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

Hello, I posted a "Book of Residents" vital record from my g-grandfather's family JALAS on ViewMate here: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85393 Please respond via the form

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

I've posted a postcard in Yiddish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85384 Please respond via the

Good evening, I wonder if anyone knows of a Berens family who lived in Manchester circa 1900. The parents were Copel and Sophia from Lithuania. There were 8 brothers born to this couple. Many

Trudy, If you are looking in any city or community with a reasonably sized Jewish community (especially Western European based) there is/was a weekly Jewish newspaper (I am familiar with those in

First off: if you are Ashkenazi, at least a few of those who appear in "2nd-3rd cousins," especially those near the bottom of that list, are unlikely to be your real cousins. See Jennifer Mendelson's

Thank you for clarifying this. Until now I misunderstood the issue and sincerely apologize if my previous post -- citing matches with known relatives under 20 cM total (but well above 8 cM) -- added

Under Czarist Russia and even under Stalin the Russian government was looking for a place for the Jews. They finally decided to allocate a large segment of Siberia - on the map it looks like near