Hello, What is the best way to source photos? As my cousins and I do photo exchanges, a documented source seems to be the best way to resolve future questions about the contents of the image. I'd

Yes!!! In the one exchange I had, I was finally able to get my message to the requester but subsequent ones failed and I finally had to give up. I felt bad that she would think I was ignoring her. I

The origin of the name Shabsai (Ashkenazi pronuciation) or Shabtai (Sefardi pronunciation) is Biblical - see Ezra 10:15, Nechemia 11:16 Shabsai HaLevi was apparently an important enough individual to

Dear Group, In a death record issued by the physician of he hospital of Camps de Gurs, Pyrenées, France, from January 1941 I found the somewhat irritating term that the interned person – a German

Hi all! I am looking for the book Kehilat Friedberg from Andreas Gotzmann part 2, to help me with my ancestor's from friedberg, if anyone knows someone in the US that sells it, please notify

My brother's hebrew name is Shabsi. His name is Sheppard (Shep). He was named for my Geat-Uncle Sheppard, who was named for Shabsa Oks of Volynia in present day Ukraine.

Hello David. I am also in California and need someone who can help translate German shorthand (some possibly Czech too). DId you get any useful suggestions? Thank you, Barbara Barrett

JewishGen successfully launched the JewishGen Talks series of free webinars this month and we’re pleased to report that the response has been outstanding. Registrations for both the June 3rd and

Sergio asked :"Was this a usual route - sailing from Europe to the US and then to South America ? Sounds expensive for a third class passenger ". Many ships headed to South America went through New

I had an uncle in Argentina whose Hebrew name was Shapseh. His Argentinian name was Salvador!!

There were two typos in the first uploaded letter. Please use this revised one. I apologize for any inconvenience. Nolan

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our next monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, Long Island’s own, Jennifer Mendelsohn. I met Jennifer last summer at

Ken, i do know someone who was looking for a death certificate in NYC and the spelling was Ryefsky. Does that help. . Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Many of the Yizkor Books, including the ones mentioned above, can be viewed on the NY Public Library page at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/yizkor-book-collection# The translations

"But Pope Sylvester was, to say the least, not very friendly towards the Jews. This detracts from the "neutrality" of the name Sylvester." There have been at least three popes named Sylvester. George

mybe someone knows from where did they come the berlichingen jew? -- I am looking for an original documents of my mother 's parents, even one document.they were lived in bilgoraj, in1941 they

But Pope Sylvester was, to say the least, not very friendly towards the Jews. This detracts from the "neutrality" of the name Sylvester. Here in Israel (as in Europe) the word is often used to

My great-great-great grandfather's family owned a women's underwear factory in Poznan (Posen), Prussia (now in Poland). The name of the factory was Levy. I can't remember if it was called a factory

Yes, scans of original documents are the most reliable -- but how reliable is the original document? Errors sometimes occur in the creation of the document! Example: My g-gm's death certificate

Many of the people looking for relatives in the U.S. did not know in which state the relatives were living. Therefore, the agencies ran many of the ads in multiple newspapers. You should search the