The book SZÁZADUNK NÉVVÁLTOZTATÁSAI, published in Budapest in 1895, has the following entry on page 159: Mervai (Münz) Jakab Ármin könyvvez. Bpest. BM. 80558—89 [indicating that Jakab

I have found my maternal family in Fokshon (Focsani), Romania but only back to my great grandparents who eventually came to NY. Their name is NEIBERG (NIEBERG). Every time I try to do a family

Many recent postings have mentioned ancestral surnames and towns which the posters have not listed in the JewishGen Family Finder (https://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/). Please don't forget to share your

rose A <rjtalents@...> 16:45 (il y a 3 heures) À jewishgen I request a translation from Polish to English or French for the following posts I sent through viewmate. There are 5 posts, but in fact

I have posted to ViewMate the back of a postcard sent from Poland by a relative who later perished in the Holocaust. The postcard is dated 1916 (in English) and, above the address, contains the words

I have posted to ViewMate the backs of four postcards sent from Poland by relatives who later perished in the Holocaust. I would very much appreciate a translation of the Yiddish writing. The files

I am looking for anyone researching the Zino Davidoff family tree. I would like to compare

> This is my first post on JewishGen. I am looking for any information on the family of Israel Jacob Wainer and his wife Rebecca Gilgore who emigrated from the Ukraine (probably Zhitomir/Zhytomyr) to

Can you add what sources you have already searched? Have you used Steve Morse's excellent tools with Soundex, for example. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

Same sex couples will require both being listed as their own sex, so I am not sure you can put one as husband and the other as wife without messing up the database in other ways. My aunt and uncle

-----Original Message----- From: alan moskowitz I never thought of even asking a cemetery to take photos. I have some relatives at Mt Zion and was planning to visit - but thanks to the suggestion

Hi! I am a newby to the JGS and live in San Diego, CA. Is there a branch in San Diego? May I join your branch as well? Here is my contact information: Phone: 619-540-9420 Email:

My grandfather, William Schimberg, arrived in New York in the 1880's from Lithuania. Is there any way to determine if his family had lived in or moved to Lithuania from Schimberg, Germany? Lee

Addressing Luc’s comment: The song Mein Shtetle Belz *was* written about the place in Bessarabia (now Moldova), not the place at the border of today’s Poland and The

My father's Kalmanowitz family was from Lyubcha. Do you have any Kalmanowitz's or Solomons in your family tree? Has anyone in your family done a DNA test (I'm on 23andme, and FTDNA, and have

I know this is old but I hope to connect with Jocelyne, as my family is Munz from Hungary. naftalim@...

Hello, In the last 3 years, I have been fortunate to find family I did not know existed in Israel, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Argentina, and the USA. I have been fortunate to find out where my family

There might not necessarily be a "connection" between the names. Often, people would have a Hebrew name and a secular name that are totally different. That being said, if you are looking for his

where should I look (online) for volunteer (and engaged) names to the u.s. army around the years 1915-1917. i can do with any help. thanks isaac sciamma@....

I never thought of even asking a cemetery to take photos. I have some relatives at Mt Zion and was planning to visit - but thanks to the suggestion someone made, I did call them today. The cost is