Similarly, I have two known third cousins, one 3C1R and one half-1C2R under 20 cM. More importantly though, I have a 14 cM match that led me to a cousin from a branch whose father had changed his last

Linda, I think the date is 1st day Rosh Chodesh Tamuz 5684, which is actually 30th Sivan, which corresponds to 2-Jul-1924. Rodney Eisfelder Melbourne, Australia

Many thanks to all who attended our Romania Research Division presentation at the IAJGS conference last month, and for the wonderful turnout! For those who have recently asked, as well as those who

I have a known third cousin once removed who has tested on Ancestrydna and who matches me at 41, longest string 19. That person's brother, presumably also a third cousin once removed, matches me at

I've been doing (mostly oral) genealogy for 40 years. Have enjoyed free home access to Ancestry during the pandemic. There are a few places I'm stuck. This post is about the ABRAMS/ABRAMOVITZ side in

Most issues of The Commentator and the YU Observer, Yeshiva’s University two undergraduate student newspapers have been digitized and uploaded online. They range from 1935 leading up to 2000. The

As previously reported by the IAJGS Records Access Alert, the US Census Bureau decided to an early cessation of the 2020 Census count. US District Court Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, issued

YOAV ARAN Shalom friends, As you can see, the attached gravestone says that the family mentioned are from a place called "Jadovno". The only thing I have found with regards to this place, is the

An online virtual archive of postcards, letters, documents, and Sephardic-Mizrahi related images is found at: http://semiph.piwigo.com These images can be downloaded. The archive will be available

I've posted three vital records in German for which I would very much appreciate a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

I am searching for relatives of Phillip Stein. He was listed on census and WW I draft registration with address of 1902 Grand Ave Chicago. His occupation was listed as grocer. That address also

I see Kodyma on the map of Ukraine, close to the Moldavian border. town of about 8000 inhabitances. Josef ASH, Israel.

I have Henia Potashnik (1882-1941) from Svir in my tree, marrying Mottl Budgor. Laurie Budgar

There is a Cook County, Illinois death record for a Harry Goldstein on FamilySearch.org, March 1910. In the days before modern social safety nets existed it was not uncommon for widows and

Hello, I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I'd appreciate a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM85156 Please

It is a military book with a record of beginning and end of a service in Russian army of a corporal Yankel Genokovich Zhorov. Yankel, son of Genok, Zhorov Michael Ryabinsky

In Russian: Янкель Жоров билет #77 Видом на жительство не может быть 1. Предъявитель билета ефрейтор Янкель

Mr Israel Mordechai son of Mr Moshe Lurie that has passed away on (I canot deshifer the abbeviation, but it is the date) Tamuz month year 1924 (in Hebrew letters) Josef Ash

Agreed. They offer a three-part course in reading old German handwriting (Kurrentschrift), as well as various supporting handouts. See https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/38. Marion

There is the official name, the one on all the documents, there is the Jewish name, the one their parents gave them and used to be called up to the torah if male and on their ketuba (aka kesiba)