Judith, My family is from Iasi, Romania, In the 19th century, they used patronymics as surnames, e.g. Isaac son of Abraham, Jacob son of Isaac. Perhaps occasionally, the "son of" part was

I have been unable to locate any information about this shtetl. Some have suggested Kosow (with spelling variations) On the excerpts from two ship's manifest pages I have attached it sure look like

In one record from Kovel that a researcher found for me my great grandfather Itzhak David appeared as Izhuk

I started with Ancestry and later subscribed to MyHeritage. Sometimes, I'll find something on My Heritage that I didn't find on Ancestry (although it may have been there and I missed it). But there's

It is not considered appropriate to call attention to the conversion status of a Jew by using the Avinu (or Imeinu). At this point in time, he/she is a Jew and the status should not be questioned.

The only Jacob Cohen Bessie born in Amsterdam between 1833 and 1852 was born 28 January 1847 in Amsterdam but died 2 years later. There were Cohen Bessies born elsewhere (e.g. Haarlem) but I haven't

Pablo, I think at the most you can tell that you do not know if these families are related... I just found in my family book Lebedinskiy, who lived in Moldova, and I think I was on a wedding in that

Hi Aviv, Everything Sylvia has said is right. My own experience has been that sometimes something is possible through personal contact with local officials in the Archives, especially if you are from

Hi Jeri, I would suggest using "GenoPro", very easy to use and easily downloadable from the internet. As far as I see from having using it for many years, I can reply to your questions as follows: It

The language is Romanian written in cyrillic script. Same as in the Catagrafii found at the Iasi National Archives. Luc Radu Great Neck, NY

It may well be due to Spanish influences. After the banishment of Jews from Spain, many went to Eastern Europe and many other parts of the World. In Spain under the Inquisition, in order to preserve

That's a really good question that I'm beginning to ask myself. I don't like MH way of being unable to give a straight answer to the subscription rates. That's because there's always an offer. So

I was very interested to see that your possibly Jewish grandfather's mother was named Apollonia. I have a 7th great grandmother, Apollonia Israel, born in Bassenheim, Germany c. 1655. The surname

I have used Ancestry for a very long time and MH more recently. In truth I do not think MH adds very much and at my next renewal, I shall cancel. The problem that we all have is the plethora of sites,

Hi, When I had friends visiting here in Israel from France and they had done tests via MyHeritage, they wanted to show me their results. They tried to enter their MyHeritage results but to no

About two weeks ago I finally gave in and bought a Complete package. So far, no benefit and I am searching the web for ways of using it. When I search for information on a particular person, it gives

Great program! Will the conferences be recorded and available afterwards?

right and adding to that, he was a watchmaker indeed. and Szentes is bordering Nagy-geres Jonas had a son Fulop who came to the US

On Sunday, August 2 at 7 pm Israel time (noon EDT) Rose Feldman will present: Educational Institutions as Genealogy Resources Today we take education for granted, but it wasn't always that way. To

A person I knew named Rose had a Yiddish name Rifkeh. Another was named Raizel. Perhaps Ruzzeh might be another version. Eleanor Richmond