My cousin's grandparents' last name was Atlas, but they were from Berlin. If you think it's helpful, I can see if they had relatives in Lithuania. My cousin's other grandparents (my grandparents) were

My name is דן (Genesis 30:6). No one in NYC was able to wrap their head around the name. If I wrote Dan - I was corrected to Daniel. If I said my name, it was corrected to Donald. But while in

Congratulations on a wonderful translation. I had not realised that the declaration was to enable the wedding of Rika OS to proceed. However, when I looked again at the Allgemeiner Polizei-Anzeiger,

Dear Leonard, In 2004 some geneticists wrote a paper in which they described Cohanic haplogroups. According to this work, the most prevalent haplogroup tree among Sephardic and Ashkenazic Cohanm is

Thank you for this reply. I have tried the town finder, but haven't made any progress yet (will keep trying). Best regards, Maggie Jacobs

Yes. The family name was Werner. Lea Werner married Tobias Eisenhandler but all five children used the name Werner. Best regards, Maggie Jacobs

I have posted a vital records in Russian for wich I need a translation. A death certificate of Meir Zelazo at the following link: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82960 I

I have posted two vital records in Russian for wich I need a translation. A marriage certificate of Moshe Zelazo and Chai Kepler at the following

Shalom I request a translation of the Polish text on a birth certificate. It is short! :It is on ViewMate at the following

Sorry if someone might have alluded to this answer earlier. This is a long thread and towards the end I just skimmed the posts. As many have said, names did not change at Castle Garden, Ellis Island,

I have been reminded that my previous answer was wrong because I neglected to consider the restrictions on whom a Kohen can marry. First, that means that even if a Kohen and a Jewish woman have a son,

I want to clarify at least one point of Mr. Chester letter. He stated that AGJA is not working anymore. I think that this should be expressed otherway. I'm the last secretary of AGJA's board. All the

The Israel was imposed in 1938, and always as a middle name. So the dancing-master Levi Lichtenstein and the dance-teacher Israel Levi Lichtenstein were most probably different people.

Hello Sharon, Interesting document. This is a conversion certificate To be evidence in the hand of the man by the name of Tony Allen Pacelli From the city of Toledo, Ohio U.S. North

My family (Pruzanski) in particular my father Tewel, was a very close friend of Lola Resnick (Wolf). My parents visited her very often and she also made a trip to see our family in Australia in 1973.

I have posted a Russian travel document on ViewMate and would be very grateful for a translation of the Russian text and handwriting:

I will reply privately but I just wanted to say here how this could be a match as I have a Wolfwich from Krinky. Don't let emails like this pass you by! -- Grodno and Sokolka: TIKOTZINSKI--->

I have posted two different scans of a Swedish citizenship document on ViewMate and would be very grateful for a translation of the text: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=82974

There are two issues in this thread: a) endogamy and b) DNA bias. a) Endogamy is not peculiar to Ashkenazi Jews. In the past, most folks married within their own village, and marrying a cousin was not

My grandfather was Benjamin Benesch. His parents Israel and Jennie/Scheine Benesch immigrated to the US (Baltimore) from Lithuania around 1890. My Benesch great grand parents lived their lives out in