Cal, Podolia gubernia was a large area. Check the JewishGen Family Finder (www.jewishgen.org/JGFF) to see who else might be researching this family. Relatively few records from Podolia have been

I don't know about the 6, but there were various kinds of guilds in the Russian Empire. There were guilds for merchants and for artisans, and I assume "craftsmen" here is the same as artisans. The

My father’s family was from Dombroven and I’ve recently discovered family members who emigrated to South America. Start by using JewishGen’s JOWBR for Argentina. And feel free to contact me at

Any information on Emil Metzinger dob 1874 in Romania lived In Minnesota and Florida nanapieser@... <nanapieser@...>

In my question, I am trying to determine if the "Revisioin list of 1908" would include someone in the family who is no longer living there. Does anyone have any familiarity with Revision lists in

Actually, Alexander was a common Jewish name among ashkenazi Jews in Russia. It’s Yiddish form is Sender. You can probably dig deeper about its origin in Jewish history, but here is a short

They do; however, they are almost useless, because many people have discontinued their land-lines and cell phones are not included. -- Sarah L Meyer Georgetown TX ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK,

Endogamy in Jewish families made (and makes) for multiple ways in which family members are related. My great-grandfather Avrohom’s first wife Esther died after having four daughters. Then,

Hello. I have posted a 4 page letter -- files 80866, 67, 68 and 69-onto MyView for help translating from Polish. This is a letter from my Mother's family in Poland to her aunt who was sent to

" It’s very uncommon name for a Jewish man in a middle of 19-th century." I have been transcribing some bmd from Poland in the mid-1800s, and Alexander is not uncommon among the men, even with the

I have a similar problem with some. A couple of possible reasons: (1) it was so illegible that it was badly mangled in the transcription (2) they came with a different or false name (3) they came

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I am looking for Yankel Kantorowicz (b. 1920) who immigrated to New York City and changed his name to Jack Greenwood. The Greenwood derives from Grinholc. Although Ancestry has many men who are

Leizerson Maurice - Pasquier Claude- Kronental I look for the brother of my grand father who immigrante in USA from Warszawa. he was born around 1886. His father was Slzama Leizerson, ans his mother

Seeking contact with descendants of the Wessely family from Brno/Moravia (originally from Ivancice) and the Schindler family from Brno. I am also interested in any further information on these

Dear all, I'm looking for my great uncle, FRIDMAN /FRIEDMAN (given name unknown), son of Shmuel & Feiga FRIDMAN from the agricultural colony of Dumbrăveni (Dombroveny, Dombroven), Bessarabia. Born

Nicholas, My great-grandmother, Devora Cohen, is from Iasi or a smaller town nearby. Cohen was Anglicized in Canada from Koniac. I understand there are cousins in Israel that spell it Koniec. You

I found passenger lists from NY City to the UK many years ago, I believe on Ancestry.com but I assume most other family search record providers would also have them now.

Mark, email me direct at james.castellan@... I know someone near you who should be able to help if no one replies directly with a translation/transcription.

Dear all, I'm trying to trace info about a "lost" great uncle, Lewis (or Louis) ROZENBLAT, son of Moshe & Dvora, from the town of Leova/Leovo, Bessarabia Born circa 1880. He immigrated at the