Trying to make contact with the family of Sol Taylor (1931-2019) who, by his first wife had two children (the son was Moshe Shmuel Taylor) and Sol remarried Pearl Rottenberg of the Koson Chassidic

Richard, Jocelyn Keene has made an excellent observation. If your mom got all of her Jewish blood from her father, that would make her only 50% Jewish. And if you got all of your Jewish blood from

Hi Richard, If your mother suspected she was 50% Jewish, all from her unknown father, there is no way that you would also be 50% Jewish unless your father was also partly Jewish. So you must have two

Stanislaus is now Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine. Formerly Austro Hungary Hannah Sperber On Apr 6, 2022, at 4:37 AM, Hannah Sperber <naturefan33@...> wrote:I’m searching for marriage of Abraham Faibish

The document is not a birth certificate. It is an extract from the record, which is likely a birth register...a book where all births are listed. Perhaps that will help you figure out what you have

One problem with reading old German records is the fact that there was a transition between the older script and the more modern script, and that the same registrar, in the same document, would often

I've been working on Eastern European family and community history since about 2004, and this is the first clear, to-the-point explanation of Revision Lists I've seen. Added bonuses: a clear

Hello, my maiden name is Gerber. My grandfather was from Poland which I believe was at one point occupied Krasilov. He came to the states at 6 and lived in Brooklyn with his father Morris and 2nd

I am having an impossible time locating the manifest for Aron Gordon. I am trying to figure out how we are related and hope his manifest will offer the clues to understand our relationship. I have a

Many thanks to Ines for the translation. Can anyone cast light for me on the people (Kuffners and Baruch Schonfeld) and places (Rohatiz, Goding) mentioned in the second paragraph? Simon Mandl was

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a Specialist Talk by Zoom or in person at the Jewish Museum in Camden, London · Date: Sunday April 10th 2022 · Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New

The name appears to be Meier Steven Warner

Hi all, I am looking for any and all records that may exist for my paternal grandparents, who were from Ukraine. The towns I know of are Uman, Vinograd, and Evanka. Their names were Velvel

The last 3 letters of the word between Isak and Haller are repeated before the name Sara. I cannot decipher the word, but that may give a clue. The script is difficult, but an expert in old German

Münster. You may find him here: https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=juden_nw&ID=I304272&nachname=M%C3%9CNSTER&modus=&lang=de Regards Marion (Weber), Stuttgart

The Israel GenealogyResearch Association (IGRA) has posted a new video on its website, “Genealogyof Eretz Israel” , a presentation given by Garri Regev, IGRA’s President. This presentation was

The vital records for Ladyzhin were destroyed in a fire in 2003. I recognize the name Milkis. I think my great grandfather Sam Lasken may have traveled to the US with someone with that name. I need

I am responding to David Mendoza's JewishGen message #667933 dated 5 April 2022. Dear David, Although there are multiple flimsy aspects of Abramovich's application's supposed "evidence", such as the

Richard, If 23AndMe is predicting a 1st cousin, it means that the amount of DNA you share with that person is equivalent to what you would expect to see if you shared a full set of grand-parents (i.e.

It looks to me like Minsker or Minscher. Linda Gordon Higgins Spring, TX