My mother tells me that her maternal grandparents came >from Vilna Guberniya, she doesn't know the specific town, and that their name was Sakutsky. I searched the ALD and all the names that were

My mother has a vague recollection that her maternal grandfather had a relative in Vilna Guberniya that was something like a food minister. She was doubtful of the veracity of this claim. She didn't

Many, many thanks to all those who responded to my plea. I have concluded that the "Steffanesk" written on my gm's documents really was (as I believed >from the start) Stefanesti, Botosani

I don't know how other families went about changing their names, but I can tell you that my BRUCHANSKY family did it the legal way in 1920 in Camden, New Jersey. I was lucky enough to get the legal

My mother tells me that her maternal grandparents came >from Vilna Guberniya, she doesn't know the specific town, and that their name was Sakutsky. I searched the ALD and all the names that were

My mother has a vague recollection that her maternal grandfather had a relative in Vilna Guberniya that was something like a food minister. She was doubtful of the veracity of this claim. She didn't

Many, many thanks to all those who responded to my plea. I have concluded that the "Steffanesk" written on my gm's documents really was (as I believed >from the start) Stefanesti, Botosani

I don't know how other families went about changing their names, but I can tell you that my BRUCHANSKY family did it the legal way in 1920 in Camden, New Jersey. I was lucky enough to get the legal

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.