While researching my maternal grandmother’s family, I’ve been working on the Messer branch. This line begins with Moses Messer and Rachel Stierer, who had three
After over 20 years of hitting a dead end, a chance discovery of the “Books of Residents” finally unlocked the history of the Mandelbaum family in Kozienice. Read how this unique record set turned a long-standing mystery into a breakthrough and might help your own research.
This article was originally published as part of a Passover booklet printed in Camp Douglas, Isle of Man. To read more about the path to this booklet see a previous journal entry.
This question has been on my mind for quite some time now. Every so often I find another record that seems to point me in
When trying to put together the family story we set out on a journey leading us to unknown locations. Along the way, we are assembling
Last year I conducted a Google search, one of those searches that you think will not produce anything but run them just to make sure.
During my recent trip to Warsaw, dedicated to attending the IAJGS conference held there this week, I took the time to visit the Archiwum Państwowe
I have known for a long time that my great-grandfather had an upholstery workshop in Warsaw before the family moved to Israel. While browsing the
