Just want to react to Dani's remark that Brother's Keeper, in addition to genders: "Male" and "Female"... does indeed also have the third choice: "Unknown". Kind regards, Alan Ehrlich Geneva Switzerla

My vote also definitely goes to Brother's Keeper First of all, not having your family tree right there on your computer, whether-or-not it's also online too, is very risky. Additionally, it's much eas

Another possibly significant factor that wasn't mentioned in the article: My experience is that 99% of the persons with matching DNA whom I contacted to exchange information never responded... At all.

Dear Genners, Can anyone possibly point me to information sources regarding Jewish residents of Mühlhausen and vicinity during 1770's-1800s. All the information I've presently come across either relat

Yes, I simply switched, in the settings link, to daily digests, Now I really like the new platform. It offers very useful new features, and "overview" with this "delivery" frequency is perfect as well

I've likewise on occasion been notified of DNA matches where the cumulative cM value wasn't particularly high, but with one very long matching segment... plus no apparent mutual ancestor identifiable

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I've likewise on occasion been notified of DNA matches where the cumulative cM value wasn't particularly high, but with one very long matching segment... plus no apparent mutual ancestor identifiable

#dna

On October 23, 2017, "Ronald Wallace" <ronald@...> wrote: I am trying to solve a mystery about a family >from Landau. I found an article in an old newspaper. Could the following Old German

#germany

On October 23, 2017, "Ronald Wallace" <ronald@...> wrote: I am trying to solve a mystery about a family >from Landau. I found an article in an old newspaper. Could the following Old German

#germany

Hello, I've posted a short passage in Hebrew on ViewMate. It's the opening paragraph of an article by the noted prewar genealogist Prof. Dr. David Kaufman: "Modechai Model Oettingen and his Children".

#germany

Hello, I've posted a short passage in Hebrew on ViewMate. It's the opening paragraph of an article by the noted prewar genealogist Prof. Dr. David Kaufman: "Modechai Model Oettingen and his Children".

#germany

Hello, I would be grateful for a translation of the Hebrew inscription on the tombstone I posted at viewmate: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50621 . This is the grave in Baie

#rabbinic

Hello, I would be grateful for a translation of the Hebrew inscription on the tombstone I posted at viewmate: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50621 . This is the grave in Baie

#rabbinic

Hello, I would be grateful for a translation of the Hebrew inscription on the tombstone I posted at viewmate: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50621. This is the grave in Baier

#germany

Hello, I would be grateful for a translation of the Hebrew inscription on the tombstone I posted at viewmate: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50621. This is the grave in Baier

#germany

"[...] a translation >from German to English for words like Sackjude or Troedeljude ? A Troedeljude was a Jew who bought and sold "pre-owned" (used) items... a second-hand goods dealer. In a pre-mass

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"[...] a translation >from German to English for words like Sackjude or Troedeljude ? A Troedeljude was a Jew who bought and sold "pre-owned" (used) items... a second-hand goods dealer. In a pre-mass

#germany

Forty years ago, while consulting various books or articles by Rabbi Ducukez in the library, my father z"l made a note to himself: "Great grandmother: born HERTZ >from Altona (Duckez) According to Duc

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Forty years ago, while consulting various books or articles by Rabbi Ducukez in the library, my father z"l made a note to himself: "Great grandmother: born HERTZ >from Altona (Duckez) According to Duc

#rabbinic

Does somebody know where I might access 19th century Copenhagen Jewish records? In particular, I'm looking for Jewish marriage records for the period 1810-1840; however, I'd also be "thrilled" to find

#scandinavia