Could it be related to LIBEDINSKY/LEBEDINSKY? There is the town of Lebedyn/Lebedin in the Ukraine. Its coat of arms has a swan in it, which ties in with the meaning of lebed = swan in Russian Pablo

The initial question in this case was whether California or Spanish law would apply to determine the ownership of a painting that was bought in the U.S. 60 years ago by a Spaniard, kept in Spain

Hi Daniel: Sorry for the delay in responding. Just catching up. In the JRI-Poland database are all surviving records through 1905. We have indexed 1906-1915 BMD, which are not online yet as we are

You claim to have the same records as the late Ms. Usdin, however, in the All-Russian 1897, census two persons were omitted from the Jewish Gen records, which Usdin's translation included. According

Hi Adam, I've emailed my cousins to ask if they'd be willing to do DNA testing. Which is the most appropriate test in this case? I also checked Da'at Kedoshim (Eisenstadt, 1897), and it goes through

Hello In Poland since the Middle Ages many Jews who converted to Christianity have received nobility (and coat of arms). There is an interesting article about it (in

This is the lineup for future meetings of The Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society. All meetings are virtual and Pacific Time. Sunday September 13th 11:00 am Stanley Diamond -

Hi, I have been told that my father’s ancestors fled Harasta (a suburb of Damascus) in the 1830s because of Moslem attempts to convert Jews and Christians. Abraham and Markil arrived in our

Searching for several families from Derechin and have found a few Revision List records but no vital records. Does anyone know if these records survived, and if so, where they might be? I have check

My family is also from Zvenigorodka. I was recently contacted by some relatives who have been living in the States since the 1970's. They have little information since they left ZV and grew up in

My cousin, who is in her 90’s, was married to a Lichtenstein. Most of his relatives lived in either the Boston area or New York. Some of the first names included Joseph, who was married to Bella,

I haven't read the proceedings of this case, but there is a question in my mind whether a contract (i.e. a purchase and sale transaction) is a voluntary one if one of the parties is acting under

Enlisted in San Francisco on Dec. 20, 1864 into the 2nd Infantry as a musician (bugler). Served 1 yr. 9 months. Bruce Seide Charleston, SC

Hi Janis You might want to post this on the page Steibtz -- Stolpce--Descendants Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/906011702937062 Good luck

Dear Jeremy Lichtman, I think you've discovered a potential new branch of the Baal Knesset (https://www.geni.com/people/Rabbi-Yehezkel-Katzenellenbogen-Ba-al-Knesset-Yehezkel/6000000001037619159). If

I am trying to draw a documented connection between myself and my best match on MyHeritage, without the assistance of the match. Yes I have asked! I would greatly appreciate any assistance the

Can't help with the picture (can't zoom in on it, and wouldn't know any of the people if I could), but nitpick: you tagged this "austria-czech", but Pressburg = Pozsony = Bratislava, which is not and

Spot on Barbara - thank you. For some reason, since I moved to the Daily Summary setting, I now need to log in in order to see the "reply", "like" buttons etc. I imagine others will encounter this

Entries in the Family Tree of the Jewish People come from people who submitted them. There is an FAQ for the tree, and a search for "Code" gives no results. But the FAQ does explain how you can

The beis midrash (“House of Learning”) was a central part of Jewish communities described in the Yizkor books, and many chapters are dedicated to memories of them. It was a place to study Torah