I'm looking for info about my grandfather's Ukraine family. Naftola Marantz was Born in Odessa in 1872. Father was Schea Joshua Marantz. He was from a large family but can't find any records. Had

One reason may be the indexer misread the entry. Try to find others on the same pa via Ancestry and you may also find your relative. Each service seems to use their own indexers. My grandparents were

I'm trying to find a copy of Volume II of the 3rd edition (currently in publication) of Neil Rosenstein's The Unbroken Chain. Unfortunately, all libraries in my area are still closed, and so I can't

Can you one please assist in obtaining a birth certificate for my uncle, Abram Isser Miller, born on March 18. 1907? He was born in Naruszewo, Poland or Russia. I'm trying to help my cousin, his

Dear Bernard Thanks for your detailed anwser being French I am familiar with those data. further to your email I found some more data on the jews in charleville meziere but nothing

If you go through the Jewish Journal link to Holy Silence it works. I was the original poster and posted before I tried the direct link, but was able to watch the film going through the JJ link

Family rumour has it that my great great grandmother, Gittle ABRAMOWITZ married (second marriage for both) a British widower by the name of Isaac LAZAROFF (spelling ? no records). This LAZAROFF

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Dear Barry, I think it's of great interest to those who are interested in the origins of the Hope Place Synagogue and the people involved in it at the time. Not sure it gives a big insight into the

I would also go for Jurbarkas / Yurberg or Yurburg. It's circumstantial, but supportive, that her husband's birthplace is given as "Shellel". Šilalė, the Yiddish for which JG TownFinder gives as

The Naturalization papers for both Jacob and Molly Novick can be found on Ancestry.com. Both say that home town is Ekatrainslav, (Ekatrinoslav) Russia. Today is Dnipro in Ukraine.

Thank you again, I also found the record for Sam Liss, who I had not been able to find on Ancestry. Do you know why some passenger info might be found on familysearch but not Ancestry? I now know that

Have you tried the http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/ ? It could be a good place to begin. -- Nancy Summers Maryland, USA FINKELSTEIN, BOOKSTEIN, KOENIG/SUKOENIG, LUSMAN, GOLDINER,

Hi David, As "tompa" states below, Oded is active on Geni. I'll be happy to relay a message to him; just send it to me privately. Best, Judith Berlowitz

You might want to try enhancing the image at https://www.myheritage.com/photo-enhancer. I think it is free for non-paying members, up to 5 images. I have found it really helps Nancy -- Nancy

This looks like a tax payment. I recall reading something about the Jewish societies collecting tax money in their communities. However, I could be wrong.

While it was not common for individual Polish Jewish families to have a coat of arms, it was very common for Polish cities to have coats of arm. Certainly for the all of the large cities, many of the

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Three or, possibly, four Friedson brothers (Chontze, Solomon, Alexander and Hyman) emigrated from Motol/Motal/Motele Belarus in the 1910's. They lived in several towns in western Massachusetts,

Hi Everyone, We only know grandfather as Max Samuel, born Latvia February 1874, we don't know if the family name was different, we only have information from 1895 when he left libau/Leipaja to come