Can someone help me translate the Yiddish portion of a letter written to my grandmother in 1938, shortly after they immigrated to Canada? It is on Viewmate" from David to Pearl 1838? Thanks for your

All upcoming classes are at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, thanks. ----------------------------- Hello, I will be conducting interactive one-hour online genealogy classes this Fall on a wide array of

Hi Nancy, First, it is US Citizenship and Immigration Services (not Customs). Second, are C-files likely to have anything interesting in them? The problem is, as always, it depends on the date and

Hello Group, I am enrolled in a JewishGen research class and would like to research the Fisher family in Russia before they emigrated to Philadelphia in the late 1890's. I have attached a photo of my

Are A Files actually available for people who become citizens? I filed both an index and search request some months back for my grandparents on my mother's side who had filed a Petition for

I tried ordering an A-File via a FOIA request, but I was told I was only allowed to request the file through their Genealogy Program, the one that is about to cost a lot of money.

In 1938 my family, living in Manchester, UK, took in an 10 year boy whose name was Josef Fleischman. His parents ran a successful patisserie shop in Vienna but, in view of the rising antisemitism in

Hi JoAnne, I read your post on Jewish Gen and wanted to contact you. I have done genealogy for over 40 years, searching for both my own and my late husband’s ancestors, all of whom lived for

Hi Nancy, You'd be better off requesting the A-File which contains every document your ancestor filled out since arriving in the country, including the naturalization file. Also, don't waste your

Hi from Paris, Dear detectives, This forum is a very powerful tool and when you have a question, always ask you if there isn't already a reply somewhere... Use hashtag or key words to recover past

I am amazed that any Ashkenazi have success at total less than 200 cM. I have been autosomal testing well over a decade and don’t waste time below totals of 200 cM unless there are strong name/place

Hi, all! I am trying to determine the parents, and family, of Johann G Bergrath, who is in the Cologne 1920 Directory at 53 Dunnwalder Str. in Mulheim, with an occupation of restaurateur. Also at the

Hi from Paris, Daniela, Concerning Paul, I can add these facts : he was Austrian : thus he was citizen of a foe when WWII started on 1939, September 2nd he was surely obliged to register and be

Attached is a photo of my great grandmother and her children. I do not know her name. The man in the picture is my great uncle David Friedman. All were killed in Auschwitz. I am hoping someone

He is going to daughter and sil Mare or More Lauren, Louron or Louton Or similar spelling. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Hebrew Jargon - Literally Hebrew, but in actuality Yiddish, b/c Hebrew was reserved for worship and study of religious text. Barbara Mannlein Tucson, AZ

I have posted an image from a passenger list of the S.S. Palatia, arriving in New York on July 20, 1900. <https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85216> I would be grateful to know

There's an interesting publication (in Polish), with some 1930s photos, "Footwear in the Collections of the Museum of Warsaw" at this link

I would like any information regarding the Mereminski family of Slonim. Especially regartding Julius (Jude, Leib) Mereminski and his children Benjamin (born ca. 1906, wife Figa, and two sons) and

I'm thinking about requesting some C=Files ('C' means the Certificate of Naturalization number) from the US Customs and Immigration Service before their fees increase. Are the files likely to have