Shana, You said: "I have been trying to find any documentation/information about my great-grandfather Shimon MILLSTEIN. He was married to a woman named Dora who bore him 3 sons: Harris (b. 1885 in

One point in history not frequently discussed was the enslavement of Jewish immigrants from 1870 to WWII. They were forced into prostitution, mostly in Argentina. And many of their “owners” were

My g.g.grandfather wrote of his experience in the early and mid 1800s in Kastel (across the river from Mainz). When he wanted to get married in 1829 he had to get permission from the town, community

A few weeks ago I viewed an Ancestry map of potential DNA matches and saw a friend, Susan Breslauer, as a potential 4th cousin. I called her and she exuberantly said that she had recently discovered

Shalom, I am continually searching over many years for the origins of my paternal grandfather’s family BERNSTEIN. lsrael Zvi and his wife Cissie (Shayne) gave birth to my paternal grandfather Simon

The Country Communities project of the South African Friends of Beth Hatefusoth have recently published Volume VI in the series Jewish Life in the South African country Communities. Jews settled in

Hi - There were known Sephardic families in Lithuania. In the shtetl of my grandparents, Kopishok (Kopiskis), there was even a small Sepahrdic synagogue, so the fact that you might have some Sephardi

My great aunt, graduated from University of Geneva in 1907 as a medical doctor and returned to Romania / Bessarabia. There is reference that she was from Bacau and she graduated from Gymnasium

On my Krasilov KehilaLinks site I have some information on Proskurov. Go to https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Krasilov/index.html and scrool down to mid page, click on "Proskurov".

Many thanks, everyone! Jill, you recommended getting my myDNA tested. I have, it's V15a. However, my furthest back known maternal line ancestress - my great-grandmother's great-grandmother - was

This information is available on the 19th century Warsaw Homeowners‘ Lists. Those lists include the plot number, street name and house number for the real estate of the city of

After WW2 there were about 435,000 Jews within the new borders of Romania. In 1965 via several waves of emigration, about 100,00 were left. I very much doubt such a list exists but likely Israeli

I couldn't care less if people steal my research or have misinformation in their tree. I have several trees online. I will share them with anybody, but don't allow anybody to write to them. The

Novy Dvor in Belarus, perhaps? (the Polish name is Nowy Dwor) https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1947099 Peter Lobbenberg, London, UK

My great uncle, isaac Pacht, wrote that he was born in Millie, Bukovina. His parents, Nathan Pacht and Beila Ruchel Hochstadt Pacht, were also born there. Nathan's father (I believe) was Solomon Lieb

Hello, I have created a Facebook group for fellow genealogists who are researching their Jewish roots in Shklov, Belarus. Our group is called “Jewish Families from Shklov, Belarus.” We have over

Good morning Marty: I emailed to Israel a few days ago and got a good long list of references that might be helpful. If you send me your email I will forward it to you. N2dzine2@... Lisa B

I'm doing some research for a friend. On the passenger manifest her grandmother is listed as coming from Nowy Dwow, Russia. I tried the Jewishgen Gazeteer. It couldn't find this town. Anyone know

Some might say it implies some Sephardic heritage. I would be interested in matches to see if you have any that aren't Ashkenazi or connected to your mother's line. You can also upload to MyHeritage,

Hi from Paris, You may know Lodz ghetto's Jewish administration left 800.000 pages of archives. These archives have been microfilmed (ca 700 reels) and are available at USHMM where I discovered