Hello, For those that are new to genealogy, I would like to add one more thing to be cautious about. A source citation does not automatically make something true. For instance, in researching my

“Leah Tziger [née Pinchuk] is a chapter from the Yizkor book of Rafalovka in the Ukraine. It is the story of a young girl’s struggle to survive after she and her family went into hiding and

I've attached the inventory for the 1834 Vilna Revision List.

I have a listing of a family member born in 1846 in Minsk,Minsk, Oblast, Belarus, Ssr. I assume there is a town minsk in the state of Minsk and Where/ what is Oblast? Mary Ellen Pollack #222350 --

I'm not at all an expert but just from looking at images on Google and looking up who controlled Stanislaw during WWI I think it's actually an Austrian uniform. Binyamin Kerman Baltimore MD

Hi Barry, Jedwabne is in Lomza Gubernia adjacent to Suwalki Gubernia in NE Poland. Both these were and are border gubernias, in the 19th century being the border with East Prussia (Konigsberg). The

ryabinkym@...: I have been working under the assumption that Shliomovich Sinensky was a combination of two last names based on the revision list showing the father of Fayvush Shliomovich Sinensky as

The name seems to be Sanneh סאנע which is short for Nesanel נתנאל. It is followed by the word Hacohen הכהן. David Shapiro Jerusalem

My ggg-gf Lewin LICHTENSZTEJN was born in 1832 in Mlawa, Poland. He moved to Plock when he married Rayca LEDERBERG. His parents were Nusen, who died in 1835, and Feyga, a sister of the Kuzmir Rebbe,

Działoszyce researchers will be pleased to hear that the Jewish entries in the 1890-1931 Book of Residents Index are extracted. The Index directs us to one of four volumes and the page where we can

Looks to me to be Sana followed by the title HaCohen, then YALEN. The symbol of the open hands giving the priestly blessing is for a descendant of the Cohens the tribe of priests from

The 1834 Revision List for "Vilna" includes records from LVIA/515/15/542 - 548. The records from 542 are currently part of the ALD. I have taken full inventory of the records in 543 - 548. Jill and

My guess is that the seemingly long name in question is in fact two words (notice space in between). It appears to me that the first word is the fathers name (Sine); the second, tribal status

Thank you for your message. My grand mother CHANA SPIRA-HAMMEL was born in DUKLA 07/25/1877. I have since discovered that IZAAK HAMMEL (circa 1840) + LAJE SPIRA ( circa 1840) had another daughter

Thank you so much. I'm very excited about finding your website. My ggrandfather Isaac Rachlin was from Khislivichi. Is the memoir you mention, on the site? If not, how can I get a copy. Seems we are

Shmuel Jacob ben Reb Manne Hakohen Yalen

Just finished reading a terrific non fiction book " A woman of no importance" about an American spy who worked first for Brits OSE and later for Yanks OSS. Her name was Virginia Hall (born east coast

Hi all, First of all I should state, that I didn’t work with Belarus Records. Maybe Belarus is different. Therefore, I’m not sure if I will confuse the issue or my email will answer some

This intrigued me, so I looked into it. Seems the engraving had a spacing problem. It says the father is Sane haCohen Yelin. Sane (or Sana) is short for Nasan, which would be a Yiddish pronunciation

Sorry that link failed. The Leo Baek Institute has these Austrian exit questionnaires. Yesterday I linked to them, but they seem to be installing a new system? Contact them by phone to check on their