A general thank you to the nice people who gave answers to my query., either by looking in gw.geneanet or Filae or offering other solutions. A particular thank you goes to David Choukron from Paris

Andres - how can I contact you? Please let me know - I'm at sjgwed@... Susan Gordon, member

@ Judi Gyori Missel, - One wedding the 29 Avril 1888 @ St Avold / Moselle - France between Emile Hirschfeldt and Berthe Hertz an extract here in the decennial tables:

Howard's post reminded me -- there's a theory that all early Kansas City Lithuanian Jews were related. Since I still have no idea what brought my Ginsberg ancestors to Kansas City, I'd love to connect

Thanks for the excerpt (which I read most of) : while it looks a bit romanticized (through the lens of memory of a place which no longer existed), I like the "rose-colored glasses", and there is quite

At first I found it difficult too but checking the various links below found that for me the two best ones are "mute this topic" which helps to decrease the amount of daily posts to my inbox and View

Hi, Trying to find any information on the SCHAUER / SHAYER family from Viznitz, Bucovina Romania. Names of the family members : Aharon, Miriam, Moses, Benzion. Due to World War II all documents and

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado Presents: Sunny Jane Morton Turning US Census Entries into Stories 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm (Mountain Time) TUESDAY ZOOM Meeting (Registration Required) Boost

Sheryl, On Ancestry just search for Bernhard Stahl with exact spelling. Then when the items come up, select immigration & emigration. Then scroll down to the entry that says: Hamburg Passenger

Have you looked on Familysearch.org. There are several people with that name in their immigration records. Ellen Barnett Cleary San Francisco CA

I have visited Wielkie Oczy. There is a lovely restored synagogue at the entrance to the town and a gated cemetery with a few headstone artifacts. I have many photos if you like. The village is

There are two different indexes based on Social Security information. One is the SSDI or Social Security Death Index which lists the name, date of death, and formerly the SSN, and some other info.

In fact clicking "View/Reply Online" below a message opens a window where you can scroll down till you see a button "view all n messages in topic". This is certainly an improvement over the previous

Interesting question, Sheryl, and similar to thoughts I've had. Hopefully, you don't mind my adding to your message. My grandmother took her three children from Czernowitz sometime in 1914, and

Sephardiccertificate.org is the Iberian citizenship program of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico. After a very successful program of thousands upon thousands of applications for Spain (now closed),

I am a little late to this party but it seems like "Bialystocker kuchen" becoming "bialy" -- against ineffectual resistance -- would be the exact same process as what we now call a "burger" was once

From the Hamburg passenger lists Bernhard Stahl Gender: männlich (Male) Ethnicity/Nationality: Österreich (Austrian) Marital status: verheiratet (Married) Departure Age: 31 Birth

Loren, When you say museum quality scans a few things come to mind. First are these digital images to be printed for display? And if so what size (8x10” or 20x30) or will the images be used in

Also to Kansas City. Evan Roy Wilson, my late wife's nephew, likes tracing families (his family from Des Moines County) and he has a sister in Mediapolis (north of Burlington), If you send

Have you contacted or searched the Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street, Ny, Ny 10011‎ www.cjh.org This is a wonderful resource. They have archives for many old Jewish Organizations based