My 4xgreat-grandfather organised a group of emigrants from Baden to America in 1852, and kept a diary of the journey. They travelled bysailing ship from Antwwerp to New Orleans. In Antwerp they had

Would someone tell me what this says? Not sure if it's Yiddish or Hebrew -- Carol Sage-Silverstein Seattle, Washington

I have found (and finally digitized) autograph books with entries from 1935 from Lodz and Brzeziny. The entries were made by schoolmates of my parents just before they left for Israel so they would

Shalom, I would be most grateful if someone with access to the books on the Otzar HaHochma library could send me a picture of pages 329-330 of the book רבינו משה איסרליש by אשר

I have been searching for records of a guardianship/custody court case in nyc from the 1940’s does anyone have any experience with this? Nathan Willner Nathanwillner@... #nycsurrogatecourt

At https://www.archiwa.gov.pl/o-nas/mapa-archiwow-panstwowych/ you will find a list of the branches of the Polish State Archives by clicking on "Lista." The addresses are in this list and the branch

Hi, What is the street location in Siedlce of the Polish Archives? I found a birth record (#81B, Miedzryrce Podlaski, 1832) for Jankiel Cukierman and would like an actual copy. Thank you. Isabel

The award-winning documentary ‘Three Minutes—A Lengthening’ opens this week in more than 30 theaters around the U.S, with more being added daily. A New York Times "Critic’s Pick," the film is

Please join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh on Sunday September 4th at 1:00pm (US Eastern) for our upcoming program “Finding Relatives in the Forverts (Jewish Daily Forward)” with

To all, Since I am Ashkenazi, I started with reading all Ashkenazi matzevot. It was only after encountering Sephardic matzevot I discovered MANY differences between the two traditions. I even

University of Maine Professor Anne Knowles and graduate coordinator in the History Department has made an academic career studying the relationship between geographical is working with a team of

There is a Facebook group called New York City Genealogy, where they have had discussions in the past about people's experiences trying to get records about persons who were in NY state hospitals.

From the 1912 Naturalization certificate for Mark Cohen, the town of Dennenberg is what is now Daugavpils, Latvia; Dennenberg is the old Yiddish name for the town. The town is also often referred to

My paternal great grandparents and their children emigrated to America from Russia in the 1890s over several trips. I have a copy of my great-grandfather's passport showing that he traveled with

I want to thank those who pointed out that a Gimel actually makes sense, and represents the word Gadol (large) rather than the word Katan (small). I have never before encountered a date that was

My great grandfather Harry Olitsky immigrated to the US in 1893, and became a citizen in 1902. In 1908 he applied for and received a US passport (application found on Ancestry.com), which he said he

Hello! My grandfather studied at the Pressburg Yeshiva sometime in the early to mid 1920s. He is not in any of the photos available online. I reached out to some family members of the Sofer family

In screening DNA matches for close relatives ( ~ second cousins), I typically pursue matches with total DNA of at least 125 cM along with longest single strands of at least 30 cM. I often come

Thank you so much Fredel. Education is precisely what I need and I appreciate your efforts. If you think this translation is bad, my Gr.Gr. Fathers had me laughing out loud. It is word

I see that mixing Hebrew and English in one line didn't work well. Let me try again. לפ"ג - לפרט גדול This means according to the larger enumeration [of the year], i.e. the letter hei is