www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com gives, if you ask for the yiddish equivalent for "refugee" , "Polet", but that's the romanized version. The word is written as Pey-Yud-Lamed-Tet - which I would read

www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com gives, if you ask for the yiddish equivalent for "refugee" , "Polet", but that's the romanized version. The word is written as Pey-Yud-Lamed-Tet - which I would read

Dear Rom Siggers, I recently visited western Romania to look for ancestors. I visited two major Jewish cemeteries and I have placed some general pictures, if you are interested, at

Dear Rom Siggers, I recently visited western Romania to look for ancestors. I visited two major Jewish cemeteries and I have placed some general pictures, if you are interested, at

Mario D. Margolis wrote on Ukraine SIG digest <ukraine@...> of "Korytnitsa" and "Vlodzimezhetz" in the Volhynia gubernia? Is anyone looking for information in these shteitlaj?

Mario D. Margolis wrote on Ukraine SIG digest <ukraine@...> of "Korytnitsa" and "Vlodzimezhetz" in the Volhynia gubernia? Is anyone looking for information in these shteitlaj?

The posting "Holocaust Financial Documents During Vienna Deportations" reminds me of my pursuit to locate similar documents in Prague and Berlin. My father the artist David FRIEDMANN wrote that in

The posting "Holocaust Financial Documents During Vienna Deportations" reminds me of my pursuit to locate similar documents in Prague and Berlin. My father the artist David FRIEDMANN wrote that in

I have in the last two years written a few postings about a remarkable nineteenth century Moravian woman - Fanny NEUDA. These dealt with her life, early bereavement, her life, her prayerbook for women

Hi All, I am planning a trip later this year to Vienna, to do as much research as I can in a limited space of time. I have emailled on many occasions to the IKG in Vienna to make a time to visit ,

I have in the last two years written a few postings about a remarkable nineteenth century Moravian woman - Fanny NEUDA. These dealt with her life, early bereavement, her life, her prayerbook for women

Hi All, I am planning a trip later this year to Vienna, to do as much research as I can in a limited space of time. I have emailled on many occasions to the IKG in Vienna to make a time to visit ,

Dear Fellow Jenners, I have spent numerous frustrating hours trying to find the gravestones of my Viennese family members in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof). Typically before I go

Dear Fellow Jenners, I have spent numerous frustrating hours trying to find the gravestones of my Viennese family members in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof). Typically before I go

For a visit in October to Trenchin and Lednica areas in Slovakia are their recommendations for things to see of Jewish historical interest in that area? Professor Barry Rubin, Tel Aviv Researching

For a visit in October to Trenchin and Lednica areas in Slovakia are their recommendations for things to see of Jewish historical interest in that area? Professor Barry Rubin, Tel Aviv Researching

Fellow researchers, I am seeking information about Dr Isidor WOLFF. This man (my great great granduncle) was born in Unruhstadt, Posen (Kargowa) in about 1824. He did a medical degree in Berlin

Fellow researchers, I am seeking information about Dr Isidor WOLFF. This man (my great great granduncle) was born in Unruhstadt, Posen (Kargowa) in about 1824. He did a medical degree in Berlin

Matthew Stewart asked about an orphanage in or near Slupsk. Slupsk/Stolp falls outside the geographic scope of the Danzig SIG, but many Danzig researchers (including myself) are interested in it.

Anyone planning to attend the Chicago conference, who wants their family research names/towns in the conference family finder, must register by 12 midnight, Central Time on July 22, 2008. Why? The