Death certificates for 1976 and 1982 should be available from Israel's Ministry of Interior but only for first degree relatives and they're free.

Hi Barbara, Have you considered doing a search for NEIBERG (NIEBERG) in the UK? If not you should use the following free website at www.freebmd.org.uk Regards, Michael Hoffman Borehamwood HERTS UK

I am searching for information of any type on these families. My grandparents. thanks, Chris

Hi Melinda I should have written, in my first answer, that my (jewish) family, that lived in Torma (family name was "Paas"), most likely had their roots in Hungary. I could not follow up this (yet)

I’m trying to understand how my family name changed from GEN(N) to GANDZ when my grandfather emigrated from Shpikov, via Łódź accompanied by his wife, Leah and three children Annie, Isaac (a.k.a.

I am looking for information on the Ames family, that emigrated to NY after WWI. The names include Jacob Ames (served in WWI), his father Leizer Ames (died around 1922), Max Ames (Jacob's brother,

I am pretty sure that members of my family, Shulmans, Gelmans, Schliefers, spent some time in the Pechora camp. They were from Shpikov and were removed most likely to Pechora. Does anyone have any

Hello Yaron, when I lived in Weimar, I dealt with Buchenwald history, so I got the Book "Nachbar Buchenwald. Die Stadt Weimar und ihr Konzentrationslager 1937–1945/ Jens Schley, Köln/Weimar/Wien

Yaron, The end of 1939 and the start of 1940 were a period known as the "phoney war". After Poland was divided between Germany and Russia in September 1939, there wasn't much fighting until Denmark

Any other surnames? Mimi is usually a given name

Hello Molly, Is STAUB in Hungary related to STAUB from Breslau? Simon Staub (my ggf on mother's side) in Breslau died in Treblinka 1945. Might have started Staub Pots Co. now in France?? Regards, Dan

Jebwadne was in Lomza gubernia in NE Poland, and Ellenbogen or Katzenellenbogen was a common Suwalki Lomza name, as well as a common name in Liverpool. My father came from a Suwalki Gubernia family

Hi Moses, I have been researching families in Bircza area for many years now. There are very few records left for Bircza and it's surroundings - a lot of documents were burned during and after WWII,

Hello, Judy. You know it, sure, but to those who don't: the town you mentioned is now called in Lithuania Kudirkos-Novamestis ("new town Kudirkos" in Lithuwnian) Shabbath shalom, Josef ASH, Israel

In my family Louis (or Lewis) was originally Elias or Lazarus, though I do have some Leib or Leybka too. Similarly, in my family Celia/Cecilia, or its nickname Cissie, was originally Cyza. My great

I have been trying to info on my Great Grandfather Bennie Hantz. I am at a dead end. His immigration paperwork says he came to NY from Barak Silvas Hungary. It says he was born in Bochava Hungary, Now

My name is George Weiss..I am the son of Brucha Gohfeld(Betty Garfield)..Married name Betty Weiss...When my mother and her brother left Belaya Tzerkov in 1923 to Chicago to live with some relatives,

I am researching my Maternal great grandmother who was Chana/Hanna Slepian from Minsk, I’ve found several families with that name both in Minsk and the US. Please contact me if you’d like to

The best thing to do is get pictures of their graves, and hope their religious/original name is written on them. You can usually expect them from the earlier generations. Now it is not so common, but

I have also had great response from John and Brother’s Keeper has the ability to “Add spouse or partner (same sex)”