As for the red hair, king David was a red head and every unit in the Israeli army was supposed to have at least one individual who was a red head , a descendant of Zwingli David

In Russian: In the left corner: Главнокомандующий военно-морскими силами Управление кадров офицерского

This idea of a perfect bureaucracy is just not possible. No doubt it was in the authorities' interests to present a picture of infallibility, in order to scare people into compliance, but but you only

I did some history, very briefly, and found this and now think the 1890's sounds good. Ten years after the first International Exposition of Electricity in Paris at the Palais de l'Industrie, Germany

In the 18th century, most of our "Russian" Jewish ancestors lived in what is commonly referred to as Poland but was formally known as the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of

Perhaps same person married two sisters? One sister may have died and her husband married the next sister. I've heard it happening few times. The two names are not the same Czili and Biri

Please post an example. Thanks.

Dear Herr Winter, Thank you for your advice. I will follow up with the KGJ. My Heilbrunn family's ancestral village is Frickhofen where I can trace them back to 1780. Before that an ancestor may have

I have met Todd at LDS. He has two emails: KnowlesCollection@... knowleswt@...

Kopyl connection, or coincidence? As I mentioned above, my grandfather, Isaac Usdansky, who was from Kopyl, spent several years in Sioux City. In the 1918-1919 time frame, he moved to San Antonio,

Family lore said my great-grandfather Kasdan had his name changed at Ellis Island to Cohen because the clerk could not understand and asked "Are you Jewish?" Makes no sense because Ellis Island had

Your cousin may have changed the spelling at the suggestion of the immigration officer, but the immigration officer, himself did not do it. David Rosen Boston, MA

My family is KESSLER from Brooklyn originally from Starrokonstaniov, Ukraine. My great grandfather Aaron KESSLER and Lena SACHS. My grandfather Abraham KESSLER and Frieda LURIE. My dad Frederick

Thanks for responding I have no paper - or image - records I am working on a 30K collection of burials in Mokkom Sholom / Bayside /Acacia cemeteries assembled by Florence Marmor David

Perhaps there was a difference between a full name change to a spelling modification. My cousin arrived in the US in the 1930's from Germany. His name was SCHULMANN. He told me that the immigration

Erika, These are the child's Hebrew/religious/Jewish/Yiddish name. First of all, I say Hebrew/religious/Jewish/Yiddish because they are essentially the same thing. Whether the name is of Hebrew

One of my biggest finds was the actual surname of my maternal grandfather's name and what hooked me on genealogy. They came in 1888 to NYC from Vilna AND I FOUND them using the 6 volume set Migration

I am sure this picture was taken in the 1890s. London certainly had electricity in the home, Brixton , (a London suburb) had Electric Avenue, which was to the best of my knowledge, the first street

Yes it could be a transcription error for "internment". But if it is not an error, an "Instrument" in England is a document by which something of legal significance is done. For example a document

Hi Anna Belarus used to be part of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pale of Settlement until the wars of the 20th century, when it frequently changed hands It became part of Russia in 1922,