Hi from Paris, Dear Andrew, Lodz was a large industrial and modern city mostly involved in textile manufacturing to Russian market. This market was lost after WWI (due to German occupation, 1916,

Larry, I hate to disillusion you, but electric cutting machines have been around for over 130 year (https://www.eastmancuts.com/about/history/). Watching them in action (just as they were when I

Hi I am a descendent of Jacob Siedner abt 1810-1870 from the Upper Silesia area, probably around Bytom. I have come across several names that I am trying to connect. Lobel Siedner born 1779 and

Good Afternoon, I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I've discovered some family immigration records from the turn of the 20th century. I know who the family members are and can figure out their

i am seeking daughter ( my sister by another Mother ) of PANE Joseph jr. of Sacramento CA. In 1977 she was an attorney in NYC and she sought to meet her father, PANE Joseph via a card. We don’t

While researching my paternal forefathers I came across on FTJP a Isaac KATZOFF-KATSOF who I believe may be connected to our family. Interestingly he is listed with the same exact spelling as our

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Has anyone researched the early Jewish settlers in North Adams, Massachusetts? It is a small city in far northwestern Massachusetts, in northern Berkshire County among the Berkshire Mountains. My

I am looking for a researcher which will be able to overcome the following statement: " in response to the e-mail letter of 3 July 2020, I kindly inform you that the registry offices in Poland do not

Larry Gaum, Let's talk about how a suit is put together. There is, even today, no completely machine-made garments. Since the middle of the 19th century there was some kind of mechanized sewing

For our August meeting, UJGS has invited Emily Garber, brand new IAJGS Board member, to speak to us. Her topic is very timely: Learning Our Craft: Online Opportunities for Improving Our Research

The first information that I had on one of my mother’s family branches, the SUMBERGS, was that they came from Pilviskiai. That has been confirmed by a variety of sources. She married my

I just tried this feature and it worked really well to enhance some passenger manifests that had handwriting which was faint and difficult to read. So it's usefulness is not just for photos of people.

Dear Karen: Here is a link to David Sohn's Bialystoker Photo Album. https://libguides.nypl.org/c.php?g=866496&p=6216685 Best regards, Mark Halpern

Hello, Am trying to find any records (birth, family history, etc.) for my Grandmother Fannie/maiden name Shore born 1887. Her Father was Hersche Shore and Mother was Lina

Dear Loryn: I am the Bialystok area coordinator for JRI-Poland. I have searched our online database that includes all Bialystok Jewish vital records though 1905 including the years 1885-1892 and

Since I wrote the email regarding searching for Harry and Morris I had a breakthrough and found them due to a communication from a descendant of Morris. He was in touch with his relative who, it

Hi all, I am looking for a way to be able to access the actual photo at the LVIA. Do the other numbers mean something? Any help would be fully appreciated. Elani L. Joseph

Hi- My great-grandfather, Icek-Hersz Grynberg, had a shoe shop in Lodz pre-WWII. Attached to the shop was apparently a factory and warehouse where the shoes were assembled, and people worked piecemeal

Do you have the link to the Bialystoker album at the NYPL? Thanks! Karen Lefkowitz