trying to find information about my father's mother's family. Last name was Fandler or Fendler. They were >from Grymalow (near Tarnapol). Can someone help get me started? Thank you. Jeffrey

trying to find information about my father's mother's family. Last name was Fandler or Fendler. They were >from Grymalow (near Tarnapol). Can someone help get me started? Thank you. Jeffrey

Hi, Thanks to those of you who responded to my question about the possibility of mother and daughter having the same second name. People seemed to agree that it was possible. The suggested

My great grand father was Rabbi Yitzak Rissak >from Riga (or Odessa) I am unable to find any information on him anywhere. I do have a picture of him taken more than 100 years ago.I would appreciate

Hi, Thanks to those of you who responded to my question about the possibility of mother and daughter having the same second name. People seemed to agree that it was possible. The suggested

My great grand father was Rabbi Yitzak Rissak >from Riga (or Odessa) I am unable to find any information on him anywhere. I do have a picture of him taken more than 100 years ago.I would appreciate

Tamar Dothan wrote in the November 15 Digest: "In the Keidan birth records of my family there are a mother and a daughter who both have the second name Lea. I did not think this was possible. Does

Where the father dies before a son is born, it was and still is common that the son is named after the father. I have an example of such an incidence in my family tree. I assume, as a corallary,

Tamar Dothan wrote in the November 15 Digest: "In the Keidan birth records of my family there are a mother and a daughter who both have the second name Lea. I did not think this was possible. Does

Where the father dies before a son is born, it was and still is common that the son is named after the father. I have an example of such an incidence in my family tree. I assume, as a corallary,

Dear Fellow Litvaks - While not exactly a genealogical topic, it is helpful to know the patterns our ancestors followed in giving names. A father and son bearing the same name is an

Thank you for the clarification. However, I am aware of the naming tradition, so I should have added that I found father and son with the same name - or apparently the same name - although the father

Dear Fellow Litvaks - While not exactly a genealogical topic, it is helpful to know the patterns our ancestors followed in giving names. A father and son bearing the same name is an

Thank you for the clarification. However, I am aware of the naming tradition, so I should have added that I found father and son with the same name - or apparently the same name - although the father

There has been a lot of correspondence recently about what to do with photos. If you still live in the city in which your parents or grandparents grew up, one thing that you can do is go and take

I also have had that experience although it is not on the Litvak side of my family. The Tugendhafts who originally came >from Galicia named their family over many generations using the same name.

There has been a lot of correspondence recently about what to do with photos. If you still live in the city in which your parents or grandparents grew up, one thing that you can do is go and take

I also have had that experience although it is not on the Litvak side of my family. The Tugendhafts who originally came >from Galicia named their family over many generations using the same name.

Hello. I want to thank all the translators of my great grandfather's headstone.This is my first time posting on the discussion group and I am overwhelmed at the response. What a wonderful site! I

After the new Italiangen NYC Brides Index was made searchable by Steve Morse, their website was completely overwhelmed with people trying to search with certificate numbers >from their NYC Grooms