I am researching Okun from Rogachev as well. Who are the people you are looking for? My Okuns look to come from the shtetl of Tichinichi new Rogachev. June Genis junegenis@gmailicom

Dear Trudy Barch (or Trudy): I hope that someone yet-more-experienced with genealogy than I am will respond to your query, but I will say/ask: I) If Abram and Mejta were born in and lived in what we

Aaron, I was told many years ago never to trust death records. As an example I have an Elizabeth MOSS in my tree. Her death in Sydney Australia lists here parents from London as Isaac and Elizabeth.

The Ossolineum Library has launched a virtual exhibition “The Golden Age of the Jagiellonian Dynasty” with many unique objects showing the Renaissance-period culture in the Polish-Lithuanian

I think I have found a cousin that died as a baby (Lillie Shapiro) in Manhattan, NY 1905. On FamilySearch, I found 2 death items with burial dates 2 weeks apart AND different cemeteries. Parents

Hi, I hope everyone is doing well. My paternal grandparents left Nyirbator, Hungary, via railroad, to a port city in Italy, and from there, via boat, to Paris, France. Would anyone have a suggestion

Does anyone know if any more of the Memorial Book of Borsa has been translated. If not, is there a way I can help to make that happen. Melanie Harris

Hi I am looking for information about my husband's grandfather Hyman/Herman Wayler born June 16, 1883 in Kaunas (Kovno). According to his naturalization papers he immigrated on the ship Barcelona

Dear Aaron, I contacted my cousin who lives in Brisbane and who is in charge of his Shul's records. He has no records of Harry (Henry) Moses Weinstein (Winston). He also contacted a friend of his in

https://mailchi.mp/c6a017ed3621/tsal-kaplun-fundraising-campaign-october-2020?e=576fda1bc5 "in June of 2020, TKF received a prestigious grant from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

There is an untruth being perpetrate here which I have so far not"sussed out". I think the ".gov.uk" is no longer trueand that the UK Government has abrogated its responsibility in thisrespect. A

Try going to the National Archives of Australia- https://www.naa.gov.au/ and you will see various links to passenger arrivals/ immigration details etc. Perhaps there will be a record there of Harry

Aaron, I think that the 1934 marriage of Henry Winston to Margaret Blanche Hopkins relates to your guy. His first wife, Sarah Jane (nee Baldwin), died in 1928. This is her death

I have been looking on the internet this afternoon and not finding Russian/Polish dates to compare with American dates What I have figured so far (just using hopeful common sense). Abram &

Aaron, Queensland Death records are meant to show the place of birth. See: http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html However, there are no guarantees for a specific certificate. The box might be unreadable, it

Adam, Go to the search function on this group and type the name you are interested in. Replace any letter you anticipate could have variation with an asterisk. If you search H*rvit* you get all

The person requesting funds is the son of a Lithuanian Holocaust survivor who lived his life as an artist in Lithuania. I think that he is naive, but not intentionally scamming anyone. I believe that

I have family named HERSKOVITS from Czechoslovakia --small village of Homonna. Unusual name so I thought I would ask your connection. Large family. Came to US in 1904 and settled in Los Angeles

I am looking for the family of Hershel ZACK, son of Jacob ZACK and Chana Elke Garshowitz. He was known as Gregorio in Mexico, where he lived in the 1920's through 1950's. He had a brother Lloyd

I have a few Svislach Kaplans in my family tree. Bracha (Brosza) Burde (born Kaplan) 1896-1942 married Alter Burde 1992-1942 Chaje Sore Kaplan (born Michnovski) 1892-1942 married Nisan Kaplan