Thank you, Lee, for a thorough response. One point: Shimel/Szymel is Yiddish for Simon. Szmuel/Shmuil is homophonic search-wise but is Samuel. My ggf Shmuil had a brother Shimel. Fred

Several things come to mind for you to search. 1. Try stevemorse.org for NYC death and marriage indexes 2. Look up NYC Directories for 1946 and after. 3. The 1950 US census is due to be public

A number of you have recently asked questions about obtaining German Citizenship under Article 116. I have just completed the process and received my German citizenship Certificate on May 14, 2021. I

Is there a way to research deeds in Manhattan on-line? If not, how can I do it in person? I am trying to find out when my grandparents bought the building they lived in (I’m guessing it was in

"when he arrived in the U.S. in 1875 from Wroclaw, Poland." makes no sense. If you mean Wroclaw in Silesia, it was a German city till 1945, so Polish spellings are not relevant. If you mean another

Thanks for that useful piece of information. I have been using Duolingo over the past few months either to refresh, activate or learn and have found it useful (but sometimes very annoying) but I

There are/were PERKELs in South Africa Louis Zetler

Samuel could have been any of a dozen Jewish given names or maybe something not connected at all. Black could be a translation, in which case it would depend on the place he came from. Or it could

Dear Group, My g-g-gf was Israel Schwimmer of Munkacz. I have found records related to his sister, Brane. The 1874 second marriage for Brane Schwimmer of Munkacz (daughter of Jakob Svimmer and Szure),

David, In addition to the info in the JewishGen Manifest Markings Infofile that Laurie pointed you to, here are a couple of observations that I've made during my naturalization research that might

In response to: What would likely be the Jewish name for Samuel Black? It is possible that the name is Blach (German Jews have changed their Blach name to Black). Leslie Koelsch

I am trying to find out what happened to my Aunt, Lilli Karoline Loeb. I know that she was born on 10 October 1912 in Sprendlingen, Germany. ( I am also interested in joining a Sprendlingen

You are reading the Petition number incorrectly. It is 321008. David Rosen On 5/15/2021 5:11 PM, David Levine wrote:

My mother collected old books and among them was a Taber's Medical Dictionary from 1930. It is a treasure. Many modern terms and obsolete terms are included. Now if I could find it easily every

As a descendant of Schwartz ancestors who is still looking for information about my great-grandfather's past, I took a keen interest in your question and the answers you received. My experience is

Actually, the situation in Breslau in the 1870s was good for Jews, because the foothills of Prussian liberalism still prevailed before Greater German nationalism spread with all its negative effects.

Help please What am am I doing wrong? I have the Petition Number 321008 US District Court at Brooklyn, NY However when I go to Family Search Final petition and citizenship papers (New York),

Hi Peter, I did a little searching and found some records that may be helpful. It appears that Rosie (aka Rose/Rosy/Ray/Rachel Silber) was Hilel's second wife. His first wife, Bertha nee Weitz, was

I did check out the alphabet lessons and I thought they were OK, but since I already knew it it is hard to tell. It is definitely not the same accent that my mother spoke to her parents. They came

Hello, On the right- Here lies or here is buried (abbreviation on top) Hilel son of Dov Bear Passed 9 Adar 5707 May his soul be gathered in eternal life On the left – Here lies or here is