I know my grandmother and three children came (somehow) from Nezhin , Ukraine to Liverpool, to Glasgow and as a pregnant widow, to New York USA. This was in December 1907. DEANNA LEVINSKY Long

"In passing, let me mention that none of the claims made against the involuntary name-changes narratives stands up to scrutiny and that I have identified a mechanism that would lead immigrants to

I confirm Boris, comment on the error in the original message. The original initiation of maiming came about as a result of ukase issued by Czar Nicholas I pejoratively known as “Fonyeh Goniff”

Thank you. I tried it now lets see if it works

I think many of us with family from Russia have stories like this. My Great Uncle, Aaron Packer, was born in Russia near Kiev and left Russia in 1917 as a result of the Russian Revolution. He

My maternal grandfather was sent to the front in the Russo-Japanese War where conditions were beyond terrible for Jews. He shot off the top of his pinkie finger so he could return to his wife and

And another port on the west coast for onward migration to USA etc was Glasgow, Scotland. I have traced the emigration of my great great grandparents, Hirsch Fayn (Harry Fine) and his wife Bune, from

Thanks, Deborah, and others who have replied. Between your messages and my own trials, I had actually figured this out shortly after I sent it! but didn't know how to stop it. Martha Forsyth Newton,

My father and his brother escaped from a labor train leaving the Sarny - now Ukraine- killing field in 1942 they hoped to find the Polish underground but the Russian army found them and they were in

One of my grandfathers listed his origin as Poland though he came from this area. Later, he called it Russia on his naturalization papers. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

thanks to both of you. Solved my problem with forgetting to sign my messages. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

I recommend Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern's excellent article about the subject at YIVO: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Military_Service_in_Russia

Another port on the east coast was Grimsby. Roberta Sheps Colchester, UK

My great great grandfather was known as Avrum MAYER in the Ukraine. His son apparently had two names: Herschel MAYER and Grigorii MAZURENKO. Would anyone know why this ancestor would use both

There was a period of time when first-born sons were exempt from Russian army service. Families past child-bearing age who had no sons would officially claim a Jewish neighbor's draftable son as their

Dear Friends, Thank you for everyone’s comments and suggestions as we continue to improve the JewishGen Discussion Group. We appreciate your feedback, and will take it seriously. A number of

The Yiddish term would be: דער תחום המושב, pronounced: Der t'hum ha-moy-shəv (from Hebrew תחום המושב)

Hi, Martha. I'm looking at this on an Android smartphone, so it might appear slightly differently on your device or computer, but when i touched the Reply link under your original message, a form

How can I find researcher for whom I have a name and researcher code?

Sorry, Fred, but your post is inaccurate. 25 years was the length of service only until 1834. It was 6 years in the late 1800's and 3 years in the early 1900's. Jews tried to avoid the service because