Hi, I have posted two birth records pages from the Ukraine that I would like translated. They are in Hebrew. There are 4 records on each page.

Hi, it's impossible to definitively know just from these entries if these are the same person. It seems like the clue that would help the most is somewhat lost in translation. In the first entry

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Legal changes of name were advertised in The London Gazette, which was published weekly and is available online, though not indexed. They were cone by Deed Poll. The more likely explanation is that

Name changes in the UK were made by deed poll through a lawyer. The new name would be advertised in The London Gazette... this can be searched on-line through genealogical sites.

Beulah, In your 3rd paragraph, I think you mean 1841. There was no census in 1941 due to WWII. Name changes in the UK are not a matter of law unless done by 'deed poll'. If that method was chosen by

Cancelled: Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday March 23, 2020 Center for Jewish History There will be no meeting of the JGSNY on March 22, as the Center for

Hi Julian, I have databases of all the Johannesburg cemeteries. Louis Zetler

Hi in my tree are Max Fox b. Brooklyn NY, d. Florida m to Edith Mittman maurice kessler mikessler222@...

I am also searching for Siegal/Siegel on my mother's side, from Lithuania/Russia

My best advice beyond what has already been mentioned is to explore stevemorse.org. He has many useful tools for searching naturalization, census and other records. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

Shalom, I am in the process of writing my family history and creating a family tree after 30+ years of collecting data. I am also including the Kasow, Lewins, Bloch and Krohn families listed below

thank you, but not the family I am looking for maurice

Try http://www.jewishroots.uct.ac.za/Cemeteries.aspx. It is one of several pages on that site with information about South African Jews..

This is Hebrew OR = Light [ Root is Aleph Vav Reish ] Ori = Uri = "My Light" Yair = future tense = will light Yerucham comes from a different root namely Reish Chet Mem,meaning compassion or feel

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=VM78859 This record is written

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a full translation please. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78850

I've posted a vital record in Polish (at least I think it’s in Polish!) for which I need a full translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

12 March 2020 I wonder if anyone could shed light on why my husband’s relative, Solomon Israel, suddenly changed his surname to Sloman sometime between the births of his children, Israel Israel born

Trying to make contact with Mindy (married Chaim Simcha Deutsch), daughter of Gitel and Mendel Weissberger, or her family which descended from the Fruchter family of Obervisha. Mindy posted a Page of