Sound like Kupiskis in Kovno Guberniya Alexander

Nothing was needed, Roberta. Until WW I people could enter the US at will, assuming they had a way to support themselves until they got jobs.

A new project has been launched to identify and catalog every Hebrew book in Italy—35,000 books over the next three years.. Called I-Tal-Ya Books it is a joint collaboration between the National

I have a Lithuania revision list for my family in Joniskelis that has 3 different surnames – the father – Reyz, one son Zlot, and another Zund and mention of one son that moved to Pusalotas using

Sounds like my family's "Kupishok", currently known as Kupiskis, Lithuania.

Dear fellow researchers, Progress continues on the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project. We have now completed a second set of family lists (tax censuses) from the Mglin uezd (district) in

In 1900, Morris Berger of 109 Brick Lane, London was granted a British Certificate of Naturalization. The recital reads: ".... that he is a subject of Russia, having been born at Koopziek in Kovna;

If you have already registered for the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) 2020 Conference on Jewish Genealogy, then THANK YOU! Our registration numbers look really good

In both 1930 and 1939 Warsaw homeowner directories, Orla 5/7 is listed in district XII and Krolewska 29a in district I. Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@... near Washington, D.C.

Trying to find any documents that may have been needed for my Grandmother Fannie Shore (maiden name) along with her Father Hershe and younger sister on July 1903. I do have the ship's manifest - La

Thank you for posting this. It is a valuable resource. I recall seeing a much earlier version of this and noticing my all-time favorite Jewish name: Pesach Manneschewitz (see line 19800).

Just as an aside, family last names may not have been changed at the ports of entry but they sure can be changed by different branches of the family… My Volovich family takes up nearly half of my

Hi Karol, Here are some ideas. FultonHistory.com https://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Free site to search digitized newspapers (heavily New York, but adding papers from other states.) You can search

Hi Dani, Regarding your question of check marks on a manifest. Each person on that page (except two) has a check mark with a line through the check mark to the left of their name. The person who is

I think I will take advantage of this discussion to pursue an area of research that I have been contemplating for some time. I would like to collect family stories about old country surname changes

Thanks for that! Can I email them in English if I'm interested? Shoshanah Glickman Gateshead, UK >Researchers interested in Szrensk will be pleased to learn that JRI-Poland has >indexed an additional

Ettie: I definitely think you are on the right track - although I don't think it would be good for me to take an (un)educated guess. It is not an easy question - or answer. We need to learn enough

I recall hearing the name Golub in Philadelphia when I was growing up. I know nothing more about the family, but try Philadelphia records. Happy hunting, Molly Arost Staub Researching Berenson,

Reserchers interested in Szrensk will be pleased to learn that JRI-Poland has indexed an additional ten years (1903 to 1912) of records that are not yet online. For more information, contact the town

Maybe I am dense, but I have never seen this before and just stumbled on it. This link takes you to the Arolsen Archives and you can search for