Merrie, I did read that Mennonite farmers settled in that area, and that Jewish farmers co-settled with German Mennonite families. And, quoting from the website noted below: "Zagradovka Colonies The

Has anyone checked with the district civil registry (РАЦС = RATS in Ukrainian; ЗАГС = ZAGS in Russian)? Ostroh is the administrative center of its district, so the civil registry for the

Dear Researchers, Shana Tovah! Happy New Year to all of you. Let's new 5781 bring hope for everybody. Be safe and healthy. Yefim Kogan Bessarabia group Leader and Coordinator

How about Records from Cherson City and Odessa. Nancy Reicher

No, the purpose of creating records under the Registry Act of 1929 was to belatedly create an arrival record so it could be used as the basis of a certificate of arrival. The ability to issue a

When I first tested, I had this naive hope that I'd get some clues as to where my father's family lived prior to immigrating to the United States. No such luck! All anyone (Ancestry, 23, MH, FTDNA)

I appreciate all the answers to my question. Altogether, it just gets more confusing. I have a great-nephew who says my father's family came from Krustpils, Latvia. I can find no records indicating

שנה טובה May we be pandemic-free in 5781! -- -Amnon Gronner, USA Researching GRONNER SANDLER

To all the amazing people who work so hard to make JewishGen the incredible resource that it is and to everyone else here, I wish you all the same! Nothing but sweetness. Jeri Friedman Port Saint

How much text is there? If it's a modest amount, then posting to ViewMate as Julia suggested can work. There are also Facebook forums where volunteers are doing an incredible service helping people

I first read this in The Guardian and our family emails did the expected outrage. Then my 25 year old grandson researched and brought up the survey responses themselves. I was shocked at how distorted

I'm one of your non-Jewish posters. I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles. My friends were mostly Jewish. My mother had studied anthropology in college and reading was our main 'sport'.

Alex Krakovsky does have posted an additional revision List for Volyn Province 1883 which has data from Ostrog on p. 69 and 145 archive ref 118-14-93 link (copy this into the browser dont click on

I received Ancestry's new estimates of ethnicity yesterday along with great fanfare and their airy comments of new definitions and greater accuracy. Mine changed from 100% European Jewish to 100%

Unfortunately, there are no known birth or marriage records from Ostrog (modern Ostroh, Ukraine). The Regional Museum in Ostroh possesses a portion of the 1886 Revision List (census). To our

I suggest picking a page or two and posting on ViewMate. Poetry translation really depends on the specific poem, so while I'm willing to give it a try, I don't want to commit to the whole thing, and

This is a call to anyone with Jewish roots in Jaroslaw, Poland (formerly Galicia). A yizkor book for Jaroslaw—"Sefer Yaroslav: gal-'ed le-zekher 'irenu"— was published in 1978 in Tel Aviv.

Amazing. I am so sad that so many states have so little awareness, and glad to see that my former home state Iowa is among the ones with a greater awareness. When we lived there, there were a number

Kherson is a guberniya in what is now the southern Ukraine. It is not in Galicia. You can find information in the Ukraine SIG or the Jewish communities database on Jewishgen -- Sarah L

L' Shana Tova Tikutevu v' tikutema. May you all be inscribed and sealed for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. -- Sarah L Meyer Georgetown TX ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK, PERLSTADT, STOKFISZ,