Please also post your look-up offer on Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. This is an international organization of genealogical volunteers who will look up information and records in their area. I

For all of us amateur genealogists out there, the C-17s ferrying the multitudes out of Kabul may, at some point in the future, become the modern-day equivalent of the immigrant ships ferrying our

Jeffrey, Try searching at: JewishGen Belarus Database https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Belarus/ You can do a soundex or phonetic search on the surname. Good luck in your search, Sherri Bobish

Joel, This site lists on-line digitized newspaper archives, both old and recent. Some are free, some are paid. The site's list is geographical, so start by looking under Russia and see what is

Hello, There is the two-volume work, Scattered Seeds, on the Sackheim family. In volume I, p207, is the reference to Clara, under entry 11.225 as Ida Clara (Chaya Kora) Sackheim Stahl, born circa

JGSIG September Meeting - Tues Sept 14, 2021, 10-11:30 EDT. Zoom - RSVP TimeZoneConverter. https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ Hi All, Agenda: I will present information on - How to

Hi all, A week or so ago, I posted photos of two gravestones of possible brothers of my maternal great-grandfather, Henry Jablow. Today, I’m posting two photos of the gravestone of another

Dan, Possible candidates, all in Borsod megye include Ladhaza in Miskolci jaras, Alacska in Szentpeteri, and Lak in Szendrei. There is a town called Nagy-Mihaly in Egri jaras, which might also be

I am looking for the half-sister of my grandfather Mendel Broutman in Waco, TX. She was the mother of Alex Jacobson, who continued the family business "The Hub Clothiers", and the grandmother of

I have a copy of the return of a death certificate from the city of Providence, dated January 28 1907, for a Lavik Salmonson, who I suspect may be my great grandfather. The certificate states that he

I am busy now with constructing an index of Jewish families which lived in Tanta during the 20th century. A partial list was posted on FILES of the Hebrew Facebook Group of Egyptian Jews

Hello, I also saw this in my family history. At the beginning I was very surprised as I saw that my grandfather and all his brothers and sisters were called "illegitimate". Also it makes the

Thank you to all those who have contacted me with offers or suggestions as to getting a photo of the grave. I requested it on FindAGrave. Within 24 hours, a user contacted me, saying that they went to

Hello, Wilhelm/Wolf STEINFELD fro Tisza Fuered died March 23, 1911 in Vienna aged about 70 years. Vienna Jewish death record say that he was buried March 26 at Vienna Central Cemetery, For Vienna

There seem to be numerous births that were considered "illegitimate" by the authorities - nearly 20% of all births - in Munkacs between 1886 -1890. Was this because of a bureaucratic dereliction on

There is a book written about it. "Angel of Orphans", published by Targum. I don't know if it is still obtainable. See an article about it at https://www.aish.com/ho/p/65148467.html N. Aronson

Our dear mother Rachel daughter of Ze'ev Wolf passed on Yod-Aleph (11th day of) Nissan, Taf Shin Vav (the Hebrew year) Bottom left: TANZABA These letters are an acronym for the Hebrew words תהא

Greeting, I need a translation of a document written in Polish, And I would be very happy if any of you could help me with that. Below is the link of the documents in viewmate:

JGeners, I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM95022 Please

Due to speaker illness, there will be no Sephardic World meeting this Sunday. Around sixty hours of speaker meetings on Sephardic genealogy and history are now shared online, and can be viewed