My Odessa relatives had the family name Schleck (with multiple variations of spellings). Had that last name been in your family history? Barbara Cohen

It could be possible that the child was 9 months old and 9 years old. Makes more sense. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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Some Auschwitz prisoners were transported to Bergen Belsen. The only camp that tattooed prisoners was Auschwitz.

Hi Yariv Timna, I recommend Sophie Boudarel. She is very active. You can contact her via her website : https://la-gazette-des-ancetres.fr/contact/ If she cannot help you, it is certain that she will

The dissertation linked below may be of interest to you. It includes several tables that show which Yiddish names Jewish immigrants’ American names typically correspond to. From Rochel to Rose and

Hello Simon, Yes, Auschwitz was the only camp -- or to be more accurate, camp complex, because it was huge -- that tattooed prisoners with numbers. There was another, much smaller camp (Mielec) that

I had a similar confusion with age; turns out the child was listed on ship manifest as 11/12 but later listed as being 11 yrs. she was. Actually 11 months old.

I had no trouble with the database, but my relatives buried in Acacia are missing. -- Paul Silverstone West Vancouver, BC

They were Yisroel Originally from nagymuzsaly

About 10-15 years ago many states started restricting who can ask for official documents. They were worried about stealing identities, though I don't know who would have stolen Great Aunt Fannie's

Hi Hanna, Did you ever find a record of the 12 Nov 1938 marriage in Chicago? If not, perhaps they married in 1938 with a religious ceremony, but not a civil license? If that is the case, maybe in 1950

Following the post regarding additional years of Szrensk record indexed by JRI-Poland, J.Glass asked: "Is there a time frame for their posting online?" The additional years of Szrensk indices are

I would greatly appreciate a translation of Akta 16 of https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/72/200/0/-/147/skan/full/hH0BSniIs4xbhbpOvVSiHw, which is indexed in JRI-Poland's "Warsaw PSA Births 1864-1905

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I am trying to find discussions about which genealogy websites are best for jewish genealogy. Having trouble wording an accurate search. Can anyone help me with this? many thanks Nancy Summers,

Hi I have found a number of gravestones with the mother’s name on them in Hungary and Slovakia, including the gravestone of my great great grandparents, Wilhelm LOVINGER and Amalie LOVINGER nee

Although it’s possible the father’s name was not known (maybe he had died many years before or there was a messy divorce and people didn’t want to remember the name), Jews in Bratislava and a

My father in law was in an Auschwitz sub-camp (Gleiwice) and Sachsenhausen. I don’t know in which he was tattooed. I think the former.

Mollie might have been someone else's child -- or maybe she was 9 mos old. I have seen the month vs year confusion in family's records. -- JoAnne Goldberg - Menlo Park, California; GEDmatch