Dear Group, Can someone offer guidance? My cousin in England recorded his Holocaust memories back in 1997 with the USC Shoah Foundation. I have been listening to the digital copies of the "tapes" and

#hungary #germany

Dear Group, I am looking for a cousin, perhaps you can help me. My grandmother's brother was Rumi (Abraham) Weinstock of Budapest (perished 1945). He had a daughter, Teca Weinstock (1931-1997) married

#general #hungary

Hello Eric, The detail is available online. I suggest you review pages 11-13 (of 25) at http://www.jgsob.org/newsletter/JGSOB%20Newsletter%202019-03.pdf for an example of how to access the online deta

#records #usa

There is a website, JewishData (a pay site), that has taken pictures of all the stones at Washington Cemetery. For the name you supply, only two years of death, neither 1907, are found. See: https://j

#photographs #usa

Dear Group, I would like to thank JewishGen for this forum, it really works. Of course also condolences to Avrom Groll, on his recent loss. Special thanks Renee Steinig for helping me confirm that my

#latinamerica #bessarabia #photographs

Renee, You always amaze me. Thank you so much. Can I get your opinion? This is the page of testimony my cousin (deceased) submitted to Yad Vashem: https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=

#holocaust #hungary #latinamerica

Hello, I found a ship manifest at the Bad Arolsen archives for a great-uncle presumed at the end of the Holocaust. How can I follow this trail to Brazil for Erno Friedlander, born 10 February 1900 in

#holocaust #hungary #latinamerica

Dear Group, Would anyone know the identity of a street called something like Magyar Hutzo, that was near the big shul yard (called the "shil hoif" in Hassidic Yiddish), in the town today called Vynohr

#ukraine

I must thank everyone so much. I appreciate the responses and even the offer to mail it for me! We are a wonderful group of people.

#unitedkingdom

Hello, I need to be old-fashioned, I am sending a letter (yes, on paper) to an older cousin in the UK. He lives in Leigh-on-Sea. I want to include a SASE (Self-addressed-stamped-envelope) for him to u

#unitedkingdom

Dear Group, Please see the attached naturalization index record from 1952 for the US District Court in Philadelphia, PA. Can someone suggest the easiest way to obtaining a copy of the actual record? D

#records #usa

My KLEIN cousins, all boys (Martin, Erno, Ignacz, Alex, Jeno, Tibor and Robert, ), born between 1925 and 1937, were from Hungary and sent on a Kindertransport, to England. Both parents perished. I do

#unitedkingdom

Hi, I hope my note finds everyone well. My great-aunt, Esther Weinstock, was born 1904 in Paks, Hungary. She married Hashi Kollman in Budapest, 1932. I thought they did not survive the Holocaust. I se

#holocaust #hungary

Peter, Thanks so much! I am a GeniPRO subscriber. Glad you suggested to check there. The person that posted is a SCHWIMMER descendant from that line. I will reach out. I hope he replies. He created th

#subcarpathia #dna #hungary

Dear Group, In the area of Nowy Sacz, in SW Galicia, there was a mountain pass called Tylicz Pass. The other side was Saros county, in Slovakia. Would someone know of a hi-res map that contains this P

#galicia #hungary #slovakia

Dear Group, I am asking for help in trying to take research of a new DNA match further back. Several years ago I tested my great-aunt, youngest child of my g-gp's. This DNA person, a woman in her 70's

#subcarpathia #dna #hungary

Hello, For those searching Lodz, there is also an excellent book that covers many names, dates and tombstone inscriptions from the earlier Lodz cemetery. Read about the early cemetery here: https://pl

#lodz

Dear Group, I have been putting together family groups for Schwimmer & Ringler that lived in Munkacs, formerly part of Austria-Hungary and now Mukacheve, Ukraine. My goal is to try and connect each of

#hungary #names #subcarpathia #ukraine #usa

Happy Friday, I have found that there are also some records from the Zborov (another town on northern Saros county) filming with detail. For an overview of what I know of Saros county LDS films, you c

#slovakia #hungary

Hello, I can tell you that your Rabbi Dov Berisch SPIRA (c1785 - c1830) was not a son or grandson of the Bnei Yissoschur, R' Hersh Mylech Spira (1783-1841). And, as the Bnei Yissoschur's father was Pe

#rabbinic