I would appreciate help reading the inscription written on the back of a photo of my great grandfather to his daughter, Bluma Nechama, perhaps on the occasion of her departure for Montreal. Many thank

#translation

Leiba was most definitely a man's name in the old country, although today it is also used as a woman's name. My male Liebman/ Lebman ancestors from Belarus had the name Leiba in every generation back

#names

Yenta/ Yente was a very common Yiddish name in Eastern Europe, as can be seen in records in JRI Poland. It appears that females with this name were not also given a Hebrew name, likely because it was

#names

Could be Bassie (my grandmother’s sister's name, in Galicia). Or how about Rivka aka Rebecca (which could have been changed to Beckie but possibly also to Bessie). Or Blume (my grandmother’s name in L

#belarus

The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre at The University of Huddersfield, UK is a hidden gem. I don’t remember where I heard of them - perhaps in this very discussion list. They have an excellen

#holocaust

Stephen Weinstein, You wrote "At http://usdine.free.fr/dvinskcensuscontents.html there are the links to occupation-based pages that I listed at the top of the this post and then there are an even larg

#latvia

Hello Moses, You asked for assistance in finding the towns mentioned in a German census card. It looks to me like the first (and third) name is Karlsruhe, Germany, also spelled Carlsruhe in the Jewish

#translation #poland

Can someone please explain if there is any significance to a DNA match that is relatively small, but that has one very long matching segment. I have one instance where the total amount of matching DNA

#dna

Can someone please explain if there is any significance to a DNA match that is relatively small, but that has one very long matching segment. I have one instance where the total amount of matching DNA

#dna

I would appreciate assistance in reading and translating 2 vital records, recently posted by JRI Poland as they extend the available records for Mielnica, Galicia and area. The first record documents

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I would appreciate assistance in reading and translating 2 vital records, recently posted by JRI Poland as they extend the available records for Mielnica, Galicia and area. The first record documents

#general

I would appreciate assistance in reading and translating 2 vital records, recently posted by JRI Poland as they extend the available records for Mielnica, Galicia and area. The first record documents

#galicia

I would appreciate assistance in reading and translating 2 vital records, recently posted by JRI Poland as they extend the available records for Mielnica, Galicia and area. The first record documents

#galicia

I have re-posted a sample of a letter >from amongst a dozen letters that were written by my great grandfather, Litman Eisenberg, >from Mielnica, Galicia to his daughter Sarah Klinger in Montreal in th

#poland

I have re-posted a sample of a letter >from amongst a dozen letters that were written by my great grandfather, Litman Eisenberg, >from Mielnica, Galicia to his daughter Sarah Klinger in Montreal in th

#poland

I have re-posted a sample of a letter >from amongst a dozen letters that were written by my great grandfather, Litman Eisenberg, >from Mielnica, Galicia, to his daughter Sarah Klinger in Montreal in t

#galicia

I have re-posted a sample of a letter >from amongst a dozen letters that were written by my great grandfather, Litman Eisenberg, >from Mielnica, Galicia, to his daughter Sarah Klinger in Montreal in t

#galicia

I have re-posted a sample of a letter >from amongst a dozen letters that were written by my great grandfather, Litman Eisenberg, >from Mielnica, Galicia to his daughter Sarah Klinger in Montreal in th

#general

I have re-posted a sample of a letter >from amongst a dozen letters that were written by my great grandfather, Litman Eisenberg, >from Mielnica, Galicia to his daughter Sarah Klinger in Montreal in th

#general

I have posted two short handwritten excerpts >from a vital record (civil marriage registration) for Sima Nagler and Litman Eisenberg found on JRI-Poland, written in German, for which I would appreciat

#galicia