Hello everyone from the sweltering heat of Dubai, Thank you all for your replies and interest. I just wanted to clarify that I am asking about the likelihood of a man swapping his given name and his

Hi Ettie My great grandfather was Lewis Segal,whose original name was Leib Segalovich and was from Vilna. His parents were Abram and Tzvia Segalovich. I can go back a bit further. Lewis was in the UK

Hello, I recently acquired a small french flag that was reportedly owned by Marcel and I would like to learn more about the person. The person I acquired it from purchased it 20 years ago but does

Shalom Tammy, It is Hebrew "Dear and honorabel educated young SHMARIA son of Mr Menahem" two abbreviations: "land of Israel" and "may his light shine" TYBNIK (or RYBNIK) died on the second day of the

A free online photo archive with pictures donated by the public is restoring Romania’s collective memory. Azopan is the free online archive which digitizes and publishes analogue photographs

IAJGS member, the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, Inc., has digitized two of its major collections: oral histories ad newspaper archive. They are available for online research and browsing.

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Old handwritten German I've posted 2 vital records in German for which I would like a translation, please. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

During the week of my father’s shiva I went to a number of local synagogues and 2 of 3 welcomed me and the 3rd denied me.

Another member suggested that I should share more information about my Great Aunt. I've attached her Declaration of Intent, which has the following information. There are two bits of info that make

Hello Jorge, My great grandfather’s name was Chaim (Charles) Mendelson. He was from Romania and died in NY in 1916. He married Pauline Weintraub in Romania. Any chance of a connection to your

A few months ago I announced on this list that I was coordinating an in-person week-long course, “Introduction to Jewish Genealogy,” for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP)

If it is an invasion of privacy, don’t put up a yahrzeit plaque. The whole idea of a memorial wall is visibility, sharing and remembrance. Matt Friedman

Love to hear from you if any of these names are of interest: SIDRER, SANTOCKI/SANTOTSKY, DISNER, ZIVOV, CHADASH, RYDER, SEGAL TOWNS: KOVNO/KAUNAS, KALVARIJA, YANOVA, ADUTISKIS, SVENCIAN, Ettie Zilber

One good source is the Ukraine Research Division of JewishGen at https://www.jewishgen.org/ukraine. There you will find Town Pages with information for these towns. Look also for records at Alex

I, too, would be interested in such a sub group. One or two in particular of my ancestors transited to the US via the Netherlands (among at least several others) and possibly stopping in Ireland on

Hi Peter, Although I don't think there is a legal privacy issue with either, I can see the argument reversed. The cemeteries are usually private cemeteries so the administrators may ask you to leave

My husbands family is Muchnik (MOOTCHNIK) from Moldova and Russia. Bobbe Mootchnik

25 years ago when I began scanning photos, I named them picnnn. When I got to 800, I realized I needed something better. I now scan photos I borrow from people and give each person a code, I am

Hi: My grandfather was Lazaro Mendelejis. His Uncle, Jimy, changed his last name to Mendelson when he arrived to the USA. They all came from Uman Ukraine and I have a lot of information. Maybe we can

Salute! to Shalom Bronstein The “IAJGS Salutes! Committee” is pleased to announce that Shalom Bronstein has been awarded an IAJGS Salute! Award. IAJGS Salutes are designed to provide recognition