Agreed. They offer a three-part course in reading old German handwriting (Kurrentschrift), as well as various supporting handouts. See https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/38. Marion

There is the official name, the one on all the documents, there is the Jewish name, the one their parents gave them and used to be called up to the torah if male and on their ketuba (aka kesiba)

I googled 'Old German Script Handwriting Guide', and surprise, surprise, it came up. I won't provide the link, I will provide a way to find what you are looking for! It is much better to learn how to

I have stumbled on a family secret, looking for anyone who might know or direct me where to unearth. My paternal GM Fannie Lebovitz Kaufer was married prior to her marriage to my GF Edward Kaufer.

I am asking for translation of a witness statement from 1961 posted at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85284 and

I am asking for translation of a letter from 1961 posted at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85282. This letter is summary of witness deposition of my mother in law Irena

I am asking for translation of a letter from 2011 posted at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85281 This letter was written by Israeli embassy in Warsaw regarding Jadwiga

Friends, I hope someone can help me. My great grandfather lists his birthplace as Kodmo Russia on his French Naturalization documents. On his American Naturalization documents he lists Kishinev on

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our next monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, the GeneaVlogger and new IAJGS Board member, Jarrett Ross. You may know

Legacy charting does this as a type of fan chart -- Sarah L Meyer Georgetown TX ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK, PERLSTADT, STOKFISZ, SZPIL(T)BAUM, Poland BIRGARDOVSKY, EDELBERG, HITE (CHAIT), PERCHIK

I need help. I created an on-line family tree with Family Tree Maker in 2005. I believe the app was owned by Genealogy.com. I subsequently lost the password and forgot about the tree, as I have used

Dear Researchers, Have you ever wondered, as I have, about Jewish identity during the thousands of years between the times of Adam and Abraham, or about which specific pre-Hebraic ancient cultures

I am asking for translation of a letter from 2013 posted at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85279. This letter was written by Grzegorz Puzio who is son of Jadwiga Kozlowska

Hi all, A friend contact me asking if I could help him find information about potential Jewish roots of the Hoferice family in Bohemia. He expects that the name may have been altered somewhat over the

"FamilySearch.org has all sorts of genealogical guides, including old German Script". Having taught myself to read the old German script, I am still occasionally stymied, so the more help, the

Further clarifications: FTM by itself does not do Descendant Fan Charts - hence the need for Charting Companion 10 or more generations supported, but it will require some messing with page size and

I saw in the census from tarnobrzeg in 1791.my family name is mentioned as Levi kinstlich I wondered who call as a private name as levi? And maybe someone know if this is the first census for the

According to Cindy's List website, https://www.dorotree.com/ is the only genealogy software that prints in Hebrew. (I have no experience with this program myself.) - Miriam Alexander Baker

For fan charts, Family Tree Maker by itself, no. You would need the Charting Companion software add-on from Progeny. I haven't tried Hebrew but it doesn't hurt to ask them. -- Jeff

The Eastern European surname DWORKIS was unique to a small area of the former Pale of Settlement. (The variant DWORKIN was more common in other regions of the Pale.) Several American DWORKIS