I am grateful for Reuven Mor's detailed repsonse.. Despite the coincidence of names an Ashkenazi Jew (even with vague whispers of Sephardic forebeareers )know only of Galitzianers who lived in an

Apologies, the original time message was re-posted in error. The following is the correct message. The annual JRI-Poland volunteer meeting will take place virtually this year at the upcoming IAJGS

The G sound in Russian is replaced with H. Hence, Halych becomes Galych. Kagan becomes Kahan and Khan, etc. Henry Lobbenberg Toronto, ON Canada

In response to Jx. Gx. Why are privately held entities any different than public ones, non-profits and governments when making money? The ultimate goal of the privates and publics is to maximize the

Firstly, many thanks to Sherri Bobish who provided the initial lead. (The initial post was published only yesterday). I hope somebody from IGRA will help me understand how to disseminate this

Hi All After talking with a distant relative, I am still no closer to finding what happened to Max and Hannah Morgenstern Koenig. As a matter of fact the mystery deepens. I find out that one of the

if those are the options, Maennlein and Eissig, I would say Eissig. I see examples where Sissel is connected to Israel or Elieser, Simon and Josef, and in other cases I would expect at least an 's' in

Hello everyone can any one assist me I am try to trace family named Defrates from Portugal who came to England via Holland. My Paternal Great Grandfather Francis Defrates arrive in Rochester England

Margohebald asks: <<<Question: Although my grandfather came from Krakow (now Poland), he was always listed as "Austrian" in census, and other documents. Would I be eligible for "Austrian" citizenship?

My wife's great-grandfather left Russia and emigrated to New York in the late 1800's. His name was isaac Barr. On his tombstone in New York the name was Yitzchok Yehuda. He was taken in by a family in

When I look at your lInk, the transliteration says SISSEL but the Hebrew letters there would sound more like ZEESIL. That might be an option to look for. Reba Harris Solomon New York, USA

Yoram, Most of the names of the victims of the Kishinev pogrom are listed on Jewishgen as part of Kishinev's KehilahLinks

The Israel GenealogyResearch Association (IGRA) is proud to collaborate with SephardicGen andannounces today “The Jeff Malka SephardicGen Database Collection”, a Sephardiccollection commemorating

Joe Lonstein asked how to obtain Jewish vital records from Vienna. The birth, marriage and death records of the Jewish community in Vienna have been indexed by GenTeam. For the years 1794-1911,

Please join us for the annual meeting of the JewishGen German Research Division (formerly the German-Jewish SIG or GerSIG). This meeting will take place virtually at 1:30 PM EDT on Tuesday, August

Dear Ronnie, please find below more information about Arlette Brandcharft with the date/place of birth and death. It is possible to find the acts themselves -- Regards,

It indicates who the informant was.

Trying to make contact with the Rosenblum family of Toronto who trace their ancestry back to the Horowitz Rabbinical family from Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Horowitz of Frankfurt and author of Machneh Levi

This virtual Birds of Feather meeting will take place August 11, 11:15 am to 12:15 pm Eastern time. Towns in the area of the former Chernigov gubernia include: Bakhmach, Berezna, Borzna,

Yoram, we do not have anything from Moldovan archive about Jews leaving for Israel... You probably may find some records about them in Israel. I would be also interested to see such records. All