As part of our activities during International Jewish Genealogy Month, IGRA will have a day long seminar with lectures in Hebrew and in English. This year our Heshvan Event will take place on November

There's at least one recent thread on a Facebook genealogy forum about this topic, in which the consensus seems to be that "Mima" is also acceptable Yiddish for "aunt":

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The area you may be referring to is Birobijan, which was originally created to be an autonomous Jewish region within Russia. It still exists today and although there are few Jews left there, the

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85395 Please respond via

I believe it means “Aunt” in Hungarian. -- Kalman Appel

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce the publication of its 103rd title: Staszów Memorial Book Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Elchanan Erlich Originally published in

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Reposting with better hashtags. Forgive me, please: I am new with ViewMate. I've posted three vital records in German for which I would very much appreciate a translation. They are on ViewMate at the

Hello all, I've been looking through some newspaper clippings that my father saved about 50 years ago. I've scanned and saved them digitally, and I'm wondering whether I need to keep the originals

I've posted a birth record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85373 The quality of the

I've posted a birth record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85376 Please respond via the

From a Unified database search on Jewishgen, I found a 1921 record for my paternal great aunt Sheina Klein of Zagare, Lithuania. It is from a source called 'WWI deportees returning from Russia', which

Dear Jewish Genealogy Societies: Here are the names of the Jewish Genealogy Societies I have heard from in response to my creating a Jewish Genealogy Societies LIbrary Spreadsheet. Can the rest of

Hello everyone, I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... Birth record of Frajda BRAJTBRYK:

Hi all, I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85278 Please

Dear fellow researchers, I’m doing some research on a cousin’s husband’s family. His mother was Sylvia (Sarah/Sonia) LIFSZYC/LIFSHITZ who immigrated from Lapy, Poland in 1923 with her

Dear Friends, We at Gesher Galicia want to stay engaged with our membership. In this regard,we are planning to have a Zoom membership meeting on Sunday, November 8th at 12-1 PM EST (9-10 AM Pacific,

A female relative who lived in the area of Borszczow in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was called 'Meemeh Fryme'. I understand that Fryme is a given name meaning devout. Can anyone help me

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