Thanks! Excellent article. The article also references: Frazin, Judith R. A Translation Guide to the 19-century Polish-language Civil-registration Documents: (Birth, Marriage and Death Records). 2nd

My Uncle served in Pilsudski's Army sometime after WWI. He came to the US in 1938 and served in the US army starting in 1941. I've been trying to find records about Pilsudski's army. -- Avivah

Hello, This might be a long shot, but I am trying to see if anyone has a photo(s) of the Jewish Memorial in Halberstadt, Germany. My great-grandparents, Hugo and Paula Beverstein are among those who

Several years ago I communicated with a GOLNICK family from Baltimore who were compiling a family tree of a Rabbi of Novarodok (18th cent.), Rabbi David ben (son of) Moshe of Kletzk. I have heard that

Hi my family came from Iasi Romania to the lower east side about 1900....maybe a couple of years earlier or a couple later....my gf was Mayer Leibowitz(Lebowitz) b abt 1859 d 1917 whose Mom was

Hi all, I am searching for a translator to assist me with records in both Polish and Russian. Thank you, Daniella Alyagon

Dear All, I’m trying find my ancestors from Belz. Last name was something like Duchovna. My grandfather came to Philadelphia in about 1904/5. Family lore is that he was from Belz, Romania, but

Hi Carola Seeing that you are researching MAIMON/MEIMON, I thought I would touch base with you. My great uncle Meir Schulman was murdered in Stanesti-de-jos. Through the Yad VaShem archives, I

Hi, I have some Levins in my tree, I discovered their names were spelled Lewin, Lavin and Levy on their manifests. Depending on the year they traveled, and where they departed, the manifests have

On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:06 PM, Dorothy Agronick <j-dagronick@...> wrote: Hello, thanks for your post. Interested in Cereja where 2 of the ancestors of my wife where born. (ailready sent to JG in

Hi Robyn, I recently learned of the Holodomor from an eye opening lecture on-line by Harvard Professor Timothy Snyder (nothing fancy: youtube). the holodomor was a man induced famine in the Ukraine in

I did not use my genealogy CD file for years and wanted to check some data. I have a family tree maker ( version 11), I have a CD file with almost 1700 names and I have a laptop. I tried to download

Researching Itzhak (Herschel) and Shifra (Sarah) BENJAMINOVITZ (also known as KOTLER) from Lubtsh (Lyubcha), Belarus. Itzhak ~1828-1878. Shifra ~1830-? Children: Golde (~1852-1904) married Feivel

I had Segal's from Malate/Moletai. Any chance there is a relation? Interestingly, several are in the Pennsylvania area but are now Siegel's

Jewish Gen Classes are open for registration Many are Value Added and FREE to General Fund Contributors in the current 12 months Check out the new Study Groups - Research in Galicia has a few more

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Hi all, There is a great webinar recording for those interested in Jewish Genealogy in Poland done by "Your Roots in Poland" Its titled Mishpokhe. Jewish Polish Genealogy, Part 1: Pre-WW II Jewish

Mort makes an important point about the opportunity for errors during transcription. I would only add that there were multiple opportunities for such errors and that might make the problem worse in

The family names of the Jewish part of my family are written in different ways (depending on were the documents come from) and I am wondering, what the Jewish original could have been. They lived in

Hi genners, Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. 1) list same sex couples? Who do you put in the female slot? And who in the male slot? 2) 2nd marriage to the same person.