I have in the past used Family Tree Maker, Roots Magic and others. However, I changed to Family Historian about 5 years ago as it is incredibly flexible and customisable. It does great charts and repo

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Hi I was once told that my G-Grandfather arrived in the US in a port in Rhode Island- possibly Truro or Providence. He certainly does not appear on the EIDB. Does anyone know where I can find more inf

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hello.my mother (lea)born in bilgoraj.her parents (died from starvation)were. binyamin and chaya sara bergerfrajnd. Binyamin's parents were Moszek bergier and ajdla golda porcelan. Chaya sara's parent

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Hi Michelle, Do you know who is the author, editor and the publisher Thanks Peninah Zilberman Peninah Zilberman JEWISH FAMILY ROOTS JOURNEYS www.ftsighet.com

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Forwarding an item I thought might be of general interest. -- Lee Jaffe Shared History: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in German-speaking Lands: https://sharedhistoryproject.org/ 2021 marks the 1,700 anniv

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You don't need a minyan for a wedding. You need just three men: two witnesses and the groom.

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This does not answer your question but it is interesting to review the spread of the name in Netherlands in 1947 when there were 54 FUITs and again in 2007 when the numbers had swelled to 56. https://

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The Military Central Archive- The Military Historical Archive has made available on its website copies of the Wehrpass (military pass) of members of the German Army during World War ll. There are 1160

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Hi Judy, I'm a descendent of Menashe Venitsky who changed his name to Morris Vennit when he came to the US in 1900 with his wife Fanny Schosid Venitsky. The census records say they came from Vilnius.

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Greetings, One set of my grandparents, both with families in Philadelphia, were married in the rabbi's office rather than in the main sanctuary (not sure if that's what the primary area of worship was

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” #event “The 11 Tribes of Rubel: The Search for My Cousins, Past and Present”. On March 10, a virtual presentation will be hosted by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County . Ken Cutler,

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It is not in Romanian. It is in Russian. See translation: As a keepsake to my brother from my daughter Translated by Michael Ryabinky Columbus, OH

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Central New York (JGSCNY) would like to announce its next meeting on Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00 PM on Zoom "Organizing Your Genealogy Research: Both Paper and Digit

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Hi there, My mother was born in the Sub-Carpathian region of what was then Czechoslovakia, but in her parent's time, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As such she grew up utilising many vari

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Greetings. I would appreciate help with translating from Russian two pages of a document that lists victims of pogroms in the Tarashcha (Ukraine) district during the civil war of 1918-1920. These are

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I would love to have this info since my father and his family were from Pikeliai. I have written to you directly and look forward to your contact. Thanks, Hope Gordon

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Do you have Jewish ancestors from Germany or other German-speaking regions? If so, you're in luck! Next Tuesday (3/2) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the nex

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Ellen, If you are asking this as a real-world, practical question (i.e., Is there a practical strategy for linking family turning up in German in 1685 with family reputably expelled from Spain in 1492

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Subsequent to my question about the mis-named book above, I have had an opportunity to confirm that it is in fact: Magyar Zsido Csaladok Genealogiaja. Erno Munkacsi was the son of Bernat Munkacsi and

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A website http://7dorim.com/Home.asp has a 3-D tour in Farsi and English- not easy to navigate --as a home for Iranian Jewish heritage. Yousef Setareh-Shenas, nearly 15 years ago created the Persian-l

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