Dear Marilyn, "Mayor" may be a very loose translation of the position the uncle held. My great uncle Simon Schaeffler was the President or Chairman of the Jewish Kultesgemeinde (community

Hello! I would like to ask you some several questions about my grandma’s past - The Farhi family lived in Rhodes until 1939. With the beginning of World War II, Italy ruled an aggressive

Richard, The Jewish vital records from Dąbrowa Tarnowska are not held at AGAD. They are mostly in the Tarnów branch of the Polish State Archives. The Town Page for this town at JRI-Poland shows that

Hello, Professor Krystyna Cedro-Ceremuzynska lives still in Konstancin-Jeziorno. I didn't found any actual telephone or mail address. I propose to send a message to Mrs. Hanna Kaniasta.

Here lies a woman, Chana Ester daughter of Moshe Yechiel, died 2 Kislev, 5678. May her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life. Here lies a dear man, Feivel son of Yosef, died 21

Google books did turn up an entry in the YIVO holdings I’ll post below. I’m personally interested in post 1916 records. YIVO seems to have the following records: 1901-1907 1/2 in (RG1216)

By 1920, Russia had become the Soviet Union, where the Jewish Leon Trotsky, born Lev Bronstein, became foreign minister and head of the army. Mayor of a town/city would have been no great shakes.

It looks like Russia Ruezk to me Christine Hills tinasusanamy@... living in Dublin Ireland

I cannot find information about father’s family before they arrived in the US — from Wreschen, my ggf, Abraham I. JACOBS (b 1837; arr. 1855?), ggm Rachel SEIFFER (b. 1838); from Sawin, ggf Pinchus

I was told this was the name of my great grandmother. Born and died in Russia, possible Stepan. I would like to know if there might be an English equivalent. Thank you, Lowell NIGOFF

Neither last name is in the 1924 St Joseph City Directory (Ancestry dot com). The Mid-Continent Public Library - Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence does not show 1922 or 1923. They have 1921

Amnon asked: Anyone have any idea if Bulovitz is a correct spelling for a real place at the time, and/or what it would be today? Try Bulowitz, today known as Bulowice See:

A similar question came up on a Facebook group a few weeks ago, which prompted me to look into this. In 1906, an official in the US embassy in Saint Petersburg wrote a paper on the status of Jews in

Searching for family of Martha SOROKIN. Martha SOROKIN (maiden name) was born, probably circa 1905, in Sladkovodnaya, Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Jewish Colony No. 14 (47.57,36.76). In the 1950s she was

HERE LIES AN IMPORTANT PERSON MY GREAT TEACHER AND RABBI FAIVEL son of YOSEPH DIED 21 TEVET 5683 = 1923 HERE LIES CHAYA ESTHER daughter of MOSHE YECHIEL DIED 2nd KISLEV 5677 = 1917 Both end

The main reason I've had difficulty finding a person in a manifest was due to their significantly changing their surname soon after coming to the US, and my not knowing the original surname. I agree

Subject: ViewMate translation request - Polish I am interested in requesting a translation of the Polish text on ViewMate at the following address.

My ancestors lived on Tompkins Ave. right around the corner from the Brooklyn Roumanian-American Congregation First Beth Tphilah synagogue. They emigrated in 1916 and were Romanian Jews. I suspect

Phillip bar Josef Hannah Esther bat Moshe Yechiel Hope this helps. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I was able to retrieve the Ghetto Theresienstadt Card File for my GGF Hermann GRONNER from the Arolsen Archives online search, with the original available from the Jewish Communities archive in