Dear Genners, Amoz Chernoff asked: name? The individual bearing this name came >from Belarus in the early 1900's.>>>> My answer is: According my knowledge the male name Basha ( Beit - Ayin

KARPELES as as suranme or forename Can any of our readers throw any light on the origin of this name and its meaning if it has one ? L Reich Manchester

I have recently found a relative in France who has family members (male) whose first/given names are Igo and Halter. Would anyone know the Jewish/Yiddish equivalents or the names that might have been

Can you tell us what information is actually included in one of those SS-5 forms? Just curious. Neil MODERATOR NOTE: JewishGen has an Infofile entitled "U.S. Social Security Administration

Dear Genners, Amoz Chernoff asked: name? The individual bearing this name came >from Belarus in the early 1900's.>>>> My answer is: According my knowledge the male name Basha ( Beit - Ayin

KARPELES as as suranme or forename Can any of our readers throw any light on the origin of this name and its meaning if it has one ? L Reich Manchester

I have recently found a relative in France who has family members (male) whose first/given names are Igo and Halter. Would anyone know the Jewish/Yiddish equivalents or the names that might have been

Can you tell us what information is actually included in one of those SS-5 forms? Just curious. Neil MODERATOR NOTE: JewishGen has an Infofile entitled "U.S. Social Security Administration

Dear JewishGenners. While compiling my book about my family (mainly Chaikin), I found two post cards >from Lausanne, >from 1908, written by my grandfather's cousin, Paulina Wolodarski. The post cards

Basha is the Yiddish pronunciation of the Hebrew name Batya David and Tina Gurtler Jerusalem, Israel gurtler@... From: "Tilford Bartman" <bartmant@...>

Basche is a Yiddish first name for girls. It was my grandmother's name in Belarus. She became Berthe in Paris. Micheline GUTMANN, Paris, France http://asso.genami.free.fr

No, it's actually a woman's name. It's a transliteration of the Hebrew name Bas-yah, meaning "daughter of God" (and pronounced Batya in modern or sephardi Hebrew). Jewish oral tradition (but not the

Dear JewishGenners. While compiling my book about my family (mainly Chaikin), I found two post cards >from Lausanne, >from 1908, written by my grandfather's cousin, Paulina Wolodarski. The post cards

Basha is the Yiddish pronunciation of the Hebrew name Batya David and Tina Gurtler Jerusalem, Israel gurtler@... From: "Tilford Bartman" <bartmant@...>

Basche is a Yiddish first name for girls. It was my grandmother's name in Belarus. She became Berthe in Paris. Micheline GUTMANN, Paris, France http://asso.genami.free.fr

No, it's actually a woman's name. It's a transliteration of the Hebrew name Bas-yah, meaning "daughter of God" (and pronounced Batya in modern or sephardi Hebrew). Jewish oral tradition (but not the

I hope this might be useful for those searching UK army info: This info comes >from an excellentListerve:WorldWar 2 To subscribe to WORLDWAR2-D, send a message to

My great great aunt Haia or Chaya daughter of Simcha Leib WIND and Mariam of Braila, Romania married Marcu Pincu Leventer of Podu Torcului (now Bacau county) in 1896. I believe that they settled in

My great great aunt Ettel daughter of Simcha Leib WIND and Mariam of Braila, Romania married Iancu Haim Kaufman >from Galatz in 1896. I believe that they settled in Galatz. They may have emigrated to

I hope this might be useful for those searching UK army info: This info comes >from an excellentListerve:WorldWar 2 To subscribe to WORLDWAR2-D, send a message to