I think every family has a few legends. I've been told that my grandfather's aunts were anarchists in the late 19th century, putting us on the tsar's bad side, but there's no way to prove or disprove

Thank you to the people who responded and particularly to the person who sent the complete and accurate translation. This is a matzevah for two brothers: the older died in the US army in 1918, the

,i,e was also used as step mother /mentor or close friend of a more higher age or level

So many. About 35% of my family came from Lithuania. I have Shapiro, Markel, Shachar, Joffe, Callner/Kallner, Frieman/Furman, Kahn, Levy, Levanisky, and Gordon. Towns of Rumsiskes, Kedainiai,

Hans (hans-@...) writes: "I have several ancestors from Radziejow, but do not know how to research them." For information on researching Radziejow records, write to radziejow@... Stanley

Several Yitzhaks in my maternal line were called “Itchi” Barbara Mannlein Tucson, AZ

Ancestry has an image of the birth record of Dora Finkle, born 30 Sept 1906 in Philadelphia to Joseph Finkle and Sarah Axlerod. This information is a reasonable match to Dorothy Finkel's on her 1930

In addition to name variants, there were also pronunciation variants. My maternal GGF, Leizar Wolf ROSENBERG had a first and then second wife, both named Leah. By each wife, Leizer had a son named

Dear Iryna, I am writing to ask if you have any information regarding records of birth or marriage in Kharkov between 1900 and 1920. I am trying to trace my grandfather, Naum Beckerman, who was said

Names of Tave/Tavel/Tewko, Mordosovich/Mordesowitz, Cohen, Greenberg/Grinberg Towns of Seirijia and Lozdzieje Barbara Kahn Nye #Lithuania

Ellen, I have several ancestors from Radziejow, but do not know how to research them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My fathers grandfather, my GGG, (Maier Löwin Ordewer 1853-?, was

I have Greenberg, Cohen, Mordosovich (many spellings) Tave/Tavel/Tewko Seirijai, Lozdzieje

I believe this means “auntie” or aunt.

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Hi My name is Dov Oppenheim of Israel. My great grandfather from my mother side was Zvi Kushnir from Ukraine. He was born on 1887, his fathers name was Efraim Kushnir. As far as I know he had 2

Hi Boris, On the 1940 census there is a Dorothy & Morris KRAMER living in Brooklyn. She is 30, born Pennsylvania, bookbinder in printing shop. He is 36, born England, operator on ladies dresses. They

As has been previously stated, Vetter is the ***German*** word for Cousin. The ***Yiddish*** word usually transliterated as "fetter", does mean uncle in English -=David Stern=-

Quisiera saber si alguien conoce si quedan registros de los fallecidos en el cementerio judio de Rezina, actual Moldavia entre los años 1860 a 1940. Se que cuando entraron los nazis asesinos

What program do you use for your tree on your computer? I'd like to have mine offline. I have been led astray by misinformation too many times. People seem to copy other people's trees without

I have a different opinion of Har Nebo. Years ago, I paid a professional genealogist to discover where in Philadelphia my grandfather was interred. I had his death certificate with the exact date of