Hi all I was seeking Ann Muriel Pinkus and had quite a few people who were so helpful ... thanks all. Just to share this...I found her living in Camarillo , California. I know of ONLY ONE other family

As one of the Holocaust survivors, eighty members of the family perished. As I stand in the synagogue during Yizkor, I bow my head, stand still, and find it hard to open my mouth. According to the

Held in Posad Govarchev on the twenty-eighth of December, one thousand nine hundred year. On January 10, one thousand nine hundred and one year, at ten o’clock in the morning, Simha Reshelbuh,

I understand that Kretschme is a Yiddish word for inn or tavern. Corresponding word in Czech is Krcma, in Polish Karczma, etc. This root occurs also in other Slavic and non-Slavic languages, including

Thanks, the photos already in digital format. It seems the logistical challenge of sharing thousands of word documents among hundreds of people would be considerable. Have you had success doing

Hello I've posted a vital record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80916 Please

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has just released five new databases on its website from five archives. This month's release spans the period from the first settlements in Eretz

Hello,For several years I am trying to find information o my wife's Grandfather. The only information that I have is this document: We also know and we have a picture of him as a Dirigent officer

Hi, Last year I looked for info about my family and discovered that the Jewish Colonization Asociation (JCA) had a very strong filing system of almost everythig: letters, telegraphs, draft notes,

Good day, I’m trying to find records that can link the Landau family to my family, the Gellers. My dad was born (1912) in Podkamien/Zolochev in Galicia Ukraine, and he had cousins (Michael Leon,

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Mentioned wrong surname for great-grandfather , should have been: Samuel BERNARD born 1846/1847 married to Clara BERNARD nee LEVIN of Robertson (S.A.) Ron Peeters, Ulvenhout (NL)

Hi Christine, I have looked at Noah da Costa marriages and Da Costa Noah marriages but could not find a Leah as a bride in any of them. I have found all five of her children, as you said, in the

My half first cousin Bina Rakower (b 1855) married Benjamin Blumberg and had two children: Sura Blumberg b 24 Apr 1876 in Warsaw m Mordka Popower. She arrived in Rio on 22 Aug 1945 Abraham Blumberg

Assisting a friend seeing the roots of his KAMIL family - Ephraim and Prive b. c. 1850 had according to family lore 9/10 children, Leizer , Moshe, Shlomo,Yitzhak, Leibish and Freida. are the only

Hi Stanley I'm trying to discover if Marlene Silverman is still alive, and if it's possible to buy the last issues of Landsmen. (I have most of them). Best regards. Terry Newman, Sydney, Australia

JewishGen is currently working on a database of all the Jewish settlers in the colonies of the Baron Hirsch in Argentina. The first batch of data was sent to JewishGen for publication a long time ago,

As the only survivor of the Holocaust , 80 members of the family perished in the synagogue whilst standing in prayer to the memory of their departed…………..It is difficult for me to speak [

Yes, there is some material at the CAHJP Central Archives of the Jewish People now part of the National Library of Israel. They have the ledgers (I believe) of those who went to Argentina under the

I've posted a birth, death and marriage vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses