I am the descendent of Hirsh Winitzky, who changed his name to Harris Venezky when he came to the United States from Odessa. He first resided in NYC until his marriage; he then moved to the Alliance

Dear JewishGen, Please contact me privately if you know the descendants of siblings Anna WOLFOWITZ COMMIKE (1891-1993) and Hyman WOLFOWITZ (1893-1966), both born in Lithuania, emigrated to US (Perth

My great grandfather immigrated from Piotrkow but his naturalization papers indicate that he was born in a town called Naza. I googled the town but I was not able to get any information. I will try JG

Cutti is also used as a nickname for Yekutiel a biblical figure. Shavua Tov Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

Are you looking for BeMdersky or BeNdersky. My maternal grandmother's maiden name was Bendersky and I have never heard of the name Bemdersky. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental

My Bloom changed from Blum (likely closer to the Cyrillic transliteration) in Cleveland in the early 20th C. Best I can tell, the family is from Bauska, Latvia, although there are mentions of

Australian genomics company, myDNA, announced a merger with the US based FamilyTree DNA, and its parent company Gene by Gene. The CEO of myDNA, Dr. Lior Rauchberer will be the CEO of the merged

You might find male matches on FTDNA because they chose to take a Y test with this company and while doing so went ahead and added an autosomal test. The other companies mentioned do not do specific Y

Have you tried to figure out when the photos were taken? That would help a lot in narrowing the possibly families. Barbara Zimmer Virginia

No sites search other sites for matches. Uploading raw data to as many sites as possible increase the chances of finding matches with folks who have not transferred their data out of the one site they

In Russian: Паулина 9 декабря 1915 года (возможно) Любовь минуты друг, Дающей нам мученья; Они от лучших

Try contacting Yad Vashem. They have just finished an online poetry of the Holocaust program and so they likely have some experts who could give you ideas where to search if they can't help you. I

The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) released a 2021 edition of the BCG Application Guide. The new guide reduces BCG’s renewal requirements and clarifies several issues for new

Scotland’s People has added 250,000 birth, death and marriage entries (~147,000 online images) which include 48,728 marriages in 1945 and 64,943 deaths in 1970. For 1920 births of 136,546 living

Hi, One possibility is that it originated from the name Yekutiel. -- Amnon PALDI

You wrote: The other main sites you need to be on are FTDNA and 23andMe, otherwise you have to sit back and wait for relatives to do a test. Do these sites find people in other ways? Do they scan all

Newly available on my blog:https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/.../world-war-i-jewish... World War I: Jewish Refugees (a partial list)---(Simbirsk to Minsk Province). Marilyn Robinson (aka

Mike Vayser, Your reply to Rita Nash posting is unacceptable. Rita posting was related to Jewish Polish refugees that have escaped to USSR following Hitler invasion against Poland in 1939. Polish

Judy, There are two entries, beside yours, in JGFF database for Russocice Mysz RussocicePoland14 Jul 2012Click HERE to contact Elsina Bayrach (#15317) Last logged in: September 2020Adesman

Was he a Cuttie-Pie? Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ " known within the family as "Cuttie". Does anyone have any idea what this nickname might refer to?"