Just one note. Dubrovna never was in Mogilev uezd. It was, first, in Kopys uezd (until 1861), then - in Gorki uezd. Thus, there are absoluyely different data sources for Zaverezhye search and for

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an addition: The word before "Usher" is "Aliezer" Josef ASH, Israel

the second (from below) line "EDELSHTEJN" the last line - "...... Usher" The gravestone is not so "jewish" indeed, (look the 2 Commandment: Jump to search Part of a series onThe Ten Commandments I am

The writer Edwin Maria LANDAU <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Maria_Landau>, son of Edwin LANDAU and Julie WOLLHEIM of Koblenz, died in Zürich in 2001, age 96. An obituary mentions two sons but

I am a Merlin whose family migrated from Belarus circa 1904. Could we be kin? Donna Merlin paget.donna@...

Hello! My maiden name is Donna Merlin, I had never met my father. I recently, through DNA, found my family and found that they came from Belarus. I have discovered that they came through Ellis Island

There is sokiryany-jewish-roots@...; on behalf of; Fábio Koifman <fkoifman@...> You can join and post to SJR, Best, Jeff Miller

Thank you Jan for this piece of history! Which connects with my own family history. In 1940 my mother's German Jewish family was living in Antwerp, Belgium. During the phony war, Belgian authorities

Shalom,please translate all handwritten information in this column. This is from the wedding record of Israel Shapiro Epstein and Tauba Bukowska Wachtenheim from Skole, Ukraine (This area may have

Hello everyone,may I ask you to translate ( poland-english) Israel Shapiro and Tauba Bukowska's wedding record,here it's link from

Searching for Mones Simon Tokarczyk, born around 1865, brother of Abram Icko Tokarczyk, b.1858. Abram settled in Rochester, New York around 1885. No trace of Mones. Anyone familiar with family or

Securani is now part of Ukraine. If anyone is looking for more recent records they might be in Hotin and/or Ukraine. I recommend that you chek Jewishgen.org Town Finder to get all the name

Does anyone know how to change default relationship calculator in Family Tree Maker? I don't want the default shortest link and I can choose the longer one (in this case one family straight line all

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, I am pleased to be able to announce that the Tsal Kaplun Foundation (TSF) is the recipient of the

I would appreciate help in translating the Russian words on the gravestone picture I have attached to this message. Also the shape of the gravestone seems peculiar does any one have any thoughts on

My ggg-grandparents Sol HYMAN and Pauline LICHTENSTEIN came to US from Polish Russia / Russian Poland in 1840s. i'm trying to narrow down where they came from specifically. Their and their families'

I have always been told that Ashkenazi Jews do not name a child after a living relative. However, I am wondering if there is more nuance to this general practice. For example, I have seen one Latvian

I have a book in Cyrilic which was published after an extensive Oral History project and which lists the victims of BabiYar Is anyone interested in getting that to the Internet? David Lewin London

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