No one has figured out a reliable way to calculate ethnicity based on geography. MyHeritage says in their blog that they rely on customer-reported trees. If MyHeritage has ten customers who state

Elizabeth, I see this record on JewishGen, in: 1851 Anglo-Jewry Database mentioning the name "LEMON MAN." Chapman ISAACS father is given as Asher Lemon-man. I wonder if there is a connection between

I've posted a vital record for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM97399 The notation is on the back

I would love a translation of the attached postcard. It is from my grandfather to my father. If it's too hard to read please try to get any info that will help me with my family tree, names, places

Here is Hatmeg at lower rt. corner several miles east-south-east of Munkacs: Centered in this link: http://easteurotopo.org/leaflet-maps/kingdom-of-hungary.html#12/48.3837/22.9468 Hatmeg is also

I took a Family Tree DNA test (MTFull), but I want a raw data analysis to ascertain my mother’s Sephardic heritage. I’m told I need a molecular geneticist to perform it. Could you tell me how to

I have a letter to my father (not sure it is the whole letter or not). I would love as much information as possible, especially names and places. Thanks in

Jay, A quick search at The JewishGen Unified Database: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/all/ with a phonetic search of GROSSMAN in the surname field, and Miskolc in the town field, gets quite a

Ronald, I believe that Vivian has found the correct town for you. Zahattia is only 11 miles from Mukacheve. Although Zahattia cannot be found in The JewishGen Communities Database, it is found in The

Ronald, I am intrigued by geographic location questions and have looked quite a bit for your place. It gets complicated as spellings vary a lot. Try looking at this and see what you think:

Hello, I have found a marriage record for 1898 in Lida, Vilnius that indicates that the couple (both widowed) gave 100 rubles each to the rabbis. They were listed as petite bourgeois. I think the

Dear JewishGen Community, We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Neville Yosef Lamdan, z'l. A career diplomat, he spoke multiple languages and became an active member of the Jewish

I'd strongly caution against entering any family memorabilia, photographs and stories into any of these portals - or at least if you did get consent from every single person and their descendants (and

To all: Thank you so much for all these responses! It's incredible that this story actually has some truth The responses have given me a wealth of leads to follow up and the hope that I might even

Mike Vayser--this is very helpful, and you have uncovered a completely new relative's name in your reply! I have not seen the 1900 marriage of Fanya Meshmar to Gershka Abrashkov, and need to find this

I don't trust the information from MyHeritage. In addition to Ashkenazi Jewish and North and West European, they have me as Italian 3.2% and Mesoamerican and Andean 1.7%. I was willing to accept

LitvakSIG's Svencionys District Research Group held a virtual program on February 13. The presentation provided background on Lithuania, Svencionys, and the LitvakSIG organization and its website.

Randy Schoenberg discussed the Horowitz family's Sephardic claims at a Sephardic World meeting last year, https://youtu.be/fjz6hs_nqaE?t=1264 Best wishes, David Mendoza

I have found that a lot of the graves at Old Montefiore Cemetery are not listed in the online database. I was there last summer to photograph a particular gravestone. There was one other grave

I was wondering what Genealogy platforms and services offer something like a book (or other keepsake) of my family history. I tend to just print out whatever I find. I am looking for something more