Update on Ancestry Situation: I just got off the phone with corporate HQ. The man agreed with me and is going to look into returning the shared DNA matches to the full 8.0 cM. I told him that to

My cousin Miriam was known as Mura. She was born in Russian Empire, grew up in Berlin, then France and lived out her life in New York. So was Mura a Russian version? It took years for me to realise

I think that rule about not conscripting only sons was only valid in some countries (perhaps just Russia). My grandfather was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army as a teen and he had no

Joseph, the link actually brings up image 85181, not 85183. Peter Strauss Oakland CA

Perl and Herman Katz resided in Munkacs, survived the war and sometime in the early 70's moved to Israel. They are my cousins. I am wondering if there is a contact person in the Jewish Comunity in

Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from Krolevets uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project.

Mark Horowitz is searching for his grandfather's naturalization. No first name was provided. Apparently from the writing, he lived in Ohio. After 1927, naturalizations had to be issued in Federal

Pauline(Perl) SESSLER (mother was Raizel SHILLER) was born in 1867 in Tluste, Austria or nearby and married Hersh SPINNER(aka Hersh KNEIZER) born around 1860. She immigrated to NYC in 1921 and by the

Ides Selzer Morgenstern died in Mikulnice in 1892. Her parents were Naftali and Reisl Selzer from Trembowla. I have been in contact with someone who may be related to her-and me. My PGGP were Naftali

Hello, I will be conducting interactive one-hour online genealogy classes this Fall on a wide array of topics. I will be commencing with two different three-part Basics Series, one introducing Jewish

Has any organized protest happened? A coalition of groups should be organized asap, if that has not is not alreading happening. If not, customer group by customer group should make a formal open

Mark, 1. The reason why Edward's first papers (Declaration) state "District Court, Cleveland, OH" on top, but "Common Pleas Court, Canton, OH" on the bottom is that he filed twice: the first time in

I documented the name changes in my family by using the AKA feature on my genealogy program. If yours does not have that, perhaps you can put it in notes attached to that record, citing sources as you

Seven days ago, AncestryDNA make a drastic unannounced change to the way they report shared DNA matches. They stopped showing *any* matches below 20 cM. This is devastating to many people, because

I would suggest for Yale Zussman and others who are sharing with cousins that you maintain a list or database of those you share with noting their relationship to you and their contact information and

I have just now completed an 18-month analysis of all Jewish families living in Holesov, Moravia, fl. 1750-1900. While I can't claim that it is completely comprehensive, I do think it is a fairly

Hi Isabel, I'm not sure we are related but my great grandfather was named Morris Weiss aka Max Voskoboynik. I know he was born in Helem, Russia (not sure about the Turkish/Romanian connection), but

Looking for my grandfather's records. The 1940 census indicates he had his "first papers". His brothers also applied/received citizenship around the same time. My question is: Are my grandfather's

Thank you everyone for your help!! All the links were so helpful, the Lodz photographer with Refotographie is stunning, and I was thrilled to find documents on the Geneaology Indexer site as well as

I searched using only the last name, the ship, and the arrival month. Was surprised to see Meier matching the age and the occupation. David Rosen