Why not?

I personally know someone born to their mother when she was 47 about 60-70 years ago. And a woman who had a child at the age of 48 when she already had many children. I.e. naturally and not the result of modern fertility treatments.

Miriam Deutscher

Hi Sergio,

My husband Hugo is a descendant of Lucia Teodosia Sobiech and Frederik Magofke, from Anna Magofke Sobiech, that married Nicolas Oyarce. His line is:
Lucia + Frederick > Anna
Anna Magofke + Nicolas Oyarce > Hilda Oyarce Magofke
Hilda Oyarce + Luiz Cruz > Hugo Cruz Oyarce (my father in law).
We discovered during the pandemic a lot about Lucia Sobiech. There is a dedicated group on Facebook for the Sobiech family, and a book was published about their genealogy, going back to the 1700s and more. I can give you more information.
Our tree is on Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/hacsanchez_w; look for the branch that has "Anna Martha Caroline Magofke Sobiech" on my husband's side.
About the Magofke surname: we were, right this weekend, analyzing a lot of documents about this name. We had stopped at a dead end with Gottfried, it seemed he appeared from thin air at the beginning of the XIX century. Our assumption was the surname was changed when they arrived in Chile, but no, Gottfried, Friederick's father, already had Magofke as his surname. At least on Caroline Ehling Magofke's death certificate. When you look at their marriage records, his surname has a different calligraphy. German calligraphy changed a lot during the XIX century, and the "f" on Magofke was something else, probably a letter that had the sound of "st", one of the several sounds for s in German. So we searched for Magoski, and we found more records, in the same region nearby Poznan, that date for at least one century more.
About the religion: still under research.
Please contact me so I can show you the material we have about the Sobiech family and present you to Daniel, the manager of the Facebook group.
Kind regards,
Danielle Steffen DeCruz-Sanchez

I've been able to trace my family's roots to Lithuania (Utena on the paternal side and Musninkai on the maternal side) — both families emigrated in the 1880's so about 140 years ago. While I'm interested in visiting and seeing where they may have lived, I'm wondering if there would even be anything to see that would remotely be anything from that time, or if I'd find anything of interest. Has anyone done trips to these areas or does anyone have advice on whether such an endeavor might be fruitful?

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone would have access to the book "Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empire, 1853-1854" ("Sinagogi, Molitvenne Doma i Sostoyashchie pri nikh Dolzhnostne Litsa v Cherte Evreiskoi Osedlosti i Guberniyakh Kurlyandskoi i Liflyandskoi Rossiiskoi Imperii 1853-1854") by Genrich M. Deych which JewishGen has created an index for at this URL:

https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/misc/deych.htm

According to the page above, this book is available at "YIVO, the New York Public Library [*PXW 93-1103], Harvard University [Circ. HWMSWV], and at the library of the University of California at Berkeley, among others." I am hoping someone might have the time and ability to access a physical copy on my behalf and see if there is any additional information beyond what is included in JewishGen's indexed results for the following entry:

NAME: KOGAN, Ios
TOWN: Akkerman
GUBERNIYA: bes026 (meaning: Guberniya of Bessarabia, listing number at which the name is found in the book [nomer] 026)

According to JewishGen's summary of the contents of the book, the book may include information beyond the indexed results including:

• The year at which the individual took up his duties (c kakogo goda v dolzhnosti).
• Further detail of the reporting town or congregation (mestanakhozhde nie sinagogi ili molitvennogo doma).
• The office held by the individual (imya dolzhnostnykh lits).
• The size of the congregation (chislo prikhozhan), which I assume refers to only males over the age of 13.
• The individual's compensation (razmer zhalova nia), which is frequently omitted.

I am hoping some of this additional information would help me determine if this person might be a relation.

I appreciate anyone's help and advice and would certainly be happy to compensate you for your time!

--
Chloë Kogan
Arizona, USA
Email: KoganAncestry@...

Researching:

• KOGAN & BERCOVICI (Tarutino & Akkerman, Roumania; Kakhovka & Mariupol, Ukraine):
  • Great-grandparents Bentzion (b. Tarutino 1871; sochet, cantor, soapmaker; murdered Kakhovka 1941) & Frieda nee BERCOVICI (b. Akkerman unknown year, d. Kakhovka unknown year).
• FISHER / FISERAS (Anyksciai & Utena, Lithuania):
  • Searching for my paternal grandmother's brother, Jankelis / Jankel / Jacak / Yaakov FISHER / FISERAS (born ~1899 in Utena) & wife Sonia nee PICKER / PIKERAITE (born ~1898 in Anyksciai) and their children.

