You wrote: Never met in Jewish Familes Very often met in Jewish families -Naming two living children the same name I met this problem once or twce in French Jewish families. My

Hello, Alex P. Miller asked about namig conventions,and gave 3 examples. The 2 first are common among Sephardic Jews. As a respect to living grand parent or living uncle/aunt the child is named

Jonathan, Faulquemont (with an l) is indeed a town in French Lorraine (a province called Lotharingen in German). I never heard of such a town in Holland nor Belgium nor Germany. All the birth

You wrote: Never met in Jewish Familes Very often met in Jewish families -Naming two living children the same name I met this problem once or twce in French Jewish families. My

Hello, Alex P. Miller asked about namig conventions,and gave 3 examples. The 2 first are common among Sephardic Jews. As a respect to living grand parent or living uncle/aunt the child is named

Jonathan, Faulquemont (with an l) is indeed a town in French Lorraine (a province called Lotharingen in German). I never heard of such a town in Holland nor Belgium nor Germany. All the birth

Hi Judy, In Abaujszanto, my relatives (BLAU, LOW) were very religious and their tombstones are all in Hebrew. I don't remember about the rest of the tombstones. In Gyongyos, although I didn't find

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (www.yivoinstitute.org/index.htm) = is celebrating its 80th anniversary with several public programs. Among = them is a film that should be of interest to H-SIG

You wrote: My answer: At Szendrö, a small city 20 km N of Miskolc, all tombsyones are wtitten in Hebrew. Georges GRANER (Paris, France) georges.graner@... Webmaster of Cercle de

This has just been a discussion. There is a good website for international directories http://www.infobel.com Regards, Anita Citron Hicksville, NY

Hi Judy, In Abaujszanto, my relatives (BLAU, LOW) were very religious and their tombstones are all in Hebrew. I don't remember about the rest of the tombstones. In Gyongyos, although I didn't find

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (www.yivoinstitute.org/index.htm) = is celebrating its 80th anniversary with several public programs. Among = them is a film that should be of interest to H-SIG

You wrote: My answer: At Szendrö, a small city 20 km N of Miskolc, all tombsyones are wtitten in Hebrew. Georges GRANER (Paris, France) georges.graner@... Webmaster of Cercle de

This has just been a discussion. There is a good website for international directories http://www.infobel.com Regards, Anita Citron Hicksville, NY

Lynn Saul wants to view "bugyros" type 19th century dresses on the internet. Go to Google,type in "bugyros" and click on "Magyar Pavilon." John Kovacs Bloomfield, Michigan Searching Perlgrund >from

I would like to get in contact with descendents of Kovacs Aladar, formerly Kohn of Budapest. He was born in Nagyvarad or Debrecen in the late 19th Century. He had a business ( "gepjavito"

Lynn Saul wants to view "bugyros" type 19th century dresses on the internet. Go to Google,type in "bugyros" and click on "Magyar Pavilon." John Kovacs Bloomfield, Michigan Searching Perlgrund >from

I would like to get in contact with descendents of Kovacs Aladar, formerly Kohn of Budapest. He was born in Nagyvarad or Debrecen in the late 19th Century. He had a business ( "gepjavito"

I'm looking for any informatino on a Rose and Isadore GILDENHORN maiden name was BORDOWITZ (my grandmother's maiden name). Since he is the only other GILDENHORN I've found >from Ohio, I assume her

I'm looking for any informatino on a Rose and Isadore GILDENHORN maiden name was BORDOWITZ (my grandmother's maiden name). Since he is the only other GILDENHORN I've found >from Ohio, I assume her