Schmuel lived in NYC in 1923. He was listed as a friend of Chaje Dickovsky, from Elisavetgrad, Russia-where he also came from. Chaje was on USS Lithuania to be with her daughter. However, she listed

Research in Galicia has a few more places https://www.jewishgen.org/education/edu-courses.asp This is a JewishGen private forum class open 24/7 $150. for three weeks May 15 - June 5 Here is the

My ancestor, Schimel Mozeson, born: 1859, Father: Hirsch, Mother: Libe, registered as Merchant of the First Guild in Riga. Lived in Warsaw 1883-1915. Lived in Moscow 1915-1917. Had a tailor shop or

I think the most common equivalents are Ruchl and Rivka. -- Shelley Mitchell NYC searching KONIGSBERG/KINIGSBERG, TERNER, MOLDAUER, SCHONFELD - Kolomyya PLATZ - DELATYN. All Galicia.

I have a photo of some missing family members that was dated 1917. The back has some information in Yiddish. Recently I uploaded it to Viewmate and someone was kind enough to translate it for me. One

Lee, So when did Jacob Jaffe come over? Here are some considerations from a guy who only dabbles in genealogy. My GM Molly came through Ellis Island in 1921 bringing my 18 year old mother and a

what you're seeing is probably, an abbreviation for"hamekhuneh", which means "who is called", toindicate that a nickname follows. typically "yaaqov hm'qobi" or "yehudah hm' leib", etc. ....... tom

Lee, It is hard to keep up with the updates made to the various Genealogy websites as they are “improved” but my experience is that FamilySearch does allow searching only on the place field. For

I'm going cross-eyed from staring at passenger lists and hope a sharp-eyed Manifest Maven can spot this family for me! I'm looking for the passenger manifest for Beila COIN from Taurage, Lithuania.

Children weren't coddled in the 19th century. My ggrandmother came alone, at age 8, after her mother died and father remarried. She wasn't in steerage, but she was sent to an aunt and uncle (probably

I can help. Is there a suggested time frame in which to finish the assignment? My eyesight isn't great, but as long as the images can be enlarged I should be fine.

Thanks so much to all those people who replied. Within a few hours, I had the answer and more. What a worldwide community we are at the moment, with so much generocity of time and spiritl. I'm

Hello Anthony, You should do a search on the Find My Past website at www.findmypast.co.uk there are a number of entries for Smoliansky including the 1939 Register and some passenger records that you

My thanks to those who provided answers to my question and the consensus is that “hay mem apostrophe” means “known as”. In this case Ariye known as Leib.

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The (US) National World War ll Museum is offering a free guide on Researching American Military and Civilian Records from World war ll. You can download the free guide by going to:

An online exhibit permits you to visit pre-war cities and towns and shtetls in six countries through maps drawn from memory after the Shoah. The exhibit is called “Atlas of Memory Maps”. The

I want to thank one and all who so quickly and ably responded to my query about the status of the former Neveklarsfeld website (www,neveklarsfeld.org) databases. There is a good amount of

May is Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM). Ever since 2006, by presidential proclamation May has been designated Jewish American Heritage Month in recognition of the indelible contributions

The organizers of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) 2020 San Diego Conference on Jewish Genealogy announce the following. Further details can be found on the