My great grand father Levi Yitzhak Zalmanson who possibly was born in Belarus had a son [Herman Israel (Srol) my grandfather] with his first wife Bella Measroch. He then relocated to Rokiskis where he

Just found out in All Hungary DB the name of Chaja APOTHEKER in a 1921 death record of Dora REIZMAN in Tesco/Tyachiv. Dora died at the age of 52 and was the daughter Of Chaja APOTHEKER and Jozsef REIZ

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For a tree I am currently building, several members of the families in question live or have lived in Bnei Brak, Israel. Generally, the patriarch of the branch is no longer alive, and I am having some

Trying to find info on Norman Kline, born Aug 3, 1928 in Phila, Pa. Parents were William "Billy" Kline and Florence Sherman. Norman had two children-- Ellen and Carol. Wife or wives unknown. Norman wa

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What can Ashkenazi and Sephardic genealogy learn from each other, and do these very different pursuits belong under a single umbrella? ‘Jewish genealogy’ is often seen as a synonym for Ashkenazi genea

I had a second cousin, the fifth child in his family, who was born when his mother was 52. His siblings were 24-, 23-, 19- and 13-years older than him. __________________________________________ Mel C

I am very new to trying to trace my German Jewish ancestory. My grandfathers brother was very good at tracing our family tree to Germany but unfortunately he is no longer with us. I am trying desperat

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Hello, Can someone please help me translate birth record #339? I understood that the town is Kaluszyn, and the father is Gerszon Warshawsky 22 y, a tailor, and the mother is Chana Rozenberg 20 y. Son

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Hi all - please reply privately to my email address, I keep missing needing to check on the site for replies on the thread itself. As a follow up on me attempting to locate the whereabouts of a relati

I've posted the comments section of a vital record for the 1907 birth of Berisch Szarfstein, registered in Mielnica, Galicia, for which I would very much appreciate a translation. The comments were wr

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To all that answered my post-------THANK YOU. Following up on some of the replies, really opened a can of worms about info I knew nothing about nor I'm sure my mother also knew nothing. Since all of t

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