I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82639 Please respond via

Trying to confirm which is the correct surname which in Hebrew could equally be Reem of Romm. This family lives in Emanuel, a West Bank settlement - Binyamin Weinstock, married Chava Toibe REEM /

I wanted to thank all the individuals who responded to this request with helpful advice. One person was able to find the record within the microfilm and I have posted it to Viewmate. It is VM number

How were you able to get them in English? Is there a link I'm missing?

Hi all, JewishGen's JOWBR database has more than 3,400 burial records for those buried in the Ghetto Sections. The identifications were made through by the IDF working with the Yad LeZehava Holocaust

As reported previously, during the pandemic, ProQuest which supplies the library edition of Ancestry to many libraries advised that Ancestry is permitting remote access during the pandemic. Per Bill

Making gigantic progress in my COHEN search and just learned the married name of a cousin, Marsha (COHEN) KRAUSE (sp)?, b: ca. 1933, Brooklyn, NY, married Martin KRAUSE (sp?). They have 2 daughters,

Several years ago I had someone respond to my request for a photo and they sent one. Since then I've send a handful of request emails, all have gone unanswered.

I have a relative who was named Eta in Russia (EE-tah) and changed her name to Ida. I have other relatives named Ida and I had a former rabbi whse wife was named Ida. Alyssa Freeman Henrico, VA

I've setup a Brainin DNA project on FTdna, if you are a Brainin or are descended from one please join. www.familytreedna.com/groups/brainin-dna I know of a few separate Brainin families who all

Please help with the inscription in a book, Viewmate 82665. It is either German or Polish. Abe Hirsch

I've posted a vital record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address Its # 77 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82683 Please

1 Malin Jojna Abovich (i.e. Jona s/o Aba - j.a.)-master (owner) 28yo 2 Malina Tuba Zejlikovna-wife 22 3 Malin Nekha Jonovna - daughter 5 yo 4 Malin Basya Jonovna - daughter 1 5 Malin Mikhul Abovich 19

The abbreviation "bet shin/ sin tet" on a tombstone almost always means "Be'sayvah Tovah" which translates to "in good old-age", and refers to people who lived to the concept of "old age" at that

Hello Teodora, I thought about contacting you privately but decided that there could be others who might somehow be connected to the two families I am researching Both of my maternal grandparents came

Frustrating thing with the http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/ce/ghetto/lodz-ghetto-cemetery.htm is by the sites own admission, it is an incomplete list. The dates seem to stop at the end of 1941

You may try Alemania Judaica http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/ , I found a lot of useful information in this web site. -- Reuven Stern, Kfar Vradim Israel

The sheer number of Russian language documents being posted on Alex Krakovski's Ukraine wiki will take several years to index and transcribe, based on the number of volunteers Ukraine Research

My great grandmother's name was Rose/Rozie/Rosia. I had never heard the name Ida until I saw her tombstone which read Ida Rose. Marlene Dunham Researching: Halper, Galper, Odessa, Kherson,

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