Michelle: From the heading of the passenger list you can see the ship's arrival date, July 5, 1895. For a ship to make that journey in 9 -10 days would lead me to believe no stops in

I've posted a vital record. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... village school image from about 1890 with 15 girls Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you

I've posted 2 vital records on 3 pages in Romanian for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

Looking for Julius Korn (born approx 1891) and his father Leib/Lippman/Lipe Korn from Russia/Ukraine. Julius's mother may have been Rive Rifken, but that is not confirmed. According a census, he

The record you want is the last one on the right side of this image. The key to finding it, once you get close, is the record number, M96 (96th male in this list). The female and male record numbers

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Dear JewishGen I am researching a partisan leader, Meilech BAKALCZUK-FELIN (1904-1960), on behalf of a 95-year-old relative of his. I would love to read an English translation of his 1958 book,

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I agree with another respondent that "Bat-Tziyon" (daughter of Zion) would have been pretty much an unheard-of name in the era in which she was named. As such, one additional possibility to

Nancy was a really special person and I valued her friendship. She was so efficient dealing with contributions to the Newsletter and always ready to offer a suggestion. She was never pushy and always

A cohen who marries a convert does not lose his cohen status but his male children are "damaged" cohanim (Hebrew plural of cohen). In Hebrew the status is known as a "cohen khalal". He cannot stand

Hello All, I am trying to build out my and my wife's family trees. Her maternal grandfather, last name Kranberg (possibly Kreinberg, Krenberg, Greenberg etc.) emigrated to the US in 1913 from

My great grandmother was variously known as Bertha/Basha/Betsy/Bessie - but her birth name was Hadassah, unless this was another example of a double name? Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK

Movement often depended on the actions of the rulers of the pale. I understand that those on the Polish side were forbidden to move very far internally in the pale after the 1863 Polish uprising, when

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 09:25 AM, Odeda Zlotnick wrote: And here are instructions to understand the books: Belarus Birth Records (jewishgen.org) --Two further comments on using/searching the digitized

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Dear Avraham, My sincerest condolences on the loss of your friend. If there is a link for a donation in Nancy's memory, I will be happy to make a contribution. Please send the

I happen to know that NHAB is the Historical Archive of Minsk, Belarus. Some JewishGen records link to the specific books on FamilySearch. If you search for Okun in the JewishGen Belarus dataabase,

Good Evening Brian, Could this be the town that you are looking for? Kamionka Strumilowa is now called Kamianka-Buzka ( Russian spelling Kamenka-Bugskaya ). Its a very old town and there used to be