Hello. Posted a request here to find out what P.i. means in Poland Records Indexing Marriages. Received no answers. P.i. appears after first name. Is it a surname or abbreviation? Where else might I

Does anyone know how to order records from Dobrowa Tarnowska (Poland) at AGAD? From the JRI-Poland site there doesn't appear to be a branch in the town. Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine

There is a gravestone that indicates that Dov, the son of Elyakim the Levite, was buried in Potok Zloty cemetery in May, 1919. Does this name represent a family member known to anyone? Thanks, Milton

Can someone post a translation of the headings in the metric books that Alex Krakovsky posted, from the Ukrainian Archives? Thanks, Milton Koch TASHLITSKY-YELIZAVETGRAD DICKOVSKY-ROTMISTROVKA

New on the Gesher Galicia Map Room: An 1845 cadastral map of the center of Pomorzany (now Pomoriany in western Ukraine): https://maps.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/pomorzany-pomoriany-1845/ It's an

Can someone assist with translations of the Hebrew on this gravestone for Philip and Hannah Greif? Thank you Alex Magocsi Hamburg Germany Researching Greif and Grosz

Along with various spellings, try wildcards in Soundex records. My father's family name was Slonimsky, but recently when I asked for help here, people found some records I had never seen with the

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=VM88824 Please respond via

My great grandfather was not found on the traditional Ellis Island search because he had been detained for 24 hours. On his naturalization papers was the arrival date and ship. With that information,

Hello I 've found that she was a volunteer in the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising. You can try to ask them for the contact. Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego ul. Grzybowska 79 00-844 Warszawa tel.: 22

Dear researchers My grandmother was born in 1894 in Teofipol. She emigrated to the United States in 1909. She told my mother who was born in 1920 that her uncle was Mayor of her town. Would it be

Looks like "Ruzk" to me -- the "R" is the same as in "Russia" and on the last entry you can see several places where this writer wrote a capital "S" and it is very different. "Ruzk" shows up in column

The birth town does seem to begin with an R. Column 10 shows that Ester's mother Beile lives in what might be Ruzoh or Ruzok (or Ruzhoh, Ruzhok), Minskiy. So this town was in Minsk gubernia, as was

Keep going in wider circles. In addition to variations in last name, the first name may be completely different from what the person came to be known as in the US, the year may be different from what

Ancestry has the 1924 city directory but not 1923:or 1925. Besides the local library suggested above, there is a state of Missouri historical website where I’ve found listings for other Missouri

One of my techniques to deal with spelling problems is to write the name in my sloppiest handwriting, and then consider various misinterpretations of the letters. My paternal grandmother came to the

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Researching my KATZOFF (or variant) family who left Brisk/Brest-litovsk at various times during the last 120-130 years. The three areas they went to are (like most emmigrants) to USA-my grandfather

Third tombstone: Here lies My dear father Mr. Shlomo son of Moshe Died 28 Sivan 5680 May his soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life 28 Sivan 5680 = June 14 1920 (or June 13 after nightfall) --

Good Morning Everyone, I sent this response to Felisa, but since there might be other researchers interested in St. Jospeph the response to jer is below. Asa general note...rabbis tend to be a