I have been using Reunion by LeisterPro as it was made especially for Macs. I love that it syncs with my phone, iPad and computer. -- Grodno and Sokolka: TIKOTZINSKI---> EPSTEIN Minsk: SPUND Makow:

The story in my family was that my uncle (Erich Fritz Hein) was interned in the UK at first, but was then sent to Canada (specifically Prince Edward Island) for the duration. I've never been able to

My Brown (Brin) family of Edinburgh looked after the Hirsch children from Dessau (Gerhard and Madeline) who escaped on the Kindertransport from Berlin in 1939, where they had been at boarding school.

The label of this "patronymic" field in this context should be "Full Hebrew/Yiddish Name including Patronymic". -- David Ziants Ma'aleh Adumim, Israel

Hi Jake, A good place to start is Rachel Pistol's book Internment during the Second World War : a comparative study of Great Britain and the USA (2017.) The Association of Jewish Refugees' oral

You might like to check out Family Tree 10. I've been using both the iPad and Mac versions for a while and found it OK. Its quite a comprehensive and powerful piece of software and I think it will do

In my family tree, I have numerous instances in US censuses from the early 1900s, where the siblings of a wife were listed as boarders. It could appear at first that they are unrelated to either the

There is a Facebook group called 'Jewish DNA for Genetic Genealogy and Family Research', who can help with advice on how to proceed in learning about your biological grandfather. They have files on

What is the best software for me to use with an iPad? I am visually impaired and that’s why I use an iPad. I have a subscription to Ancestry and another to MyHeritage. There are over 600 people in

Residentail search Last visited a relative around 1950 address was 36 Pasqet Dr Norwalk Conn attempted to find house while on vacation and could not find house Woke up and viewed 1959 US CENSUS and

The Scottish Holocaust-era Study Centre at the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre also has information about many Jewish refugees who came to Scotland at that time and about experiences of internment in

Judith This was my first understanding of the record too but I don't think it is correct. If you look at the way the groom's name and patronymic are listed it's pretty clear that he is Abraham son of

Diane Jacobs said she was looking for information about German-born Jews who were locked up in some kind of internment camps in Great Britain early in WW2. I would look at this site:

A "Lodger" pays for use of a room only. A "Boarder" pays for a room and meals. -- Ellen Barnett Cleary San Francisco CA USA ellencleary@...

Thank you. I was able to see with my account. Regarding restricted records, I think there are different levels. For some American ones, I was able to go to my library, which is I guess an affilaite

Still seeking old photos (1880-1947) from Dubno, Ukraine (formerly Poland, earlier Russian Empire). I am looking for photos of: 1. Single portraits and family groups, 1-20 people (outdoors if

For questions like definitions of terms seen on census forms, the first place to look is the “Instructions to Enumerators”. You can find the 1910 instructions at:

Subject: ERRERA born in Salonika / Thessolonika Is anyone related to ANDRE / ANDREA / ANDRE ABRAMO ABRAM ERRERA BORN- 14 August 1912 Thessaloniki, Greece MARRIED- IRENE BERTHE DEBORAH GOLDFARB (my

Looking for information about German-born Jews who were locked up in some kind of interrment camps in Great Britain early in WW2. I've found cursory information online from Bnei Brith and wikipedia,

Dear, Nice to greet you. My name is Sergio Korbenfeld, I live in Buenos Aires - Argentina. I am trying to understand the family tree. My grandparents on my mother's side were born in