The pattern of not recording births on time, or late by some months or years, that was practised in the old country continued into the new country, because our ancestors were distrustful of authority

Hello SarahRose, Another thing to consider is that, after the conquest of Jerusalem in 78 CE, Jews spread through the Roman World. Gradually, the largest concentration of Jews formed in what is now

The general answer to the problem of locating the street when the only address given is a house number, is to search for a series of address books for the town in question. At some stage in the

Hi Sarah Rose, The very small 3% for SE Europe probably relates to your deep ancestry from way back in time (it is too small to be reliable). It is very common in those of Jewish ancestry to have

Hi from Paris, Hello Ellen, hello Krzysztof, You can get a much easier access with our alphabet to same Polish index by using this link to one of Stephen Morse's portal, thanks to his work

Laws about only allowing the oldest son to marry were certainly believed to be in existence in some areas and in certain jurisdictions, whether that was the case or not. It's the only explanation I

Ibrkieve the name was changed to Cohan or Cohen when they came to US

Through the databases we have linked back to the USA and UK c. 1890. Lapis (via Yad-Vashem) seems to be spread throughout the Pale - but we don't have more definitive clues. We have made some decent

Hi Marcel Even if she had a Jewish ancestor, it's unlikely to have made her mother Jewish, so it would be wrong to say that her children are Jewish. Of course, many people in Europe and elsewhere had

Hi Alan, Eisenstat Feyga Haimova from Shedrin asked passport for immigration in 1923 Eisenshtadt Shebshel Mendelev born 1910 from Minsk ask passport for Palestine in 1929

Hi, first of all if you know the documents you can write directly in Archive and they will send you copies If you dont have such possibility I probably can go there - give me please details

I don't know the translation charge from Polish to English but I should imagine that a lot depends on how long it takes to translate a page, and what the cost of living is in a given country. I'm a

Hi Michael, In addition to all the other answers that you have already received you can contact the "Museo de las Colonias Judias de Entre Rios" (https://es-la.facebook.com/museo.villadominguez/)

Avigdor, Russian has NO sound (and, naturally, no letter) "W". So I always transliterate it as V. The last sound "ch": transliterating into English I use the "ch" which sounds like in "chair,

The date was read correctly by the first person who responded, namely: the 8th of Cheshvan, 5679. -- Fredel Fruhman Brooklyn, New York, USA

My gg grandfather registered the births of multiple children (including some who were already deceased) at one time a few years after some of their births. There is a note in the records that the

24 May 2020 I’m looking for the following families and/or information about them please. 1. Anna (aka Annie) SAMUEL nee GROSS. She was married to Paul Y SAMUEL (YANPOLSKI). Annie was born in Leeds,

Peter Cohen asks: I do not know if it applies to 1840, but there were times when authorities in some German cities attempted to control the Jewish population by only allowing the oldest son to

Regarding births in 1840s Germany that were entered as illegitimate, Rich Meyersburg asks: 1. Was this common? 2. Was this due to a difficulty in obtaining services for either a religious or civil

Hello Geners, The civil date does indeed convert into the Hebrew year of 5679. However, the Hebrew letter for the Hebrew year convert into 5379. Hope this helps, Malka