I'm looking into the ancestors of Bernard Goldman born 1856 Russia, and his wife Bessie Weintraub born 1867 (supposedly in Belogorodka, Zaslav, Volhynia, Ukraine, but no one provided the source for

FWIW, a close friend of my father from childhood was Jerry Fox, b. Brooklyn, 1910s, later lived in Margate, NJ, and Baltimore, married Sandy, maiden name unknown, in 1940 or so. If that rings a bell

I struggled this week to find a Yizkor book excerpt that felt right to me. The last few weeks have been grim ones for many, out of fear of the coronavirus, the sicknesses and deaths it has caused, and

Kazerne Dossin is Belgium’s Holocaust Memorial Museum and Documentation Center located in Mechelen, Belgium, and is the location where between 1942 and 1944 over 25,000 Jews and 352 Roma and Sinti

I have had confirmed by David Rencher, Director, Family Search Library and Chief Genealogical Officer, FamilySearch that FamilySearch has temporarily disabled some collections. Due to the issue

The March 22 meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland has been cancelled due to concern for the health and safety of our members and guests during the current Coronavirus outbreak. Programs

I know the name Aaron Sadovnick born 1924, I don't know where. The name of his father was Benjamin.

The Jura I was researching in Poland turned out to be Yair confirmed by the family. David Zoldan Researcher - 382214 Researching Rosenknopf, Chesner, Sowa, Bienenfeld, Tyk, Kapota, others

Hi Sandi, I have been working quite a bit for the past 15 years on my family tree. My maternal grandfather was from Ragua(sp.?), Lithuania b.12/23/1888-1890 d. 11/23/1957 Santa Rosa, California His

Hi, I posted some documents on view mate for translation. They are book of resident entries for Piotrkow, Poland. I want to thank the community and the individual who helped me with my last posting. I

Hi, I have posted two birth records pages from the Ukraine that I would like translated. They are in Hebrew. There are 4 records on each page.

Hi, it's impossible to definitively know just from these entries if these are the same person. It seems like the clue that would help the most is somewhat lost in translation. In the first entry

Dear JewishGen Community, During these troubling times, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and hope that this crisis will pass

Legal changes of name were advertised in The London Gazette, which was published weekly and is available online, though not indexed. They were cone by Deed Poll. The more likely explanation is that

Name changes in the UK were made by deed poll through a lawyer. The new name would be advertised in The London Gazette... this can be searched on-line through genealogical sites.

Beulah, In your 3rd paragraph, I think you mean 1841. There was no census in 1941 due to WWII. Name changes in the UK are not a matter of law unless done by 'deed poll'. If that method was chosen by

Cancelled: Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday March 23, 2020 Center for Jewish History There will be no meeting of the JGSNY on March 22, as the Center for

Hi Julian, I have databases of all the Johannesburg cemeteries. Louis Zetler

Hi in my tree are Max Fox b. Brooklyn NY, d. Florida m to Edith Mittman maurice kessler mikessler222@...

I am also searching for Siegal/Siegel on my mother's side, from Lithuania/Russia