A few years ago I had my students copy down the information on all of the synagogue's memorial plaques. I had been to a conference and learned about an ongoing effort to record these names somewhere

You can also consider materials in the archive of the Centrum Judaicum in Berlin. It contains a large part of the materials collected by the Gesamtarchiv dear Deutschen Juden zu Berlin. The

I have a similar quandary. I have a husband & wife who were second cousins, and are buried side-by-side. Her stone says "beloved sister" and his stone doesn't have any familial notes -- just his name

Hello. I sent a message before but i am not sure if you received it. I live in vienna since 1983 and have suceeded in writing a biography on my folks going back to 1680 when jews were not allowed to

"very often the data collected by commercial genealogical companies is useless" The Record matching at Ancestry and MyHeritage are very valuable.

Perhaps this resource might help, especially as they offer a Live Chat: LEO BAECK INSTITUTE: An archive and research library devoted to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews. Located at the

Hello Moses, I recently did a biography of a friend whose maiden surname is Militscher. She lived in that area, mainly Breslau, until in 1938 the family escaped from Breslau and made it to British

My greatgrandfather wrote on his application for naturalisation in Australia that he arrived on15th March 1888 on the ship Talavera. This did not seem to be correct. After much searching for dates

Bonjour je recherche tous renseignements sur ma famille maternelle qui s'appelait HUTMACHER ou KHUTMACHER qui vivait à Kozienice Je connais certains prénoms : SYMUCHA (né aux environs de 1858),

Not sure but I have a friend here n beitar whose family name is Jura. They are originally I think from Australia but not sure

Does anyone recognize someone on the attached picture dated circa 1930. It must be a gathering from the Rand family. My grandfather Schmuel Rand was born in Lutowiska December 14, 1883 from ELIYAOU

Here is a website about the Levitan family in Lithuania. There could be helpful info there. eilatgordonlevitan.com

I could not have said it better. Like Prof. Gath, i've found it a huge waste of time to look in those commercial databases. To pay them money as a subscriber is adding insult to injury. Reminds me of

Before WWI many people from Galicia said they were from Austria. Consider the town of Rybotycze which is now in Poland. David Shapiro Jerusalem

None of the Genealogy sites check facts and even if one sends them corrections with all relevant sources, nothing is ever changed. Much of the rubbish emanating from these sites is due to transcribing

Further to my earlier message. I have found Moshe ben Natan married to Rivka bat Yehuda Leib at the New Synagogue (then in Leadenhall Street) on 3 March 1816. No family names for either bride or groom

Hello, Lewis Nathan married Hannah Cohen (daughter of Moses Cohen) at the New Synagogue on 15 Aug 1838. They lived at 3 Cobbs Yard. Both gave the same address but this was very usual as it saved a

Thank you everyone for your responses. The majority of the responses said Partners. Some said Domestic Partners not to be confused with a business partner. Thanks again for your opinions.

Moses, The CAHJP (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People) in Jerusalem has 37 files from the archives of the Jewish community of Militsch (Milicz). However, as far as I can tell from

hi ,this page ist blocked from germany: http://block.pglaf.org/germany.shtml?query=de+copu+coffi best jan braunholz - frankurt/m