Dear George, Further to Renee's input please see below the transcription of contact details: Mrs. Bronislava Bank (daughter of David Gokhfeld, son of Moisei (=Moses, Moshe), born 1915) Res.

The Vilna Gaon, also know as the "GRA", was born during Pesah, 300 years ago. Many events were planned to take place during 2020 to honor his achievements, and then the coronavirus struck. An

Hi from Paris, Dear Margalit, Concerning DP's camp in Germany, I am sur you will find answers by contacting Bad Arolsen archives. In this place, Allied forces collected every piece of paper found

I've posted a letter in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80758 Please respond via the form

Hi everyone. Is anyone able to offer advice or a translation on this letter in Polish? It was written to my late cousin and seems to concern the family in some way. Thanks so much. David

Hi Ronald, Fortunately, for people who immigrated, we can often turn to U.S. records to determine parents' names. A photo of your great-grandparents' grave is on

AFAIK there is no central death data base open to the public. The Bituach Leumi and Ministry of Interior have most death and grave information. I do NOT know when the data began being

Hello, Regarding your request to fill in the gap between Rabbi "Adam" and his descendants until 1895 (and later) I would encourage you to join the Rohatyn Shtetl Research Group. There is definitely

I have been trying to find Benjamin SHAPIN and his family in the 1940 census or anywhere else. He was born in 1898 in Russia, his wife Sarah/Sadie Silverstein was born in 1902 in Poland. They

Is there a searchable Israeli death index? Recently, Rose and Theo have offered hints about getting death certs. My targets are siblings of my maternal grandmother and their children. I have looked

My uncle Max Fromstein married Bessie Leibowitz also spelled Labovitch and Laibowitz in Toronto. They had three children here. Might she be part of your family? Her parents were Louis Leila Leisle

Thank you so much! From the death certificate is there any information about his/her marriage if this happened outside Israel? For example one who was already married in Hungary and made Aliyah to

To clarify, as I understand the article at https://www.esjf-surveys.org/ , this project is about researching the cemeteries' history and documenting their needs for preservation. However, individual

Wendy, you don't mention whether you've checked the JRI-Poland database for marriage, divorce or birth records for them. That would be my first thought. Good luck. Also, the census taker may have

Two years ago my colleague Cliff Hackel and I released My Dear Children, the first-ever documentary about the anti-Jewish massacres in Eastern Europe following WWI. Unfortunately, it’s a period of

Searching for Hannah STATNEGROSH, probably from Teoofipil or Kremenets area. born 1854, married to Avram Wagner (or Vagner), in New York by 1895. Anyone familiar with the name STATNEGROSH, which is

My parents were interned in to separate DP Camp: one in Germany and another in Torino, Italy. I do not have the names of either camp, but I do have a marriage certificate from the Jewish Synagogue in

Hello everyone, I have hit another roadblock in my family tree. The Surname Dinerstein is in my family tree but i am unfortunately not able to go any further than my 2x great grandmother (Maternal

My research has revealed a new relative (by marriage) that immigrated to New York from Poland in 1921. Shortly after, he filled out a Declaration of Intention, stating that he was divorced, and had 3

Is this also true for a death that occured in 1910?