Thank you very much! These have proved to be most helpful. Irv Dr. Irving D. Goldfein Southfield, Michigan idgoldfein@...

Hi Debbie, My grandparents were Mottel and Leiba (Schenker) Zylberman. They were from Opole Lubelski, Poland. My great grandparents were Kiva and Perla (Lerner) Zylberman. I'm not sure of their

A relative of mine says that members of his family were buried at King David Cemetery in Queens. I haven't been able to find this cemetery. Does anyone know of a cemetery by this name in this

Hello, I've posted 2 vital records in Russian and Hebrew for which I need a translation of the genealogical information. They are from Bialystok and are therefore in the columnar format . . . the

I assume that is eastern time, and so would be 4:30 Pacific time. Am I correct in that assumption? Lee MESSING Hover Lacey, WA

Hello Debbie, It may be the case, perhaps even likely, that the 'proof' you're seeking will not be forthcoming. In these cases, as genealogists we need to make a determination based on an exhaustive

A molitor in Latin can also refer to a miller. Eric M. Bloch Milwaukee, WI

At anyone's convenience, may I get a photo of the following headstones please. Many thanks in advance. GOLDIE DATZ BIRTH. 9 Jul 1904 DEATH 6 Apr 1915 (aged 10) PLOT Society: WORKMENS; Path:43R;

I also found the manifest in a different color on FamilySearch. Rela Wilczynski was indexed as Rola, which I corrected. Then this image from JOINT showed up, with Rela accompanied by Josef and Jacob

DRORI YOEL POLIN TOWN SOMPOLNO REGION LODZ FAMILII WILCZYNSKI YAD VASHEM IRUZALIM לדוד שלום יד ושם בארכיון יש 13 דפה עד על משפחת

#event “Finding Our Eastern European Jewish Family on JRI Poland”. JewishGen of Palm Beach County presents a virtual lecture by Robinn Magid on December 9 at 1:00 PM ET US and Canada. December

Many Yizkor books have portraits of humble people who are unlettered, poor, mocked and who eke out their living in the lowliest professions. But over their lives, they prove their worth, and even mark

Dear Mr. Lande 20th November 2020 I wonder, I am thankful, if either you or if

R. Wunder does not give any other information on R. Yosef Yoska, neither in Elef Margolios nor in Meorei Galicia (where he gives the same information). In M.G in the entry on R. Alexander Sender he

These two handwritten pages are identical with typewritten page 6, a testimony about Dr. Andrzej Trojanowski. By the way, after the war Dr. Trojanowski was a director of the Institute of Hematology in

Hello Elena, To clarify geography of Novofastov. Prior to 1922 Novofastov was part of Skvira uezd in Kiev gubernia. It didn't become part of Vinnitsa oblast until 1938. The last name you are looking

The groom is Dan Kalbo son of Avraham Yaakov The date on the back is Wednesday, week of Reah 5664 (August 3 1904) -- Yitschok Margareten

That is correct, and the name of the groom is Dan Eliyahu (the second name is not clear) son of Avraham Yaakov. David Shapiro Jerusalem

It lookls like JewishGen is working on it. https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kuty/kuty.html I see the Table of Contents and the Martyr page are done but the rest is not clickable. The NYPL does not

Efraim, That is not correct. You are thinking of modern Russian patronymics. However, if you examine 18-19th century records, you will see both types being used. Source: I've transcribed and