Odeda, You may have a point there. My great uncle's original name was Yehuda-Leib Cojocariu. So he may have been named after an ancestor named Leib, and he eventually may have used the patronymic "Lei

#names #romania

After years of looking at civil records from Raducaneni and comparing the names with the family names of the people after they immigrated to Canada, it looks like changing one's name was some kind of

#names #romania

Actually, you don't have to register or pay to view the films. When you reach the page for the films, do not sign in or register! You will see an image of each of the six films available. Click on the

#announcements #holocaust

In Romania, Jewish children were definitely named after deceased ancestors. My late father, Nathan (Nuta), born in Raducaneni in 1911, was named after his paternal grandfather, Nuta Tailic. As a matte

#names

Cassio, I would like to apologize. Your link led to Amazon.com. Since I live in Canada, I have to order things from Amazon.ca. So I had to go to the Amazon.ca site and then search for "Moldova Impress

#latinamerica

Anybody reading this beware. This offer is no good in Canada, so don't waste your time with it. Jack Nathanson Montreal

#latinamerica

Marilyn, It looks like the address is: Strada Noiembrie No. 4, Cernauti, Romania. "Noiembrie" is the Romanian word for the month of "November". Jack Nathanson, Montreal

#romania

My mother was born in a town in Buchovina named Seletin. My maternal grandmother was born in a town in Eastern Galicia named Zabie. Until WW1, both Buchovina and Galicia were in the Austrian Empire. T

#austria-czech

Danek Gertner referred to his brief experience in the Red Army in Zabie in the book "Home is No More" https://www.amazon.ca/Home-No-More-Jehoschua-Gertner/dp/9653081136 Jack Nathanson Montreal

#poland

There is also the town of Kuty in Galicia. http://jgaliciabukovina.net/110749/community/kuty Jack Nathanson Montreal

#belarus

The mixing up of babies by institutions might not be all that rare. My mother had black hair and green eyes when I was born, and may have not looked particularly Jewish. In the same maternity ward, th

#dna

Please email me at nathanson1947@..., and I will email you what I can find. Jack Nathanson.

#canada