The 1908 Odessa births are visible in the index posted at https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B8/%D0%94%D0%90%D0%9E%D0%9E/39/6 but some haven't been uploaded yet. As

Looking for any information on the family of Velvel BLUMSTEIN and wife Fiege, formerly of Goworowo, Poland. Per the Yizkor book, the town was burned to include all the historical and vital records in

If it accurately translates to a fortune teller or soothsayer as an ancestor's profession it could be that the family wasn't very knowledgeable or observant of Jewish law. An opposing possibility

I suggest that you contact the Israel Genealogy Society - someone there may be able to helop you. -- Avivah R. Z. Pinski , near Philadelphia, USA

This is a long shot, but some of the boat records include the name and address of where the person was going. You would have to look through a lot of records, but you might find your family name

A cutter is a person in the garment factory that uses a large cutting machine of a large, stacked fabric.

Hello Fellow Researchers, I have posted Viewmate 83148. This is the 1906 Death of Ruchel Leie Seidenfeld nee Reiter, in Munkacz (Mukachevo), Ukraine. This is going to be of interest to anyone

Thanks to all of you! I had the child’s death certificate information but never considered that the parents’ information would seem to be presented as the subjects of the death certificate rather

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Unfortunately, when I contacted them not long ago, they seemed to have little knowledge of the history of their school, let alone any historical records. Thank you for your suggestion.

Looking for my grandfather Born 1902 in Vienna Austria his name Rupert Lipot don't have birth certificate .His mother put him to hungary's border and left him their, grow up in Debrecen orphanage

I am trying to understand the situation. Are you saying that there are two men, who you think are brothers, one of whom has the last name Shames and the other Soloveichik? This seems very unusual,

Thank you for responding, Amybeth. I have heard of the famous composer, but I do not think we are related. I am in touch with California Shainskys, including the name you mentioned. I could not

Phil, What year did this happen? Have you obtained the death certificate to see the medical cause? My grandfather was a cutter. I can imagine lots of things that could have happened. Before

Thanks for your offer to help, Chuck. We are all from Belaya Tserkov, as far as I know. This is referred to repeatedly in the ship manifests, old photos, correspondence. I have envelopes with the

My fourth-great-grandfather was Movsha Shames, and Lithuanian records indicate that his brother was Meyer Soloveitchik - part of the rabbinic dynasty. One of Meyer’s brothers was Moshe Soloveitchik,

Hello all, Looking for these surnames. Hatschek (Hungary), Schwartz from Herend, Hungary, Valdhauser (Waldhauser) Hungary Also any possible families of Ede Berger and Esther Berger of Csenger or

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Phil, It may help to determine how "cutting" was done. If it was a single piece of cloth, cut with a pair of scissors, it's hard to identify fatal scenarios. If we're talking multiple layers cut