Hi Aline As far as I know Mittelbau-Dora was a subcamp of Buchenwald not of Auschwitz. There is a website about Buchenwald and

Check out reclaimtherecords.org as they battle both NY state and NY city for release of records. See if they have records from this time period. Johanna Becker Newport, RI

Uzbekistan is a central Asian nation and former part of the Soviet Republic. As reported by the Jerusalem Post, it is now officially researching and documenting its Jewish community. Jews have there

Following an inquiry to the State Archivs of Poltava Oblast about records it contains, I received the attached reply. I would appreciate a translation. I believe it is in Ukraninian, but someone

The question of denomination is very important, as is a name of the country in a particular period. I have heard, more than once that there are more than 40 different distinct world-wide

It would be helpful to know the place of death. Perhaps in a neighboring state, in which case NYC death records would be nonexistent? Barbara (Elk) Hemmendinger Williamsport, PA BAHSSIN, BASIN,

I’ve posted many excerpts here about weddings and marriage customs but I found this one to be charming. “A Wedding in Mlynov,” from the that Ukrainian town’s Yizkor book recounts the memories

I'd like to express my gratitude to all the wonderful people on JewishGen for their kindness and generosity in sharing their knowledge. Renee in particular, whose powers are absolutely oracular, as

SteveMorse.org in the NYC vital records section - you can use Italiangen or Familysearch and other sites as part of his one step pages. That said, I went looking on both of these via SteveMorse.org

In my case, my parents still belonged to an Orthodox congregation at that time. (But that may have been the only convenient option where we lived.) We eventually joined a Conservative congregation.

Marilyn, I do see two Freida Zilberman in Khotin uezd, born one in 1856 and a second in 1855. They seems lived not in Khotin, but in towns in that same uezd (county), one family in town of Brichany

I would be interested in corrections to the translation below, as I am still learning to read Polish script. cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc Leib Horn,

Thanks for the links. I posted somewhere on Viewmate that my thought is the language is Sanskrit or something similar, I see others here have named Hindi and Nepali so I think we are all on the same

Martin, Two suggestions which are free to search: Italiangen.org - NYC Municipal Archives Deaths: https://www.italiangen.org/databases/search/?db=nycmuni FamilySearch.org - New York, New York City

Martin, Have you searched on FamilySearch.org? Most of the death certificates from NYC are indexed AND partly extracted on family search. You can get a free account on it. If you are successful in

Hi Nancy, In your post you write that you found some records indicating that Samuel Miller was living in Scranton, from about 1883 to 1903. I don’t know what these records were but obviously

Another place to look is cemetery burial records. Even if the family were keeping her death a secret, they would likely have buried her in one of the New York area Jewish cemeteries. In my family I

FamilySearch actually has a huge amount of name adoption lists from western Germany but they often have the wrong name. For instance there is a slew of collections saying “Matrikel 1808” but

I'm researching a friend's roots in Horodok but need guidance to find relevant records. Is there a seasoned Horodok researcher in JewishGen land who could advise me? Thanks. Evan Fishman -- Evan

The answer id very simple as I know from my father story and historical facts. The prisoners of Auschwitz started on January 1945 the so-called “death march” into Germany and those who stay alive