That's wonderful news! I hope your FOIL extends to those people at the NYC Health Department, Vital Records section. They have been so difficult to deal with. You will be receiving a donation from me

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Hebrew I've posted a vital record for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Hello everyone, I've posted 5 vital records in Russian for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Death record of Josef ROZENCWEJG:

Another name for Sally is Saul. I have one or two in my family. Renee Klish Alexandria, VA Researching: Redelmeier, Schonland, David families in Thuringen; Simon, Reissner Victor, Meier/Meyer

Depending of where the father died there might be a gravestone of the father somewhere in Israel or Germany. Jewish granvestone in Germany often have a Hebrew and a German side. -- Andrea Schwab,

How the names are displayed depends on your personal display preferences. Geni is extremely flexible so it is designed to accommodate all sorts of styles of genealogy. Under Account Settings, go to

Joyaa please look under the Media tab on the Maharal's profile. There you will find (on the right side) 18 documents. Click on "View all" and you will find them, including the most recent

Jan, Is there any information on what the new 500,000 entries were from? Thanks, Larry Bassist Springville, Utah, USA

The original death record is on Ancestry World. You should be able to access from many public libraries. I cannot read the German. Ancestry does have a key to the lines in the original but that

How exciting and formidable. Best of luck with all you do to prevent the unscrupulous from taking advantage. The information is not theirs to control in this vile manner. I'd like to see the same

Hi Richard, Further to what Maryellen said, please post the name you seek on the 1940 census, and also names of wife and children. Also, circa when they were born, and where they were born, i.e.

"born in Germany and his father's name was "Sally"". I have been addressed in letters as Herr Brückheimer several times. Men named Salomon in Europe (and some in the US) become Sal and then

Is anyone familiar with the Lodz Jewish Society for Orphan Care Orphanage? My great Aunt, Dora (Devora) KEILES, KEJLES worked there for many years before immigrating to Palestine. I have a picture of

I want to second Ellen's recommendation of The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre at The University of Huddersfield. I saw an excellent talk recently, and agree that more people should be aware

Hallo David My grandpa's first name was Solomon, the English version of Shlomo in Hebrew. . However, friends and family always called him Sally. The friends & family were all mother tongue German

Can someone please post a link to a Rothenberg family tree. My second great grandmother was Lina Rothenberg b. 1847 and d. 1932. I would like to trace her ancestry.

Ed, Bayside Cemetery, where you said your parents are buried, is NOT in Bayside. It is in Ozone Park Queens. Findagrave.com lists over 100 Franks in Bayside Cemetery. Bayside is owned by

Randy, you and the other volunteers/curators do beyond amazing work. What you do has given us whose families were destroyed and who knew nothing of our families a connection to our family and our

Sally in German use, is, I think, a shortening of Salomon; the anticipatable Hebrew would be Shlomo. Neil Kominsky Brookline, MA researching Blitstein (Vitebsk), Rothstein (Obruch?), Samson (Iasi),

Hi, Chasha is a Yiddish name. The addition of le at the end is a a diminutive of little---and this often seems to stick even with age. We have several named Chasha in our family. Leya Aronson,