Hello, As an Historian, I am conducting researches upon Jews from Russia, Ukraina and Poland who emigrated toward Paris at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th one. I did have

An here's one more link to a resource that may be helpful on all manner of Jewish communal groups in NYC in the early 20th

Dear Group, Would anyone have experience obtaining tombstone and cemetery information from Budapest, Hungary? My aunt, Teraizah/Alice Jurowicz died at 3 months, in Feb 1933, as per her attached Death

Yes... tailoring was a typical profession for Jews who arrived in Britain from Eastern Europe (my grandparents included). Related specialisms included cutter, trimmer, presser, finisher, machinist. As

There is a treasure trove of information about "landsmanshaftn (a mutual aid society, benefit society, or hometown society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region)" at Center for

My grandfather was killed in a work-related accident in Vitebsk. He was run over by a truck backing up at the factory.

Thank you Jeff. I am researching my ancestor Melech Blones who was also a member of the Ghetto resistance fighting group and died in the Mila 18 bunker. Please share this document when it is

I am also originally from Providence, Rhode Island, and my paternal great grandmother Hinda was a Silverman (or Zilberman). She immigrated from Letychiv (Ladyzhin), Russia, now Ukraine, to Providence

My Brodsky g-g-gf was a Kohen. Any Brodsky Kohanim out there? -- Ken Ryesky Petach Tikva, ISRAEL -- Ken Ryesky, Petach Tikva, Israel kenneth.ryesky@...

I had a great aunt called Mechcia - also known as Mechce. Ruth Bloomfield London

Congratulations Gary! Well-deserved!

I believe it means "From the town of Brody."

I've posted (for Sandra Krisch) some vital records in Russian for which she needs a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

Dear group Two people I am researching supposedly went to a girls school in the 1930s in Lodz which I believe was called "Prysewiczuvna" (although I couldn't find it on Google so the spelling may be

Thank you and Shalom Malka! That is my great grandfather's name: Yosef Haim ben Shimon Eliyahou [Alterman].

Dear friends, We hope you are all keeping well. We were wondering if anyone might know of anything in relation to the Bellem family, who originally resided in Plymouth and Dartmouth in England.

I think it's Rauchlose

Genners, It is a Ktuba (Marriage contract) and it is indeed in Aramaic. I could only make out the name of the groom – Yosef Haim son of Aliyahu. Shalom, Malka Chosnek

You mentioned registration. Is it a correct assumption that if we are already a paid participant for the IAJGS conference that we can attend without further registration?

This message is just to say that my great-grandfather, Myer Lobel, was from Romania- perhaps from Roman. I have been seeking more information without success. He went to Montreal. I think his wife's