The current link to the Latvian Archives is: https://www.arhivi.gov.lv/default.aspx?lang=EN Max Heffler Houston, TX From: main@... <main@...> on behalf of aweitzman.ret via

I'm currently using Ancestry, My Heritage and also GEDmatch as a comparison site, can anyone suggest any others, please? I love the tools on GEDmatch and comparing the Ancient DNA, but match-wise I

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain News Blog posted: Jewish Religious Life in Poland since 1750 - Conference 11 Jan 2021

It is possible that they did not want to talk about it, maybe wished to protect you and your siblings from the horrors they experienced. My cousin did 125+ interviews for the USC Shoah Foundation in

Just in case this information is of interest to anyone - So far been messaged about the possibility of the photo being intended for use on a tombstone, similar photos are affixed to tombstones in

Hi Debbie I have the same problem, I have 'Brisk Russian' on the right hand side of the 1911 English Census on mine and also cannot find how they got to England. Some went to different places before

The epicanthic fold also popped up in my Ukrainian lineages but that is key...it pops up, it doesn't affect an entire family. My belief based on the history of the greater Lithuania/Poland region is

I request a translation of two documents in German. One is a death record (Berlin 1917) and the other a marriage record (Berlin 1904). They are on ViewMate at the following

I am searching for family photographs on behalf of a cousin who was a child survivor of Theresienstadt. I would be so very grateful if anyone can help me understand how to trace descendants of a

The Dvorzak gazetteer indicates where rabbinate was located in 1877 and can be helpful in locating records created by religious authorities prior to October 1895 when civil registration began.

Hi! I am currently researching a family that appears on the 1911 census. They appear neither on the 1901 census nor on the 1891 census. They are listed variably as Russian or Polish, so I take it

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As Jews dispersed throughout the world, there was surely intermingling. We even see it in the Bible. I know Indian Jews who have the same complexion as Hindus from the same part of India, for

Hello Daniel! At the mentioned Macse you will find the registers of the parts of Miskolc / Borsod / and Zemplén that remained in Hungary from 1895. It can be searched by name and settlement. Regards

I seem to remember proving this from your own DNA and I think it was GEDmatch ...also top of nose width apparently is a good indication, correct me if I'm wrong. Mandy Molava Researching Belarus

I personally know a Teichman family in Toronto Mrs. Teichman is from the Pam family which lives in Toronto as well. Regarding the Bergman family there are a couple of them in Toronto Sending you this

Does anyone know how to obtain this actual record, hopefully showing parents' names? We believe this could be a sibling. Lodz Transports to the Chelmno (Kulmhof) Extermination Camp Searching for

My great-grandfather Shimon Kruk, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1847, most definitely had 'Oriental' eyes as did one of his granddaughters who passed away in Toronto at 101 a few years ago in Toronto. I

My GG Grandfather Simon Abrahams born 1829 Poland, lived in London with his family as per the 1881 census. His family are then located in Liverpool in the 1891 census and his wife is head of the

Daniel, The best place to find indexed post 1895 Hungarian (within current borders only, not what is currently Slovakia, so Zemplen may be problematical) is MACSE, the Hungarian Society for