My GGGM was Betti Nuszbaum Steiner. She married my GGGF Refael Steiner and lived in Szilagynagyfalu (today Nusfalau, Romania) where she raised several children, among them my GGM Roza. There are

There is such a thing as the "Gefilte Fish Line" (referred to above) which roughly divides Galitzianers (who generally preferred their foods, such as gefilte fish, sweet) from Litvaks (who preferred

All my family were Litvaks from NE Poland. When my mother made potato latkes they had nothing on them. We ate them as they came. My family would never put anything sweet on meals that were main

Have you tried to access The Jewish Chronicle ? You might referes to your family from this London paper. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

True - but the child is an uneheliches Kind

IMHO, the whole point of genealogy is to create the most accurate record of our ancestry. Collaborative sites, like geni, provide the best possibility of progressive correctness for this record. When

Thanks, Bill, for that lengthy description of your experience with Geni. If I am not mistaken, FamilySearch also takes the position that once you post a tree, they own it. The problem you describe

Bill - thanks for your informative post. The word "memorialize" is used by others than the LDS, and whilst personally I agree with many if not all of the points you have made, I hope that you are

have you tried the actors union called Equity? Dexter Moseley

My great grandfather, Benjamin Hyam Wonder, left Brest Litovsk for London in the 1890s. He married Esther Levinson. Together, they had 3 children, Theobald, Robert and Fanny. Benjamin may have

Michael, In this context, I think unehelichen means unmarried, and refers to the mother. Ehe means a marriage, Eheleute means a married couple. Caveat: I am not a qualified translator, and my German

First, I want to put myself into perspective:- 1) I am an avid Geni user. 2) The genealogy site that I refrain from becoming subscribed to is the "church" website. As a religious (at least try to be)

you did not say "genuine what" I accept they exist but they sure mis-function David Lewin London, UK

Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto presents Jewish Records Indexing (JRI)–Poland Speaker: Stanley Diamond M.S.M. Executive Director, JRI–Poland, Inc. VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from

Always, always read the various links you check when signing up to a site ESPECIALLY one where you supply information. Reading a newspaper and registering without a CC, I have no problem checking

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research says the number of Jewish people in Europe has gone done by 60 percent in the past 50 years. The report says this is mostly due to the exodus from the former

I would like to post a caution about the privacy of information on family trees created online with Geni and about the use made of profiles of Holocaust victims by the Mormon church aka Church of

Aaron, Australian naturalization records do exist, but British citizens did not need to naturalize. Until 1948(?), naturalizing in Australia meant taking on British citizenship. There are lots of

There are indeed couple of towns known as Minsk. One is the capital city of Belarus, and capital of Minsk Guberniya (Province). Second Minsk is known as Minsk Mazowiecki, seat of the local district.

Though I've most recently found direct lineage on my French side and was able to confirm it, my Sicilian side consists of Catalanos that I'm still researching but am told might be Jewish immigrants to