My family found a letter written in May/1939 by my father's then 12-year-old cousin Ephraim GUTSZTEJN to his aunt who was already living in Israel. The letter was sent >from Grodno Yeshiva, where

I have just discovered the connection between the WOLK/VOLK family line in connection to my grandmother's rabbinical HaCohen FRANK-BARON of Kovna Giberna line today and hope this new information will

My family found a letter written in May/1939 by my father's then 12-year-old cousin Ephraim GUTSZTEJN to his aunt who was already living in Israel. The letter was sent >from Grodno Yeshiva, where

I have just discovered the connection between the WOLK/VOLK family line in connection to my grandmother's rabbinical HaCohen FRANK-BARON of Kovna Giberna line today and hope this new information will

In a message dated 98-10-01 23:31:50 EDT, mkearns@u.washington.edu writes: << Magdalena . . . >> ==The name Mary Magdelena in the New Testament is derived >from the Hebrew name Miriam, bat Migdal.

In a message dated 98-10-01 23:31:50 EDT, mkearns@u.washington.edu writes: << Magdalena . . . >> ==The name Mary Magdelena in the New Testament is derived >from the Hebrew name Miriam, bat Migdal.

Dear all, I own apologies to Prof. Judith Romney Wegner. In a previous mail I said that James and Jacob are not the same name, challenging what she wrote in a previous mail. Prof Wegner was of course

Dear all, I own apologies to Prof. Judith Romney Wegner. In a previous mail I said that James and Jacob are not the same name, challenging what she wrote in a previous mail. Prof Wegner was of course

I just received an inquiry >from "FredHalf@..." about my Seidenberg Family research. I reponded to his inquiry by clicking the "reply" button but my response was bounced back. Fred,

I just received an inquiry >from "FredHalf@..." about my Seidenberg Family research. I reponded to his inquiry by clicking the "reply" button but my response was bounced back. Fred,

Can anyone comment on the landsmanshaftn named Rheim Anshe Hurdock? Meaning "friends of the people of Hurdock". The family that belonged to this society is supposed to be >from Bialystok, but I have

Can anyone comment on the landsmanshaftn named Rheim Anshe Hurdock? Meaning "friends of the people of Hurdock". The family that belonged to this society is supposed to be >from Bialystok, but I have

A dear long-time family friend and neighbor just opened up to me a little bit about her Greenberg-Sleyzing (Germany) Concentration Camp experience and the long death march she took and escaped >from

A dear long-time family friend and neighbor just opened up to me a little bit about her Greenberg-Sleyzing (Germany) Concentration Camp experience and the long death march she took and escaped >from

I am posting this for a fellow researcher who is interested in starting an Odessa shtetl group, but who would want someone other that herself to be the coordinator. Anyone interested should contact

Dear JewishGendom, I had read about delayed birth records, but this week I had my own initial first-hand experience with actually seeing and using such a document. Moreover, I received in the

I am posting this for a fellow researcher who is interested in starting an Odessa shtetl group, but who would want someone other that herself to be the coordinator. Anyone interested should contact

Dear JewishGendom, I had read about delayed birth records, but this week I had my own initial first-hand experience with actually seeing and using such a document. Moreover, I received in the

Recently someone asked about obtaining information on the former crypto-Jewish community of Majorca, now known as Chuetas. There is a wonderful book written on the topic: "Those of the Street: The

I have a beautiful sepia photograph of one Chaskel HOLLANDER, who according to the inscription on the back, was a friend of my father's family. No date on the photo, unfortunately. Chaskel looks in