I have been able to find the Declaration of intent (19 April 1850) and Oath (2 July 1843) as components of the naturalization record of my 2nd great grandfather Charles Schiff. They correspond to the

I am looking for help for the Yizkor Books Project to work on placing material on the web. Lance Ackerfeld calls them "HTML's" This is a critical task to get newly translated material up on the Yizkor

I am looking for the scans of the Jewish vital record books for Lutomiersk, Poland. Genealodzy.pl doesn't have any of the Jewish records for this town and Genbaza.pl has only limited years. Per

If you write your surname on ancestry family trees you will find a list of family trees with that name. when I find something that might connect my family however, I do not see a link to contact

See View Mate #86542. This page is from the Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books. I would like a translation of the headings at the top of the page. Also, I am interested in deciphering information on

Stephen, By the way, most of their children came to the US. It's not clear when, but I know that Fruma was here in 1907, because she was married in Nashua, New Hampshire. Sora Feigel died in

Sherri - Thanks. Israel and Sora Michla's children, Morris, Louis and Ida came to the US. I think Israel Joseph did also, but I'm not sure. Morris came to the US sometime before 1907. He probably

Hi Barbara: I have gilinski (with i) in my family. Yishie Gilinski married Chaya Sragovicz, who was my great aunt. In my records, I have that he was born in Poluse, Ignalina, Lithuania. -- Lia

I donated most of my records to YIVO. This is a Jewish archives in NYC. U can google them. Or call and talk to Leo Greenbaum , Archivist. Maurice Kessler

Barbara, Did Israel and Sora Michla (Margolis) Katz and their children stay in Latvia? Did they emigrate to another country at some point? Sharing that info will enable people to offer you research

UPDATE Entitlements have dramatically changed in the past 1-2 years for these survivors and/or their families. For those who do not yet know. This is true there are multiple opportunities NOW

I've looked at JGFF and the LitvakSIG databases and I haven't found them. I wrote to a number of researchers in the JGFF, and they haven't come upon them either. I know that Svencionys is a good guess

My father had a friend named Haskel Masters in Saskatchewan whose name had been Chatskiel. The story is his first grade teacher made the change, although I think of it more like an adaptation. I don't

Hi, Dr. Yaakov Rotem is my mother’s uncle. Are you related? Daniella Alyagon 11 Rav Ashi St, Tel Aviv 6939545, Israel alyagon.genealogy@... Researching: ALYAGON (Israel),

My grandfather was born in 1880 in Chrazanow, Poland, in the general area of Galicia. Is that town part of your records? Thanks. Barbara Schneider Cohen

I have gone to the LitvakSIG All Lithuanian Database, and looked everywhere for their names. I have not been successful. I have looked at Svencionys through the JGFF, and I was not successful there.

I received this reply from FTJPHELP on July 10th when attempts to update my tree on the FTJP were not successful: "We are not processing files at this time." I was not given any time estimate on when

If he crossed as a tourist, it is very likely no record was ever made. You were usually just waived through, particularly if you were a USA or Canadian citizen. John Hirschmann Washington, DC

There are border crossing cards which FamilySearch and Ancestry have. We used to bike to Canadian beaches from Buffalo when I was a kid - you didn't need a plane or a train if you were in the US or

Yoel, I had sent an email to Przemysław Szpilman at the following email in 2016 beisolam@... with a similar questions. He was kind enough to research and respond. If interested, there is an article