Hello Rachel, The term "Gothic German" really refers to an ancient language that was spoken centuries ago, as opposed to Gothic letters such as a print type. Given the date of your letters, I'm

Trudy, The SSDI should be considered a reliable secondary source for death information. See Q[uestion]9: What information is available from Social Security records to help in genealogical research?

Hi Carl, there are several documents for Isaak, that I was able to find, based on his birth year/city, as well as father's name. However, the job and the wife's names differ - factory worker and

Next Tuesday (11/10) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. Trying to piece together your family's immigration story?

My great grandmother, n. Rachella Fraenkel, was from Letichev, now Ukraine. She married my ggf Schmuel Dovid Silberman(n) and gave birth to my gf in Podwoloskaya, now Pidvolochisk. I am searching for

My father's family was from Radomysl Wielki. My father's sister, Cwettel (Celia) Padawer (Radomysl Wielki 1904-Paris 1985) married Herman (Hersch) Keller (Radomysl Wielki 1904-Auschwitz 1942), son of

Could you please explain the method of using this site? Are scans uploaded to other archive portal in Ukraine as well? Thank you, Daniella Alyagon 11 Rav Ashi St, Tel Aviv 6939545,

My Lowenkron family hailed from Zolkiew/Lviv/Derevnya....my family hired Alex Dunai who did terrific research and then we joined him for a family trip in the whole area......too, we re related to the

I have never been able to find the marriage of my grandparents. Max (Mordche) Slonimsky emigrated to America from Russia (Belarus) to NYC in 1897. He married Anna (Chana) Passin (?) some time before

While reviewing the new Beta-testing website of the Ukrainian State Archives (English language version at https://archives.gov.ua/en/), I discovered that the archives has been digitizing records for

Is there a link to the Nadworna project? Thank you, Daniella Alyagon 11 Rav Ashi St, Tel Aviv 6939545, Israel alyagon.genealogy@... Researching: ALYAGON (Israel), SHOCHETMAN (Kishinev /

Idesa's maiden name Karas, it's from Russian word "Карась" what mean type of fish - "Crucian carp" and pronounce with s-soft in the end. Michael Ryabinky

I am very grateful to Racheli Kreisberg for all her work on the Skala Cadastral Map. Very useful. Good luck on the Korolowka project Tony Hausner Silver Spring, MD 20901 301--587-6943 (primary email

I have not had any response to my request for volunteers for this new project. Please consider it. One task should take no more than about 10 minutes: Racheli Kreisberg has been developing an

Allow me to clarify I have the address already I am interested in understanding what archival records are relevant for a specific address (for example: mortgage, list of owners, ownership

My grandchildren are direct descendants of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Rotenberg/Alter, the first Gerer Rebbe. I have documented my grandchildren’s lineage and I would be interested in seeing your work from

I found my great-uncle listed in the Yad Vashem database as serving in the Soviet Army, killed in action, shown below. Where can I look for more information about him, based on his service in the

Dear Daniella, On JewishGen in the Poland Section you have the Poland 1929 Business Directory. In some cases the address of the business is mentioned. If your relatives were in business there is

“The Weekday Krinik,” from the Yizkor book of that town in Poland, could probably also be titled “A Day in the Life of a Shtetl” since it resembles so many scenes described in other books.

I am a member of Gesher Galicia. I have always found comparing the maps fairly problematic. In addition, I am trying to prepare a list of records to be researched based on house numbers /