For whatever it might be worth: More than 10 years ago, while doing scholarly research (more like archaeological digging) on some statutory history in the Queens County Courthouse Law Library, I

In addition to my reply to Sally (and Daniella) just sent, I would add to Peter Cherna that the JewishGen records do not exist in and of themselves, for no reason except documentation. JewishGen

-- Jean-Pierre Stroweis Jerusalem

Kurdikos Naumestis was part of Suwalki Gubernia in NE Poland during much of the 19th century. It went into Lithuania in 1919 as part of the WW2 Peace Settlement. It was on the border with what was

The philosophy “If it’s wrong, it’s wrong” can mean that some researcher never discovers the missing link to their blank wall. To use an actual example from my family, my ggrandmother’s

I can't speak to all cases of amended birth certificates in New York City (and I've never been a lawyer), but I know the case of my paternal grandfather (even though I forget some of the details of

Good afternoon I've posted 2 vital records in Polish for which I need a full and detailed English translation of the Polish words and Roman numerals. They are on ViewMate at

Last week, I asked about the town name for the family in lines 11-14 of the attached ship manifest. The image last week was the original and not good quality. Attached is the enhanced version

Good evening. I have a number of postcards to my grandfather that are handwritten in Yiddish. I would greatly appreciate translation of all of the Yiddish text (including dates, and postmarks) on

How did one get a birth certificate amended? Beulah, Good question. Perhaps some of the lawyers out there can answer that. I would assume that if he did get his birth cert amended than he must have

Shifting my focus now to my Weinhouse/Vaynguz and possibly Muller ancestors in late 1800s back as far as possible in Staraya Ushitsa, in the old Podolia gubernia. Are BDM, census or revision list

I am looking for birth records for my great grandmother, Sarah Dora Burling. Her parents were Jacob and Jennie and her younger brother was Samuel. Her death certificate says she was born in Kovno,

Thank you for this, Sherri. I hadn't found it so it's very useful. I would think he had his birth certificate amended, maybe between 1927 and 1930 as my father in law was met when he arrived in NY by

I've posted an image of a handwritten note included in the Nesvizh Yizkor Book. It is a list of names of ghetto fighters. I have also included a candidate list of potential names that might be

Following are 2 links (Yiddish and Hebrew) with some information on R' Shlomo Boruch Tennenbaum. http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=807395

Sherri, I did not find Abraham Horowitz at the link you provided, BUT, I did find a cousin who came in a few years later and got some clues that I can track to another branch of the family. Thank you

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-quebec-port-1865-1900/Pages/introduction.aspx#a David, this is a great resource with lists and

Ancestry partnered with the USC Shoah Foundation to release 50,000 Holocaust records, to be placed in a searchable database, but some survivor families do not want their histories public. The

YOAV ARAN Shalom friends, I am writing to request a Russian translation, in whole or in part, of the attached document. It is a report of the Soviet Extraordinary investigation commission, on

I've posted a small portion of a Yizkor book (about the Baron Hirsch School) in Hebrew for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following