The two questions are related, and hopefully begin to narrow my search further. The name 'Reische' likely bears some relationship to either the city or county of Rzeszow'. For Jewish families

If it's that easy, please do so and send us the link. Except connect me to the Queen of Sheba, please.

Art Hoffman, my Montreal born mother who’s name was Ida was always called Chaike or Chaikelah by her Russian born mother so that’s the name I had put on her headstone. Years later said that

No registration is necessary. Translating the Lithuanian language is a must! In other words, install the capability to have Google Translate directly translate your webpages. If you were to go to the

I have a copy of a book, ZYCIE Wedlug Wartosci, written by dr Jacek Proszyk, the archivist at the Bielsko Biala Castle Museum about the Jewish Community over time. The book is written in Polish but

Yoni, From the book Sea Gate Remembered: New York City's First Gated Community By Arnold Rosen Found by Googling! -- Barbara Ellman Secaucus NJ USA HASSMAN, SONENTHAL, DAUERMAN, LUCHS - Drohobycz,

Yale Zussman writes: "Unless there is an actual proof that involuntary name-changes weren't possible, you cannot reject the name-change narratives out of hand. Given the number of potential cases,

Nessiha (Hebrew) means "princess". Shabbat Shalom, Valentin Lupu Israel

Yonatan Ben-Ari <yonibenari@...> wrote: <<Tom's mother and grandmother may have lived in the Sea Gate area and Tom would visit his mother during the summers. Are Coney Island and Sea Gate close to

Jews in the Pale of Settlement (Poland, Lithuania) and nearby areas would have been at least as familiar with the Roman alphabet as with the Cyrillic. Very few Jews were completely monolingual in

My great grandfather left Vistinetz (Vistytis) via Hamburg, Germany for the USA in 1867 aboard the ship Bavaria. The ship record says he was from Wystetten, Russisch Polen. His name on board the

Yoni, You can see a 1910 photo of The Whitier Inn at this link. The poster claims that Isaac Bashevis Singer spent time at The Whitier Inn. https://www.flickr.com/photos/80454089@N00/5533313670 This

My uncle, Mates KONIGSBERG was born in Tarnogrod, Poland 06/17/1902 to Shrage Fajwel and Meite He moved to Danzig, then Berlin, then Amsterdam, then Barsingerhorn in Holland. Sara VOGEL was born in

Dear Yale, It sounds most likely, given the paucity of documentary proof, that most of these stories originated out of embarrassment about having chosen another surname. Perhaps some wanted to hide

The term "notions" is used for sewing accessories like buttons, snaps, etc. Here's a link to a wiki.

I am attaching a photo of what I believe to be my maternal grandmother's family. She was Roza Friedman Stein came from Tarne-Mare Romania and died in 1937 in Chicago. My own mother is now 101 and

I will answer Yale point by point: This second paragraph is ironic coming after your affirmation of your careful reading. I think almost everyone understood that I did not say there was someone

I may also be naive to think that the immigrant would not be asked to pronounce their names if the clerk/officer could not read it. These folks were not mute.

About "changing the spelling" -- the manifests I've seen have all been written in English or German, in any case, using our Latin alphabet. Whereas many of our ancestors would have written their

JoAnne: Your Gedmatch cannot be M131535 as indicated in Jewish Gen. I have a number of names in your listing. Can you give me the Ancestry or Family Tree Maker ID Henry Lobbenberg Toronto, ON Gedcom: