Hello, 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=VM85235 Please

As stated in several replies, information in databases should only be corrected if the indexer clearly misread the original record. No information absent from the original record should be added. You

Dale, A soundex search at https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Belarus/ for surname JABLOW finds this surname in Minsk records, along with other possibilities: YAVELOV I see a December 1903 Ellis

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=85183 I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the address above. This is a marriage record

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=85183 This is a marriage

 I've posted three vital records (two birth records and one marriage record) in Polish for which I need full translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

Jay, A Google search found this on GoogleBooks. B'nai Moishe Alexandrovsky is cited in an index in the book listed below the citation. Ben Shloime, “The History of B'nai Moishe,” B'nai Moishe

My sister's English name is Anne. Her Hebrew name is Chana. I would think that Mira is a diminutive for Miriam. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=85183 This is a marriage

If you look at his NY ship arrival on the Hamburg in 1904 it says he is from Kovno. (He is Meier Edelson, glazier, age 18) If you look at the Hamburg departure lists, he is Meier Edelson from

For an amazing list of resources check out https://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/links.htm Merrie Blocker, Silver Spring, MD https://thebaronhirschcommunity.org/

To all, I have been trying to learn more about Jewish stonemasons, to understand how they gained their skills and expertise. Also, I want to know what kind of religious knowledge they might have

For convenience, here's the direct link to Bernard Flam's instructions on researching in France: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/message/646211 Peter Cherna

Noticing that family Edelson has some roots in Kovno I have to assume that some transliteration went wrong and that the place of birth/abode was WILKOMIR [ Ukmerge] which is not far from Kovno and is

The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) held its virtual annual conference on September 2, 2020. The FGS will be merged into the National Genealogical Society (NGS) as of October 1. The New

WOW! What a well thought out approach and diversified plan of action. Our thinking is along the same lines, but I am far behind you. Thank you so much for this response. Reba Harris Solomon, New York

Randolph Braham's entire volume, including Erno Marton's Family Tree of Hungarian Jewry, is available as a PDF at

I was told/taught that a child is Jewish if the mother was Jewish because “you always know who the mother is but you don’t always know about the father” Just sharing.....-- Deanna Mandel

My great-grandmother, who died when all of her children were under the age of 10, was "Cypa" and several of her granddaughters were named in her memory as "Tzippa" with American/English names of

Hello, The following is not perfect, but works for me. I wrote a small program in Regina REXX to move fields. I will explain below. If I entered Hebrew names in the main "name" field, there would be