I totally disagree that these sites are garbage. Many of the trees may be garbage but that is not why I subscribe. The number of records to be found on these sites is far beyond what I could hope to

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 04:06 PM, Ruth Kornbluth wrote: Was there ever an organization that helped survivors establish contacts with American relatives after the war by publishing ads in newspapers

Could you send it to me too? It’d be much help..! llevangelista.ibms@... Lailah Lebedenco Evangelista

Hey everyone! I am looking for any information about my maternal family called LEBEDENKO or POPOV who lived in Moldova. I know some first names: Kiril LEBEDENKO my Moldavian greatgrandfather (born on

Can anyone translate the banners & subtitles for me? And if you have any idea of what is going on in the pictures please help understand it! All I know is that they have something to do with my

Did any of the Nathans emigrate to Montreal, Canada? I am not related but have an interest in the Nathan family -- specifically Moses Nathan who died in Montreal in 1804 leaving his widow Elizabeth

Hello Martyn: Thank you for the quick response. I have been trying for this (and more) info for years! My apologies but because I'm not a Jew myself, my understanding of some of the info is

There's a record in the Revision List for 1874 which I'm trying to determine if it refers to my ancestors. So, what do you think about these names? In Belarus, they were: Gdalia or Gdal, Hinda or

The idea of having all genealogists go to their own synagogues to copy the information on all memorial plaques is a great idea for several reasons: 1. The data can be put on similar spreadsheets

I've seen the name in Poland. It isn't real common, but it is there. Sally

I am looking for information about Jacob Tajch or Taych who arrived in Australia about 1876. I know that Jacob subsequently changed his last name to Tyfield.

My brain was on JOWBR cemeteries regarding complete sections. Not such issue with the plaques. I work on both and the 59 JOWBR cemeteries I am creating the HTML for were still on my mind. Both go to

Nolan Altman for complete sections: naltman@...

Eighty years ago, the census of 1940—the 16th in the nation’s history—was carried out beginning in April. The 1940 census forms a critical link to our shared past and provides a window into an

The Viewmate website says "Image no longer available." Stephen Katz

A few years ago I had my students copy down the information on all of the synagogue's memorial plaques. I had been to a conference and learned about an ongoing effort to record these names somewhere

You can also consider materials in the archive of the Centrum Judaicum in Berlin. It contains a large part of the materials collected by the Gesamtarchiv dear Deutschen Juden zu Berlin. The

I have a similar quandary. I have a husband & wife who were second cousins, and are buried side-by-side. Her stone says "beloved sister" and his stone doesn't have any familial notes -- just his name

Hello. I sent a message before but i am not sure if you received it. I live in vienna since 1983 and have suceeded in writing a biography on my folks going back to 1680 when jews were not allowed to

"very often the data collected by commercial genealogical companies is useless" The Record matching at Ancestry and MyHeritage are very valuable.