My mother told me her mother's father was adopted by another family that didn't have a son, and it was a common custom. I've wondered if that's why her and one brother's birth certificate give their

Then you might be interested in the attached document on Business activities in Warsaw in the 1930s. My Uncle's father was Adolf Tarnower, who lived at Orla 5 in Warsaw in 1916. I can't find a Street

This is from the report of a couple leaving from Kozelets in Chernigi=ov in Ukraine: They went to Hamburg where they boarded the Sprite on May 24, 1890, which took them to Hull, on the east coast of

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has just updated its database of the Maccabiah Games on its website. This release includes most of the athletes that participated in the 16th - 20th

Hi Rachel I suggest you look at records held by 1) The UK National Archives online for migration 2) The University of Hull 3) Hull Maritime Museum and also Grimsby Maritime Museum, both ports on the

Same story on my side : to avoid the very long duty (several years) in the Czar' Army, the family legend is saying that 4 or 5 boys where registered (not sure about real adoption) under another name.

Hello Are there many birth records, and for females too? Is it possible to see Fanni Taub here? Thank you for your help Best wishes Emma

Hi Veronika Sorry not to reply before, I have only just seen these messages, I didn't know to look here before. I think it might be a different branch of the Friedmann family as he was married to

Hi Michel I'm so sorry not to have replied to this message, I have only just seen it, but now I also know to look here for responses. I think I did try to contact Irma, but perhaps a call would be

Aaaaah. Thank you Johann, I will have to add to my list of records to request when life normalises post Covid. So sorry I didn't reply before, I've only just clocked that messages can be sent within a

I am descended maternally from the GEWELBE family from Warsaw. My third great-grandfather was https://www.geni.com/people/Jak%C3%B3b-Gewelbe/6000000062596309836 (Jacob GEWELBE), and am sure that many

Hi Julia Thank you so much! Apologies for the delay in replying, I had some email replies but didn't realise they appeared within the thread too, I don't think you get separate alerts for that. I'll

Hi Judy I've only just realised that replies may appear within the discussion thread, in addition to email replies, hence the delay in my reply to you, many apologies!! Very many thanks for that, I

They probably sailed from Libau (have never seen any passenger lists) or Hamburg (passenger lists on Ancestry). Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland Rachel bill.johra@... via groups.jewishgen.org 03:37 (6

you can ask the "Meldeamt" benuetzersaal@... (name birthdate, parents name) to ask for the address AND who else lived at the same address, price:€ 35,00 good luck Traude

A resource for researching soldiers in World War l are the muster rolls and rosters at FamilySearch See: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3378445?availability=Family%20History%20Library.

Thank you, Mark

I have used the free photo scan app on my iPhone but then I just paid for Photomayne scanning app for a month on my phone too. It seems much faster. Not sure yet about quality. I think photomayne

Karen Silver and Philip Trauring, who writes the blog where Avivah Pinski found another claim against involuntary name changes (https://bloodandfrogs.com/2011/05/name-changes-at-ellis-island.html),

Why is it so? A wonderful communicator. He taught for a while at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga (Sydney). Late 1970's. -- Pieter Hoekstra <sold@...>