HI to all, and Happy New Year. I recently made it to the French National archives, and having been helped by some of you, am gald to offer any help, especially regarding the French files (Police,

I can see the advertising from the new company: if you improve your skin you will have a better chance of finding relatives, or sign up for 10 nutritional meals and you will receive one free

Posted on my blog, a list of Jews, at: https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2021/01/wwi-1916-northern-front-jews-serving-on.html "WWI (1916) Northern Front: Jews on Ambulance Trains..." Marilyn

Hi Carol. There are a lot of factors involved, so we need more information to give you a better answer. As others have said, it is always best to test the oldest generation first. However, you also

Trying to reach descendants of Mordecai Leshczynski (Lestchinsky), father of Mushka who married and lived in Coney Island, NY (mother of Florence) and Chaika who married M. Lehman (parents of a

Thank you Jeffrey and Alexander for your supporting statements. As Jeffrey stated, I did NOT say that I personally believe that Jews did not make good soldiers. I used the word "generally"

One of my uncles, Isador Fogel, was known by Cuddy. I never met him, as he was killed on Saipan. I will check with one of my cousins, to see if he knows the source of the name. Ed Vogel

Hello, Seeking assistance: 1) In need of a translation of the Yiddish writing on the back of the family photo (probably taken in Ratno Poland); and 2) Any insight into the (military?) uniform worn by

My father's first cousin, Raymond Zussman, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in capturing a French town during WWII. (See https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/raymond-zussman ) He

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO DNA: Tools for the Next Steps Speaker: Nancy Trimble VIRTUAL MEETING: View from home Sunday, 31 January 2021 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Nancy Trimble is a

If anyone has access to findmypast.co.uk, I would appreciate receiving a copy of the census report for Harris Green – Born 1881 – Russia Poland - Bethnal Green - London, Middlesex Thank you

I am the descendent of Hirsh Winitzky, who changed his name to Harris Venezky when he came to the United States from Odessa. He first resided in NYC until his marriage; he then moved to the Alliance

Dear JewishGen, Please contact me privately if you know the descendants of siblings Anna WOLFOWITZ COMMIKE (1891-1993) and Hyman WOLFOWITZ (1893-1966), both born in Lithuania, emigrated to US (Perth

My great grandfather immigrated from Piotrkow but his naturalization papers indicate that he was born in a town called Naza. I googled the town but I was not able to get any information. I will try JG

Cutti is also used as a nickname for Yekutiel a biblical figure. Shavua Tov Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

Are you looking for BeMdersky or BeNdersky. My maternal grandmother's maiden name was Bendersky and I have never heard of the name Bemdersky. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental

My Bloom changed from Blum (likely closer to the Cyrillic transliteration) in Cleveland in the early 20th C. Best I can tell, the family is from Bauska, Latvia, although there are mentions of

Australian genomics company, myDNA, announced a merger with the US based FamilyTree DNA, and its parent company Gene by Gene. The CEO of myDNA, Dr. Lior Rauchberer will be the CEO of the merged

You might find male matches on FTDNA because they chose to take a Y test with this company and while doing so went ahead and added an autosomal test. The other companies mentioned do not do specific Y

Have you tried to figure out when the photos were taken? That would help a lot in narrowing the possibly families. Barbara Zimmer Virginia