Maybe 25 years ago, I met a bunch of Scots at a resort in the Caribbean, and they said they were Jews. Apparently, in the late 19th c. when their ancestors from eastern Europe left a European

We are busy translating records and over the coming year there should be some new databases coming online. Family Search is busy imaging millions of records so there is a lot of new data on their site

Dear Andrew, Arolsen Conference registration is absolutely free of cost. Yvone Stern

JewishGen is in the process of updating our family trees. Please be patient. Iris Folkson

Good day colleagues I’m having problems identifying if there are any ISERSTEINs alive out there I may be related to I am the son of Herbert Charles Iserstein from Vienna born 1921, whose father

Based on hits on the JGFF and the LItvak SIG database, I would guess Svencionys. Steve Stein

Hi Valerie My grandfather was born Israel Krevitsky in Aleksandria/Oleksandrya Ukraine (but it was then Russia). We know his parents were Abraham and Yetta Krevitsky and that he had a sister named

My great grandfather was called Nathan Abrahams and he came to Manchester, UK in 1867 from Suwalki town in NE Poland. He was born Chackiel Ceglarski but dropped the Ceglarski in favour of his

Carl, You asked "When did the practice start for using the first letter of a deceased relative's name for a child, rather than the whole name? Example being naming a child Carl, after his grandfather

Hi Ava If you write their names, people can search for them, in other forms as well. IGRA and other sites has many documents other than these censuses. Shana Tova Yariv Timna

Boris, If he crossed the border from Canada to the USA, then you might possibly find some airplane or train manifest reflecting this. -- Ken Ryesky Petach Tikva, ISRAEL -- Ken Ryesky, Petach

GILINSKY was a prevalent name in Svencionys, Lithuania and there are many listings for the name In the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database, which you can search at www.litvaksig.org Judy Baston

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