If your request on JewishGen to locate this book does not produce the desired result, you may want to post a similar request on Hasafran, the Association of Jewish Libraries Electronic Discussion

There is a Jewish name Raffel. Is it possible that “f” and “p” got switched somewhere along the way? Judy Floam Baltimore, MD

I would take the Ancestry, which can be uploaded to MyHeritage and FTDNA. It will give you plenty of data to start with. There will plenty of opportunities later on for more discounted tests, for

To Whom It May Concern: I am new to jewishgen and I often see people asking for translations of rather large documents. Is it the expectation that these documents will be translated free of

I've posted a postcard written in 1916 to my newly married grandmother, Anna Tilles Nesler in New Haven from her parents, Joseph and Ida Tilles in New York, NY in Yiddish for which I need a

Hi everyone, I just learned that two different family members were conscripted into the Russian Imperial army, in 1839 and in 1863. Is it possible to find records for those individuals? Are they

I've posted a death notice of Ajdel LISEK for which I need a translation. I would like as much detail as possible as I am trying to solve a confliction of information. It is on ViewMate at the

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93617 Please respond via the

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93579 Please respond via the

I looked Rappel up in Bieder and Oppenheimer. It was not there. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York yekkey@... Tone can be misinterpreted in email.

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It's a Vienna birth. It is on ViewMate at the following address

I've posted 3 vital records in Yiddish for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93591 2.

Sadly, David Priever passed away about 5 years ago. -- Peter Cohen California

On the topic of Mokom Sholom...In the many NYC death records that I have looked at over the years, I have seen few, if any, that indicated burial at Mokom Sholom. Does anyone know from what

Dear gersigs, Klara Steinweg was born 18.05.1903 In Unna. His father was the banker I. Steinweg. I don´t know his full name und the Name of her mother. 1909 Klara was in Berlin. Her father died in

To get the DVD from the Society for Family History in Franconia or for any other request, consult the following page: https://www.gf-franken.de/en/enquiries.html You can use Paypal to send them money

Hi, On the WikiTree pages for two my ancestors (Abraham Moses Hutzler and Moses Hutzler), they refer to a source “Staatsarchiv Bamberg: Die Judenmatrikel 1824-1861 für Oberfranken, Teil I, Signatur

Neither mt-DNA nor Y-DNA crosses over in meiosis, so neither changes much over many centuries. With either of these you will get a code for a supposed ancestor in the all - female or all - male line a

I disagree with several of Tom's observations. 1. It is not unusual to find name written in Hebrew in Jewish birth records such as this one. I have transcribed hundreds, if not thousands, of Jewish

There can be a big difference between when a Bar Mitzvah was actually celebrated, and the correct date according to Halacha. There is also a difference between a bar mitzvah celebration (party), and