My grandmother was from a shetl about 60 miles northwest of Minsk called Lebedev. It may be a source for the family name.

Let's try this again with enhanced images. Ran it thru My Heritage and also including a blow up of the enhanced photo. Thanks for the previous replies. Anyone have ideas for this town name?

It was called the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911. Over 140 employees mostly Jewish and Italian women perished in the three story blaze. The official report on the fire says it started on the 8th

Hello, 1) The laws change constantly. 2) The 1940 census asks if the person is a naturalized US citizen 3) She would probably be on her fathers papers, that you have not found them may be due to them

After a search I found this index for marriage of Zev Vulf Datz groom to Goldie Berman bride. There is no marriage date or indication of parents' names. Does anyone believe that this entry was

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Hi Gary, This family is on Geni. See Peter's profile here, with the managers of his information. They should be able to help you. I have L's in my tree: my 3g aunt, Sarah Alexander, married Avraham

Sign into Iajgs 2020. Then go to Attendee Service Center under that tab ic on Demand Sessions Click on it. The one above it is the Live sessions entry that yu clicked to get to DOJR.

I wonder if it was a card that had to be purchased by the person in The U.S. and shown by the person in Europe to get the money transfer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIAS "In 1923, HIAS established

My late mother came to the US in 1913 from what is now Biarosa, Belarus at the tender age of 6 months. The only naturalization information that I can find is for my Grandmother dated 1945, but

Link to the Russian website j-roots.info. or https://forum.j-roots.info A lot of information/links, but all in Russian you will need Google translate

The -ovich ending (-ович in Cyrilic) could also be Serbian, Belerusan or Ukranian. It also could be Polish or Croatian spelled -owitz or -ović respectively. The -ovich ending is more commonly

Trying to make contact with the family of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh (Leibel) Moshkovitz who is Rebbe of the International Center of Shotz in Jerusalem. Neil Rosenstein

I'm researching the connection between Yitzhak ben Moshe Rumsch, or Isaac ben Moshe Rumsch (1822-94) and my Weinstein family from Vilna. Rumsch was born in Zezemer, Vilna gubernia and went to Vilna

Here's the link: https://forum.j-roots.info/

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I think it's going take me a long time to learn the complexities of Hebrew. Is it possible that נוספיף is simply a spelling mistake or an archaic spelling and the text should have read נוסף

Try this link. It was posted on Facebook and that's the one I

This brick wall may connect to the brick wall i am trying to break down. If you would like to contact me I would be willing to share what I can. The next two weeks are really busy but if you want to

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