I recently came across a short video at https://youtu.be/DynjSP7gYUs showing the existence of a Jewish cemetery in this village,just outside Medzilaborce. There was no narration, just captions, which

I would be grateful for photos of the following Gravestones. (I am particularly looking for Hebrew names.) I'm happy to pay a reasonable fee. First Name Last Name Age Date of Death Gate Block Row Grav

I am looking for someone who can research files in Oradea (Nagyvarad), Valei lui Mihai (Mihalfalva) and Seini ( Szinervaralja). Any recommendations would be appreciated. A. Tom Grunfeld 0710to@... Mod

At the end of each week, we have been featuring excerpts from Yizkor books in JewishGen’s archive. You can find the archive of past Yizkor book excerpts here: https://bit.ly/3aCH1ak. If you are not fa

I would like translations of these two gravestones, for Abraham and Ruth Frank of Philadelphia, buried in Har Nebo cemetery. For Abraham's gravestone, I'd like to know his father's name, which appears

Her late father had two children from a previous marriage, who were believed to have died. Recently, however, she discovered survivor records indicating they survived, that one immigrated to the US an

This is from the reclaimtherecords website: New York City death certificates 1949-1968 and nullification of NYC DOH Records Access Rules "Remember that time the NYC DOH ignored ~6,000 public comments

My Ukrainian family was forced labor in Kempten, Germany, and I have some of the work cards. The mayor's office in Kempten has the work cards, however, they are not open for inspection by the general

June 11 1:30-3:30PM EDT The JGS of Greater Boston presents Michael Morgenstern speaking on Finding Relatives in the Forverts (The Jewish Daily Forward). Free for JGS of Greater Boston members, $5.00 f

US Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann touches the freshly laid 'Stolpersteine' (stumbling stones) for members of her family in Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, on May 30, 2023. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP) The 100,000 t

“The National Archives is improving visitor experience by redesigning the permanent galleries and the learning center, as well as upgrading the theater at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced they are offering access to the digitized 1931 Census of Canada. Canada has a 92-year embargo period. This is the first time that LAC has provided online ac

The U.S. Census Bureau said on May 30 that it would delay until next year the release and narrow of the scope of some of most detailed data from the 2020 census. Detailed numbers dealing with househol

“The Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking steps to police its collection for stolen and looted art and artifacts. It’s a move that comes after pressure from law enforcement and the art world, as well

Publishing Your Family Story Why do we do family research? For many of us, it is to pass the story on to the next generation. So, you’ve done your research, and traced the story of your family. How do

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island invites you to our upcoming meeting Wednesday June 14, 2023 7:00 PM Location: Zoom Topic: Motherlodes of Golden Nuggets: 19th and Early-20th Century Newspap

Acrostic gravestone poem help needed on left two columns! I see the small hyphen lines above the beginning of each poem verse spelling out Pinchas David which is the expected deceased's name on this 1

My great-aunt Ernestine JACOBS died in 1884 and is buried in the Baron Hirsch Cemetery in Memphis, TN. I cannot make out the inscription, and even if I could, I’d probably need help with the translati

The JewishGen Latvia and Estonia Research Division is excited to announce an update to our Internal Passport Issuance Books Database 1919-1940. This update represents 6715 new record entries (each rep

Hi All, Some years ago I received an Oppenheimer tree several pages long from a Genner. It went in a direct line back to Rashi. I lost the tree with other genealogy material in a basement flood. Samue