I’ve never even seen a manifest on MH.

I don’t have enough facts about my ancestors or even my original surname. It certainly was not Love in the Pale. So, the wide net that you seem to really dislike can be helpful to people with

The Israeli element drives me crazy. The app is always switching to Hebrew.

I need translation of the Russian records from Lomza Poland. They are two marriage records and three death records. The full translation is not needed. On most of the records I only need the date

I use wikitree for my main tree. One of the problems I have with other sites, as previously mentioned, is that references are not required, so someone can repeat their family lore as if it were known

#USA #jgs-iajgs Introducing the newly-launched JewishGen U.S. Research Division - focusing on all time periods 1654 - present! Collaborating with JOWBR, the Memorial Plaques Database Project,

Family Tree Maker is not free, but I have found it to be excellent, stable and comprehensive--and inexpensive. It is priced at $80, but does not have to be renewed annually. (I still use FTM 2017.)

In addition to what I said before about Ancestry and My Heritage feeding data from my own tree back to me, I have found most of their “record match” emails useless because if you have been on

I am requesting a translation of Russian census records 1882. Please respond using the Viewmate online

My family name is Hantz and they came from Hungary and were Jewish. I have been hitting roadblocks in my research. A huge dead end.

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