I'd like to call to the attention of Litvak SIGgers Raymond Balta's blogspot, where you can find photos >from several Lithuanian cities: http://thelithuanians.blogspot.com/ Ray is not Jewish, so

I'd like to call to the attention of Litvak SIGgers Raymond Balta's blogspot, where you can find photos >from several Lithuanian cities: http://thelithuanians.blogspot.com/ Ray is not Jewish, so

A former member of our board who is dead now (we regret him very much) had a list of addresses of Jewellers in Europe and he let me names copied himself a jeweller, he perhaps did a few errors when

A former member of our board who is dead now (we regret him very much) had a list of addresses of Jewellers in Europe and he let me names copied himself a jeweller, he perhaps did a few errors when

GERSIG member Roger Lustig informs us that although it's been mentioned before, http://books.google.com deserves to be checked frequently. Older books are often downloadable as PDFs. These

GERSIG member Roger Lustig informs us that although it's been mentioned before, http://books.google.com deserves to be checked frequently. Older books are often downloadable as PDFs. These

Having been born in Vienna and since my mother tongue is German I can certainly confirm that in the German language used in Austria the word PINKEL or BINKEL simply means bag. I also have gone

Having been born in Vienna and since my mother tongue is German I can certainly confirm that in the German language used in Austria the word PINKEL or BINKEL simply means bag. I also have gone

Celia Male is puzzled that there should be so many (10) cane merchants recorded in Prague in the 1790s but without comparable figures for other trades it is hard to know how disproportionate that is.

Celia Male is puzzled that there should be so many (10) cane merchants recorded in Prague in the 1790s but without comparable figures for other trades it is hard to know how disproportionate that is.

There has arisen question concerning the above designation. It has also occurred in connection with my family and the result of investigation showed that it designates a Jew wandering >from village

There has arisen question concerning the above designation. It has also occurred in connection with my family and the result of investigation showed that it designates a Jew wandering >from village

First, thanks to all who replied and did a lookup in israel. I have more info, if it might help to try a lookup again. 1. His surname was almost surely ALBERT, first name, Levi. 2. Born 1932 in

First, thanks to all who replied and did a lookup in israel. I have more info, if it might help to try a lookup again. 1. His surname was almost surely ALBERT, first name, Levi. 2. Born 1932 in

My KATSCHER ancestors came >from Branky, Moravia and before 1800 from Lostice, Moravia. But Jan Hellman sent me a copy of an article in Judaica Bohemiae XL (2005) on tax records concerning Jewish

I believe that I may have located the grave of a great-grandmother. Her name was Hince BARBASCH. She was buried in Zentralfriedhof IV Tor, group 21, row 16, grave 47. How do I find out if she has a

My KATSCHER ancestors came >from Branky, Moravia and before 1800 from Lostice, Moravia. But Jan Hellman sent me a copy of an article in Judaica Bohemiae XL (2005) on tax records concerning Jewish

I believe that I may have located the grave of a great-grandmother. Her name was Hince BARBASCH. She was buried in Zentralfriedhof IV Tor, group 21, row 16, grave 47. How do I find out if she has a

Michael Bernet wrote: "In a 1768 Census of Jewish Taxpayers of Deutschkreutz, Sopron county, Habsburg Hungary, a number of taxpayers are listed as "Pinkel Jud" or "Pinkel Juden". Someone >from

Nick suggests: "Even when someone is a public figure there are arguments about this [publishing information about people], but to do this [to someone] who is of no great importance seems to put