I think you are right about the casual attitude to surnames. Many an immigrant arriving in 1880-1900 might well have known a grandfather who took the surname when it was first required. Not only

If you check the NARA catalog entries for the topic "Detention of persons" (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10640519 ), you will see that there are 27 entries... Publication M1500 "Records of the

I find this items on FamilySearch that may be of interest. 1. Immigrant records, 1884-1952: Microfilm of original records at the Jewish Archives in the Balch Institute, Philadelphia,

Passport applications after 1925 are subject to the Privacy act of 1974. The Privacy Act allows you to obtain copies of your records, your minor child, any person for whom you are a legal guardian,

From time to time people ask me for help or directions on research in Argentina. This is my updated (and edited) suggestion: Eighty percent of Argentine Jews live or lived in Buenos Aires (city) or

Hello; Does anyone recognize or know anything about these people, you can find them on ViewMate #'s 82854, 82855, and 82856. They are my maternal Grandfather and Great Grandparents whom I never met,

I was going to add this to the "His name was changed at Ellis Island" thread, since one of the changes did occur at Ellis Island, but it was actually a correction. As a gentile who has spent several

Just posted two views of an 'Order of Transport' in French from my great uncle during WWI in France - travel between Nimes and Marseille. Besides a translation, would be very nice if you have any

Hi John, I found that Hilda LINDO's married name is Hilda MADURO. A 1927 passenger manifest shows Hilda MADURO & other family arriving in San Francisco. That manifest gives her birthplace and

Hello, I'm trying to locate the passport application on my relative Jack (Jacob) Shiffman. There are several sources for finding passport applications prior to 1926. The one I want was issued at a

Hello, This is a copy of a document from my GG uncle Isadore Shifman who came from Belopol'ye, Vinnytsya, Ukraine. Can someone kindly translate the page? Thank you! Shelly Levin Northern

Please can someone help finding descendants of the Lazar family from Szilagy Somlio today Simleul Silvaniei in Zalau Transylvania

I found Delia and her daughter Olga on a ship in 1934. Delia said her birthplace was Panama City, Panama. Olga says Germany so we don't need to look further at her. Otto and Hilda were born in the

I have a couple of records from the 1921 census of Beregszasz that need to be translated from Czech to English. An explanation of the records and what I am looking for are on the ViewMate

Even more peculiar is that Moses was the product of an aunt-nephew marriage. The rabbinical explanation is that it happened before the law was issued at Sinai. Still, the pre-Sinai observance of

Are 1912 records for the Board of Special Inquiry available for Philadelphia? Ancestry has them for 1893-1909. Thanks, Alan Shuchat Newton, MA

Shining a Light on Jewish Genealogy by Dr. Liba Casson-Nudell. For a beginner-level researcher who wants to start an exploration of their family history and Jewish roots. It will cover the basics of

My father’s parents were first cousins, and one of his sisters married a first cousin. They all lived in the same shtetl, Lyachavichi, near Baronovichi, in what is now Belarus. I have been able to

Dear One and All: The two people mentioned in the subject line have come up as possible DNA matches to a few of us known cousins with one of the companies that test DNA. I have sent them

A memorial to 1,846 Jews from the vicinity of Pochep, Russia who were murdered in the Holocaust was reconstructed and rededicated in August 2018. It now consists of a central monument surrounded by 32