I want to ask my fellows about the following subject. My Mom and my aunt, used to say, that their father`s ancestors, Sandor Waller, from Hungary,, came from Spain, after the expultion of the jews by

Seeking descendants of Rebecca and Israel (Wolf) BALKIN, Skud (Skuodas) #Lithuania. The BALKIN family moved to Glasgow around 1900. Rebecca's mother Tilly RHODEA (Radaia?) later KRAVETZ emigrated to

Hi there Does anyone know of any living descendants of my grandparents Raphael & Farida Dorra from Alexandria Egypt but originally from Damascus? Raphael died in Israel after migrating there after

A couple of old but useful resources that may be helpful: The Pruzhany Research Project: http://www.pruzh.org/ The Pruzhany section of the Children of Pruzany and Surrounding Area pages (also

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My wife's maiden name is Sinkin. Her grandfather immigrated from Poland and either chose the name Sinkin or had it changed for him at Ellis Island. Does anyone know what might have been the original

My name is Nava Godelnik. My father Moshe Elfanstien was born and raised in Pruzane. During world war 2 he ran away to Ural mountains area. he immigrated to Israel in 1950. Here he met friends from

Hi Steve, The custom of not naming children after living relatives is only in Ashkenazi circles. Many Sephardic Jews commonly give names of living parents to their children. I am not familiar with

I strongly agree with Donna Guy´s post cited below. We genealogists, whether professional or hobbyists, are researching and doing a branch of history, namely the history of our own families. In

Judy, Could the name Rechtschaffner not be a phonetic variant or mistake for the name Rechtschaffen. I have a Fanny Rechtschaffen. Could you get back to me privately. Marcel Apsel Antwerpen,

Could Rechtschaffner not be a phonetic variant or mistake in writing for Rechtschaffen. I have a Fanny Rechtschaffen, daughter of Pinchas Rechtschaffen (1864-1928) and Malka Sara Klein (1866-1939).

I have reached a dead-end in finding lost relatives of the Freitig/Freitag family from Sakiai. Our grandfather (1908-1996) was the sole survivor of his family because he left for Israel before the

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project is pleased to announce its 95th title, Translation of the Ratno Yizkor Book (Ukraine), The Story of the Destroyed Jewish Community Original Yizkor Book Published

What I found interesting about passports from Galicia was the difference, for example, of a Polish passport and an Austrian one. I have my grandmother's Polish passport from late 1920 which she used

I have been doing genealogical research for nearly 50 years, and I have been unable to find the name of the father of one great-grandfather. The main reason for this is that he was the only one of my

I am seeking the number of Jews of Lithuania not living in Vilna or Kovno at the beginning of WWII, that is how many Jews were living in the hundreds of shtetlach. Joel Alpert

As previously reported on this forum, the Never Again Education Act passed Congress and was sent to President Trump for his signature. HR 943 was signed by President Trump. The new law will allocate

My father came from Tarnopol in 1921 when he was 15 years old. I have his Polish passport with his photo. Adelle Weintraub Gloger Beachwood, Ohio agloger@...

Theo Raphael writes: "Bennett Muraskin compiled in 2012 some of the origins and meanings of Ashkenazi last names." This article was riddled with errors, mistranslations and misunderstandings. Even

I too have seen records in New York where parents who presumably never left Europe were given anglicized names. Most of the times when the first name of a non-immigrant ancestor was anglicized, it