International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an international memorial day, commemorates the tragedy of the Holocaust. The Holocaust...

Sorry for the extended delay between posts I was working on some other things that had come up and double checking some facts. Anyway...

My fifth mystery branch is that of Hersch Tillinger and his wife Leia. Together they had three children that I am aware of - Alte r Priwe...

This and the next few "Mystery Branches" will more than likely not be in the same format as the previous ones. They are the results of my...

My third mystery branch involves Isak Tillinger, who upon preparing to write this, I found was from the town of Kuty. Kuty is located...

So my research into this branch began with this Facebook message on Tracing The Tribe. When I saw it it immediately caught my eye -...

So back back in 2012 when I was looking at the Yad Vashem Victims Database for my great grandmother's sister Ernestyna and her husband...

So it's at this point where some things start to get even more theoretical as I have no way to prove them with absolute certainty. When...

(Pictured above - Death Record for Dawid Tillinger) So after working on my initial research into my 2nd great grandfather Aron Moshe...

(Continued from previous post) Bassie Tillinger - Bassie, or Bertha as she was known in the US, was born on August 28, 1893 in...

(Continued from previous post) Salomon Isaak Tillinger - Salomon Isaak was born on June 17, 1884 in Stanislwow. As previously mentioned...

I estimate this picture to have been taken around 1905 since Julius and Regina are not in it and Jozef appears to be about 7, however I...

Taking a small break from the #52Ancestors challenge - will be switching between this and that and maybe some other things. BACKGROUND So...

Last year on Memorial Day I posted this on Facebook.  I am also posting it here. Last year (2009) I submitted this to the National Museum...

Today we spent the day with some cousins on the Tillinger side of my mother’s family.  This will be the fifth family group on my maternal...

Today my mother and I got to meet some cousins on my maternal grandfather’s side of  the family while in Vienna.  This was very exciting...