The IGRA Zoom session on July 6 (9 pm Israel, 2 pm EDT) features Daniel Horowitz explaining the new technologies developed by MyHeritage allowing you to take black & white photos and colorize them and

I have uploaded a page from 1920 Ellis Island as http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82789 There are 5 check marks (v) and one check/cross mark at the far left. One check mark is

You need to understand that due to privacy laws records under 100 years old are classified and cannot be accessed. If your mother was born in 1940, and I will assume the last entry in the record book

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82796 Please respond via

I would appreciate help in deciphering and translating AND HELP FINDING HINTS OF A RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. It is on ViewMate at the following address

The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers is a great resource at http://ryersonindex.org/search.php . There are 41 entries for the surname ''Kohen''. Unfortunately,

My paternal grandfather and his 4 brothers came over from Koydanovo Belarus around the turn of the century as SLUMIEL; my grandfather changed his name to GROSSMAN in court in his naturalization papers

My experience was quite different. My parents, working class refugees from Europe, outfitted my room with a bookcase, which first held slim "Golden Books" -- e.g. "Poky Little Puppy." Later reading

My grandfather was from a town called "Domborov" I have read that it is a Hasidic town, Maybe your family was named after the town which was not unusual when Jews took a surname in the early

Tammy, Contact Steve Taubman, Radom Town Leader, at taubman@.... He should be able to help you. Carol Bleecher Isaak (I have Radom family ancestors, too.)

Anne, RE: Identifying uniform jacket of groom. He is wearing a military-style uniform based on the cut and style of the jacket. Specifically, the wide cuffs on the sleeves with piping along the edge,

I have family members, as well, with many brothers and some of them having one name while some had another. I've heard that the surname of every 4th son or of some sons would be changed within Jewish

I've followed the name changes of my maternal grandfather's surname. My grandfather, with the last name Leapman' had led me to believe that the name was originally 'Liebman', and had told me that we

I have a paternal aunt that appears to have been mentally retarded, and institutionalized in the 1940s in Pennsylvania. I had thought this woman died around 1945 or so, but it turns out that she died

Dear Abe: Zabie, now Verkhovyna, Ukraine was part of Galicia near the border of Bukovina. The AGAD Archive in Warsaw holds the following records: 1877-1907 B; 1891-1936 M; 1884-1918 D. The 1877-1907 B

And we used the local library for many of our nooks. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I corresponded with this person some 4 years ago and wish to contact her again. I believe she lives in Israel. Shel B. Calgary, AB, Canada

Thank you, Emily. As always, you are very knowledgeable and, like all historians, need to find proof to confirm or deny family history. I agree. I didn't realize that there was no real process for

Re: Murdered in Holocaust: BORENSTEIN (BERNSTEIN), KACHKA (KACZE), #Kishinev, #Romania about 1941 My grandmother’s sister, Yidus KACHKA , her husband BORENSTEIN (or BERNSTEIN?), and their

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