My wife's grandmother, Regina née Schwartz, was born in Ebron, Hungary, according to her US declaration of intent to naturalize, and in Egron, Hungary, according to her "Petition for Naturalization".

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I am trying to identify the towns of origin of my great grandparents who emigrated to the UK from Austria c. 1890. The Salford district of Manchester maintains a Register of Aliens, which shows what l

#unitedkingdom #galicia

My great grandfather, Isaac Ehrlich, was born in Syoninnzea, Austria, in 1858, according to his British "Enemy Alien - Exemption from Internment" card, (However, his British death record indicates he

#romania #austria-czech #ukraine

In Sefardi-accented Hebrew, "Kehos" would be pronounced "Kehat". Eric Mack, Jerusalem

#poland #names

MyHeritage DNA users need to use a VPN, or equivalent, in order to access that portion of the MH website while in Israel.

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Another possibility for Nishene, Russia is Knyszyn, which is 26 km NW of Bialystok, Poland. The "sz" in Polish is pronounced like "sh" in English. Eric Mack, Jerusalem

#poland #russia

Another option for finding phone numbers for people is https://people.yellowpages.com/whitepages/ Eric Mack, Jerusalem

#usa #general

The Vilna Gaon, also know as the "GRA", was born during Pesah, 300 years ago. Many events were planned to take place during 2020 to honor his achievements, and then the coronavirus struck. An article

#lithuania

One possibility is that one sibling was named after the ancestor, and the other sibling was born on or about the 9th of Av. "Menachem" and "Nechamah" connote "comfort", and the month of Av is often ca

#ukraine #names

I would guess יקותיאל, which is rendered as "Yekusiel" in Ashkenazic pronunciation, and "Yekutiel" in S'fardit. The name is from the Bible, Chronicles I, 4:18 "וְאִשְׁתּוֹ הַיְהֻדִיָּה יָלְדָה אֶת יֶר

"Hebrew inscriptions were discovered for the first time since the beginning of the excavation project to expose the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Lithuania which was burned during the Holocaust and demoli

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"Hebrew inscriptions were discovered for the first time since the beginning of the excavation project to expose the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Lithuania which was burned during the Holocaust and demoli

#lithuania

My wife's grandmother, Regina FRANK (n=C3=A9e Schwartz) was born in Egron, = Hungary, according to her USA naturalization papers. Another document= says her birthplace was Ebron. I can't find a record

#hungary

My wife's grandmother, Regina FRANK (n=C3=A9e Schwartz) was born in Egron, = Hungary, according to her USA naturalization papers. Another document= says her birthplace was Ebron. I can't find a record

#hungary

Three weeks ago, I stumbled on an entire branch of my wife's family that we hadn't known about. I was looking in the index to the Chicago Sentinel for any information about her grandmother, Augusta BI

#germany

Three weeks ago, I stumbled on an entire branch of my wife's family that we hadn't known about. I was looking in the index to the Chicago Sentinel for any information about her grandmother, Augusta BI

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Anybody who is seeking information on a person who lived in Eretz Yisrael (Israel) anytime in the 1800s or the 1900s should check the Israel Genealogy Research Association databases. The website is ht

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Anybody who is seeking information on a person who lived in Eretz Yisrael (Israel) anytime in the 1800s or the 1900s should check the Israel Genealogy Research Association databases. The website is ht

#poland

I live in Israel and am a paid subscribe to MyHeritage, because of their extensive genealogy data base and their matching features. I just (re-)tried to upload my DNA kit >from Ancestry. The MyHeritag

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I live in Israel and am a paid subscribe to MyHeritage, because of their extensive genealogy data base and their matching features. I just (re-)tried to upload my DNA kit >from Ancestry. The MyHeritag

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