Although they are not organized at all, you can find some 560 images of tombstones in the Lodz New Jewish cemetery in this Wikimedia collection Wikimedia Commons collection of Lodz cemetery photos The

Hello, Sally Bruckheimer indicates that the "Vaz Dias Collectie" used to be LDS Microfilm #'s 899932 and 899933. Searching for those numbers on FamilySearch, does seem to still show them as she

My great grandmother's (Yiddish) name was Eiga, sometimes spelled in English as Aega. One time someone wrote her name as Ida, but that was definitely not her name. Joan Baronberg MESTER, WEISSER,

Hi Iris, Please let me know if your researcher comes through. Thanks. LISA BRACCO

Hi Jeff, Could you provide contact information for Dr. Gyemant? You can send directly to me at lisa5bracco4@.... Thanks. LISA

May I respectfully pass comment on the Hebrew abbreviations of בש''ט . In this particular case as they appear by/with the date they must refer to the date and NOT to her personality ,all listed

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The R1a Levites are Ashkenazim. A small majority of Sephardic Levites are haplogroup J ----nothing more specific

ELIAS is a very common Sephardic name and is found amongst Greek Jews in particular. Just try googling the name or check any of the genealogy web sites. Turkus also appears to be a Sephardic name or

My wife’s grandparents were both from Iasi. They were married in 1905. Moshe Hochberg served in the military before coming to the US and went back to pick up his bride. They were married on Ellis

Hi Iris Would you share your researcher in Galati? My ggrandfather died in Galati. I know it was an accident, but that is all I know. I have a picture of his gravestone, but would love a copy of his

Ida seems too Anglicized to be a name used in Eastern Europe. In addition to Chaya, with its various spellings, in Yiddish the name may have been Itka, whose name in English was Ida. Keith Osher

Here is buried (abbreviation) Our dear mother A modest and upstanding woman Honored and distinguished Beloved to all who knew her Mrs Chana Freida daughter of our leader the Rabbi (abbreviation)

Mary Ellen, The translation of the gravestone is as follows: First line: po nikbarah (abbr.) – here lies Second line: imanu ha’yikarah ­– our dear mother Third line: eishet tzenuah

Hello Mary Ellen, Here lies or here is buried (Abbreviation on top) Our dear mother Honest and modest Respected by all who knew her Mrs. Hannah Frieda Daughter of Ya’akov Passed 13 Kislev

Elaine, This naming pattern (given name followed by patronym) was absolutely standard among Ashkenazi Jews before surnames were introduced. In Eastern Europe the patronym was generally "decorated" by

The sources used by My Heritage and Geni seem generally to consist only of what can be read on their subscribers' family trees. No genuine sources but you can build a tree of 50,000 people in a week

I have previously had research done for my Iancovici and Sucher families from Galati in Romania - I contacted for the research Dr. Ladislau Gyemant - he advertises in Avotaynu all of the time. Thanks.

Thanks! This link gives really varied and detailed information! And you can get all the links translated into English. Some of the information is in Polish, so readable for people searching family

My paternal grandfather (Schneider) left Chrzandow, Poland in 1914 on a Polish passport. That part of Poland had multiple border changes so he told us he was originally Austrian. Part of that area was