My great-great-grandfather Khaim Izrailevich son of Zelig was born around 1860 in Kopyl, and lived later in Minsk. Around 1910-1920 he spent a few years in America to earn money for his family, but I

When I taught at Queens College CUNY before my Aliyah, I often would walk the 2 long blocks to the Mount Hebron Main Street rear entrance gate and take some volunteer Find-a-Grave photos. I have had

Dear Jerome My gt grandfather, Lewis Segal (originally Leib Segalovitch) was the son of Abram and Tzvia and came from Vilna. I just wondered if there might be a connection. regards Terry

Hello! I am trying to track down the family of Ina ZAVGORODNY, who apparently lived in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel when she submitted a Page of Testimony to Yad Vashem on her father Mikhail ZAYDENVARG. From

Hello, I would like to be in touch with all those who research the Neuberger de Hlinik family. Please respond to my private email address : re_koffler@... Kind regards, Reuven

Hi Part of my family lived in Torma (also called Tormahof), which was a village in Estonia. Maybe theres a connection to the name you are looking for. Have a nice day, Ze'ev! -- [Ze'ev Itzhak Tschan,

People named Alexander are often called Sender

Mr Eliahu was the son of Mr Tsvu. His, Eliahu's, loving children built this tomb, supposedly many years after him passed away

FISHER was their (common) surname. I think im the Pale records he would appear Tzvi. this tomb is new one (shure not from 1908). may be you can ask the descendance who had built it?

In the Vilnius Ghetto List it says the Berel Druskenik, who was my mom's first cousin, died with the rest of his family in the Vilna Ghetto, in May, 1942. This is not true. Berel escaped the ghetto

Hi Group, I am responding to Claire Mitchell, who wrote: “Hello! I am trying to find out any information on the MYERS family who lived at 128 Brompton Road, London … The parents were George b.

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80774 Please respond via

Basic Soundex rules explain that P V B and F are equivalent letters, substituted for each other so often that one symbol is used for all four letters. When I search JewishGen for Vein, Fein’s also

Responding to Tamara Hallos's request for photos from Mount Zion and Mount Hebron Cemeteries in Queens, Susan Beecher <s_beecher@...> wrote: <<The staff there are very willing to do this for you. My

Which Teszler is this? I see a Heinrich and a Zisman living in Cluj in 1924 (they were born in Visó)

I've posted two handwritten notes for which I need translations. One in Hebrew is on ViewMate at the following address - http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80771 A second in

Try FreeBMD.org, There is an Emanuel Bernstein born 1900 coming up in Mile End which is that area. Also British Seaman would be registered and may have records in the UK national archives or contact

Thank you so much, Peninah! I'll check the Baia Mare archives (can't remember if I have already) and the Facebook page. Unfortunately, I couldn't find them in the Borsa Yizkor book.

Alexander was his secular name. There is no connection between the names. He could have been Eliyahu or he could have been Sender or some other variant of Alexander. Chuck Weinstein chuck1@...

Hello David, I agree with the Hebrew translation, but not the Alexander name adoption theory, my grandmother was surname Alexander and in Poland the surname Alexanderowicz going back to around 1800,