In 2010 I was one of several contributors indexing records for JDC. Included were Remittance Lists names. Today I checked a few names that I know should be there, and they were. There

I have Odessa ancestors also named Goldberg. William(Wolf) Goldberg born 1871 in Odessa. Married Esther Barsay born about 1875 also in Ukraine. They immigrated to the US in 1892. Settled in Kingston,

Does anyone know whether the grandparents' names appeared on birth certificates registered in Vienna ? Would this apply to a birth in Vienna in 1906? Any help will be much appreciated. Maggie Jacobs

I'm looking for the first and last names of the parents of Sarah Sarolea Léa APTECKAR born on 08/01/1887 in ODESSA arrested in Charenton and deported on 07/29/1942 from Drancy to Auschwitz. Evelyne

Re: "I would be happy to donate 4 plots to a worthy Jewish organization". Perhaps the "Hebrew Free Burial Association" would be interested. Here is their website: https://www.hebrewfreeburial.org/

A family friend was never in Auschwitz but he was tattooed, presumably when kept at a children's detention center before he escaped through the children's march to the United States. -- Barbara

Could they be cousins or sisters born to the same father but different mothers? While it is unusual for sisters or cousins to have the same name, if they were named for the same person, it's not

Do the marriage and death certificates give her age? They usually do. This should give you more information as to how to interpret her age in 189, as should the 1900 census. -- Barbara

In Soviet Russia some women preferred to keep their maiden name and not adopt the name of their husband. It was a common phenomenon. Sometimes, the husband would take the wife’s name, as was the

Art, I feel like an idiot, but: If you could look for Weisser / Weiser from Buczacz I would appreciate it… I am a very recent widow, and my head is not on straight and I can’t locate

I recently researched for my GF's sister, who immigrated to Paris, on the Filae genealogy website. I chose a one month subscription for their premium plan. If anyone has need for such research, send

PER THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO CENSUS TAKERS: Children under the age of 1 year were to be recorded as: SOURCE: https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/AgeSearch.pdf

​My grandfather married his niece, that is, my grandmother was the daughter of his sister. This makes a very curious tree design. On the other hand, it saves time when doing genealogical work as

Linda, Can you please provide a search strategy for accessing these Remittance Lists online? Are they found in any particular collection? Many thanks, Alicia Weiss

Greetings! I have encountered a headstone of one ESTHER URETSKY whom I suspect is the sister of my great-grandmother ROSE URETSKY. But, I may very well be mistaken because I noted her maiden name

Please send me the details so that I can update the existingfile David Lewin

I just started reading about the "Former Residents of Krinki in Israel" and will comment later.

Maybe they had a religious marriage in 1938 and did not have a civil marriage until 1950. This was common in Eastern Europe, although your example is in the US. Another possibility is that they

My Odessa relatives had the family name Schleck (with multiple variations of spellings). Had that last name been in your family history? Barbara Cohen

It could be possible that the child was 9 months old and 9 years old. Makes more sense. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone