Hello Martyn: Thank you for the quick response. I have been trying for this (and more) info for years! My apologies but because I'm not a Jew myself, my understanding of some of the info is

There's a record in the Revision List for 1874 which I'm trying to determine if it refers to my ancestors. So, what do you think about these names? In Belarus, they were: Gdalia or Gdal, Hinda or

The idea of having all genealogists go to their own synagogues to copy the information on all memorial plaques is a great idea for several reasons: 1. The data can be put on similar spreadsheets

I've seen the name in Poland. It isn't real common, but it is there. Sally

I am looking for information about Jacob Tajch or Taych who arrived in Australia about 1876. I know that Jacob subsequently changed his last name to Tyfield.

My brain was on JOWBR cemeteries regarding complete sections. Not such issue with the plaques. I work on both and the 59 JOWBR cemeteries I am creating the HTML for were still on my mind. Both go to

Nolan Altman for complete sections: naltman@...

Eighty years ago, the census of 1940—the 16th in the nation’s history—was carried out beginning in April. The 1940 census forms a critical link to our shared past and provides a window into an

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A few years ago I had my students copy down the information on all of the synagogue's memorial plaques. I had been to a conference and learned about an ongoing effort to record these names somewhere

You can also consider materials in the archive of the Centrum Judaicum in Berlin. It contains a large part of the materials collected by the Gesamtarchiv dear Deutschen Juden zu Berlin. The

I have a similar quandary. I have a husband & wife who were second cousins, and are buried side-by-side. Her stone says "beloved sister" and his stone doesn't have any familial notes -- just his name

Hello. I sent a message before but i am not sure if you received it. I live in vienna since 1983 and have suceeded in writing a biography on my folks going back to 1680 when jews were not allowed to

"very often the data collected by commercial genealogical companies is useless" The Record matching at Ancestry and MyHeritage are very valuable.

Perhaps this resource might help, especially as they offer a Live Chat: LEO BAECK INSTITUTE: An archive and research library devoted to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews. Located at the

Hello Moses, I recently did a biography of a friend whose maiden surname is Militscher. She lived in that area, mainly Breslau, until in 1938 the family escaped from Breslau and made it to British

My greatgrandfather wrote on his application for naturalisation in Australia that he arrived on15th March 1888 on the ship Talavera. This did not seem to be correct. After much searching for dates

Bonjour je recherche tous renseignements sur ma famille maternelle qui s'appelait HUTMACHER ou KHUTMACHER qui vivait à Kozienice Je connais certains prénoms : SYMUCHA (né aux environs de 1858),

Not sure but I have a friend here n beitar whose family name is Jura. They are originally I think from Australia but not sure

Does anyone recognize someone on the attached picture dated circa 1930. It must be a gathering from the Rand family. My grandfather Schmuel Rand was born in Lutowiska December 14, 1883 from ELIYAOU