I've posted three vital records in Polish regarding persons named SCHWARZ for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following

The city directories may well have information about the family. I was able to follow my great-grandparents for the years they were in New Haven from 1900-1903. Actually also noted that they left

JewishGen is pleased to announce that a new data set has been added to Holocaust Database (https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/) This is a small collection, put together by the World Jewish

Shil is probably a diminutive of Shia, short for Yehoshua/Joshua. to be distinguished from Chil, short for Yechiel.

I am getting acquainted with the discussion group. Need help to crack a brick wall. I am searching for any records from Romania ( Baccau and Monesht) or Bessarabia ( Kishinev and Kalarash) related to

Hi Sharon: The only Jewish vital records that have survived for Maryampol near Stanislawow are 1922-1932, 1936 births, marriages, and deaths that are now held by the civil records office (USC) in

The only documented departure records that I'm aware of are from the port of Philadelphia -- see the article "NARA Coast to Coast: Emigration Records at the National Archives at Philadelphia, Part 1":

Michele, 7015983 is your grandfather's citizenship certificate number, which was issued 4/8/1952. You can skip the initial index search and go straight to a request (for a fee) for his "C File" from

Hello, For those that might want to create and share a Family Tree online, I just got an invite from someone using "FamilyEcho". I do not know much about it, but it seems free and "share-able",

I have recently inherited a quantity of family photos, and much to my surprise there was a photo postcard printed in Bucharest that was identified as my great grandmother's eldest brother, Morris

I have a similar question about my grandmother. According to her naturalization papers, Peppi/Bessie (nee BRODER) BERKOWITZ (her husband's name, married in Romania) traveled to the US under the name

Hello, I would greatly appreciate your help with translating a short Yiddish note posted here. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83543 The note was written in 1939. On the

I am searching for vital records for the Nemeth and Ingier families from Mariyampil, Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk (was Stanislawow) district. The Nemeths lived there from 1857 until 1921. I have

I would appreciate a translation of all the information for my grandfather, Motel Turkanis, passenger number 66, and the applicable headings on the Hamburg Passenger List found at

We're hoping to clarify a reference to "Rauschenbach" [Hungary], in the 1899 New York passenger manifest of one of our Wolf family members. Some family information suggests that this referred to

Thank you all for your responses to my question about Mt. Sharon (Delaware Co. Pa) Cemetery. I called directly today & they were very helpful. I spoke with Jack Livezey & he drove to the plot & I

I found the following naturalization index card for my grandfather on Familysearch.org: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83502 What do the different numbers mean? There is a

The Gesher Galicia SIG will meet virtually at the upcoming IAJGS conference on Wednesday, August 12 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm U.S. Eastern time (11:45 am - 12:45 pm Pacific, 7:45 - 8:45 pm UK, 8:45 - 9:45 pm

Besides the religious aspects, there are other problematic aspects. One of them is simple implied misinformation. I remember looking up some prominent Jewish individuals and to my surprise retrieved

I would not and do not house my family tree online anywhere, because I believe in privacy. The deceased may not care but the living do. I prefer to house everything on my own computer and backup.