Both individual tree sites like Ancestry and MyHeritage and collaborative sites like Geni, WikiTree, and FamilySearch have their advantages and disadvantages, but it is my strong belief that the only

Geni is currently a bit of a mess. Though I like the concept, the execution has been less than optimal. Privacy is an issue, with, for example, the information of minor children (whose parents don't

The annual JRI-Poland volunteer meeting will take place virtually this year at the upcoming IAJGS conference on: Tuesday, August 11, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm U.S. Eastern time (9:30 am - 10:30 pm

Ancestry's Thru-Lines is just matching family trees, yours and somebody else's. I have found cousins by DNA (that I knew were cousins), but they hadn't entered enough family tree to be found by

My great-grandfather's surname was Zibulsky. He perished with his second wife during the holocaust. They died as martyrs, heroically, and I need information to proceed with a search. I know is that

Can anyone tell me if there are vital records available for Burgenland after 1920 when it became part of Austria. In particular, I am looking for records for Bernstein im Burgenland, Rechnitz,

The Canada BOF/SIG will meet virtually on Wednesday, August 12, from 10:00 am - 11:00 am, U.S. Eastern time. (7:00 am - 8:00 am Pacific, 3:00 - 4:00 pm UK, 5:00 - 6:00 pm Central Europe, 6:00 - 7:00

I just got my 1st Theory of Relativity, among 4 kits I administer, on my 2nd cousin's non-Jewish German line. And it seems plausible; awaiting replies from owners of other 2 trees involved. My 2nd

Sosche is a derivation of the yiddish Sore. It is, in g¡fact, an hypocorism of the name Sara wehich appears for the first time in Genesis 17:15. For other multiple derivations on this name, I suggest

I am surprised to see the statement that in NYC records births are only available to 1909. It's been over 25 years since I visited the Municipal Archives and found my uncle's birth certificate in

I have 18 matches with the theory out of which only one is wrong.

My son also constructed a birth certificate when we couldn't take a clear copy of my father's birth certificate for a memory book we constructed for his 90th birthday. It came out very well. --

In the 1700’s 3 brothers from Nussdorf, near Vienna, left Nussdorf. One went to Galicia; one went to Hungary and one went to near Berlin. My husband is related to the Nussdorfs who went to Galacia.

The Ostrów Mazowiecka Research Family BOF will meet virtually at the upcoming IAJGS conference on Wednesday, August 12, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm U.S. Eastern time (3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Pacific 11:30 pm -

Looking for information about Otto Weisz, born in Vienna in 1903, son of Dr David Weisz and Rosa Feuer, came to Scotland in 1934 and worked as a designer for Pringle of Scotland knitwear company. He

I believe that it is the same as Ancestry thru -lines. It is just named something else. If your tree is not large enough or there are no matching trees then there are no theories of relativity, and

I am not familiar with My Heritage's product, but it definitely sounds inferior to Ancestry's Thrulines. I have to admit that I have a very large tree, and Thrulines will both try to make connections

Yoram, everybody, please use information at our bessarabia website, Kishinev kehilalink website, JewishGen. For these questions, here are the answers: 1. See the lists of all Revision Lists

As you know, anyone can choose any English name, whether or not it "corresponds" to their birth name. However she might choose an English name beginning with the letter L. For example, Louise,

Those of you versed in the practices and protocols of a respectable marriage in the shtetls of Eastern Europe also know that the path to the wedding involved more than a quick trip to City Hall or a