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Seeking applications for Director of IAJGS #jgs-iajgs

The IAJGS Nominating Committee is now accepting applications for IAJGS Director positions. We invite all candidates who are interested in serving as a Director to submit their applications by April

By Deb Kroopkin · #640924 ·

The March Issue of the Galitzianer #galicia

We are delighted to release the March 2020 issue of the Galitzianer, the quarterly research journal of Gesher Galicia. This issue takes readers from the pages of index books in the Przemyśl State

By Gesher Galicia SIG · #640923 ·

Re: German SIG #Germany Re: Rothschild - Bielefeld or Paderborn, Germany #germany

Hi, James, unfortunately, the recipient of your message, Dr. Fritz Neubauer, died in May last year. He was one of the most helpful members in 20 years of GerSig existence. He helped all of us and

By Yvonne Stern · #640922 ·

Belinsohn Genealogies (Valuable Historical Records For All Researchers) #belarus #rabbinic

I recently encountered this enticing footnote: "Beilinsohn, Moshe Eliezer, author of Megilat Yukhsin, Shelomei Emunei Yisrael: a series of booklets published in Odessa from 1851 until the early

By Adam Cherson · #640921 ·

Re: Should maiden names be in CAPITALS? #general #JewishGenUpdates #names

Also differentiates it from what may be a first and middle name or a first and last name Sharon F. Yampell Voorhees, NJ USA GenealogicalGenie@...

By sharon yampell · #640920 ·

Re: Should maiden names be in CAPITALS? #general #JewishGenUpdates #names

Yes, it makes it STAND OUT and grab potential relatives attention! On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 03:51:47 PM CDT,

By kshepard · #640919 ·

Kinder transport artist #holocaust #germany

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/arts/wolf-kahn-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare -- Deanna M. Levinsky, Long Island, NY

By Deanna Levinsky <DEANNASMAC@...> · #640918 ·

Re: Records from the State Archive of Nikolayev Oblast #ukraine

Thank you Gary. I appreciate your prompt response and the right link to the Nikolayev catalog. It is fantastic to know that there are that many archives online at my disposal. I opened one, found item

By Susana Rubin · #640917 ·

ViewMate translation request - #ukraine

Hi, I would like to request your help on a translation of the documents uploaded to ViewMate at the following address * http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM79061 *

By Daniel Horowitz · #640916 ·

Looking for descendants of Iosef Blaufstein (sp.) from Biala Rawska, lived in Holon,Israel. 1913-1989

I wish to add the following persons to my thank you email of yesterday: Vered Dayan (who was kind enough as to re send his suggestion when he realized I had not received it) Sol Sylvanדוד

By Alberto Guido Chester · #640915 ·

Re: Should maiden names be in CAPITALS? #general #JewishGenUpdates #names

To differentiate from other names. If you are seeking help you want to make your request easy to understand, capitalising surnames is a common standard method in genealogy.

By Pieter Hoekstra · #640914 ·

Re: Should maiden names be in CAPITALS? #general #JewishGenUpdates #names

I know for myself, it is easier for research purposes. Best wishes Sarah Sent by Samsung Mobile

By Sarah Krein <sarah.d.krein@...> · #640913 ·

Re: My lost uncle #israel

Dear Diane Where did he live in Israel? Best wishes Sarah Sent by Samsung Mobile

By sarah.d.krein@... · #640912 ·

EJDELMANN Family - Rakow Minsk Belarus, Bialystok Poland, and Quebec/Toronto Canada #belarus #poland

Hi Listers, Does anyone have information on the family of Hillel Ejelmann b. 5 Nov 1902 in Rakow, Minsk, Ukraine d. 19 Sep 1963 in Bialystok, Podlaski, Poland He lost his first wife, son and

By Colleen Fitzpatrick · #640911 ·

BIRSZTAJN and SHER/SZERMAN Families from Warsaw, Poland - 1940-1942 #poland

Hi Listers, I have been researching these families for the last few years. I have Warsaw city directories, have consulted the ITS, and have family photos from one of the descendants. Please contact

By Colleen Fitzpatrick · #640910 ·

Re: German SIG #Germany Re: Rothschild - Bielefeld or Paderborn, Germany #germany

Dear Fritz, I have come back here to an invite to the New groups forum and refound your reply :-) I appear to have never replied to your generous reply and research? :-( Sincere apologies. So many

By James Rothschild · #640909 ·

Re: Should maiden names be in CAPITALS? #general #JewishGenUpdates #names

Why do surnames need to be in capitals? That seems unwieldy. Lisa Virus-free. www.avast.com

By Lisa Liel · #640908 ·

My lost uncle #israel

Searching to see if anyone knows of an Albert Hakim, who would’ve escaped from Salonica Greece, during the war, and emmigrated to Israel. He would have been about 40 years old, he had a motorcycle,

By Tafuri, Diane · #640907 ·

Re: Prohibition Bootleggers and Sacramental Wine "Fake Rabbis" #usa #general

Carl: If you haven't already, for additional names, look at Marni Davis' book, Jews and Booze, and also see Hannah Sprecher, "Let them Drink and Forget our Poverty," in American Jewish Archives

By Jeff Marx · #640906 ·

Ancestry Remote Access From Public Libraries #announcements

For those who have a library card for a library with an existingProQuest Ancestry subscription, ProQuest/Ancestryare making Ancestry available remotely. It is best to check with your library it (

By Jan Meisels Allen · #640905 ·

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