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Looking for two Joseph GASSNERs from Krakow. One a diamond merchant who went to Antwerp about 1888, the other to London before 1893. Trying to prove relationship, probably uncle and nephew. Anyone

Dear Richard, This is the translation: In this place is buried My dear mother Mrs Golda daughter of Mr Moshe She past away on the 29 of the mount Tammuz of the year 688 Her soul be bound in the bond

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out if the maiden name for my 2nd g-grandmother is GUTMAN or SZTABINSKA, and could use some ideas/suggestions for searching. Last year, thanks to Stanley Diamond of

Here lies my dear mother Golda daughter of Moshe died 22 Tamuz 5688 May her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life. (Acronym) This story is from the NY Times Archives.

I've posted a photograph of a headstone with Hebrew inscriptions for which I need a full translation of the Hebrew. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Dear JGenners, I would much appreciate help with the extraction of the following marriage

Hello... I've been working on my genealogy on and off (mostly off) over the past 30 years. Now that I'm back into it after at least eight years, I was very happy to discover so many searchable

Hello, Could someone kindly translate the Hebrew inscription on the headstone of my g-grandmother, Golda Gross? Also, according to family Golda was murdered in July 1928 in NYC. Does anyone have a

You probably look for the spanish ship Salvador, sailing under the flag of Uruguay. The passenger ship departed from Istanbul, Turkey on December 11th, 1940, carrying 327 passengers -Bulgarian

Breina could also have been anglicized to Beth. There are no hard rules to corresponding Yiddish or Hebrew names to English ones, it's mostly preference.

Good afternoon, Try https://www.a-h-b.de/de/projekte/familienforschung/name-adoption-lists/gailingen Best regards, Henny Houweling-Zwart, Nieuwkoop, the Netherlands <hennyhouweling@...>

Researching possible ABRAMOWITZ famiIies in Novarodok in mid 19th cent.TIA. Yoni Ben-Ari,Jerusalem <yonibenari@...>

Hi Everyone, Hoping everyone is keeping safe & well during this terrible time. I have struggled to find what happened to the family of Sophia BLOOM (c.1835 Merthyr-1888 Stratford) who married Jacob

Hi Marylin, All three words are Ashkenazi Jewish names from Eastern Europe. Leiser (Leizer, Lazar) is a shortened form of the Hebrew name Eliezer. Cerne (Czerne Czarna) is a name of Slavic origin

My Great Aunt had the given name Czerne and it became Claire when she emigrated. -- Rachelle Litt Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Try the Lloyds records at the Guildhall Library in London. They have all Lloyds once-secret voyage records. Someone there should be able to help you. Paul Silverstone

Molly, It may be that your ggf's marriage record will eventually appear in Alex Krakovsky's postings of Ukraine records. Lara Diamond posted about Krasnoye records from the mid-19th century at

The Brina in my family went by Blanche in the USA. My uncle was named for his great-grandfather Lazar, and was called Lawrence. So you see there are many examples to show that any name with the same