It is Yiddish but very difficult to read because of some characters associated with numbers. Seems to be sent to a sister Ruchl Leah. The son Itzhak is 17 years old. Angel Kosfiszer Richardson, Texas

Hi Erika, To answer your questions: 1) If the records were on two different microfilms, then there were two sets of records. In addition to the record set that is kept in the local archive,

Julia's answer is excellent and very complete. As a transcriber, the only things I can add are: 1) though most transcriptions are based on familysearch microfilms, not all are, so you may come across

The only revision lists on the web site linked to the Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania are the 1765 lists previously identified. If there are any later ones, I have not found them. That

My great grandfather was Jacob Resnikov. He came from somewhere in Belarus or Ukraine. As a young man he came to Odessa where he met and married my GGM, Slawa Tsatskin. I know nothing of his family

Thankyou for this useful tip. People can of course check the 1939 Register for further information which is already on Find My Past. Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK

Elias. I agree. I’ll stick with Ancestry. But.... i have a distant cousin who adds unverified people to her tree even on Ancestry and I’ve mistakenly added some if it. Only to find that dates are

I have uploaded the 31,900 records of Florence MARMOR's burial records of the New York Mokkom Sholom, Bayside and Acacia cemeteries to

Hello, Greatly would appreciate if you can get back to me as I lost your posting I have some suggestions for your inquiry As well would like to purchase your book Thanks Peninah

Dear Genners, I am extremely reluctant to add my two cents to the plethora of emails on the topic of immigrants’ names (be it first, last, or both) being “changed” at a US port of entry, but I

Shalom Joel, This is fascinating. I have had no success finding my MAIPER family prior to 1840. They were living in Rumshishok (Rumsiskes) and it seems like they just fell out of the sky. There are

This is fascinating. I have had no success finding my MAIPER family prior to 1840 in Rumshishok. There are no MAIPERS

Jackie wrote: Any chance of a link or image? Declarations are generally handwritten... Also, what's the date on this Declaration? Is it before or after the first world war? _Comitat_ is used in German

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 06:39 PM, Nicole Heymans wrote: On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 06:39 PM, Nicole Heymans wrote: Here haberdashery was generally for men’s hats and ties and small accessories --

The indexers interpreted the instructions differently. Both records have the preprinted headers in German, and the column in question is labeled _Wohnung der Eltern_ "residence of parents". Both are

My view mate is not working so I could not provide a link so please respond here

Erika asked: It depends on what the particular register recorded. (This was sometimes nearly completely unrelated to what the preprinted form called for.) Some examples: Hebrew/Yiddish/religious name,

There was nothing to “get”. All immigration official did was to match the name on the manifest to the name on the immigrant’s tag…. He did not have to write anything down. v See the

Toivy, I would've been very glad to respond to your ViewMate question, but you closed it, apparently within minutes of receiving an answer. As Jacob points out, said answer has some errors. In this

Hi all, I can read some of this but some of these words I do not recognize