I suggest Rabka, Poland, which at the time was in the Austrian Empire. Search "Rubacca" with the Sounds Like option in the JewishGen Community Database.

Nizhne-Studënyy is in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia) Oblast of SW Ukraine at grid ref N 48°42′00″ E 23°22′00″. It’s closer to the Slovakian and Hungarian border and the towns of

I have one person who contacted me to share that my great-grand uncle was married to his grandmother's sister (correct) and that they had lived in another state and had a daughter (not correct, it was

Thanks for this suggestion...Rußbach seems lovely, and I wouldn't mind a chalet there, but it does seem unlikely in the absence of any references to a jewish community there, but who knows? Was

Marriage records in Mexico can sometimes be a bit hard to find. I have a world explorer subscription and can see if I can find anything for you tonight. Death records are a bit easier (but the

My great-grandmother is the one I know about whom I know the least of all, alas She (née SCHMIER) and her husband (KATSOF) only spoke Yiddish. They came over to Canada in 1906 already married, but

I'm searching for more information on the family of Yosel MILER (b. Luoke 1903, son of Heshel MILER and Chaja VAIRIBERG) and his wife Mina nee LEVITAN (b. 1887 Siauliai, daughter of Yudel LEVITAN and

Hi Joyaa, I see you are interested in the Schur famliy. Are you aware of the publication ‘Judaism in Namaqualand’? It contains an interesting piece on Moses Schur in het part on earliest jews.

Although a town named "Rubacca" remains elusive, those of you researching locations in the Austro-Hungarian empire might find it useful to check this terrific resource: Josef Kendler’s Orts-und

My great grandmother came to the NY in 1900 via Hamburg. On the ship manifest the town from which she came was listed as Rubezen. Her family was originally from Rubezhevichi in Belarus, but she

I would agree with Sheri Bobish that a "missing" note is possible. Also, in my experience, 20th century lists can list people who had emigrated or, who, given their age, were probably dead without

Although "a variation of Moses" that is ancestral for me, Mock is often a Gentile name. A Wyss-Frye Swiss family is ancestral for the Vice President. An early Pennsylvania Isetts family is my

Could it be this place? Rußbach, Austria (village and site of a ski resort): " Rußbach is in the Austrian Alps in Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Gmunden, Austria. Salzburg is just one

Attached is the book you are seeking, in four parts.

My maternal grandfather, Harry Smit, was a descendant of Dutch Jews. I am the sixth generation in a direct line of descent from This line in America.

The first edition is found in Hebrewbooks.org

Those of us who don’t have Galician ancestors would benefit from this webinar and in my opinion it should be made available to all Jewish Gen members, since the information is not specific to

You can view or download a pdf copy here: https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/46793 David Shapiro Jerusalem

My great great great grandmother, Kitty Millingen (nee Solomons) died in London in 1835. Her Hebrew name is Gila bat reb Dov according to Hambro Synagogue burial register. I have been told that Kitty

I have listened to the tune of the suggested song on YouTube. May well be the one however, I am not sure and I am definitely not going to divulge the length of time since I last heard my grandfather