For clarification: In message #655542, when I wrote about identifying Sephardic DNA in non-Jews, obviously I meant when a strand of DNA is simultaneously found in those kinds of non-Jews and in at

Gwodziec is currently located in the Ukraine near Ivano-Frankivsk. Leon Goliger

Looking for members of the Miller family of Grojec, SW of Warsaw, in Poland. There are a lot of records of the Miller's in Jewishgen up to the 1870s, and would like to know about close relatives of my

The Ancestry and MyHeritage DNA genetic groups sometimes successfully distinguish between Ashkenazic sub-populations such as Litvak versus Galitzianer. For example, MyHeritage correctly assigns my

Hi, This has 2 parts. I've recently discovered that my great grandfather immigrated to Palestine in the 1890s from Iasi, Romania. Though I may have found a record of his parents in the JewishGen

I was intrigued to note that among those who are said to have died in Posen/Poznan on 7 March 1612 was the eminent Chief Rabbi of the city, Mordecai Joffe or Jaffe [numerous sources]. Peter

Leah, This JewishGen Communities Database page has info on Raczki, Poland. (Alternate name: Ratzk.) https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-524755 Have you looked at the

Looks like Joseph LEVINE who passed on in Australia in Jul 1944 is not the correct person. This fellow was a pastry cook, and had a wife and children. See database info below. Guess we all keep

"Mitochondrial DNA is suitable for tracing the female line. It goes back many generations. I do not have experience with this test, but I expect it is capable of going back further than any Jewish

I would like to connect with anyone researching Eckhaus / Eckhouse famiies from the area near Kindenheim, Germany. I can only get back to my 2nd great grandparents: Simon Eckhaus (B. abt 1840) and

Dear Jewish Gen Groups, The family name changed from Lichtenstein to Stone around 1920 after the First World War, as it was very difficult, at that time in England, to have a name that sounded

Next Tuesday (2/9) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. Want to learn new ways to conduct archival research from home?

All - in a private exchange of messages, a member of this group suggested that I share with the group more detail about what I found. I'm therefore copying/pasting from my response to that member to

On Feb 5, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Marion Werle <canadagenes@...> wrote: Please see the updated introduction to the Latvia Vital Records Database at

Since the beginning, 23andMe has made no secret of the fact that their primary goal is partnering with biotech/bigpharma to discover targeted therapies. (They are a local company for me, and I have

There are three main types of DNA tests. The replies so far have dealt mainly with autosomal, which is good for about 3-4 generations back. After that, the signal-to-noise ratio in the test becomes

Subject: Re: Virgin buys 23andMe Does this mean those of us who have reaped such wonderful genealogical benefit from 23andMe will see less and less opportunities for research and discovery of our

Dear Saul Most of Galicia was in Poland and will be found in the book Jewish Roots by Miriam Weiner ISBN 0-96565-080-4, but I can not find the two towns in it. David Harrison, UK From: main@...

In Russian: #166 г. Прасныж Состоялось в городе Прасныж 10-го (22) декабря 1879 года в 3 часа дня. Явился лично Срул-Нусен

I am pleased to share this link, part of a lecture series sponsored by my synagogue in Montreal. Stanley Diamond, M.S.M. Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc. Due to the