My grandfather--who died before I was born--was a boy in Kamienczyk, Poland, during WWI. A story passed down involves how he nearly died when a foxhole that he was in during WWI fighting caved

Steve: I wonder if "Niveravitzk, Russia, is possibly Neshvitz, which was in Belarus in the 1890's and early 1900's. Belarus, now, of course, is an independent country but was part of Russia at one

Jacqueline, You can find addresses by looking up names in old digitized city directories here (many cover Poland): https://genealogyindexer.org/directories Regards, Sherri Bobish

Diane, You indicate Sam is your brick wall and you want to find his death record and burial. I presume this is to go back in time. I too could not find Sam after the 1930 census. It would seem that

Hi, Bob Silverstein asked: How can I use the naturalization record card to find the naturalization petition and related documents? Depending on the county, he may be able to leverage the

Hi, I remember that there was some agreement between JewishGen.org and Ancestry.com to coordinate databases, I believe with some delay to give priority to JewishGen donors, but I wonder whether this

I am trying to find the names of my great great grandmother's parents or siblings. Betty Levi was born in 1837 in Hessen Kassel, but I don't know what township. She emigrated, possibly alone, to

Does anyone have this individual on their family tree? Name: SCHWARTZ, Kalman Born: ~1880 in Vaslui, Romania Parents: Father: Kalman (not 100% sure of name) Mother: Mina FRAERSTEIN Died in

I suggest you contact The Together Plan, a Jewish charity based in London and Belarus, which aims to help remaining Jews become self sufficient. One project is genealogical research. They have the

Mike Coleman, Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately the name of the sibling who is believed to have gone to England is unidentified. When the mother, Lena, emigrated to the U.S. in 1908, the

You should be able to us Gimp , a free open source image editor. https://www.gimp.org/ The most useful tools for tombstone photos are brightness adjustment and contrast enhancement.

Diane, If you do a keyword search of the FamilySearch catalog (ex: "new york southern declaration"), you will see that they only have two collections of Declarations from the US SDNY court: 1845-1911

These people are buried in Wellwood Cemetery - Long Island, NY First NameLast NameDate of DeathSectionBlockRowGraveDivSocietyABRAHAM J.GRAZERSTEIN8/6/1973352210RSOUTwersky Rabbi

This current thread made we decide to go check it again this morning after months and months and I was able to identify one more cousin I did not know about and then added her to my tree. Max

I need this decipher a translate as best as you can. I Thank you, Howard Coblentz

Seeking death records for my paternal grandparents. My grandfather, Fajwel Konigsberg was born in 1873 in Kresge, Poland. He died very young in Tarnogrod, Poland. My grandmother, Majta Konigsberg

On my Grandfather's Declaration of Intention to become a US Citizen, he lists the birthplace of his wife as "Niveravitzk, Russia" (in 1891). I cannot make heads or tales of this place. Nothing from

Typical Sephardic instruments would have included oud, saz, violin, mandolin, santouri or kanun. Joel Ackerman Jerusalem

Plot numbers vs Street name/House number can be found in Homeowners' Lists on JewishGen. Plot number 670 is 28 Leszno Street. Plot number 8 is 8 Śto-Jańska (Świętojańska) Street in Warsaw. --

Previous research on various sites led me to accounts of the Centos Summer Camps for Jewish children that were held in Domachevo in the 1930s. In particular, I am interested in a reference to a