Dear Mr Kaplan, My relative Rabbi Reuven Brim of Bnei Brak has written (in my humble opinion) an extraordinary book 'Lemalah Bakodesh' about the Ullmann family tree. The first 'famous ullmann' was

My mother's Jewish name was Itta. When she started school (in North Carolina, USA) her teacher wrote her name as Ida. Shifra Stein Stahl Jerusalem, Israel

The abbreviation Bet Resh (B'R) in Hebrew stands for Ben Reb, or 'son of Mr.' So not sure about surnames starting with BR. Can't think of any examples - can anyone? Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland

My understanding is that patronymics were commonly used until about the mid 19th century among Ashkenazi Jews. However there does seem to be a difference here in that one of my ancestors was Iciek

Thank you, Teodora; I am looking for information about my grandfather, Abraham "Avram" Rappaport and his parents and siblings. He was born in Mihaileni, ~1888, but lived in Bacau for sometime before

Thanks for the guide Yefim, that's good information! I found this post because of the mention of the name Mackler. My family is also from the area around Bessarabia and Ukraine. I have a marriage

I remember reading that for many Jewish names beginning with BR, the BR stands for ben Rabbi. You would have to read up on this. Rich Meyersburg

I am trying to track down descendants of a family that I am increasingly confident was my ggg-grandmother's (born ~1845): that of the FILITS family, which appears to have been based in Siluva around

LVIA is the archive 728/4/373 are the Fond/List/Item F266 means the 266th Female (males and females are numbered separately) 1897 is the year recorded 28/5/1897 is the date on the Julian calendar

While researching my Turkus ancestry, I noted an interesting series of names which seems odd for Ashkenazi Jews. These are the names and their relationship to me - 5th ggrandfather ELIASZ

-- Can anyone one please translate this for me. Mary Ellen #222350

My grandfather's sister was called Ida. Her given name was Chaya.

Yes, what I was suggesting was that the fathers were Familianten from another town, and a way of tracing them would be through the married daughters of the family where the death occurred. -- Eva

Another interesting site is synagogues360 https://synagogues360.bh.org.il/ This site allows for 360 degree panoramic views of synagogues around the world with historical information. You can search

Per the Cleveland Jewish News, Ida Cohodas died 11/29/2003. It lists her son as living in Florida. Her daughter, who was widowed, appears to have been living in the Cleveland (South Euclid) area at

Like any other genealogy group, it all depends on what the source of the information is. If it comes from official records, such as social security or a census, that's a lot more reliable than it

Do you know if ReMa, Rabbi Moses Isserles had a daughter Miriam?

Renovations at Ebenfurth Castle, Austria have revealed 28 Jewish gravestones and gravestone fragments found in the foundations of the walls dating from the 17th Century. The wall was part of

Hello, Back in the 1980s I gave a cousin a GED file of about 600 people. This was of my other's 2 families and my father's 4 grandparent's families - in total 6 families. Although she has listed my

While LDS microfilms are no longer available, many of the images have been put online under the same film number. You need to search for them by clicking on the Catalogue heading on the Familysearch