I am trying to figure out the connection between DATZ and SATZ. Satz continues to match DNA with the Datz family. All stories told by elders insist that Datz was always spelled this way. The

For information purpose only . . very expensive fish ? If the photo is taken after 1946 (and it's assumed given the colour photo), it's undoubtless 2000 HUF (Hungarian forints), reintroduced in Aug

Hi, At the end of the nineteenth century and very early twentieth century, there was an effort to settle Jewish farmers in various places, including the Catskills. As supplements to their income, they

Anyone have information on the Jews of Vilkove?

This was a home, officialy an orphanage, started by a special couple, Mr Yonah and Mrs Ruth Tiefenbrunner where many Jews found refuge and were saved. It started off in Brussels in 1942. After the war

The names Nosson (Natan in non- ashkenazik pronunciation) and Nota were often paired as an Ashkenazi male name. The second name Nota is usually pronounced "nut-uh" with both vowels making the same u

Hello Shana You have to find the date of his naturalization (read further up and Bernard Flam contributions) Once you have the decree number the files have to be requested on line at the National

Here in the UK, my aunt was born Bertha Gertrude in early 20th century Liverpool. Her cousin, born in North Wales in 1890, but who went to the USA on marriage was called Bertha Kate. Clearly they were

Actually, the second name (after Nathan), would be Neta in Hebrew. Yariv Timna

Greetings all, I’ve come across a post-war record (attached) for a great-uncle of mine, who was exiled with his entire family (including my grandparents) to Stalin’s labour camps, know also as

Michael, Try searching this free site of old digitized newspapers. www.fultonhistory.com You can search by name, or address. The surname GURTMAN appears often in The Jewish Community News (Clifton,

Top: my dear husband inside star: here lies (abbreviation) our teacher, Rabbi (abbreviation which often but not always means he was a rabbi) Natan (in Ashkenazic Hebrew Nosson) Nota son of

For researchers interested in the Ukrainian town of Pogrebishche: An 1862 list of draft-eligible men was recently posted online by Alex Krakovsky. The document begins with an index to family heads

It starts with: Here rests my beloved husband our teacher the rabbi Nathan Nute son of Abraham Remarks: 1. "our teacher the rabbi" does not necessarily have to be the title of a rabbi but is often

My great grandparents, Jakob Torten & Lea Grünberg lived in Podhajce, Galicia & moved to Vienna which they fled prior to World War II. A table on JewishGen online has them listed as having marries

I request a translation of this letter written in German to my father's cousin who arrived in America in 1939 and it might have details about the family left in Czechoslovakia. It is on ViewMate on

I would like to request a translation of a letter from german to english. It is a letter written to my father's cousin when he came to America in 1939 and might have information about the family left

I would like to request a translation of a letter from german to english. It is a letter written to my father's cousin when he came to America in 1939 and might have information about the family left

Am replying to my own posting I am wondering to myself, whether there is a repository of Hamburg ketubot somewhere, from that period (17th,18th and 19th century). When I tried searching online

Thanks Bernard for this answer to my question. Is there a central database I can search to see whether Paul STRANSKY was in a French camp before 1940 when he joined the French Army? I did find the