The husband of Ala Gamulka, who has translated many Yizkor books for JewishGen, has passed away. He was born in Kovel, grew up in Rokitno, and survived the war by hiding out in the forest with his

Town Ros' in Volkovysk uyezd, Grodno Gubernia

Fomin family lived in Kolyshki, a small village near Vitebsk: http://www.angelfire.com/ms2/belaroots/kolyshki.htm one of famous Fomins was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yefim_Fomin

I have posted 3 vital records in German for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83462

Hello. If anyone has a copy of Alexander Beider's Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire I would be so grateful if you could search for the name MESCHMAR or MYSHMAR. My father's family

I am also rather new to this and not to successful. My grand father was Oscar Aron Weinstein his wife was Rochel Yetta Skora Weinstein (Possibly SHmuckler. My grandfather was from the Poland but moved

Thank you Allan for the thorough and entertaining information. One more question: is there an index of NYC Death Certificates for the years 1949-1968 (or any sub-period within that time frame)? Thanks

Sherri, No, their mother was dead, and the father could not come to US, was already sent back in 1923 before they were born for a heart murmur. I am hoping to find a marriage record, then maybe I can

Thanks to all for the leads. It seems access to NYC DCs from 1949-1968 is in the courts since 2019. I just donated $25 to the cause. This is a travesty for NYC which is way behind the rest of NY State

I think there is confusion in that many MyHeritage trees were entered in Hebrew and thus it presents them as entered. It does not change any local settings.

Thank you, Rollie. That is especially interesting because she also lived in the 17th century, and from the surname Weber I would guess it was the German-speaking part of Switzerland.

Check your settings as my subscription has never switched from English to anything else

Geni is owned by My Heritage. My Heritage is owned by an Israeli company. Geni is for those researchers who admire the concept of a World Tree of all people who have a name. Many comments above speak

Ancestry owns Family Tree Maker and no longer supports any problems

Another benefit I have found from using geni, MyHeritage and Ancestry are photos. Many times an individual’s photo will appear on only one of the sites. -- Web sites I manage - Personal home page,

Hi The death certificates are locked away at the Health Department only available to direct family members. Depends on what years you are looking for on the naturalization but a lot of them are on

-----Original Message----- From: Adam Cherson <adam.cherson@...> What is the status of the 1949 records, which I believe are now public records due to the passage of time. Are they available on

From: Barbara Ellman <ellmanb@...> This is incorrect information. Marriage licenses were and still are issued by the City Clerk in New York City at the Marriage Bureau. They hold the licenses from

Hi, Trying to send pictures through the email. Thanks for the detailed answer! I do have a specific date of birth for one of the family members, but i couldn't locate him in those books. I attached 2

Rollie Stamps ID#51898 I have an Apollonia Weber 1615-1649, from Switzerland. No other information.