I understand that using the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) system to access these archives is more complete than using the Arolsen Archives website. One can either access the USHMM in person or

My grandfather, Benjamin (Benzion) Schechter born Przeclaw Poland, died in NY, NY (at age 40) in 1915. According to my late aunt, Benjamin had an older brother named Simcha Sch(a)echter who lived in

I’m looking for someone who could find the gravesite of Joseph ha Kohen Theil 1827-june 8, 1898 and send a picture to me. His wife was Rose buried in the same place. They are my second great

Hi Karol, As I have been researching my husband’s ancestors in Hungary for some time now, I might be able to shed some light on your question. Heves is a county( and also a town) in Hungary,

I don’t know what the cause was, but my great-great grandfather was missing a part of his forefinger. It is visible in pictures and is noted in his WWI draft card. His brother-in-law was also

How amazing that somebody else -- hello Beulah Gross! -- has been looking into this person at the same time as me! I think Sare Czarne Margulies is in fact not a Margulies but a Goldreich. Here is

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project is pleased to announce its 86th title: Memorial Book of Kobylnik (Narach, Belarus) , Translation of Sefer Kobylnik Original Yizkor Book Edited by Yitzhak

The central Jewish Cemetery in Nesvizh is a lovely city park, and totally unmarked as a cemetery. I am working with the Belarus Holocaust Memorial Project to install a small monument to

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

Grandmother with 2 fake birth certificates My grandmother Elke, no surname given – she had 6 of them – had two fake birth certificates. She didn't buy them though. She first needed one when she

My paternal GF was from Austria (he always said Vienna). My father always said that his father was deaf in one ear because he punctured his ear drum to avoid being drafted into the Russian army.

Yes, my great grandfather injured one of his eyes to avoid the Russian Army draft during the Russo-Japanese War which started in 1905. He eventually emigrated to the USA in 1925. Joseph

My husband's family has written stories about people cutting off a finger. I think is was the pointer finger, not the thumb. There was also a story of them making themselves weak and sick by

 In response to your question about tracking a relative’s journey from Hull to the US, i’d like to share a few resources that I found for a similar search. In addition, I found the

Dear Linda, does it look to you as if these heads are out of proportion to the bodies? That was my first thought. Could someone have glued on photos of someone else? Pondering, Pat Westfall

My grandfather’s step-grandfather actually DID cut off one of his fingers and when he was buried in the US, the finger was buried with him… Sharon F. Yampell Voorhees, NJ USA/ suburb of

I'm interested in Sarah's story about buying false papers, as my family has a similar origin story vis a vis our Goldberg surname, and I've never been clear about how it worked.

I don't know about Hull. My g-gf Abram IOELS also is documented in the Hamburg departure lists, but I don't see him in the manifests from England or New York. His naturalization record shows an

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

Similarly, in my maternal line, the story is one of the sons changed his surname from Markell to Marget to avoid the draft. I am descended from Marget. Harry Auerbach harry.geri@... Searching Marget