"Muni" or "Munya" are the first names for someone (a lawyer) from Skalat. The last name is Lempert or Lampert - which are my family names. They are written in the Skalat Memorial Book, which was publi

I'd like some help interpreting the surname in Box 10: Father of Decedent (attached). The online form says Behner. To me it looks like Belmas or Behnas. Thanks, Jeff Fine Montclair, NJ, USA finejeffy@

I’ve uploaded a short letter written from a man in Israel to his nephew in Boston which includes strict instructions not to show it to the man’s brother. I’m eager to find out what the big secret is!

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Could someone please translate these three linked ViewMate documents? A full translation would be appreciated but primarily names, dates, place names and relationships. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewm

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Hebrew I've posted the writing on the back of a photo of two girls and two boys, I believe it is Hebrew and a translation would be helpful. It is on ViewMate at th

A program I thought some members might want to know about... THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES IN EASTERN EUROPE For Jews, cemeteries are inviolable sacred sites, but Nazi and Communist regimes ca

Genealogist Deborah Long to speak on Holocaust research in April 25, 2021, free webinar: Deborah H. Long, founder of the Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society in Durham/Chapel Hill, N.C., will speak on

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D-FL-23)are the sponsors of reintroduced legislation, The Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2021, to reclaim unpaid insur

Hi, I've posted vital records in Polish for which I'd like extracts as much vital data (names, dates, spouse, ages, places, etc.) as possible. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses : https://ww

I have posted a picture of the gravestone of Mordechai Leser (Elieser) on Viewmate at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93181 which I would like translated into English. The gr

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As I mentioned in a previous email, my paternal grandfather was Munia Gershfeld, from Druzhkopol, Volhynia. I have seen it also spelled Monia. The family story was that Monia bribed an official to get

I have posted record in yiddisch for wich i need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the followings adress https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93169 https://www.jewishgen.org/vie

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93216 Please respond via

I've posted two records on ViewMate for the births of a brother and sister in Poland in 1903. A complete translation would be appreciated, especially birthdates and names. They are on ViewMate at the

Good day I try to find information about my relative During the 2nd WW he has been taken by nazi army from Vyalikiya Chuchavichy, Brest Region, Belarus. I dont know how his name was spelled in German/

Dear JewishGendom, I am searching for a Friedman family which was last known to live at 163 Berriman Street in Brooklyn, NY, circa 1925-1928, at which point the genealogical trail grows very cold. In

Would anyone have access to records of Landsleitschaften societies in New York? I remember attending a dinner with my parents in the 1960s in New York from the Chimerovitzer Society. Several years ago

Eliezer and Raizel are my great great grandparents on my father's side. They were living in Mount Street, Whitechapel, London in 1911 with their 10-month old daughter Rebecca (Sarah). Eliezer may have