I am currently researching members of my Brandeis family that were living in Fürth during the 18th and 19th centuries and was wondering if anyone knows of resources for researching the Jewish communit

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I am researching a branch of my family that lived in Munich in the late 19th century and early 20th century. I am hoping to find death records from the late 19th century / early 20th century, along wi

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I was wondering if anyone knows of resources for researching the Jewish community of Mainz (Mayence) during the 18th century. In particular, are there any census records, b/m/d records, or property re

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Hi, I am currently researching a Swartz family that I believe lived in the spa town of Druskininkai, Lithuania in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Where can I find records from this town?

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Hi, I am currently researching the extensive Rubin family from Dolhinov / Dolginovo, which is a town currently within Belarus today. I have come across the late Professor Barry Rubin's excellent book,

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Hi, I was wondering if there exists pictures of graves from the Beirut Jewish cemetery. There is an inventory of more than 3,000 graves from the cemetery on Sephardicgen.com but it does not contain pi

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Hi, I am seeking to connect with direct male-line descendants of (1) R' Moshe Brandeis, ABD Mainz (see: https://www.geni.com/people/R-Moshe-Brandeis-A-B-D-Mainz/6000000002762429508) and (2) R' Naftali

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Thanks for these suggestions. I have checked FindAGrave and Billion Graves and this grave is not on there. I've searched for the cemetery online and have not found a website or phone number. It appear

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Hi, I am currently researching a branch of my Lehman[n] family that lived in Buffalo, New York. Searching on JewishGen, I found a burial record for Meyer Lehman, who died in April 1887 and is buried i

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Hi, I am researching my Weinberger family from Svidnik, Slovakia and my Pas[z]ternak family from Malczo / Malyczo, Slovakia, which was part of Hungary in the 19th century. Searching on JewishGen, I ha

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Hi, A cousin of mine is seeking advice about how to retrieve her father's birth certificate from 1924 in what is now Vynohradiv, Ukraine. The city was called Velky-Sevlus, Czechoslovakia during the 19

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Hi, While researching my family, I have often had difficulty with finding information about cousins who lived in Israel. Are there databases online that contain information for people who lived in Isr

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Hi Johann and Laurent, Thank you so much for this information. I do think my ggg-grandfather Schia Landau and Salomon (Salo) Landau were brothers. Schia Landau was also born in Nowy Sacz (~1841) and h

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Hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me what is written about Salomon (Salo) LANDAU in Wer Einmal War. I believe he is written about on pages 1716-1718. In addition to learning more about Salomon

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Hi, I was wondering if I could get assistance with learning more about R' Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk/Lesko (Geni Profile: https://www.geni.com/people/R-Menachem-Mendel-Rubin-of-Linsk/4632923256290

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