My mother's family were tanners from Krynki, the Tursky's (Turski). They left in 1921. Feel free to get in touch: randi.kepecs@...

I am fairly certain my father, Herbert Liffmann, and his siblings were aboard the Boskoop, a mixed cargo vessel, that sailed from Europe to the west coast of South America in the 1930s. I am not

I’m fairly sure that most of the marriages within a family are arranged. My mother was supposed to have an arranged marriage with a first cousin. Unfortunately he was unable to leave Europe before

You may also want to check Cedar Park & Beth-El cemeteries in Paramus NJ. http://www.cedarparkbethelcemeteries.com/ _____ Rich Isaak Researching Isaak, Rosenheimer & Türkheimer (Germany)

Agree with Stephen. For clarification, the document is in a Cyrillic alphabet, while Polish and most Western European languages use what is usually called the Latin alphabet.

I am not an expert on this subject but I don't think Auschwitz was the only place that did this. I have heard the tattoos referred to as "Bergen-Belsen numbers" for instance.

Hi, all of my mother's family was from Krynki. My grandfather was still there until 1924 or so. Please contact me at my gmail account. jschonholz@... Would love to talk. Janis

Hi Eric! Not all death information is on line. Look on the PA Death Index for information on Lea Fleysher. Then request a copy from the State.

One possible explanation is that whoever erected the stone did not know the name of his father. I have images of some stones in my family which differ in their post-WW2 design from the design they

Hi M. Zeldes, The file you mentioned is SDH Vincennes, near Paris :

I suggest you try the University of Hull website which has a lot of information about steamships that plied the Baltic and North Sea, including Wilsons, as does Hull Museum. UK Museums are reopening

I've been told that sometimes the mother's name is used to ask for mercy or healing for a person in prayers. But I've also never heard of it on a tombstone. Have you looked at other stones in the

Jim is quite right, it may even be closer than 5th cousin. Every person of Jewish origin supposedly shares at least one chromosome segment in common, however small. That is why I never look for

I recently received a photo of my great grandfather and great uncle’s grave stone from Saddle Ridge, NJ. The dates match my research. My mother is doubting its authenticity because her family lived

I have one such case in my family in Bavaria. The father was definitely Jewish but he was married more than once and I believe that the mother's name was used simply to identify her. Werner

Hello, Can anyone advise me where I might find online access to the Melsungen Amtsrechnungen (Tax Rolls) for the years 1799-1804? Or, If you have a copy, do a look up in them on my behalf... Thank

From Paris, Hi Ilya, "Memoire des hommes" (Keeping memory of soldiers, resistants, deportees,..) is the official service of French Ministry of Defense (Army) in charge of history and

From Paris, Hi Simon, You could ask Auschwitz camp archives : http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschwitz-prisoners/ With this advice, available for Arolsen archives : these two institution display

Do you know how can I download a copy of a ledger page? Daniella Alyagon Israel alyagon.genealogy@... Researching: ALYAGON (Israel), SHOCHETMAN (Kishinev / Letychev / Derazhnya), AGINSKY

. *** a little long post + 2 questions*** My paternal great grandmother's brother Samuel Weiszberger, was born in what was then the Austro-Hungarian empire on the 10th of October 1878. My father who