Our long-awaited book, entitled: The Shpoler Zeida – The Life, Legends, and Descendants of the Grandfather of Shpola, by Jeffrey Mark Paull and Jeffrey Briskman, is now nearing completion, and is

Dear Genners The given famine name Ida get out from the Hebrew Biblical name Jehudith (Yudith) יהודית. The name Ida was used in the German countries in the Middle Ages, From them it go over to

People should know that copyright laws prohibit 'publishing' material fairly new or new material without the author's approval. Just because you can attach something, that doesn't make it legal.

Another great source of information on this topic -- only centered in Detroit -- is "The Purple Gang: Organized Crime in Detroit 1910-1945" by Paul R. Kavieff (2000). Found my husband's grandfather in

This subject has come up before in the discussion group. You can do a search on the word "recte" in the discussion group archives and see 50+ messages. r = recte It means the correct

The Hebrew name of someone who took the English name Ida might have been Eta, Ita, or Chayah, or their derivatives. Bert-- Herbert Lazerow Professor of Law, University of San lazer@... Author:

My wife's grandparents BERKOVITS/BERKOWITZ are from Suwalki. Her grand mother said they were from Minsk area. Was this Minsk Geburnia ca the 1900's Maurice Kessler

Hello All: hope this finds you well! Please be sure to sign your eMail with your name and place - place being so important and fun for the rest of us around the world! Carol Raspler Delray Beach, FL

I have seen the names Ite and Etie. Ida might be an English version. -- Shelley Mitchell. NYC

In my family, every time a woman named Ida appears, her Jewish name is Chaje. Joyce Weaver Islip, NY Seeking DAIBOCH, VILNER from Grodno Gubernia, Belarus

I am curious about surnames in the Galicia archives from Zablotow area, for example, Reischer r Kessler. What does the little r stand for? Could it be Reischer son of Kessler? I have seen this quite a

Hi Although not that exact part of this huge cemetery, I have contacted the Mount Lebanon part to get information about two people buried there. Ancestry had shown that one was there but with no

Ostrog is in Volyn Province Alex Krakovsky has additional Revision Lists for Volyn province for 1881-1883 which includes a detail town listing showing Ostrog starting on pages 69 and 145. This is a

I second the suggestion to call the cemetery and try again another day if the person is not helpful. Finding current relatives has proven difficult for me too. Have you tried any DNA testing to find

My Aunt Ida's name as written on the Ellis Island passenger manifest was Chaike. Arthur Hoffman Boynton Beach, FL Searching for GOICHMANN, GOYKHMAN from Golovanevsk WHITE from Annopool

Possibly Itta (familiar form: Itka). My grandmother's sister as Itta - she did not come over though. -- Jeff Goldner Researching Goldner, Singer, Neuman, Braun, Schwartz, Reichfeld

In researching my family from Zablotow, I am finding a significant number of deaths in 1892. Was there an epidemic or any other major event that happened that year? I have tried searching but have not

JoAnn. It may be a simplistic sounding solution but, if your father passed, do you have a copy of his headstone? It should name his father. A lot of people do that. And if he has passed, a copy of

Hello, I have for you’re the following suggestions: · Contact the local Genealogy Chapter, · Write a letter to the editor of the Canadian Jewish News · Post on

Itta is another.