I put in a USCIS index search before the fees go up. It is for my great-grandfather, who was born in Galicia. The choices for country include Austria and Austria-Hungary. However, you can only click

I've posted two vital records in Polish. I would appreciate a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following

Not all spelling differences are really "misspellings". Sometimes they are; Robert Hanna's "Fellie" for Tillie is probably an erroneous transcription. But in many if not most cases the explanation

Hello all! I have been going over documents of an ancestor of mine and he has listed his foreign residence as many different places. They are as follows: Padol-Russia, Podol-Russia, Russia, Romania,

Hello Igor, Thank you for your replay. My family lived in Horochov but I do not know since when. I know that my grandmother was born in 1912 and so does, all her siblings were born there too. I

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86610 Please respond via

It is quite interesting that this topic came up just as I was sharing with a distant cousin what I thought was her downfall when trying o find family members… She is always getting stuck on how

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86609 Please respond via

Could someone please translate this -was at back of photo of Rachiel Gurwitch to her brother Joseph. Joseph was last in Paris and then "disappeared". We think he joined the French Foreign Legion. I

Hello David In these archives, the files are most often linked to the surveillance carried out by the French police. Thus, you can find "confidential" reports about political activities, about

By misspelled family names, I assume you mean misspelled surnames. Myself, I've stopped thinking of them as misspelled, and instead as alternative spellings of the same or similar name. My own simple

Judy, To be honest, there is no guarantee of absolute privacy with a DNA test. All you can do is add levels of anonymity to your test results. Examples: Do not use an identifiable name. Do not attach

I have located the 1920 New York City marriage record for a great aunt who was born in Ukraine (in or near Odessa), in about 1900. In the record she lists her mother's maiden name as 'Morrison', which

Alan - there are index files available on Alex K wikis for Odessa but only from 1903-1919.....I don't see anything else on his site...the JG database does have the 1895 revision list online again not

Wildcard searching It’s important to remember that names are often misspelled or mis-transcribed, so doing “fuzzy” searching on names can often help you find a good match, even though the name

Relly, Other options for finding names of parents of the original immigrants: Circa 1910 passenger manifests for the U.S. listed not only the person the immigrant was bound for, but also closest

Deborah, Do you mean Tarnobrzeg? https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-532659 There are records for Tarnobrzeg at: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/ Regards, Sherri

Katja, Try: https://www.familysearch.org/search/ They seem to have some records from Perleberg. Regards, Sherri Bobish

Nancy, Many databases allow a soundex (sounds like) search on surnames, some allow a soundex search on first names as well, If the surname was totally mangled (either in the original document or the

These are references to articles/books about Babi Yar: "Memory of Babi Yar. Book of Martyrs" / Author V. A. Zgursky. Kiev: newspaper "Moment of silence" and "Young Guards" 1991, page