Molly, Here are a few ways you might find the maiden name of Sam Berenson's mother Riva: If Sam married in The U.S. than his marriage record may contain his mother's maiden name. Sam's death

Those streets that were rebuilt weren't always in the exact same place. They may be a bit off. That is why they say you can only really know where it was by the sewers. Rose Feldman -- Rose

Peter, Try looking up the surname in Alexander Beider's books: Beider, A. 1996. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu. Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of

There is a Warsaw city map from 1938 that claims to have all the streets listed. https://polona.pl/item/plan-wielkiej-warszawy-z-wymienieniem-wszystkich-ulic-miasta,MzU2NDQ1NA/0/#info:metadata On its

I don't think anyone in my family has celebrated on the "correct" date! A 1961 bar mitzvah, at least in the United States, would probably have been announced in the local Jewish newspaper. JoAnne --

I would have thought that many streets in Warsaw were flattened during the war and not necessarily rebuilt. Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland

Hello Linda, 1961 was a long time ago and the shul has since been converted into a public senior center. The online calendars are the next best thing. Jeffrey Gee Arizona

My educated guess is that it is a form of Raphael. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York yekkey@... Tone can be misinterpreted in email. Please read

You can transfer test results from Ancestry DNA and 23 and me DNA to FamilyTree DNA and MyHeritage DNA, but you cannot transfer to Ancestry or MyHeritage from any of the others. Robert

The list of modern streets in Warsaw that start with "Ge" are Gedymina Gembarzewskiego Genewska Geodetów Geologiczna Geranii Gersona (first name Wojciech, I

There could be many reasons why a function is not held on the "correct" day. As noted in another note, there might be a space limit in the Synagogue. In 1964 I was working in Paris and the only time

Dear Mr. Fraser, Having visited Vienna recently, I found your question very interesting. During my visit, I learned that only one of the 94 synagogues survived the November 1938 pogroms. It was the

I think the best way to find out is to contact the synagogue and ask them to please check their records. The date of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah date is not necessarily the one closest to the secular

I have a difference in opinion…my son was born on December 15th and his Bar Mitzvah was not until January… this was what was available AFTER he turned 13… Sharon F. Yampell Voorhees, New

Hi everyone I am looking for a street in Warsaw where my Great grand parents lived in 1929, I don’t find it with google maps: 73 Gendha Street. Perhaps this is misspelled

Critically, Borgers father was one such advertised cold. Very moving piece. Hazel Dakers, London UK

Here's a site: https://www.chabad.org/calendar/bar-bat-mitzvah_cdo/aid/6227/jewish/BarBat-Mitzvah-Date-Calculator.htm Jeri Friedman Port Saint Lucie, Florida -- This email has been checked for

Here are the search parameters and top search result of a search I did in Ancestry. I find wildcards tend to be really useful in these cases (for a man with the name Moshe, I'll start with "Mor*" for

Can someone please tell me what would be the correct bar mitzvah date for a cousin who was born on August 17, 1948 or point me to a website that can calculate the correct date? I have two likely

Hi everyone, The researchers I am working with in Belarus (JHRG) identified a line of my family I never knew about. One of the families in that in that line immigrated to the U.S. via NY in