American Jewish Historical Society <reference@...> told me they "have online searchable databases available for both the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum." Try these links:

My great-grandfather was a house painter in the old country and a portrait painter in the U.S. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Stephen Weinstein Camarillo, California

Hi Siggers, We have the attached certificate for Rebecca Kisch passing the Senior Candidate exam in 1870. Can someone please explain exactly what this exam was? i.e. was she a student at the

Ten Million Brand New Records Now Online! Reclaim the Records is super-proud to announce the long-awaited publication of the Missouri Birth Index (1920-2015) and the Missouri Death Index (1968-2015)!

Hi friends - I have my late father's 'Heimatschein' from Vienna, dated 1922, issued under Republik Osterreich-Bundeshauptstadt Wien. It states that: "Heimatschein, womit bestadigt wird, dass.

Juliana, my comments were directed to Gary Pokrass who told me that the Ukrainian SIG is working on organizing Alex K's files. But I'd like to answer your concerns. "the files often have multiple

I am loking for information about my ggmother Ita PAJCZER, in Poland. Est. DOB 1865. Married to my ggfather Rachmil Josek WASSERSTEIN est DOB 1867. Their son Szmul was born in Mszczonów, So they

Probably Leckava - often pronounced Latskova. Together with several others - we are looking at families from there. Send me PM with more information re names and dates Judith Diamond, London,

Ava Just an extra bit of information. We are very busy transcribing data from the Passport Issuance Books for Latvia and the Internal Passports that were handed in to the Riga Police. I transcribed

Hello everyone, I am searching for informations about the second part of my grand uncle Judka Szmurkiewicz’s life in South America. He was born in Zelechow (Poland) in 1892, he was a famous

I know this is an old post, but research sometimes requires going backwards, right? I have Weinberger relatives from Kisvarda, through marriage (Kornstein). Wondering if/how we are related. Lisa

There is a facebook group called 'Genealogy - Dating old photographs' that you could post your photographs on. They will be able to pinpoint what decade these photos are likely from, based on the

Hello Alex: I have been to the Nyirbator cemetery about 10 years ago, in the beginnings of my genealogy research. I saw some of the GROSZ headstones, as my dad’s paternal grandmother’s family are

So sorry, it was a typo. I did mean the 1858 Revision List. Thanks, Arlene, I am going to get your book and will take a look at the Latvia SIG page. Ava Nackman

It looks to me that Abraham was held as a LPC (likely to become a public charge) based on a medical certificate issued by one of the medical examiners. The "305" is most likely the time he was

Are “Chaim” and “Hirsch” the same people? I’ve been down this road before and the only answer is you have to play the odds and the likelihood. First, I’d recommend you get the original

Hi Catherine, If Abraham Lesiuk was born in 1988, he arrived Palestine at 36 years old in 1924 and was almost 60 at Independence War in 1948. It is not impossible, but I think it is most probably that

Ilya, a very preliminary comment -- the files often have multiple years, so I'd suggest avoiding that as the first part of the name. But more basically, why should all the files

Thanks to David Price for providing the key aspects of the requested translations. I'm still seeking the address/house number, if present, in the Warsaw birth registration below for Tanchem

POLIN TOWEN LOWICZ REGION LODZ MAINE FAMIII KNOPF סבתא רבא ילידת העיירה לוביץ RACHEL KNOPF היתחתנה עים סבא רבא מי צד