The final column says "obsthändlerin", which is German for fruit seller. The German wikipedia suggests that Altofen is the German name for a district in

Jill Whitehead has given a good idea of travel at that time. I would like to add that from Courland they usually left from the port of Libau now Liepaja in Latvia. They usually docked at one of the

Have you looked for your ggf's family in the Belarus databases? My grandmother's family came the area around Novogrodek/Novogrudok/Navahrudak. When the first family members arrived, it was in Russia,

Comment: Possible lust name is Kolachek.

VM83139 560 Ломжа Состоялось в городе Ломжа 22 июля (4-го августа) 1908-го года, в 9 часов утра. Явились лично

As a memoir from me your sister Zisel Nadler from Boremel

thanks Sherri. I believe that if an exact match search is not selected, then Ancestry, JewishGen, etc. automatically use soundex. Nevertheless, I’ve tried that as well as numerous similar

Dear Ed Zwieback, 21st July 2020 I wonder, name of Primary schools, or name of Villages , towns from Hungary/Old Hungary I, might be able to help with some

This directory inscription states that Maria Warkowitz is the widow (Wwe.) of a non-commissioned police officer (gendarmerie Wachtmeister). She resides at Castellfeldg[asse] 20 which translates into

Your first port of call should always be naturalisation records or the censuses. This gives you that information you are seeking in many cases. Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK

My understanding was that the woman was automatically naturalised when her husband was naturalised. Until women got the vote (as Harvey Kaplan says) women were considered chattels of their husbands in

I received a response from the Meldeamt that Vienna residence records are available online at https://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/wienbibliothek/lehmann-online.html. I downloaded the book I'm interested in

In my experience in Scotland, only a small minority of Jewish immigrants naturalised in the first place - and pre-WW1, mostly men. If the husband naturalised, not sure what the advantage was for the

Hello Fran, As discussed in private, can be helpful for others : this is a long road to go from the Decret number to the effective file. I am sure there is already an "How To" somewhere in this

I am trying to find the descendants of Leiser Grodner born in 1870 and his family who moved to Argentina. I have no experience in tracing in Argentina and would appreciate any help. With many

Could I have a translation of the attached postcard from Boremel, Russia (Presently in Ukraine). Thank you, stuartroswell@...

Hi All, Please can someone explain why British naturalisation records for the early 20th century appear to be for men only. Behind this question lies a second one: my great grandmother was born in

Trying to make contact with the family of Abraham Yaaakov Finkler, son of Rabbi Israel Joseph Finkler who was the Rabbi and Admor of the Radoshitz Chassidic Dynasty. He posted a page of Testimony to

Brian Burg asks about a 20th century record for the town of Wegrow, Poland. Researchers interested in the records for their town in Poland should address such questions to the JRI-Poland Town Leader

Linda Kelley wrote: I believe the address at the end might mean Castlefield 20. But Castle in German is Schloss, so I am confused. Can a single s look like an f? Yes, a single s in old German script