It has recently come to my attention that an uncle of my grandfather might have owned a clothing factory in Vienna, Austria before and during WW1. Does anyone know if Viennese Business directories

If I am not mistaken there are some individual dress customs unique to various chassidic groups, eg: to the best of my knowledge Gerer Chassidim place their socks over the bottom of their pant and

A First World War soldier who was killed while serving in the British army was Pte Garshum SCKKOOL. I have found nothing about him so far except that he was born in Russia and lived in the East End of

Hello everyone! I recently posted a picture of my great-great grandmother's gravestone on ViewMate, and I would be extremely grateful to anyone who might be able to help me to decipher the

It has recently come to my attention that an uncle of my grandfather might have owned a clothing factory in Vienna, Austria before and during WW1. Does anyone know if Viennese Business directories

If I am not mistaken there are some individual dress customs unique to various chassidic groups, eg: to the best of my knowledge Gerer Chassidim place their socks over the bottom of their pant and

A First World War soldier who was killed while serving in the British army was Pte Garshum SCKKOOL. I have found nothing about him so far except that he was born in Russia and lived in the East End of

Hello everyone! I recently posted a picture of my great-great grandmother's gravestone on ViewMate, and I would be extremely grateful to anyone who might be able to help me to decipher the

One of the nicest things any of us could do besides making 'a' donation to JewishGen is to set up a monthly donation, charged directly to a credit card. Making 'a' donation might put out a small

Is someone familiar with a town called Biakowka in 1913? It was formerly in *Russia*. I'm guessing it might be in today's Poland, but there are too many choices on the shtetl finder, in too many

One of the nicest things any of us could do besides making 'a' donation to JewishGen is to set up a monthly donation, charged directly to a credit card. Making 'a' donation might put out a small

Is someone familiar with a town called Biakowka in 1913? It was formerly in *Russia*. I'm guessing it might be in today's Poland, but there are too many choices on the shtetl finder, in too many

Robert Singerman recently published *Jewish Given Names and Family Names: A New Bibliography*, ed. by David L. Gold (Leiden; E.J. Brill, 2001) - Librarian: Robert Singerman of the Price Library of

Robert Singerman recently published *Jewish Given Names and Family Names: A New Bibliography*, ed. by David L. Gold (Leiden; E.J. Brill, 2001) - Librarian: Robert Singerman of the Price Library of

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In a message dated 8/27/2002 7:27:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tom.vene@... writes: << When searching biblical names (Old and New Testament) try this site: http://bible.crosswalk.com/ A

In a message dated 8/27/2002 7:27:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gettysburg63@... writes: << . . . a painting of my ggggrandfather, Srul Avram SEITZMANN, born c. 1830. Even though he was >from

In a message dated 8/27/2002 7:27:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gettysburg63@... writes: << . . . a painting of my ggggrandfather, Srul Avram SEITZMANN, born c. 1830. Even though he was >from

Hello: While we are on the topic of Chasidic clothes, I have a question: we have a painting of my ggggrandfather, Srul Avram SEITZMANN, born c. 1830. Even though he was >from Ukraine, I have been

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