Yitzhak (יצחק) is also the common form for Isaac in Yiddish. Although, the tombstone of my grandfather Isadore says אייזיק בר יעקב Aizek bar Yakov, Isaac son of Jacob. The Aizek is

I used to be able to get into the Latvian archives from the links in the Latvian database of JewishGen. The archive seems to have changed its address and my registration has disappeared. I found the

Deportation, also known as Return Migration, was often due to poor health or lack of money and other factors. Does anyone know how these folks fared once back in the "old country"? Any personal

Dear Patricia The access to death Acts are fairly easy for Paris before 1987 http://archives.paris.fr/s/4/etat-civil-actes/? Then you can enter all the elements (2 fev 1941, 16ieme district and the

Seeking Fritz BUKOFZER, film producer- Paris > Switzerland

The Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society is having their next virtual monthly meeting on Sunday July 26th 10:00 am PDT with Alex Krakovsky. ALex will be speaking on his project to freely

My grandmother's maiden name was MASZELNIK and from what I know it is related to occupation of dairy producers (masło in Polish means butter). The family is originally from Vilnius. Can someone

Historian, I am looking for Jewish families from the Rusian Empire and Poland who emigrated toward the 18th arena of Paris France during the XIXth and XXTh centuries. Please contact Patrice Markiewicz

I've posted a 2 pages letter in Yiddish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83294

This record was found in the All Lithuania Revision List Database. If this family is whom I believe them to be, the parents (Shmuel and Hode Gite) registered a marriage in Riga in 1875, the children

My family name in Russia was Shainsky. My paternal grandfather, grandmother, and children arrived in 1913 in Philadelphia. His 18 yo brother also came on the same ship, but was deported due to

Iryna, thanks for the link. I did not know that information about regiments in Russian Army is now online. I even looked into other Regiments who participated in the wars and found names of Jews

It appears to be U.S., and medical corps. He has the medical symbol on both lapels.

Hello Adrian, WoW! That is an amazing document. I would be glad to have it on our Bessarabia website if you do not mind, and maybe you can write a story about that relative... You probably know that

In my famly tree, there are Max, Marx and various spellings of Moritz. The equivalent Hebrew name is Mordechai.

Hi Patrick, I know we have discussed elsewhere that our "Atlas-family" are most likely not connected. However seeing this message made me reconsider - my ATLAS married into the ADEST-family and they

My mother was employed at the Jewish Children’s Home (also known as the Hebrew Orphan’s Assylum) at 534 Clinton Ave., in Newark in the early 1930’s. The Home sheltered both girls and boys. My

That's what I'd think about the Argentinian stamped document. But what was a "military notebook"? What was its purpose and what organization issued it? -- Erika Gottfried Teaneck, New Jersey

Marks was an established English family name. A Marks Virginia family settled in the 17th Century was related to either Lewis or Clark, the explorers of Louisiana Territory. I am too old and tired

Bernard Kops is a 'Jewish Cockney', still living at age 94. In one of his autobiographical works, 'The World is a Wedding', he uses snatches of this song. You should try writing him, he might know all