The annual Belarus meeting will be held at 2:45 pm (EST) on Monday, August 10. The conference is virtual this year but you will still need to register for the conference to get a link to the meeting.

It's called the Theory of Family Relativity and was brought in with great fanfare a couple of years ago. Harvey Kaplan

I was long thinking to put my family trees on Geni and I speak about 8.000 names, but I won’t do it; I did extensive research on Geni and some far distant relation to whom I had once send a tree in

Hi Cousins, I'm having trouble figuring out which image is the one I need. I'm hoping someone here has done this before and can help me. This whole numbering system has me confused. I'm looking

I have also never had any luck with Theory of Family Relativity and have a large number DNA matches.

Where on MH is the theory of family relativity? Are you referring to the Estimated relationships? Alyssa Freeman Richmond, VA

I have been there many times. Initially I tried taking photos, but the staff is fairly alert and will reprimand you. Recently much of the microfilm has been indexed and you can see images online

Dear Genners A female Losche Tobias emigrated to the States, arriving in 1914 from Swerzhen, now Belarus. What might her American name be? This is not a very common name. I have checked Jewish

Thank you for your quick response to my question, Sherri! I’ve already researched Familysearch.com & other websites. I have almost reached the conclusion that my grandfather never was naturalized

I had some luck with it when it first came out. Haven’t looked at it in months. I probably should.

Years ago I got LDS microfilm sent to a local Family History Library where they had a USB writer and I copied an entire film or two to USB and then created an indexing project and shared the index

Moishe, If you have the C-file number, then you can skip the initial index search and go straight to a request for records. However, see this cautionary note about errors locating file numbers:

"Alternate asset manager" is a broad and loose term that includes venture capitalists and private equity fund managers. Imprecisely, it means managing money in ways other than buying and selling

I am trying to help a Holocaust survivor find out more about her family. I've posted two marriage records in German for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address ...

My father’s name was Usher Harast/Arost, becoming Oscar in the U.S. He had an uncle in Philadelphia also named Usher, and I have found several Jarast relatives in South America named Uscher. I have

Officially, this is not permitted. My first time there I discovered I could not copy with my phone. Since I was interested in the data and not the certificate, I just wrote down info. In the NYC

Another take on the acquisition https://gizmodo.com/worlds-biggest-landlord-buys-worlds-biggest-genealogy-w-1844630685

This might be a silly question but I’m curious. I’ve several instances where Jews can apply for foreign citizenship while retaining US citizenship. My question is what would be the benefit of

Hi Hannah, Do you know where in Galicia? I'm searching for a Sperber family from Sieniawa, Galicia (now Poland). There was a very large Sperber family in and near Zablotow and Ivano-Frankivsk (now

You don't actually need to go to the NYC Municipal Archives to get a copy of those records. FamilySearch has them digitized, and while you do need to visit a Family History Center to access the