My great-grandfather Jacob started out as a 'smous' in the southern Free State in 1895 when he migrated >from Lithuania. His experience with the local Afrikaners was anything but negative. One of

My great-grandfather Jacob started out as a 'smous' in the southern Free State in 1895 when he migrated >from Lithuania. His experience with the local Afrikaners was anything but negative. One of

Hope some might be able to help me. Could any one tell me where would I find information on people who lived in Benoni.  Looking for Maurice Hirschowitz and his wife Sara nee Yule.  Thank you you

Hope some might be able to help me. Could any one tell me where would I find information on people who lived in Benoni.  Looking for Maurice Hirschowitz and his wife Sara nee Yule.  Thank you you

Yes. I see that on the Jewishgen website there is a listing of people responsible for certain activities and groups: https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/leadership.html Maybe they can add a listing of

David and Meyer -- I'd be interested in hearing more about what you mean that it "came up on JRI." (I'm not that experienced at using it.) Also, when you call it a "census record," is that similar

This town was listed on naturalization papers of a person in my husband's tree. I used the Town Finder on JewishGen and got no hits. Does anyone have any suggestions?

IGRA (Israel Genealogy Research Association) has posted a new article on itswebsite, "The Jews of Simferopol” by Esther(Herschman) Rechtschafner. In this article, Esther Rechtschafner has given an

Thank you, David. Did you write to them in English?

The census record came up on JRI but had not yet been linked. I then ordered a scan of the document from the Sanok branch of the Polish State Archives. That archive, it would seem, is a branch of the

LitvakSIG is pleased to announce the addition of part 5, 2000 lines, to the ongoing Obeliai questionnaires file, bringing the total to 10,383 lines. The new lines begin with record JU56257 on line

LitvakSIG is pleased to announce the addition of part 5, 2000 lines, to the ongoing Obeliai questionnaires file, bringing the total to 10,383 lines. The new lines begin with record JU56257 on line

Milton, See also mosella-judaica.de/Gemeinden/Spuren187.html for information regarding the HEIN family from Cochem,Germany. On this website you will also find information regarding the cemetery in

Yes, making sure that all family names were in caps was one of the responsibilities of the SIG Moderators! Rosanne Leeson

I have posted an image on ViewMate of a portrait photo: <http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76189> I would like an estimate of the date of the photo. From the handwriting on the

I have posted images on ViewMate of the back of three photos taken in Riga ca.

Thank you, Dena! Someone has already translated the lullaby and the second page of one of the letters, so I've removed them from ViewMate, but the others are still there and I would be most

Thank you Logan, this is an excellent job. It will be worthwhile adding the translation of the census for Klevan / Klewań to the existing Rovno Uezd Region: Jewish Records Project. These records

Sue, I can translate the two letters and the third page, which is a lullaby. I won't be able to make it rhyme but it'll give you the idea of what the lullaby is about. I won't be able to start til

I would be grateful if anyone who can read German handwriting >from the 1840s could look at this link on ViewMate: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76197 I would love to