For those of you interested in what the Pale of Settlement during the nineteenth century, see Robert Mitchell's Human Geographies Within the Pale of Settlement: Order and Disorder During the

There are no passenger arrival records for immigrants coming from Europe to UK at this time. Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland

Vladimir, Where did you find records for Slonim? Sherri Venditti The Berkshires, USA

I have a relative that traveled from Libau to England and then by train to Liverpool in 1906. Are there passenger records for ships arriving in Hull England in 1906? Enzo Falco Belmont,

I think every case was different. Our synagogue just this week lost one of our survivors. He was born with the surname Steinberg; at the end of the war, as a de facto leader of a group, he had a pile

Dear friends, I am 90 years old. I presume you did not know that. Still reading (4 languages) still using the PC as you see. With greetings >from Tel Aviv, Maud Mihal Beer, nee Stecklmacher, born

My grandfather Zacharia Marcus,originally from Sveksna,Lithuania chanaged his age from younger to older and visa-versa to avoid the draft. Therfore his exact age was not known.When he died, he was 74

My great-grandfather Isaac son of Abram Zeliviansky was born in Slonim, Belarus at 1851. He established his family in Stavropol, Russia. He and his wife Leah had 14 children. One of them is my

This is my first time seeking help and hopefully am going about it correctly. I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Yes, many took the “direct” route....for example Hamburg to NY, but many chose the less expensive “indirect” route, requiring travel from the European port to the East coast of England, such

My Great Grandfather was a butcher in Yampol, Ukraine and he chopped off his thumb to avoid being drafted. We have a photo to show it. Judy Wolkovitch

I need the Russian portion of the entry for Zelda Fridson translated. It is in upper right corner. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM77799 Thanks, Bob

I need the Yiddish portion of the entry for Zelda Fridson translated. It is in upper right corner. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM77800 Thanks, Bob

The Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group, acommittee of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society, will hold its next meetingon Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. at The New Shul, 7825 E Paradise

Most of the "Russian" Jews are from Pale. My great-grandfather Isaac Zeliviansky originally is from Slonim, Belarus. Slonim was inside Pale. He got permit to live outside Pale, in Stavropol, Russia.

“Family History Resources from the Library of Congress” will be the topic of a presentation by genealogist Tina Beaird at the Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of

Sunday, January 26, 2020 9#0 AM to Noon BMH-BJ Congregation Beginning with a brief history and modern statistics, this lecture will provide local and online resources for anyone interested in

Were names changed at Ellis Island? Is the earth round or flat? Are there consequences to our behaviors? Why let facts get in the way of false narratives? But for any Jewish genealogist who is the

There was a relative that I knew of when I was younger. Fischel GOLDSTEIN was born in either Pultusk or Przasnysz, Poland. He may have been born in 1874, according to the U.S. Social Security Death

I have a document from 1906 noting that my grandparents provided information at the U.S./Manitoba Canada border in order to confirm that they had travelled by boat from Belgium to Canada and taken a