I am building a list of townspeople for my Kehilalinks page online and would appreciate any suggestions as to the most effective method of organization. I do not just want an alphabetic surname

Someone asked me offlist what was on the other side of the postcard. It's a portrait photo of the man who wrote the message on the card, taken probably ca. 1920. David

Thank you for this. Yes I've used it. I am coming back to my research after about 15 years and I was wondering what newer books and/or articles have been published. I studied and wrote about Nehemiah

I suspect this acknowledges the move from one town to another, suggesting that the taxing authority of the first town was no longer in effect. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

Stephen, by the suffix of the name, -ovich, I'm sure is comes from Russia This suffix is translated as "son of": Ivanovich - s/o Ivan, Abramovich - s/o Abram, Yerukamovich - s/o Yerukam (by the way

I have just stumbled upon a website called Jewish Roots which is a Russian website. Is anyone familiar with this website and have they used it? If so, any guidance in using it. Bonnie

FamilySearch uses volunteer indexers and a two level system. The same data is indexed by two different people. The two results are compared, word by word. Any difference is highlighted and a

Try to read the question again. He asked about the place of BIRTH.

Yes please! Would love the recipe for Kugel. I always love to learn a new way to make a dish.

I'm looking for info about my grandfather's Ukraine family. Naftola Marantz was Born in Odessa in 1872. Father was Schea Joshua Marantz. He was from a large family but can't find any records. Had

One reason may be the indexer misread the entry. Try to find others on the same pa via Ancestry and you may also find your relative. Each service seems to use their own indexers. My grandparents were

I'm trying to find a copy of Volume II of the 3rd edition (currently in publication) of Neil Rosenstein's The Unbroken Chain. Unfortunately, all libraries in my area are still closed, and so I can't

Can you one please assist in obtaining a birth certificate for my uncle, Abram Isser Miller, born on March 18. 1907? He was born in Naruszewo, Poland or Russia. I'm trying to help my cousin, his

Dear Bernard Thanks for your detailed anwser being French I am familiar with those data. further to your email I found some more data on the jews in charleville meziere but nothing

If you go through the Jewish Journal link to Holy Silence it works. I was the original poster and posted before I tried the direct link, but was able to watch the film going through the JJ link

Family rumour has it that my great great grandmother, Gittle ABRAMOWITZ married (second marriage for both) a British widower by the name of Isaac LAZAROFF (spelling ? no records). This LAZAROFF

Need a better quality image. If you have, please put into your message. Yefim

Dear Barry, I think it's of great interest to those who are interested in the origins of the Hope Place Synagogue and the people involved in it at the time. Not sure it gives a big insight into the

I would also go for Jurbarkas / Yurberg or Yurburg. It's circumstantial, but supportive, that her husband's birthplace is given as "Shellel". Šilalė, the Yiddish for which JG TownFinder gives as

The Naturalization papers for both Jacob and Molly Novick can be found on Ancestry.com. Both say that home town is Ekatrainslav, (Ekatrinoslav) Russia. Today is Dnipro in Ukraine.