Dear Siggers, I published last week on Avotaynuonline.com an index of surnames of 1,689 Jewish families that lived in Cairo, Egypt, during the 20th century. I posted it on different Facebook groups

Dear Siggers, I published last week on Avotaynuonline.com an index of surnames of 1,689 Jewish families that lived in Cairo, Egypt, during the 20th century. I posted it on different Facebook groups

The Gesher Galicia Board of Directors welcomes Charlie Katz as our new Treasurer. After 15 years of dedicated service, Ann Harris has stepped down. We are grateful for her service as former treasurer

I need a researcher in hungary who can go to the cemetery of Nagykanizsa. Any suggestion? Please answer to my private address renato@... Thank ypu Renato Mannheimer (Italy) Moderator: Please

I need a researcher in hungary who can go to the cemetery of Nagykanizsa. Any suggestion? Please answer to my private address renato@... Thank ypu Renato Mannheimer (Italy) Moderator: Please

The forename "Kalman" (Coleman) runs in my family (including my Dad), I'm told that's a common derivation of Kalonymus. My family is from northeastern Poland (Grajewo and Przerosl), near today's

JRI-Poland has made a much more exhaustive extraction of the Jewish vital records >from Nowy Sacz and nearby towns than we have online. This includes both more years and more fields for the years

JRI-Poland has made a much more exhaustive extraction of the Jewish vital records >from Nowy Sacz and nearby towns than we have online. This includes both more years and more fields for the years

Dear Group, I'd highly appreciate advice and insights about vital records and genealogical resources for the town of Nowy Sacz. JRI contains some indexes (without pointers to the actual

Dear Group, I'd highly appreciate advice and insights about vital records and genealogical resources for the town of Nowy Sacz. JRI contains some indexes (without pointers to the actual

Following Logan Kleinwaks's message >from yesterday, I took his advice and searched the Judaica catalog of the Jagiellonian University: http://www.judaiki.judaistyka.uj.edu.pl/. Relying on Google's

Following Logan Kleinwaks's message >from yesterday, I took his advice and searched the Judaica catalog of the Jagiellonian University: http://www.judaiki.judaistyka.uj.edu.pl/. Relying on Google's

Hi, Harold, I don't remember that the word was derogatory, and you are correct that smouse is the plural of smous. For more details, see: https://dsae.co.za/entry/smous/e06649 Roy Ogus Palo Alto,

Hi, Harold, I don't remember that the word was derogatory, and you are correct that smouse is the plural of smous. For more details, see: https://dsae.co.za/entry/smous/e06649 Roy Ogus Palo Alto,

According to 'Van Dale', the foremost dictionary in the Netherlands: Smous is a Dutch word dating >from 1657. It is derived >from Yiddish for Mousje (Moses). The word has several meanings: 1. term of

According to 'Van Dale', the foremost dictionary in the Netherlands: Smous is a Dutch word dating >from 1657. It is derived >from Yiddish for Mousje (Moses). The word has several meanings: 1. term of

The difficulty I have here is that I do not know how to read the word 'Smouse' phonetically. I think you are trying to convey what I would write as SHMOOZ. If so, it is used in Yiddish but is

The difficulty I have here is that I do not know how to read the word 'Smouse' phonetically. I think you are trying to convey what I would write as SHMOOZ. If so, it is used in Yiddish but is

If one's ancestor in Zagare, Lithuania born in mid 1800s had the forename Kalonymus (not the famous tea merchant, Wissotzky!), is it likely that the person was descended from the famous Kalonymus

Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. New York Program: Annual Meeting and Election of Officers, followed by our