGen Ukraine Research Division has been downloading all of Alex Karakovsy's scans to our servers. We are actively looking for volunteers to donate to hire translators or to transcribe files