For someone with a long term interest in searching the AJYB, download the AJYB volumes of interest and separate them into simple historically based directories on your hard drive. For instance, one

For someone with a long term interest in searching the AJYB, download the AJYB volumes of interest and separate them into simple historically based directories on your hard drive. For instance, one

Greetings all, This is to let you know that the searchable cemetery database for Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, New York is now online. Today is its first day. The URL is

Greetings all, This is to let you know that the searchable cemetery database for Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, New York is now online. Today is its first day. The URL is

Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois will host "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Archives in Belarus", Wednesday, July 12th, 7:00 p.m., at Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton Street,

Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois will host "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Archives in Belarus", Wednesday, July 12th, 7:00 p.m., at Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton Street,

The object after the date is a monogram of lamed-fey-kuf, an abbreviation for lifrat koton. It means that the numerical date precedinbg it is given without a maker for the thousands. This is

The object after the date is a monogram of lamed-fey-kuf, an abbreviation for lifrat koton. It means that the numerical date precedinbg it is given without a maker for the thousands. This is

It's a common way of writing the abbreviation "lifrat qatan", with reference to the date (in which the millenium is omitted). It seems to be repeated a second time, though, for some

It's a common way of writing the abbreviation "lifrat qatan", with reference to the date (in which the millenium is omitted). It seems to be repeated a second time, though, for some

Dear Zev: If your family member used a Polish passport in 1931 to make aliyah to Mandate Palestine, there is a chance that information about that passport might be found in the Aliyah Passport File

Dear Zev: If your family member used a Polish passport in 1931 to make aliyah to Mandate Palestine, there is a chance that information about that passport might be found in the Aliyah Passport File

Greetings all, This is to let you know that the searchable cemetery database for Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, New York is now online. Today is its first day. The URL is

Greetings all, This is to let you know that the searchable cemetery database for Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, New York is now online. Today is its first day. The URL is

It is with my sincere pleasure to announce the completion of the Cemetery Restoration Project of the former town of Druzhkopol,located in the Volhynia gubernia in present day Ukraine. The project

It is with my sincere pleasure to announce the completion of the Cemetery Restoration Project of the former town of Druzhkopol,located in the Volhynia gubernia in present day Ukraine. The project

I am writing on behalf of a survivor >from Bolechow Galicia who is looking for descendants of Rabbi Yehoshua HASHEL or Osias Hersh Padwe who was Rabbi of Bolechow in 1896. Any information about

I am writing on behalf of a survivor >from Bolechow Galicia who is looking for descendants of Rabbi Yehoshua HASHEL or Osias Hersh Padwe who was Rabbi of Bolechow in 1896. Any information about

Dear Beverley Thank you so much for alerting the Group, and me in particular, to this excellent website. Thanks to you I have found the headstone of my great uncle Joseph Simmons although it was

Dear Beverley Thank you so much for alerting the Group, and me in particular, to this excellent website. Thanks to you I have found the headstone of my great uncle Joseph Simmons although it was