Smoke pours from the ears of veteran genealogists when they hear “his name was changed by the immigration authorities”. Numerous analyses of the experience of immigrants through Ellis Island and

Searching (probably Brooklyn, NY) family of Beatrice (COHEN) KESSLER, husband: Harold KESSLER. They have 1 (known) child: Stuart KESSLER, b. 1949. Beatrice is one of two daughters of my

Hi genners, Recently I watched a webinar presented by Todd Knowles. He gave his contact address at the end of his presentation and unfortunately, I can not find his address. Does anyone have

I have 2 remarks regarding the excellent translation posted on ViewMate: jaras is district both Bator (Nyirbator) and and Nagykallo were districts in Szabolcs (and not Szabolc) county The mother's

My grandfather came from a village in the region near Gorodok. The village was called Trellisey. My brother and I visited the whole area (including Gorodok) in 2008. My grandfather, Shimon

My grandfather whose family came from Minsk, now Belarus, was put as a Pole on a letter to British Home office applying to come to live and work in Britain in 1931. As far as we were concerned, he was

If this information is from a transcription, perhaps the word should have been transcribed "interment".

I want to thank Debbie Lifshitz (and Leya Aronson of Toronto, who posted a reply separately) for bringing up a possible reading that had completely slipped my mind: b'sayvah tovah, meaning that

This town was entered into JGFF database as: Haradok, (near Molodechno), and there are 134 entries by the Genners for this location in the

Hi all, As to the abbreviation (bet-)shin-tav (ש״ט) I have an ancestor who died at age thirty who had this abbreviation on his stone. Therefore it does not mean “b’seiva tova (in old age). It

I would also go with the late 1890s. But I would also check out pictures in books and those posted online of people in Europe, especially in Germany, and compare the clothing they are wearing with

I visited Suwalki in 2016 and by lucky chance, went to the railroad station, which was the likely departure place for our ancestors in 1886. There were no trains scheduled when I was there so I stood

Did you try Googling for it? https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?SourceId=27995

JRI-Poland has recently scanned all available vital records from Bielsko and Biala, Volunteers have started working on data entry of these records. Serious volunteers to help advance the large

Hi Jewishgenners I live in Paris. I am interested in tracing relationships beween - my grandfather, Erich Blumenthal, born 24.08.1893 in Koenigsberg (Prussia, Germany) FATHER - Salomon Blumenthal,

Statements like Michael Tobias's do need a time-frame and a place marker. Clerks fluent in passengers' languages have to emigrate too at an earlier date, and not all ports would install such

What's more, has Michael Tobias never failed to make out a surname on a manuscript passenger list? When typed lists came in his statement becomes more credible. -- Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK.

I am referring to the Horodok listed below - I believe that Horodok is the Hebrew name and Gorodok s Russian. I have been corresponding with this group for many years. They have a wonderful group of

Trying to make contact with the family Rav Avraham Kahana and his wife Rochel Perl Leifer. A phone number for them ending in 9256 does not work.

If I were you, I would read up on the town Königsberg, presently Russia, once Prussia etc. Its location is quetched in between north-east Poland and south-west Lithuania. It has changed country