Działoszyce researchers will be pleased to hear that the Jewish entries in the 1890-1931 Book of Residents Index are extracted. The Index directs us to one of four volumes and the page where we can

Looks to me to be Sana followed by the title HaCohen, then YALEN. The symbol of the open hands giving the priestly blessing is for a descendant of the Cohens the tribe of priests from

The 1834 Revision List for "Vilna" includes records from LVIA/515/15/542 - 548. The records from 542 are currently part of the ALD. I have taken full inventory of the records in 543 - 548. Jill and

My guess is that the seemingly long name in question is in fact two words (notice space in between). It appears to me that the first word is the fathers name (Sine); the second, tribal status

Thank you for your message. My grand mother CHANA SPIRA-HAMMEL was born in DUKLA 07/25/1877. I have since discovered that IZAAK HAMMEL (circa 1840) + LAJE SPIRA ( circa 1840) had another daughter

Thank you so much. I'm very excited about finding your website. My ggrandfather Isaac Rachlin was from Khislivichi. Is the memoir you mention, on the site? If not, how can I get a copy. Seems we are

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Just finished reading a terrific non fiction book " A woman of no importance" about an American spy who worked first for Brits OSE and later for Yanks OSS. Her name was Virginia Hall (born east coast

Hi all, First of all I should state, that I didn’t work with Belarus Records. Maybe Belarus is different. Therefore, I’m not sure if I will confuse the issue or my email will answer some

This intrigued me, so I looked into it. Seems the engraving had a spacing problem. It says the father is Sane haCohen Yelin. Sane (or Sana) is short for Nasan, which would be a Yiddish pronunciation

Sorry that link failed. The Leo Baek Institute has these Austrian exit questionnaires. Yesterday I linked to them, but they seem to be installing a new system? Contact them by phone to check on their

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Hebrew I've posted a vital record in Hebrew/English for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society Monday, June 15, 2020 6:00-7:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time Online presentation Adoption and Misattributed Parentage Events: DNA-based Research

You should also try contacting the mayor of the towns. My parents hid in Ceyroux in the French Creuse province. The mayor gave my dad a new identity card to hide his Jewish name. Even if the mayor

I am trying to figure out what the father's name on this tombstone might be. I can read the Hebrew, but the name is not known to me. Any suggestions?

Hello Genners, This photograph of my great uncle, Josef Jekiel (Landman) was taken just before 1917, he was a medical officer in the military. He died in 1917. Can anyone tell me if this is a

I trying to get information about the Roberg family from Berlichingen, Germany .thanks a lot kinstlich123@...

Even the imperfect trees have led to amazing discoveries of “lost” branches of my family. Tomorrow morning I get to zoom with my cousin in Denver and our newly-discovered cousin in South Africa.

My husband’s great grandfather bought a farm in Nanuet (Rockland County) probably in the early 1920’s. He was a tailor on the lower East Side. Prior to buying the farm, he rented one in

Yesterday I submitted a marriage record in Polish for translation. Somehow the link to the record in my email was corrupted. So I'm trying again. The record is in two parts, the top half is