Hi Neil: I have replied all your messages searching for the Avigdor family. I can help with the epitaph picture. Please send details Alex

Looking for help in translating birth record from Jaworow of 1898. I can send the document as an email attachment.

Hi, Is it perhaps the name Mechie? Diminutive for Mechel?

Silos, like grain storage, stand alone and separate. Since there are so many versions out there, the data is all over the place. I have people that have copied my tree at points in time, which I do

Does My Heritage retain the photos or have rights to use them after these programs are used? Or can they be deleted from their servers? Thabk tou.

JoAnne...What does siloed mean? I started many family branches on my Ancestry tree but realized it was cumbersome. Then I made ONE whole tree (otherwise I was adding photos and info to several cross

Marcel...how do i share my tree in a pdf? Parts of the tree? You never just send an invite even so they can be a "guest">? By the way, I have a relative who mixes up stuff on her tree too so

I meant anything _BELOW_ a total of 200 cM is tricky…

I have found 200 cM to be a pretty good demarcation for connecting. Anything above is trickly if not common names and/or locations. Anything above is relatively easy. Since I manage over 35 tests

A cutter in NYC was usually a fabric cutter, following a pattern to make garments - in your case gloves. But in Eastern Europe, someone may have been a grain cutter, making Kasha or even flour. Sally

Thank you, I have several LOBEL and LEIBOVICI in my family. The LEIBOVICI are from Botosani, some of the LOBEL from Barlad. Also some LÖBEL from Hertza. mikec@... New Jersey

Facts (and fiction) cannot be controlled so either accurate or inaccurate information will eventually end up online and I prefer it to be accurate.

I can't find it. Is it possible that he used another name? Do you know if he traveled with anyone? Parents? Cousins? Siblings? He was only 10 or 11.

Steve, even if you drop the matter, it will come back every so often to haunt you. How do you know the contact information is current and correct? Did you find him in more than one place and did

I'm currently working on no fewer than three such mysteries in my own DNA results. One is definitely an adoptee (the person mentioned the circumstances of his adoption in his AncestryDNA profile); the

I received a direct email inquiry asking whether Meir Zurich d.1345 (mentioned below) was from the Swiss city of Zurich. Since others might also be wondering, I reproduce my reply herewith: I have

I would appreciate any assistance in translation of the attached document : Testimony 301-4873; Jewish Historical Institute Archives which contains information about Mila 18 in 1943. This testimony

You are misreading the inscription. Not 'harabeinu' but 'harabani' meaning rabbi-like. i.e a person well learned in religious text, but not an official rabbi. Not 'minh' but 'mo[reinu]' which is

You describe him as a young man, so perhaps his parents are alive? He appears to be 1/4 European Jewish, which means either his mother or his father is 1/2 European Jewish. Perhaps his half-Jewish

I am in a similar situation where I found a match with over 500 cMs and none of the names match. I have been at this for almost a year and also constructed a separate tree to do my research.