I'm aware of this, and you have a right to accept that at face value. For the record, I do. But I also know that there are a lot of Jews who would *not* be okay with that, and suggesting to

What do you mean, Lisa? Are you worried about posthumous baptism? The purpose is to ensure that ancestors can join church members in the afterlife. Individual Mormons submit to the church the names of

Surely the thread 'Back and forth to Russia' should be forwarded to all the genealogy sites we've been evaluating, to show that there is demand for passenger manifests for ships going eastward

I have two questions re the Russian Census 1897. 1. Unless someone tells me otherwise, can I assume that the Russian census 1897 includes that part of Poland known variously as 'The Kingdom of

In addition those listed below, the 1897 Russian Census survived for many towns in the proximity of the city of Łomża. There are more than 14,000 entries in this source. These are searchable

I received a lot of images of Kiev and Vinnitsia records from https://jewua.info/jewish-genealogy-search-at-ukraine/ I think you can sign up and do some basic searches for free. Then if you pay they

Ella there is an entire wiki page posted by Alex Krakovsky for the 1897 census from the Kiev province at

Hello, I am researching my husband's maternal family who immigrated to New Haven (and surrounding areas), Connecticut in the 1890s and remained for several generations. Anyone have suggestions

From my collection of births in parts of Slovakia, somewhat south of Galicia, Slawa, written in Hebrew letters as either, סלאווא or סלאווע appears to have been a given "holy name" for

I can only help you because I found the manifest elsewhere, the image you uploaded is illegible.... Column 2 (Given Name) for the daughter: Chawe Column 6 (Calling or Occupation) again for the

SS Kursk from Libau arrived NY March 16, 1914. Ancestry.com image 79 They are passengers #20 and #21 on the manifest, Group 13. Daughter's name is Chawe (W is pronounced V ) She is a

I agree that the book by Martin Watts is very good. My grandfather, Abraham Tattenbaum who was born in Newcastle, joined HM Forces in early 1917. He was accepted for service in the 15th Battalion,

Amusing story. About 15 years ago went looking for Mt Lebanon Cemetery and drove in via Har Zion without knowing it. Found connecting road to Mt Lebanon, found my family plots. Went to office to

Is anyone very familiar with this book? The index to the original, by a Herbert Lazerow, is available (the NYPL has kindly sent me the pages I am interested in) , but I am wondering if the

In answer to Beverly's question, LitvakSIG, which is an independent organization whose database and discussion group are hosted by JewishGen, still continues to have its discussion group on the Lyris

Sherri, I have just found another Eliane HIRSCHFELD, that arrived in the same year, 1940, but in August instead of April. She came with her family, father Oscar, born Frastal ? Hungary, mother,

I believe that my maternal ggrandmother Paulina MARCUS is buried in the Timisoara, Romania, cemetery on Celea Sever Bocu (seen on JOWBR). Comments give the source as CET register Vol_2 REG_1 Page 78.

Hello Perry, That's an interesting bit about children taking their mother's name. I know that often to distinguish between cousins of the same name, probably named after the same recently deceased

Many Russian names end with -slav. For example the two famous musicians Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rastropovich. Slava is a short form for any of these. Shay Meyer, Rehovot, Israel.

I've done the free trial at Ancestry, and also MyHeritage, and various streaming services. I've never felt that it wasn't made clear that at the end of the free trial, I would be charged for a