While it was not common for individual Polish Jewish families to have a coat of arms, it was very common for Polish cities to have coats of arm. Certainly for the all of the large cities, many of the

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Three or, possibly, four Friedson brothers (Chontze, Solomon, Alexander and Hyman) emigrated from Motol/Motal/Motele Belarus in the 1910's. They lived in several towns in western Massachusetts,

Hi Everyone, We only know grandfather as Max Samuel, born Latvia February 1874, we don't know if the family name was different, we only have information from 1895 when he left libau/Leipaja to come

COUPON issued by Kiev Gouvernor on November 30, 1905 #7468 to the petty bourgeous Mojshe-Lejb Avrumovuch (=s/o Avrum) MAZUR with children: Khaya 22 yo and Khava 16 yo the rubber stamp "Jan 28, 1906

Hi. I do not know a researcher, but would appreciate if you share any information on Galati! I also have family from this area and would love to find someone who can go to the Archive. I am also

Two distant cousins, Max and Morris Harry Wein, moves to N. Adams in the early 20th century. Their family had immigrated from Eishyshok and Lida in the 1890’s to Port Chester, NY.

Can it be "KITZE" or Kittsee or Köpcsény? It had a and old Jewish

Hi All, I used to get 10-12 message digests of this discussion boards posts, but - apparently since changing to the "Daily Summary" setting for receiving posts, I can no longer see how to "like" a

Mom's maternal grandparents both from Galicia, Dad and family from Minsk. In both families, it was the women who did the cooking - and probably got the recipes from their mothers. Lakes were a rather

Trying to decipher the last residence of the family in lines 11-14. See image. Thanks

Moishe, There's a "friends of" website for the cemetery: https://www.budapestjewishcemetery.com/ Google gives contact information for the cemetery as: Address: Budapest, Kozma u. 6, 1108

I was very grateful to receive a translation of Yiddish handwriting on a postcard I recently posted to ViewMate, but one expression is still puzzling me: "simonia

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on August 18, 2020, that a Camille Pissarro painting a Jewish woman traded to the Nazis to escape the Holocaust in 1939 may remain the

Barbara is absolutely right in general -- but heraldry (and nobility) in Poland is Weird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldic_clan Short version: in Poland, coats of arms were often granted to

I tried using Safari, Chrome and Firefox, all on my iPhone SE. The same problem occurred with all. I will try with my PC shortly.

There is definitely an ohel for the Shotzer Rebbe at the Enfield cemetery. There are photos and descriptions of it on the web, e.g.

Susie, I sent a message to you today, but I don’t see it in this thread. Did you receive one from me? Jan Enns

Dzvynyach, Ukraine 48°45' N 24°25' E 297 miles WSW of Kyyiv Dzvynyach [Ukr], Dźwiniacz [Pol], Zviniatch [Yid], Dzvinyach [Rus], Dzvynjac, Zvinyach, Dzwiniacz bei Solotwina

My grandfather was born in Dzwiniacka, Ukraine and birth was registered in nearby Mielnica