I'm very happy to say that after more than 10 years, the translation of the 1957 Tel Aviv edition of the Kovel Yizkor book is now complete, with all chapters loaded. Many thanks to Ala Gamulka whose

Alan: I see Byten as part of this database. Is this what you are looking for? https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Yizkor/ David Rosen Boston, MA

Hi All. This is and another are my first posts in 15+ years, since GerSIG days. I'm looking for birth, marriage, death, matrikel, name change, and other records for Burgpreppach. My target ancestor

Hi All. This is and another are my first posts in 15+ years, since GerSIG days. I'm looking for birth, marriage, death, matrikel, name change, and other records for Burgpreppach. My target ancestor

Several years ago I submitted the necrology list from the yizkor book from Byten. The data was posted . It is not in the necrology lists today. Do I have to send them to you again

Here is an easy way to understand what a Gubernia is: New York State similar to Gubernia New York County similar to a district within the Gubernia. New York ie Manhattan similar to a city, town or

Dear Jewishgenners Yesterday Jan Meisels Allen posted the announcement of free access for JSTOR. For those not used to looking in books or academic sources for the CONTEXT of our genealogical

Hello. I'm researching for a biography of Prof Julius Sumner Miller. Julius' father was Samuel Miller, married to Sarah Newmark, both having arrived in America (NewYork City) from Europe (Riga in what

Thanks for this post is very useful they can add and updated database about victims #hollocaust #JewishGenUpdates Jorge Posadas London

Hi Alex Whilst I can't assist on your specific enquiry, my grandmother (Kaminky) was from Grodno Guberrnia. and settled in the UK I wanted to ask what your understanding is of this place?..the way my

I requested records in January. Dont know status because NY Govt offices were closed do to Covid. Be prepareed for a long wait.

Ben, don't believe, they are in Russian. Do you want all the eight records to be translated? don't you want to know, first, who's marriage was recorded in each one, just to choose your possible

If the parents never registered their religious marriage, then the civil authorities would consider the child illegitimate and would then give the child the mother's surname. Consider the following

VM82548 Short version in Russian: Состоялось в городе Парчев девятого июля 1899-го года. Заключен брачный союз между

Correction -- Secureni is actually at the "border" between Bucovina and Bessarabia and between 1812-1918 was part of the Hotin county of Bessarabia. Therefore the pre WW1 civil records are from the

thank you for the email. I am trying to locate the first data base with no luck. I do have an account and clicked on the link but not able to get to it. please help thanks j Dr. Judith Shamian RN,

In the IGRA Show & Tell Zoom series the week of June 22 is devoted to Research in South Africa with important information coming from Rose Lerer Cohen. All are welcome but advance registration is

The German Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that many rejections of applications were not legal because the courts interpreted the laws too narrowly. This means that some negative decisions can

You didn't note the chronology of your interests. Let's me suggest that you meant Censuses of 19th century. All the files regarding Cherikov before 1917 are in NIAB (National Historical Archive of

I have Botnick relatives who came to the USA from places near Minsk (Borisov, Zembin) circa 1900. They first went to Binghamton,NY, where some remain to this day, while others moved on to Mississippi