Dan, At Ancestry.com I found this person who naturalized in Illinois and was born in Uman, who may have a relation to ITZIG RANBAM (b. ca. 1888). Moses was also a carpenter as also Itzig stated he

I have a copy of my great-grandfather's Russian passport, which was used about 1905 or so when he came to America with his three youngest children. He had emigrated to America earlier, about 1897 or

I recently learned that my family were sent to Laxenburg, Austria concentration camp. Tried to find info but with out success. I am looking for information/references about this concentration camp

My third great grandfather, Wilhelm/Wolf Steinfeld, is presumably buried in the Vienna Zentralfriedhof. He died on March 23, 1911 (death record posted below), but no plot number was listed. How would

I found Valentin in Bezeq's 144 directory he still lives there Note that I also sent a private email to the email that appears in the request and it came back RUCH PINCHAS ISRAEL

My understanding, which may be wrong is as follows. In Czarist Russia the majority of people were serfs, under the sole control of their landlord/master. They worked for no pay and the internal

I believe the conclusion from this discussion is that you can not tell where someone came from based upon the ownership of these candlesticks. There is too much diversity in where the owners, as

You might want to look at this webpage where the US National Archives discusses death notices for US citizens who died abroad. -- Miriam Alexander Baker

Also, to add to the mystery of Clara Sackheim Stahl’s death date, is that the 1992 death date would have made her 102 years old. Maybe someone stole her identity or there was an error

Stanley Diamond, M.S.M. (Montreal, 514-484-0100) Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc. Visit: JRI-Poland.org Donate at: JRI-Poland.org/support.htm Read how you can make a

Gesher Galicia’s journal, the Galitzianer, invites members and nonmembers of Gesher Galicia to submit articles with a clear connection to Jewish life in Austrian Galicia (1772–1918). Submissions

Is there still an active Litvak Discussion Group under Jewish Gen or separately? Thank you, Susan Goldsmith SF Bay Area Researching: GOLDSHMIDT, GITTES (GADIE, GADYE, GIDUT, GDUD, GOIDA) F(P)ILVINSKY,

My great grandfather Sosna arrived in the U.S. in 1907. He filed a Declaration of Intention in 1910, but I don't believe he completed the process. He traveled back to Russia in 1914 to bring two of

Start your research for family in Brazil on the Family Search website, they have have the passenger records that are recorded in Rio de Janero, I have found some of my family in this data set which

Further to my previous post about Salomon Levi van Geens. I have now seen that his wife Leente Elias was also known as Lea Elias Gompers. Their son Levie Samuel (1777-1862), married to Saartje Philip

Thank you for your replies, Corinna and Evelyn/Christopher. Since posting my initial query I have found the records of my cousin Max's baptism and his wedding, which gave me further information about

As far as I know, a passport was necessary to leave the Russian Empire. But it was difficult and/or expensive to get, so many chose to pass the frontier illegally. Jorge Sexer France

There is a Salomon Levi (also known as Shmuel Zanvil) van Geens buried in the Jewish cemetery in Meppel who died 26-02-1831 at the age of 91, which would make his dob in approx 1740. He was born in

Hi June, I don't think they had any passport. As you write , since they were not American citizens they could not get one. The fact is that even American citizens were not obliged to have passport

Hi everyone, my uncle's grandfather was Samuel Markusz SMULYOVICS/SMILOVIC (1887-1945). He was born and raised in what was then known as Patkos, Bereg County, Hungary (today Patskan'ovo, Ukraine),