New Bucharest Cemetery Records Project (ca. 1930-1980) I'm excited to announce that the JewishGen Romania Research Division has acquired images of the seemingly complete burial register of Bucharest's

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The JewishGen Romania Research Division has started a Facebook group. I will be sharing updates on our progress (and requests for volunteers) there. We're looking forward to good commentary, mutual as

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The Iasi Archives have entered into the Romanian Archives' online catalogue an index of birth records from 1865-1913 (solely the name, date of registration, and index number). We have extracted the fi

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I'm excited to announce the new website of the JewishGen Romania Research Division, which replaces a very outdated website of nearly two decades. The new website is modernized up to modern standards a

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JEWISHGEN ROMANIA UPDATE Hello from JewishGen’s Romania Research Division! I am writing with several important updates, which I’m excited to share with you all. Please see the attached document (at th

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I would be grateful for help with research in the city of Kiev. I am researching brothers who were born in Skvira in 1913 and 1921, who later, by the beginning of the war, moved to Kiev. Their names w

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I've written the remarkable story of how a Jewish immigrant mother and product of the Lower East Side confronted via letter world-famous superstar Mary Pickford in 1916 about New York's "slums," and h

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Looking for your Jewish ancestors? Not sure where to turn? Seeking some new tips? This Sunday, in conjunction with the Greater Houston JGS, I will be leading a four-hour virtual workshop on Jewish gen

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The JewishGen Romania Research Division is looking for volunteers to help us increase our scope and output this year! This includes the following roles and opportunities: 1. Transcribers and Validator

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Just beginning your research journey? Trying to sharpen your skills? Searching for that one elusive American? This Sunday, in conjunction with the Greater Houston JGS, I will be leading a four-hour vi

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Back by popular demand, later this month I will be leading virtual workshops on Beginner to Intermediate genealogy research. Upcoming workshops are shown below, both of which are being offered at two

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I've written up in a blog post how I was able to use Alex Krakovsky's wonderful catalogue of Ukrainian Jewish scans freely available online to piece together a century of Russian Empire records on my

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I will be teaching (virtually) part 3 of 3 on Jewish Genealogy Basics tomorrow (Oct 21) at 5pm EST, "The Old Country": Introduction to locating where your ancestors came from in Europe. Background dis

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I will be teaching a class (fee-based) on the following topic, on Wednesday, October 7, at 5:00 PM New York time. Jewish Research Basics 2 - What's in a Name? October 7, 2020 Introduction to Jewish na

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This Wednesday, at 5pm New York time, I will be teaching a one-hour interactive class, Jewish Research Basics 1 - Where to Look. Topic: Introduction to the most important databases for Jewish genealog

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Hi all, a friendly reminder that I will be teaching an interactive online course at 5pm New York time on Wednesday September 16 (today) on US research, which will cover the following: United States Re

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Many thanks to all who attended our Romania Research Division presentation at the IAJGS conference last month, and for the wonderful turnout! For those who have recently asked, as well as those who we

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All upcoming classes are at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, thanks. ----------------------------- Hello, I will be conducting interactive one-hour online genealogy classes this Fall on a wide array of

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Hello, I will be conducting interactive one-hour online genealogy classes this Fall on a wide array of topics. I will be commencing with two different three-part Basics Series, one introducing Jewish

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Last week, I shared how I was able to discover through genealogical research that two of my grandmother's first cousins who she believed died in the Holocaust actually survived and lived out their liv

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