A few people out there might remember me when I was more active in all things Proskurov. That was my mother's hometown and she and her family (miraculously) survived the 1919 pogrom. I had always

My greatgrandmother Sheina/Szeyna/Jane/Jenny Cohen nee Smolenski appears on the 1901 census with her two sisters Chayka/Annie Kalinsky nee Smolenski and Tilly/Matilda/Toby (Taube?) Bernstein nee

Dear all, Maybe someone in the Toledo area can help me or other relatives... I’m doing some family history research for my mom. I read a really nice article on the toledoattic.org website about the

The Lodz ghetto workers cards are indexed on Ancestry via the World Memory Project; access is free. If you find a match there are instructions on how to order a copy from USHMM. -- Megan

The story in my husband's family is that, although his grandfather emigrated to the US from Galicia, the family ended up there, circuitously and many generations earlier, as a result of the expulsion

I am searching for a long lost relative who was last known to be living in Germany. His name is Shymek Plocki. Any suggestions or directions on how to get started on this search would be greatly

According to Ellis Islands repository, August 27, 1901, Appelbaum Genendel arrived in the United States with Russian nationality and place of residence - Semiaticy (the exact name of the place is

One assumes the civil authorities had their reasons/excuses for the seemingly erratic laws on Jewish marriages that we've been reading about this weekend. I suspect, though, the basic

This appeared in a recent posting: Mr. Chester, and fellow readers. I am sorry if I've hurt your national pride but facts are facts. I in no way condemned the entire Jewish population of Argentina

Earlier posters are correct- only people who needed IKG's assistance completed questionnaires. The Vienna Jewish community records are divided up into 2 main parts: The Vienna component (records

My DNA about three or four years ago also came back as 14 or 16% Italian/Greek, although as far as I knew I had no ancestors of those extractions (unless it was thousands of years ago!) on either

On an arrival manifest there is a family I believe might be related to me but more important to me is the family that he left back in Riga is there a way to find out who lived at an address in Riga

Hi Jackie Following Mark's posting, I checked out Nowy Dwór on English-language Wikipedia. I'm sorry to say it lists no less than 44 different localities by that name in Poland alone

Hi Thank you Roger and Corrine for your answers. Definite proof that you can't always depend on family stories ! For the Wilbers family I can pass that on to them and I appreciate having definite

I’ve posted an image on ViewMate at the following address.www.jewishgen.org/viewmate VM82048. I’d appreciate any information as to type of document and translation. I think its written in Polish.

Hello all. I would appreciate your assistance please. I wish to locate information for Anna S. GRUSZECKA. I do not know anything about her or her GRUSZECKA roots. I am surprised to find

For a thorough look at this dark period of our history, read “The Third Daughter.” Molly Arost Staub 📱

Hi Sharon: In Galicia, religious vs civil marriages is a very important issue that relates to the legitimacy of offspring from those marriages. If you search the JewishGen group archives at

Hi Jackie: There is a Nowy Dwor in northeastern Poland near the Belarus border, NE of Bialystok and SW of Grodno. See https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-519062. Mark

I’ve submitted comments written in Hungarian that appear in on a birth document. A translation of would be appreciated. The link to Viewmate #VM82054 is