The response is that the vital records are not available for the 1869-1874 period. Mike Vayser

The NYC Board of Health changed the length that the vital records could be held without being transferred to the archives. For death certificates, it is now 75 years. For birth records, 125

received a Letter back from State Archives of Dnipropetrovsk Region. But for some reason this time. Google translate isn't able to let me know what it says in English. Any help!? David Syner Los

Yes there is. Look to a project on Geni that is for Krotoschin or Krotoszyn for more information. Dan Brockman JewishGen member 50584 622 Shoreline Road Barrington, IL 8473409456

My name is Tim Sherrod. My father, John Sherrod (aka Jake Schatz) had seven uncles. They all changed their names and one was Kotler. They all came from Postov (Pastavy). Please see the attached

I'm hoping someone can help with a translation for the Hebrew on this gravestone. Thank you, Laurie Sosna San Francisco, CA

Eros In the introduction to his poetry in Lithuanian I read that his father a Polish cavalry officer in the Russian service, rode through a village, and his eyes met the eyes of a beautiful Jewish

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I am interested in getting your help to translate the Hebrew on these family gravestones . Ancestors are thought to be from Lemberg, Austria emigrating to US in 1880s, buried in Cincinnati,

I am trying to locate relatives of a Rut (Ruth?) Sokol who lived (by her Yad Vashem testimonies) in Brooklyn NY in 1993. Rut is/was my newly discovered 2nd cousin from a part of my family whose

The only Munya I ever knew was also an Emanuel. Chana Bonn, Philadelphia

Michele, the name is listed as Yankel Efroimovich, which might mean either "Yankel son Efroim" or "Yankel Efroimovich" (as in someone's last name). In this case, I think they didn't list his

Janet Furba, Germany

In the 19th century Jews married Christians either for marriage or to protect their family from antisemitism or for economic reasons - to get a "good" job, enter college, etc. -- Sarah L

On Jewishgen, I found the probable 1854 marriage record for the brother of my great great grandfather Aron Lak, from the town of Telsiai, Lithuania. The brother's name is Jankel Lak, son of Efroim,

Hi Cliff, I found you question interesting, and while searching for some info on the subject I found this book (I have not read it.) Confessions of the Shtetl. Converts from Judaism in Imperial

I am searching for relatives of Harold Goel Lerner and Rosalie (Fine) Lerner who I believe are related to me. They are both buried alongside other Fine relatives of mine in the Mount Lebanon Cemetery

I came across this posting from American Ancestors regarding military records for Galicia

I am trying to request the death certificates for some likely distant cousins, Julius Fine and Samuel H. Fine, who are buried near other of my Fine relatives in the Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Queens.

My Russian first cousin was Munya, and I understood that it was short for Emanuel... Trudy (Litt) Greener, Jerusalem (Litvak and Naiman families from Chimerovitz, Ukraine)