I have a relative who was named Eta in Russia (EE-tah) and changed her name to Ida. I have other relatives named Ida and I had a former rabbi whse wife was named Ida. Alyssa Freeman Henrico, VA

I've setup a Brainin DNA project on FTdna, if you are a Brainin or are descended from one please join. www.familytreedna.com/groups/brainin-dna I know of a few separate Brainin families who all

Please help with the inscription in a book, Viewmate 82665. It is either German or Polish. Abe Hirsch

I've posted a vital record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address Its # 77 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82683 Please

1 Malin Jojna Abovich (i.e. Jona s/o Aba - j.a.)-master (owner) 28yo 2 Malina Tuba Zejlikovna-wife 22 3 Malin Nekha Jonovna - daughter 5 yo 4 Malin Basya Jonovna - daughter 1 5 Malin Mikhul Abovich 19

The abbreviation "bet shin/ sin tet" on a tombstone almost always means "Be'sayvah Tovah" which translates to "in good old-age", and refers to people who lived to the concept of "old age" at that

Hello Teodora, I thought about contacting you privately but decided that there could be others who might somehow be connected to the two families I am researching Both of my maternal grandparents came

Frustrating thing with the http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/ce/ghetto/lodz-ghetto-cemetery.htm is by the sites own admission, it is an incomplete list. The dates seem to stop at the end of 1941

You may try Alemania Judaica http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/ , I found a lot of useful information in this web site. -- Reuven Stern, Kfar Vradim Israel

The sheer number of Russian language documents being posted on Alex Krakovski's Ukraine wiki will take several years to index and transcribe, based on the number of volunteers Ukraine Research

My great grandmother's name was Rose/Rozie/Rosia. I had never heard the name Ida until I saw her tombstone which read Ida Rose. Marlene Dunham Researching: Halper, Galper, Odessa, Kherson,

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Hello: Would someone be able to translate this Census for me? At least the names in the first column? Thank you! Linda M.

My family came from Horodok, Vilna Gubernya. It is near Minsk and this letter is from Jewish Members who live in Minsk and who are trying to gather information for a Museum. I think this should be

It could be almost anything as people have responded. My grandmother's aunt was Ida in English but her Yiddish name was Hotke/Hotka which is how we call her, which I believe is a diminutive for Hodes

I believe the area west of Poznan was Germany for a while. In that area of Europe the borders changed frequently.

I enjoy using geni/MyHeritage and Ancestry to bounce back and forth, filling in many records and blanks, but it does consume a significant amount of time. I have over 21500 hints on outstanding on

Hello, I cannot figure out how to answer the tombstone request by Mary Ellen. However all the guesses as to what the Bet Shin Tet before the date of death stands for BESAIVA TOVA...in old age

Family History Today: Jewish Refugees & the U.S.-Mexico Border Watch Live on Zoom - Monday, June 29, 6 PM ET Between the world wars, more than 200,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Europe and the Middle

Thanks for posting this. My understanding is that not all of these original documents are currently translated and indexed in Jewishgen. Is that correct? What would be the best way to have them