You ask whether you Jewish ancestor would have had to cut all ties with her own family on marrying her Christian ancestor in Church. I have a male ancestor who did this, and while I don't know how

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HERE LIES THE YOUNG MAN SHMUEL [SAMUEL] SIMCHA ROTENBERG DIED 16th ADAR ..............I do not understand and have no translation for בהדשיא........the Hebrew year was תרצא The Hebrew

I have a copy of my grandparents' Staten Island marriage license and marriage Certificate of 1926. The Affidavit for License to marry was completed by each grandparent (from the Groom, from the

Dear Ellen, I am sorry for the false alarm, it happens - so many homonyms I guess you have checked already the Paris Archives for the wedding and the birth (1912) using the decennial tables ? I went

Hello Eric, It can be Sosfalu or Novoselitsia ( today) in Transcarpathia region, today Ukraine. All the best Mark Friedman

I have had DNA testing in the past with Family Tree to investigate my Jewish origins. I have noticed that they have changed they way they calculate the proportion of Jewish DNA. Which company has the

ABRAM IZAAK ROTH/ROT - KALISZ, POLAND I am trying to find the direct descendants of my great uncle Abram Izaak Roth/Rot b1880 in Kalisz, Poland. I can't seem to find anything further about him since

May I please ask for a translation of the plaque? thank you Valentína dora Krevisky

Since Kosice, Slovakia is not acceptable perhaps one of those Romanian towns will do: Casinu Nou, also known Kaszonuifalu Iacobeni, also known as Kaszonjakabfalva and Kaszon Jskabfluva Imper, also

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Could it be Kaschau? Sometimes n and u look alike in the old handwriting. It is north of Oradea, Cluj, and Tasnad and not unreasonable travel. Now in Slovakia, it was part of the Austrian-Hungarian

I received an email alert about MyHeritage DNA kits going on sale and reaching their lowest price ever supposedly. $39 US/ 45€ Europe + free shipping if ordering 2+ kits. Sale ends Friday night (Nov

I am researching a family HIRSCH / MANDEL that lived in Philadelphia. The husband died in 1921 and is buried in Har Nebo and the wife died in 1941 and also buried there. No real information is on

There is a city that was in Hungary in the 19th century – Kassa, Kaschau, Kosice. (My grandmother was from there.) It’s now in eastern Slovakia. But I don’t think it has anything to do

Martlise, yes, I know a bit about that place. It is not a town, but an agricultural colony, which were established in 19 century in Bessarabia, Podolia, other gubernias of Russian empire. Koloniya

If you haven't been to the Jewish Museum of London, it's worth a visit or (nowadays) a look at the website. Over the years, I've been there several times, and have found that most staff members are

I just checked the marriage certificates for 5 siblings of my grandfather, all who came to the US between 1910 and 1925. The names of their mother was the following - Minnie Cohan Miriam Colon Mary

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Hi there, Wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of more information on Polish Jews who fought for the Red Army/ Polish Armed Forces fighting with the Red Army during WW2. My