I've posted 2 old family postcards in German handwriting and would appreciate having them translated completely. One was sent in 1873. They will remain online for a limited number of days. They are

Hello, I located my gg-grandfather Nokhim FRIDZESON and his two sons in the 1874 All Lithuania Revision List-Part 1. The record says they registered in Sirvintos and reside in Nidyki, Ukmerge uzed.

Hello. Does anyone know what the abbreviation P.i. means following a surname in Poland, Jewish birth, death, marriage records? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Steve Daggers Shorewood, Illinois

I just learned that the last address of a relative of mine, was Rothschild Street No. 18 in Bat-Yam. He was born Naftali Lasutra in Pulin, Ukriane; lived in Toronto between 1922-1958. After his

i am looking for details about:1.moshe chaim pasmanic born in poland.he moved to hungary and got ginsberger as a new surname.we know hi born 1838 and death 1893 and that he was shochet in hungary in a

If you want to look further on this town, the Hungarian name variants are Nagygejocz, Nagy-geocz etc. As far as I can tell, birth registers would have been kept in the district seat Ungvar

-----Original Message----- From: wallachlevinson@... <wallachlevinson@...> To: jewishgen@... <jewishgen@...> Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2020 10:11 am Subject: Travel from Galicia or Imperial Russia to

Hello there. I'm new to the Jewishgen groups and I found this thread. My great grandfather was Charles (or Kallman) Arndt born in Nakel in 1831. He moved with his family to Liverpool sometime between

While in Paris in 1940 after fleeing Vienna, my father obtained a formal membership certificate from the so-called Legion Etrangere Civile. I think the document is a fake or forgery, perhaps used to

"Could you please inform me how does one submit a new town name to the town finder list?" You simply add the surname you are seeking, along with the town name. If it is new, Alexander Sharon will

" r stands for recte, meaning false". False is f. Actually r means 'correctly'. Usually records have Schwartz r Blau, meaning the surname is Schwartz but should be Blau. The civil records clerk found

If you've already published some family tree information (my heritage, ancestry, etc.) you should add a link to your family page. This will prove your authenticity and entice the other person to

-- Hi, I'm looking for the family of Gerszon Nachimowicz, a tailor in Warsaw who survived the Holocaust and joined his brother Mortka in Argentina. He may have been married to Sarenka (Sofia)

I would suggest posting this on the Jewishgen Viewmate page https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ and requesting a Yiddish translation. The picture is currently upside down and there is a way to rotate

My cousin asked me to help her find her father and uncles. "...They were born in Sompolno, Polin. Can they write another address "Jacob Wilczynski" born 1908? married to Rela Roboski " After the Shoa

We all have that problem and the problem behind the problem is that we do not know what the other person likes to see in an email or letter or her or his interest in the family tree. I suspect most

So I have now located the Sharit haPlatah list of survivors on this site, which includes a Malvin-Mor Weiss last known location as Homberg. I am wondering if this is the Malvin I am looking for, as

Hi Sherri, Unfortunately I do not have any of that. I've checked all the usual places for that kind of information but have come up with nothing. This is my grandfather's stepmother's parents. Their

Sorry, I have to correct my response. r means correct, i.e., the correct version is given. David

TY for this discussion. Could you please inform me how does one submit a new town name to the town finder list? Adam Cherson