Jeff, "Khaidenev" (Koidenav in Yiddish) = Dzyarzhynsk, Belarus See: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dzyarzhynsk/overview.html "Traditional/Orthodox Chevrah Anshe Sholom Koidonov (1920-5) at 33

My grandmother, born in 1864, came from Rzeszow in (now) Poland. Her maiden name was RAPPEL. Does anyone know the origin of the surname? Peter Pichler

Last month I attended a webinar about DNA testing, and we learned that many companies would be offering a discount for National DNA Day on April 25th. I missed that deadline, but learned that

The next UJGS Meeting is on Monday, May 10th, at 6:30pm MDT. We will have Angie Bush speaking about "Endogamy and Your DNA Matches". All are welcome to

Seth, the context of your posting is unclear - entering Denenberg in the search box gives no hits. Can you explain? And what is "his story" to which you refer? Meanwhile however, for what it's

“Letters from Dotnuva” in Lithuania is not a Yizkor book but is part of JewishGen’s Yizkor book collection. They provide a unique and very personal account of an extended family, some of whom

Hi Robert, You are right, this synagogue in the Siebenbrunnengasse does not exist anymore. By chance, a friend of mine, of Jewish descent, lives in the house which was built instead on this ground. He

Brianna, Archives in the former Soviet Union have a hierarchical 3-part identification of specific documents. Fond might have hundreds or thousands of "opis". Each opis might have hundreds or

Try Yad Vashem database for testimonies submitted a land list of those murdered or sent to other places in the Soviet Union . I found there which of my great grandfathers siblings and descendants

Hi Friends - I recently discovered, from different sources, that a great-uncle was married in Vienna in 1921 in a synagogue in the Fifth bezirk/district; Margareten. The only synagogue I can discover

IGRA invites you to join us as we host Gil Bardige in our 2021 Webinar Series. The Zoom Webinar is at 7 pm Israel time - noon EST. Gil's topic is: "Help! I Just Got My DNA Results and I'm Confused".

Thank you! Very interesting! Where do you look for bank records? -- Brianna Knoppow Washington DC (from Michigan) Searching for BRIKER/BRICKER, MOGILL, HIRSCH, LIFSHITS

Hello, I wrote the following message to the "National Historical Archives of Belarus". Their response, Google Translate told me, was a link to a request form and a link to info on their 'reading

Thank you - yes - I have his surname from his marriage certificate from a Belarus database. Alas, I have not found him on any other sources and I think likely he did not immigrate. The marriage

They regularly add Jewish cemeteries in the former Soviet Union to their database and have a large genealogy-focused Facebook group. I personally haven't used their commercial services, but perhaps

If you follow the census page by page you will see that 198 Bronx Place has a number of apartments. They may have been visited by the enumerator continuously, but they were not recorded in order

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project is proud to announce its 123rd title: Zinkov Memorial Book (Zinkiv, Ukraine). The original book was Published in Tel Aviv and New York in 1966. Project Coordinators:

I am most grateful to all the kind people who responded to the question I posted yesterday. Unfortunately, I said rightmost when I meant leftmost! I meant to ask about the leftmost few columns for

On March 31th, of this year, my mother-in-law celebrated her 100th birthday. She had been born in Rotterdam, as her family, exiting their former lives in Russia, were on their way to America. One

An email (in French) is circulating, claiming to come from Alexander Beider. It is not from him (although hackers appear to have gotten his address book). DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK. -- Peter