Hello Alex, Another poster makes a good point, this immigrant family may have come to the US via Canada, a popular option for people traveling from Britain/Northern Europe/the Baltic in the 1880s and

I uploaded my tree and got a “success” message, and a filename. However, in response to my follow up query, I received this email: “At the present time we are not uploading trees.” I feel it

Dear Researchers, Have you ever wondered how it could be that admixture and heritage reports often include ethnicities, sometimes in trace amounts, which seem incomprehensible or wrong or

Look at the web site ScotlandsPeople. There is a Rebecca Balkin mentioned in the censuses of 1901 and 1911, and a death notice in 1934. These might help you. I knew the Balkin family when I lived

The Leah's in my family were anglicised to Lily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lily was a popular name at the time. My middle name is Leonie after my grandmother Leah (I was born in 1951).

For further details, please refer to the JGS of Montreal's home page: https://jgs-montreal.org/ This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

My grandfather, Moses Plitt, also from Iasi moved to Spring Valley, Rockland County as did his sister Esther. However, it was not until the 1930s, during the Depression they left they left Queens,

In Biber's "Mazkeret Legdolei Ostrov" he has two articles on a Rav Yisrael of Ostrov and he presumes that they one of the same person. My great great grandfather, Rav Yisrael of Ostrov made aliya to

My father and his father have the same name. In his case the grandfather passed away very close to his father's death. My father's name Abraham was changed to Aron and so it appears on all

The FEUERLICHT family can be found on the JewishGen USA Database by searching the surname and using the Fuzzy Match option. Thanks to the work of Dr. Howard Relles and a group of dedicated volunteers

Hi Helen, What exactly are you looking for? I am from R., although not living there. I can give you some tips, links, ideas. Cheers,

I come from an Ashkenazi family. My father, David, was named after an uncle by marriage who had died just before he was born. He also had an uncle who was still alive whose name was also David, who

Dear Mindy, It would help greatly if you had any idea of what town he came from and what his first name was. Roberta Sheps Colchester, Essex, UK

Further to the publication details of Vol. VI given last week there is now a very interesting and informative interview by Cherise of Chai FM , a Jewish talk show in South Africa. Cherise interviews

I know people in Vilna who are up-to-date on the situation re the cemetery. Please write to me privately. Also check out the Defending History website. Carole Shaw, London UK SCHNEIDER: Kamanets

I have addresses from my grandmother's 1906 address book and would like to access census lists for 1905 New York census by address, without regard to names. Any suggestions? Michael Cohen Herzilia,

I think simply maybe an opportunity was offered, the new immigrants were willing to try anything just to advance themselves .. Or maybe in the new communities ur family members skills were

Here's a famous Florentine one for you http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/mario-castelnuovo-tedesco/ Cheers, Vernon.kronenberg@... KRONENBERG - Lodz, Warsaw ORZEL -

Simon; I have run across this before. This is usually either a residence for the elderly or a resident in a mental health facility. For some reason which I don't know, they used the terms,

Daugavpils cemetery http://usdine.free.fr/daugavpilsjewishcemetery.html from late Christine Usdin site.