The digital collections of Yad Vashem as well as Digibaeck- the digital collections at Leo Back Institute, are both valuable sources of Jewish family histories. Avi Zucker

The book is also available in many public libraries (for example: Thousand Oaks, California). The JGS of NY has captured the Landsmanshaftn data from the WPA study and make it available on their

The Shach’s ancestry has been worked out brilliantly by Rabbi Rakov of London using a comment in a published letter and its connection to the Frankfurt am Main records recorded in Ettlinger’s Ele

The JewishGen Romania Research Division has started a Facebook group. I will be sharing updates on our progress (and requests for volunteers) there. We're looking forward to good commentary, mutual

Have you taken a DNA test? Ellen Jacobs Livingston, NJ

I too, along with Katherine Block, are researching Itta Charmatz, married to Jerushim Zwiebel. Is Itta part of your tree? Ellen Jacobs Livingston, NJ

The Indiana Jewish Historical Society publishes a book or more annually that contain, as one might suspect, stories about Jewish history in the state of Indiana. These stories often center of Jewish

Dear group, I am searching for the Naturalization of Esther Swimmer of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. She was widowed in 1906 and raised her children, Sadie (Kaplan), Jacob, Maurice

Dear All, Since I have never done genealogy in France I am seeking for advice. My Grandfather’s brother Jeruchim (Georges) SZLAMOWICZ was born in Lodz, Poland, on Sept 18, 1894. My mother

When searching a name that begins with J , I would also try I and Y due to pronunciation and spelling. This is certainly true in the Lithuanian databases on Jewishgen. Casting a wide net , collects

Bob If you are on facebook join the New York City Genealogy group. Its a fabulous group. You then have two options. 1) if you have a FHC close to you then look for instructions in the

Also recommend Mr Baruch Huber. All the best Mark Friedman

My cousin has an early 19th century parchment family tree in Hebrew showing the family's descent from the esteemed 17th century rabbi The Shack who was born in Ambistowo in Lithuania and died in

I am trying to trace descendants of my aunt Hannah Weiss (who was married to my Uncle Wolf (William) who perished in the Holocaust) or descendants of other members of the Weiss family who I believe

I'd also recommend anyone following this subject "Our People - Discovering Lithuania's Hidden Holocaust", describing a journey of discovery in 1915 through Lithuania by a respected non-Jewish

I found the entire name!!! I found Pawel Makszyn in my notes from my mom's own words back in 1988. Now I need to find his descendants in Lublin, Poland. What's a good database for searching names

Internet Archive might be another source. Ron Peeters (NL)

Mordke JALAS was born in Lutomiersk, Poland in 1885. He married Ester ZAJDE in 1914 (marriage record attached). Shortly after his marriage he traveled to USA en-route to his brother-in-law Salomon

Are you referring to a civil marriage license or to a Jewish marriage contract known as a Ketuba? A Ketuba usually does not have a family name, but it does have the father's name and the title Kohen

I would like announce an upcoming (mid-May) publication of the book "The Towns of Death: The Pogroms of Jews by Their Neighbors" by a young Polish philosopher/historian/ethicist, Dr. Mirosław