In indexing the Kiev city Jewish birth records, I've come across the male given name "Годъ" (God) on a few occasions. I don't have my name books handy at the moment, and wonder if anyone had the deriv

I have attached a record I found on JewishGen. Clicking on the last column, "More" refers me to the Rumanian National Archives. Does JewishGen have the original document? And if so, how can I get acce

Hi Lucy, That pendant looks handmade and must have been treasured by the owner! So kind of you to take it into your care. I hope someone knows something about it! I am on a search too- trying for many

Hello Bessarabian Researchers, I want inform you about Bessarabia SIG participation in 43rd IAJGS International Conference in London this summer. Sunday, July 30th 2pm-5pm, Share Fair. We will have a

Hello everybody, Today I received four Revision List microfilms, thanks a lot to Family Search. It is great we have an agreement with Family Search and getting microfilms we need. Here is what we have

Her late father had two children from a previous marriage, who were believed to have died. Recently, however, she discovered survivor records indicating they survived, that one immigrated to the US an

I have an ancestor Else Zuckerman (maiden name Fried) who possibly was born in Vienna, Austria or Czechoslovakia (maybe Prossnitz or Suchowitz(which is near Olomouc) (DOB unknown), who traveled to Sha

The Jewish Museum in Prague has launched an informative website with online exhibits about the eclectic material discovered in genizas in a dozen synagogue buildings that have been researched in the c

My late grandfather (born in 1919 in Chicago to immigrants from Podolia gubernia and the Odesa area) taught us to play a card game that he likely learned when he was a boy. (Probably because the game

Hi Adam, Fifteen years late, but here is your answer: Khaim-Simsen Bits (my alter zeyde) arrived in Kenosha and married Sura Szulmanowicz of Kuzmin soon after, in Chicago. He began to use the name Sam

Greetings all. I'm wondering about the significance of Port Huron, Michigan and immigrants from England to western Canada. My grandfather with some of his siblings and parents migrated in March 1912 f

A new Jewish museum has opened in Washington D.C. It is located at: 575 3rd Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001. It has many interesting items ranging from Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the early years of wash

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Q&A WORKSHOPS Featuring our JGS Toronto members, Gil Bardige and Arthur Sissman Sunday, 11 Jun 2023, 10:30 am. ET VIRTUAL MEETIN

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO and CLASSI LECTURES PRESENT GLOBAL HERITAGE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) EXPULSION AND FLIGHT - THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE JEWS IN ENGLAND FROM 1652-1918. Speaker:

I am told that the following page from an 1875 Ukrainian census lists my great grandfather (Avrum) and two of his children, my grandfather (Simcha) his twin brother (Hirsch). Can anyone help with a fu

This is from the reclaimtherecords website: New York City death certificates 1949-1968 and nullification of NYC DOH Records Access Rules "Remember that time the NYC DOH ignored ~6,000 public comments

I recently came across a short video at https://youtu.be/DynjSP7gYUs showing the existence of a Jewish cemetery in this village,just outside Medzilaborce. There was no narration, just captions, which

I would be grateful for photos of the following Gravestones. (I am particularly looking for Hebrew names.) I'm happy to pay a reasonable fee. First Name Last Name Age Date of Death Gate Block Row Grav

I am looking for someone who can research files in Oradea (Nagyvarad), Valei lui Mihai (Mihalfalva) and Seini ( Szinervaralja). Any recommendations would be appreciated. A. Tom Grunfeld 0710to@... Mod

At the end of each week, we have been featuring excerpts from Yizkor books in JewishGen’s archive. You can find the archive of past Yizkor book excerpts here: https://bit.ly/3aCH1ak. If you are not fa