Occasionally, I come across a chapter in a Yizkor book that is a fable, and some have been about the devil trying to cause Jews to stray from their pious paths. This one, “The Devil was out of

My grandfather Harry Chernicoff applied for citizenship in 1915 and on that form (see attached) listed his hometown as something like Windorv Russia. I know that he was from somewhere around

Hi Marilyn, It was a lot of tombstone looking the same in the time of first half of lust century. It's represent a tree with broken branches, like life what broke in the end. In my cemetery in

Try "Lawrence and Aaronsohn", by Ronald Florence. Not exactly your topic, bnut has a great deal of information about the WW I period in Palestine and the Nili group Alan Kolnik

My Mom maiden name was Shoihet, but her family lived in Proskurov, Ukraine, where I was born too. This is a popular last name as it is related to a popular among Jews profession.

Good morning, I am researching Harris Wolfe Jeretzky who died 1847 Manchester, England. It is thought he was born in Prussia at the end of 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century. He had

I was born and raised in Ukraine, but I never heard this word before. I will ask around, out of curiosity.

You may have a problem with who is chosen as the preferred spouse in a marriage where one or both persons had multiple spouses. The program defaults to the one entered first I believe. It can be

Hi, It certainly helped me here in Canada. The German lawyer I used was: Dr. Esther Weizsäcker Siewer Weizsäcker Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftgesellschaft mbB Potsdamer Straße 86 D-10785

Somehow it had gotten lost in the shuffle but I have just received it and will get it formatted and uploaded – hopefully in this quarter’s update

[Resubmitting with a proper #switzerland hashtag. My original submission configured the hashtag incorrectly.] The writer Edwin Maria LANDAU <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Maria_Landau>, son of

David, thank you for looking but I provided the entire necrology lists in the Byten yizkor book of which I know there were at least 14 members of the Mendelewicz family as well as over 100 other

Can someone please translate this document for me? I'm not sure if this document is in Russian or Polish. The document mentions an ancestor, Ryfka Miller or Mejler. Thank you very much!

Hi Rob Here is some information about the history of the jewish comunity of Burgpreppach. There are also listed the names of people mentionned in the Matrikelliste of

One advice I received from an unrelated survivor with same name. Look at patterns of first names in the other family. If they are not the same it is likely unrelated.

I found the same naming pattern in my family from Latvia, and it carried over for sons born in the US after the family immigrated. True for every son. Eventually, the question popped-up in another

Can you please tell me where in the UK I can buy volumes 1and 2 of the Brest Litovsk book? Thanks Sent from my IPad.

Well, I did it myself, already had all the papers through my research and had them notarized in the States. The application lists what you have to know and the form is available in English. Look under

Itzig Ber is not the same as Ber. Haim Isaak is not the same as Itzig. Actually Itzig isn't the same as Isaak either. Double names were common in Eastern Europe. They were not a first and middle name

Hola soy Adrian koifman y vivo en Buenos Aires. Este acceso libre es sobre genealogía en Polonia? espero sus comentarios atte Adrian