There is no real H sound in Russian, and possibly in Byelorussian, as we know it in English/German. What comes close is the sound Kh in Russian (pronounced like the German ch) and represented by the

Thank you, Bob for injecting some sanity...In case it was not obvious, my original post stipulated from the outset that it was not a government official that changed anyone's name. What I am saying is

Hi Bob, I suggest starting your search by locating Samuel on U.S. census records. You can use www.familysearch.org to look at census, and many other databases. I believe I found Sam GLUCK on the 1900

The Forward published an interesting article a couple of days ago about Coney Island history, including Seagate, from the perspective of Jewish immigrants:

Shalom, Looking for cousins(Baunstein( of my grandmother Rebecca Feld who passed away in New Jersey in 1958. The Baunsteins were Butchers(MAX)? in Newark, New Jersey in the 1950's-1960;s!.My Mothers

I am aware of at least three name changes in my family. None happened at Ellis Island. My maternal grandparents changed the spelling of their last names as did their extended family, probably around

The one that says Biri appears to be a district/archive copy: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS87-SQDC-Y?i=138&cat=256284 (Film # 007951969 image 139 of 470) See image 134 for the

Looking for last name Heitler. #general

Hello I actually looked on the archives of PARIS and I did not find. Their children lived in the Paris region. They were deported from DRANCY. I also searched on the website of the Holocaust Memorial

Hello Everyone, I have seen a abundance of emails on name change at Ellis Island. Ellis Island did not change any one's name. As everyone was told with the amount of ancestors coming to the US, do

Yizkor Books in Print Project is proud to announce the publication of its 97 and 98th titles Memorial Book of the Sventzian Region Part I - Life, Part II - Shoah Original Yizkor Book Published by the

The Dutch National Railway, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) said it would pay 5 Million Euros or $5.6 Million USD to Holocaust commemoration institutions, including the museums at three former

Notions has a very special meaning for me. In the early 1990s, I was a videographer for the Holocaust Oral History Project in San Francisco.. One day, a man arrived for his interview, accompanied

Try SteveMorse.org the first set of links.

Findmypast has been selected by the UK National Archives commercial partner to make the 1921 Census of England and Wales to be available online. he census, which was the first to be conducted

It's amazing how genealogical research tends to take one in circles. My paternal greatgrandmother (other side of the family) was a Frankel. Her father was Usher Frankel but he was from Zhitomir and

Our Ida was Eide. Maria Krane Florida

Terry, My paternal grandparents and many of their Family members left Yedinetz starting in 1898 and I have done lots of research on this shetl. My friend Eric Schwartzman manages a FB page dedicated

Yes indeed, there are two Jewish places in Ukraine known as: 1. Horodok (ex Gorodok and ex Gorodok - Proskurovkiy) in Podolia region, 2. Gorodok (ex Gródek Jagielloński) in Lwow region of

There are too many trees elsewhere to keep up-to-date except for these wikitrees and I only have (barely) enough time to keep one up-to-date. Using Ancestry and MyHeritage, I am enhancing and