Please join us for the following program, presented by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute and Gesher Galicia. Family History Today: Jewish Students, Medical Globetrotters, and Persevering

Dear Michael, You hit the point. Moravian Jewry was much reluctant to adopt both surnames and given names by force of the decree issued in 1787. Something must have happened around year 1828; since

JewishGen offers the popular class, "Brick Wall or Dead End", starting February 2 - February 23 Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped

January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Between now and February 22, but mainly between January 27 and 31, a series of commemorative events is planned in 35 towns

Should we add a another rule for moderators, not to accept posts without a name and a location? I think that everyone should identify themselves in this way, because this makes for more

yulia13.prokop@.... yulia13.prokop@.... David Lewin London Search & Unite attempt to help locate people who, despite the passageof so many years since World War II, may still exist "outthere". We

Dan Leeson’s thoughtful JewishGen Info File, “Military Conscription in Russia in the 19th Century” (find by clicking on “Get Started” button at top of JewishGen homepage, then click

How can you contact Yulia Prokop to purchase her book when all we are given in the several announcements is the incomplete email address yulia13.prokop@...?

I think there's a Murphy's law about that, if you're correcting someone's grammar or spelling, you'll have a typo of your own. (Yes, I read this post 3 times before clicking Send....)

How do I get to the Zamosc book. I see no link on Jewishgen. Thanks Prof. Yitzchak Kerem

I agree with everything Joel and Vivian wrote—and am including Vivian’s message below. I do note that the formatting on these emails has improved somewhat recently so there must be a Moderator

Genealogist love to be private detectives..I am not good at passenger list..I am so happy some good people came thru. We give back what we can. I shared all I knew for the Tarnobrzeg page and Manage

If it was Detroit perhaps they came through Canada. -- Myrna Goodman, PhD

This is what I am responding to: Glenda wrote “I agree with Vivian on her points above, except that the person replying should cut and paste the original message in the reply. I tested this with

Link to border crossing manifest for Nathan Wiesenfeld (his wife arrived with Chawe). He's going to his B-I-L at 396 Hastings, no name given, but... further down the list is Marcus Eder who is a US

Vivian Kahn wrote: I agree with Vivian on her points above, except that the person replying should cut and paste the original message in the reply. I tested this with this reply, and to make it easier

Found the US manifest (below). When immigrants arrived in Canada for transit to the US they went through the standard process conducted by US immigration agents as they would have if they'd arrived

Here's a link to Chawe, Hersch, and Chaim leaving Liverpool for Quebec. There should be a border crossing document into the US but I haven't found it yet, those records and indexes are spotty. Sorry

Gesher Galicia's Galician Town Locator (https://www.geshergalicia.org/galician-town-locator/), which lists all towns located in the Austrian crown land of Galician in 1900, includes a Liski near

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