The (US) National World War ll Museum is offering a free guide on Researching American Military and Civilian Records from World war ll. You can download the free guide by going to:

An online exhibit permits you to visit pre-war cities and towns and shtetls in six countries through maps drawn from memory after the Shoah. The exhibit is called “Atlas of Memory Maps”. The

I want to thank one and all who so quickly and ably responded to my query about the status of the former Neveklarsfeld website (www,neveklarsfeld.org) databases. There is a good amount of

May is Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM). Ever since 2006, by presidential proclamation May has been designated Jewish American Heritage Month in recognition of the indelible contributions

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

I was shocked and saddened this morning to learn of Zvi Bernhardt’s sudden death. I have many pleasant memories of Zvi during my time at JewishGen when we worked together on projects that benefitted

My grandmother had a sister and several first cousins named Ruth. I believe they were all named after someone from her mother's family in Kezmarok, today in Slovakia. What other names would a Ruth

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

**This Sunday 5/3 @ 1:00 PM EDT - Tracing your your Jewish Roots through Catholic and Inquisition records (SPANISH)** JewishGen.org is pleased to partner together with the American Sephardi

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