In September 2019, one of my researchers, made a visit to Bar Ukraine and purchased a newly released book on the history of Bar written by Bar historian Mikhail Kupershteyn. The original book is

I don't agree that the example cited is a distortion in any way. Perhaps include those who thought 20 million in those who were aware of the magnitude of the disaster - but if the question is, "how

My mother said her mother's family came from Latvia - they were Litvaks after all. She thought Litvaks came from Latvia. Of course, her family weren't from Latvia at all (as far back as I could go),

I took a look at the Ohio Marriage record. Surely the recording clerk was incompetent, the informants' accents were incomprehensible, or the record is for other people. Your family seems to be on

On understanding ethnicity and admixture reports, please see my post Deciphering Ancient Jewish Origins Using Genography Adam Cherson

Help unravelling the mystery of Sarah and Victor LEVIN Sarah Levin was my great Aunt, born about 1861 in Izabelin, Belarus and married Vigder Levin also from 'Russia'. They had 2 children Abraham born

1911 Registry Office Wedding - Why? This partially relates to another of my posts today - but this focuses on the marriage of Flora Levin (Florie Levien) and David Lurie in 1911. I was really

HI! So far, I have not found any online records for my family in Zhitomir . i have wanted to get my mother's "birth certificate" from May 26,1908 ( old style ) ( Leyke Zalmanovna Postalov ) or my

L’Shana Tova to Avraham and to all JewishGeners. And a warm thanks for helping me with data during my searches. Paulo Abrahamsohn. Sao Paulo. Brazil

OEFF - perhaps consider IOFE and variants. -- Paul Hattori London UK SHADUR, SADUR, SHADER, SADER, CHADOUR, SADOUR, SHADOUR, SZADUR from Salakas, Lithuania MINDEL, MINDELL from Utena and Vyzuonos,

I would like to give a big shout-out to Center for Jewish History's weekly Genealogy Coffee Break series and in particular last week's session which lead to a big break-through in my family tree

Hello Fellow Genners, Prior to the previous increase in USCIS genealogy program fees nearly 4 years ago, I submitted a number of requests at that time. With the dramatic increase in USCIS genealogy

I am trying to decipher the handwriting used in the 1869 Hungarian census. It doesn't seem to fall into any one specific type of script. In the entries I am trying to figure out some letters look like

Here's an old video of Pete Seeger singing about Zhankoye in Yiddish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0W4L4X7j3U There's an English translation at

In the 1930s, my grandfather, Israel SIGAL, had a small textile shop with his name on the front, at Weyprechtgasse 3 in the 16th District / Ottakring. The landlord was named Kretschmer. Although the

Toby, Try doing a soundex search at Ancestry or FamilySearch or the Ellis Island Database at www.stevemorse.org You will get hits with alternative spellings, i.e. Lakubovic, Lakabovicz, Lucobovitz,

I make no judgment on whether your grandnephew and mother's assertions on your family's Latvian origins are correct - only more research can prove whether they are right. But there is nothing

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