I have this wonderful old photo found in my parent's photo album, but the people's identity remain a mystery. They could possibly be related to any of these family surnames: Galicia (ZUCKER,

According to the index card, the naturalization for Samuel/Solomon can be found in the records of the Court of Common Pleas, New Haven, Vol 4, pg 67 (Oct 20, 1894). The document is not indexed on

I have my family tree on different websites, but it isn't in gedcom file format. Is there a way to either convert what is on these websites to gedcom and if so, how so and if not? Is there a way to

Re: Tsar's dentist: The family of Nicholas II had three personal dentists for 23 years of their reign. According to the established rules, they were included in the staff of the Court Medical Unit.

1897 First All Russian Empire General Population Census shows following numbers of Jewish resident identified by their declaration of the mother language: St Petersburg City - 12, 037 Jewish

It would help to specify which town information is being requested from; there are 3 towns that sound like this: • Wiśnicz, currently known as Nowy Wiśnicz, Poland • Wiznitz, currently known as

I have a family tree in Geni. Can it be easily added to the Family Tree of the Jewish People? I am non-technical. Isme Bennie

Not necessarily Max. Lorraine can download a GEDCOM directly from the MyHeritage

Thanks a lot to Jan Meisels Allen for tipping! Here is my 2 cents and 2 tips of searching the DB. 1. Entering a partial name (i.e. "start with") may increase your chances 2. Found document is not

Eliat, I am having an equally hard time finding birth records, etc. However according to JewishGen, it was Russia when your relatives were born - it became Poland after - basically between WW1 and

You must contact the submitter to have them submit a corrected file Iris Folkson

For information on genealogy software programs go to http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/faq.html#Computers http://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/faq/ Since each program is different, you must read

You still must submit a new file Iris Folkson

To prevent any errors in the 100 year rule I would suggest you privatize your file before submitting Iris Folkson

I am saddened to hear of Al’s passing. He was a 4th cousin of mine, but I felt a closer kinship to him due to the many years we collaborated on the MILIUS line, our common ancestral connection. John

Hi Avraham I think that you are doing a wonderful job and I am sure you know it is greatly appreciated but it is always nice to hear it again. I am writing because I have found a major error in a

Hello Davya, The name of the city was Elisavetgrad, not Elizabetgrad. It was a regional center of the Elisavetgrad uezd (county) in the Kherson province. The city was recently renamed from

Mary Ann, There are definitely Russian words with double O, but in this case the spelling of the last name is to convey Russian pronunciation - S-loot-ski. Slutski is an alternate transcription, but

I've posted a brief letter written to my grandmother's brother Avrum from their brother Yudel for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following two addresses

Have you noticed that the key elements of the Russian document are translated by Yad VeShem? It is often overlooked. I looked up Ita Ainbund as an example and this is what it has written (yellow