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

Is there corroborating evidence to prove that the family in the 1930's Census is YOUR family? Hershkowits/variants was - and still is - a quite common name. Virus-free. www.avast.com --

I've posted two pages of a postcard in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following

I wonder if anyone could advise me the best way to get information about my mother and grandmother's stay in Montreal in 1913 . My grandfather Shloyme Postalov had arrived in Boston in 1907 while my

Hello All, I was told by my grandfather that he tried to sponsor his sister and her family to come to the US from Romania/Hungary before WWII. Is there anyway to find this record? What agency would

When working on a family tree for friends, there was an instance of "Sally" in England being thought to have been derived from "Tsalie" in Germany. I don't know enough about Jewish names to know

My grandfather changed the family name when they arrived in NYC post Anschluss, 1939. I contacted the archives in NYC but they weren't helpful. Has anyone successfully found these records, and if so

Are you certain it is not another David HERSHKOWITZ family? David Rosen Boston, MA

I've posted 2 vital records in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88318, VM88299 Please

if anyone in this forum knows about Keller family in Radomysl and Tarnow please contact especially about a Yechiel Mechel Keller from Radomysl thanks Joseph Kauftheil

My uncle Sally, born in Germany in the early 1900s, was Salomon, and later escaped to Palestine where he went by Shlomo. Denise Suttle Abqsuttle@... WEINBERG, MESCHMAR, LECHZIER, GERSON

VM89293 In Russian: 965 Состоялось в городе Лублин 12-го (24-го) декабря 1894 года в 10 часов утра. Явился еврей: Яков Лакс,

Hello Yoni, My name is Andrew Zack. My maternal grandparents were named Abramovici and lived in the Bacau, Romania area until they emigrated to Canada around the turn of the 20th century. I have

VM88292 504 It took place in the city of Lublin on the 8th (20th) August 1895 at 10 am. A Jew appeared: Jacob Laks, a merchant, 21 years old, a resident of the Pitrovice settlement and in the