I am available on a short term basis to photograph graves of your choice in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn. (Willing to do multiple graves of the same name, if you're not sure which one is your relat

Dear Ones, My father from Lutzk (Pre-War Russia-Ukraine) was drafted into Red Army at start of War. He fled the Red Army to Central Asia (Uzbekistan -Tashkent, Samarkand). Having trouble finding info

Hello, My name is Enrique Ramos. I am adopted and I am researching my biological family in Puerto Rico. The Brunos in Puerto Rico are one surname and live in the towns of Toa Baja, Toa Alta, Vega Baja

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada (JGSSN) invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on Sunday, April 18: "Town Counsel: Finding Your Ancestor's European Town of

1:One of my assumed relatives is Levi Yitchak Bunim Zalmanson. Is Bunim a recognized name or does it have another meaning? 2: What is a patronymic name? 3: Was it standard for sons to take on the surn

I've posted a record in Russian (or possibly Ukrainian) for which I need a translation. I'm looking for a literal translation of the entire document, if possible. It is on ViewMate at the following ad

On Thu, Feb 4, 1999 at 01:53 PM, "molly gordy" <mgordy@...> wrote: RASKIN (Ekaterinaslav). Have you found information about RASKIN in Ekaterinaslav. salmo raskin

Hello all! The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our April monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, Randy Schoenberg. JGSLI is extending the invitation to the b

No real knowledge, but I have seen names like Ilitskii and Ilinskii occasionally spelled with an initial E. The suffix -skii means ">from the town of", so I assume that there are towns called Ilit and

Subj: ViewMate translation request - YIDISH I've posted a vital record in YDISH for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewma

Subj: ViewMate translation request I've posted in two windows a series of photographs with captions probably in Yiddish, for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address .

I suggest that people add year of birth when mentioning an ancestor. Then if you are 20 or 40 or 70, people will know when you write "mother", the time frame. My mother was born in 1920s, my sisters 1

I have been researching my maternal grandparents and great grandparents. I have been successful in learning where they lived (Givozits,in Galicia) and what their names were ( Meyer Brecher, Rachel( Sc

Shalom, Each month, I am both surprised and gratified to look back over the accomplishments and progress we have managed to achieve and this month is no exception. Firstly, those regular visitors to t

Hi Judy I believe that ‘Wladyslawow’ may refer to the town of Wloclawek, [ the ‘l’ s should be slashed through, converting the sound to ‘w’. It is pronounced roughly ‘Vwotzwavek’ ) The town is today i

I was hoping someone could translate my great uncle Elya Shvets's Russian passport, including both the printed and handwritten words if possible. Any help would be much appreciated. Howard Brown Stowe

Hi All! Does anyone know of towns possibly named Paolona (Russia) and Lita (Russia)? One of my relatives listed Paolono as his birth town on his Declaration of Intent, and Lita as that of his wife. I'

Exciting news from Bratislava/Pressburg, Slovakia! Several hundred gravestones from the 17th-19th century that were thought to have been destroyed between 1942-44 have just been discovered. Pressburg

We all know about nicknames for given names. Dick/Richard, Bill/William, Valodya/Vladimir, and so on. I have a genealogical mystery that can be resolved if the family name KONYAKOV, pronounced KONyako

Hi all, I'm looking for good sources online where I'd be able to research a correlation between an old Jewish Portuguese family who left in the 1600s and emigrated to Germany where they converted to C