I will look into this. I have contributed to Yad Vashem but did not know they archived genealogies. Thank you. Reba Harris Solomon

Thank you as I had not looked into Wikitree. Now at first look it seems to be a collaborative tree, like Genie and I’m looking more for a searchable archive that will remain intact. Reba Harris

It's like buying fenced properly. This is a scandalous decision.

What is Wikitree? I've come across once or twice but wasn't really sure what it is and how it works. I am also interested in the question originally posted. I've done so much research over the years

Hello, Mr.Moishe Tannenbaum, 27th August 2020 I wonder, may I politely ask, did you read Dr Neil Rosenstein's " The Unbroken Chain --THIRD EDITION--chapter nine--page

I am looking for some resources to help me understand what my great-grandfather's life as a young man might have been like in 1870-1880s Tarnopol. He was born in 1875 to Rachmiel LICHTENTHAL, a dealer

A few things: 1- the image is upside-down 2- the black areas look like tape that covers many parts of names. A better image is needed. Upper left section with image right-side up Itzik

Why not check the city directories? Assume he changed it a year before the directory was printed.

I have a (Hebrew) book called "Tel Talpiot: Ha'Ir Belz B'Tifartah" which has a list of 35 tombstones in the Belz cemetery. Feel free to email me privately with the names you are interested in. Shlomo

The city is now called DNIPRO [ Ukraine] originally called Ekaterinoslav [ google] regards

Elusavetgrag in the documents ist now Kirovograg/ Kirovohrad. That is what I can see.

Is it possible to get online access to the english version of: Danzig Jewry 1840-1943: Integration, Struggle, Rescue (Gdańsk, Poland) by Logan Kowaks Ron Peeters Ulvenhout (NL)

For whatever it might be worth: More than 10 years ago, while doing scholarly research (more like archaeological digging) on some statutory history in the Queens County Courthouse Law Library, I

In addition to my reply to Sally (and Daniella) just sent, I would add to Peter Cherna that the JewishGen records do not exist in and of themselves, for no reason except documentation. JewishGen

-- Jean-Pierre Stroweis Jerusalem

Kurdikos Naumestis was part of Suwalki Gubernia in NE Poland during much of the 19th century. It went into Lithuania in 1919 as part of the WW2 Peace Settlement. It was on the border with what was

The philosophy “If it’s wrong, it’s wrong” can mean that some researcher never discovers the missing link to their blank wall. To use an actual example from my family, my ggrandmother’s

I can't speak to all cases of amended birth certificates in New York City (and I've never been a lawyer), but I know the case of my paternal grandfather (even though I forget some of the details of

Good afternoon I've posted 2 vital records in Polish for which I need a full and detailed English translation of the Polish words and Roman numerals. They are on ViewMate at

Last week, I asked about the town name for the family in lines 11-14 of the attached ship manifest. The image last week was the original and not good quality. Attached is the enhanced version