Someone asked me ,when he saw my wedding ring, if I was from Romania. I said no . Was a man wearing a wedding originally a Romanian custom? Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

I am requesting translations of the following Yiddish,Polish or Russian text on these documents. They are birth the record/records for my great grandmother Rebecca Farbstein and the marriage

I'd appreciate help identifying the birthplace for my ggrandmother as shown in the Dec of Intention that was filed by my ggrandfather in 1921. She was born in about 1865, I believe in Galicia. A

Relly, Using The JewishGen Communities Database (soundex search) is helpful: https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp Droyanov perhaps: Troyaniv [Ukr], Troyanov [Rus, Yid], Trojanów [Pol],

Thanks for this, Jan. On a related note, I must mention "The Enemy I Knew: German Jews in the Allied Military in World War II," edited by Steven Karras, pub 2009 Zenith Press. It's a powerful

My great grandfather’s sister was Esther Birnbaum (née Kanarek), widow of Joseph Birnbaum. Her family came from Galicia. She had two daughters who died in NYC (Rose Appel and Rebecca Lichtblau). I

Thanks for sharing that, Mr Goldfarb- I hadn't seen that page. I'm the daughter and granddaughter of refugees from Vienna and have been working on my family tree since I started the Austrian

Christine, https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-516724 has info on Minsk Mazowiecki, and sites to search for more information on the town. Good luck in your search, Sherri Bobish

The Jewish Communities Database on Jewishgen gives the names of a place in Yiddish, Polish, Russian, whatever is appropriate. The only drawback is that it only has big Jewish Communities, so if your

Sorry about that. I've been neck-deep in a search for a 3x great-grandfather Szymel these days and once I started with SZ my fingers automatically filled in the rest. The point stands, however, that

Over 70 descendants and researchers of Painted Woods Jewish Farming Settlement (June 1882-1890’s) participated in a Zoom virtual reunion on April 25, 2021. A success, especially considering most of

Judy, I believe records that old were not included when real estate records became digitized in NYC. Fern's idea of looking at old newspapers is excellent. They had real estate transaction

Latin is written from left to right -- Maryellen Tobiasiewicz m_tobiasiewicz@... family from: Bielsko-Biala powiat Poland Gorlice powiat Poland Lviv Oblast Ukraine

My g grandmother was born in 1865, reportedly in Ekaterinoslav. However, I have information that her father, Veniamir Azarin, born 1839, died 1926, moved from Gomel (Homel) to Sosizita, Chernigov in

In the 1940 US Census: Dorothy, George had their first son Jerome - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24230673?h=e48734&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url

You may want to search the birth/death/marriage announcements from the German-Jewish newspaper Aufbau, which I believe are now on Jewishgen. Megan Lewis USHMM

Some records from the U.S. Consulate in Danzig are apparently kept at the National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/084.html. The listed dates are only 1836-1916,

Tried both, but could not figure out from the Yiddish name what the Polish one is. I was hoping that someone in the forum might know. Relly Coleman

Obtaining birth certificated from Gemany is super easy if you know the municipality where your ancestor was born, provided it is your direct ancestor (your parent, greatparent or great-greatparent).

Information about the cemetery in Sopot (in Polish): http://cmentarze-zydowskie.pl/sopot.htm. I do not know current access conditions. Logan Kleinwaks JewishGen Research Director for