I want to say how much I appreciate this list. Even when I peruse a question and the answers that are not obviously in my wheelhouse, I'm bound to learn something interesting. This current topic is

I have two examples in my extended family with the husband arrived after the wife. In one case the husband came with their three-year-old son. In this case I wasn’t sure if he went back to Poland to

What do 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 US census records say about years of arrival for both the husband and the wife? Do those match up with the wife arriving first? And have you found the ship passenger

I suggest to check here: Benjamin Meirtchak. Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945. Printed in Israel by SHLOMO LEVY Ltd TEL: 972-3-6881727 fax: 972-3-6878367 2001 Includes : List No 3 :

Would some one kindly translated these records for me. Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine Kolomyya: SECHESTOWER, SPIERMAN, THAU, BEISER, GRAFF. Dabrowa Tarnowska: KANNER, SCHMIDT, WERNER.

VM88737 In Russian: #16 Пултуск Состоялось в городе Пултуск 27 февраля (12 марта) 1906 года в 12 часов дня. Явились лично

You don't say when the husband came. Is it possible he did come first but, for some reason could not meet his wife and so she was met by her sister? If she came w/ the two oldest children, when the

Hi Fredel In the application I am using for converting dates 26 Adar I 5711 starts at sun set of March 3 and ends at sun set of March 4 1951 Best regards, Laurent Kassel Moreshet, Israel

Probably Avas Felsofalu, today Negresti OAS Romania. JewishGen Locality Page - Negreşti-Oaş, Romania Jacob Shayzaf Israel

Hello, I am reading the date differently. The year at the bottom is 1951 which fits nicely with the part that David did not translate: He Tav Shin Yud Aleph = 5711. Before those letters there is

VM88737 In Russian: #20Б Пултуск Состоялось в городе Пултуск 7 (19) декабря 1883 года в полдень. Явился лично житель

VM88735 In Russian: #82 Пултуск Состоялось в городе Пултуск 28 июня 1900 года в 10 часов утра. Явился лично житель города

Hello, The abbreviations within the two stars of David on top – here lies or here is buried Reb Me’ir son of Yehuda Idel Ha’Cohen Krivitzky passed Away 29 Iyar The year 5701 on his

Pre-paid to sister, and met at the pier. Sounds like the sister may have initiated the steamship tickets purchase from Philadelphia. If you have access to Ancestry.com, you might search some of the

Hello - I came across a photo at the US Holocaust Museum, which was donated by Werner MENDEL who was born in Mainz. The photo was of Leopold and Sigmund VOGEL in NiederSaulheim, in 1935. Evidently,

I agree that this stone unfortunately has a number of 'typos', beginning with the unusual spelling of both the name Shmuel and the name Simcha. I believe that I can clear up the March vs. April date

Here lies [this appears twice, in each of the Jewish stars] Reb Meir son of Reb Yehudah Eedel the Cohen Krivitsky. He went to his world [passed away] on the 29th day of Iyar of the year 5701. His

The Spanish says: “MAURICIO KRIVITZKY Died on May 26, 1941 at age 55 in memory your wife and children" Pablo Libedinsky LIBEDINSKY/CHAMUDIS/CHAMUDES/KABACOVSKY/ROTBERG

In addition to Ken's reasoning, in this case the wife was the one who had a family member to go to. If it had been a brother instead of a sister, maybe the husband would have come first. But to send

I've posted a marriage record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. The marriage took place in 1896 in Szombathely. It is on ViewMate at the following address: front page: