I would like to give a big shout-out to Center for Jewish History's weekly Genealogy Coffee Break series and in particular last week's session which lead to a big break-through in my family tree

Hello Fellow Genners, Prior to the previous increase in USCIS genealogy program fees nearly 4 years ago, I submitted a number of requests at that time. With the dramatic increase in USCIS genealogy

I am trying to decipher the handwriting used in the 1869 Hungarian census. It doesn't seem to fall into any one specific type of script. In the entries I am trying to figure out some letters look like

Here's an old video of Pete Seeger singing about Zhankoye in Yiddish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0W4L4X7j3U There's an English translation at

In the 1930s, my grandfather, Israel SIGAL, had a small textile shop with his name on the front, at Weyprechtgasse 3 in the 16th District / Ottakring. The landlord was named Kretschmer. Although the

Toby, Try doing a soundex search at Ancestry or FamilySearch or the Ellis Island Database at www.stevemorse.org You will get hits with alternative spellings, i.e. Lakubovic, Lakabovicz, Lucobovitz,

I make no judgment on whether your grandnephew and mother's assertions on your family's Latvian origins are correct - only more research can prove whether they are right. But there is nothing

Merrie, I did read that Mennonite farmers settled in that area, and that Jewish farmers co-settled with German Mennonite families. And, quoting from the website noted below: "Zagradovka Colonies The

Has anyone checked with the district civil registry (РАЦС = RATS in Ukrainian; ЗАГС = ZAGS in Russian)? Ostroh is the administrative center of its district, so the civil registry for the

Dear Researchers, Shana Tovah! Happy New Year to all of you. Let's new 5781 bring hope for everybody. Be safe and healthy. Yefim Kogan Bessarabia group Leader and Coordinator

How about Records from Cherson City and Odessa. Nancy Reicher

No, the purpose of creating records under the Registry Act of 1929 was to belatedly create an arrival record so it could be used as the basis of a certificate of arrival. The ability to issue a

When I first tested, I had this naive hope that I'd get some clues as to where my father's family lived prior to immigrating to the United States. No such luck! All anyone (Ancestry, 23, MH, FTDNA)

I appreciate all the answers to my question. Altogether, it just gets more confusing. I have a great-nephew who says my father's family came from Krustpils, Latvia. I can find no records indicating

שנה טובה May we be pandemic-free in 5781! -- -Amnon Gronner, USA Researching GRONNER SANDLER

To all the amazing people who work so hard to make JewishGen the incredible resource that it is and to everyone else here, I wish you all the same! Nothing but sweetness. Jeri Friedman Port Saint

How much text is there? If it's a modest amount, then posting to ViewMate as Julia suggested can work. There are also Facebook forums where volunteers are doing an incredible service helping people

I first read this in The Guardian and our family emails did the expected outrage. Then my 25 year old grandson researched and brought up the survey responses themselves. I was shocked at how distorted

I'm one of your non-Jewish posters. I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles. My friends were mostly Jewish. My mother had studied anthropology in college and reading was our main 'sport'.

Alex Krakovsky does have posted an additional revision List for Volyn Province 1883 which has data from Ostrog on p. 69 and 145 archive ref 118-14-93 link (copy this into the browser dont click on