With the volume of messages about name changes, I was finally prompted to return after a hiatus to research my wife’s grandfather Nathan RICH né REICH, born 1885 in Rzeszów, died 1944 in Brooklyn,

I would very much like to congratulate Robinn on her new position and I am sure she will do a great job for JRI Poland as she has done with everything else she has taken on. Ina Getzoff President,

Yefim, Thank you so much for your response. Your suggestions give me a starting point as I didn't know where to begin. I do not have any postcards, letters, or anything like that. Thanks to

I need help finding Jewish records from Szászrégen, now Reghin. The person I am looking for is Mendel Schwarz, a famous saw-mill owner in the mid-19th century.

Hi all, Translation needed for these pictures. I am pretty sure that the people in these documents are my Friedman ancestors (before they had surnames)

Ok, now this is probably the same man Avraham writing to his sister Ruchel Leah. Perhaps this is my grandmother Lena Rosenblum Ticotsky.

Grandfather Velvel (William) Wolf (Zev) Zlotshewer Grandmother Freida Blechner Grandfather Osher Aron (Oscar) Weinstein Grandmother Chaia (Ida) Skora or SHmuckler

My friend in Efrat, Esther Salomon’s maiden name is Bruckheimer. SHe is originally from Londaon and the family were from Germany Alizah Frayda Zlotschewer Blake Hochstead

My grandmother’s name upon immigration was ```ida but her proper name was Chaia. Married name Weinstein I am told her maiden name was SHmuckler or Skora. Difference of opinion if she was from Poland

Thanks. Just trying to see what’s out there. My great great great grandmother was Zeprah Heitler. New at this.

My great-aunt Ida was always called Chaya by her sisters.

Dear friends It is with great pleasure that I announce that the board of JRI-Poland has unanimously elected Robinn Magid to assume the new position of Assistant Director and member of the

The best sources of what records exist, what has been databased and what is up and coming are the LitvakSIG District coordinators and Russ Maurer, who leads all records acquisition activities for the

To Nicole.... There's an interesting UK/North American lexical difference:

Hello, Could you tell me if there will be any information related to Markiewicz, Gopen or Hop(p)en and Dziergacz (Dergatch) families in the Memorial Book of the Sventsian Region, please. Please feel

You may discover there were a number of survivors who did this. The mother of a McGill University friend in Montreal managed to pry up the cattle car floor boards with others and escaped that way.

Dear folks, I recently learned of a very important book of records for my research. The book holds records for the town Podkamien in Galicia, this book is apparently held in the fond 154 of the

I am trying to date a document which shows Fritz and Anna Heim of Vienna living in Gartenstrasse 93. All the details of Fritz and Anna are correct, her maiden name, and their dates of birth. I have

The Hebrew name on the tombstone is Sinai Yoel. Some would not print Yoel with its last letter Lamed since the end of the name of Yoel contains the letters of a name of G-d.

For memory to my dear sister Rachel Leah this is my son Yitzchok who is turning 17 years old till 120 years old (here the handwriting turns sloppy and I can't decipher the rest of the text) signed