I am trying to track down descendants of a family that I am increasingly confident was my ggg-grandmother's (born ~1845): that of the FILITS family, which appears to have been based in Siluva around

LVIA is the archive 728/4/373 are the Fond/List/Item F266 means the 266th Female (males and females are numbered separately) 1897 is the year recorded 28/5/1897 is the date on the Julian calendar

While researching my Turkus ancestry, I noted an interesting series of names which seems odd for Ashkenazi Jews. These are the names and their relationship to me - 5th ggrandfather ELIASZ

-- Can anyone one please translate this for me. Mary Ellen #222350

My grandfather's sister was called Ida. Her given name was Chaya.

Yes, what I was suggesting was that the fathers were Familianten from another town, and a way of tracing them would be through the married daughters of the family where the death occurred. -- Eva

Another interesting site is synagogues360 https://synagogues360.bh.org.il/ This site allows for 360 degree panoramic views of synagogues around the world with historical information. You can search

Per the Cleveland Jewish News, Ida Cohodas died 11/29/2003. It lists her son as living in Florida. Her daughter, who was widowed, appears to have been living in the Cleveland (South Euclid) area at

Like any other genealogy group, it all depends on what the source of the information is. If it comes from official records, such as social security or a census, that's a lot more reliable than it

Do you know if ReMa, Rabbi Moses Isserles had a daughter Miriam?

Renovations at Ebenfurth Castle, Austria have revealed 28 Jewish gravestones and gravestone fragments found in the foundations of the walls dating from the 17th Century. The wall was part of

Hello, Back in the 1980s I gave a cousin a GED file of about 600 people. This was of my other's 2 families and my father's 4 grandparent's families - in total 6 families. Although she has listed my

While LDS microfilms are no longer available, many of the images have been put online under the same film number. You need to search for them by clicking on the Catalogue heading on the Familysearch

How reliable is the information on Geni and Family Search.? Is one more reliable than the other? Thanks. Marilyn Feingold

Hi Teodora I would love to find someone to help in the archlve in Braila and Galati. Might you know someone? Also, I am looking for a newspaper from 1900 in Galati? My great grandfather died from an

Hi:: Greil is a shortened derivative form of the german surname Graül that came to be Greil in yidish. Its meaning is gray, greyish. This surname either depicts the hair or the eyes of the person who

Hello Teodora, I would be really happy if you could find my great grandparents. On UK census they say they were married in 1883 in Iasi, Lejb Baron married Chana Herszowicz/Herscovici. Lejb was born

The question about two symbols on a Jewish tombstone/matzeva, has been asked and answered several times already. I was at least among one of those. The star indicates a date of birth; the cross

If you put the number you have in the FamilySearch Catalog under film or Fiche search it will come up. Click on the title of the film. This film is ditigitzed. You may need to sign in to see

Hello Yoni, i believe you have been ill informed, I am a Katz and one of 2 sons adopted, I imagine it may apply to ultra religious perhaps, but the average would do what they wish, my father also