My grandfather came from Sekuran, Bessarabia. He once mentioned a town that I heard phonetically as Lomatchanez. I see on another relative's naturalization certificate a town name that looks like

I am looking for someone to translate a few documents (one to two pages each) from Romanian to English as well as hand writing on the back of a few photos. Mark Palmer Ottawa,

I've used the money transfer site Wise.com in the past month to send a payment to the Lithuanian Central State Archives. The archive needed 3 euros, and the transfer site only charged me about 5

There was a 1906 report written by a foreign service officer in the US embassy in St. Petersberg, that answers some of these questions. I found it at the following url:

I too would be interested. WEISTHAL (Storojinetz-Bukovina) Harvey Weisthal Stoughton, Massachusetts USA "Is anyone aware of on-line sources for birth, marriage and death records for Storojinetz.(mid

An archive has documentation of the meshschanin council in a town that I'm researching. I am trying to decide whether or not to order the documents and am wondering if anyone knows whether or not

Thanks, Martin! This was very helpful, and answered a question that had long gone unanswered. My maternal grandmother's sister, Lena Lundin/Lande came to the US first from Bialystok. The person to

While we are on the subject, can someone tell me what sort of records exist for the Jews of Rhodes (in the 18th and 19th centuries) and where they can be found? I am still occupied with inquiries into

Hi, I am starting to use the Adolf Lehmann Wien city directories as a source and would love some help understanding these books. 1) if I am looking at a book for 1900 - does it mean that it is based

Feigie, You might try searching at this site: https://genealogyindexer.org/directories They have digitized city directories for Eastern Europe, and other areas, going back in to the 1800's. You can

Family History Today: Arolsen Archives - History, Exploration and Online Access Thursday, February 24, 12 pm Eastern Time / 9 am Pacific Time (U.S.) There are many myths surrounding the collections of

For those of you who were unable to attend the zoom membership meeting on Sunday, here is a link to its recording on YouTube https://youtu.be/ulcmuUUU0mU Please don't forget to subscribe to our

I'm trying to identify my father's high school in Warsaw. I'm posting another image showing the insignia on the cap. Maybe someone can identify the school that way. (1928) Isabel

Please transcribe or translate these two postcards from 1940 France handwritten in German, posted on ViewMate by Roger Paul

Hello -- I have created an audio-visual presentation f the timeline and details of the Holocaust in the town of Kuldiga, Latvia (my grandfather's birthplace). Please take a look if interested, and

My Berkovskis )Novogrudok) were always Berkovsky (until they became Browns in VT!). I have seen the names used interchangeably and also back and forth. They both mean the same thing--son of

Would you please give a brief explanation. Of what the Revision Lists were? Jeffrey Herrmann New Rochelle, NY

Facinated to read about your antecedent Keidanski. My name is Barry Caidan which I believe in the original Yiddish might have been Caidanski.I live in the United Kingdom. A distant cousin in London

I would suggest looking for more connections such as occupation, age, wife/children etc. Johanna Becker Newport RI

Please contact me privately There are records from Istanbul in private hands from the 19th century The Ottoman Empire was huge , - where are you interested in? Sarina Roffe JewishGen Sephardic