I prefer to think of us all as just addicts to this wonderful hobby which has helped me find many relatives and unrelated friends. I was even able to tell my parents things they never knew about their

My both grandfathers were in prison in ussr for several years from trump up charges one in 1937 and one in 1941. They both released and equited but nobody spoke about the reasons or where they

Hitting brick walls with my NY family ancestors. Does anyone know if there is any way to get NYC vital records of ancestors without paying for them? I hate to pay for records if I'm not even sure I

What was your grandmother's name? I'd like to look at the original manifest. Have you tried to figure out the address in Philadelphia? 207 ?? Street. Barbara Zimmer Norfolk VA

Hi Eduardo, Not a long ago I'm translated for a women from England a military order of surrender of the Russian Kwantung Fortified Region army to Japanese army from December 21, 1904. May by you

Due to a recent BBC programme there has been much debate in the media over whether Jews are a minority ethnic community in the UK. The lists of ethnicity on government forms are not intended to be

Maybe Aronowsky? Here are some ideas to break through this type of brick wall: Was your grandmother detained or held for Special Inquiry? There would probably be an SI or an 'x' next to her name.

IGRA (Israel Genealogy Research Association) has posted a new article on its website, “A Request for Help” by Rosemary Eshel. IGRA receives a variety of enquiries and requests for help from

I'm told that you have to know the outfit (and all the numbers associated with it) to search for the individual. My grandfather was in the Russian Army as a horse groom in that war but I've had no

All the Hebrew months and holidays are misspelled, so it was probably written by a woman who didn't know Hebrew, likely 'Mechel's widow. It reads: My father's Jahrzeit is 10 days in the first Adar. My

Hi from Paris, I wish to add two comments to the very good answer of David Levine. Always remember that before 1914, and from 1870, France was the sole Republic in Europe. You can understand that

Hi from Paris, During interwar period in Poland (1919-1939), a process of integration started among secular Jewish youth. I speak of integration to Polish society, not assimilation : they were and

Perhaps it reads Aronowsky. -- Ralph N. Baer RalphNBaer@... Washington, DC

Two new articles are available at the Kishinev Kehilalinks (https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/chisinau) under the section Life in Kishinev today. Ariel Parkansky Bessarabia RD Information Systems

We are just fine in our "weirdness". I am blessed to have made wonderful friends via trees and DNA, friends that I have become close to and we talk and even visit. When I was young my grandmother and

It is Aronowsky / Aronovsky The "h" in the line below extends high enough to make the first "o" in the name above appear to have a descender, making it look like a "g". David

My maternal grandmother arrived at Ellis Island on December 6, 1907 on the ship Graf Waldersee. The manifest states that she was going to a cousin in Philadelphia, Jossel A? I have researched

Good afternoon, Here lies or here is buried (the abbreviation on top) The dear righteous woman The homemaker Mrs. Yocheved daughter of Naftali Passed on 5th Tishrei 5701 May her sould be

the Hebrew name Zeev = Wolf (like Binyamin Zeev Herzl) is often changed to the nickname Zevik, which is rather close to Sevek. Reuven Mohr, Israel

Here lies A dear and righteous woman, a homemaker Mrs. Yocheved, daughter of Naftali died 5 Tishri 5701 May her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life (acronym)