Chava is Hebrew for Eve. It comes from the same root as the verb l'hiyot, to be. Chavala (Chava'leh) is a diminuitive, the same way your bubbe might have called you her bubba'leh. Nancy

My great grandmother (last name Primack or Primak) and all her siblings came from a town named Montchelek. On their naturalization and immigration documents, I have seen variations of the town:

Rabbi Moshe of Kletzk (18th cent.) appears in several sources I've seen in the past. I have reason to believe I may be a descendant of his. One of his sons, David, also known as the "Galia Mesechta"

Thank you for the link to the Google pronounciation tool. That is very useful to listen to, to get a good idea of how the name should be pronounced. The pronunciation of 'Kh' sounds like a softer

My GGM was Fannie = Fruma Rothenberg (1864-1920) from Suwalki region, she emigrated to Cincinnati with her parents Hyman (1838-1918) and Chana Prenska (1839-1915). If Lina was from Suwalki, can share

My maternal grandfather was Abramowitz and was born in a town near Boston around 1910. He had a number of brothers and some of them changed their names to Abrams, others Abbott. His father Zalman

The JewishGen Danzig/Gdańsk Research Division's chart showing the locations of Jewish vital records from Danzig has been updated to include census records and more early marriage records, and to

Dear Ric, I am reading like the others (Narodné Gubierna). But usually on those files you have other pages where you have a duplicate of this information (a list of questions about the

Regarding Rabbi Avraham ben Yehiel Michael Danzig, Chayei Adam, I would appreciate hearing from anyone knowledgeable about sources and their reliability concerning: his date of birth, possible

The people in the office at Beth David have always been very nice to me. In some cemeteries the staff becomes hostile when you ask for a list of different grave locations and tell you you should have

Rachel, A Google search found this book, which is written in Polish which I cannot read, but the English blurb sounds like the book may be about the orphanage you seek info

-----Original Message----- From: T R via groups.jewishgen.org My grandfather changed the family name when they arrived in NYC post Anschluss, 1939. I contacted the archives in NYC but they weren't

In reviewing census records from the very early 1900s I found an uncle Morris listed as Mary and a cousin Dasha as David. Possible causes for listings you think of as errors or omissions: Census taker

See: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/research/res_topics_gen_naturalization_name David Rosen Boston, MA

" took all kinds of measures to obscure, obscure, twist, and disinform the world regarding their origins" Different spellings were common. There was no standard spelling in the US until the mid-20th

I have posted two death records in Polish for which I would appreciate complete translations. They can be found on Viewmate at the following

My wife’s grandfather, Herman (Haim) BOBRICK was born 15 December 1887 in Calais, Beserabia. His wife, Rose (Ruhla or Rosela) BEIRIS was born approximately 1898 in Jasi (Iasi) Romania. Herman’s

I've reposted two records on ViewMate for the marriages of two brothers. Though I have the simple information of who, when, and parents, I am now interested in names of witnesses, rabbis, anyone else

Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday November 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. Zoom Webinar Researching Your Litvak Roots…with LitvakSIG and More Speaker: Judy Baston Do you want to know more about your

One persistent problem in searching my maternal grandfather's side of the family is that my g-grandparents took all kinds of measures to obscure, twist, and disinform the world regarding their