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.

A lot of Finkelsteins from Suwalki gubernia (of which Mariampole is part) went to Sheffield, UK, and elsewhere in N.England in the 1860s/1870s. Some changed their name to Stone. My Guttenberg (later

The obvious solution is the ScotlandsPeople website which has the Scottish BMD and census records. The marriages go up to the 1930's I think. I have Edinburgh ancestors and Manchester Abrams

IGRA (Israel Genealogy Research Association) has posted a new article on its website, - “The Jews of Lebanon: History and Records” by Alain Farhi In this article, Alain Farhi discusses the

Hi Neil, I believe it is Wola Solecka, a colony in the gmina of Lipsko. There are Rozenblatts in Lipsko (JRI Polnd). Regards, Max Polonovski, Cercle de généalogie juive, Paris

JewishGen Education presents a course in Intermediate Genetic Genealogy: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40224 This course will walk you through the steps to analyze the

Hi- one of my solid brick walls is the sister of my great grandfather, Moshe Eliezer Gavrin , (Lazer)born in Zetl.,Grodno.the name has been listed as Gavrinovich, Gavrinowski in various records I have

My grandfather came from Mogilev, Russia to NY 1905. He was initially listed as a cutter. He apparently was a glove maker. Anything listing occupation he always said glove maker. Eventually having his

On my father's side my grandparents, Sigmund & Rose SINDER BALTER. Rose's parents, Abraham & Dora MENDELSON SINDER. Dora's sister, Rose/Rachel MENDELSON SALASNICK & husband Max. Are all buried in

Based on personal experience, I advise anyone who asks not to put a tree on geni.com. To put it simply, you lose control of the tree. I've had several instances of requesting others who've added

Paperwork for name changes in the naturalization process is first authorized in 1906, so don't expect to find any for naturalizations before then. Yale Zussman

To those who contacted me regarding merchantslisted in the 1914 edition of Vsia Vilna, I have attached an Excel file with my findings. Joel

Hi, If anyone has time, would it be possible to translate from Russian to English the Kravtsov or similar names and heading information from the attached Klintsy Ostarbeiters (forced laborers of

Shalom. I am making an attempt to determine a few specifics on the tombstone of Azriel, one of my great grandfather's brothers from the Bolechov cemetery. Primarily, the honorific used before his

There were and are many Jewish camps in the US. I don't know if this is the one you are referencing: Camp Achva at the Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia provides fun and formative summer experiences

All I could open was the discussion list and it was full of people asking why they could not access the webinar. Finally I found a spot among all their confusing pages that said to use Chrome. When I

See question below. Names can be changed when applying for naturalization. The naturalization application would be the first place to look. Otherwise, the name change is done in a court procedure,