Rabbi David Drucker (approx. 1518-1600), son of Shlomo Ashkenazi Luria and Dinah Rappaport, married to Kendel Isserles (sister of the REMA, Moses Isserles) was the father-in-law of Saul Wahl

I've had some "private" responses that might be very useful. If I have any success, will report back here -- Ian Charles London, UK

Seb, You are right about it being a date, but there are no words. Everything is an abreviation or acronym, which makes the interpretation a little uncertain. The first "word" stands for "Erev Shabbat

"what are the best strategies for researching all the cousins and relatives who also came over but where I don't know names for sure or who their children are." You do this the same way you find your

My Grandfather changed his name by Deed Poll (a legal instrument) in 1925 from Bing to Byng. It may have been to hide his Jewish parentage or to avoid association with the German Bings after WW1.

My great-grandfather was Morris Gratz from Bialystok. We were always told he had changed his name. Do you think there might be a Gritzman connection? Regards, Irene Plotzker Wilmington, Delaware

With all these anecdotes about historical change, I'll just relate a contemporary example: my own given name. I am named after a biblical hero character in 2 Samuel. My parents gave me the spelling

C/O M. Filmopfsky. 238 Metroolitan av Brooklyn NY -- Diane Jacobs, Somerset, New Jersey

You must read 'The Orpheus Clock' by Simon Goodman. He is the master of this topic, and he is also around on social media. Sadly, my widowed German grandmother had everything stolen from her (or

Hi everyone, I have just spent months researching my direct ancestry which included immigration, manifests, naturalization documents, etc for people whose stories I mostly knew. My question is, what

My own theory is that, especially when literacy in German was not universal, one must remember that the original function of written language was to record spoken language, and as such, the modern

You raise a great question: "We believe we are related, but DNA doesn't show connection". I will try to give three non-technical answers: 1. Your genetic (DNA) tree will be different than your "real"

That is very interesting, although we don't have a folder or any certificates, I was hoping for something like this to go on in case ours did get their paperwork and got lost over the years; ours came

I went to school with a girl named Doris Drucker (the only time I heard that name). This was in Philadelphia in the 1940s-1950s. The family lived on Christian Street, either the 5800 or 5900 block. I

Elizaeth, I was given the name of Brynne Gallup who works at the LDS library. For a minimal fee, I think $5, she was able to get me copies of two NY death certificates from the 1920s. You can try

“Finding Your Kaplans,” a free Jewish genealogy webinar about researching common Jewish names, will be presented Sunday, March 21, 2021, for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois monthly

Hi All: Can anyone decipher the handwriting on this passenger manifest from the screenshot attachment below. This is from the passenger manifest for Hinde Lurie. I am trying to decipher her

We are trying to learn more about my great grandfather, Haim BRAUNSTEIN, and his family. Haim and his wife, Ides, had four boys: Abraham, Kopel, Moise ( my grandfather), and Shimshon. At some point,

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State invites you to a second/repeat free Zoom presentation Monday evening, 3/8/2021, at 7 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time: "The Alex Krakovsky Project:

Dear all, I just recently found out that I have jews ancestry in Germany (in the city of Dessau) about 1800. About what I really excited. Some sources I found are in Hebrew, however. If there is