My first cousin's father was David Echtman, born in Vinnytsya, Russia (now Ukraine) in 1908. He lived in the Bronx, New York and died in 1969. His father was Yisroyl Echtman. His grandfather was Chaim

Emigration passes cost money. If you'd paid for a pass for one family member, they might well send the pass back to be used again. Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK -- Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK.

I also have the military record book of my grandfather. In his case it was for his service as a private in the French army in the 1890s and was issued by the French government of the time. . I

Hi all. I was wondering if I could get some help on this. In my genealogical research, I found that my 3rd great grandparents were Meyer Blumberg (b. abt 1850) and Liba Devorah Michelson (b. abt

You may wish to contact Jewish Tour (jewish-tour.com) an established firm based in Minsk which offers an in-depth genealogical service as well as heritage tours. It might also be worth getting in

I take it that if I ask for his C file from the Certificate number, then that would include his Petition, correct?

I found 3 Liffmann buried in Holland (Rotterdam, Zwolle & Enschede) on the Stenenarchief. By none of them it mentions that they were levi'im.

Thank you Mark, At one of the JGASGP meetings, the speaker, Joel Spector provided a link to a spreadsheet showing the number of times various surnames appear in the Alex Krovsky scanned documents

Check the late Christine Usden who started some translations of Jewish personnel in Latvian Russia on google.

It could have been that the brother or sister bought a ticket, then decided not to go then. But why waste the money for the ticket? I had a cousin, who came to the US bought by the fiance in NYC for

Alan, Thank you so much helping me getting me to view the record. I am still having trouble adjusting the brightness to enable reading but I am sure that will solve the issue. It is the first time I

That's extremely useful, thank you so much Julia! Best wishes Emma

The Friends of Jewish Cemetery Restoration in Eastern Europe will have a free online meeting on Wednesday, August 12, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Eastern Time U.S. (New York), as part of the IAJGS Conference

You mean: -Galitzianer; -Spanish province of Galicia - in fact an authonomous region in Spain. They speak a language (not a dialect): Gallego, mutually understandable with Castellano (Spanish),

The documentation of the Baiersdorf Jewish Cemetery has been completed and is now available for public viewing. The over 600 year old burial ground is located in Middle Franconia, Bavaria in the

Marc, Try searching for a listing in old city directories for Morris Hershkowitz in Bucharest at: https://genealogyindexer.org/ You can limit search location to Bucharest. I did a soundex search for

Alan, You can check if AJHS has their incorporation papers. https://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgb/ajhs.html "Incorporation Papers. Collection I-154 consists of selected incorporation papers, 1848-1920.

Hi, The JGS of NY maintains a webpage that has a lot of information on local societies. See: https://jgsny.org/searchable-databases/burial-society-databases Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY JGFF#

IT's not a coincidence: both places, spanish Galicia and polish Galitzia were inhabitated by Celtic tribes in the past, with the root GAL as an ethnic marker, see also: PortuGAL, Galia (latin for

I've finally penetrated my g/grandfather's burial information at Washington; he was listed under the Surname 'Lisk'. Anyway, the very helpful man I spoke to said that both his burial plot and the plot