My Lowenkron family hailed from Zolkiew/Lviv/Derevnya....my family hired Alex Dunai who did terrific research and then we joined him for a family trip in the whole area......too, we re related to the

I have never been able to find the marriage of my grandparents. Max (Mordche) Slonimsky emigrated to America from Russia (Belarus) to NYC in 1897. He married Anna (Chana) Passin (?) some time before

While reviewing the new Beta-testing website of the Ukrainian State Archives (English language version at https://archives.gov.ua/en/), I discovered that the archives has been digitizing records for

Is there a link to the Nadworna project? Thank you, Daniella Alyagon 11 Rav Ashi St, Tel Aviv 6939545, Israel alyagon.genealogy@... Researching: ALYAGON (Israel), SHOCHETMAN (Kishinev /

Idesa's maiden name Karas, it's from Russian word "Карась" what mean type of fish - "Crucian carp" and pronounce with s-soft in the end. Michael Ryabinky

I am very grateful to Racheli Kreisberg for all her work on the Skala Cadastral Map. Very useful. Good luck on the Korolowka project Tony Hausner Silver Spring, MD 20901 301--587-6943 (primary email

I have not had any response to my request for volunteers for this new project. Please consider it. One task should take no more than about 10 minutes: Racheli Kreisberg has been developing an

Allow me to clarify I have the address already I am interested in understanding what archival records are relevant for a specific address (for example: mortgage, list of owners, ownership

My grandchildren are direct descendants of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Rotenberg/Alter, the first Gerer Rebbe. I have documented my grandchildren’s lineage and I would be interested in seeing your work from

I found my great-uncle listed in the Yad Vashem database as serving in the Soviet Army, killed in action, shown below. Where can I look for more information about him, based on his service in the

Dear Daniella, On JewishGen in the Poland Section you have the Poland 1929 Business Directory. In some cases the address of the business is mentioned. If your relatives were in business there is

“The Weekday Krinik,” from the Yizkor book of that town in Poland, could probably also be titled “A Day in the Life of a Shtetl” since it resembles so many scenes described in other books.

I am a member of Gesher Galicia. I have always found comparing the maps fairly problematic. In addition, I am trying to prepare a list of records to be researched based on house numbers /

No it’s probably two. Wife writes in Gothic. Husband writes the other. thanks for letting me know! Rachel

I am responding publicly as Amir's questions are of general interest. Question 2 is simpler, so I'll do that first. To find the batch for a particular record, note the address (street and number). We

Are you a member of Gesher Galicia? You should check the cadastral maps there of Kolomya and there you can view where a particular house number is compared to a city map. Any questions write

are you sure both letters are written by the same author? 88359 is regular German script. 88358 is probably what you call 'Gothic' (a term used for special old fashioned print letters). usually

I'm looking for death records and\or burial place of two siblings - Moshe and Lea Ginzburg (or Ginsburg). They were born in Königsberg Germany (now Kaliningrad Russia) in 1913 and 1919 (respectively)

Hi Israel, I reply from Paris. Numerous posts have given the best answer when searching Displaced Persons : you must fill a inquiry on Arolsen web site

Is there a list of conversions from house numbers to address for Kolomyja? attached is a link to an example from Lviv https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/13343?id=13343 thank