The documentation of the Baiersdorf Jewish Cemetery has been completed and is now available for public viewing. The over 600 year old burial ground is located in Middle Franconia, Bavaria in the

Marc, Try searching for a listing in old city directories for Morris Hershkowitz in Bucharest at: https://genealogyindexer.org/ You can limit search location to Bucharest. I did a soundex search for

Alan, You can check if AJHS has their incorporation papers. https://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgb/ajhs.html "Incorporation Papers. Collection I-154 consists of selected incorporation papers, 1848-1920.

Hi, The JGS of NY maintains a webpage that has a lot of information on local societies. See: https://jgsny.org/searchable-databases/burial-society-databases Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY JGFF#

IT's not a coincidence: both places, spanish Galicia and polish Galitzia were inhabitated by Celtic tribes in the past, with the root GAL as an ethnic marker, see also: PortuGAL, Galia (latin for

I've finally penetrated my g/grandfather's burial information at Washington; he was listed under the Surname 'Lisk'. Anyway, the very helpful man I spoke to said that both his burial plot and the plot

Jeff Malka wrote: Huh? Where and when was this? All iterations of the FamilySearch website that I've dealt with over the past decade have (carefully) not shown any LDS-specific data, such as

One might think one could resolve these questions if one could only ask the grandparent, but no. I was already researching in the 70s and had my grandmother’s 1913 ship manifest while she was still

FamilySearch has some records from the Mohács Jewish congregation between 1850 and 1895: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/243654 They also have Mohács civil registers from 1895 to 1921:

Thank you so much for these two pathways. For recording histories now The Jewish Women’s Archive (jwa.org) has developed an app called Story Aperture which gives interview prompts and a platform for

In my opinion, the most important document is the Petition. It enumerates the vital information like date and place of birth, date of arrival, name and date of birth of spouse and children.

Try the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven. Their email used to be http://jhsgnh.org/ I am originally from New Haven. Good Luck with your search, Hannah Gordon

Bob: The Jewish Heritage Center, American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society) has, among its holdings, a number of archival synagogue records. Included is a synagogue from

The JewishGen Danzig/Gdańsk Research Division will have a free online meeting on Wednesday, August 12, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern Time U.S. (New York), as part of the IAJGS Conference that was planned

Think it's just coincidence that there are 2 areas in Europe with similar names. Galicia was Austrian Poland in the past and the name would come from German, probably. In Yiddish, our ancestors

it is not clear if you refer to some other thread, of if your query is standing alone. You don't mention any specific location. The last name Liffmann/Leiffmann can often be based on the first name

Why don't you contact an British/Belarussian charity, the Together Plan ,which is helping people in the remaining Jewish communities to become self-sufficient. One of their many projects is to carry

Question to al, I am very much aware of the differences between Litvaks and Galitzianas but my question really questions where and how did the term Galitziana come from? I ask this because about 18

Hi Ellen and Carol, Thanks for your inputs. The jgsgb site has good information. It has a history of Jews in Massachusetts that elaborates on Ellen's comment. It also cites the book Water Street by

Yoram, This record from Ancestry points to a digitized microfilm that is available on FamilySearch. 2085799/2 means item 2 on film 2085799. In this case, M39 means male birth #39. Here's how to find