23 February 2020 I’m hoping someone can help with the following two family questions. 1. Zelkowitcz, possibly Abraham or Solomon Israel, from Mlawa, 107 km NW of Warsaw. Looking for connections if

I would like to find an honest and reliable researcher to find out the answers for some specific questions for the LISHINSKY/LESCHINSKI; DROBITSKY; ZATALOFSKY, and MOZER/MAYER/MAZURENKO families who

I have in one of my family branches a Joseph KAMINSKI who married an Annie PINCUS. She was born about 1903 to Hersch Pinczuck (Harry Pinkus) and Tillie KANTROWITZ. The PINCUS children were Sohn

Hello, Is there anyone going to Waldheim Jewish cemetery who can take some gravestone photos? I have the exact locations. The cemetery is on Des Plaines Avenue in Forest Park, Illinois. I put in a

I have a family member that I am researching and she is from Solabarewka (supposedly Russia). I have not been able to find this town with google. Usually, with google, I can get general information

Personally, I look at it this way. Of you are flying from New York to LA with a stop in Chicago. You are not going to say that you came from Chicago. You're going to say that your departure is New

Is it possible that your ancestors may have stayed in Bremen for some time before traveling on to England and America? Perhaps they needed to earn money for the next leg of their trip? -- Barbara

As a 4th generation pharmacist, I did not know this until recently and was somewhat taken aback by the routine use of this term. I thought that it might be of interest to everyone. Read this

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland March meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2020 starting at 7:30 PM at Menorah Park Miller Board Room 27100 Cedar Road Beachwood PLEASE NOTE the

I have done business with the Latvian Archive and they operate the same way. What I do is have my financial representative transfer money from my account to the specified bank. In my case the

Have hit the infamous "brick wall" regarding my Grandmother. Her naturalization papers show she was born in Libau, Latvia (Russian Empire) and Ellis Island ship's manifest shows last place of

There are no records of passengers arriving in the UK from Bremen. You should access the Bremen Passenger Records for the time frame that you are researching which should found on the Ancestry.com

I too knew Larry over many years both professionally (I was a VP at Intel) and socially but never knew of his interest in Jewish Geneology. Thank you for sharing that. My his memory be a blessing.

Dear Robin There is very little data for shipping from European ports to Britain for this period, as records were either not kept or destroyed. You may wish to try the UK National Archives website as

Topic: Book 'em Dano!: Publishing Your Family's History Speaker: Jeff Lewy Monday, February 24, 2020 Congregation Etz Chayim 4161 Alma Street Palo Alto, CA 94306 Program begins 7:00 p.m. Learn how

Alberto, is there a way to search for graves in Argentina? The relative I am looking for is not Jewish. Cheers, Pieter

Alex Krakovsky has now posted several thousand files to his main wiki page and numerous other wiki pages dedicated to specific areas / topics and is continually uploading new files. We are expanding

Before 1862, Vienna addresses were numbered in each borough. In 1862, street addresses were introduced. To find a new address from an old address, consult the following

I am researching Kaminsky also. My GGF was Samuel Kaminsky, his wife was Jennie; they came to America sometime around 1890. I have never found immigration information for them. They resided in

“The history of Jewish names is a study on its own and leaves a wide valley to wander in” begins “The Study of Names” from the Yizkor book of Bobrka (Boiberke) in the Ukraine. It’s an often