I have discovered new branches of my LANE family and variant spellings from Lithuania with spellings LAN, LAIN, LAAN, LAHN, LOHN, LAWN, LANN, LARN and am seeking anyone who is descended from such

Please consult both Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan T. Gross and the more recent The Towns of Death: Pogroms Against the Jews by Their Neighbors by

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. I would also like the contact information for the person that posted this. This is a Page of Testimony for Kressel from Zablotow,

Hello everyone, I've posted 3 vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Death record of Zelda BLUMENSZTOK nee GOLDBERG:

Hi Lance, Where can we read a listing of all the Yizkor Books available? Thanks! -- Brianna Knoppow Washington DC, USA (from Michigan, USA) Searching for BRIKER/BRICKER, MOGILL, HIRSCH, LIFSHITS

"The fact is that the Germans burnt the Jewish population in that barn. " No, it was the Poles who murdered the Jews and burned them alive in the barn.

Dear Group, this is a difficult one - old polish text in Latin style ! Pls see this: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM94398 It's a cover page of a list of peasants in the

Hi: Did you ever get a reply to your question about the Lezajsk Cemetery? I was there in 2018 and have photos. Regards. -- Fred Kolbrener Woodbridge, VA Researching: KOLBRENER (LezaJsk); SCHWARTZ

Thank you Dianne for the tip. I wasn't fully using alternate spellings/soundex etc when searching the name. Someone off list helped me with this, and I now have her grave stone

Have you tried various spelling options when you search phonetically and do not use the exact option. Have you checked JOWBR And FindAGrave which can be very useful. Diane Jacobs -- Diane Jacobs,

"Leaders in the Jewish Community formed an organization called the JudenRat". This sounds as if it was their initiative. Not so. The Judenrat was ordered and organised by the Nazis. N. Aronson

Hello, I am doing research on my Grandfather Hugo=Hirsch Ehrmann. He was born in Bad Koenig Hesse in 1882/died 1970 and moved to Koln Germany sometime from that point fwd either with his family or

I wish to thank everyone for their replies so far (some also off list). I have tried to reply to each person, personally. As a general follow up, first of all, the crop of ship manifest that I sent

I have some friends whose last name is Zajac and we learn some shiurim on line by the name of Zajac IN Hebrew there name is spelled similar to what you posted. They also have family in Crown Heights

Jewish Records Indexing – Poland has now made available translated extractions of the newly-discovered Tomaszow Lubelski Book of Residents. It’s a game-changer for Tomaszow Lubelski and Lublin

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO VIENNA, BUDAPEST, PRAGUE — THREE GREAT JEWISH COMMUNITIES Speaker: Henry Wellisch VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Wednesday, 14 July 2021, at

Hi Miriam, I notice that you have listed Kronheim as a surname of interest. My great grandmother was Sophie Kronheim (1853-1927) and was born in Schlitt, Germany. She married Julius Leiser Lasnitzki

Shalom friends, I have written an article about the fate of my family from Jedwabne, Poland in the Holocaust. Please have a read and leave a comment, if you're interested. Shavua

David, Using Michele's excellent manifest finds, I was able to find the naturalization papers for Sore ZAJACZYK. She naturalized in Philadelphia. Her married name: Sura ZILINKOWSKY Born: Popaliva,

Beider gives two etymologies and cites several locations where the name appears in records -- in what sense was this not helpful? David Brostoff