Ancestry uses the designation “Jewish People of Europe” when on the page for the ethnicity of a match. I suspect that this refers to Ashkenazi Jews although it conceivably also includes Sephardic Jews

My family has connection with Stewarts in Scotland. It is interesting, "When Scotland was jewish" by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and Donald N. Yates by Heikki Mesterton #whenscotlandwasjewish, #Scotl

It's long time ago I bought the book "Sourcebook for jewish genealogies and family histories" by David S. Zubatsky and Irwin M. Berent. There I first time found the claim that family Mesterton once wa

I would like to know if the attached birth certificate is for my grandfather, Harry Jacques Haber, bMay 7, 1895. Father: Beer/Beryl/Benjamin. Mother: Hinde/Hilda I used Google Translate to understand

This is a photo of my great, great grandfather who came to New York from Bohemia in 1880. He was a cigar maker. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what these medals and cord signify? Thank you. Alice

Hello Folks, Please can you help me to connect with the descendants of the late Ruth and Kurt LEVY possibly of Connecticut ... I have located these names for their now adult children Larry, Loretta, T

Hello, I'm hoping to get information from the linked ViewMate record. Thank you so much for all your help. Relevant names are FAIN, FISCHKIN, and ROJTENBERG. https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmat

Hi everyone, as some of you may already know, in World War One the British raised five battalions of Jewish soldiers called the Jewish Legion who fought in the Sinai and Ottoman Palestine. My great-gr

Hello everyone, I posted 1 vital record in Russian . I already get a translation : in the settlement Karczew on Jan 29 1907 at 2 pm appeared Abram ROTSHTEJN, worker, 28 yo, residing in the village Vil

In indexing the Kiev city Jewish birth records, I've come across the male given name "Годъ" (God) on a few occasions. I don't have my name books handy at the moment, and wonder if anyone had the deriv

Hello everyone, I have searched ChatGPT keyword into the message archives and found only 2 occurrences. I must have missed something and apologize if question has been asked already. Or if subject alr

Dear fellow members, I've posted a vital record in Romanian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103

Continuing our short series of historical maps from the Przemyśl archive, this time we present a complete 1849 cadastral map of Przeworsk in Poland: https://maps.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/przeworsk-

I found Alexander and James MAISTERTOUN at Jewishgeni data base. The family MAISTERTOUN lived in Dunfermline Scotland around years 1400 - 1700 . How I could veryfye their jewish origin? by Heikki Mest

My grandmother's family name was VULKAN. They lived in Finland about 1600- . I found a lot of people with the name VULKAN at Jewishgen, mostly Polish origin. I think they were jewish origin but I am n

I am researching my Silberg family and would like to get in touch with any descendants of Holocaust survivor Mordechai Zilberg, originally from Busk, Galicia, and living in Haifa, Israel in the 1980s

My name is Solange Dikenstein, I am looking for documentation that proves my family ancestors to obtain Polish citizenship. Ancestor's name: Jacob Nudel (he was my great-grandfather). He arrived in Ar

Hello, I've posted a family picture's back in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103900 Please

Sam Soblick was married to Bessie. Dave Soblick was my grandfather but he died before I was born . his wife was Lena (Schneider) They had five children Four boys and a girl Doug Soblick

I've posted a Polish birth record on Viewmate at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103912 Please could someone translate it for me and respond via the form provided on the View