Alan is %100 right! Shvartztumah (meaning black impurity) is the Yiddish name for Belaya Tserkov - which probably has some very Christian religious meaning. In Hebrew it was called "Sdei Lavon" as in

Alan is %100 right! Shvartztumah (meaning black impurity) is the Yiddish name for Belaya Tserkov - which probably has some very Christian religious meaning. In Hebrew it was called "Sdei Lavon" as in

HI all, By way of introduction, JAGOLINZER is an Americanization of the YAGOLNITZER surname, originally >from the Kamenetz Podolsk area of SW Ukraine and surrounding areas of what are now

HI all, By way of introduction, JAGOLINZER is an Americanization of the YAGOLNITZER surname, originally >from the Kamenetz Podolsk area of SW Ukraine and surrounding areas of what are now

Hi listers- I have just acquired copies of my maternal grandfather, Morris HALPERIN's, naturalization papers. Both the Declaration of Intention, dated 1918, and the Petition for Naturalization,

Hi listers- I have just acquired copies of my maternal grandfather, Morris HALPERIN's, naturalization papers. Both the Declaration of Intention, dated 1918, and the Petition for Naturalization,

After receiving so many favorable comments about the list of NY surnames surnames. Recently I checked out the book Yad Vashem Studies on the European Jewish Catastrophe, Volume VI, edited by Nathan

After receiving so many favorable comments about the list of NY surnames surnames. Recently I checked out the book Yad Vashem Studies on the European Jewish Catastrophe, Volume VI, edited by Nathan

Though my own research and search for family are completed (the story of my search... and how I was able to locate and be reunited with my grandfather's entire family... are posted at the Ukraine

Though my own research and search for family are completed (the story of my search... and how I was able to locate and be reunited with my grandfather's entire family... are posted at the Ukraine

Hi, You mention Yelizavetgrad (Elizabethgrad) and Kirovograd in your research. I just wanted to let you know that it is the same city. Yelizavetgrad was renamed to Kirovograd during the Soviet

Hi, You mention Yelizavetgrad (Elizabethgrad) and Kirovograd in your research. I just wanted to let you know that it is the same city. Yelizavetgrad was renamed to Kirovograd during the Soviet

Dear Claire I would be happy to do what you requested. Rafael Guber

Dear Claire I would be happy to do what you requested. Rafael Guber

Interesting thesis. My name rhymes with "fine wine". I have been told that Weinsteins >from Chicago all pronounce it that way and Weinsteins ever met >from New York mispronounces my name. Don't know

Joel Bressler wrote:

Interesting thesis. My name rhymes with "fine wine". I have been told that Weinsteins >from Chicago all pronounce it that way and Weinsteins ever met >from New York mispronounces my name. Don't know

Joel Bressler wrote:

Perhaps the town you are looking for is Tolochin, Belarus, formerly Russia. It is west of Orsha. My grandfather ,surname YERMANOK(?) , was ROMANOFF depending on who filled out the forms. Hope this

Perhaps the town you are looking for is Tolochin, Belarus, formerly Russia. It is west of Orsha. My grandfather ,surname YERMANOK(?) , was ROMANOFF depending on who filled out the forms. Hope this