Good afternoon, I'm looking for any information on Rabbi Avrohom Lichtshtein. His father was Eliezer lipman. According to his hebrew books he printed it seams like he passed away in the 1820's or

The organizers of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) 2020 San Diego Conference on Jewish Genealogy announces the following. Further details can be found on the

Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Rozniatow, Perehinsko, Broszniow, Swaryczow, and Environs Other towns covered in the book are Dolina, Stanislawow, Stryj, and Lvov. Yizkor Books in Print is happy to

I believe the attached is a birth record for my great grandmother Sura Leja born in Lithuania and on the JRI-Poland. Barbara Kahn Nye

You may already be familiar with the following resources but they cover some of the areas in which you are interested: 1944 Budapest Housing Census - This census was done in preparation for moving the

Peter, I will be happy to help. Barbara Kenzer Buffalo Grove IL

Volunteers are needed to enter names into a database from a 107 page ledger book held at the USHMM listing Jews scheduled to be deported in 1944 from Sered, Slovakia. Each volunteer would receive 10

It's entirely possible that he traveled by himself claiming an older age or with another relative of another surname. My grandfather came to America with an uncle, but was separated from him at Ellis

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Dear JewishGen Community, We were extremely saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Zvi Bernhardt, z'l, who was both Deputy Manager of the Hall of Names, and Deputy Manager of the Consulting

Another source for information on the Labor Battalion is the Hungarian War Archives at http://www.hadifogoly.hu/web/hadifogoly/search It’s in Hungarian but relatively easy to search WWII military

Have you checked the US Holocaust Memorial Museum website? The page at https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?SourceId=33482 includes the following information: Vivian Kahn Santa Rosa,

“On the day of the liquidation, as though heaven sent, there arrived a peasant acquaintance, Vasil Vaika from Kozmatch, to save me and my child.” So begins the account of Chana Weinheber-Hacker

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Zvi Bernhardt, Deputy Director of the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem. Our organization, as well as many of

The names are now part of USHMM's Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database, https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_advance_search.php. Megan Lewis, reference librarian United States Holocaust

If you have the document posting a picture on Jewishgen's Viewmate will probably give you more productive responses. Here we can only guess wildly without seeing other handwriting for comparison.

Hi Lee, just my two cents' but I certainly think it possible Jake traveled as a child with some other family, under their surname, as if he was part of their family during the voyage/travel. These

Back in September, I wrote an email asking if anybody could help me figure out something regarding the daughter of the rabbi of Wolbrom. Since then, I was able to get more information about the

It can be the Hebrew name: Ami which mean "my nation", or shortness of Hebrew names: Amichi, Amiran, Amihud -- Jgodelnik

Dear Colleagues & Friends, It is with great shock and sadness I am sorry to advise you of the untimely passing of our friend and colleague Zvi BERNHARDT of Yad VaShem. Zvi was the Deputy