I just learned why my research for LOBEL in Roman, Romania dead-ended. The name LOBEL that my uncle assured me always had been Lobel, was not accurate. E.G., mostly it was first name and then son of

"He matches me at 234cM total, with 10 matching segments, high enough not to be significantly influenced by endogamy" I have a match, 450+ cM, who is no way we can determine related to me. Her

Is anyone familiar with the given name, “Mecie”? Is it a male or female name? Is it a diminutive? Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine Researching: SECHESTOWER (or variations), THAU,

Does anyone know how to find death records from Baku in the 1920's. There does not seem to be much out there about Ajerbijan.

I left France from Barcelona to Lisbon and eventualy New York in August 1941 -- Pierre M Hahn, San Francisco

I am writing a book about my grandfather Lewis Ziff born in 1902 in Edinburgh. His sister Sarah Ziff, born 1898 in Edinburgh nicknamed Sadie married the British amatuer golf champion Charlie Abrams

For Ukraine, one way is to go to the Ukraine Research Division. There is a map showing the various gubernias. Click on one and you'll see a map of the gubernia and a list of the districts and main

Dear Helen, read this article about Gottesmans of Mukachevo, Munkács in correct Hungarian. http://dna.reinyday.com/gottesman/lines.html Klári

Wendy, Did he naturalize? Sometimes a name change occurred at time of naturalization, and was noted on the nat papers. I believe that many people that chose to change their names did not bother with

Barbara, Is this your Louis on the 1930 federal census? Regards, Sherri Bobish Princeton, NJ 1930 census Name:Louis SloniniskyBirth Year:abt

Hello Jewish Genners, I am re-posting 2 vital records (one death record and a marriage record) in Polish for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following

Thank you for your excellent guidance - that is great. However, I have a problem. Is the URL you gavecorrect? I get :- I use FireFox 99% of the time David

Wendy, I assume that you are referring to Joseph Kirshman. As you observed, he appears with that name in all documents in the US, such as the 1930 census. People were free to be known by whatever

Your kind offer is greatly appreciated, Mark. I recently found a treasure trove of letters (1932-39) written to my late father from his parents. Several were from his father, Wolf Aron “Wilhelm”

Have you looked for Lazarus (Eleazar) Finkelstein in old city directories? Is there an address of last residence on his death cert? You can find that address on the 1910 federal census, and hope that

One must remember most headstones were not composed by the deceased, the person ordering the stone may not know the official name. Especially if not family. But even family, my father's cousin told

High on my Ancestry DNA match list, there is a young man who I do not know and cannot identify, and has not yet responded to me. Here is what I know about him. He matches me at 234cM total, with 10

One thing that has just become clear to me is that a lot of the difficulties of JewishGen users with Geni may be due to a language problem. Geni was historically run to a great extent by German

For some time I have been researching my husband's cousin's family (Werner and Eisenhandler). The family lived for a time in Nowe Miasto and Ulanov before settling in Vienna. I have been told about

Victoria Hen was murdered while she worked at the El Al counter at the Los Angeles airport in 2002. There is a memorial to Vicki and her El Al colleague who was also murdered by an Egyptian male.