Hi Shlomo, It appears the B.A. of Bayview Nemo stands for Benevolent Association. See JewishGen's burial society

I would like to suggest that we start a new group for descendants of Dutch Jews. Although the Nazis killed seventy-five percent of the Jewish population of the Netherlands, the country has made a

Two possibilities come to mind: 1. The father died during the mother's pregnancy (I have also seen girl babies named after their mother who died in childbirth.) 2. Different middle names. You

If you're on Ancestry, have you tried checking border crossings? I found my family from England came through Canada to Vermont in 1900.

My great-grandfather, his wife and children emigrated from Iasi, Romania to New York in 1901. The family first lived on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, but sometime after December 1902 moved to the

I am trying to find out whatever happened to a step cousin of mine, Marion (or Marionne) Schlesinger. She was born in Freiburg, Germany in 1931. In April of 1939 she was taken on a Kindertransport

Dear Rose: The 1919 Bobrka births are included in a register that still resides at the USC (civil records office) in Warsaw. Your sister-in-law can obtain an offical extract of the record by providing

Philip, In response to your question, I discovered that my great-great-great grandfather was Itzik Izraelovits/Israelovics. As of 1881, he was listed as being from Benedike, Hungary. However,

To do research on Sephardic names in particular and Separdic genealogy in general, I can recommend two seminal books: Tagger and Kerem, Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Sources in Israel, and

Tedesco was also used, at least during the Renaissance, to designate, in Italian, that a composer was of German origin. .

"ów" is a genitive plural ending, often tagged on to maiden names, when it means "of the house of". Often the final syllable is cut off before adding the declination, so it's not always obvious what

My grandfather Morris Weinstein received his draft notice into the Russian army in November, 1905. He was told to report, or show reason not to. I have the original notice on light green flimsy paper.

Hello, my name is WIESENFELD, my grand-mother's parents were IZAAK HAMMEL and LAJE SPIRA originated from DUKLA. My father and his parents Moses WIESENFELD and CHANA SPIRA-HAMMEL left for Berlin after

Tedesco isn't a name for a Jew, it is a word for German. Teutons, in Italian. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ

Alex, Nobody had their names changed at Ellis Island despite what some think. Either your ancestors changed it themselves or a census taker guessed incorrectly at the spelling of the surname. This

TEDESCO in Italian means German. My best guess is that immigrants to Italy from German speaking countries who did not have a last name, or did not want to continue with their original one, changed it.

Tedesco in Italian means the same as Ashkenazi in Hebrew. It refers to someone who is originally from Germany or is an Ashkenazy Jew.

Hi, I don't see you on Geni.com but there are many Balkin, Kravetz and some Ledgin profiles already on Geni. Take a look. The easy route more more data is our USA Census and various extracts. Kravetz

All of my grandparents emigrated as children from Eastern Europe to Argentina (or England then Argentina) in the early 1900s. I only have a Specific birthplace for one of them. I have found a lot on

Looking for Lawner family who were originally from Hungary. I I have only the information that after the war they were living in Cincinnaty, Ohio, USA. Thanks in advance! Andres