I would like translations of these two gravestones, for Abraham and Ruth Frank of Philadelphia, buried in Har Nebo cemetery. For Abraham's gravestone, I'd like to know his father's name, which appears

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

US Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann touches the freshly laid 'Stolpersteine' (stumbling stones) for members of her family in Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, on May 30, 2023. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP) The 100,000 t

“The National Archives is improving visitor experience by redesigning the permanent galleries and the learning center, as well as upgrading the theater at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced they are offering access to the digitized 1931 Census of Canada. Canada has a 92-year embargo period. This is the first time that LAC has provided online ac

The U.S. Census Bureau said on May 30 that it would delay until next year the release and narrow of the scope of some of most detailed data from the 2020 census. Detailed numbers dealing with househol

“The Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking steps to police its collection for stolen and looted art and artifacts. It’s a move that comes after pressure from law enforcement and the art world, as well

My Ukrainian family was forced labor in Kempten, Germany, and I have some of the work cards. The mayor's office in Kempten has the work cards, however, they are not open for inspection by the general

Publishing Your Family Story Why do we do family research? For many of us, it is to pass the story on to the next generation. So, you’ve done your research, and traced the story of your family. How do

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island invites you to our upcoming meeting Wednesday June 14, 2023 7:00 PM Location: Zoom Topic: Motherlodes of Golden Nuggets: 19th and Early-20th Century Newspap

Acrostic gravestone poem help needed on left two columns! I see the small hyphen lines above the beginning of each poem verse spelling out Pinchas David which is the expected deceased's name on this 1

My great-aunt Ernestine JACOBS died in 1884 and is buried in the Baron Hirsch Cemetery in Memphis, TN. I cannot make out the inscription, and even if I could, I’d probably need help with the translati

The JewishGen Latvia and Estonia Research Division is excited to announce an update to our Internal Passport Issuance Books Database 1919-1940. This update represents 6715 new record entries (each rep

Hi All, Some years ago I received an Oppenheimer tree several pages long from a Genner. It went in a direct line back to Rashi. I lost the tree with other genealogy material in a basement flood. Samue

Scans of civil birth, marriage, and death registers from Bautzen in Saxony, including handwritten name indexes, are viewable online at https://www.archivverbund-bautzen.findbuch.net/php/main.php#36313

Scans of civil birth, marriage, and deaths records from Herne, Sodingen, Baukau, Wanne, Eickel, and Röhlinghausen in Nordrhein-Westfalen are viewable online, with partial handwritten indexes, at https

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

Hi, on LiveAuctioneers, I noticed when you search “Judaica”, you get a link to Valkyrie’s Holocaust Auction. There is a lot of disturbing items and anti-semitic propaganda, all from World War II. I wo

Hi all, I am looking for older records from the Koblenz Cemetary, from before it was destroyed in 1944. I believe they may exist in some form because Hildberg-Helene Thill referred to a gravestone tha

Good morning, On the right- Here lies or here is buried (two-letter abbreviation on top) Avraham son of reb Yehoshua Heshil Passed 20 Av 5698 May his soul be gathered in eternal life (last line abbrev