by Colin Mathias Justin
“On June 28, 1808, my great-great-great-great-grandfather, Moshe Hanne Katz, went to the courthouse in the city of Istha, Westphalia, to change his family’s surname forever.”
A Book of Names
Current Stories
We are pleased to present these inspiring stories of determination and success:
A Wedding List
Discovering A Family Branch
by Richard L. Baum
“To my surprise, a considerable list of vital records associated with the Maultasch surname materialized on my computer screen. All of the entries were from the Polish town of Rzeszów”
The Genealogical Detective:
Separating Fact from Fiction
by Helene Schwartz Kenvin
”Amidst a sea of Cohens in the indices to U.S. naturalizations that took place in mid-19th-century New York courts, I am certain that I have found the documents relating to my ancestor Abraham, his sons Alexander and Harris, and his son-in-law Jacob …”