Rusty The museum of family history has an exhibit showing many European photo studios at http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/czernowitz-photo-studios.htm this is run by Steve Lasky - you can contact

I responded to a specific post today inquiring about Zhitomir but here is a message relevant to a much broader group of researchers: Alex Krakovsky or the archive directly have posted index records

Howard Alex Krakovsky has posted index listings for Zhitomir metric records which cover up to 1920 for deaths births and marriages. You can access this at

Yes, the Arolsen Archives were the most helpful for me as well. Bear in mind names can be spelled differently, so consider trying alternative ways of spelling the names.

Hello, everyone. I posted last week searching for members of the Bromberg family from Minsk Mazowieckie area. Now I have in my possession a photo of someone who is almost 100% from my family, but I

Perhaps I should have mentioned that HaTikva is the Israeli natuona anthem, since no-one else has. The tune is borrowed from Smetana's Ma Vlast. In the Zionist groupI belonged to as a teenager, it

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Are you familiar with the New York Public Library in NYC database of photographers/photostudios. You can search by name or location. Good luck! PIC - Photographers’ Identities

I am researching my mother's family surname-- ACQUADRO--- who came to the US from Pralungo, Piedmont (Northern Italy). (The 3-volume work of Dr. Renata Segre, The Jews in Piedmont (1297-1798), is a

Try the Arolsen Archives USHMM https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/overseas/holocaust-records/ Good luck. Noreen nee Thorne (England) Szczepanski / Mrozowska

Noreen these Internal passports were for people from Latvia not Poland. Passport Issuance Books are Books that record what passports were issued and to whom. Passports were handed in to the Riga

My fourth great-grandfather was a Tsalko (aka Tsalel). The surname was Grosbard (aka Gruonbort aka "Krudzdbert"). He was born between about 1770 and 1773; according to the 1816 Revision List, he was

Newspapers.com, part of the Ancestry family of websites, is offering free access through February 15,2021 at 11:59PM MT. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view Publisher

I have a couple of postings on my blog for burials during the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. Perhaps your relative is on one of the lists: Japan: Russian Necropolis

Where is the best place to find lists of Holocaust victims in Poland. ? I have exhausted Yad Vashem, IS Holocaust database , jewish Gen for a family of four. Leon Van Gelderen

The hungarian words and the rhythm certainly correspond to HaTikva, as sung in Ivrit. -- Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK.

Thank you so much for your contribution. Now, at least I know the correct spelling and the meaning of the words that my Mother zªl used to sing. However, I now remember one additional word that I

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I played a bit with your image in a photo editor, and my best guess on the name is "Johanne Birkedal". I agree with the others that it's Aalborg. And a little Google shows e.g.

Hi All, The letter "ą" is pronounced in Polish "on" hence the confusion. My grandfather was born in Dąbrowa Tarnowska and it is pronounced Dombrowa Tarnowsaka. Warm welcome to the marvels of the