Has anyone heard of young men and even boys used as forced labor for the Russian army during the FIRST Word War? I know they were often used to dig trenches, etc. This happened in our family and I’m

There are ALHADEFFs in Cape Town, originally from Rhodes. Some came via the Congo - Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) to Cape Town. Louis ZETLER Yokneam, Israel

Viewmate Translation Request -Hebrew. #Hebrew #Translation Joan Lampert Joan Joan Lampert, PhD, MBA www.joanlampert.com

I've posted 3 vital records for which I would appreciate as full a translation as possible. I would especially like to know if Estera Gitla's mother Ena was alive when the birth was registered and

David, This is encouraging news. I consider R. Meir Wunder the ultimate authority on Galician rabbis, especially the Margolioth line But I don't read Hebrew well enough to trust my reading of his

Dear Adam and Moishe, Belated thank you for providing the information on LANGSAMS, DNA and rabbinical lineages. I am quite behind the curve when reading DNA stats, but hopefully one day there will be

The attached pdf file contains several pages from a Holocaust Testimony file. I am only asking for translation of the two handwritten pages (p2-3) Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thank

I am looking for any information about Maccabi in Wloclawek before the war. History, description of operation, names of memers. Help appreciated. Relly Coleman WASSERSTEIN, Wloclawek FUDALOWICZ,

The David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University https://www.davidrumsey.com/ is a terrific source for high-resolution scans of historical maps of all periods in all languages. I did a quick

Hi David, I have looked at the photograph, and the Hats are typical of the head gear that Scouts wore from the founding of the Scout Movement until about 1960. Michael Hoffman Borehamwood, HERTS, UK

- Kuty, Ukraine (Kitever memorial book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kuty/kuty.html Has this memorial book ever been entirely translated into English? My father was born there in 1901. If so, I

That part of the 1910 census covers Manhattan Ward 10, District 184, deep in the Lower East Side. I looked up a few of the other addresses in that section and noticed that it includes the area around

I've posted 4 records on ViewMate for three consecutive pages from the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database for David RZEPNIK. A complete translation would be appreciated. They are on ViewMate in

Dear fellow researchers, A few people have asked me about the tax censuses (family lists) from the Surazh uezd (district) in 1888. I am happy to announce that these have now been translated and

We took a wonderful Jewish tour in Montevideo Uruguay with Fanny Margolis http://www.jewishtours.com.uy/site/. We were able to visit an active synagogue, and Fanny is very knowledgeable about the

My grandfather, Naftuli Miller, aka Antonin Muller, was forced to "volunteer" to the French Foreign Legion during WWII as pre-condition to his entry into the country with his Czechoslovakian

Have you checked Avotaynu.com? -- Sarah L Meyer Georgetown TX ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK, PERLSTADT, STOKFISZ, SZPIL(T)BAUM, Poland BIRGARDOVSKY, EDELBERG, HITE (CHAIT), PERCHIK Russia (southern

Thank you, Jacob Shayzaf! Gravez.me is a great web site, especially for someone who does not know Hebrew as it allows Englsih search. That's how I found N. Lester's grave. The last address at

Thank you, Krzysztof! That's a resource I haven't used. Some of the entries have been translated on the Polish Genealogical Society of America website. There is also an article by Daniel M. Schlyter