Thank you for allowing me to join this group. My story is actually my adopted daughter's. She took a DNA test several months ago and found out that she has Jewish heritage. My son and I have been

The National Museum of American Jewish History filed for bankruptcy. It owes over $30 million to its bondholders, predominately for their building construction. The proceedings will not affect the

When will the Yizkor book of Suwalki be available to be purchased now that it is complete. Thank you for your work in doing this and i would like to make a donation to this project. Please give me

They also have a big sale around DNA day which is April 25. -- Sarah L Meyer Georgetown TX ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK, PERLSTADT, STOKFISZ, SZPIL(T)BAUM, Poland BIRGARDOVSKY, EDELBERG, HITE (CHAIT),

I sent them 3 inquiries and it took almost a year to get an answer (well, 25 years ago it took 6 years to find out abouot my Grandfather's fate) - I was fascinated what they had about my Grandmother,

This matter has now been resolved - with thanks therefore no further help required. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia

As genealogists we should be excited about the upcoming 2020 US Census! Census is an important genealogical tool and it Is important for future generations that we complete and preserve a copy!

Hepatitis diffusa translates to "diffuse hepatitis" which should be considered simply to be a description that it was inflammation of the liver that was diffuse throughout the liver, not localized to

You might have to look at who was named after her and what their Hebrew names were. Yours, Jenny Schwartzberg Chicago, IL Jenny Schwartzberg Acquisitions & Collection Development Assistant Newberry

Hi from Paris, Dear Solomon, If your unfortunate uncle died in a Displaced Person camp (DP's camp) in Germany, I am almost sure Bad Arolsen (former International Tracing Service) archives should have

I have been trying to find the Hebrew name of my ancestor, so I can link her with a father of a family in Poland. She was not married in the UK, but is buried here and her matzevot does not give

Hello Genners My uncle a holocaust survivor passed away in a refugee camp in Germany right after the war. We have a picture of his grave and tombstone, we do not know where the cemetery is and

Sarah’s suggestions are excellent. You can upload your autosomal DNA (FamilyFinder) to My Heritage to see additional matches. And absolutely, upload to GEDmatch.com, which accepts results from all

Fascinating story. As your Jewish ancestors are from Germany, you should join the German Special Interest Group (GerSIG) inside Jewishgen. There is also a Facebook group you should

Building on Sarah's comment: Family Tree DNA generally has a sale on their mtDNA tests around Mother's Day. You should check their website starting at the beginning of May. -- Deborah Blankenberg

Dear JewishGen Community, The JewishGen Yizkor Book Team is always active starting, continuing, and completing Translation Projects. Here are some successes from this past month. See All Active

The Vatican opened the Archives of the Holocaust Era Pope Pius Xll. For decades there has been controversy as to whether this Pope kept a blind eye to the Holocaust. The Vatican says he worked behind

I am looking for a death record in Israel c1962. Can anyone please advise if these records are accessible. Thanks. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia

I have posted a 1907 Starokonstantinov Birth Record page in Hebrew. It is on ViewMate at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78685 I need Male 107, Male 108 and Female 79

The words used are in Latin. Easy to translate using internet. -- Shelley Mitchell NYC searching KONIGSBERG/KINIGSBERG, TERNER, MOLDAUER, SCHONFELD - Kolomyya PLATZ - DELATYN. All Galicia.