Thankyou for this useful tip. People can of course check the 1939 Register for further information which is already on Find My Past. Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK

Elias. I agree. I’ll stick with Ancestry. But.... i have a distant cousin who adds unverified people to her tree even on Ancestry and I’ve mistakenly added some if it. Only to find that dates are

I have uploaded the 31,900 records of Florence MARMOR's burial records of the New York Mokkom Sholom, Bayside and Acacia cemeteries to

Hello, Greatly would appreciate if you can get back to me as I lost your posting I have some suggestions for your inquiry As well would like to purchase your book Thanks Peninah

Dear Genners, I am extremely reluctant to add my two cents to the plethora of emails on the topic of immigrants’ names (be it first, last, or both) being “changed” at a US port of entry, but I

Shalom Joel, This is fascinating. I have had no success finding my MAIPER family prior to 1840. They were living in Rumshishok (Rumsiskes) and it seems like they just fell out of the sky. There are

This is fascinating. I have had no success finding my MAIPER family prior to 1840 in Rumshishok. There are no MAIPERS

Jackie wrote: Any chance of a link or image? Declarations are generally handwritten... Also, what's the date on this Declaration? Is it before or after the first world war? _Comitat_ is used in German

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 06:39 PM, Nicole Heymans wrote: On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 06:39 PM, Nicole Heymans wrote: Here haberdashery was generally for men’s hats and ties and small accessories --

The indexers interpreted the instructions differently. Both records have the preprinted headers in German, and the column in question is labeled _Wohnung der Eltern_ "residence of parents". Both are

My view mate is not working so I could not provide a link so please respond here

Erika asked: It depends on what the particular register recorded. (This was sometimes nearly completely unrelated to what the preprinted form called for.) Some examples: Hebrew/Yiddish/religious name,

There was nothing to “get”. All immigration official did was to match the name on the manifest to the name on the immigrant’s tag…. He did not have to write anything down. v See the

Toivy, I would've been very glad to respond to your ViewMate question, but you closed it, apparently within minutes of receiving an answer. As Jacob points out, said answer has some errors. In this

Hi all, I can read some of this but some of these words I do not recognize

I hadn't previously come across this meaning of "notions". In the UK these items are "haberdashery". "England and America are two great nations separated by a common language". (G.B. Shaw). Nicole

Peter, Well said. To say that name changes at Ellis Island NEVER happened is as wrong as it is to say that all name changes were the result of immigration officials willfully changing names. With

JewishGen will offer a new writing course, "Sharing Your Stories - Writing Short Family Narratives." July 13 - August 2, 1920 Have you been working on your family history and now want to share your

From what I'm seeing, Samuel's older children (Katie, Morris, Rosie, Fannie) were born in Hungary in the 1870s and early 1880s and the younger ones (Estelle/Esther, Joseph) were born in the US in the

My uncle's wife (my aunt Susan) is a Kessler. Her father was Jack Jacob Louis Kessler born in New York. His dad was Abraham Kessler born in Russia about 1886. If it rings a bell, I will be happy to