We are delighted to announce the release of the September 2020 issue of the Galitzianer. For those of you journeying into your Galician Jewish roots, this issue includes articles that can help you

A non-Jewish friend has great-grandparents who came from Sweden (maternal side) and Germany (paternal side). The latest iteration of her DNA ethnicity profile from Ancestry indicates a Swedish

I would be most appreciative if they could check for Lupinsky/Lupinskij in these censuses. Many thanks, Georgia Lupinsky

Gesher Galicia is pleased to update readers on the progress in indexing Jewish Galician records. Since the end of January 2020 the following records have been indexed and uploaded to our All

The Gilinskys had 5 girls, Chaya Riva, Shayla, Sora Feigel, Yudis, and Fruma Devasha (B.1884). Gertie died when she was in her 30s and Rafuel died when he was in his 40s. Their daughter Chaya Riva

Ellen, Each New Year’s Day I choice the “replace” option. Max Heffler I have been wanting for a long time to post an update of my family tree on JewishGen. Does

The question is both general, of possibleinterest to many, and specific, addressed to Miami mavens. A relative, born Naftali Lasutra inPulin, Ukraine, who changed his surname to Lester - or

This is a follow up to a postfrom last week about Naftali Lasutra and his wife Hannah/Nekhama or Khaya wholived in Toronto between 1920's - 1960's. While in Canada, he changed hissurname to Lester. It

A small thing about changing borders, citizenships, living mobile or staying put in Eastern Europe. Living in today’s Ukranian Zakarpatska Oblast, formerly Ruthenia, Kárpátalja, etc. meant that

The choice of whom to name a child after has always been made by the parents regardless of who died in what order. And it was not required that children be named after deceased grandparents. That

Thank you for responding and sorry about my failure to include the link. I got confused when posting-forgetting that I had to post the image, get it approved, and then put out the request!! The links

Thank you for responding and sorry about my failure to include the link. I got confused when posting-forgetting that I had to post the image, get it approved, and then put out the request!! The links

BS'D I am looking for help with a mazeva of the Warsaw cemetery. I know the name's person buried there, but for some reason in the picture I have it is not possible to see the name of his father,

Thank you to all the replies to my inquiry regarding Yaakov Rotem's testimonies on Yad Vashem regarding Wilder family from Lwow. The replies have helped me further my research regarding this family

VM86555 In Russian: 41. Состоялось в городе Петриков 29-го апреля (11-го мая) 1898 года в 9 часов утра. Явился лично Юдель

This Wednesday, at 5pm New York time, I will be teaching a one-hour interactive class, Jewish Research Basics 1 - Where to Look. Topic: Introduction to the most important databases for Jewish

L' Shana Tova tikutevu v'tikutemu. -- Sarah L Meyer Georgetown TX ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK, PERLSTADT, STOKFISZ, SZPIL(T)BAUM, Poland BIRGARDOVSKY, EDELBERG, HITE (CHAIT), PERCHIK Russia (southern

Laura, Does MyCanvas offer an option to print your family tree? If yes, remember that most PCs offer an option to print to a pdf file and save it to disk. If you don't see that option when choosing

See: Given names here. Explains a lot about naming traditions. https://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/GivenNames/slide1.html David Rosen Boston, MA

They had at least five girls, Chaya Riva, Shayla, Sora Feigel, Fruma Devasha, and Yudis. Fruma Devasha was born in 1884, and Gertie Nillis died in her thirties. Rafual died in his 40s and Chaya Riva