Hello, I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I'd appreciate a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85154 Please

My great grandparents left Hungary (supposedly lived in Budapest) about 1882. What port were they likely to have used? Lee MESSING Hover Lacey, WA

Hi Shelley, If you know Zippe's parents names you can try this trick to search NYC marriage records. Go to: https://stevemorse.org/vital/nyvital.html?type=marriage Enter the first names of Zippe's

Another possibility: My grandmother, named Zipporah, known as Zippe, became Sophie in the U.S. Lee MESSING Hover Lacey, WA. ATSCHULER (all spellings)-Warsaw; SANDIK--Warsaw; MESSING--Warsaw;

Ignatz was a common name in Hungary Estelle Guttman Reston VA

I've posted 4 vital record sin German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85169, 85172, 85189,

Staryi Chortoryisk is a current (modern) name of the town Czartorysk, located on the Styr River In Wolynia region. Town is named after old Lithuanian prince family of Czartoryjski. There are 29

Phil: I had a putative date of arrival in NYC from the naturalization petition. After working backwards to that date, I found two manifests with virtually no passenger information. I’ve concluded

In the Austro-Hungarian Empire which included parts of what is now Poland and Ukraine, only "civil" marriages were considered "legal." If your ancestors had only a religious marriage and not a civil

I will try to take a look at these later. They are written in German. May I suggest that you take a look at the ViewMate feature of jewishgen for future reference? Not only can you post such images

Again, thanks for this, Jan. A few years ago, I visited the former Jewish Ghetto of Rome, which had been established in 1555. Small shops, restaurants and residences still lined the narrow streets,

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=85183 This is a marriage

I found it intuitive to use. It did improve the photograph I was studying, but the original resolution was so bad it was beyond improving Bruce Drake

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=85181 I am interested in

My family came from what is now Belarus, but was formerly tossed between Russia and Poland. All the children from the mid-1800s on, the farthest back I have been able to go, have paternal last

VM85177 In Russian: Дорогая моя сестра Катя! Твоё письмо я сегодня получила и меня очень удивляет, что ты до сих пор

Hello All, My maternal grandmother was born Aranka Feigenbaum in Hungary in 1906. She arrived at Ellis Island on August 16th 1927 along with her mother and siblings and is listed as Aranka on the

In London the stone cutters engrave their name usually on the front "Kerb Stone" I cannot comment on the graves in the cemeteries in other UK towns and cities. Michael Hoffman Borehamwood, HERTS UK.

Please try the IGRA collection. Registration is free and will allow you to see if there are any hits. The Israel State Archives has the lists of immigrants (in Hebrew) without an idex. But at the

I have a Moishe Wishingrad and more family information. Reply to Jeff Miller singingtm@...