Just a comment, but I had a cousin who tested about 4 years ago on Ancestry, and even uploaded to Gedmatch and then he unexpectedly and suddenly died. There apparently is no way to mark that he is no

I like Legacy family tree. I am not sure what you mean by vertical, but you can view pedigree charts and descendants charts easily, and the children go under the parents when you enter the data. Also

Possibly one religious and one secular - that I have seen. Also there may have been family that were unable to travel between California and Florida, and instead of just having a reception for the cou

Hi Sally, Yes I was talking about papers to EXIT Russia, not to Enter the US. Sarah

I need to clarify something about the dates. My paternal ggf, the one who "bought" the false papers in Russia (I think the Odessa area) arrived in 1884, which was well before the opening of Ellis Isla

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

My family story does not involve maiming, but buying false papers to avoid the draft, and then using that name to leave Russia and come to the US. In 1884 my ggf Fishel Meyer (born Perchik) came to th

I include all those born alive, even if they only lived a few hours. I do not include stillborns. I may make a note on the mother's record that she had a stillborn child, but especially without names,

I tried replying to your email and the message bounced. I do not live in the tri-state area (wherever that is-Illinois, Indiana and Michigan or NY, NJ and PA or CT, I am in Central Texas. Thanks for m

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There are some great Jewish genealogy groups on Face book including one on DNA. Also the regular DNA groups there have search angels and DNA Detectives who might be able to assist you in your search.

Congratulations on finding your birth father so quickly and making positive contact with the nephew and niece. I am interested in the rest of your story as it unfolds.

It sounds very interesting. Will there be an English translation or will it be available in a pdf format so that we can use Google translate to translate the names?

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Death certificate records can be very inaccurate as people are grieving. Where was this? Can you find other records for her? Was she the immigrant? If so can you find her passenger arrival or naturali

Dear Mr. May, The 1/8th is an average - or the mean of the distribution. Only from your parents is it exactly 50-50. But >from your grandparents or great grandparents the percentages vary. For example

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I have requested many photos through Find A Grave and a lot depends on which volunteer picks up the request. Try it there first and if you don't get a response in say a month, then repost here. I have

There is a lot of help on Facebook. There are at least three Jewish genealogy groups, Tracing the Tribe, Jewish genealogy portal and Jews from Poland , a group called DNA Your Jewish journey. In addit

There is an older cemetery on the East side of Des Moines, I am not sure exactly where, where there were burials from the Children of Israel congregation. That congregation disbanded and the memorial

Will someone please post the email address or form to fill in to send comments? Yes I will copy my senators and representatives. I have read the conversation starters. And the contact us page on the f

When did they come? I see some trees on Ancestry showing that Louis Moshe Gottstein died in Des Moines in 1913 and that Sarah's maiden name was Hochenberg. Following up on this I found Nathan's graves

Have you checked the given names database on Jewishgen.org for suggestions? Also remember that when you look in the US censuses there were times when Poland did not exist, it was either Russia (easter