Hello - 1. Bunim is a recognized name and in fact at least one illustrious rabbi was named Bunim. I don't think there is any closure on the question of whether it was a contracted nickname for Benjami

Hello my maternal grandparents and great grandparents were Brechers, Mayer and Rachel (Schwartz) Brecher. They lived in a shetl on the outskirts of Chernovitz called Givozits . Our surname and geograp

I am wondering is anyone knows the origin of the term 'Peruvian' used by other Jews and those outside the community to describe in a derogatory way some of the Jews newly arrived on the diamond of gol

hello everybody.i search in anacestry u.k free and i saw a marriage certificate of eli and rosalian roberg.free acces doesnt say the documents also free?because the doc wasnt there. y.z.kinstlich kins

Please let me know what language these letters are written in. If you are able to translate them, I would be incredibly thankful! page one https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM900

I'm excited to announce the new website of the JewishGen Romania Research Division, which replaces a very outdated website of nearly two decades. The new website is modernized up to modern standards a

Those of you who attended the IAJGS Warsaw Conference in 2018, and especially the JRI-Poland luncheon, will remember Ciechanowiec Mayor Miroslaw Reczko, who spoke at the luncheon on "Time for Serious

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

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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