As many of us know, the NYC Municipal Archives charges about $15 for a certified stamped copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate, even if you go down to their office and find it yourself on

Hi Sherry - you could be correct, viz. the lack of connection to a specific township in the records. Unfortunately, the current principal at Sinai Chapels doesn't have any history on the congregation,

Selma Silverman of Providence, RI, 1914-2007, shows up in my family tree. She is the daughter of Archibald Silverman, 1880-1966, who, I believe, was in the jewelry business. If you have not already

Jacues, A search for Berek SZER on Ancestry shows someone with that name in Berlin phone directories in the 1960's and 1970's. Regards, Sherri Bobish Princeton, NJ

Looking for naturalization records for Samuel & Mary Babinski. Arrived in USA in 1908.

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Raylene, 1930 census in The Bronx: Joseph Bodner30Rose Bodner28Mildred Bodner4Melvin Bodner2Is this your family? Regards, Sherri Bobish Princeton, NJ

Yoni, More on Mannie KATZOFF. Mannie KATZOFF's 1922 passenger manifest (under name Menasze KACAF) says nearest relative left behind in BL was Aunt Necha WEISBROT. His passage was paid by HIAS. He was

Yoni, There is a Mannie KATZOFF who naturalized in NYC. He was born 19 Mar 1906 Brest-Litovsk, Russia. Mannie was formerly known as Menasseh KACAF. He arrived in The U.S. in 1922. The witnesses on

Jeremy, Greetings from another Ariogala researcher! I did look at a listing I have of gravestones in Ariogala compiled by David & Sonia Hoffman in 1999. None are old enough to be of help to you. The

Alan, I am going to make a guess here. I think Bnai Menashe may have been more of a family circle than a shtetl based society. The fact that they merged with Nachlas Zwie Anshe Ungarn may or may not

I am searching for any information on the descendants of Nekha Gornicka nee Keyser, born about 1900 in Grodno, Belarus and her husband Moyshe Abraham. They had three daughters, Kreyna, b. 1922, Chaya

The German name for Galicia is Galizien. Someone from Galizien is a Galizianer (male) Galizianerin (female). Daniel Bargman explains interestingly the linguistic root. Stephen Katz New York City

Tammy, Here is an article about Philip Aurenbach's death in 1952. https://www.jta.org/1952/08/18/archive/philip-auerbach-commits-suicide-act-due-to-verdict-of-german-court The organization was called

Hello Jewish Genners, I have posted 2 vital records (one death record and a marriage record) in Polish for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following

I have many non-Jewish friends who have used this. Some complain because others changed their information. It is a collaborative tree much like Geni and wikitree. I would suggest either of those as

Still searching for the words of the song. The phrase 'why don't they give a Yiddisher Boy a Chance? appears a couple of times in Bernard Kops' book but is totally unrelated to the song. Gary Levin,

I have also had my tree online for about 13 years, I have a tree on Ancestry and MyHeritage as well as my own site https://www.sarahsgenies.com. I did change hosts about two years ago for my site,

There are a number of reasons why a person would travel under an older siblings name, here's a few: 1. Military conscription - the eldest son could sometimes be exempted for economic reasons from

I'm looking for the children/grandchildren of Rose HAMMER born in Lezajsk, Austria in 1899. She came to New York in 1913, staying in New York until 1933-1934 and then moved to Los Angeles, California.