Hi Victoria, Thank you for this tip about photographing old photos. I have one or two that are quite fragile, and your suggestions will be particularly helpful for these. Now if I can just pry the

There are many resources for researching Hungary. But you need to provide more information in order for us to direct you to the appropriate resources. What resources have you already consulted? Have

Tracy, thank you so very much for this mini-tutorial on how to deal with old photographs. They are precious to me, and have provided valuable info from scrawled notes and dates. Just seeing the

I am looking for descendants of Sabina DANNHIRSCH-ZIEGLER or ZIEGLER-DANNHIRSCH, born in Lviv in 1882. Sabina’s name at birth was Szajndel Lea Prager. Helen Lowey of Henley Road, New York 11432,

The Israel Genealogy Research Associations (IGRA) has begun a free “Show & Tell with IGRA” ZOOM series. Our first session had 61 participants from four countries. Each session of “Show & Tell

The answer as always is to look at JRI Poland website, Litvak SIG website or to look at back copies of Landsmen, the former journal of Suwalki Lomza Interest Group, if your library has this. I visited

Peter, Please make a higher resolution scan and post to Viewmate. See: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ What you have posted here is highly compressed and low resolution. Rodney

Hi, They were a group of pious, well learned Chasidim who most of them lived or learned in the Hungarian Shtetel Nyírvasvári (Oshvar in Yiddish). They were know for their tremendous piety an were

I’m researching a Great-Grandfather Rabbi Josef Heimlich from Miskolc, who was killed by the Nazis during the war. What bothers me is that I’ve come across conflicting sources of his death date.

Hi, I am writing how I handle scans of documents and photos. Hardware: Scanner - I use 3-in-1 with 9600x9600 scanner connected to a Windows PC. Storage - I have 2 external disks of 1 terra each for

I have been following this issue from the facebook posts of a Jewish activist in Lviv name Meylakh Sheyket. He has been protesting this action by the parliament. It's a little unclear to me because

Hello Roy I have not forgotten to get the pictures you wanted. Because of the Covid-19 the office is closed and we are on a stay at home order as most of us are. As soon as I can I will go to Shalom

Max, Thank you so much for such a deep analysis. I did get the answer from someone. Indeed, not a cemetery at all. The Jewish Palestine Pavilion at the 1939 Worlds Fair at Flushing Meadows-Corona,

In regards to my previous post, it has now been pointed out through a couple of private messages that names were never changed at Ellis Island. That had always been the family story, so I very much

"I have been researching my family's genealogy since the 1980's. My father Louis (Leo) Lurie was one of 8 siblings from Bobruisk which is now in Belarus. His 3 oldest siblings were brought to the

The JGIRC is pleased to announce that we have indexed over 3,700 Mukacheve marriage records. Visit our web site to learn more about the

Hello Peter, below please find the translation of the death certificate of Johanna Kaul, nee Zoellner. -- May I ask to continue using the fantastic ViewMate-tool for such questions, as it is far

Hello Peter and listreaders, in order to avoid duplication of efforts, just the short information that I am working on the document Corinna (Woehrl), Germany

I read that book and it was discovered to possibly be a hoax; bool still made for good reading before I had heard about it possibly being a hoax…there is also presumably a second book! Sharon

Yesterday I posted the following: I have been informed by folks in Ukraine that the Parliamnet has just approved the following. To sell the land on which Jewish cemeteries and the mass grave massacre