My grandfather came from Mogilev, Russia to NY 1905. He was initially listed as a cutter. He apparently was a glove maker. Anything listing occupation he always said glove maker. Eventually having his

On my father's side my grandparents, Sigmund & Rose SINDER BALTER. Rose's parents, Abraham & Dora MENDELSON SINDER. Dora's sister, Rose/Rachel MENDELSON SALASNICK & husband Max. Are all buried in

Based on personal experience, I advise anyone who asks not to put a tree on geni.com. To put it simply, you lose control of the tree. I've had several instances of requesting others who've added

Paperwork for name changes in the naturalization process is first authorized in 1906, so don't expect to find any for naturalizations before then. Yale Zussman

To those who contacted me regarding merchantslisted in the 1914 edition of Vsia Vilna, I have attached an Excel file with my findings. Joel

Hi, If anyone has time, would it be possible to translate from Russian to English the Kravtsov or similar names and heading information from the attached Klintsy Ostarbeiters (forced laborers of

Shalom. I am making an attempt to determine a few specifics on the tombstone of Azriel, one of my great grandfather's brothers from the Bolechov cemetery. Primarily, the honorific used before his

There were and are many Jewish camps in the US. I don't know if this is the one you are referencing: Camp Achva at the Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia provides fun and formative summer experiences

All I could open was the discussion list and it was full of people asking why they could not access the webinar. Finally I found a spot among all their confusing pages that said to use Chrome. When I

See question below. Names can be changed when applying for naturalization. The naturalization application would be the first place to look. Otherwise, the name change is done in a court procedure,

Looking for help to contact Mexico City cemeteries and a volunteer to take an epitaph picture Neil Rosenstein

Lesley, Try searching British newspapers from that time, especially local papers from where Charlie Abrams lived. There may have been an article about the wedding. Many old newspapers are digitized

Trying to make contact with the family of Dr. Neftuli Zvi Avigdor (son of Abraham Boby of Mexico City), first cousin of David, Morton (Mordechai) and Merrill (Mayer) Avigdor, descendants of the

My family is from Brest-Litovsk. According to one of the family member's Naturalization papers which were prepared in 1903, it clearly indicates he was born in "Saletca" a town in Poland in 1873. I

Is the Zaidman family name included as residents of Kopaygorod in the late19th and early 20th centuries?

Does anyone know how to find death records from Baku in the 1920's. There does not seem to be much out there about Ajerbijan Marlene, I will send your email to a friend who has an interest in Baku. We

I'm sorry to say the answer is no. Joel

Yes. In Town Finder search for a town in the district or government you want. Then in the boxes on the right you will see underlined district and "province" names. Click on the the district or

I'm so grateful for the work all the JewishGen volunteers do in indexing files. For some indexes - at the moment, I'm looking at the Máramaros Vital Records Births index - the images don't seem to be

Does this include merchants from Malat/Moletai?