Chuck, I am interested in your topic and will be at the virtual conference. Which day and time is your software talk? Thank you. Jan Enns

Susan, The naturalization records are available for viewing on FamilySearch. See these collections: Eastern District NY (1865-1958): https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/988724 Southern

That may be, although Alexander Beider, in Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire (rev. ed.), says it means "hawker" or "peddler." David

Minnie, There are databases on-line of incoming passenger manifests for many U.S. ports. A manifest from 1882 will likely have no other info than a person's name and name of country of origin.

-- Yes, mother's maiden name left blank on my great uncles death certificates. :( Raylene Gurewich Port Jefferson Station, NY

Susan, I hope you are doing well. I can answer #2. You can see many of the naturalization images online. You might want to review this page: http://www.jgsob.org/KingsNY-naturalizations.html

Marriage licenses 1950 on are held by the City Clerk and are public after 50 years. Debra Braverman

Jessica Skippon is 100 percent correct. In the 1950s NYC began putting up a lot of public housing complexes and in the process truncated or eliminated entire blocks of streets. If you Google "30

I think they are available if you physically go to an LDS Family History Center. stevemorse.org had links that are supposed to work in a family history center.

MyHeritage definitely has some information that is not at Ancestry or FamilySearch. One that I know is that the Ellis Island arrival manifests include in their index the name of the person that the

The exact meaning of this surname is en epenthesis of the surname Korb which is a german word for basket. Now, "belnik" is a yiddish suffix for a person´s occupation. Therefore, the epenthesis occurs

Rifkeh (רבקה) is actually Rebecca in Hebrew and probably Yiddish. The parents probably preferred Rose.

hello, is there a way to find a list of ship names/manifests for arrivals of Yiddish speakers from Russia? My husband's great-grandfather, Israel Divac arrived in 1882 and the 1920 census for

Risha in Russian

I should know the answer to these two questions, but am floundering. 1. Is there any way to see death certificates, not indexes, after 1948-49 for NYC and Brooklyn online. I seek one for 1969 in

Can somebody help me to find the birth certificate of MODLINGER ( may be another name) Israel Jacob, born on 5th December 1906 at Przemsyl (Poland) from Shraga and Miriam ? And if possible, a

The name change idea was perpetuated in the Godfather movie. Vito says to the immigration agent "I am Vito Andolini from Corleone" and the agent writes down Vito Corleone. Many families changed

My grandmother came from Mihaileni in Romania. According to Wikipedia there are several different towns called Mihaileni I would like to know how to find out which town is the right one. Her

Hello all-- When my great grandmother from Kornitsa brought her children to America in 1895 they came on a ship from Hamburg. The passenger list employs Yiddish names with unusual,

I tried to answer this question about possible fatal accidents your "cutter" ancestor might have suffered earlier but the moderator misunderstood my reference to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and