i trying to find some info about a event in 1985 , the city of dusseldorf invited my grandmother and other citizens who emigrated because of the Nazi persecution, it was in august 1985 approximately

I agree with David, these changes were likely made aboard the ship by the purser or other officer. The occupation information in particular was made more specific. Instead of simply "laborer" or

I think it depends on the longest segment size in GEDMatch. There are 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th cousins who have a long (50 cMs) strand and we were able to figure things out. If the longest segment is

My guess is that it's a way to AVOID peer review. Their first screen says "Academia is the easiest way to share papers with millions of people across the world for free. A study published in PLOS

Syphilis was a known cause of dementia in those days, so if that were the diagnosis they might have said so, but if the institution just "acquired" the victim in a late stage there might not have been

Having or not having a Russian passport made all the difference. With a passport you could board a train or a boat to leave the Empire. Without, your only choice was to get smuggled across the German

Academia.edu is not itself an "organization." It's a forum in which academics can share publications that have been, usually, peer-reviewed elsewhere. It's a good question about whether and how this

Yes. On Ancestry I have been able identify almost every DNA match with over 100 cM and fewer than 10 segments. Chuck Reback Spartanburg, SC USA

Hello! My ancestors with last name Dizian/Dician/Ditzian etc and other similar spellings are from Rudniki (a section of northern Mościska, which was part of Austria near Lviv) and perhaps Medyki

Ancestry - is it worth looking below 2nd Cousin if no proof in trees or known relatives and Jewish on both sides of the families? Was told not to bother with anything below 4th in 4th Cousin by

The Security Service of Ukraine or SBU is Ukraine's law-enforcement authority and main government security agency in the areas of counterintelligence activity and combating terrorism. Surprisingly,

I wanted a translation of the Troki Yizkor book. (Only the table of contents and the lists of martyrs were on JewishGen originally.) JewishGen acted as middleman. I made charitable contributions to

Michele, The information on the passenger list was gathered & recorded initially by the shipping company at the ticket sales office. One of the ship's officers confirmed the information with the

Recently, I posted a query regarding my HEILPERN family & its extended family. Looking at old photos with & without id, and recalling names my father mentioned being, "cousins of some sort." I hope

Hello all! Requesting help with translating the following 3 documents posted to

Hello, Did any of your Portnoj/Portnoy ancestors marry Guinzbergs/Ginsburg family from Chernigov gubernia? It appears there was definitely several marriages between them in my family. Susan Ginsburg

I’m responding to a couple of posts above – The Fusgeyers – There was an article written on the Jewish Telegraphic website back in 2005, that says the these travelers walked across Romania,

Does anyone know of a connection between ENDE family , a well known Jerusalem family and an EISEN family who lived in Zlochew, Poland and then NYC. TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

I have the ship passenger list for my maternal great great grandparents Jossel and Michle Leibman and two of their daughters, arriving in July 1906 on the SS Westernland in Philadelphia. On the page

Hello, I've posted vital records in Polish for which I'd appreciate a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following