Hi Michele, Thanks for your suggestions. Re: your first question: What other evidence to you have from records that Mary Gordon and Jennie Gordon are sisters? Do their ages closely match what you have

I consider it a reliable primary source for Deaths and secondary for births. If there is nothing else (no census records, no birth records etc) I will take it. I also consider the month and day more

Dear Friends, If you haven't signed up yet it's not too late. Sign up here: Registration Link for Gesher Galicia Meeting. The meeting is at 12-1 p.m. EST US/Canada (9-10 a.m. PST US/Canada; 5-6

Joe, The is no Grunberg - whatever spelling variation - in Stefanesti 1865 to 1900. The first child recorded for Herscu and Ghitla was born in 1878. Judging from the age of wife, a marriage may have

Hello, The 1925 does show David's 3 oldest children only; Sylvia, Edith & Phillip. The 1940 census (under "Herstkowitz" at Ancestry) shows Edith & Phillip, still listing David as a printer (like the

Thank you SO much to the several people who took the time to research for me and to make suggestions for further research. I have a bit more information than before and more ideas on how to proceed.

My grandfather was Rabbi Chaim Rojtenberg of Rovno (page 424 of the Rovno Yizkor Book: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/rovno/rov393.html#Page417) My family tree includes: Rabbi Chaim (b. around 1725)

My wife's uncle was the late Rabbi Aaron Keller, the Chief Rabbi of Nahariya (his son-in-law Rabbi Meitless is the current rabbi there, and his son Rabbi Michael Keller lives in Naot - Jerusalem). He

Here's what I suggest, based on my research to tell apart persons from NYC with the same name, similar year of arrival, similar age, spouse's name - 1. Get a copy of the image of the marriage and

The Nadworna project can be found at: https://simonwiesenthal-galicia-ai.com/bs/rd/sw-swiggi-shtetls-nadworna

My Rothenberg families are from Mackensen and Arholzen Germany. You can find them on my public Lobbenberg Ancestry tree. Henry Lobbenberg Toronto

Peter - we have just completed processing metric records from Leytichev from 1841-1852 and I do see one birth and one death record for Frenkel included - please be patient and these records should be

Chuck Weinstein put me in touch with Ted a few days ago - I want to thank Ted for his research and finding this information - we have been in contact discussing these - and yes while they duplicate

I frequently see the SSDI is off by one year. I have birth records to back up that assertion. -- Jeff Goldner Researching Goldner, Singer, Neuman, Braun, Schwartz, Gluck, Reichfeld

I have seen this pattern multiple times, my 2GGM is an example where I have sorted this out, other cases not so much. So let me suggest some options: For this first group, on the Death Certificate

My gggrandmother was Leah Rottenberg/Rottenberg born 1838 Rychvald, Hungary. Father Moshe Rottenberg , Rabbi, born 1819 Rychvald. I would appreciate a copy of the family tree! Thank you! Joan Pollak

City landscapes change over time. It can be difficult comparing a Cadastral Map with a modern city map. The best way to do that is to get somebody who is familiar with the town today to look at the

LitvakSIG online journal is proud to announce the wonderful article, The Lithuanian Community of Telsiai, by Phil S. Shapiro. This article is an in depth study, both human and academic, of Telsiai and

Dear group, during the last months I was able to update my website with a few more name adoption lists. Beside of others you now can find Worms with more than 500 entires

Not sure if you've already done this, but I've seen that surname also spelt Pessin/Pesin/Peskin. Maybe an alternative spelling might help? Goodluck! PS: I use to live in Conway also! -- Tracy