Subj: ViewMate translation request - YIDISH I've posted a vital record in YDISH for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

I am viewing a record of the All Lithuanian Revision List which contains my Orum family in Rokiskis. The The revision list is dated 1908. And there is a second instance of what looks like the same

You asked if Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn was safe to visit. I have not been there for a number of years (since 2012), but I certainly found it safe to visit back then. It is quite cluttered

There is an option to read the article in English when you click on the link. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

Yes Washington Cemetery is safe. I visited a few months ago. You can drive or take subway. It is also walking distance to Schreiber’s kosher bakery (excellent rugelach and black and white

Subj: ViewMate translation request I've posted in two windows a series of photographs with captions probably in Yiddish, for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address

I suggest that people add year of birth when mentioning an ancestor. Then if you are 20 or 40 or 70, people will know when you write "mother", the time frame. My mother was born in 1920s, my sisters

Hello my maternal grandparents and great grandparents were Brechers, Mayer and Rachel (Schwartz) Brecher. They lived in a shetl on the outskirts of Chernovitz called Givozits . Our surname and

I have been researching my maternal grandparents and great grandparents. I have been successful in learning where they lived (Givozits,in Galicia) and what their names were ( Meyer Brecher, Rachel(

The Wandering Jew is more than an attractive plant and the practice of "wandering" was not unique to Ukraine. It happened throughout the old country. Contributing factors could include: 1.

A few more comments on this important topic, if I may. Genetic Determinism and Social Darwinism were popular concepts among National Socialists in Germany and elsewhere, including the United States.

Allan or anyone who lives close to this cemetery: Do you consider Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn safe to visit? Kind regards, David Passman Dallas, Texas

Shalom, Each month, I am both surprised and gratified to look back over the accomplishments and progress we have managed to achieve and this month is no exception. Firstly, those regular

Hi Samuel You are in luck - go to: https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2:%D0%94%D0%90%D0%9A/P-1654 there you will find a link to a gigantic spreadsheet with Kyiv births

thank you, this is so helpful. I have come across records for Wloclaw in my searching...I will look back in that direction, thank you. There is a very small town(s) that exists in Poland called

Are you related to a schvetz family who once lived in Hong Kong and Scarsdale NY Diane Jacobs -- Diane Jacobs, Somerset, New Jersey

My experience is that micro-movements of elements of a family between nearby villages and cities was typical and had not really anything to do with the Ukraine, which did not come into lasting

I was hoping someone could translate my great uncle Elya Shvets's Russian passport, including both the printed and handwritten words if possible. Any help would be much appreciated. Howard

hello everybody.i search in anacestry u.k free and i saw a marriage certificate of eli and rosalian roberg.free acces doesnt say the documents also free?because the doc wasnt there.

The term "Peruvian" was also used in Glasgow Scotland. My father (arrived from Ukraine in 1923) was initially referred to as "Peruvian" by my mother's family (she was third generation), until they