My father told me that his father acted as a teacher and in other activites at the Neue Synagogue in Berlin during the end of the 19th century until his death around 1914. Is there a way to check this

Looking for more info on Helena M. Oppenheimer and her arrival in U.S June 6, 1907. She was to meet her uncle L. Traemkel. Can't find any info on L. Traemkel. What would/could be a name for the letter

I decided to try to reframe my earlier post, with the initial responses and new data I've gathered, to place the question in context. My original post featured two DNA match reports, one from MyHerita

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Arrived June 6, 1907. Passenger list says meeting Uncle L. Traemkel. Just L. for first name. Can't find any record of Traemkel. What could have been a common name for letter L.? Helen Oppenheimer is l

Dear JewishGenners: The December 1, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Second Civ

I am interested if any of my relatives participated in the conferences in Prague (1933) and Lucerne (1935). The surnames would be SECHESTOWER or variations), BEISER, HILZENRAD (or variations), SPIERMA

For years I've known that my grandfather's brother Arpad Seidner born 1898 in Budapest immigrated to Australia and settled in Sydney with his wife Helen/Ilona after World War II. I've located many rec

Dear researchers, Bessarabia Symposium starts Next Tuesday, December 13. Here is schedule of 16 sessions from presenters all around the would, including from Ukraine and Moldova. https://www.jewishgen

My father was Bat Mitzvah’d in NYC around 1908. The 1910 NYC Census has the family living at 216-218 East 118th St (between 2-3rd Avenues). I have tried to find Synagogues that were around that area a

i believe this is the correct certificate for the marriage of my maternal relative Samual Okun to Rose Palley (sometimes spelled Pailley) but some of the information doesn't agree with other informati

Hi, I have several great uncles who immigrated to NYC, but about whom I cannot find a trace after certain census dates. I also could not find them in the NYC death records, or WWI draft cards. The fir

The third missing great uncle is Charles/Chaim Brownstein, son of Abraham and Minnie/Mindel. I have his passenger manifest from 1896, and he is in the 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915 and possibly (?)1930 censu

The second missing great uncle is Morris/Moses Brownstein, son of Abraham and Minnie/Mindel. I have his passenger manifest from 1895, and he is in the 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915 and 1930 censuses. I can't

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hello I am looking for details on: Rabbi Dr. Leo Pesach Yehuda Jakovlev. His father's name: Klonimos Yosef. Probably his origin is from Lithuania. Lived for several years in Munich, Germany (known for

Did you ever notice that our Jewish ancestors had a lot of names? They had Hebrew names, Yiddish names, nicknames and often several American names that can make tracing them rather challenging. Given

Dear Friends: We are very excited to present to the community this most interesting conversation between Tony Kahane and Andrew Zalewski, two recently retired members of our Board. You can listen to t

I'm a beginner at this, and this is probably a really basic question, but where would I find ship manifests for immigrants to Palestine in 1927 and subsequent years? I believe two siblings of my late

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