What I do know is that my Grandmother left Libau, Russian Empire for Jaffa, Palestine (date unknown). According ship's manifest obtained from Ellis Island, N Y she left Jaffa at age 18 and out of

On the ships manifest it says the child’s name was Ksyel. I’m trying to figure out what that might have become in English? Any suggestions? Mother was Sure Lindenbaum Rachelle Litt Palm Beach

I know many Orthodox families, my own and others, in which brothers and sisters have similar names, for example: Menachem and Nechamah Baruch and Bracha Yehuda and Yehudis. Shlomo Katz Silver Spring

Sorry for the multiple postings but I want to correct an error I made. In https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/message/640993, I said Dina lost her husband and then her son. It's the other way around:

Thanks to each kind Jewishgenner who answered. The unanimous suggestion for the origin of my great aunt's nickname is Ana. I am looking for documents with this name, yet with no success. Thanks

Nancy, The URL of the archives is spbarchives.ru. I did look at the vital records. There is no name index that I could see anywhere, so, even if you know the name and a year, you would have to go

there is a list of those words a lot of blessings too let's count our blessings now

it really means kein ein hora no bad eyes it is to say no one should not put a course for jealousy or revenge

Yizkor Books in Print Project is happy to add more books to the list of those being offered at reduced prices by ordering directly from Jewishgen. They are: Ostrow Mazowiecka: Memorial (Yizkor) Book

This appears to be town Rovnoye [Rus], currently known as Rivne in Yelizavetgrad (later Kirovograd) in Kherson Guberniya, Ukraine at 48°15' N 31°45' E It should not be confused with the larger

Miriam, I am the Transcription Coordinator of SFBAJGS, and we are transcribing all the burials handled by Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco. I have a copy of all the cards from their

As you have heard, most SIG/Research Group lists will soon become part of JewishGen's main discussion group. However, because we are an independent organization, Gesher Galicia's list will remain

I can’t write this phonetically in Yiddish but in English: May you grow like an onion with your head in the ground(a curse) AND this will help like suction cups on a dead person Be safe and well

spbarchives.ru The metrical records are held in Fonds 422 and I think 1129. Don't forget to use Google Chrome to translate. Joel Ratner

Google Translate transliterates ער רעד זיך אפ וויא פייוויש אין האלץ קאממער as "er red zikh af vya feyvish in halts kammer" and translates it as literally meaning "He

Part of the answer to this question is the family’s Jewish “Affiliation.” There was a famous Chernobyl Hasidic Rabbi, Menachum Nuchem. Many followers of him named children after him. On my

The U.K. Outward Passenger Lists on Ancestry sometimes show how a passenger leaving the U.K. arrived there. I’ve found this information for someone who left from Libau and then took a ship from

Following up on my earlier post (https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/message/640980), I think there are translation errors in the death records for Dina and Elya Shumyatskij that Judy Kaufman posted

Noting that there is a post today about the very rare occurrence of kids being named after their living parents, I recalled a Yiddish saying that I love dearly, meaning "drop dead:" "May you have

Yes. You can see the variations in the JewishGen Gazetteer athttps://www.jewishgen.org/databases/gazetteer/gazetteer.php: More Info Rivne, Rovno, Rowne, Ruvne populated place