Larry, I had the same issue with your file - it is corrupted. Try detaching it again from the email the archive sent you. If that does not work, ask them to resend it. Also, in response to

With all of the posts about the GORDON last name, I again would like to see if anyone can help me find my great grandmother’s sister. Her name was Rose POVOLTZKY (or any other reasonable

Hello, You ask an excellent question about the size of a single large cM match. I would always recommend that you consult the Shared cM Project to get a sense of the potential range for your

Hi Carrielynn, We had similar questions about an ancestor's place of origin in Europe. One thing that brought a little clarity was reading the instructions given to the US Census takers for the years

My guess would be it's an error in transcribing or deciphering what was meant to be Gershon. Binyamin Kerman Baltimore MD

If there are no Russian/Ukrainian speakers in your community then why don’t you post it on Jewishgen’s viewmate or the Facebook translation group Genealogical Translations? How to cheaply

Hello everybody, It looks that JewishGen is not only looked by Jews, but not Jews too. I received an email from the mayor of a town in Republic of Moldova. He looked up a Cemetery report for town of

Good for you putting your family history in writing for your grandchildren. If you want to research Galician shtetls Gesher Galicia is the place to go. https://www.geshergalicia.org/

My grandmother's name was Nettie. She was born Necha. Necha was a fairly common Yiddish name. I am sure that it was derived from the Hebrew name Nechama. Karen Rothaus Rosenthal Upper Saddle River,

Thank you to Mark Halpern for reminding me about JRI-Poland's having indexed all the available AGAD archives for Podvolochisk! -- Dan A. Oren

Have you tried Gesher Galicia? https://www.geshergalicia.org/towns/kudryntsi/

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 07:49 AM, msalzbank wrote: Does anyone know a reason why someone, living in Berlin circa 1905 would have left Berlin **just** to marry in London? Both husband and wife were

Your grandfather was born in Liepaja formerly Libau in Latvia. I checked the Internal Passsports handed in to the Riga Police 1919-1940 for Liepaja. Do not be put off by the dates. Your family left

How about Podvolochisk records? I can't find any indexed in the Kremenets District Research Group's excellent site. Does anyone have useful suggestions for finding records for that town (beyond Gesher

Would this be East or West Prussia? Those who came from the Suwalki Lomza Guernias in NE Poland, on the borders with Konigsberg (now Russian Kaliningrad) often said they came from Prussia rather than

Hello Michael. Did you ever learn more about this? I have the same puzzle. Two of my family members from Berlin married in London in 1908 and 1911. I obtained marriage certificate for one of them.

Dr Nick Evans at Hull University is the big expert on trans Baltic seawards migration across the Baltic, going to Hull and later Grimsby . Based on where my great grandparents ended up, three arrived

Karen said: Thank you. I am interested in how to determine the details of the earlier names of my relatives in Germany . Your query is quite general. Start by looking up the names in Menk's

The cheapest way is to ask if anybody on this site is going there on a holiday this year or after travel resumes. It might be a long shot but worth trying. 6 or 7 years ago there was a similar

I agree that it is probably Gershon. -- Amnon PALDI