Also attaching a book ''Shelter from the Holocaust'' by Anita Grossman. Many people might find it interesting.

it is wood as pointed out by ch. fried i just reminded myself of another saying in yiddish ehr veint vi a beaver the explanation i heard was that the beaver while going in to the his captures is

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Yiddish I've posted a tombstone in Yiddish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

It is Pruzhany, Pruzany district Grodno Gubernia, once Russia, now Belarus. You can find information on it On jewishgen.org, stevemorse.org and CPSA (Children of Pruzhany...). Email me personally,

Usually it is Chaya, but sometimes it could Be another name. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Neither of those names is immediately familiar, Diane. Sorry. I'm always curious for more of the story, though I recognize that may be moving from genealogical questions into other sorts of topics. --

Thanks. Any chance you came across any references to Boston in your research?

The Digital Public Library of America brings digital resources from libraries around the US into 1 search interface. Resources include maps, photos, year books, personal papers, etc. They have

Thank you Victoria! I have ordered this book from Amazon already. Do you have it in PDF by any chance? Also it would be nice of you to send a link with this film about Mr. Fritz Graebe or just its

In support of Herbs point, here is a short history of St. Petersburg. Peter the Great founded the city in 1701. Lands from Poland were ceded twice during the 1770s and fhe third and final partition of

My great grandmother Ida was named Chaia (Chaja) in the old country. Regards, Bobby Rotker

of course you can to find many jewish surnames (type them by cyrillic letters) in the site of S-Peterburg archives https://spbarchives.ru/infres/-/archivestoresearch/extsearch and in the vital records

I used to know the Feuerlichts when I lived in New York and saw their son when he was a boy but I have not kept in touch. Sorry.

Good evening from Melbourne. I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need as detailed a translation as possible please. It is the death record for Jochwet Wierzbowicz. It is on ViewMate

Good evening from Melbourne. I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need as detailed a translation as possible please. It is part 2 of the birth record for Kuszel Chaim Wierzbowicz. It

Good evening from Melbourne. I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need as detailed a translation as possible please. It is part 2 of the birth record for Jochwet Wierzbowicz. It is

Good evening from Melbourne. I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need as detailed a translation as possible please. It is part 1 of the birth record for Jochwet Wierzbowicz. It is

I know Sephardi do that but, Eastern European Ashkenazi will only name after a deceased relative so the Angel of Death doesn't take the child.

Trying to make contact with the family of the late Dinah Somlo (died January 2019) and posted numerous pages of Testimony to Yad VaShem for relatives who perished in The Holocaust. I am working on the

had aunt who was Ida & CHAYEH in Yiddish Barbara Singer Meis