Category Archives: Genealogy

I received the following document on March 23th, 2010 via post from the State Archive in Rzeszów (Archiwum PaÅ„stwowego w Rzeszowie). The document as written in the mail from the State Archive is about: […]Dawida i Chaji Grunes (zapis na … Continue reading →

I received the following document on May 12th, 2011 via e-mail from the Statearchive in Rseszow (Archiwum PaÅ„stwowe w Rzeszowie). This document is an extract from the registry of engaged Jews with an entry for Kalech-Stieber from Brozozów: Transcription: WyciÄ…g … Continue reading →

I received the following document on May 12th, 2011 via e-mail from the Statearchive in Rseszow (Archiwum PaÅ„stwowe w Rzeszowie). This document is an extract from the the list of married and unmarried Jewish families with an entry for Kalech-Stieber … Continue reading →

Update: Check this link (Translation of document from Tarnobrzeg Books of Residents) I received the following document on May 27th, 2011 via e-mail from the state archive in Kielce (Archiwum PaÅ„stwowe w Kielcach). The document, as written in the mail … Continue reading →

I received today via e-mail two files (about Kalech from Brzozów) from the Statearchive in Rseszow (Archiwum PaÅ„stwowe w Rzeszowie). I am now trying to transcribe/translate the files and to get more details on the sources via the visitors of … Continue reading →

I came today across an interesting post in one of the newsgroups I am subscribed to (gersig digest from May 08, 2011) regarding street addresses in Germany. Not all street addresses from the past stayed the same. I am sure … Continue reading →

I went recently to the archives from Antwerp where I do collect from time to time files and other information for my family research. During my research I usually try to understand and focus on several topics which I do … Continue reading →

I mentioned already in an earlier post (see “Where to look for old newspapers in Flemish-Belgium“) that my great-grandfather and the children were were stateless citizens before they naturalized as Belgians. The reason for their statless status was that when … Continue reading →

During my research in the Belgian archives, I came across a few files in which a document had the following acronym “A.A.C.B.”: I, as curious as I am always, was wondering about the meaning of that acronym. During genealogy research … Continue reading →