-----Original Message----- From: Adam Cherson <adam.cherson@...> One more question: is there an index of NYC Death Certificates for the years 1949-1968 (or any sub-period within that time frame)?

The reason I'm automatically wary of "spouse's name is the same, must be the same couple" is that I have ancestors who shared their exact names with another couple in the same small village

I've found my 2nd great-grandfather (Abraham Kaslick)'s naturalization index card however in the certificate (attached photo) it states "missing record." Is this common? What would be the reason

Adam, Reclaim the Records is working on getting the info released to the public. In the mean time, Ancestry has an index for 1949-1965, based on VitalSearch:

Subject: ViewMate Translation Request - Yiddish I would be very grateful for a translation of the Yiddish text on a family postcard. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Just to note that while the proper Hebrew translation of a rose is Vered (ורד) a word already used in the 2nd Century Mishnah, the much more common, albeit technically incorrect, Hebrew translation

I am looking for any descendents of Samuel (Simon) Brandt who emigrated from Latvia to New York City. He was married and had 10-12 children. He passed away in 1936. He was my great uncle and I would

Ancestry no longer owns Family Tree Maker. I has been acquired and is maintained by MacKiev. FTM can, however, still be synced to Ancestry. Neil Kominsky Brookline, MA researching Blitstein

I am researching my great great grandmother's maiden name. Gittle ABRAMOWITZ, widowed from Yitzchak in Novarodok during the second half of the 19th cent.and came to the USA (New Haven 1870-1880, I

If your account is still active, I’m interested in finding info about my aunt’s brother, Henri Felman. I don’t know his original first name—I doubt it was Henri. He was born in Chmielnik

Harold, Build your family tree on Family Search's Family Tree site. This LDS collaboartive tree site is totally free and claims it's the largest family tree and still growing. James Castellan Rose

Yefim, I'm making a bigger effort in researching CHAMUDIS because I think it's an unusual name. On the other hand, I've been told by Russians I know that LIBEDINSKY is a common surname. There are

INCORRECT: McKiev bought FTM four years ago and supports it. Older versions (pre 2017) are not able to sync with Ancestry. Barbara Mannlein Tucson, AZ

Hi Etienne, The information you have provided seems to be very helpful. I will give it a try indeed. I have already contacted the mentioned archive in Brussels and I'm on a progress to reproduce a

Just found this marriage certificate on Ancestry yesterday. It contains the names of our 3rd great grandparents, Marcus Liebermann and his wife Rosalie Espen. It also seems to contain the names of

The husband of Ala Gamulka, who has translated many Yizkor books for JewishGen, has passed away. He was born in Kovel, grew up in Rokitno, and survived the war by hiding out in the forest with his

Town Ros' in Volkovysk uyezd, Grodno Gubernia

Fomin family lived in Kolyshki, a small village near Vitebsk: http://www.angelfire.com/ms2/belaroots/kolyshki.htm one of famous Fomins was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yefim_Fomin

I have posted 3 vital records in German for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83462

Hello. If anyone has a copy of Alexander Beider's Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire I would be so grateful if you could search for the name MESCHMAR or MYSHMAR. My father's family