I’m pleased to report that Peter Absolon and his volunteer transcribers are close to finishing work on the 1930 Czechoslovak Census. Peter expects that it will take less than two months to finish tran

Hi, Can someone help me translate this birth record? I am assuming it is either Lithuanian or Polish but I am not sure. Bejla Chajka Frejd Birthdate: 1852 Father: Rubin Mother: Ejdla Goldberg Birthpla

Would anyone be able to take a photo of my great great grandfather's headstone at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland? Here is the "Findagrave" link to his information. https://www.finda

Good morning, I’m seeking a researcher who can look at specific micro films for me at NARA II, in Maryland. If anyone here has a recommendation, or is able to assist, please reach out. Thank you, Mosh

Dear Genners I have researching my family tree for decades now. My digital tool is MY Heritage. However, I doubt if my descendants will take the time to look for my digital archives when my time comes

Is anybody able to explain this Hebrew inscription I saw in a country churchyard. I have so far received the following suggestions It relates to a date It is a form of blessing It has something to do

Marilyn, SS Wyoming port of embarkation Liverpool and Queenstown. Date of arrival July 23, 1890 That information is on the digitized microfilm that you linked to in your post on image 84. Best regards

This is the Buchenwald Concentration Camp record for Josef Mundel Feingold, who may have been my paternal great grandmothers brother or first cousin. I know he was born on Jan 12, 1858 in Kolomea, Pol

I found my great-grandfather's passenger manifests yesterday, and had a few questions I was hoping someone could answer. His name was Israel Moishe Wasserzier, and he came through the port of Boston i

Family History Today: Polish Jews in the USSR During WWII Thursday, Feb. 23, 11 am ET When the “Ribbentrop – Molotov pact” divided Poland between the Soviet Union and Germany in 1939, the Polish terri

https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/message/673862 My great aunt was buried in San Diego, Home of Peace Cemetery 50 years ago, but without a headstone. This caused me dismay and I went on a search to

I want to thank Renee, Rod, Barbara and Andra for all the very valuable info they found for my Norman Kline. I now have a maiden name for his first and second wife as well as his death date. Thanks ag

Seeking information on overland travel routes and modes of transportation to reach ports of Rotterdam, Liverpool and Antwerp from Minsk, Russia in early 1900s. Thank you, Judy Cohen jdthcohen@...

According to a note written by a long deceased uncle, his wife , Chaya dina SCHECHTER nee ABRAMOWITZ was a descendant of R' Chaim of Volozhin. He does not detail how exactly. Her husband, Dovid and sh

What does the red highlighted text in the comments indicate? Is this "Book of Shpeier" available to view? what info does it contain? see attached -- Marcie Murray Minneapolis MN

Dear Genners, It is my second attempt after my posting last year. I hope that it will ring a bell somewhere among his relatives who stayed back in the Russian Empire. It seems that I exhausted my sear

I found two 1890 ship sailings for Adolf & Emilie TAFLOWITSCH: **Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934", the Empress. [on Ancestry]-- Sailing from Hamburg to NY ( Departure--8 July 1890). The original ma

Shalom, I descend from the Bellem family of Plymouth. The furthest we can trace is Elijah Bellem, born ~1710. We do not know the origins of this family before England. We stumbled across a Ballin fami

My great grand mother was a Lifshutz from Ukraine. Im finding a number of dna matches with Lisis/Lises etc and Lipitz. Once in awile a Lifschutz pops up along with those other names. Are these the sam

Dear researchers, I want to share with you a grim story about Isaak Kronfeld, a resident of Kagul, Bessarabia who was arrested by NKVD (secret police of the Soviet Union), interrogated, convicted, kil