As far as I can tell, my father’s maternal family lived in Lithuania from at least about the 1820s-30s, but they had a Germanic surname, Steinberg. I am wondering if there was a mass migration of

I am looking for a 2nd cousin on my father's paternal side, born around the early 1940s in Budapest. His father Jeno is recorded as having died in Ebensee in April 1945. Jeno's wife was Malvina

“Using FamilySearch for Jewish Research” is the topic of a webinar by expert genealogist W. Todd Knowles for the Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois virtual meeting. His

Kia ora all, I am looking for family of Adolf ENGEL who married Eugenie BISS b 1882 Vienna, d 1938 Vienna. Adolf's parents were Markus ENGEL b abt 1830 Szenica (now Slovakia), d aft 1912 possibly

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Are there immigration records to Berlin. My grandfather - Leo Lechner moved from Kolomyya about 1895. I used Addressbooks to track him in Berlin. Judith Diamond, London,UK LECHNER Czernowitz, RATH

Hi all Having checked my pocket size 1960 edition of English/Russian, Russian/English dictionary, мошенник means swindler. So i agree that is the meaning of мошенник. However, we

I found a site called www.dateas.com, that lists more persons in Argentina with the surname Willig. I believe I found a second cousin in Buenos Aires on the site. He has the name of my great

Looking for 1 or 2 or 3 volunteers for a cemetery project. In my wonderings I photographed three plots all smaller. What I am proposing is someone to take a plot and transcribe the photos into the

I'm intrigued by the underlying issues implied by this question. For the most part, this revolves around what one considers valid evidence. I know a couple of people (not Jews) who have extensive

I've recently ordered death certificates from the NJ state archives, and there is an archivist there who has responded to my questions about what they have available now. I can give you her name and

My mother, Rosa Frenkel and her father, Avram Frenkel were on one of the last shipments to Aushwitz with her brother Mattes Leib. This photo shows Mattes Leib with his wife, Rosa (Baltzer) Frenkel

Marcia, You can also search for a death notice, or any other article, through old digitized newspapers at this free site, which does have some NJ newspapers: www.fultonhistory.com You can search by

For those whose families were from the Russian Empire -I have found that once you identify the place of legal registration in the Russian Empire you can make your way back through to the 1811 and 1816

If you look at telexplorer.com (white phone pages fo Argentina) you will find only 10 entries for the surname WILLIG (which seems to be your relatives surname) Some of the names are duplicated

Hi Lorraine If your ancestors came from East Prussia or Berlin they were most probably in the Prussian army, so no service records survived. The place mentionned in the "Lists o Losses" in most cases

I hired a researcher in Argentina, not that expensive who helped me track down the families of my Uncles who had emigrated to Argentina from Hungary in the early 1930s. I had not even known they

Hello all: To everyone who responded to my post, Thank You! I found the information I was looking for and have also gotten many other tips that will help me further my research into other members of

That is very interesting - true it means a' swindler' The immediate thought that came to mind was " the son of Moses" [ Moshe] In other words I suspect it is an old Russian anti-Semitic word for a

There is a 1820 death record from Binau that I am having trouble with, identifying who are the parents and who the spouse may be. Any help would be appreciated. This one is of particular interest