to make the search even more complicated I add two Nowy Dvors in Belarus, about 110 km apart, SW and NW to Grodno. Many New Yards they have built, those poles! Josef ASH, Israel

This is the tale of one side of my family....from Spain to Portugal to expulsion and migration eastward to locations that would allow them in.

Hi, All these families seem very interrelated. I've hit a brick wall in the early 1800s in Libya. I'm pretty sure they mostly came from Tunisia 1810-1830 which is why I've hit a brick wall. Is anyone

We haven't been able to find records in Poland for my great-great grandfather, Heinrich Seidenfried (married to Malka Teichman or Teichner) from Krakow, more specifically, Piaski Wielki and/or

Their death certificates might state the cause of death was influenza - or it might state pneumonia, with or w/o noting that influenza was the precipitating cause. Then again, it might not - either

Join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland for a virtual program on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 7:00 pm FamilySearch.org: A Mid 2020 Review Betty Franklin FamilySearch.org has been busy making

I thought that all my family living in RIga had been murdered during the holocaust. Yesterday I discovered that my great aunt had had a child from a first marriage with a non jewish latvian man. While

Well, Surname Dym is listed, mostly in Galicia per JRI-P database, 697 times! It is also listed in modern Poland 235 times, again, mostly within the ex eastern Galicia borders, for the ethnic

Thanks to all who responded to my question about Nowy Dwow. I now know that there are several towns with that name. My friend has no idea which one her family came from. Jackie Wasserstein

I and my brothers believe both of our grandfathers perished in 1918 flu epidemic in Chicago (one died in1918, the other died in 1920). Is there any source where I can find specific names of people who

It's hardly surprising that this would be a problem any immigrant community suffering from extreme poverty, deprivation, and discrimination. What IS surprising is how many people in these communities

Looks like 120 Varick or Third street. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

My GGGM Maria Schnurmann (maiden name) lived 1800 to 1881, in Schmieheim, Baden, and is buried in the Schmieheim Jewish cemetery. She is not listed in the town records as having a husband. If she

Peter, You should concentrate on the "Jewish" Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. For this JewishGen Gazetteer and JewishGen Family Finder are very helpful. Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Novy Dvor, Nowy Dwórpopulated

I would be glad to get a scan of the document. Unfortunately, such documents are very rare in the municipal archives, although they were certainly frequent. BTW: Since the Rhine became the border

I think it is very dangerous to judge rules and laws without knowledge of the exact wording, time and territory, or to draw general conclusions from them. The beginning of the 19th century in

I’m searching for information about Isaac Brill,from Bar, Ukraine, whose son Abram immigrated to USA in 1909. Isaac’s wife was Fannie Dentmgmanz (sp)? Also about Solomn Zeid, from Brailiv,

Searching for any mention of my G Grandparents who might have lived in Kuzmyn, in 1800's. Aryeh (Louis) was a rabbi. Daughter was Bess (or Rebecca) who married Sam (Schlomo?) Shectman.

I had a quick look through a DYM family on Geni and noticed that one of these is married to a member of the TOLEDANO family - a well known Moroccan Rabbinic family. So maybe your husband has also this

Last year JRI-Poland made available a complete extraction of more than 262,000 registration cards from Łodz, circa 1916-1921. You can read details about this enormous project