Several trees have mistakenly listed this Mordecai Susskind ben Meir (b. c. 1370) as a son of Meir of Rothenburg. Actually, he was a fifth-generation descendant of R. Meir. Susskind's father was also

Could someone help me locate a Mary Mischka from Bohemia? 1860 birth. I'm looking for a jewish record of her and possibly her husband Joseph Buben from Bohemia as well. Thank you so much for all the

I don't know where the inscriptions are held, but there is a woman in Kittsee named Irmgard Jurkovich, who has made it her life mission to perpetuate the memory of the last Jews of the town. Among

Please advise: How do I access the 1903 family list of Volkovysk residents? Thank you. -- Shirley Portnoy

I found this reference but don't know how to access it. The reference is from the Minnesota Historical society. The 1940 census indicates that he was born in Russia in 1885. I am looking for more

I believe that the following link is to the IDF in question that you can obtain their contact information for some guidance. http://www.fidf.org Good Luck! :-)) --~Brian D. Kerr, Esq | SSG, U.S.

A photo postcard taken in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland, in 1931 has been added to the Bielsk Podlaski KehilaLinks site at https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Bielsk_Podlaski/1931%20group.html. The photo

I am looking for the link in for the Czech archives for the birth, marriage, death and other records for Trebic in Moravia (czech republic). I Tried the website of the czech archives but could

I am pleased to announce that new KehilaLink pages for Dukla, Poland are ready for viewing on jewishgen.org. (The new material has previously been up, but now, thanks to the webpage developers, some

And there have always been children who find their own path in life, who find their own truths, who may choose a faith different than the subset of a faith believed by a parent. That does not make

There is a slight chance that the last digit of the year is an 8 rather than a 5. This adds three more possible years to the list: 5648, 5668, and 5688. Here are the possible equivalent secular

I know a Hasidic rabbi whose brother left the fold as a young man a few decades ago. I would guess this is not unusual. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

I agree: charwoman. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

He was a righteous and innocent man Here lies Yehudah son of Moshe Medels Who went to his world (euphemism for “died”) 6 Iyar In the year 5665 according to the short count May his soul be bound in

My family originated in and around Slonim and the original name is Slonimsky, though sometimes it is incorrectly written as Slominsky (on my father's birth certificate, for one). I suspect most

Hello, My grand grand father Grigory LIBMAN or LIEBMAN immigrated from KREMENCHUG, Ukraine ( Григорий Либман) in 1917, probably to USA. He left his wife ( EKATERINA LIBMAN) with 2

Hi! I'm applying for Polish citizenship. The Polish authorities require me to get a letter from the IDF either revealing my grandfather's service for them (I have 0 knowledge he ever did) OR revealing

I need a translation of the part of the record in Russian and I am also having difficulty deciphering the Hebrew handwriting. It is for the second entry- David Levitan. His parents were Eliezer

Does anyone know the towns of Disner and Vidg? I have googled and checked the databases and there is nothing exact... maybe a nickname or abbreviation or spelled incorrectly? I have a document that

Hello. My wife's father was named David GOLDMAN. He was born in KOZIENICE in Poland in 1918. His father was Chaïm GOLDMAN and his mother Tauba-Rajla FLAJTER. Maybe there is a family