I don't know of any Viennese genealogist but finding the address where they lived is real easy. Jewish records are available at 
https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=47&lang=en   and if that doesn't work contact 
the IKG at
https://www.ikg-wien.at/en
They are extremely helpful. 

Vienna is such a great city and Jewish researching is not difficult. They also have an amazing Jewish cemetery which is in good condition and has extensive records.

Enjoy and good luck.

Steve
--
Dr. Steven S. Turner
President, Gesher Galicia
www.geshergalicia.org

I recently made phone contact with a second cousin I've never met.  Our grandmothers were sisters, and came to the US together from around Kiev in 1912.  The "new cousin" sent me a scan of a postcard she has, sent by our grandmothers to (we believe) their parents back home in Russia/Ukraine, probably around 1913 or 1914.  I believe it is in Yiddish, and would love to find someone who might be able to translate it for me as it would most likely contain some wonderful information about their new lives in the U.S.  If anyone can help me with that, I would be most appreciative. I can be contacted at the email address below and would be happy to pass along a copy of the scanned card.

My apologies if I haven't formatted this message correctly.  It's been awhile since I've posted here!

#yiddishtranslation

Tracie Schneider
tracie5755@...

I would like help translating the phrase on the bottom left on this marriage record. It begins "az elsö példányban...
I would appreciate the meaning of the whole phrase and also each Hungarian word in the phrase written out with its English translation.
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM101018
Thanking you in advance for your help.
--
Nancy August
Petaluma CA 
Newark NJ
Bolechow Ukraine: AUGUST, HANDEL, BECK, EISLER, SZAPIRA, KUDISH, TURKEL
Radomyśl Wielki Poland: GRÜNBERG, GRÜN, RITTER, KANARENFOGEL
Budapest Hungary: GRÜNBERG(ER), SZEMERÉDI, URBANEK

Hello All,

According to my GG Uncle's Declaration of  Intention, he left Rotterdam Holland, on the Ship "Fornisa," and arrived at the port of New York around May 17th, 1903. I'm trying to obtain a copy of his ship manifest, or any other piece of information that might help me revile if he had any relative in the states, but for nothing. I don't see him ( or his wife, Rosie) anywhere in immigration records.   any help is dearly appreciated!

Thank you,

Sharon Cop,
New York, NY
copsharon@...

Hello
I see this post is quite old but recognise some people in this post.
My gt gt grandmother came from Vilna, Lithuanian and on some revision list records it states Sora David Eliash( her name married name being Sora Bober).
Would I take it that her father was David and grandfather Eliash (Elijah).
On a birth record I have come across which was sent  in 1995 from Lithuania  it states  Sora bat David-Eliash. Would the hyphen signify that David -Eliash was Sora's fathers first and surname or  her grandfather's  name?
I am desperately  trying  to find  my gt gt grandmother's  surname, does anyone have any ideas? 
Thank you in advance 
Joanne Bober, UK
Researching Bober, Vilna

I'd like a translation of the two towns on a US Naturalization record document. This document is on ViewMate at the following address:

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmatehttps://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM101014

The town names can be found between red squares on the document. One is from Vilna Gubernia, the other in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.

Please respond using the online ViewMate form.

Thank you very much,

Bonnie Malmat
607484
Pittsburgh, PA 16066

Synagogue Atereth Ts'bi.  Found on page 207 of The American Hebrew, vol 59 (1896): https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Hebrew/F2opAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

Regards,
David Oseas

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11.  21 never-published photos of Warsaw Ghetto Revolt’s aftermath found in Poland attic. Uncovered in dusty boxes, pictures were taken clandestinely by a Polish firefighter in 1943 as he protected Aryan Warsaw from flames engulfing the ghetto. Previously unpublished photographs of the Nazis brutally suppressing the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Revolt were released this week by POLIN: Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Captured in secret by a Polish firefighter while German forces set the Jewish ghetto ablaze, the images were recently discovered by the photographer’s son in a family member’s attic. Read the story from The Times of Israel: 21 never-published photos of Warsaw Ghetto Revolt's aftermath found in Poland attic | The Times of Israel

 

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