Hi David, Here is Hyman's death certificate. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X83Z-7GD The names of his parents were Morris Wolk and Lillian Levinson. Obviously the names were anglicized.

They travelled by many times hoping in different wagons, sometimes by train, either bought a ticket, or someone gave them....and Yes, by walking...they were looking at the end result ...the light at

My paternal great-grandparents and grandparents came from Sitcowitz/ Zytkiewicze, Russia(?). Their names were BERELPORTNOY/PORTNOY 7 ESTHER PORTNOY/PORTNOJ WILLIAM PORTNOY/PORTNOJ I am trying to

If you are researching Calau, you might want to contact Sylvia Kolley who has done a lot of research about the Jewish history in the area and is also the author of the web site I mentioned

This web site (in German) is dedicated to the history of the Jews of the Niederlausitz region, which contains Calau: http://www.luckauer-juden.de You will find several pages about the history of the

I have a similar story, told to me by my father. He emigrated from a town in Poland in 1913 as a sixteen year old, was hidden in a hay wagon and taken over the German border to a nearby

JRI-Poland has indexed and placed online the 1905-07 marriage record indexes. Other than these records, all the Monasterzyska Jewish vital records before and during WWI were destroyed. JRI-Poland has

Delatyn, Ukraine was in Austrian Galicia before WWI. The Jewish vital records for Delatyn have not survived. To see what other records that are available, search Archive Documents on Miriam Weiner's

This article below has information about the rail journey from the German/Russian border to Hamburg or Bremen http://ronaldimiller.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/PDF-trains-shelters-ships.pdf It

I've looked further into the issue mentioned by Stephen Katz and have learned that in order to avoid giving over one's contacts before downloading the way to proceed is by going directly to

I want to add Lodz Ghetto: A History by Isaiah Trunk to Peter's list of suggested books. The collection Bernard referenced, USHMM Archives collection RG-15.083 (click on this link to be taken to the

FamilyTree Maker itself has a facility for exporting a GedCom version off a tree. Click on File in the People mode, chose Export File and then 'Export as GedCom file' is the bottom option in the

My dad's Uncle was an Orthodox Rabbi. When he was in Los Angeles, he ran a school for Jewish girls that taught them how to be Orthodox good wives for Rabbis. Was this common in the 1950-60s? Has any

The web-site developer, EasyNetSites, for more than 160 genealogy and historical societies in Canada and the United States is shutting down as of June 30, 2021. The message they sent was: "The

If interested in the journey to America, I suggest Mary Antin's 1912 book "The Promised Land." Chapter VIII, The Exodus, describes the journey. The full text of the book is

Hello Amnon, There is one word missing in that title. I guess it was: "Bursa Żydowskich sierot wojennych", (Lodging house for Jewish war orphans). or eventualy "Bursa Żydowskich inwalidów

Menachem, Have you tried the JewishGen Ukraine database? You can search by town or by surname. https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Ukraine/ Regards, Sherri Boboish

The Amsterdam District Court upheld a 2018 ruling by the Netherlands restitution committee and rejected a restitution case brought by the Jewish heirs that originally owned a painting by Wassily

Judith, Our family had a cousin who passed on in a mental hospital in NY in 1933. He was 24 years old. The cause of death cannot be interpreted today as anything meaningful, and I've asked doctors

I am also trying to find birth/death records for Weisthal of Storzovetz Bukovina. Harvey Weisthal harveyrw@...