Years ago, I visited an office in PHila, and obtained several sheets of records for my father and others for the period 1935-45. I can’t recall if there was a charge or “suggested donation”.

My friend was Argentinian and she vividly remembered the area where the Jewish prostitutes lived and worked. She was not allowed to associate with them. This is a fabulous book about the subject:

I found a letter that my mother had written to relatives in Romania. The letter is to "Fanciu and "Dutu". Can anyone tell me the English equivalent of these "pet" names?

Hi, There has always been a lot of movement between the South of Tunisia and Libya - my own grandfather, born in Tunis, spent a year in Tripoli at one point. And we have some MIMOUN/MEÏMON/etc. in

From a late 1890s photo taken in BULAWAYO of six men there is my great-great Uncle MAX CLARKE/SZKLARKIEWICZ and my teenage grandfather SAMUEL CLARKE and on the back of the photo is the name

In response to the following: Hello all. I would appreciate your assistance please. I wish to locate information for Anna S. GRUSZECKA. I do not know anything about her or her GRUSZECKA roots. I am

Looking for parents/family of Regine Heckscher b. 5 Aug 1823 married to Ephraim Salomon in Altona Her daughter Helene H Salomon (1853-1940) married to Adolph M. Engers my great grandfather. thanks in

It seems that people get too hung up on "my work, my tree". It's not a contest of who has the largest or "the best" tree, though some seem to go that route. I think of it more in terms of uncovering

You can search on the internet, there are sites that specialize in this kind of contract hiring in which different people offer different services (some do translations) and buyers can solicit price

Would minors who left via Kindertransport or Youth Aliyah have filled out these forms as well? (i.e. by their parents/ guardians?) Thanks, Debbie Lifschitz Jerusalem

Hi from Paris, Dear Shelley, A French investigation journalist reported on "Jewish white slave trade" in Argentina (1927). To be compared to Joseph Pulitzer, Albert Londres (1884 – 1932) was a

The correct date is 8 of Heshvan which corresponds with the Secular date 14 October (Of that year) 12 is a misreading of the word "yom" which means day. All the best, Debbie Lifschitz Jerusalem

Je recherche une famille liée à Samson Brockman, a quitté sa famille en 1920 dans le village d'Opoczno, en Pologne, et immigré en Palestine. Après plusieurs années, Samson Brockman est retourné

We are still looking for the origins of AKIBA (KIve) STEIN OR STERN, born in Nowy Sacz Galicia around 1805. He lived in Màd Hungary as from 1824 we think. We found the family in Màd thanks to the a

Hello Jacquie, The comment refer to a civil marriage, but the marriage was also registered in the books of the Jewish Community of Vienna. You can find this marriage on FamilySearch: Source:

in yiddish this -er means, I think, of smbdy, descendant of smbdy, son of smbdy... this is also the meaning of Russian -ov (and Polish -ow) In your searching list MESCHER/MEZAK had decided to throw

Hi, I am looking for any information related to my background. I don't know much about my family. My father, Sulim Levites, had four brothers: Israel, Aron, Henrique, and Blandina. All siblings moved

I believe this is the conscription record for my Great Uncle Benjamin, who is 21 at this time. My cousin, his granddaughter, wants to know about the conscription process. We know Benjamin got married

Susan: My paternal great grandfather who came to the US in 1913 and lived in Brooklyn died of the Spanish Flu in 1918. I have a copy of his death certificate which indicates influenza and because of

For those of you researching Jewish agricultural colonies in the US, especially in Kansas, my article on the history of the Touro and Leeser colonies was just published in Kansas History: A Journal of