I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83397 Please

My GGGfater Ovsey/Yehoshua Fuchs/Fuks came to the US from Minsk in the 1880s. I searched for Ovsey /Yehoshua /Joshua Fuchs /Fox, but I can find any records of him :( Ovsey was born around 1830 and

I haven't seen anyone mention "Yitzie" I have a possible 4x great-grandfather in Suwalki whose name In JRI-Poland records is Ick or Icko. We assume this was the local variation on Yitzhak. And I've

Please share if you learn anything about this cemetery. The only information I have found is at this link: http://iajgscemetery.org/eastern-europe/romania/braila-judet-braila My family is from Braila

I have a relative from Hungary who died in a forced labor camp in Kojbelka during WWII. Where is this? Was it known by different names? Thank you, Larry Bassist Springville, Utah, USA

Was a dairy meal less costly? Deanna Mandel Levinsky Long Island New York -- Deanna Mandel Levinsky -- Deanna M. Levinsky, Long Island, NY

I reposted a family photo which initially appeared in ViewMate seven years ago. At that time, there were no responses but I'm hoping that I'll have better luck this time. I believe the people in the

Registration page is now https://raduraksti.arhivi.lv/signup

Why would a genealogy website have geolocation data?

First, the reason it's a common certificate number is that it's just one death of one person, but ancestry indexed it under more than one name. And it might not be either of their deaths; it could be

No. It will only mean that you have a common ancestor, but it could be much farther back, perhaps over a thousand years.

The story I heard was that if somebody was having chicken and it wasn't Shabbos (Friday night), then one of them was sick. So Shabbos was chicken. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ

I've posted a 4 page letter most likely in Yiddish dated January 1940. It has a seal indicating to me it comes from the area of Merkine Lithuania. I would like to know the basic contents of the

Hi Neil: I personally know the descendants of the great Rabbi Dr. Jacob Avigdor. The eldest of his grandsons (Zvi) is a dentist and lives in New York. Then come the second grandson named Israel who

In a dictionary of Jewish given names I found the entry Szyja (Yoshu). This was the first name of Szyja Soffer from Teofipol. Could anyone please tell me what the first name means? I am trying to

There is a Facebook group 'Mogielnica, Grojec, Radom, Bledow, Przybyszew Family Research' which you might want to join (if you are not already a member) and post your question there also.

Myrna, Most of the jewish immigrants that came to Brazil from in the begining of the 20th centrury arrived at the ports of Rio de Janeiro or Santos. If your family came to the Baron Hirsch farming

I've posted a stamp from the back of a photograph (probably a stamp of the photo studio) in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address

@ Reiner, Hello, I can see a Georges Jakab into the Journal Officiel de la République Francaise But the date is weird -- 01 Feb 1943 : it would mean he requested a french citizenship the same year

I've posted a short inscription from the back of a photograph that is in Yiddish (or possibly Hebrew?) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address