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

I was there last November but on a Shoah related tour. There was no time to do personal research. Kind regards Richard Gilbert Hertfordshire, England

Anyone who grew up with Star Trek practiced this due to Leonard Nemoy's incorporating what he experienced in his shul(s). I am not a Cohain. I am a Levite and can easily due this. "Live long and

Tomorrow at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. Our genealogy librarians will discuss how to locate your ancestors'

Hi Nolan, Thank you for your reply and clarification. I had tried to navigate round the links through the JRI Poland database but was unclear as to what the database was recording. What I'm also

Actually my boss (a biology PhD) made a good point that if it were true that the gene was linked to the cohnanic y chromosome then no female should be able to split their fingers which doesn't seem to

Try this URL in the NY Times, same

I'm looking for more information on my Kronberg (possibly Kronenberger) relatives who came to the US in 1905. My grandfather was born in 1897 in Galati, although his half brother was born in Braila

Fred, Do you know of any documentation of a genetic link for kohanim and the ability split their fingers? I'm a kind of skeptical about it. While genetics might be involved in the ability to split

When I was in Poland Taube had a tour of the cemetery which I participated in. I took a few photographs of some headstones for Brzezinski’s. Best regards, Jeff Miller Maryland

I have been researching family in Moravia and am unfamiliar with two websites you mentioned. Could you please give us the links for these websites? I have been using genteam.org, in addition to