I read an article in my local Jewish newspaper about facial recognition software that identifies victims of the Holocaust: https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/from-numbers-to-names/ The article m

“Weddings in our areas” from the Yizkor book of Mezhirichi (Ukraine) describes the elaborate choreography over the course of a week that leads up to the wedding ceremony. On Sunday began the foreshpie

I just discovered my paternal grandmother and paternal great grandparents on a my heritage tree but I have no idea how the members are related to my family. Is it possible to contact the “owner” of th

I am looking for help finding descendants of 6 relatives of mine who were born in Bucharest, Roumania between 1876 and 1891. They were the children of: Debora Alter SVEITZER b: abt 1855 and Ignatz FRO

The award-winning documentary "Three Minutes—A Lengthening" will open in theaters around the U.S. over the next few weeks. “Three minutes of footage, shot by David Kurtz in 1938, are the only moving i

JGSGB Anglo SIG – Aug 14th 2022 2.30pm – with Susie Fowkes – “My Family’s Journey via Falmouth” Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a speaker meeting from the JGSGB Anglo-Jewish

In our August episode, learn how to get started in researching the history of your family's surnames. You may now view this episode and all of our previous episodes anytime on the Center for Jewish Hi

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon invites you to: Joan Adler: My Family: I Could Write a Book Sunday, September 18, 2022, 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time, via Zoom, free The Lazarus Straus family move

Searching for family of Martha SOROKIN. Martha SOROKIN (maiden name) was born, probably circa 1905, in Sladkovodnaya, Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Jewish Colony No. 14 (47.57,36.76). In the 1950s she was l

Which ancestor of mine is this oil painting showing? I think it is either Heimann JARISLOWSKY, born in Konigsberg in 1812 and died just short of his 100th birthday. Or is it his father, Aaron JARISLOW

Shalom, I have been told that a story about my ancestor, Rabbi Bendet Podkover, is in volume three of the book "The Storyteller" by Rabbi Nissan Mindel. If anyone has the book, I would be most gratefu

My great grandfather SIGMUND WILLIAM KOHN was born in Predborice (Predboritz) in Bohemia 20 May 1971. He came to the US alone in July 1884, and his name on the passenger manifest is ISAK KOHN. With ea

Hi I have posted 5 Vital Records in Polish and am requesting a translation. This is an internal passport in Lithuania #Lithuania. Please respond using the online ViewMate form. https://www.jewishgen.o

Trying to identify the place of last residence of two of my father's first cousins, Hinda (line 2; 1906 manifest) and Abe (line 5; 1913 manifest) Lampert. If it helps, their younger sister emigrated w

Dear Genners, I recently received from JRI Poland Marriage Records of my ancestors, for which I kindly request translation of the Polish language text. There are four records on ViewMate at the follow

Legacy Family Tree, a member of the MyHeritage Family of companies, will be holding a Webtember event all five Fridays throughout September. They are hosting 31 live an pre-recorded free webinars. The

I have heard of a USHKATZ relative, who, circa 1900, was a gigilo to the Rumanian royal family. Quoting directly the fellow's nephew who told me about him, "I've seen his picture. He was a very handso

A relative listed on later census and other documents as Jacob seems to be the same person who was named Akiho at birth. (Akiho Abramovits) Birth record is attached. To me, the name does look like Aki

Hi I have posted 5 Vital Records in Lithuanian and am requesting a translation. This is an internal passport in Lithuania #Lithuania. Please respond using the online ViewMate form. https://www.jewishg

I've posted several vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM99477 https://www.