Below are extracts from the manifests of several ships arriving in New York in the immediate post WW2 years with displaced persons and other survivors of the war in Europe. Many passengers were assist

I have determined that my family roots were in Krisover, modern day Krivoye Ozero. I reached this conclusion after reviewing numerous immigration papers and a document listing the Jews of Krivoye Ozer

Searching WEISSBURG: Hungary, Austria, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Given names: Hermine, Arthur, Jennie, Sophie, May. Hermine WEISSBURG became my step-grandmother by marrying my (widower) grandfather, S

Hi, Where can I find information on arrival to the UK in 1938? I am searching for a number of relatives that escaped Vienna and Prague at this time. I have them showing up in the 1939 register in the

I am hoping to make contact with the descendants of someone who submitted Pages of Testimony to Yad Vashem. These pages were submitted, in Hebrew, in the year 1956, by a person living at Rechov Yosef

The New England Consortium, a collaboration of researchers and genealogists (including founding member JGSGB) is holding its second annual conference on June 12. The topic will be Lakes, Lanyards, and

I’m willing to translate your letters from germ into English. please send to naturefan33@... Hannah Sperber, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Moderator note: please send translation requests privately

Does anyone have any information, or can direct me to additional resources, on Svislach (Shishlovitz), Belarus. I have been working on my ancestry for several years. My ancestor surnames were: Belkin,

On August 25, 1946, the ship Athos II left Marseilles (France) and arrived in NY on September 8, 1946. On board was a group of about 50 Jewish children, all Holocaust orphans.Their trip had been organ

Hi, I apologize for asking an unsophisticated question. Trying to get the hang of this. I'm looking at the Przensyl State Archive Fond 154 scan for Zurawno, Jewish Marriages. 1901. I find on scan 6 Dr

I've posted a comment in Romanian on a birth record for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98588 Pleas

JewishGen Press is proud to announce the publication of our 144th title: Krynki In Ruins This is the translation of Krinik in khurbn: memuarn. The book was written in Yiddish by A. Soifer. Details: Tr

Hello all, I'm looking for the (Abe) POZNIAK and (Chana) KRUL families from the town Benitsa, currently in Belarus (but also appears in LitvakSIG). Are there any more sources available for this town?

Rabbi Malcolm Stern Grant & John Stedman Memorial Fund Award A REMINDER The deadline for submitting the Stern/Stedman Grant Nomination form and any supporting documentation is Friday 3 June 2022 at 7p

Although it wasn’t billed as a Jewish camp, I was a CIT and counselor at Crane Lake Camp in West Stockbridge, MA., owned and run by the Ulanoff family. We had Friday night services. Ironically, the Re

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The May 17, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice announcing that the Regional Court for Kraków-Krowodrza, First Civil Division, at the be

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The May 17, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court for Central Kraków [Sąd Rejonowy dla Krakowa-Śródmieścia], First

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The May 19, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice announcing that the Regional Court in Bochnia, First Civil Division, has authorized the

Can anyone help me with the translation? Thanks in advance. - Linda Gold Buford davidlinda@... Researching: Poland or other GOLD, BREWDA - BREVDA - BRAUDA , BLUMENTHAL, PALTER - SPITZ, GILCHENSKI Kobr

We have a number of family members with the name Ruda or Rudah. In fact my father had an auntie who married a man whose last name was Ruda. Is this a Yiddish form of Ruth? Thank you Chaim Meiersdorf