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Join us this week at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) 40th Anniversary Conference on Jewish Genealogy! The excitement begins Monday, August 10th and runs

And, of course, the one established by those same GALs/Celts in Asia Minor, still there when Saul/Paul (“a Hebrew’s Hebrew”) sent his “Epistle to the Galatians.” --Frank Schulaner,

Sosche or Soske is to my knowledge another name for Sara.

Hi Jim Did you do y chromosome? Were you descended on the maternal or paternal side? Val Ginzburg

Zeev I am interested to know about Chen vs Gen' connection. Also, Ginzburg connection.

My cousin mentioned that we are related to a GELBENDORF family which had a branch in Montreal. The ones he met many years ago would be in their early 100 y.o. so presumably they would not be live

Max Heffler wrote: ...but adding citations to it is well-nigh impossible, at least in the non-Flash interface. For links, it auto-generates an image which cannot be edited, which means that all FS

Dear Genners, Sosche TOBIAS arrived 13 Jun 1943 in NYC from Hamburg on the Vaterland. https://www.tinyurl.com/y5lqwd78, line 1. There is a notation on the manifest: 2-122347?, I think, if I am

I have been researching my father’s side of the family, last name “Sternberg”. My father, Joseph, and most of his siblings were born in Bucharesti, but his oldest brother Daniel, known as Nilu,

I don't really expect an answer but I will give it a try. I am helping a friend with her tree and one last name for a relative from Ukraine is Prince also spelled Printz. The name was changed from

Did you do your DNA y-chromosome? There are many Ginzburg but only some of them are related. It would be interesting to see if we share a relationship. I found out that I belong to the same ancestor

could someone post a link to 'Toldot mishpachat Ginzburg' 'Mesbuchan of Pressee, Augsburg ' Does any one know if they were translated to English? Thank you Val

Join us this week at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) 40th Anniversary Conference on Jewish Genealogy! The excitement begins Monday, August 10th and runs through

oops. Meant to respond to your question... Sosha could be Susan, like me.. Or Sadie as someone said. My great grandmother's name had nothing to do with this Yiddish name. Her name was Magdolna

Thanks Judy. I will follow these up. What is MCSE? BARBARA

My name was written in Hungarian by my great uncle on a family tree. Szosa (after my great grandmother Szosa Laya). But they all prounounced it Sossa or Sussa. My name in English is Susan (eg

Barbara... My name was written in Hungarian by my great uncle on a family tree. Szosa (after my great grandmother Szosa Laya). But they all prounounced it Sossa or Sussa. My name in English is

No, I don't think Shosche is Sora. Is it in Beider's dictionary? I never heard this. My name is Szosa laya. My dad pronounced it Sossa. (It was written in Hungarian. Named after my ggm SZosa

My grandmother’s Yiddish name was Soshe and was known as Sadie in the US. I still have not been able to find her manifest entering the US in or around 1907. Her maiden name was MOSKOWITZ or