I'm sorry, but I do not have any pictures or letters. Everything was taken away from my parents when they crossed into Russia to escape from the approaching Germans. There is a memorial book from

In 1947 my cousins name GARBATY flew to Montevideo from New York to see Hedwig PELZEL, 1483 Calle Largo, Montevideo They had spent the war in Shanghai, and perhaps this person was a relative who

I am looking for information about my grandmother’s family. Her maiden name was Vetensky. We believe before she emigrated to London it was probably Witunski or Witenski, probably from Lutomiersk in

Hi All, Someone has my Great grandfather Louis Kaplan and wife Esther Wallach and other family in a Kaplan Tree on Ancestry.com with lots of wrong information. He's listed as Louis Svisloch Kaplan

In the house where I grew up, we had an annual invasion of flying ants that my parents referred to as "voncen" -- same word I guess. Bedbug in German is Wanze. -- JoAnne

Anyone else remember the episode of M*A*S*H ("38 Across")? Hawkeye couldn't finish a crossword puzzle because he didn't know the five letter Yiddish word for bedbug that begins with V. Laurie

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday, November 8: “Woman in Gold” with Randy Shoenberg. To request a Zoom

The recent post by Adam Cherson of class photos from Havana's Centro Israelita reminded me that I had this photo, which was taken in June 1942 of the going-away party for my mother, Chana Anita Levik,

My Grandfather's side of the family has the name of Moss or going back to the 1600's Mosse. I was told that my grandfathers family came to England "on the boats" whatever that means. I checked the

Hello, This may be outside the scope of the group, but I wondered if there are thoughts as to what name Sabolor might be (if "vitz" is "son of")? It's possible it was misheard and written down as

Vantz: https://jel.jewish-languages.org/words/1635 - bedbug My ex-father-in-law used to use it Max Heffler Houston

In my family a "vonce" was a bedbug but actually applied to a person to mean someone rather sneaky Children received this appellation if the were squirmy, or sneaky but it was more charitable than

My recollection is that it means a "louse" (plural "lice").

Hi Warren: The two birth records you attached are images linked from index entries provided by Jewish Records Indexing - Poland. Although you started your search on JewishGen, JRI-Poland allows

Hello, I have heard the expression "vonce" used by my parents and others from NYC while growing up. I am certain it is a Yiddish expression altered by English speakers. It was used to refer to an

Hey genners: My gr-grandfather left Lithuania in 1929 for the United States. I have been trying to find Lithuanian phone (or other directories) prior to 1929 to see if I could find his address.

Thank you, Jeremy, From google street views, it is clear that the area was redeveloped later; I just did not know it was because of the expressway construction. That whole area was very Jewish

Hello genners. I am researching my ancestor R. Tzvi Hirsh Braude, the son of Aron, who was a rabbi in Salant and Alsedziai in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. I am pretty sure that he is

Hello Arianne, In your post you wrote that "Leia had a brother, Mendel who moved to Denver with his wife, Frieda in 1911." Mendel and Frieda GINSBURG are the grandparents of my husband, Gerald. His

Tsilka is diminutive The actual name isTzilla