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

Hello, you won't be just able to see families. If you know the region or even better a specific town, a good start is searching the documents of Jewish communities in Hessen via the following link of

Hello Florence, if the Grundbuch-document contains just a few pages I highly recommend posting the images on ViewMate as the translation will be reviewed by several fellow Jewish-Genners. Perhaps you

I am trying to track down the descendents of family members who moved to Australia during World War II from Warsaw. He was a doctor who ran a clinic for the deaf. She was my great grandmother's

The person that sends the postcard is the brother of the recipient but I can not make up his name. Angel Kosfiszer Richardson, Texas

My grandma Ida's name on the passenger list of the ship she was on when she came to the US with her three youngest children, including my father, shows as Udlea. My father's name shows as Udel, which

I have a somewhat unusual take on the 'the name got changed at Ellis Island' story. Mysimple last name "Lock" has puzzled myself and cousins for a long time, and we've individually wondered what the

Here is another option. According to A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names by Alexander Beider Ida is a derivative of Yudes/Yehudis

1895 is the opposite end: the record-preservation contracts with the Mormons were for the pre-civil-registration vital registers. The law requiring archive copies of registers was enacted in the

Is there someone at Jewishgen willing to create a web site to act as amemorial to Florence Marmor? I would my assembled burials list as well as some poof her writings to gothere I have no idea how tha

The quality of the data completely depends on the specific family/branch and the habits and abilities of the users who have worked in your part of the tree on that platform. I find it vastly easier

I found the Grundbuck (land registery) for my great grand parents from Zemschen Bohemia, now Tremesne in Cz Republic. Looking for person to translate these German records. Thank you. Florence

English translations of the headings for the original records/forms ARE available… I don’t recall if they are on JG or on JRI, but I made crib sheets 20 years ago. Take a few minutes and look for

Orthodox marriages are often still arranged. My former rabbi and his wife at Chabad in CT met that way and married. They have at least five children now, all girls, and are very much in love with