feising2@... Before applying for Dual Nationality, one should read what the US State Department position is regarding this subject. See:

A reminder that the second half of 2020 brings a variety of JewishGen classes to meet the research challenges for those who are new, those that want to renew skills and those who have reached brick

Hi Mordechai, My Grandma Dwojra { Dora ) Barr ( Ber ) came from Warsaw to NYC in 1923. I believe her mothers name was Alta Broner /Brener. There family was all in the profession of baker. This all

"If Bertha Friedman was alive in 1890 she may have been enumerated in the special census called: The U.S. Census of Union Veterans and Widows of The Civil War. It can be searched

Dear Harvey Anna Nyburg's fascinating book The Clothes On Our Backs (Valentine Mitchell 2020), subtitled "How Refugees from Nazism Revitalised the British Fashion Trade", has an entire chapter on Otto

Jajgl could be Yechiel if the g sounds like h. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

For any vital information from Austria and surroundings (Moravia, etc) I suggest that you go to the website Genteam.org This is a free web site, but you need to register. It has all sorts of

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

Hello, Since it is a fairly uncommon surname, I will mention that my paternal grandmother’s (Sarah Elk) maiden name was Zibulsky. She was born in Pereyaslav, Ukraine, in 1894. Her parents were

Dear all, I am looking at information about the Fortul13 Jilava center in Roumania. Especially if there are means to find records related to : - Mr Moise Bondar (1917- 2004) from Sculeni, Jassi,

Hello cousins. Hope you are staying safe and finding genealogical gems. My grandfather had 2 brothers who came to him through Ellis Island. I can't seem to find anything on them after their

In response primarily to some of the points raised by Bob Silverstein above: 1. The difference between a privately-held entity and public one is that the private entity ONLY exists to make money,

Notwithstanding, nothing but an infinitesimal, insignificant, number of the profiles there provide sources, "etc."... which indeed was one of the points of origin for the present discussion as well

I am grateful for Reuven Mor's detailed repsonse.. Despite the coincidence of names an Ashkenazi Jew (even with vague whispers of Sephardic forebeareers )know only of Galitzianers who lived in an

Apologies, the original time message was re-posted in error. The following is the correct message. The annual JRI-Poland volunteer meeting will take place virtually this year at the upcoming IAJGS

The G sound in Russian is replaced with H. Hence, Halych becomes Galych. Kagan becomes Kahan and Khan, etc. Henry Lobbenberg Toronto, ON Canada

In response to Jx. Gx. Why are privately held entities any different than public ones, non-profits and governments when making money? The ultimate goal of the privates and publics is to maximize the

Firstly, many thanks to Sherri Bobish who provided the initial lead. (The initial post was published only yesterday). I hope somebody from IGRA will help me understand how to disseminate this

Hi All After talking with a distant relative, I am still no closer to finding what happened to Max and Hannah Morgenstern Koenig. As a matter of fact the mystery deepens. I find out that one of the

if those are the options, Maennlein and Eissig, I would say Eissig. I see examples where Sissel is connected to Israel or Elieser, Simon and Josef, and in other cases I would expect at least an 's' in