In the Jewish cemetery, Bedzin, Poland The Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw granted 26 Jewish heritage and cultural grants of which over half a dozen were to document,

Based on my search of Czernowitz vital records (Sadagura was a district of it), I believe the parents are: - Gerson or Gerschon Rothstein, died on April 20, 1893 - Brana or Breine Graf (or Greif) The

Ancestry DNA shows that I am 100% Ashkenazi. It does not say I am Polish or Russian, etc. The US government used to list Jews as a minority race with protections that such a classification afforded.

The sentence should have read, "The transliterators were not Russian speakers and the patronymic suffixes (as with most of the JewishGen databases) weren't transliterated." Just the names of the

I have been waiting 240 days for a naturalization document that I only wanted because it might have a photograph. And that is after the initial 45 days I waited for them to confirm they had it. It

Hello Gary, I found the husband's granted naturalization petition at FamilySearch, examined the back side of that document, and see that the order admitting Jerome to citizenship was on February 15,

Ok, here's my take: NY, March 5, 1899 Simon Rothstein 49 India (?) Str. Brooklyn 30 yrs White Single Saca(zara, gara, yara) (Bukowina) Gersver Rothstein Braue (Brane) Grau/v First Regina Lewin 234

In Great Britain at the start of the twentieth century and earlier although the names of children were on the papers of the wife was not. She was part of her husband as his chattel in a married unit;

I am looking for photos of Zakroczym from the time it had a Jewish community. Anything in the 1800s up to and including WW2. Especially if there are photos with Jewish interest: synagogue, cemetery,

Can anyone make sense of a town name “Luzow” or “Luzon” in (I assume) Poland? I’ve just come across a scribbled note from my father where he notes - Leah (my grandmother.. who came to the US

King David Memorial Park in Fairfax, VA. Beth Sholom Congregation Cemetery, Capital Heights, Maryland B'nai Israel Cemetery, Oxon Hill, Maryland USA Elesavetgrad Cemetery, Anacostia District of

“The Forest Girl, “ a chapter from the Yizkor book of Mizoch, Ukraine is an account of Kayla Goldberg-Tzizin’s journey of survival as the town’s ghetto was about to be destroyed. It is a story

Hi Louis, I have found a detailed map of that area, from 1944: http://clubklad.ru/maps/5980/ It is obviously a map used by Germans in the WWII. There are many small villages indicated that are not

I am going to write to Allan with a substantial list of graves to photograph -- and a check. I saw a useful hint for getting inscriptions when there is snow on the ground. Smear some snow over the

I've posted a letter in (I think) Romanian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM92974 Please respond

Knowing nothing about Rabbi Schorr, but on linguistic grounds alone, I am almost certain Joyas is correct. I happen to have KNISBACHER family from Tlumacz. Jeff Knisbacher

Hi Judy I believe that ‘Wladyslawow’ may refer to the town of Wloclawek, [ the ‘l’ s should be slashed through, converting the sound to ‘w’. It is pronounced roughly ‘Vwotzwavek’ )

Hi Neil, This featured in the"Connecting Small Histories", history festival held online between 15th and 25th March 2021 run by Swansea University. A session held on 20th March covered "Preserving

Were they still married? Mike Coleman London U.K.

Hi Ed, These may help : https://oddfellowsmemorialpark.com/ https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2560861/odd-fellows-cemetery https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/864 For more search