Shalom Laurie, There is information about Moshe Goshen,son of Yerachmiel on the database of IGRA..The Israeli genealogy Association . I am sending you information from that site. Shana Tova, Brenda

Judy, Have you searched WITKIN at: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Belarus/ A very quick soundex search shows VITKIN as one alternate spelling in the Belarus database. Perhaps with a soundex

My grandmother Matilda, Aunt Tilly to those that knew her, was born in NYC as Rosa, for her grandmother. Anything is possible, but most likely something with the same initial sound. Shirley could be

David, Can you explain what you mean by "a valid contact" for the SSDI listing of Daniel BLUMENTHAL? The SSDI is on-line. One place to access it

Genealogy Indexer (https://genealogyindexer.org/) has some Ekaterinoslav directories including a 1903 Yekaterinoslav Gubernia Commemorative Book. They are in Russian but you can search for your

Hi Adam! id love to touch base with you over the Gerszon name!! please feel free to call me at +1-941-685-4830. I’m in Sarasota, Florida, USA. Or, you can email me at Siennastef@... Israel Gerszon

Hi Dom, Hi Karen, I've been searching for Gerszon, which was possibly shortened from Gersonovitz, etc (all the different possible spellings). My family was from Lodz/Rube........can’t spell it

Hi Karen, I've been searching for Gerszon, which was possibly shortened from Gersonovitz, etc. Please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Stefanie Siennastef@...

For Libby , it is Liba, my grandmother's name. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Rather than looking for Nellie on a ship's manifest, look for Sam's naturalization papers, assuming he was naturalized in Canada. Those should give details of his arrival. Once you know when he

One of my brick walls: In Leeds, England my mum Beattie née RICHMAN was invited in 1944 to the wedding of Ethel née KASSEMOFF d/o Millie née GOLDBERG (which is where my parents met). According to a

First telephone directory (телефонный справочник) in Russia was published in Moscow in 1901. At this time in Moscow were only 2,860 subscribers, mostly business owners and few

HI Moses, Would you please share your database, and photos if you get them, with JewishGen so we can add the material to the JOWBR database? Please contact me at NAltman@... Thank you in advance for

A humorous anecdote: My family said if we had an "Aunta Tanta" then we must have also had an "Uncle Tunkle". (phonetic spellings). Larry Bassist

My mother-in-law’s cousin was married to the Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin, Robert Briscoe. Max Heffler

I wouldn't trust any DNA companies ethnicity estimates. I have tested with 3 different companies and guess what? I have 3 different ethnicity results. That said, your real answers will probably come

Hi All, If the paper originals don’t take up an unmanageable amount of space there are credible arguments for keeping the originals. Once stored properly (in archival containers), old paper is

This week’s excerpt, “Shabbosim, Holidays and Weddings,” from the Yizkor book of Klobuck, Poland is a charming snapshot of the arrival of the Sabbath — the women and girls hurrying to the

What would be the Yiddish/Hebrew equivalent for Shirley and Libby? Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine SECHESTOWER, SPIERMAN, THAU, GRAF in Kolomyya area. KANNER, SCHMIDT in Dobrowa Tarnowska. GROSS and

In researching a tree I found the JewishGen record for Sheva [Sylvia] and Srul Yisroel [Isadore] Shnayder [ Snyder] listed as twins born on 5/3/1891 or 7 Adar 2 In Kishinev. Using a date converter,