Hi Julia Thank you so much! Apologies for the delay in replying, I had some email replies but didn't realise they appeared within the thread too, I don't think you get separate alerts for that. I'll

Hi Judy I've only just realised that replies may appear within the discussion thread, in addition to email replies, hence the delay in my reply to you, many apologies!! Very many thanks for that, I

They probably sailed from Libau (have never seen any passenger lists) or Hamburg (passenger lists on Ancestry). Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland Rachel bill.johra@... via groups.jewishgen.org 03:37 (6

you can ask the "Meldeamt" benuetzersaal@... (name birthdate, parents name) to ask for the address AND who else lived at the same address, price:€ 35,00 good luck Traude

A resource for researching soldiers in World War l are the muster rolls and rosters at FamilySearch See: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3378445?availability=Family%20History%20Library.

Thank you, Mark

I have used the free photo scan app on my iPhone but then I just paid for Photomayne scanning app for a month on my phone too. It seems much faster. Not sure yet about quality. I think photomayne

Karen Silver and Philip Trauring, who writes the blog where Avivah Pinski found another claim against involuntary name changes (https://bloodandfrogs.com/2011/05/name-changes-at-ellis-island.html),

Why is it so? A wonderful communicator. He taught for a while at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga (Sydney). Late 1970's. -- Pieter Hoekstra <sold@...>

My test was performed c.1993 at The Augusta, GA Jewish Federation. Maybe it will be helpful to broadcast more specific info about prior tests, and the possibility of multiple organizations that may

I'm struggling to find any records from my ggp as I don't know the towns where they were born and only have their English and Hebrew names. Could someone help me out by suggesting the Russian /

On the question of train travel, I excerpt from a 2011 review essay in the NYRB by the historian Timothy Snyder that has stuck in my brain for obvious reasons: "Her [Empress Maria Theresia] new,

The only information that I have on my ggf's birthplace comes from his marriage authorisation in the UK dated 1893 which says Russia/Poland. He was born in 1871. I know that the boundaries changed

In trying to break down brick walls I'm revisiting avenues I considered some time ago and had no success with, but I'm hoping there may be new information out there that I have missed. My ggp are

On my birth certificate I am listed as Joan Constance PINCUS, a common mistake from PINKUS. My mother correctly is listed as Selma GOLDBERG and my father as Ernest PINKUS, which is the correct

Dear ??: Unfortunately all the Jewish vital records of Kuty other than 1833-1855 deaths have not survived. You can find our what other records have survived and where they can be found by searching

The National World War II Museum in New Orleans offers an online webinar featuring Alexander Watson, author of The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl, who tells the story of World War I's epic

Familysearch.org holds limited Jewish records for Wiz'nitz, Bukowina (today Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine) : Chernivtsi State Archive: Record group 1245, series 1, files 933-940. See

My maternal grandmother is born in Wielkie Oczy in 1880; but I was unable to find her on the birth files of Wielkie Oczy of those times. Marcel Apsel Antwerp, Belgium

Hi Barbara, I believe your husband & I may be related - I have Abraham Cohen from Kastoria Abraham Solomon Cohen (1892-1977) - m Solica Is my 1/2 1st cousin 2x removed You can contact me directly