VM86683 In Russian: 96. Состоялось в городе Лублин 26 февраля (10 марта) 1870 года в 6 часов вечера. Явились евреи Тобияш

Munish is a Yiddish name, usually a nickname for Menachem, Emanuel could very possibly be the legal name for Menachem. About the discrepancy of the the 2 tombstones, I believe that the second has a

Hello Carl, I think this family story is plausible. She was born a US citizen and would have been aware that the 1920 election was the first in which women would be allowed to vote in a Federal

VM86680 In Russian: 446. Эля-Вольф Вайсблех. Состоялось в городе Лублин 13 (26) сентября 1911 года в 10 часов утра. Явились

I am looking for any descendants of families LINDNER and SPIWAK . All originally from Poland, and some found in Buones Aires, Belgium and England. - Any descendants of Ingram Joseph LINDNER -

The Benjamin I refer to was a son of Jacob LEVIN of London(Islington) who lived in Cape Town in the eighteensixties/seventies. He was a cape merchant. When he returned to England his sons Julius LEVIN

VM86543 In Russian: 126. Состоялось в городе Лублин 20 марта (1 апреля) 1874 года в час дня. Явились евреи Тобиаш Либерман,

Hello, I looked at both Ancestry and Familysearch, but I really do not recall which had unindexed scanned documents. I think I heard about the documents here on the mailling list. I only know that I

Just to note -- the university where I teach (UCL) was the first university to allow women to take degrees. UCL was founded in 1826 and admitted women in 1878. Tina Isaacs London

Again, Michelle, you have provided me with helpful insight and information. I have taken a look at Sherlock Cohn's website and will definitely send her copies of the photos and the surrounding

I'm thinking out loud here, but another route might be to locate individuals from both lines and compare DNA? Joyaa ANTARES, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Dear Yehuda, Thank you for your reply to my query. I have searched for baptismal records in a number of places with no success; USC said that both their RC and Jewish records show books are

Routes to Roots says the 1859 tax list is in the Kaunus Regional Archives - https://www.rtrfoundation.org/results.php?rin=12106&testing=0 Regards, Jeremy Lichtman

clearly late 1800s Michael Sharp, UK

Hello Karesz, very many thanks for your reply. It does seem like this is going to be tricky. But that doesn't put me off! Perhaps it would be easier for me to focus on the Israeli end of the story. If

Robert, The Heimatschein was the predecessor of citizenship. That means she was an Austrian citizen. Kind regards, Johann Hammer genealogyaustria.com Vienna

I'm turning again to the wisdom of the group for help interpreting a father's name on headstones belonging (by some accounts) to two brothers. One, belonging to my great-grandfather Joseph Schwartz

This is a hard one – because of the current privacy laws you would only be eligible to view the birth record if you are a direct descendant or a professional researcher. The birth record would have

I need a translation from Aramaic (with vowels) to modern Hebrew or English. The text can be seen on Viewmate #86822 The eulogy was written in Padua, Italy in 1631. I can be contacted with any

Hello! I've posted several vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86815