I have hit a brick wall on tracing the origins of my 2nd great grandfather, Charles (probably AKA Carl) Schiff, at least on this side of the Atlantic. I’m looking for suggestions on resources that

The attached is a comment in the listing of the Metzger family in the Mainz family register which was made on the line for my 2nd great grandmother Judith Metzger (2.) The only words I recognize

Need translation of postcard written by Arthur Hellinger of Michalovce from Lukow Ghetto Transit Camp june 1942. Thank you Feigie Teichman Moderator Note: Please reply privately

Hi Zev, Although Corona may have limited access to the archives I will definitely will recommend you Alex Kohen <tourleader.alex@...> Not sure if you know but some documents (mostly scanned by

I have observed that the "old timers" mostly listed their family names and towns in the Family Finder, but that people joining JewishGen more recently rarely do. For example look at any fairly common

Dear Corinne, Thanks for your info. Unfortunately, I have searched - with very little luck - for their passages. I have Morris' Marriage certificate, but it only says he was from Riga. Same with the

The Gilinskys that I'm looking for lived in what is now Lithunia. Their children all came to the US. The parents, who lived all their lives in what is now Lithuania died quite young. The mother, Blume

Does anyone know where I can buy Raymond Engelbreit's book "Les registres de l'etat civil restituent l'histoire des families de Forbach de 1789 a 1870"? Also, does anyone have a copy who would be

Already exists as you describe: Do a name search on the JewishGen Discussion Group archives. 1993 - current. here: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main Aug 1999 - current and here:

I do use the JGFF, but I agree with the idea of cleaning it up. So many of the researchers have not been on in the last 10 years. I do know that they do add RD for the deceased researchers, when

Any suggestions as to town of Tuchin in Volyn, anything late 19th or early 20th century. Thank you in advance to anyone with suggestions. James GUTTERMAN researching GUTTERMAN (GITELMAN), GOODMAN

It used to be that family names in capitalization were a required part of our signatures. That requirement should still be in place so other Jewish genners can discover new relatives. Recently when

Mash, thank you very much for your reply. I agree with you regarding privacy issues and newspapers.com notices. So far, the most informative reply, though not the one I wanted to see, came from Debra

I think it does. If you search by a particular surname, it lists surname, town, researcher. Harvey Kaplan

Hi, Please advise how to get birth certificates from Kalaras, Moldova? Thanks, Mark Friedman.

Not only do you see the last name you are looking for, but you get the member name or number and a link to contact them with. No matter what the subject is, as soon as I am done reading a post to

I think what you describe does already exist. Look for the Family Finder. https://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ Binyamin Kerman Baltimore MD

I would appreciate a recommendation for a reliable researcher/genealogist in the Chernivtsi area to look for records and documentation regarding the maternal side of my family. Many thanks, Zev Cohen

For information about the records of Warta, please contact the JRI-Poland Warta Town Leader who can be reached via the "Your Town" page linked from the navigation bar on the home page of JRI-Poland

"The bride's given name appears on both pages, the 2nd signed presumably by her. " The back was not signed by her, as both signatures are by the same hand. The front was filled out, by him probably,