Dear Genners, Since Viewmate is not functioning, I have placed photos of two headstones on the following site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28891092@N02/ I would appreciate help in the translation. I

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I am searching for death records of my gg grandfather, Israel GOLDVOGEL. He was listed in a Trenton, New Jersey, history as having been an early rabbi of Har Sinai Temple sometime after its beginning

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In Bermuda, the pineapple palm is a symbol of welcome. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ From: cecilia [mailto:myths@...] mahafan@... wrote: Many webpages (eg http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/pages/

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Dear Geners, My Cousin (who will soon be 90) tells me that my Grandfather came >from Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary to NYC as a stow away. But, I have the ship manifest and he is listed as a passenger. Shou

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I am putting together a Shtetlink page for Bodrogkereszt, Hungary. I need to hear I have very few. And I know there are more of us out there! Please email me at teamungar@.... I would like to ge

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Hi there JewishGenners I have read what Schelly Talalay Dardashti wrote yesterday about the word "Marrano" and how insulting a word it is. I would like to say to Schelly, that most people have no idea

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Hi Cindy Potter Taylor, Jamaica Estates was and is a neighborhood in the central part of the New York City Borough of Queens: http://www.queenslibrary.org/gallery/past_exhibits/burgh/map.htm I hope th

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Dear Ron, With all due respect, maybe it is time to re-approach the situation and not the person. It sounds like it is time to let it go and move on. After beating your head against a brick wall for s

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The Menchem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem has an exhibit about the Jews of Karkow. They have over 200 photos and some films >from the time between the two world wars. The article below shows some

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I need some help finding information regarding ancestors buried in the Agudath Achim Cemetery in Fall River, MA on Newhall Street. Two of my ancestors who died in the 1920's were apparently moved and

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Does anyone have an L. (perhaps Louis) KURLANSKY in their family who fought in the Second Boer War on the side of the Boers? He took an oath of neutrality on June 19, 1900, in Pretoria, SA and had no

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I have a file on ViewMate of a stone in the Tiszalok, Hungary cemetery. I would appreciate if I could get a full translation to see if it is >from a relative. The address is: http://www.jewishgen.org/

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Very true, I have a birth cert for Dec. 1905 and the mother did not die >from complications until March 1906. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ

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Dear Genners, Have lost contact with Jay COHEN and Robert SILVERSTEIN. Have new branches for them ! With many thanks Ralph Salinger Kfar Ruppin Israel www.jewishishvilkaviskis.org

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I just viewed a listing for "1982 Yearbook Yeshiva of The South Memphis Jewish Community" in the "Jewish" category of the major online auction site. Only 3 hours left. Sorry I didn't catch it sooner.

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I am trying to find the daughter of Shimon, who lived in Czernowitz. His daughter, Anita, apparently lives in Australia. I realize this is scanty information but any help would be appreciated. Thank y

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Dear All I am looking for a translation >from Polish for my great grandfather's birth certificate, Abraham GRANAT >from about 1858 in Tomaszow Mazowieki. The file is at : http://www.jewishgen.org/view

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Dear Cousins, In Alexander Beider's surname book on the Russian Empire, when looking up GITTES he refers you to GUTIN. None of the variants include HODES / GODES, or anything close that I could see. B

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If any participant does cemetery lookups, I'm most interested in finding out the information on the stone of Leib SCHUPLER (d. 18 Nov 1938) buried in the "1st Potok Zloty" area, plot 29-12 J/K 2-1. A

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Hello, I noticed an ALPEROWICZ family form Kraisk who immigrated on September 9, 1912. They came to family living in New Haven, Connecticut living on Webster street. Does this look familiar to anyone?

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