MODERATOR NOTE while the subject matter is not genealogical in nature, the information is useful for members to decide if they will attend the IAJGS Conference in Philadelphia in August or not. I

Hello I am trying to find documentation relating to a family member's change of surname. This occurred in either Austria or Hungary in the 1940s. I have already tried the Hungarian Society for

Friends, If anyone is going to Mt. Sharon Cemetery in Springfield, PA, I would be grateful for photographs of the headstones of 15 long-deceased family members, 11 of whom are in Sec. J, two of whom

Herbert, New York State vital records are not online. Information regarding requests for City of Albany birth records can be found here: https://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/genealogy.htm If you

More elusive Baskins! My husband's maternal g-m was called Dora Baskin. She was married to Louis Mendelssohn in Leeds, UK in 1896. He believes she was born in 1873, possibly in Russia. They ended up

Hello Jorge, I am not sure if you were referring to the August 1939 deportation to Zbaszyn of Polish citizens living in Germany. You can read about it here:

Jossi, Have you seen Dr. Dan Hirshberg's website? https://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/ Dan has recreated most of the Jewish citizenry of Krakow. I do not know if this data is also in JewishGen,

I have posted 3 images of a letter that was attached to the passport application of Samuel Lindy, the brother-in-law of my great-granduncle. It is apparently in Yiddish, and I believe that it is from

Same problem; most recent attempt to upload a replacement tree was last week. -- Steven Usdansky usdanskys@... researching Usdansky, Turetzky, Sinienski, Sigler, Namenwirth

How all you experts are storing your paperwork? I'm trying to be more organized about my genealogical records, & this includes finally printing out the records I have saved digitally, as well as

Hi to you all I am trying to find a kosher butcher from around the 1959--1963 probably after 1963 Catford possibly Stansted Road area this gentleman would also have given a court statement in March

Your wife's grandfather left the country 5 years prior to the revolution, which created the Red Army, so it must be the Imperial Russian army. However, shoulder boards are visible on all uniforms,

This is a very broad subject. You could try arolsen- archives.org/pl in Germany and USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) and fill in an application. Replies may take a while but they will

I also have enigmatic Baskins in my tree. My great aunt Fanny married a Joseph Baskin (born abt 1885 in Russia, probably died in New York in 1952 and possibly known in UK as Sam). Their eldest son was

Hi from Paris, Dear Jorge, When we don't know the individual fate of our "Losts", we can search for the collective fate of the Jewish community of their shtetl or town. I have checked and you can

Try emailing Urzad, the Warsaw archives. uscskz@.... It may take a little while but they are good at replying. I applied for my deceased mum's birth record for 1925. Or online Geneteka. Noreen

Work is progressing apace on extracting the Jewish vital records of Aleksandrów Łódzki. Since September 2020, we have extracted nearly 2,500 lines of records. For a full update, including details

I attach here a photo of what I was told is the Russian Red Army band. The clarinetist on the left is my wife's paternal grandfather, Sholem (Sol) Baskin (Bashkin?). He was born in 1881, either on 7

Hyman Sachs was a private in the London regiment; forces number was 41989. Record available on Forces War Records Uk Alan Cohen

Hi, I have a Jossef Zalman Skorupa who married Shaine Sara Zajf, who was the sister of my wife’s great-grandfather. As far as I know they had 5 children : Rachel, born about 1880 and married to