There is no set rule for name "translations" from Yiddish to English, but in my research I've typically found that Louis is Leyb, William is Velvel (diminutive of Vulf), and Celia is Tsilya. But

The answer depends on the software you are using. I suggest you write the developers and ask them for help. I have had good responses from John at Brother's Keeper. I have not tried your problem, but

Trudy - if we are addressing contemporary gay couples most people I know use "partners" until or if they marry. Then gay men refer to each other as husbands and lesbian couples refer to each other as

Does anyone have a photo of Moses PETSCHEK, my great-great grandfather? Thanks! -- Nancy Petschek-Kohn, Westchester, NY

This is my first post; hope I'm doing it right! Per 1896 UK Naturalization Certificate of MAX CLARKE, his parents, who would be my great-great-grandparents, were MARKS/MATTHEW and ZLATO/LOTTIE CLARKE.

My paternal grandfather Solomon LABUSHINSKY left his wife and 2 children abt 1921 to live with his mistress, Emma RUBINOFF, in Whitechapel, East London, England. They had a daughter Judith

There may be a simpler explanation. When one is transliterating back and forth from Cyrillic into Latin characters, in a moment of inattention it is easy to forget which alphabet one is looking at.

Amira, You have misunderstood this record. It is from a census of those who were alive in the Vilna ghetto in May 1942 (as part of a country-wide census at that time). His listing implies nothing

Hi all Schelly Talalay Dardashti recent lecture for Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston is now is available for free at https://youtu.be/ywoXcY2YRis The lecture will introduce the growing

Isak: We have corresponded before about LANDAU family(ies). Stanislaus (Salomon) LANDAU (1822-1898) was a son of Gerson LANDAU (ca.1796-1860) and Dobra (Carolina) KOHN of Czestochowa. From my

Hy Molly, Try this email: estaub@... Stay safe and healthy, Valentin Lupu Israel

I believe the original poster was seeking a Central Death Certificate database in Israel in English not seeking burial places. As far as I am aware there is no such database. Patricia Wilson (Israel)

Looking for pictures of Great Uncle and Aunt Louis and Rachel Rice (Novogrudsky) of Portland Maine Died 1929 and 1935

Use BillionGraves inside of MyHeritage - it is free and includes most of the cemeteries in Israel. Rose Feldman Israel Genealogy Research Association Winner of 2017 IAJGS Award for Volunteer of

Terry Ashton, love to know if you have a tree I could look at someplace. I was pretty sure the present day Siegels were Segal in Lithuania but who knows.....

Hi Adam, Ina submitted also a short story to Yad Vashem, written in Russian (attached). I identified two entries in the Israel phone directory. I am sending the information to your private email.

My grandfather, David Benenson, and his father, Schneer Zalmen Avrum Joseph Benenson, were from Ekaterinoslav. I know of all my grandfather's siblings, but nothing about his cousins through his

I am looking in Jewishgen for 3 Jacobsons who immigrated to USA in the early 20th century. In the US they were Louis, Willie and Celia. any suggestions for original names in these three parts of old

The book mentioned in my previous post, SZÁZADUNK NÉVVÁLTOZTATÁSAI, published in Budapest in 1895, is in the public domain and can be downloaded in pdf format

“Iziya’s Story,” an except from the Yizkor book of Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine, is exactly what it says it is: a story that the namesake of the title is telling to a group of