Most newsprint is "cheap" and not at all archival quality paper. It will degrade due to its acidic nature and will yellow and crumble in time. Google to find how you can treat it to neutralize the

I can relate to the statement "that our ancestors didn't translate names," but I think there were probably a myriad of ways how our family members got their US/English names. As my story illustrates,

My late mother Rosa's surname was Wariten, apparently a version of Veretena or similar. She was born in Czernowitz in 1920. In the Czernowitz commercial register of 1936 there appears one Mechel

"All the names suggested on the previous list are irrelevant." Our ancestors didn't translate names to or from Hebrew. They didn't know the Latin origin of Clara. They used 'sounds like' names. Shayna

"I cannot imagine sending him across the world never to be seen or spoken with again. I conclude that her love for her son was greater than her self-interest." Childhood, it has been said, is a

From the information I’ve been able to compile, Isaak Kirschner was a Hatter in Galicia around 1891. If I have the correct Isaak Kirschner his wife’s name was Broni Dresler. They had a son (my

Hi Dom, What I do know is at the time of the marriage of Riwka Ruchla GIERSZONOWICZ she was residing wiith her mother in Mar 1862 in Lodz, and her father, Schari (Zacharyasz) was already deceased.

Hi Angie, my family has deep roots in Sakiai, and then in the UK. I believe we are connected to your Goldberg family. My great grandmother was Esther Dvora Fellman. Her parents were Shepsel Wolf

Shirley doesn't need any Hebrey equivalent today, as it is rather popular girls name in Israel. means "song me". Libbi, if you are interested, means "my heart". Josef ASH, Israel

Shalom. All the names suggested on the previous list are irrelevant. Clara - fem. personal name, from Latin Clara, fem. of clarus "bright, shining, clear" . Other Derivatives : Claire, Clarisse,

My grandfather reportedly saw his sister raped and murdered during a pogrom when he was a small child. They lived in Mogilev. HIs mother did not want to leave home, but she allowed or sent him to

I did not notice anyone mention that Eleanor is also shortened to Nell, Nellie etc as it is Helen and and Ellen. In Russian Eleonora. Did you check the Census? Death notices of parents or brother

Most Libby's are named after a woman named Libe ( love or beloved ) pronounced "LEE-beh. sometimes shown as Liba . It is also possible that it could be Leah/Leye , but that is less likely . Shirley

I am interested in the october Pogrom in Ekatarinoslav. Boris Bespaloff, the older brother of my grand mother aged 25 died in that pogrom. Is there any list/information on that particular pogrom.

I had two great grandmothers whose names were written as Lebe. One had a granddaughter named after her whose name was Libby. Robert Hanna NYC

I found Polish relatives who lived in Israel before WW2. They appear on the IGRA index. Looking for help finding the complete census entry and any other info info about them (when did they arrive in

Sura is one possibility for Shirley Bruce Brown Falls Church, VA

Hi Paul, Both the document and your date converter are correct! The Russian Empire used the Julian Christian calendar until 1918 when the Gregorian calendar (used in most Western countries) was

Wonder if anyone has come across this Family in their Researches , probably Married in 1854 in "Russian Poland" , had 11 Children between 1855 & 1864 , 8 of whom Died during that period ,all being

Hi Rica Hi Rica I saw your message Re Kaminsky (we also have a Romanian Moldova Goldberg side -see below I thought thought on an off chance, if you have any family connections with the following