Peter, I have seen similar situations as a result of surname adoption in both France and the Rhineland. It may be that the older Joseph Mayer was originally called Mayer Joseph. When he had to

-- Hi Rochelle, I saw your post,and I'm looking for my maternal grandfather who was Max Aronovsky on his Declaration of Intention,but Max Aronowitz on his draft card. He was born in

It has a horrible taste and once when I was in Africa I had to take 2 pills and was seeing double for over an hour. Scary stuff. Diane jacobd Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I went to a boarding school where we were given a mixture of Gees Linctus and Quinine for almost any illness. We called it "Kill or Cure". Many of us believed it was dispensed because the nasty

-- Dear JewishGenners, I guess being frustrated looking for information, is something that newcomers to the geneaology search, can expect....OR is just me ?? I'm looking for my paternal Grandfather

I did not know how to title this. So here goes. My great grandfather is Morris Sklansky. He and 3 of his 4 children came from Russia in 1900. We have no idea when the forth child came since he is

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Yonatan Ben-Ari <yonibenari@...> Date: Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 7:04 PM Subject: A boy named Zerubavel in Tel-Aviv 1928 To: JewishGen Discussion Group

Ooh, I can help with this one! Having grown up in an observant Yekkish home, the word "Schnoder" was part of my (well, actually, my father's) vocabulary. He would refer to a person having "Schnodered"

I've come across instances of of a German Jewish son having the same forename as his father and it was invariably because the family had to adopt a legal surname. The custom.in France and parts of

I believe that permanent residents and those with a green card have social security numbers. There are legal immigrants who are not citizens - they have TINs but are NOT eligible to vote. -- Sarah L

The url provided earlier is now obsolete. The correct url is: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/judaicadh/scribes-of-the-cairo-geniza

Dani--It would be more helpful if you provided the name of your grandmother. Some of us know the ins and outs of online research (and Allan Jordan suggested a few) to actually find the information you

Hi, I am looking for information about my great grandfather Jose Weingarten and his family. He is forn Kovel, Ukraine. He was one of the many children of Natan Weingarten and Rajel Bulning

He might not have had a passport. They weren't required in early years, and then they were only for citizens, I think. Sally

Hi, Im am looking for my great grandfather. His name was Jose Weingarten and he lived in Kovel, he had 7 siblings. His fathers name was Natan Weingarten and his mothers name was Rajel Bulning. He also

I would look at Riverside Cemetery in Saddle Brook. A number of my ancestors who lived in NY (Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, etc.) were buried there. Likely as Allan said, their societies had plots

Hi, My great grandfather came from Kovel too. I woud like to know how you managed to trace him back? His name was Jose Waingarten, maybe it rings a bell

Hi, My greatgrandfather name was Jose Weingarten and he was from Kovel. He had 7 sisters or brothers but we dont know their names. His fathers name was Natah Weingarten and his mother name was Rajel

-----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Levinson via groups.jewishgen.org <wallachlevinson=aol.com@...> If I am unable to find a passport online is there any agency I can write to to request a

Two other good free online map collections are David Rumsey Map Collection https://www.davidrumsey.com/home and Urban Maps Digital from the Center for Urban History of East Central