If you include a deceased mother’s maiden name of living persons it is not difficult to figure out who they are. Don’t give it or her parents’ surnames. The other thing is, as stated in a

Re Family trees. I had to make my FamilyTree private because I had a half cousin who not only stole my research but then made suppositions that were not true, never did research and then created her

I should have added some more information. The older siblings and one younger sibling (born in 1905) list their birthplaces at or near Zagare, Lithuania. It doesn't make much sense to me that the son

Does anyone know a linguistic reason to prefer a transliteration of the Hebrew suffix bet-yud--tzadik sofi such as in the name Rabinovitz in the absence of documentary evidence? If no rule or reason

Hi All, I posted some documents on viewmate for translation. They are Polish Book of Residents record, and written in Russian. I would appreciate any help in translating them. The surnames are

Thanks, David. Yes, it is LPC; seems that there was a speck of dust when they copied to (or from) the microfilm/microfiche. -- Ken Ryesky Petach Tikva, ISRAEL kenneth.ryesky@... Belarus: Gomel:

I am looking for someone interested in translating several letters from = Yiddish to English and would discuss this with you. They could be = scanned and emailed to you or hard copied and

Funny you mention this. My great-great grandfather was from Odessa - or so we thought - and I just found his US citizenship declaration document from 1913 where he declares that he was born in Kovno

Does anyone know of any yizkor books or records from Proskovov, Russia or that area? I am interested in the period from 1860-1913. Thank you, Esther Zager Levine <levinee55@...>

Are you certain about "only allowing the oldest son to marry" ? I know of only the head of the family and the oldest son allowed to earn a living, but never heard of marriage prohibitioj David

How exactly is "Pennsylvania Dutch" defined in the case of the Pennsylvania Dutch migrant? Does it mean someone who was supposedly of the Anabaptist faith? Or does it mean someone who emigrated from

I'm curious to know how you know the date of the "actual event," relative to the registered date. I have yet to encounter anyone from that region and period who reports their date of birth -- day,

I do not know if it applies to 1840, but there were times when authorities in some German cities attempted to control the Jewish population by only allowing the oldest son to marry. This was largely

Jerry, You should search on line under "Wiadomości Demniańskie", not "Demiańskie". It will link you to Nukat (catalogue of Polish research libraries archives) at

DNA I: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy will be offered June 14 - June 21 This one week class will help you decide about DNA testing, DNA tests and introduce you to the testing process -- we will

Try posting an image of the (entire) document on ViewMate. Perhaps the street name is there but not obvious, and someone more familiar with this type of document might be able to identify it for

You don't say where (or when) your great aunt was born. If she was born in a smaller town near Warsaw, someone would have had to travel to Warsaw to register the birth, which may account for the

My cousin had a woman who approached her (tree on Ancestry).We both had doubts that she was linking to the right person in her tree and within a few weeks she also had thousands of family members -

Rich, I have once again checked the entire book on Hebenshausen. Both in the original under <https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/digitalisatViewer.action?detailid=v3553157> image 14, as well as in

Thank you very much.I can understand why my ancestors wanted to come to the US. Rich