Hi Lowell, Srulikoff or Srulikov are completely different names from Tsyrulnikov/Tsirulnikov. The prior is based on the name Срулик/Srulik (Israel), while the latter is based on an archaic term

True' my bag, SUKKOT of course ... -- Avi Markovits avi.markovitz@...

The printed hardcover version of the Gombin Yizkor book incorporates some new materials that were not included in the original Yiddish version published in 1969. I can now confirm that these new

Hello, I am researching two men who I believe are brothers, but their father's names are spelled differently on their matzevot. I am appealing to the Hebrew and Yiddish expert genners to confirm this

This looks like it is a church record of births and baptisms. It is in Latin because the priests were trained in Latin. They were required to keep records of all births deaths and marriages. This was

Thank you for all the support. Passing along a great piece in the Times of Israel about the project.

If in your search you have found anything more about Narodici/ Zhitomir STOTLAND surname, I would be grateful. I believe the STOTLAND family left before WWI but there may have been other branches who

Someone on a different group recently posted this link re the surname

Many Portuguese Jews (converso, marrano, or otherwise) took names of flowers or trees as surnames. My knowledge of the Portuguese language is very severely limited, but it is my understanding that

i am a great great granddaughter of Nellie Hyman who was a niece of the Von Tilzer brothers- aka Gumbinsky. we are searching for information and knowledge. thank you rachel miller

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater MIami (JGSGM) invites you to a Zoom meeting at 10:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time): "Slice of Jewish Life - The Jewish Community of Iran". Join us for a special

The holiday is Succot, not Hanuka This is the night between October 17-18, 1891 -- Meir Razy meir.razy@... Searching: Kisfajn / Sfard / Rothenberg / Ruttenberg / Rojtenberg in Rovno,Volhynia Ross in

Hello! I found something in the archives of this website about my both surnames ''Moreira'' (from mother) and ''Dudus'' (from father). I know the following: my father's father was born in Cetatea Alba

It says chol hamoed SUKKOT, not Chanukah. Chana Bonn Philadelphia

Somebody told me that the original name of our Lithuanian Gordons was Picard. I have no idea how that happened or if it is correct. Sam Wolff

There are 2 often-quoted theories about the GORDON surname in Lithuania. One suggests that it is a mangled version of the town name Grodno - I doubt it. The other is the one I think more likely. In

As Michael Tobias indicated, the name GORDON is a common Lithuanian name. Indeed, my researches over the decades have led me to believe it is one of the more (most?) common names in Lithuania.

SRULIKOFF from RESHITSA I am researching my great grandmother Hinda SRULIKOFF from RESHITSA about 1870-1895 Hinda married Gerson (Girsh) Unegovsky and had at least one child, Eliezer (later

In Russian: По Указу Его Величества Государя Императора НИКОЛАЯ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧА Самодержца Всеросийского и

Hello from Wertheim/Main, Germany, I am searching descendants or relatives of a Jewish family who came from Belarus to the United States between 1900 and 1905. There is strong evidence that this