Those who don't subscribe to Gary Mokotoff"s What's New? E-zine or Jewish Heritage Europe may have missed the following announcement about the Center for Jewish Art's recent report on all of the

Ida It would help us if you told us where your folks were living when you were 2. A street address would be best. Rich

As we prepare to usher in the High Holidays after a very challenging year for the world, we are ever mindful of JewishGen's vital and and important role in preserving Jewish family history and

According to my grandmother, in her village of Kublich, all the men were rounded up (including her father) and forced to dig their own graves before being shot to death. My grandmother and her mother

My Grandmother was Chai Devora Brucha with a nickname of Chaika. Her English name was Clara. Elynn Boss

JewishGen is pleased to announce that two new data sets have been added to the Holocaust Database (https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/) Selected Jewish Refugee Passenger Manifests In the

My mother's parents. Morris bihari also died in the holicaust He was the son of ester kohn Morris was born in 1877 And iren fixler was the daugther of maria kepetsiren fixler fathers name

I'm talking about little kids (4 years old), in the late 1890s. Translations I've seen include: mam & tate mami & tateshi eema & abba Thanks. Tema Frank Edmonton, Canada

Hello fellow JewishGeners, If anyone has access to the newest edition of Neil Rosenstein’s The Unbroken Chain, 5 volumes (2020), I would appreciate it if you might check the pages listed

My mother, who was born and brought up to the age of 16 in the western edge of what is now Belarus, along the Pripit River, told us about watching Cossacks riding through their village on horseback

I have to reply once more: Shirli is the female Hebrew name. it appeared in the list of names in the Hebrew Dictionary Your grandmother had another Hebrew name Shmuela, she had two names: one for

Robert, Jan provided links to the description of the "A" and "C" files. There are no "B" files. Up until the passage of the Cable Act (Sept 22, 1922), women derived their citizenship from their

On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 06:50 AM, Bruce Brown wrote: My mom's Hebrew-English pair was the same as yours, but I just wanted to point out that there were no set pairs of Yiddish and English names,

#names When my grandmother Sarah arrived in Canada in 1887 with her mother and 7 siblings, some of the children’s names were different. I am asking for comments on these names and the names they had

Dear genners, The name Plust is fairly unusual. When I was two years old (I am 90) and my brother was an infant, my father was hit from behind by a truck and hospitalized with a fractured skull. My

"Childhood, it has been said, is a product of 20th century USA. Our ancestors, as young people, were expected to do chores, work jobs, and take care of themselves. One of my ggrandmothers came to the

Hi Yefim, As I've written you privately. I rely greatly on your knowledge and and your desire to help. It has opened up many doors to me over the years. It's laughable how much stock people place in

I use Reunion and love it! Barbara Berman

Robert asks about USCIS and the website; It is: https://www.uscis.gov/records/genealogy Googling What is an "A" FILE

For me, the way the program looks affects how I interact with it and how I use it. I have used Reunion for years and I like it very much. Reunion, RootsMagic, MacFamilyTree have demo versions to