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

In the past three months, the following record sets have been added to the All Galicia Database, at https://search.geshergalicia.org/ . Vital records - Kroscienko nad Dunajcem: Jewish deaths, death

Dear All I am looking for the family from Eishishkes Lithuania by surname Smoliansky (Smolyansky). I have a partial tree based on Revision lists which I can share. Most of the family perished in WWII

Is anyone researching the ROWINSKY family from Kobryn, Belarus? I would love to make contact you to discuss whether we have any family in common. Here are some of the family members in my family

Hello all: Please see that attached link which gives insight into the history of Jacob Frank and his followers the Frankists, Jews baptised in Poland. There is mention that by 1790, 26,000 Jews were

David, sorry, in Bereshit the part is "weiira", Kaf"Alif

RootsTech 2020 is past but there is public access for the keynote sessions and some of classes for free. Keynotes and general

Does anyone know whether all of the information on the former Neveklarsfeld website (www.neveklarsfeld.org) has been transferred elsewhere, and whether it is currently on-line? To date, Yad Vashem

A few follow ups, corrections and comments about my post and the replies I received here and privately. I didn't provide as much detail as some asked or expected. I didn't imagine that others would

Of special interest to me is the organization of the Jewish community, its employees (shames, shojets, cantors, etc.) in any shtetl about 1900. Not looking for novels, stories or creative writing

" 1. every census that your grandfather will appear in should have a column asking either "How long has this person been in the US" or "What year did they arrive in the US". Many states (especially

Good day all, I am working for a family in Jerusalem who is seeking the whereabouts of Holocaust survivor - Edith/Miriam FRANKEL born August 4, 1933 in Hungary. Edith worked as a social worker in the

Sorry, this is my first post and I am a true novice. I am trying to locate Valentin KHAIAT who may be a distant cousin. He completed a Testimony at Yad Vashem in 2005 for my PEKAR cousins. I am

The Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Podhajce, Ukraine (Pidhaytsi, Ukraine) Yizkor Books in Print is happy to make this book available at severely reduced pricing by ordering through JewishGen List price:

Are any of the people in this photo on Viewmate https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80652 familiar? I know their names from the back of the photo (Jozef, Sabrina, Bela and Henryk

National medical societies have been very protectionist for a long time. My earliest story concerns my aunt, who received her MD degree after studying medicine in Munich & defending her thesis in