I also want to put in a plug for Family Tree Maker in conjunction with Ancestry. One feature I like about both is, while in different ways, they allow one to be fairly rigorous in documenting

Dear David, The Hebrew inscription on this headstone is of the given name (Eliyahu) and name of father (Tsvi), without the surname. In many cases Jews in the diaspora adopt or given a non-Jewish first

I have used Brother’s Keeper shareware since DOS before Windows and later registered it. I get rapid bug fixes directly from the author. I use geni since there is one definitive profile for

Naftali matches with Tzvi and Hirsch/Hertz because the symbol of the Biblical tribe of Naftali is a deer. Neil Kominsky Brookline, MA

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80775 Please respond via

When I search the Yizkor Book Master Name Index for the name Fishler in the town of Gura, I get a single result: FISCHLER, Moshe, Town of Gura Humorului, with the unexplained comment "soda

Join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland for a virtual program on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 7:00 pm Getting Started as a Search Angel: Solving Mysteries to Reunite Families Presented by Robin

Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from Oster uezd (district) in 1882 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project. The

Re: I am so upset at the difficulty of finding passenger arrival records... I also have a few ancestors I haven't been able to find on manifests. I found my great grandparents' family by just

Thanks to a Viewmate translation by Johann Hammer, I have learnt my ancestor Moses Meisels from Zloczow (Galitzia) was a soldier in Landswehr army in 1886. This was a militia formed by the Austrian

Am searching for my maternal grandmother's maiden name: Slipian or Schlipian or Slepvan. From Minsk, Belarus. Teri Reid Oriental, NC treid7765@...

From:main@... [mailto:main@...] On Behalf Of David Prater viagroups.jewishgen.org Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:45PM To: main@... Subject: [JewishGen.org] FisherHeadstone Translation

has ftjp been fixed? as of the last time i inquired (a yearago), it was broken (not processing gedcom files properly) and therewas no estimate of when it would be available. ....... tom klein,

I just want to thank Jonathan for his help in translating several vital documents I posted recently on Jewishgen. Not only he deciphered difficult handwriting but also answered my subsequent

Hello, Could some body please translate the words on the attached headstone picture? How are the names "Eliahu ben Zvi" and "Alexander Fisher" connected? What name would Alexander use in any

Memorial Book of Dobrzyn-Gollob, Poland Yizkor Books in Print is happy to make this book available at severely reduced pricing by ordering through JewishGen List price: $69.95, available from

In addition, the current version of Family Tree Maker includes the capability to convert you old format FTM data files to their current format. FTM includes the ability to synch to ancestry.com. My

I am not sure if you are asking a question or if you are saying there is a database. Har HaMenuchot is 3 cemeteries and there are a dozen burial societies. 4 are Ashkanazi. None as of 4 years ago

It is true that Tzvi usually goes with Hirsch and for some reason Naftali goes with Hertz, but there are always exceptions. There was a Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Hertz Luknietzky, and there are definitely

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has posted a new article on its website, “The History of the Friedman Family Interwoven with the History of Motza and Eretz Israel” by Ellen