Hi Deborah, My grandmother's family were Zaslavskys, from Genischesk eventually, before leaving for China in the 1920s sometime. Could they have been in any way connected with the town Zaslav? Or

My great aunt was born in New York in 1897. She married a non-naturalized immigrant in 1919. The family story is that she found out she lost her citizenship when she went to vote in 1920 (her husband

I agree with Jonathan Sher's and Sally Horn's recommendation. I also have used Yuri Dorn (jhrg@...) and have had very good results. I did not need an Apostille. Anthony Rabin London, UK

Hello Gary Could you please give me a link to that revision list for the town of Rowno-Rivne? I am looking for records related to the Kitai Family in the area of Rowno and Zdolbunow. Meir Bnaya Hos

Wow. I think 1870 was the first year women were allowed to be students at Oxford, although only as external ones. They had to wait another 50 years before they were allowed to obtain a degree, so

If the record is on the Polish Archives site (szukaj....) there's a "download" link below the image. Nicole Heymans, near Brussels, Belgium

Thanks so much Russ! Does that mean that records for 1895-1922 don't exist or that they are still lying around in an archive in Ukmerge? Susie Adani

American Jewish Historical Society <reference@...> told me they "have online searchable databases available for both the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum." Try these links:

My great-grandfather was a house painter in the old country and a portrait painter in the U.S. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Stephen Weinstein Camarillo, California

Hi Siggers, We have the attached certificate for Rebecca Kisch passing the Senior Candidate exam in 1870. Can someone please explain exactly what this exam was? i.e. was she a student at the

Ten Million Brand New Records Now Online! Reclaim the Records is super-proud to announce the long-awaited publication of the Missouri Birth Index (1920-2015) and the Missouri Death Index (1968-2015)!

Hi friends - I have my late father's 'Heimatschein' from Vienna, dated 1922, issued under Republik Osterreich-Bundeshauptstadt Wien. It states that: "Heimatschein, womit bestadigt wird, dass.

Juliana, my comments were directed to Gary Pokrass who told me that the Ukrainian SIG is working on organizing Alex K's files. But I'd like to answer your concerns. "the files often have multiple

I am loking for information about my ggmother Ita PAJCZER, in Poland. Est. DOB 1865. Married to my ggfather Rachmil Josek WASSERSTEIN est DOB 1867. Their son Szmul was born in Mszczonów, So they

Probably Leckava - often pronounced Latskova. Together with several others - we are looking at families from there. Send me PM with more information re names and dates Judith Diamond, London,

Ava Just an extra bit of information. We are very busy transcribing data from the Passport Issuance Books for Latvia and the Internal Passports that were handed in to the Riga Police. I transcribed

Hello everyone, I am searching for informations about the second part of my grand uncle Judka Szmurkiewicz’s life in South America. He was born in Zelechow (Poland) in 1892, he was a famous

I know this is an old post, but research sometimes requires going backwards, right? I have Weinberger relatives from Kisvarda, through marriage (Kornstein). Wondering if/how we are related. Lisa

There is a facebook group called 'Genealogy - Dating old photographs' that you could post your photographs on. They will be able to pinpoint what decade these photos are likely from, based on the

Hello Alex: I have been to the Nyirbator cemetery about 10 years ago, in the beginnings of my genealogy research. I saw some of the GROSZ headstones, as my dad’s paternal grandmother’s family are