rita wrote in message <3652269D.42C7F692@...>... The Social Security Application (form SS-5) asks for the individual's current address, employer(name and address), birthplace, birthdate and

rita wrote in message <3652269D.42C7F692@...>... The Social Security Application (form SS-5) asks for the individual's current address, employer(name and address), birthplace, birthdate and

I have recently discovered that my grandfather, Nehemiah Kursan (Kurshan), comes >from a shtetl called Yaneshick. This was told to me by my uncle who thinks the spelling is incorrect. A listing found

I have recently discovered that my grandfather, Nehemiah Kursan (Kurshan), comes >from a shtetl called Yaneshick. This was told to me by my uncle who thinks the spelling is incorrect. A listing found

I would guess "b'seiva tova" -- "in a ripe old age". I'm not sure about this one, it probably depends on context. It could stand for "min ha'olam" -- ">from this world" (as in passed ">from this

I would guess "b'seiva tova" -- "in a ripe old age". I'm not sure about this one, it probably depends on context. It could stand for "min ha'olam" -- ">from this world" (as in passed ">from this

My mother was Alice, but on her ketubah her name in Hebrew is written ayin-lamed-kuf-aleph, and I have always read this as Elka. Now, was the Ayin-Yod-Lamed-Yod-Kuf-Aleph on the gravestone found by

My mother was Alice, but on her ketubah her name in Hebrew is written ayin-lamed-kuf-aleph, and I have always read this as Elka. Now, was the Ayin-Yod-Lamed-Yod-Kuf-Aleph on the gravestone found by

I don't know Yiddish, but in German heilige Friede is blessed peace. I would say that this entry (in Hebrew letters) on a tombstone would not be any name, but a Yiddish blessing. Maybe Yiddish

Is there someone who can eyeball two gravestones in the United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island. They may be together, but maybe not - and I do not have locations. If you can do this, please contact

I don't know Yiddish, but in German heilige Friede is blessed peace. I would say that this entry (in Hebrew letters) on a tombstone would not be any name, but a Yiddish blessing. Maybe Yiddish

Is there someone who can eyeball two gravestones in the United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island. They may be together, but maybe not - and I do not have locations. If you can do this, please contact

In response to what Mr. Pickholtz said; that the subject line is not part of the posting and that he has to scroll back up to see what has been written - about what? It would seem to me that if one

In response to what Mr. Pickholtz said; that the subject line is not part of the posting and that he has to scroll back up to see what has been written - about what? It would seem to me that if one

Someone wrote: Lest the above cause any confusion, I believe the writer intended to refer not to a haftarah but to the parashah (Torah portion) titled "Hayyei Sarah" (which begins at Genesis chapter

Someone wrote: Lest the above cause any confusion, I believe the writer intended to refer not to a haftarah but to the parashah (Torah portion) titled "Hayyei Sarah" (which begins at Genesis chapter

I am searching descendant or relatives of Mr. Maurycy WOLMAN, born in Sieradz, Poland, 12 III 1876 (son of Ludwik and Berta WOLMAN), death in Warsaw Ghetto in about 1942. Is he the same person as a

I am searching descendant or relatives of Mr. Maurycy WOLMAN, born in Sieradz, Poland, 12 III 1876 (son of Ludwik and Berta WOLMAN), death in Warsaw Ghetto in about 1942. Is he the same person as a

Israel Pickholtz asks: Chapter XIII of Neil Rosenstein's The Unbroken Chain (30 pages in the 2d edition) recounts this genealogy, including ten children of the Chacham Zvi besides Yavetz. Yehuda

Israel Pickholtz asks: Chapter XIII of Neil Rosenstein's The Unbroken Chain (30 pages in the 2d edition) recounts this genealogy, including ten children of the Chacham Zvi besides Yavetz. Yehuda