Sally, That isn't correct -- the Family History Library still uses both sets of numbers: the old FHL microfilm ones, as well as the new DGS digital ones. Entering either number in the FamilySearch

Traying to make contact with the children of Rachel (nee Fruchter) and Moshe Friedman (died in 2013) - Channah, married Meir Weisz, living in Boro Park, Avraham Yaakov (“Yanky”) Friedman, married

Tryin to make contact with the children and families of Rose and Joseph Wolf of Cleveland (both died in the 1960s), parents of Ida (married Jack Glickson and Jack Cohodas) and of Alfred Wolf

Hi, Not only am I a woman but I have always been able to split my fingers on both hands ala Mr. Spock, and I can roll my tongue as Shelly Dardashtian mentioned. Stay safe and be well, Joan

Hi, I am a Kohane, confirmed by DNA, tombstones in Hungary and family information, and can not do the split fingers automatically. Regards, Mark Reichard

Does anyone have or know where to find the rabbinic line from ReMa to present day?

I wrote an article on this very subject which should be coming out in the next issue of Avotaynu. I also may be giving an online demo on how to work with unindexed records like these on FamilySearch

Thank you so much to Jan and Alberto for this information. I wondered, for those of us who have not used JSTOR before, do you have any tips, hints, or resources for effectively using this

The links from JewishGen do take you to existing LDS microfilm scans on FamilySearch. I believe that the issue Harlan has is how to go from that link, which opens the entire film in a gallery view,

Sally Bruckheimer wrote: "Since LDS Microfilms no longer exist, except maybe in SLC, the film numbers need to be deleted or changed to something else by Jewishgen. They were indeed the source of the

Hello, I have recently come across a tombstone for a person I am researching, and his date of birth is preceded by a Magen David [Star of David], yet his date of death is preceded by a Christian

Trying to make contact with the family of Erwin Somlo and his wife Dina, daughter of Elza nee Horowitz who traced back to the Horowitz-Margareten family

The Foundation for Jewish Heritage https://www.foundationforjewishheritage.com/ has posted a map Historic Synagogues of Europe http://historicsynagogueseurope.org/synagogue-map. By clicking on any

Harlan Weller posted: "I located the attached index to a record on jewishgen and I wanted to look at the original document if possible. The number 2205099 is hotlinked to an LDS microfilm, but I

Leonid Kogan, a historian living in the West, is working on a study of the Jewish cemetery of Pulin in Ukraine, a small former shtetl located about 25 miles West of Zvil, a.k.a. Novograd-Volynsky, in

One of my family names is GREIL. Solomon GREIL was born in 1811 in Schossenreith, Bohemia. I am curious about the name, GREIL. I'd appreciate anything any of you can tell me about this name. --

Schelly, It is not clear to whom you may be responding, but your comments may be directed at my last post. In the case of the "Levine" who I know, he had a copy of the ship's manifest. Most of the

I was told by my assistant many years ago that when Cohanim adopt children they (if they are religious) adopt daughters so that there won't be embarrassment when it comes to the holidays and the

Join the JGS of Georgia as we zoom with Libby Copeland online to discuss her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are. Ms. Copeland tells the story of Alice Collins Plebuch, whose

Since LDS Microfilms no longer exist, except maybe in SLC, the film numbers need to be deleted or changed to something else by Jewishgen. They were indeed the source of the information, but they