Had one of the Moshe-Chaim's died before the other was born? David Lewin London

Are you certain that the reversed names apply to the same individual and not to different generations in that family? A string of two names was used before they invented family names. XY was

The question is not clear. If you are looking for names Yitzkhak might use in a country where English is not the language spoken, I have seen Icek, Izaak, Aizik and Itsko. If you are looking

An idea I had to possibly suggest which chassidus your family followed would be to look for names given in honor of deceased Rebbes. Although it's not a very reliable method, if you find relatives'

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Shavua Tov, I am wondering whether you are aware that you can post images of gravestones using the wonderful ViewMate feature of jewishgen. Doing so make it easy to reply, and easier for helpers to

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Dear JewishGen Community, We are pleased to report the following records which have been added to our collection since May 21. Holocaust: Hungarian Women Transport List From Auschwitz to Buchenwald,

Personally I don't trust metadata. I name the file to reflect contents: Date in YYYY-MM-DD followed by the names of people in the picture or a descriptive word or two. If I don't know the year, I'll

I know this list is usually used to ask for help or announce new programs or resources. But I've just had a such a remarkable experience where a rapid series of coincidences resulted in an unexpected

I have never found an answer for which viewpoint is used to determine a connection to a cousin. I recently discovered the great-granddaughter of my great-great-grandfather. From my standpoint I would

Hi Tammy, There is just one correction from the excellent translation by Joseph Ash. The name of the father of the deceased person is Menachem Arieh. Arieh is a middle name and not an abbreviation of

Hi All So as I stated in my previous post I have researched this line for years and have it going back to the 1700's. As far as the records revealed my earliest ancestor is Shlomo Mendelson born about

Yitzchak is "Isaac" in Hebrew. Alyssa Freeman Henrico, VA

This is a very sad cemetery in an urban neighborhood. Many graves are in bad condition. Stones have fallen down or been pushed over. It’s quite expensive to fix those stones as I found out.

Based on the death certificate of her eldest son David Blistein, I have long assumed that one of my great grandmothers was named Esther Resnick (Blistein) . Recently I had an old Yiddish letter

These are two possibilities. I haven't read them myself so I can't say how useful they might be. -- Bob Friedman Brooklyn, NY

I need some assistance in finding the passenger record to Ellis Island for my grandfather, Pincus LISHINSKY spelt a variety of ways. He said that he arrived on the SS St. Louis from Southampton to

First, I will say I am against changes to original images. In Windows there are many apps to add text. PAINT and IRFANVIEW both permit adding text. PAINT (and maybe IRFANVIEW) will permit stretching