I am extremely pleased to announce that a 878-page Staszów Memorial Book, an annotated English translation of the 1962 Yizkor book Sefer Staszow, has just been published and is available from

it can be Edvabne, near Byalostok in Poland. the bad remembered town in Jewish history. May it? Josef ASH, israel

The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WRJO) is asking Holocsut survivors and their families to share their stories through videos, photos, or drawings include #MyProperyStory and tagging

It looks a loan word to me, too. Not too fishy an explanation. (Sorry--couldn't resist.) -- Erika Gottfried Teaneck, New Jersey

My Great Grandfather, Elias Gartel, relayed a story (on a recording) that a little before he was bar mitzvah, he left his parents' house and went to go sing in a choir in Budapest. This would have

I am looking for detailed information of the Sanzer court in Nowy Sacz (Sanz). I believe my Great-Great Grandfather, Tzvi Hersch, was his son. Two of his sons are known: Samuel Yehoshua Rocker who

It could not hurt and might actually help to send every one of these real examples to Ancestry's management and database managers and post to their discussion board(s). Genealogical societies from

Similarly, I have two known third cousins, one 3C1R and one half-1C2R under 20 cM. More importantly though, I have a 14 cM match that led me to a cousin from a branch whose father had changed his last

Linda, I think the date is 1st day Rosh Chodesh Tamuz 5684, which is actually 30th Sivan, which corresponds to 2-Jul-1924. Rodney Eisfelder Melbourne, Australia

Many thanks to all who attended our Romania Research Division presentation at the IAJGS conference last month, and for the wonderful turnout! For those who have recently asked, as well as those who

I have a known third cousin once removed who has tested on Ancestrydna and who matches me at 41, longest string 19. That person's brother, presumably also a third cousin once removed, matches me at

I've been doing (mostly oral) genealogy for 40 years. Have enjoyed free home access to Ancestry during the pandemic. There are a few places I'm stuck. This post is about the ABRAMS/ABRAMOVITZ side in

Most issues of The Commentator and the YU Observer, Yeshiva’s University two undergraduate student newspapers have been digitized and uploaded online. They range from 1935 leading up to 2000. The

As previously reported by the IAJGS Records Access Alert, the US Census Bureau decided to an early cessation of the 2020 Census count. US District Court Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, issued

YOAV ARAN Shalom friends, As you can see, the attached gravestone says that the family mentioned are from a place called "Jadovno". The only thing I have found with regards to this place, is the

An online virtual archive of postcards, letters, documents, and Sephardic-Mizrahi related images is found at: http://semiph.piwigo.com These images can be downloaded. The archive will be available

I've posted three vital records in German for which I would very much appreciate a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

I am searching for relatives of Phillip Stein. He was listed on census and WW I draft registration with address of 1902 Grand Ave Chicago. His occupation was listed as grocer. That address also

I see Kodyma on the map of Ukraine, close to the Moldavian border. town of about 8000 inhabitances. Josef ASH, Israel.

I have Henia Potashnik (1882-1941) from Svir in my tree, marrying Mottl Budgor. Laurie Budgar