Mark, was their stock of Bialy’s called a Bialystok? Sorry… See you virtually next month…

Just to note that the "proof" that "Immigration officials changed 'Frank Woodhull' to 'Mary Johnson' on the arrival document suffers from the fact that Frank/Mary was not an immigrant, but a resident

My mother, born in Bialystok, called them Bialys. My Galitzianer father owned a grocery/deli in NJ and had fresh bagels and bialys delivered from NY every morning. I never heard my mother refer to

For information on families from towns in Poland, write to [townname]@jri-poland.org Stanley Diamond, M.S.M. Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc. 2a. Kalisz Front Family

All of a sudden I'm getting the error message: Site error: the ionCube PHP Loader needs to be installed. This is a widely used PHP extension for running ionCube protected PHP code, website security

One thing that might help clarify the uncertainly and/or debate around name-changing at Ellis Island are clear, verifiable accounts of the document flows from ticketing agent to ship to Ellis Island

Yale--Thank you. Well said, well analyzed. My objection has been to the absolute position (never ever ever happened) of the no name change at Ellis Island advocates. You have certainly raised

May 8 1960 I wish you luck and blessings, And Ratzil's fortune, And Montefiore's years, In your memory. From your grandma Rachel Grandma Rose (This is written in rhymes)

I'm sure that Yann was searching for Fink, Andrea: Jüdische Familien in Kreuznach : vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg ; eine Dokumentation. – Bad Kreuznach, 2001. – 132

Peter Heilbrunn wrote: [What to Claim dates refer to on SSDI forms and why can they be materially different from the date of death.] I believe that SSDI refers to the date the person started to

In the Bialystok area, there are many people with surname of Bialostocki (and similar spellings). I would assume that the surname Bialy is a shortening of the Bialostocki surname. As for Bialy's.

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I am searching for my relatives Kushnir from the Ukraine. My grandmother Basya (Betya) born in 1917, has spoken about her hometown Pavolotsh and sometimes about Polonnoye. Her father's name was

Bob, You are beating a dead horse. Names were NOT changed at Ellis Island. Bureaucrats generate paper -- that's how the justify their positions...If changes occurred at EI, there would be

My family (from NY) were language sticklers. We called this baked good, kuchens or Bialystocker kuchens, where they, presumably, originated. My guess is that kuchen is Yiddish, derived from cake in

Belarus has nothing to do with White Russians in the Revolution. The Whites were called white to show they were not Reds. White Russia is was used for that area to distinguish it from Great Russia

Hi, I found the birth entry below on the Lithuanian data base for an apparent brother of my great-grandfather, Jacob Levin who immigrated to Boston in 1888. could find no additional records for the

I would whole heartedly agree with him. I, too, have been a very long time reader of the Jewishgen digest, and find that those who submit posts probably need to review the protocol. I would like to

There are few folks associated with Lake Placid that are listed in JGFF database. Look at "search" at: https://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ Alexander Sharon JGFF editor