Dear Friends, A recording of Dr. Alan Levin's JewishGen Talk - Translating Russian Documents for the Non-Russian Speaker​ - is now available by clicking here. Please click here for a copy of the

Hungarian Civil Registration records for the period 1895-1980 are online at FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460 An excellent guide to all Slovakian records available

My name is Connie Derosier Carter and I am new to JewishGen. I just found out this weekend, after 63 yrs of life, that I have Jewish roots in France and Canada! From what I can gather, the Guyon dit

Hello. I would like to inform all those interested that I have published two books about Jewish families in Serbia: 1. “Jews of central Bačka during the first half of the 19th century” - the book

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Is it possible that he used another name before emigrating to America? Have you tried using a soundex to capture alternate spellings? Another possibility is to search through the manifest using age

Looking for the whereabouts of Gussie (WARSHAFSKY, WHARSHOWSKI) nee HOCH from Dynow, Galicia (Aug. 22, 1891-Apr. 8, 1957). Gussie (Gietl) emigrated from Dynow, arriving in NYC July 7, 1903 with her

Thanks for your helpful suggestions so far, particularly Rodney, Terry, and Ann. I wanted to post an update with some additional information and questions. I've found some records in the JewishGen

I've been unable to find Hungarian Civil Registration records for what is now Slovakia. Are they available online? If so, where? Many thanks. Carole Bass

"and we had applesauce and sometimes sour cream but sour cream on bananas always. I still like bananas, but now with yogurt." I just noticed in reviewing all the latke recipes discussion that many

I'm trying to confirm the application of the term "unehelichen" within a birth certificate from 1827 in the Pfalz. The birth record follows a fairly typical format around the registrar indicating

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston offers two Zoom programs in November: Complete program descriptions are available at www.jgsgb.org Nov 8 1:30PM EST Jonathan Brent-YIVO's Rediscovered

Your grandfather was probably at work in 1920, and not present when the census taker came to the door. Whoever did respond, answered as best he/she could. Once in a while you will see a

Subj: ViewMate photograph request - I've posted a photograph to identify some of the people pictured. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Trudy, You note that "was not able to find either cemetery online today. Are they still in existence?" Yes, both cemeteries are in existence and are active. You can contact each: Washington

Hello I am seeking any information available on Hyman Cohen (b 1866) and his son Julius Cohen (1889-1947) who I understand were both actors. In particular I am trying to trace their movements around

I am having a problem accessing the latest information added to LitvakSig. I sign in and try to find the collective data at the bottom of the page but can’t find the Kaunas district 1765 Grand Duchy

How about death dates? 2699 could be 2nd June 1899 or 6th February 1899 depending on whether you use European or American configuration; similarly with the 2695 being an 1895 date. Both are possible

You have remember that all documents And verbal stories maybe incorrect. My grandfather who emigrated in 1888 states on his 1920 US CENSUS he was born in NY. I have his 1888 passenger manifest and

VM88220 In Russian: 115 Иосиф Розенцвейг Состоялось в городе Лублин 20-го марта (4-го апреля) 1907 года в 4 часа дня. Явился