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I think it depends on what info you have and what they know of their own family. I have had a lot of success meeting distant relatives in person or by telephone after tracing them. I have been to

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My mistake, my family and my inquiry are about Carei (Nagykaroly), Romania and not Nagy Kalo -- Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@... JGFF #3391

The attached snippet was taken from an 1869 Hungarian Census page and concerns the employment relationship of one of the household residents. I cannot decipher all the words but see "munka" (work) and

Hi Ralph, Yes I had heard about the Jackson Heights store but was never there. There was also one in Inwood but that closed up as well. Where to get aufschnitt these days? Well there is the

Would anyone be able to translate the document attached to the Lin below Thanks Deborah

I am looking for descendants os my mother’s birth family who fled from Drohobych, Galicia in 1914 (my mother was born in Vienna, fostered and later adopted). Her eldest brother Josef Jakob

Dear Cole 2nd March 2021 First of all, I wish you success, to be able to discover your biological parents and connect with

For anyone with Anglo-Jewish ancestry the books by Harold and Miriam Lewin are well-nigh a necessity. I use them all the time as I do the similar series, Volumes II to V, produced by Bevis Marks

My batting average is well below .500 for people who do not have any sort of presence on genealogy websites. And even of those on the genealogy websites there still are some non-responses. There are

My great aunt (mother's mother's sister) was born in Germany and lived in Kew Gardens. Members of her husband's family, also Jews from Germany, lived nearby as did a lot of friends. My paternal

Yes this is a regular occurrence.... my Grandfather’s Grandfather was one of ten and so the family (originally Pick) that I am researching is big but even with solid DNA links some people don’t

Interesting Times of Israel blogpost; relatively long read but worthwhile: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/one-mans-lead-on-a-fight-to-save-jewish-history/ -- Ken Ryesky, Petach Tikva, Israel

Does anyone know if it is possible to view images of the original (cyrillic) czarist Revision Lists posted in translation/transliteration at JewishGen.org? My particular interest now involves the

The Queens Independent Society founded in Jackson Heights in 1919 originally was mostly German Jewish. It evolved into the Jewish Community Center of Jackson Heights. A little info

There was a large German-Jewish Community of refugees in Kew Gardens, which is near Jackson Heights. There were German style bakeries, restaurants and a hotel. There was a small Orthodox synagogue

Hi Virgine, Lodz was a highly industrial city that was only built up starting in the 1820s. The city actively attracted workers from throughout the Russian Empire and Germany as well. There was a

I’m curious to know other people’s experiences with reaching out to distant relatives about a family connection. I have a tree that goes back to a married couple in the late 18th Century. They

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