Just published it on Avotaynuonline.com It is a first attempt to index the Jewish surnames in this city. Please take your time at go through the of 1,618 surnames which I managed to assemble. It

When I do a search on Jewishgen for my LEVI and DILLOF(F) names I get hits under the Hessen Gatermann Index, however the links do not appear to be working. There is a reference number so that one can

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David Oppenheim David Tsvi called David Hersch called Dawid son of Issachar called Ber called Bernhard. Franziska Frischmann Feigale called Franziska called Fanny daughter of Ber called

I've been following the exchange with a lot of interest because it touches the identities of three relatives I'm trying to trace. I have two mystery relatives listed in the family tree passed on to

Yes! In the case of my grandfather's brother, he did not actually embrace another religion. I do not know any of the specifics, but his granddaughter stated that he did the formal conversion for, as

Thank you, Andrea. These are my great-great-grandparents, so I actually would love a translation of all the details, if you or anyone else is up for it. I'd be happy to pay for your/their time.

Long-time Skierniewice and area researchers will be pleased to learn that Jewish Records Indexing - Poland has undertaken a huge new “Phase 3” project to fully extract all surviving Skierniewice

Hii Does anyone have details on the Laniado family in Livorno? Regards Avi laniado

SOLVED. Thank you. This turns out to be Ludza (Lutxin in Yiddish) in present day Latvia. Thank you. Steven Granek

One branch of my family is the Recu family originally from Bacau in Romania. The article cited in the heading refers to a Simion Recu who fought in the Romanian Independence War in 1877. Does anyone

For my Lithuanian forebears, I have found that about 70-80% lived within the same district for most of their lives, prior to coming to the US. By that, I mean only moving to neighboring towns, not

Rosalie's obit. in addition to listing children Joseph and Susan lists grandchildren Erik and Jared. I could not find an obit for Harold. Suggest you contact the cemetery/funeral home since Harold

War, pestilence, and famine haven't been mentioned. A cousin of mine who came to the US from Augustow, Suwalki gubernia said, on his naturalization papers (both sets) that he was born in Marseilles.

I bookmarked it, it's not available from the main museum site. https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/BH Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click on Jewish Genealogy to search for names. It's got

Manya is a nickname for Maria in Russian and Ukrainian and possibly some other Slavic languages. It's likely that the full name was Mariem, Maria, or similar. Mike Vayser

Il am wondering if anyone has recently used the DOROT (The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center at Beth Hatefutsoth) recently to research family names. I came across the name from an old

It's quite likely, based on your additional record and lack of Efroimovich last names in the area, that this is the same family and the last name was just missed in the 1854 marriage record. It's not

Chloe asks a good question, Around 1900 both scenarios would have been common: some stayed put, some moved. There are many reasons why our very mobile ancestors moved within the Russian Empire.

My father in law's family was from Zinkov, Ukraine, but his uncle wound up in Riga, Latvia. When my mother and her nuclear family left Ukraine for New York, they visited relatives in Europe all along