I have a number of family members buried in a cemetery in Hungary and several of them had the stone cutter's name at the bottom of the stone. These were from the early to mid 1800s. Alex

Richard Werbin – External CD/DVD drives for laptops and desktops remain an option. Plus most desktops still have 5.25” bays, plus SATA power and data connectors, so internal drives are easily

That's not an "L" with a stroke; it's a completely different letter that just looks like an L with a stroke. The letter L (uppercase) / l (lowercase) looks the same in English and Polish. See

A new initiative: Coalition of Guardians of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland was announced by Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. It includes a map with all the Jewish cemeteries

Like anything reproducible you want to preserve, the best approach is diversification, i.e., multiple copies on paper, on the computer, on a service, etc. Another place to preserve your data is by

Jacob, This process is discussed at length in "The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II" by Marvin Tokayer and Mary Swartz (1979). While it may not give you

Jacquie asked "Were there markings on Jewish headstones that identify who the stonecutters were?" The answer has to be "sometimes". Some Jewish headstones have markings identifying the stonemason. It

Here in Melbourne, Australia it is common practice for the stone mason to leave a small plaque with his contact details in a discreet place on the tombstone. Usually in the lower corner of the plinth

Dear Allan Jordan/"A. E. Jordan", I have not contacted the court involved with my grandfather's name change -- and have not found the name change file. (I'm not as diligent as many other with respect

Many names depending on original location of the family. Variations can include Icek for instance. I’m named after Avraham Yitzhak from the part of Russia that is now Lithuania. Jeff

DVDs are not a long term option. Today most laptops & desktops no longer include a DVD / CD reader. It is considered to be an obsolete options and is no longer supported. Yes, that is true but an

Nolan Altman was contacted by a woman in Austria who has taken a batch of pictures of matzevot in Jewish cemeteries including Frauenkirchen, Eisenstadt, Dobra Voda and Rusovce. We’re looking for a

Nolan Altman was contacted by a woman in Austria who has taken a batch of pictures of matzevot in Jewish cemeteries in formerly Hungarian areas in Transylvania, now Romania, including Alsojara (Iara),

Nolan Altman was contacted by a woman in Austria who has taken a batch of pictures of matzevot in Jewish cemeteries including Gyekenes in Somogy and Pecs. We’re looking for a volunteer to review

Are you certain that they embarked from Hamburg? Family Search 's Wiki includes links to databases for Bremen, for example. (

As a regular contributor to tombstone translations on JewishGen's Viewmate (there are more than 7,000 examples) I have seen most of them. I don't remember ever having seen one. David Rosen Boston,

I found a very old prayer book, from the 1800's, with a handwritten inscription in German. I am unable to read it and would appreciate it if someone could translate it for me. It was submitted to

I have never seen markings identifying the stonecutter, and I have looked at a lot of headstones. Rabbi Neil Kominsky Brookline, MA

Peter, I could not agree with you more, and you've described this problem so well and succinctly. My experience as archivist for a special historical collection for more than three decades

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