We invite you to attend another free presentation in our series of JewishGen Talks webinars, with our speaker, Karen S. Franklin. Rescue and Resettlement: Researching Refugees from Nazi

Hello group, I've posted 5 vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... 1. Death Record of Mala WAJSBLECH:

I think the "40 languages" meant that the inspectors collectively spoke a total of 40, including English and 39 others, meaning that there were 40 languages that were each spoken by at least one

To be a smart ass, I would like to respond as follows to everyone claiming that absolutely no names whatsoever were ever changed at Ellis Island: There were "hundreds of immigrants were married on

A good friend of mine tried to explain her HOLLAND surname by telling me this "family story." The two brothers arrived at Ellis Island on a ship from Rotterdam. The older brother said to the younger

Was she the only one able to escape in that car? What an amazing story! How brave she was. Marilyn Feingold

I am looking for information about Israel Jacob Schlifer who was born in Kamienka Stara Lubovna Slovakia in about 1825. I want to verify where he was born and where he lived between his birth and

Hi All I am seeking any information on descendants of Rosha Mendelson. Rosha Mendelson was born in Mogilev Belarus about 1875/76. Her parents were Movsha-Shlema and Sorah Mendelson. Rosha married

I've posted 4 vital records in Polish (or Russian) for which I need full translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

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=VM82774 If possible, I would

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=VM82774 If possible, I would

Hi, I've posted an 1890 Ukraine birth record in Hebrew for which I need a translation (M146 only). It is on ViewMate at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82713 Please respond

I've posted a birth record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82720 Please respond via the

My cousin by marriage Truda Osterman, later Rosenberg was about 18 on the train to Auschwitz. They were able to pry apart two boards so she could squeeze through. She was red headed, which made it

It appears that Solomon Wolfson (my GF who changed his name to Samuel Wilson after arriving in the U.S. in 1906) was the son of Efriam Wolfson (my GGF). Solomon said he was born in Poltava, Russia in

Searching HORNSTEIN, ORNSTEIN, MERDINGER - from Suceava Honora Hornstein (Ornstein) DOB: 12 Sept 1882 in Suceava, Austria – present-day Romania. Jsidor Hornstein (Ornstein) DOB: 12 March 1881 in

Hello Rochelle, I happened to find this old post of yours. I believe we might have been in touch at one point several years ago. Anyway, my grandmother immigrated to the U.S. in 1908 with her cousin

My father always spoke about a cousin named Magda Kessler who visited from Israel; does this name sound familiar to anyone? On my father's side (all from Hungary) I am researching ZORN, BRAUN,

#Yiddish #Belarus Subj: ViewMate translation request - Yiddish I've posted a letter in Yiddish for which I would like to have a translation. It is a two page letter, written by Shaya Fytil

English translations of Galician vital record forms can be found on JRI-Poland at https://www.jri-poland.org/galicia/GalicianVitalRecords_Titles_Nov2002.pdf. Mark Halpern