VM84858 In Russian: Состоялось в городе Лублин 13-го (25-го) октября 1874 года в 6 часов вечера. Явились евреи Тобиаш

VM84857 In Russian: Состоялось в городе Лублин 13-го (25-го) октября 1874 года в 10 часов вечера. Явился еврей Вольф

The attached text is from the 1834 revision list and has data on my gr-gr-grandfather Elias (Elihu) Seligson (b.abt 1808), who was registered in Tukums but probably resided in Liepaja. I would

First question: My wife's grandmother came to the US in or around 1915 when she was less than 18 years old (the story is she lied about her age to get here). Her parents did not come with her, but I

VM84855 In Russian: Состоялось в городе Лублин 11-го (23-го) октября 1889 года в 8 часов вечера. Явился еврей Вольф

I would really appreciate some help in pinning down the birth record for Katalin Grunbaum, married name Groszmann, from Csitar in Nograd. Her children were born in Lucenec/Losonc from the 1890s so I

The JOWBR page on the Jones Avenue Cemetery in Toronto appears to claim that JOWBR records 379 burials and 357 photographs in the Goel Tzedec half of the cemetery. But I can't seem to find any photos

VM83704 In Russian: 147. Состоялось в городе Лублин 19-го апреля (1-го мая) 1873 года в 4 часа по полудни явились еврей

Where is Mempsi? Lithuania or Russia? On a Naturalization petition document a relative is clearly listing a place of birth as "Mempsi" Russia. I was not able to date find any location by this name

You may wish to contact Jewish Tour (jewish-tour.com) a reliable, established firm based in Minsk which offers an economical in-depth genealogical service as well as heritage tours. They have a

Ricardo: Besarabia being in the Russian empire, the first problem they probably had was to leave it. If they had a passport, that would be easy, but it was difficult and expensive to get a passport.

I discovered this week that there were Hungarian Jews that were descendants from the Spanish Inquisition I wonder if that can be a source of the practice you describe. Judith Grunfeld Shamian

Dear Ronnie I have received the death act for Arlette Brandchaft. I will scan it for you tomorrow We learn the names of the parents, and the husband -- Regards,

Hello! Please translate the Russian to English. I believe this is the marriage record of Ovsey Pilvinsky to Asna Farber in September 1897. Can you please confirm the parent's names of both the bride

ViewMate translation request - Yiddish translation of a postcard Hello all, I request a translation of the Yiddish text on a postcard. It is on ViewMate at the following

I'm wondering how to account for religiously observant Jews conferring the name of a living father upon a newborn son in Hungary in the mid-1800's. In that regard, I was surprised to learn that both

Just FYI - the document is in Yiddish, not Hebrew. Glenda Rubin SF Bay Area -- ========================================= Glenda Rubin San Francisco Bay Area Researching: STRYZEWSKI, STRAUSS,

I've posted a two vital records from JRI Poland, in Polish (I think) for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

I have posted vital records in Russian from Lomza Poland that need translation. There are four birth records and one Marriage record all from the Lampart family. I have posted the links

Thanks, unfortunately, my links are going to the wrong documents. So you have translated a document that isn't mine. If there's a way for you to figure out who posted the item you translated, you