I'm researching my Schiff family from Slutsk and have come across the name Sashe Kazofsky, Sophie Rosafsky and Hade Asofsky. Zalman Schiff born circa 1852 has a death record listing Hade Asofsky as

Please help with the translation of the following records: Thank you for helping me with my family research.

Hello Friends! I've posted a photo for which I would like someone to identify the uniform and give me any information about the tapestry in the background. It is on ViewMate at the following

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Polish I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Hello Friends! I've posted the back of a photograph for which I need a translation. I've been told that it is Yiddish, but written in Cyrillic alphabet. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Hello everyone, I've posted 4 vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Birth Record of Sender WAJSBLECH:

Dear Friends, I wonder if anyone has any expertise that would shed light on what seems like a very odd situation. I had never known the given name(s) of my great grandfather until a few months

My mother and her parents were listed as naturalized in the 1930 and 1940 Census. I was told that based on the Cable Act of 1922, all women naturalized after the law became effective needed to be

If you don't mind hearing a perspective from the other side of the fence, I'm having problems getting information from relatives that would help fill in branches of our family tree. I've recently

Dear JewishGeners, Belarus SIG is continuing with the translations of the Grodnenskie Gubernskie 1912 Duma Lists and we are looking for volunteers. If you have some experience transliterating

Thanks. Not sure what to do with this info, but I'll work on it. Do you have any history of Nathaniel? -- Alan Klein

Michael, very interesting! I am wondering about the Moritz side of yout family. My 2nd great grandmother Margaretha Schiff (born Metzger) had a sister, Regine, who married Hermann Moritz in or

Hi I understand that Morpurgo was the surname of Michael Morpurgo's stepfather. If anyone is searching that name they should check out the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. That name appears on some

In the dictionary there are four meanings of "gis" the same as for "b-i-l" May be in Germany they had some other ??? Josef Ash

My mother's maternal grandfather apparently didn't have much to do with his birth family -- he moved to the Rhineland from the Hesse region-- but via DNA, I found that his sister had married and had

The link is much appreciated! I studied Russian rather than Ukrainian, but I'm finding the website pretty understandable. Kahan is yet another variant I'm trying. Pronunciation of Cyrillic Г varies

Hi Apologies for a long post - I'm trying to search for my great aunt daughters descendants and have hit a brick wall so hoping this group can help. Here's what I know... my great aunt was Sarah

Kagan is a common surname. It is the Russian version of Cohen. As far as Zvenigorodka is concerned, Alex Krakovski has posted a number of records scans on his wiki site at

The voter database is on JewishGen. I worked on the translation a number of years ago. For example, if you search for Zvenigorodka on JewishGen, you'll see that there are 1925 listings in the Kiev

Thank you, that is fascinating. I'm trying to understand the purpose - would the intentional twisting of the author's name for the title have been done to reflect some honorific title? I cant imagine