Over the past 50+ years as I've pursued research on my Westphalian family I have noticed strikingly variable patterns of first name usage in various regions within the province of Westphalia. Since th

Hello, I'm trying to find my great-grandmother who was born in Minsk in 1894 or 1895. I'm not even sure she was Jewish, but every time I've searched her name it led me to JewishGen (we had always assu

Thanks for looking at my request. I am searching for information about Szimon/Sime Kukielka/Kukialka (1858-1898)and Chaja Kosowski/ Kosowska/Kossowski (1856-1930). JRI Poland has a record of their mar

Chevrei, I am looking for lists of Shoach survivors who were in Cyprus on the way to Palestine/Israel. My greataunt immigrated after the war from Cluj and arrived in Haifa Israel in 1948. I am trying

Hi there, I've need to make a small payment to the Zhytomyr State Archives in Ukrainian currency (UAH). For some reason Wise/Transferwise will not let me make the transfer through them (they seem to b

I am trying to read, with no luck the town in which my ancestor was born. I have attached a copy of his declaration of intention, and wonder if any one can decipher the name of this place. Thank you f

Long-time Andrzejewo and area researchers will be pleased to learn that Jewish Records Indexing - Poland has undertaken a huge new “Phase 3” project to fully extract all Andrzejewo birth, marriage, an

Can anyone recommend good sources for posing questions about DNA research? I don't see a many DNA questions come through this group, so I wondered whether there was another, better, venue to address t

I would appreciate help to determine whether a cluster of triangulated DNA matches is significant or whether it is negated because it is in a pile-up region. In the example from MyHeritage, I've ident

There is much to enjoy in “Only Memories Are Left” from the Yizkor book of Dokshytsy, Belarus. I can only compare its words to a vivid painting in its descriptions of the town and its environs. “Sprin

We've just posted a new map on the Gesher Galicia Map Room: a full-color 1849 cadastral map of the Galician town of Radymno: https://maps.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/radymno-1849/ Radymno today is a s

The Mendoza family of London is believed to be the largest in the Western Sephardic diaspora, with members scattered around the world. In many respects, it is a typical example of a poor Western Sepha

Does anyone know if the name "Blimah" is short for another more formal name? I'm trying to find records for a Polish ancestor with this first name but not finding anything. Thanks for any thoughts....

The Museum of Jewish Heritage- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust opens a new exhibit: The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do on July 1. The exhibit aims to bring the horrific history to life through hundred

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The June 28, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Bochnia, First Civil Division, announcing that a property in

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The June 28, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice in which the Regional Court in Nowy Targ, First Civil Division, announced that the Cour

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The June 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice announcing that the District Court of Lublin West, Eighth Civil Division, is seeking th

It's this Sunday! Please join me in this special event where I will answer questions about my film and have a conversation about genealogy and much more. LivingStones proudly presents MAMALIGA BLUES D

Dear fellow researchers, Tax censuses (family lists) from the Kozelets uezd (district) in 1888 have now been translated and transcribed as part of the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project.

Hi, On Ancestry I have a 2nd-3rd DNA match with a person named Mitchell Kagan. He has not been on Ancestry for over a year. I would very much like to contact this gentleman. If anyone knows this gentl