In Soviet Russia some women preferred to keep their maiden name and not adopt the name of their husband. It was a common phenomenon. Sometimes, the husband would take the wife’s name, as was the

Art, I feel like an idiot, but: If you could look for Weisser / Weiser from Buczacz I would appreciate it… I am a very recent widow, and my head is not on straight and I can’t locate

I recently researched for my GF's sister, who immigrated to Paris, on the Filae genealogy website. I chose a one month subscription for their premium plan. If anyone has need for such research, send

PER THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO CENSUS TAKERS: Children under the age of 1 year were to be recorded as: SOURCE: https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/AgeSearch.pdf

​My grandfather married his niece, that is, my grandmother was the daughter of his sister. This makes a very curious tree design. On the other hand, it saves time when doing genealogical work as

Linda, Can you please provide a search strategy for accessing these Remittance Lists online? Are they found in any particular collection? Many thanks, Alicia Weiss

Greetings! I have encountered a headstone of one ESTHER URETSKY whom I suspect is the sister of my great-grandmother ROSE URETSKY. But, I may very well be mistaken because I noted her maiden name

Please send me the details so that I can update the existingfile David Lewin

I just started reading about the "Former Residents of Krinki in Israel" and will comment later.

Maybe they had a religious marriage in 1938 and did not have a civil marriage until 1950. This was common in Eastern Europe, although your example is in the US. Another possibility is that they

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

VM-82652 In Russian: (не ясно) ОШСКИЙ ОБЛАСТНОЙ ОТДЕЛ Метной Промышленности Удостоверение

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