I've been searching Ancestry for the record of my late grandmother's second marriage. I found the record of her first marriage easily. But there is nothing under her name (Sarah Zimmer) (maiden name

Hello The school was Gimnazjum żeńskie Janiny Pryssewiczówny located at ul. Sienkiewicza 35 (in the year 1923). (Pryssewiczowna's Girls Gimnasium) http://genealogyindexer.org/frame/d1335/207

I vote for Rauchlese. Blowing up the image, it's clearly an "e" after the "l". There's no serif sticking up from the blob that is the last letter, so I don't think it's an "s"

It's an affidavit saying David FRANKFURTER, son of married couple Josef L. FRANKFURTER and Kati KOLMAN, was born "here" (in Galanta) in 1848 in wedlock.

My grandfather's grandfather Joel Meir CHAIKIN had a sister supposedly living in the same town where Joel's friend Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerusalemsky. In a letter which was sent by Joel from Jaffa in

You might enjoy the memoir, The Forgetting River, by D. Carvajal, a (Catholic) who learned her family's history back to the Inquisition... until now. Unfortunately, her book does not have an index, so

Hello, As an Historian, I am conducting researches upon Jews from Russia, Ukraina and Poland who emigrated toward Paris at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th one. I did have

An here's one more link to a resource that may be helpful on all manner of Jewish communal groups in NYC in the early 20th

I found a photo of a tombstone of one of my ancestors. She was called Hudya bat Tzudek HaKohen Friedman, and she died on 16 Sivan 5664 (April 1, 1904). Unfortunately, the photo is not of good quality,

Dear Group, Would anyone have experience obtaining tombstone and cemetery information from Budapest, Hungary? My aunt, Teraizah/Alice Jurowicz died at 3 months, in Feb 1933, as per her attached Death

Yes... tailoring was a typical profession for Jews who arrived in Britain from Eastern Europe (my grandparents included). Related specialisms included cutter, trimmer, presser, finisher, machinist. As

There is a treasure trove of information about "landsmanshaftn (a mutual aid society, benefit society, or hometown society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region)" at Center for

My grandfather was killed in a work-related accident in Vitebsk. He was run over by a truck backing up at the factory.

Thank you Jeff. I am researching my ancestor Melech Blones who was also a member of the Ghetto resistance fighting group and died in the Mila 18 bunker. Please share this document when it is

I am also originally from Providence, Rhode Island, and my paternal great grandmother Hinda was a Silverman (or Zilberman). She immigrated from Letychiv (Ladyzhin), Russia, now Ukraine, to Providence

My Brodsky g-g-gf was a Kohen. Any Brodsky Kohanim out there? -- Ken Ryesky Petach Tikva, ISRAEL -- Ken Ryesky, Petach Tikva, Israel kenneth.ryesky@...

I had a great aunt called Mechcia - also known as Mechce. Ruth Bloomfield London

Congratulations Gary! Well-deserved!

I believe it means "From the town of Brody."

I've posted (for Sandra Krisch) some vital records in Russian for which she needs a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses