Excellent point, JB. Perhaps it should be. Along with including your name, where you're from, and names of who you're researching. However, this is more for those posting, asking for help or looking

I’m relatively new to the email list and finally figured out how to reply to the group. My maternal grandmother was from Tarnobrzeg and immigrated here when she was 5 in 1900. When I went to the

I’ve read recently about people who were originally Markowitz or other variations changed their name to Marks. Consider that records may exist under such an original name. Best regards, Jeff Miller

I would like to post the information that my husband Donald Hirschhorn has passed away. Many JewishGen members may remember him as a long time worker for JewishGen. He and I did the JewishGen Mall

Thank you to all the people who helped me with the translation. Jewishgen has an amazing group of people always willing to help one another. Karen Zale Plano, TX GREENBERG - Pultusk,

I've been trying to identify where my family came from in Russia for some time without much luck (I am British and the only information I can find is an 1861 census record for my ancestor - Raphael

I really doubt that saralasin would have been known or available back then, it is a medication that affects complex biochemistry that was also unknown. And even though google brings up Achalasia when

There was a large turnout last night for Gesher Galicia Vice President Dr. Andrew Zalewski's fascinating presentation entitled, "Jewish Students, Medical Globetrotters, and Persevering Women". The

As previously posted, those of us fighting to prevent the fee hikes to the USCIS Genealogy Program wanted to make sure that people new to the issue know that the comment period reopened. This

If you are on Facebook, join this group to ask for assistance researching Argentinian Jewish history. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Gen.Judia.AR/ The discussions tend to be in Spanish, but the

The Bad Arolson records often show where the person went after the war. The majority of these records are found at the US Holocaust Museum but they are not online, I've seen records that told the

The largest database collection on Israel is that of the Israel Genealogy Research Association. Registration is free an allows you to search to see if the name you are looking for appears, before

Old in Polish is Stare. Not necessarily have to be a New & Old Esther

Ancestry’s president and CEO, Margo Georgiadis, announced a 6 percent reduction in the company’s workforce blaming a slowdown in consumer demand for the company’s DNA service over the past 18

The Arolsen Archives has added an online tool to describe documents the e-Guide. The new part online focuses on documents about people who were looked after by the Allies as survivors of Nazi

I'm new here. Where in the Guidelines does it say this?

Hi Genners: I've posted a four vital records in Polish for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the addresses below. The first link has two records, the record inRow 1 is the marriage

The town most probably is Sverzhen. Sverzhen and Novy Sverzhen are located adjacent to one another and near Stolbtsy in Minsk Gubernia, southwest of the city of Minsk. My GOLOVENCHITZ relatives are

I have posted a monument of Morris and Sarah Copeland. I would appreciate a translation of the Hebrew.. It is on ViewMate at the following address

Hi all, I know this has been posted multiple times, but it seems people either don't pay attention, or perhaps forget... I get the digests and will scan the subjects. But I don't open every post. It