My grandmother was from Nezhin which is in Ukraine. Pronounced Neh-zchin. It’s in the Chernihivsha Oblast Deanna Mandel Levinsky Long Island New York -- Deanna Mandel Levinsky -- Deanna M.

The book you are looking for is available online at several places. Just Google the title and you will find it. Jan Enns

I have an example of how a first name got changed during the journey from Lithuania to the US, which likely could also happen to a surname. I was looking into the couple Abram and Rose Schiffman, who

Many times people used a last name for years but since it was never legal changed, their birth last name was used on official documents and gravestones.

If a Warsaw house number is indicated as "1101" in 1865, is there a way to determine where it was located?

I've found the Nationalization papers for a relative, Philip Levine in Texas, and in them he states he is from Nishene, Russia (papers will filled out in 1943). I have his Uncle saying he was from

Once again, a perfect, flawless system. I am surprised we haven't copied it in other places. Just think: Any errors occurred before the immigrant arrived. All immigrants had name tags that

Not sure why Ken Ryesky had trouble getting access to the ALBA Archives. The vast ALBA collections at the Tamiment Library at New York University are, and always have been, open to everybody, but one

The Hungarian name Lajos never has a 'u' in it, so given that this is in France, I highly doubt that the surname has anything to do with Ludovicus. Since it's in France, I would parse it as La- "the"

I did not say that anyone wrote a name down. What I said was that people make mistakes, especially when overwhelmed, over worked and maybe not paying strict attention. Name tag or no, manifest or

I am looking for the birth record of Fani Taub, born in Altofen, Budapest in 1812. Please can someone let me know if she is on the record linked below, I can't read Hebrew unfortunately, and I can

In one branch of my family, two names (Itzik and Yehuda) alternated through several generation - so I have 3 of each identical name just in that direct line, plus others from uncles and nephews. It

Does anyone know where I might purchase the SLONIM yiskor book in English? Alan Tapper. Sabaalan@...

My MENDELOWITZ family has lived in and around Slonim for over 200 years. Am looking for historical pictures of what life was like. Can you help me? Sabaalan@.... Alan Tapper

I have used Krzysztof Malczewski (krystek@...) mob +48 601 330393 many times with great satisfaction. Best Regards, Frank Swartz

I think you are actually referring to Orsha where, according to Avraham Shifrin, there were six labour camps until at least 1967.

Thank you for this information. I agree that this seems to be the most likely Ulanow. I will try to investigate further. Best regards, Maggie Jacobs

The original place names cannot be definitely determined from these faulty transcriptions of probably verbal reports I can imagine that the second one may refer to Lublin, a large city, and the first,

Etta Laia (Rud(a)), 18 Dawid Mordka K., 20, lives with parents at house 1101 child born 13 (25) Aug 1865 [It may be very reasonable to post such requests also on ViewMate]

I do not see why they have to be the same person but it's hard to make final conclusion based on a brief summary of another person. Examination of the images of the actual documents would give more