I am looking for any information about David Icek Hoffman, my great grandfather, born around 1862 in Wawolnica Poland. He was married to Ruchla Berkowicz, born 1864 in Chodel Poland. -- Amnon PALDI

Thanks for this tidbit -- it (probably) explains why my family living in Romny all emigrated via Hamburg when I was expecting to see Libau due to the Romny-Libau train! Juliana Berland (France)--

Hi, I'm researching the VON HIBLER family (Elizabeth VON HIBLER was my great-grandmother). All I can find out is: - The family came from Lienz, Salzburg, Graz, Innsbruck - I had a great-uncle called

Wendy, Books of records were very well preserved in Radom and towns around, especially if there were duplicat records. Feel free to ask me for any question, I am the town leader for this town at

Hi All Three part series starting today. https://www.sajewishmuseum.co.za/copy-of-current-exhibitions Regards Eli Rabinowitz Perth Australia

The ל. belongs to the date, it's a truncated לפ"ק which is an abbreviation of "לפרט קטן" and indicate the "thousands" is not mentioned it the date. A full date for this year would be

It's a place name, not a Hebrew word. JewishGen Locality Page - Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik [Croa, Bosn, Serb], Ragusa [Ger, Ital], Raguza [Yid], Ragúza [Hun], Ragusium [Lat] Odeda

The timing of this announcement is very interesting .... 2 days before Russia invaded Ukraine. I imagine it's hard to say no to such a huge amount of money, despite how it was made. Regarding

On Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00 pm, the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University will host the Brickman-Levin Symposium, a free online event presented on Zoom, which will highlight the

I’m searching for POCZTARUK, Joel (?) b.1889, and his wife, Channah (or Anna, born GARNEK) b. about 1890. Joel POCZTARUK was born in 1889 in Lomazy, Poland. Joel changed his immediate family’s

I recently discovered an ancestor from the above town in Poland and the birth record was dated 1834. I continued searching the vital records for this town and found many additional records for

Searching for Elek (aka Alex, Laszlo, Lazar) SCHWARTZ probably from Koloszvar. He was in the timber business. He married Roza KOVACS, who was not Jewish, and they had at least two daughters, Klara

Shalom. To whom this concerns: The following words and acronyms appear after the year on a tombstone ל. ימי תייה נ''ה שנה Could someone please translate this for me? (I know that shanah

Many of the ships from Libau went only as far as Hamburg where you would change ship for onward travel. Michael Tobias Glasgow, Scotland

I wonder if the birthplace of Tuze for the groom Hyman was a mistake, and was meant to be written down as the birthplace of the bride Katie Rosen, who on both marriage certificates is listed as born

I am also uneasy with this format. I understand it’s goal, but it feels contrived and dishonest. Marilyn Feingold

Check passenger lists at www.RedStarLine.com (in Belgium). Happy hunting, Molly Arost Staub Boca Raton, FL

I regularly post updates here on which documents the project is working on as we progress. Our donors of $100 or more are sent a link to access the complete translations at the same time as they are

Go to raogk.org (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) and look for a volunteer in Brazil. You can send a message through the website. If there are no volunteers go to the cemetery website and send

Shalom. I am translating several matzevoth inscriptions for a volunteer who photographs tombstones for Find-A-Grave. The Hebrew word ראגאוז appears after the father's name on two different