The correct year is 1930 (5690). Amos ZEZMER Yerres, France

Terry, The translation is as follows below. 7 Tevet 5690 corresponds to 7 Jan. 1930. Yours truly, Keith (Osher) First line: po nikbar (abbr.) – here lies Second line: Imanu ha’yikara – our

Addendum to my last post- I neglected to add that both my brother and his son have the same names in Hebrew . They were named for two different ancestors with the same name! Marla Cohen Hartford , Ct.

My brother and my grandfather have the same Hebrew name. But they were named for two different ancestors , who coincidentally had the same name . According to Ashkenazi tradition that can only occur

Hi from Paris, As I wrote recently on this forum, there is a lot of historical papers concerning Jews' fate around Nice during Shoah. Unfortunately (nobody is perfect !) most of these documents are in

Hi, You can check the All Odessa Database on the Odessa Kehilalinks (kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/odessa). There are several Lapes and Lapis. Best, Ariel Parkansky

In Russia, every man or women got secondary name from father's first name. In your case "Shliomovich" is his father first name is Shlioma. And it's no mater for a man or the women. When your

Hi Jacob my email is peterisert@... I visited some relatives in Haifa I think in the late 1970s someone called Rirtette I think? i know my grandfather Raphael Dorra died & is buried in Safed Hope to

Hi JoAnne, When looking for possible-survivors' descendants or family, there are usually 2 things to do (Apart from what you already did): 1. Enter the Yad-Vashem database and search for POTs - Pages

Hello Toby, this book is an "Ortsfamilienbuch" OFB on the community of Emden near Magdeburg and not Emden in Lower Saxony. It will comprise mostly Christian families. Very often these sorts of books

Hi Valentin, Thanks for responding! You are probably right. My grandfather's name in Hebrew is indeed Yeshayahu. I am wondering why there's no husband listed under the "Ienta" record that I found. I

Fellow Jewishgeners, I am trying to help find family for a now adult child who was found abandoned in Russia in 1942. His nephew contacted me. "My name is Alex, I live in Danville, California, my

I want to thank everyone for their answers and opinions on this topic. I guess i should’ve been more specific in the initial post. Meyer MNUSHKIN was born in Bobroisk in 1903. The birth record

I was wondering if there are detailed B/D/M records available in the Lithuanian database, in the same way as can be found on JRI Poland? For example, when a record is found through JRI Poland, and

My grandfather Samuel was an immigrant from Russia (modern Ukraine) to Massachusetts. I was directed to a theoretical great grandfather, also Samuel, which I was dismissive of for the obvious reason.

I uploaded a GedCom update to FTJP in July 2019 and the online data hasn't yet been updated. I understood priority was migrating the website to NextGeneration, so I hope data presently in the queue

Hi: Our names are Sue and Andrew Laine. My husband has a line of Dutch Jews who immigrated to London in the late 19th century. When their cigar business declined, they moved to Brighton, Sussex. The

You will find lots of information about researching in Berlin from the Jewish Gen Kehila link web page at https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/berlin/Home.html Barbara Algaze Los Angeles, California

Looking through the Belarus Revision Lists for Siniensky, I was able to find a listing for my great-great grandfather, Feivel (Fayvush in the listing) and his family from dated July, 1874, in Lyubcha.

Does anyone know if the following book includes Jewish families? Bartels, K. (2008). Familienbuch Emden (Landkreis Börde) 1684 bis 1800. Leipzig, Germany: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für mitteldeutsche