Researchers with connections to towns in the Lida and Oshmiany Districts (see list below) are invited to a free “Birds of a Feather” Zoom session for the LitvakSIG Lida District and Oshmiany District

-- The Lublin branch of the Polish State Archives announced on 2 May 2022 that the national headquarters has released additional scans of records from the Lublin and Zamosc Archives and posted them on

Hi All, Is anyone able to provide assistance in reading/translating two separate entries in Vienna, Austria birth records? The first entry is #839 for my grandmother, Lili Grünberg. The second entry i

ekade117@... 07/25/10 #627196 Looking for Janowski / Yanovski / Yanofski -> Chigirin - #Ukraine, Warsaw, Góra Kalwaria - #Poland, #US I am looking for information about my great-great-grandfather's fa

On Wednesday May 11 at 1PM ET, JGS of Palm Beach County will be hosting a virtual tour of ANU, the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. This unique global institution tells the ongoing and

“The Tarnow El Capone” is a section of a long chapter titled “Memories, Personalities and Types” from the Yizkor book of Tarnow (Poland). I’m not sure how Al Capone became El Capone in this translatio

I would like to send a letter to the name and address of the person written below (I'll also attach the image in case you can see it better that way): According to the Yad Vashem website, her name is

The Portuguese Jews of Hamburg: The History of a Mercantile Community in the Seventeenth Century. The Sephardic community of Hamburg no longer exists but was one of the most significant in the Western

What is the probability that a man named Gregory in md-1800s in Ukraine be also named Girach? Marvin Turkanis Cincinnati, Ohio USA

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO Comparing the Genealogy Giants Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com, and MyHeritage.com Speaker: Sunny Morton Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 7:00 PM. ET. (ple

I slightly changed the subject since I observed a similar case with my relatives in Stanislawow, in November 1941: A couple, man and his wife, are reported (according to the Kehila's book of deaths) t

By Presidential Proclamation every year since 2006, May is Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) in recognition of the indelible contributions Jewish Americans have made, and continue to make, to our

I am looking for information about my grandfather ISRAEL YAFFE, YAFFE FAMILY, and general information about his town in Russia/Ukraine. Ira Lippman, Chicago

I've posted a document in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98350 Please respond via the f

Hi Group I have a transcribed Jewishgen death record for Peisachas Sames (Shames). He died Dec 14 1935 in Vieksniai Lithuania. Death recorded in Mazekiai. I know this is the Peisach Shames involved in

My late father, Moshe was born in the village of Wolkowce, known to Jews as Wolkowitz, in Galicia. He moved with his family to the nearby town of Borszchow, where he attended high school. I would like

Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday, May 15 at 1:30 PM Eastern, via Zoom Solving a Genealogical Problem: Three Case Studies Speakers: Joy Kestenbaum, Lauren Shulsky Orenstein, and Lynn Diamo

May 5, 2022 - 4 Iyar 5782 Dear JewishGen Community, Among the many virtues of placing family history information online, is coming across items of historical value. In honor of Yom Ha'Atzmaut, Israel

Family History Today: Ask a Genealogy Librarian - Online & Archival Resources for U.S. Research Wednesday, May 18, 7 pm Eastern Time / 4 pm Pacific Time (U.S.) In our second genealogy Q & A session on

I have recently discovered Death Certificates for several of my great uncles, all of whom were professionals (lawyers, Ph.D. chemists, etc.) and who died during the Hitler era. What surprises me immen