Sephardic World talk this Sunday! All free! During the 19th Century many Sephardic families from the city of Mogador/Essaouira in Morocco migrated to England where they became part of the rich fabric

IGRA's next Show & Tell will host Lance Ackerfeld talking about "Yizkor Books and Their Hidden Treasures" Yizkor books provide an important insight into the communities that were decimated during

I am going to continue to do cemetery visits as long as the weather holds out in New York. I am offering photos from Mt Zion, in Maspeth, Queens. Please send me the specific names, dates and location

I am going to continue to do cemetery visits as long as the weather holds out in New York. I am offering photos from Mt Hebron in Flushing, Queens. Please send me the specific names, dates and

Years ago I wrote to Homeland Security (was it INS then?) asking if they had anything on my mother's uncle, who was rejected at Ellis Island in 1906. They referred me to the US archives, and told me

It's not possible for a town to have been partly in Galicia and partly in Bessarabia, because the two regions didn't share a border. A possibility to consider is Novoselitsa, Bessarabia -- now

I haven't heard the term before, but the Seward Park Strollers were most likely homeless. Seward Park is on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, at Essex Street/East Broadway. Billie Stein Givatayim,

I agree totally but one trick I learned if I am able to make contact with a possible relative who does not know me is to give them some information they might not know and then they usually respond

Hi David, A good way to find possible Jewish vital record sets from Galicia is to search Gesher Galicia's "Global Search" facility. You can find this at: https://inventories.geshergalicia.org/#/ If

If Viewmate doesn't work out, I have used someone by the name of Joshua Grayson. His rates are reasonable. He gave a seminar at the IAJGS Conference, and has a website: Lost Roots Family History. One

JRI-Poland has this: https://jri-poland.org/galicia/GalicianVitalRecords_Titles_Nov2002.pdf You can find this link along with many other useful resources

Hi Paul, Will it be recorded - and might those of us unable to attend at this time (e.g. those based in the Antipodes) be able to make a late contribution? Thank you for your consideration. Joyaa

Hi from Paris, Dear Paul, I have checked with Google to be sure (even if you surely did it), and there is no link to "Legion Etrangère Civile". My GF was enrolled in Legion Etrangere, as a lot of

Hi, I wonder if anyone could help steer me in the right direction? I have been researching my Grandfather who was born in 1906 in Dobromil, I have tried many searches through the JewishGen

Marcia, Please share the source or the link to the document you read this town name in. I am very positive it is a transcription/reading error and it would be something like Felso-something but I

Hi, Sherri, Good ideas! The death certificate doesn't indicate the town of birth, but I've looked at the naturalization records for some of Benjamin's children, and they state that their births

Hi, all! In the 1910 Manhattan census there are 2 supplementary sheets with a list of men shown with relationship "partners" except the first person listed on each page is shown as "head". Most show a

Synagogue records from Eperjes/Presov Synagogue in Saros County mention that in 1813 Eliazer Glueck resided in Felrener. Unable to locate this village. Does anyone know where it is located please?

I have found that sharing a photograph, that links both families, significantly improves the chances of a productive response, whether email, snail mail or meeting in person Leslie Kelman, Toronto,

Trying to make contact with the children of Sam Pearl 1910-93 who owned a grocery store in the Bronx, married Anne Finkelstein and have a son Jerry (Gerald, died in 2002) and daughter Shirley (born