I am requesting assistance I am searching for a birth record on an ancestor (Isadore aka Yitzhak DELEWI aka Delvey aka Dolerey aka Levine) reportedly born in Buenos Aires Argentina in 1907. Does

JRI-Poland is proud to announce the full extraction of the unique attachments to the 1918-1935 deaths and 1935 births housed in the Kielce Branch of the Polish State Archives. These loose pieces of

I am searching descendants of Reb Yisrael ROSENBAUM of Ostrow who was a follower of R'Yehoshua Heschel of Apta . The book "Mazkeret Legedolei Ostrow" mentions two such individuals but theories that

About eight or nine years ago I photographed nine plots in Acacia and twelve in Bayside. I gave jpegs of these matzevot to Nolan Altlman of JewishGen's JOWBR. I don't know if they are online via JOWBR

I expect you'll have more luck on the Danziger side than the Goldbergs! Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland

I have name changes on both sides of my family. It is legal to change one's name without official documentation as long as it is not done to defraud. On my maternal side, the spelling of both my

Just to supplement Wlodek Matuszewski posting on Wisztyniec, the following data is extracted from the Kingdom of Poland Geographical Dictionary (Słownik Geograficzny Królewstwa Polskiego) and few

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I have been looking for my Goldberg/Danziger family from Poland for a while. Maybe you have some suggestions. Abraham Danziger is my grandfather. 1. Fajwel Goldberg b. circa 1800 └ +Fajga Ryfka

Hi Julie The first step should be to search and find all documents in the United States about your grandmother and her parents who could contain their places and dates of birth in Poland. This are the

I was out to both cemeteries about 4 years ago. Acacia was not bad. It is not very large and was in good order and condition. Easy to get around. In fact I noticed a recent burial. Bayside,

The 1% Jewish ethnicity for your grandmother indicates that her parents were not Jewish. It was not uncommon for Poles who lived closely or worked with Jews to learn Yiddish. Such things even happened

A little correction: Vistitis Polish name is Wisztyniec and now lake (jezioro) Wisztynieckie is shared between Poland Lithouania and Russian Federation. Wlodek Matuszewski

Thank you, Russ. I am researching the Boruchovich and Kotovsky families. Any tips? There are lots of alternative spellings, I know, Regards Viv Dean

Hi Julie In my own genealogical research experience (for over 15 years!) The most important thing is to find the birth certificates of your grandparents. If you know their dates and place of birth

Hi I have GOLDBERGS in my family tree who married into the RING (RYNG) family. The Ring family came from Zychlin and are on my paternal side. Also from Lecyzyca I have IZBICKI (ISBITSKY) on my

The Orange County California JGS is having their October meeting on Sunday at 10:00 am Pacific Time. Our speaker will be Arthur Kurzweil, a Pioneer in Jewish Genealogy. Registration is required. To

As part of its mission to index/extract the Jewish records of Poland, JRI-Poland has fully extracted all the surviving Ostrołęka vital records not covered by Polish laws protecting personal data.

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Sadly the collector of Data who with a team of individuals recorded the names and details of the burials in those cemeteries, Florence MARMOR, is no longer with us. I have the computerized listing