In connection with the World Memory Project, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has added 328 new name records to the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database (HSV) taken from the collection

Another painful reminder about our historical saviors and protectors... Rabbi Baron

Here is card #4 (card #3 is the most challenging; I will try to read it later). As a friendly reminder in the New Year of 1917. Taken up in the

Here is card #2: May 1937 The entire family Chaim Rieberfeld Berlin Holingerstrasse(?) 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: /

Here is the first postcard: Dear Grandmother, I am sending you my photo; I hope that you will like it. How are you doing? What are you doing? Write to me once, too. I send you all many

True, most laptops or desktops of today no longer have a DVD built-in slot, but many stores sell USB DVD portable attachments as well as USB external hard drives. I have both and they work very

VM85179 Kamyanets-Podolsk region Old street Horowitz M.S. Written in Ukrainian: left: URSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) Executive committee Shpolyansky District of Working People's

Zippe is a nickname for Zipporah. Have you tried that? There are also many possibilities for Zysman, including Sussman -- Avivah R. Z. Pinski , near Philadelphia, USA

VM85178 In Russian: Я думаю, что ты уже письмо последнее получила. Пиши мне дорогая и я буду пересылать твои письма

Collecting stories of immigrants assisted by Baron Hirsch and/or their descendants, See the blog. thebaronhirschcommunity.org. Will also conduct research on your story. Many thanks, Merrie Blocker

Hello, I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I'd appreciate a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85154 Please

My great grandparents left Hungary (supposedly lived in Budapest) about 1882. What port were they likely to have used? Lee MESSING Hover Lacey, WA

Hi Shelley, If you know Zippe's parents names you can try this trick to search NYC marriage records. Go to: https://stevemorse.org/vital/nyvital.html?type=marriage Enter the first names of Zippe's

Another possibility: My grandmother, named Zipporah, known as Zippe, became Sophie in the U.S. Lee MESSING Hover Lacey, WA. ATSCHULER (all spellings)-Warsaw; SANDIK--Warsaw; MESSING--Warsaw;

Ignatz was a common name in Hungary Estelle Guttman Reston VA

I've posted 4 vital record sin German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85169, 85172, 85189,

Staryi Chortoryisk is a current (modern) name of the town Czartorysk, located on the Styr River In Wolynia region. Town is named after old Lithuanian prince family of Czartoryjski. There are 29

Phil: I had a putative date of arrival in NYC from the naturalization petition. After working backwards to that date, I found two manifests with virtually no passenger information. I’ve concluded

In the Austro-Hungarian Empire which included parts of what is now Poland and Ukraine, only "civil" marriages were considered "legal." If your ancestors had only a religious marriage and not a civil

I will try to take a look at these later. They are written in German. May I suggest that you take a look at the ViewMate feature of jewishgen for future reference? Not only can you post such images