Gemeinschaftliches Testament Wir setzen uns hierdurch gegenseitig als alleinige Erben ein. Der Überlebende von uns soll über den Nachlaß vollständig frei verfügen. Berlin Charlottenburg, den

The Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA] is working on a set of documents from the German Consulate in Palestine called the Meldeblaetter for the years 1938-39. German citizens living in

A few notes and clarifications for this large database: Many of the citizenship revocations affected persons who had previously left Germany, e.g. were resident in the United States and various

If a person has an extensive family tree that traces back in time hundreds of years directly from his mother, would another person, who has the same haplogroup such as mtDNA K1a4a, legitimately be

Between 1903 and 1914 my paternal great grandfather traveled back and forth between Bessarabia and the US at least 3 times, each time in steerage. In 1903 my ggf (Schimen Baitel) landed in NY and made

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:17 AM, <alejandro@...> wrote: Alejandro, the original name was Tzipershteyn and this family changed it to Ziperstein, Silverstein and Selverston.

I have located a reference to Helena Leora Grenzbauer in a survivors list on Dan Hirschberg's website. Does anyone know where can I find the actual documents this is based on? thank you, Daniella

It appears that Raduraksti has launched a new website! https://raduraksti.arhivi.lv/ The marriages will be filed under I will be sure to notify the Latvia team at JewishGen and we will work to

My wife’s family comes from Shtayatsishisok / Stajetiske, a shtetl in the subdistrict of Adutiskis in the Sencionys municipality of Lithuania. Her paternal GF’s surname was variously spelled

you wrote: My family name in Russia was Shainsky. My paternal grandfather, grandmother, and children arrived in 1913 in Philadelphia. His 18 yo brother also came on the same ship, but was deported

"I'd like to ask for help understanding practices or conventions or ... among Portuguese Jews". These naming conventions are different in different locations. I have never seen a child in Amsterdam

Sorry I missed the question about registration on the Raduraksti site. You have to re-register as it is a new site which means a new username and password. Arlene Beare Co-director Latvian Research.

You are quire right we have a problem. When the Raduraksti site upgraded their site our links were broken. We now have a mammoth task to reconnect them either to Raduraksti or to Family Search

Dear Yefin and Erika With pleasure I could have it on the Bessarabia website. When you can attach the link so I can see it. Regarding my grandfather's Military notebook (military license), Sheet

Thank you for the information about 'Jewish Cockney'. I have ordered the book mentioned and believe that I have found the home address of Mr Kops. I shall write to him today! Much appreciated.

My father grew up in St. Joseph. His mother's sister from Minneapolis married Isadore Litvak from St. Joe. She was born in Roumania. He owned a pawn shop there and was killed in an armed robbery in

While I have not personally met Calvin Trillon, his family was Very close to my father's in St. Joseph. His father had a grocery store there, as did my grandfather. The Trillons moved to KC before he

Fritz BUKOFZER was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Lucerne (Switzerland) between January and April 1958. Maybe the Jewish Community in Lucerne can provide you with the exact date and has further

As Pinsk is now in Belarus, try for the records in Belarus. I can recommend a charity helping the remaining Jews help themselves. That includes genealogical research in the local archives on behalf

My 3rd-great-grandfather, who along with a childless brother, adopted the family name BÄR (BAER) in accordance with the 1809 law requiring Jews living in Baden to adopt permanent family names was