I have a very old and distant memory of my grandfather singing a song with a title that sounded like Toni Godl. The o in Toni is short and I have failed to find any reference. He was allegedly from

Okay I don't know why I didn't find this when I looked before, but it would appear the records are at NARA in DC, included within RG 21. From their catalog (ONLY items that would cover 1922): NAID

There is a legend in my family, which I first heard from a distant cousin when I was in my 40s, that our ancestors fled Galicia for Maramures (then, Hungary; now Romania) because their non-Jewish maid

As far as I know, a couple is a couple, regardless of the genders involved. People sometimes talk about same-sex couples/marriage, but they're still a couple. Alyssa Freeman Richmond, VA

I think a kinder (and actually more accurate) way of describing these stories is "family legends" or "family stories". My sense is that a good many of these stories aren't made up from a whole cloth

Just for the record, the name of the book is "Wine and Thorns in Tokay Valley: Jewish Life in Hungary; The History of Abaújszántó" by Zahava Száz Stessel. Most of my BLAU family is mentioned

Decades ago, I went to a doctor in Atlanta whose surname was JOVE. I think the following cut and paste is the family: Nathan Jové, M.D. is a third generation orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Jové has

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-----Original Message----- From: Daniela <sciakyd@...> I'm trying to find out what it means when a record says Naturalization: Supreme Court of Washington, DC 1922. Could this be a naturalization as a

I have just finished reading House of Glass by Hadley Freeman, who is a US journalist based in London. It is a biography of her grandmother Sala Glass and her siblings Henri, Jacques and Alex who

Hi Ryan, Here is the translation from Hebrew to English from the tombstone Woman (a word that I do not recognize) Mrs. Bela daughter of Shmuel died on the 5 Menahen Av 5684 (hebrew date which

My mother’s family were I believe from the Ukraine. Her father’s name was Asher Aron Weinstein (in EnglishOscar) Her name was Rahel Yetta Weinstein. Her mother’s name was Chaya (Ida) Skora

Look for first or second cousins that are sons of your father or grandfather's brothers. Make sure that you only follow the male line. My father had no brothers, but his father had two of them.

As I understand it, every woman inherits DNA from their father as well as from their mother in equal proportions (the double helix). So people you share DNA with are just as likely to be relatives on

"Dov" is a male name in Hebrew. I happen to know that because Sal Mineo played Dov in the movie "Exodus." Verified the name online. Linda Comac

Revision Lists were the Russian Empire's version of a census. They highlighted revisions since the last list. They were done at irregular intervals during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many

Good morning, ‘DOV’ is a very common name and means bear in Hebrew. Shalom, Malka Chosnek

Sally is right that there's no one answer for all times and places. It appears the Supreme Court of DC was like a "county court" in Washington DC for some time, including 1922. A cursory search did

Carlsruhe O/S = Carlsruhe, Oberschlesien = Carlsruhe in Upper Silesia = nowadays Pokój, Poland. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokój,_Opole_Voivodeship Militsch = Milicz

I would say it is Carlsruhe now written Karsruhe in Germany -- Françoise KRAFT searching KRAFT from HRUBIESCHOW (Poland) and ODESSA (Ukraine). INDIS from ODESSA (Ukraine),BELTSY (Moldova) and