I came across the birth certificate for a relative born in NYC in 1898 with the first name entered as "Katty". Her parents were from a small town in Galicia (now Ukraine). Would this be a Yiddish

I don't know much about this family, but NARODETSKY was the maiden name of the wife of one of my relative's brothers, Mitchell Schwartz. Holly Koppel

So some additional information: there were 3 other siblings for whom I haven't found marriage or death certs with parents' names. They are: Peal, b. 1881 Leah, b. 1884 Meyer, b. 1887 So I come back to

I have had a World Explorer subscription for years. I have family who settled in the U.S., Canada, and UK, among others. Also the outbound UK and Hamburg ship manifests are extremely useful. The

I believe that 'dajan' is 'dayan', rabbinic court judge. Shirley Ginzburg California

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Hello, Here is the entry from JVL (https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/tiktin) "TIKTIN, rabbinical family originating in Tykocin (Tiktin), near Bialystok, Poland. ABRAHAM BEN GEDALIAH (1764–1820)

Phil, I agree 100% with Sally. People made up names on the spur of the moment. My Mom told me that when giving the names of parents to an American bureaucrat that it was common for English first

The Book of Names (www.pamiectreblinki.pl/ksiega-imion/ankieta-ksiega-imion/) is a non-profit web database specific to those who were murdered at Treblinka. Before the existence of this database there

When a family historian is a very Senior Citizen with a house full of everything they need, give them the family tree of the family into which you married. This will enable them to spread their

The “fourth aliyah” is considered a slight because the first two go automatically to a Kohen and a Levi, respectively. So the “third aliyah” is an honor for the rest of the members and the

I forgot to make these clickable links. Now I'm correcting that. Hi, I've posted vital records in Polish for which I'd like extracts as much vital data (names, dates, spouse, ages, places, etc.)

I am trying to locate the descendants of the 2nd family who hid my mom and grandma during the Holocaust in Chrzanow, Lublin, Poland. My mom is deceased now, but she gave me the name of the family in

I have learned a lot from doing these weekly explorations of Yizkor books over several years, but I occasionally come across stories that stump me, due no doubt because I don’t pretend any expertise

Thanks everybody for your help. I was ready to order from the NYC archive but thanks to Diane for her suggestion, I went to Steve Morse. I could not find the marriage record at familysearch but

Moshe, the son of Brina and Jacob, was born in the town of kolo in Poland in 1909. During World War II, he fled his city to Bialystok and from there he deported by the Russians to Siberia. In the

Try: 1: Kaplan Center KC@... 2: Cape SA Jewish Board of Deputies - info@... One of them should be able to tell if such records exist and if so how to access them. Herman Salmenson Atlanta

Will you also go to the nearby Beth Moses cemetery? Yossi Jalas USA

Following as I have Charmatz in a tree who intermarried with Zwiebels in Gologory Poland. Itte Charmatz b abt 1850. married to Jerichum Zwiebel. She was the daughter of Gedalia Issak Charmatz and

Ask the relevant archives. Janet Furba, Germany