Does anyone know if the name "Blimah" is short for another more formal name? I'm trying to find records for a Polish ancestor with this first name but not finding anything. Thanks for any thoughts....

Does anyone know if Emma Rose/ Harriff had a sister. Her brother’s name was Albert Serif who married Nora Weinstein and they lived in New York. Emma was from Leeds and married Solomon Addleman in 1906

Hi, I am looking for Lukowitzi Russia (closest spelling I could find and town associated is today, Lyakhavichy, Belarus - Jewishgen - https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1945696

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I am puzzled by the female name Chaia/Chaja/Chaya sometimes showing up as Chana in English transliterated from Russian hand written documents, and I would like to know if other people have had similar

I've posted two vital records in Polish for which I need translations. The two records are on ViewMate at the following locations: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98982 AKTA

Frank asked in a previous post about making wire transfers to the Polish State Archives to buy copies of records. It's now so much easier than it used to be to get copies of records "ordered off the m

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I've posted two vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98997 https://www.jewishg

Hello, I am new to this group and this is my first post. I am researching my great-grandfather, Lejzer Glogowski, who was born in 1865 in Bialystok. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1920. While he was livi

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Dear Colleagues I have posted a survivor's testimonial from the Shoah for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?ke

Huge thanks to responders to my recent request about a marriage record. I've posted a birth record on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM99003.

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98979 Please respond via t

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I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM99004 Please respond via t

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Hello- I’ve gotten into researching my family history and came upon a stumbling block. Great grandfathers name is Israel Salzman (1875-1926), father name is Yitzchak (dates unknown). Israel’s brother’

Has anyone ever come across the name "Chalia" for a woman? The name was most likely a Yiddish name for a Jewish woman who was born in the Ukraine approximately 1850. Her maiden surname was Levine. I h