Marian, He could have naturalized in a local court that does not have their index on-line with any of the major genealogy databases. Where and when do you think he naturalized? Sherri Bobish

Susan Goldsmith asked about the given name Losche. This still doesn't answer the question about what given name she may have adopted in the US. If you look at the outbound manifest from Hamburg,

Is there a research section that covers the Vileika Uyezd of Vilnius Gubernia? I believe there used to be, but I can't find it. Did another district take over? I am particularly interested in

You may wish to contact Jewish Tour (jewish-tour.com), a long established firm based in Minsk, which offers an in-depth genealogical service as well as heritage tours. Another avenue which you might

The annual Belarus meeting will be held at 2:45 pm (EST) on Monday, August 10. The conference is virtual this year but you will still need to register for the conference to get a link to the meeting.

It's called the Theory of Family Relativity and was brought in with great fanfare a couple of years ago. Harvey Kaplan

I was long thinking to put my family trees on Geni and I speak about 8.000 names, but I won’t do it; I did extensive research on Geni and some far distant relation to whom I had once send a tree in

Hi Cousins, I'm having trouble figuring out which image is the one I need. I'm hoping someone here has done this before and can help me. This whole numbering system has me confused. I'm looking

I have also never had any luck with Theory of Family Relativity and have a large number DNA matches.

Where on MH is the theory of family relativity? Are you referring to the Estimated relationships? Alyssa Freeman Richmond, VA

I have been there many times. Initially I tried taking photos, but the staff is fairly alert and will reprimand you. Recently much of the microfilm has been indexed and you can see images online

Dear Genners A female Losche Tobias emigrated to the States, arriving in 1914 from Swerzhen, now Belarus. What might her American name be? This is not a very common name. I have checked Jewish

Thank you for your quick response to my question, Sherri! I’ve already researched Familysearch.com & other websites. I have almost reached the conclusion that my grandfather never was naturalized

I had some luck with it when it first came out. Haven’t looked at it in months. I probably should.

Years ago I got LDS microfilm sent to a local Family History Library where they had a USB writer and I copied an entire film or two to USB and then created an indexing project and shared the index

Moishe, If you have the C-file number, then you can skip the initial index search and go straight to a request for records. However, see this cautionary note about errors locating file numbers:

"Alternate asset manager" is a broad and loose term that includes venture capitalists and private equity fund managers. Imprecisely, it means managing money in ways other than buying and selling

I am trying to help a Holocaust survivor find out more about her family. I've posted two marriage records in German for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address ...

My father’s name was Usher Harast/Arost, becoming Oscar in the U.S. He had an uncle in Philadelphia also named Usher, and I have found several Jarast relatives in South America named Uscher. I have

Officially, this is not permitted. My first time there I discovered I could not copy with my phone. Since I was interested in the data and not the certificate, I just wrote down info. In the NYC