I can take part in indexing by the cities of Romny and the county, Sumy, Mogilev-Podolsky, Tulchin.

Does anyone know what criteria would result in a person being removed from a revision list? i.e. is it possible for somebody to be listed in a list dated 1907 who had left Lithuania circa 1890 (rest

Dov - without the e on the end is a common personal name, Itmeans "Bear" In Yiddish "Berl" I guess the 3 on the end is an endearment of Dov David Lewin

We at Gesher Galicia are thrilled to present for our members an exciting presentation by Ms. Jennifer Mendelsohn, one of the true all-stars on the genealogy circuit today, Jennifer is just an example

I'm sorry if this sounds silly but in researching a brother of the ancestor, his lists his father's name as Dove on the death certificate. There is nothing on the tombstone. I don't see the name

I don't think I can ad any insights, but my family name is Shayevitz. My paternal grandfather came to New York by way of Dvinsk, Latvia (Daugavspols). His family actually appears in an 1893 Russian

I was going to reply just as Adam did but he did it much more eloquently. Bazel could have actually been Razel (Reizel) which translates to Rose.

As a person who was born in the USSR, I can confirm that ''Oblast'' is an administrative region with a capital city. These ''Oblasts'' in the USSR and today's Russia have different sizes: in the

Not unusual for emigres to have a paranoia, which they tried to cover up with false stories. This could be as simple as misstating names or ages. When I was downsizing my mom's house, I found some

Hi folks. I’m having trouble finding the towns mentioned in this card (attached), it is from a census written in German. My guess is that these are towns near the Polish/German border. I have

"U.S. law provides that naturalization can be done in any court or by the attorney general." This, like most government things - and a lot else - only happened at certain times. We all know that the

Granted the document I have is not very clear.

This online group is an excellent source of German Citizenship restoration information and support: https://www.article116exclusionsgroup.org/about Good luck, Jim Gelbort

Please email me at nathanson1947@..., and I will email you what I can find. Jack Nathanson.

You can join Genealogy Quebec, which has the same database, on a limited basis, for 24 hours or one month to view and copy database entries. It is very reasonable, and you should be able to get what

My mother z”l used to tell that her grandfather was very rich, was a farm owner – but actually he was the administrator of the farm. Most of Jews were very poor, so maybe his financial situation

Hi everyone, I am researching my Jewish family from Smolensk. Where are the vital records located for Smolensk Jews? Thank you Val

I wouldn't expect any of the companies to double-check sources, but they might flag improbable situations, like a boy becoming a father at age 8 or a woman having a baby at 60, or

The Polish Legions were established by Joseph Pilsudski in 1914. Their uniforms were not standardized, but they usually wore either round grey visored caps called „maciejówka” (Maciej-cap) or

Some tales are right and others fanciful. My 3nd g uncle, the first to come to the US, supposedly because he killed a Cossack who was raping his sister. I rather think this might be right, because