I visited the Centre two years ago and was impressed with the exhibition. I would also like to attend the talks.

Kathryn, Thanks for bringing up this question. I am interested in North Manchester Jewish life in the 1880s too. I just tried Google-ing both schools and there is related info. at several sites. Here

Hi Jesse, Your dad's results definitely point to one fully Ashkenazi grandparent as the most likely possibility. When this is a surprise, usually it's a grandfather. The most likely scenario is also

My great uncle David Isaacs writes in his diaries that he and his siblings attended St. Luke’s Primary School in Cheetham, North Manchester in 1888. He also mentions attending the Jews School in

Barbara, For those of us who have more than one SOB relative, "what a great guy he was" could be considered genealogical information. Steve Stein

The defective gene is not inherited by all Eastern European Jews, but those who have it have the same mutation. This is the same situation with Tay-Sachs Disease and Stanley Diamond's family's

https://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/ashkenazi-brca-status-and-bc-outcomes seems like a reasonable starting point. It should be noted that what you've communicated about your conversation with

This is great news. The USC Shoah Foundation Archive is wonderful. It's a great resource. I've been trying to get in to a local partner to view one of the interviews that are not online. Covid is

It is Russian not Polish Tzvi SHACHAM

Dear Feigie Teichman Although I am not German [but Dutch-born] I could translate this card for you. It does not give any info on conditions at Michalovce or the camp. Did Arthur write to "Martusch"?

In Russian: #2 Состоялось в посаде Вышков 11-го (24-го) января 1911 года в 10 часов утра. Явились Ицек Бронштейн

My G Grandfather Maurice Cooper (originally Mozes Wolf Kupfer from Kalisz, Poland) was married in Liverpool in 1886. For the last 35 years I have been trying to find a record of his death and his

In Russian: 19 Состоялось в посаде Рационж 3-го (16-го) июля 1905 года в 10 часов утра. Явились Ионас Липинский, 46-и лет и

Hello, I would like it if someone could address issues of DNA privacy. I have relatives who refuse to test for various reasons, all involving some aspect of privacy. I can give them an answer as

Dear Avraham, It's a great news but can you please tell me when will that be effective? When I get on the USC website to look at athe testimony of my aunt, it still says that : This testimony video

Hello Diane, in order to correctly transcribe the text it would be helpful to provide the whole document - as transcribing often includes comparing letters. Also posting this in ViewMate would be

Dear Diane and fellow researches, for Hildesheim quite a few historical documents are to accessible online via FamilySearch, yet they are not indexed and mosty written in German Script (Kurrent).

2. soll seit 1846 an Carl chiff, Schreiner zu New York verheiratet sein 2. told to be married to Carl Schiff, carpenter (cabinetmaker) at New York, since 1846 Ernst-Peter Winter

The Holocaust Education and Learning Centre at the University of Huddersfield has relaunched its events programme in a covid-secure form using Zoom. Details can be found at

There have been Jewish communities in Scotland for over 200 years, reaching a peak of around 20,000 in the 1930s-1950s. Today, there are an estimated 5-6,000, with formal communities in Glasgow,