Check out my cousin Phyllis Berenson, who leads the Ukraine SIG. Her family comes from Mogilev-Podolsk and Shargorod. Have a healthy, meaningful new year, Molly Arost Staub

In the 1920’s , my grandmother received a heartfelt request by her brother in-law Shloyme Karmazin to find his half-brother Mishchune “ Chune” Rosen ( or Roisen ) and he gave an address of Mr.

Family History Today: Donating your Family Papers - How, When, Where, and Why? Presented by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History and the Leo Baeck

There is no quick and easy solution to determine which Mogilev is the right. All available sources, primary, e.g. census records and family registers, and secondary, e.g. business directories need to

Recent translations of Russian Empire documents through ViewMate indicate my great-grandfather was "a citizen of Mohilev." This is news to me, since all previous info connected him to Snovsk

Hello all. As announced in this post, I have committed myself to compile the names and relevant genealogical data from the recent unearthed Matzevot discovered in the town square. Today I’m happy

I have just been told of ticketing problems with the HELC website earlier today. These have now been resolved. So if anyone experienced problems booking for an event earlier today, you should have

It's possible that the line next to "Number of Bride's Marriage" is Juropp or even Yuropp, based on the handwriting in the groom's first name (Jacob/Jakob). This comes right below the bride's parents'

Dear Group, I'd appreciate a well-experienced reference to a researcher in Brest and Volkovysk. Thank you very much - Yaron Wolfsthal

Any chance to find on-line digital records from the Rovno (Rivne) region? I am looking for any available records including birth and marriage certificates of my mother's father side: Eiger/Eger/Iger

Thank you so much! It is likely that this is the closest I can get to learning date and place of marriage since NY did not start vital records until 1847. It also tells me that there was information

For the second link, for the older records, I see a search field for searching all the records at once. But I don’t see that for the first link, for the newer records? Judy Kaufman Irvine, CA

response to Jim Gutterman the 1851 and 1858 revision lists are online with 3,469 records indexed and searchable. Otherwise nothing else specific to this town - and not much in Alex K for the Rovno

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