Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday, December 11 at 2:00 PM Eastern, IN-PERSON Genealogical Resources at the American Jewish Historical Society Speaker: Tamar Zeffren As stewards since 1892

Rabbi Sapir's travels in Australia in the 1860s have been translated into English and published in the Australian Historical Society Journal. I read them 30 years ago for a course I was doing. Very in

I've posted two images of tombstones that I'd like translated. I found the photographs of the tombstones among the papers of my cousin, a Holocaust survivor who died in 2019. He lived in Kovno and Gar

Over the last 20 years I have heard the name Courland. Suggest you go into jewishgen’s discussion archives and searc Courland. You should find email I On this town and where it is. Diane Jacobs On Dec

Recently, I posted five immigration documents filled out in German by my paternal grandmother’s cousins. I am still seeking translation of the following document:: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/v

Hello All, Recently I came across a Hebrew book titled "Even Sapir" which was published in 1866and written by an Ashkenazi Jew from Jerusalem who travelled for 4 years to Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Indi

Corrected question - in bold I know the meaning of pe-nun on the headstones. One of my great grandmothers has pe-tet. Her husband's stone has pe-nun, so I'm puzzled as to why the family would change i

Dear friends, researchers, Here is an update for the Bessarabia projects for the month of November 2022. See also at What's New at Bessarabia website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists, p

Hi everyone, This article popped up in my news feed this morning, I thought it might be of interest. https://www.livescience.com/genetics-medieval-ashkenazi-jews-germany Here's a link to the original

Dear members I would be really grateful for your help with the following 5 documents in Yiddish for which I don't need a translation, just a transcription; I understand yiddish but cannot decipher it

Dear Friends, On behalf of the team, I want to express appreciation to everyone who contributed to yesterday's matching campaign. With your help, we reached our goal, and even surpassed it. December w

The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: Finding and Understanding Bubbe and Zayde’s Galician Vital Records Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Time:

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice indicating that the Regional Court for Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmie

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Third

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice indicating that the Regional Court in Bochnia, First Civil Division, is seeking the

My grandmother, Rose Gross, was among the first women buyers in the garment industry. Toward the end of her career she worked for a company named Prestige. Does anyone have information about this comp

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court for Kraków-Nowa Huta, First Civil DIvision, indicating that

I know the meaning of pe-nun on the headstones. One of my great grandmothers has pe-tav. Her husband's stone has pe-nun, so I'm puzzled as to why the family would change it for her. In fact, it's the

Attached, from the death certificate of my great grandmother, Miriam Blier, her birthplace. I am unable to find it. It would be in present day Poland, then part of the Austrian Empire, likely near Prz

JewishGen has added more than 200,000 newly-indexed Ukrainian records, which is great! But there are some quirks with the data that may cause you to miss indexed family members. Here is some info on w