For convenience, here's the direct link to Bernard Flam's instructions on researching in France: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/message/646211 Peter Cherna

Noticing that family Edelson has some roots in Kovno I have to assume that some transliteration went wrong and that the place of birth/abode was WILKOMIR [ Ukmerge] which is not far from Kovno and is

The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) held its virtual annual conference on September 2, 2020. The FGS will be merged into the National Genealogical Society (NGS) as of October 1. The New

WOW! What a well thought out approach and diversified plan of action. Our thinking is along the same lines, but I am far behind you. Thank you so much for this response. Reba Harris Solomon, New York

Randolph Braham's entire volume, including Erno Marton's Family Tree of Hungarian Jewry, is available as a PDF at

I was told/taught that a child is Jewish if the mother was Jewish because “you always know who the mother is but you don’t always know about the father” Just sharing.....-- Deanna Mandel

My great-grandmother, who died when all of her children were under the age of 10, was "Cypa" and several of her granddaughters were named in her memory as "Tzippa" with American/English names of

Hello, The following is not perfect, but works for me. I wrote a small program in Regina REXX to move fields. I will explain below. If I entered Hebrew names in the main "name" field, there would be

Yes, I agree that this is a variation on the name Miriam. My great grandmother was known as Maryam, but her Hebrew name was Miriam. I don't know if this might e a Yiddish form o the name or not. Ellen

Russian popular nicknames for Miriam: Masha, Mashenka, Mashunia, Mashuta, Mania, Maniechka, Maniuta, Maniusia, Maniusha, Mariasha, Maniasha, Mariyka, Mariushka, Marusia, Marusienka, Marisha and a few

I found the naturalization of my Grandmother's brother Simon Taganski as well as the full name of his wife & daughter. Very informative. Iris Folkson

I assume you want to know when family surnames were required. In 1807 the Tsar issued an edict requiring family surnames. I came across an interesting video regarding Jewish surnames on Youtube

Thank you for this information Catherine. Are these French naturalizations searchable online? How does one access them? I have a great uncle who was Polish from Warsaw and emigrated to Paris around

The Jablow Family in my tree came from Strassburg, Germany (at the time). Strassburg is right on the border with Poland and flip-flopped country many times. Their original name was Jablonowski. You

Road to Victory was translated from Yiddish to Hebrew to English. The English edition is will embellishments; it is purchasable at Avotaynu https://www.avotaynu.com/books/RoadToVictory.htm Carol

Is there someone able to make a search for me. i am looking for the marriage document between Moszek SZER and Kajla KERSZBLUM held on Zolkiewka in 1887. The record is in Fond 789 Zamosc Archive act

I am looking for relatives of my grandfather Morris Weiss (May have been Cohen in Europe) born in Kirkakoy, Turkey 1868, lived in Iasi Romania, then Paris France 1890-96. He had two older siblings who

In the ancient world, "genealogies" were usually offered to establish the legitimacy of a ruler. When such a genealogy states that X was the son of Y who was the son of Z, the purpose was to show

In Lithuania there is the town Vilkiya. some 20 km N to Kovno (you have this town in your list as well) My dear wife is from Kovno. she tells "vilkas" is the Lythuanian (and Belarussian вилк) for

My great grandparents left Hungary (supposedly lived in Budapest) about 1882. What port were they likely to have used? Lee MESSING Hover Lacey, WA