The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando is Tuesday, January 9th, 7:00 PM in the Senior Lounge of the JCC. The speaker is the President of IAJGS Howard Margold. His topic

Shalom to all English speakers. A new venture is under way at the Jerusalem branch of the IGS. The English speaking section of the IGS is off to a very good start. As of this writing over 70 persons

In taking Social Security claims over many years, I do not recall many, if any, immigrants who just decided one day to take on a completely different surname and did so. Most of the people I dealt

Does anyone know where I could find a list of the descendants of Yosef Karo - author of the "Shulchan Aruch" - if such a tree even exists? Steve Eller Baltimore MD Researching: KAMENETZKY of

Anyone in this country (USA) can use any name they choose, as long as it is not done with the intent to defraud. >from our ancestors' point of view, the same opportunity was not possible. As has

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando is Tuesday, January 9th, 7:00 PM in the Senior Lounge of the JCC. The speaker is the President of IAJGS Howard Margold. His topic

Shalom to all English speakers. A new venture is under way at the Jerusalem branch of the IGS. The English speaking section of the IGS is off to a very good start. As of this writing over 70 persons

In taking Social Security claims over many years, I do not recall many, if any, immigrants who just decided one day to take on a completely different surname and did so. Most of the people I dealt

Does anyone know where I could find a list of the descendants of Yosef Karo - author of the "Shulchan Aruch" - if such a tree even exists? Steve Eller Baltimore MD Researching: KAMENETZKY of

Anyone in this country (USA) can use any name they choose, as long as it is not done with the intent to defraud. >from our ancestors' point of view, the same opportunity was not possible. As has

Dear Marriane, My grandfather and hi siblings were born in NagyKanizsa and I have some traces of information about his father and his aunts, but it's all >from the 19th century. Most of the family

Having two changed (Hungarianized) names, I have to add my comments to this subject. My grandmother and her sisters and brothers were born in Muraszombat (now Murska Sobota, Slovenia) in the 1870-s.

Dear Marriane, My grandfather and hi siblings were born in NagyKanizsa and I have some traces of information about his father and his aunts, but it's all >from the 19th century. Most of the family

Having two changed (Hungarianized) names, I have to add my comments to this subject. My grandmother and her sisters and brothers were born in Muraszombat (now Murska Sobota, Slovenia) in the 1870-s.

I want to let you know about a webpage I just found that has books on Jewish genealogy and Ukrainian Jewish history. It is called Shtetl Bookstore and can be found

I want to let you know about a webpage I just found that has books on Jewish genealogy and Ukrainian Jewish history. It is called Shtetl Bookstore and can be found

There is great news for researchers with an interest in Wegrow and more than sixty surrounding towns and villages (listed below). The indexing of fifty years of Wegrow Jewish vital records in the

There is great news for researchers with an interest in Wegrow and more than sixty surrounding towns and villages (listed below). The indexing of fifty years of Wegrow Jewish vital records in the

line. When I have sent mail to Russia, I have addressed the envelope in Russian with the Cyrillic font, rather than in English with the Latin font. I wonder if I really have to do this, whether it

line. When I have sent mail to Russia, I have addressed the envelope in Russian with the Cyrillic font, rather than in English with the Latin font. I wonder if I really have to do this, whether it