After the solemnity of the Days of Awe comes the joyous celebration of Succoth which starts this evening. Here are two Yizkor book excerpts to help you get in the mood. “Sukkos and Simkhas Torah”

I have two undated formal studio photos of my great-grandmother, one taken in Warsaw and one in Liverpool. I am struggling to make sense of them from the age she looks in them vis a vis when I

Ralph There was a large Jewish Community in Jakobstadt now Jekabpils. Arlene Beare Co-Director Latvia Research Division

In Russian: 30 Состоялось в городе Новый Двор 12 августа 1876 года в 3 часа дня. Лично явился Новодворский равин

Cert 305 is, most likely, related to the requirement to have a bond of financial support from a friend or family member if the immigrant was denied admission for LPC (Likely Public Charge)

Hi from Paris, My GF Israel Lesiuk was born in 1886 in Steppan, actually Ukraine and lived in France till 1962'. He could have a brother or a first cousin, Abraham Lesiuk, born 1888 in Steppan who

Hi Jeremy There are several places called Lubove or Lubowe in 1) the parts of Suwalki gubernia in NE Poland that went into Lithuania in 1919 - in I think the Kalvaria or Marijampole areas that are

Probably Laukuva Russ Maurer Pepper Pike, OH

I am researching the CUKIER family from Janowiec. Using Geneteka I have managed to identify some early 1820's records in church books, however, I am having some problems with the post 1826 records

Dear Group I wondered if the JewishGen subscribers may be interested in reading my brother Melbourne writer, Leon Silver’s latest book published by Simon & Schuster titled, ‘The Miracle

Genners, Abraham Leibowitz, 20 years old, arrived in New York City on October 17, 1913 aboard the SS Graf Waldersee. He's listed on the Records for Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, and the cause

Hello, I am researching the Glass/Glas/Glaz family in Lithuania and have found information in Dublin's Jewish Museum that they originally came from a place called Lacova in Kovno Gubernia. A place

In her September 30 posting, entitled “reprieve” footnote 3, (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2020/09/30/reprieve/) Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, wrote “every genealogist should be

Russ, talking about Vilkomir/Ukmerge - my late gma, Alta Bak, was born in 1893 in Utena. So far I couldn’t find any records of her existence (except obd memorial, where she was listed as next of

It was a very unusual Yom Kippur for me this year and I'm sure for many others as well. I wrote about it in my blog for Times of Israel and it was published

Gary, many thanks for addressing above issues! As we know Alex Krakovsky continuously adding new records to Jewish Schtetles - be it in various FB groups, j-roots Russian Forum and on his Wiki

My mother was repatriated from the Soviet Union in 1946. (That is documented). She registered with the Central Committee of Polish Jews and her address post the war was Klodzko. PSA doesn't have any

Risa, I'm wondering if you have Portuguese Citizenship as you signed off with Portugal and Arizona. I have many questions about obtaining Portuguese citizenship. I visited there a year or two ago.

Yoel, Despite not having all the tools I normally have (desktop in the shop) I think I can see quite a bit here. At the top, on the curve is a Hebrew date, and to the best of my ability, it looks like

In August, I posted about YIVO’s first online exhibit featuring the life of Beba Epstein, a young girl born in Vilna, Poland now Vilnius, Lithuania in 1922. The exhibit is called, Beba Epstein: The