Shalom I request a translation of the Polish text on a birth certificate. It is short! :It is on ViewMate at the following

Sorry if someone might have alluded to this answer earlier. This is a long thread and towards the end I just skimmed the posts. As many have said, names did not change at Castle Garden, Ellis Island,

I have been reminded that my previous answer was wrong because I neglected to consider the restrictions on whom a Kohen can marry. First, that means that even if a Kohen and a Jewish woman have a son,

I want to clarify at least one point of Mr. Chester letter. He stated that AGJA is not working anymore. I think that this should be expressed otherway. I'm the last secretary of AGJA's board. All the

The Israel was imposed in 1938, and always as a middle name. So the dancing-master Levi Lichtenstein and the dance-teacher Israel Levi Lichtenstein were most probably different people.

Hello Sharon, Interesting document. This is a conversion certificate To be evidence in the hand of the man by the name of Tony Allen Pacelli From the city of Toledo, Ohio U.S. North

My family (Pruzanski) in particular my father Tewel, was a very close friend of Lola Resnick (Wolf). My parents visited her very often and she also made a trip to see our family in Australia in 1973.

I have posted a Russian travel document on ViewMate and would be very grateful for a translation of the Russian text and handwriting:

I will reply privately but I just wanted to say here how this could be a match as I have a Wolfwich from Krinky. Don't let emails like this pass you by! -- Grodno and Sokolka: TIKOTZINSKI--->

I have posted two different scans of a Swedish citizenship document on ViewMate and would be very grateful for a translation of the text: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=82974

There are two issues in this thread: a) endogamy and b) DNA bias. a) Endogamy is not peculiar to Ashkenazi Jews. In the past, most folks married within their own village, and marrying a cousin was not

My grandfather was Benjamin Benesch. His parents Israel and Jennie/Scheine Benesch immigrated to the US (Baltimore) from Lithuania around 1890. My Benesch great grand parents lived their lives out in

I've posted a 4-sheet handwritten document in Russian, exceprted from the Yizkor Book from Nesvizh, Belarus, for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Hi All, Once in a while I also need help. I have posted 3 images on ViewMate. Two are for the two pages of a letter my grandfather, Leopold GOLDSTEIN, who was later killed in the Holocaust, wrote

I have just uploaded my best friend’s conversion document and it can be found at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82944. It is very curious that his is completely in

Family History Today: Reading between the Lines in your Family’s Papers – Live on Zoom Thursday, July 23, 6 PM Family papers can tell us a lot about our family histories, but without proper

It's the death registration of Isaac SEELIG. I've responded on Viewmate. Nicole Heymans

Hello, I am looking for the STRUMINGHER, MENNINGHER & GOLDIMBERG families from Falticeni, Romania. Bercu STRUMINGHER married Cipra (Zipora) MENNINGHER and they had a few children.. One of the sons

Perhaps Morris(My Great-Grandfather) had a sibling(Not that I know of) Could also be a connection to his father DOV

Thanks to those who helped with this query, especially CR and BF. I really appreciate it. In Pepi BERKOWITZ's Declaration of Intention (sent to me by BF) it states that she entered NY under the name