Hi, I'm trying to figure what the town of origin is in the attached photo. Any ideas? Thanks, Harold Love Pittsburgh, PA

It isn't really relevant to the topic, but like most threads, it has drifted somewhat. I was born in the late 1940's. My parents and grandparents were born in Germany. I used "Aunt" for my aunts and

My ggf had a cloth store in Novo georgiusk..shortly before Pesach a customer warned him of a pogrom planned by locals..he emptied out the potato cellar under the house, posted a child as a lookout and

My Belarus [Minsk] side used Tante and my Ukrainian [Galician] side used Mima. In each case the aunt was older than the speaker, and the title was respectful. These are regionalisms used by native

Nettie is also derived from Genesha. I had an aunt named Nettie, and as far as I know, it wasn't a nickname or diminutive. Her "Jewish" name was Genesha, and formal/English name was Nettie. I can't

I replied and I don't see it. I'm a Satz descendant (in fact doubly, because my great-grandparents were first cousins Satz-Spilkes). And they were from Mogilev-Podolsky. But we have a lot of matches

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85370 Specifically, if you

Dear Janis, I'm a Satz descendant (my mother's mother's parents were a Satz and a Spilkes who were first cousins; they were from Mogilev-Podolsky). I've seen the Datz's, plus Deitz's, Deitch's,

Have you ever wondered how your immigrant ancestors adjusted to life in New York when they first immigrated to the US, and how they came to the Midwest? Our speaker will be J.D. Arden, reference and

I found the correct Sheina Lak Klein from Zagare, and matched up her age with her death record. She and her family were returning from Slaviansk in the Ukraine. This also matches up with the

I am questioning the date of birth for Joseph. There is no way he was only two years older than his son. I have a second great uncle Joseph Schwartz, that was born in Debrecon, Hungry. July 10, 1863,

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I recently learned that my Great Grandfather Charles Chaskell Goishen Gerscheiner's brother Rachmiel immigrated from Zhytomer to Israel. I do not know to where or when. We believe current family in

Greetings. You might be aware about the recent discovery in the town square of Lezajsk, Poland. Workers unearthed 150 gravestones in July, which were stoled from the nearby Jewish Cemetery to lay

Hi again, folks. Palestyna is listed in JRI-P database 266 times, as birth place or residence. It shows mainly in historical Galicia regions: 62 times in Lwow Province, 145 times in Stanislawow and

Speaking from memory, I am not sure there was such a thing as “Telephone Book” in Russia of 1905. There were books titled “Telephone and Reference Books” but I think they came in later. (If

With respect to the nickname Nettie, I had a great aunt Nettie whose Hebrew name was Neshama (soul) and whose given name was Ernestine. So, Nettie could derive from either. -- Marc M. Cohen, Los

Hi, I am in a similar position to your father. I found out that I am 26% Jewish earlier this year. My grandmother named a Jewish father on a Salvation Army Home for unmarried mothers document (not on

My father-in-law called his much older first cousin "Tante Manya" out of respect for their age difference. That confused me when I first began putting together the family tree! Sherri Bobish

If you choose to save the original clippings, I suggest putting them in acid-free sleeves in an acid-free box. This will slow down further deterioration. But I applaud you for scanning everything,