I have recently come into possession of a certificate of naturalization for my great-grandfather. Being a novice at genealogy, I am having trouble figuring out how to read it correctly, especially

Owing to technical reasons, materials for the same landsmanshaft organizations may be cataloged in more than one YIVO Record Group [RG]. Therefore, I advise landsmanshaft researchers to check with the

Dear Genners, On the family index card of my PGM used to access final census data I found the following notation in reference to birthplace: GRMY PRWR Aftet consulting with other researchers

I have recently come into possession of a certificate of naturalization for my great-grandfather. Being a novice at genealogy, I am having trouble figuring out how to read it correctly, especially

Owing to technical reasons, materials for the same landsmanshaft organizations may be cataloged in more than one YIVO Record Group [RG]. Therefore, I advise landsmanshaft researchers to check with the

Dear Genners, On the family index card of my PGM used to access final census data I found the following notation in reference to birthplace: GRMY PRWR Aftet consulting with other researchers

Somebody of Genners asked additional information about Ochberg orphans in South Africa. I readdressed the question to my friend, Jack Goldfarb, who once wrote the article on this theme. He has sent

On my great uncle's Alien's Registration Card (UK), he said that he was born in "Rucksik, Kovno". When I put "Rucksik" into the ShtetlSeeker, I got ten possible towns. (Rakauskai, Rostkovshchizna,

Somebody of Genners asked additional information about Ochberg orphans in South Africa. I readdressed the question to my friend, Jack Goldfarb, who once wrote the article on this theme. He has sent

On my great uncle's Alien's Registration Card (UK), he said that he was born in "Rucksik, Kovno". When I put "Rucksik" into the ShtetlSeeker, I got ten possible towns. (Rakauskai, Rostkovshchizna,

snip Yes, we had the same problem when the 1901 UK Census came online. It couldn't cope with the traffic. -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy

Dear Cusins, Italy had several waves of Jewish immigration: First >from Erez Israel, then in the 14th century >from France and Germany, in 16th and 17th centuries >from Spain and Portugal, in 17th

snip Yes, we had the same problem when the 1901 UK Census came online. It couldn't cope with the traffic. -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy

Dear Cusins, Italy had several waves of Jewish immigration: First >from Erez Israel, then in the 14th century >from France and Germany, in 16th and 17th centuries >from Spain and Portugal, in 17th

Most likely "Naftali Hirz" which is a common combination of names. David Shapiro Jerusalem

"Louise Messik" <louise@...> wrote: I gather that Ms Messick is the Website Editor and the Database Manager of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Great Britain. Nick Landau London,

I have been having the same problem after success 2 days ago. I have a PC with cox.net as my provider and IExplorer browser. I got the msg "The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for

Most likely "Naftali Hirz" which is a common combination of names. David Shapiro Jerusalem

"Louise Messik" <louise@...> wrote: I gather that Ms Messick is the Website Editor and the Database Manager of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Great Britain. Nick Landau London,

I have been having the same problem after success 2 days ago. I have a PC with cox.net as my provider and IExplorer browser. I got the msg "The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for