I went to Riverside's website to find their phone number and had a nice surprise -- a grave search tool that "is in beta testing " (https://www.riversidecemetery.org/lookup). The cemetery added online

Dear friends, My grandfather, Morris (Mosche?) Kasdan was born in "Minsk" in 1881 and emigrated to NYC and lived in Cleveland and the Bronx until his death in 1955. He always referred to his home as M

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Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society Events: Part 1: Updated: Help! I Just Got My DNA Results and I’m Confused-Prioritize your match list, get organized and reduce stress and confusion Guest RSVP: REGI

I would be grateful for help locating any images of individual gravestones from the cemetery in Winterswick, Rheinberg. I understand many stones were lost during WWII and another 20 stones were desecr

As part of the JRI-Poland commitment to make available the genealogical-relevant data from all Kielce towns – town by town – resource by resource (Parish records, metric records, Books of Residents, s

Hello, I'm hoping for contact with relatives whose surname is SHORE. My late paternal grandfather was Abraham (Avraham Hersh) SHORE, Of Bl= essed Memory. I was informed that his surname was SHOUR and

Could anyone help me in translating this postal card written in polish and in yiddish?. Many thanks in advance Alejandro T. Rubinstein

Shalom Friends I would appreciate a translation for the birth record (for Nachman Lisman) attached from the town of Ujed. Important of all is parents names and such. Thank you Lea Haber Gedalia, Israe

Looking for information on this family, especially Otillie Boaz, who was born in Schwerin in about 1850, came to North Carolina about 1881, and ultimately New York; husband was David Neumann of Frankf

Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay New York Public Library Resources Presentation by Amanda Seigel Wednesday, May 18, 2022 The Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay will meet virtually on Wed

For those of you who might be interested in this topic, Miriam Weiner will be lecturing at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Sacramento, California, USA this month. Her lecture will be o

Hi all, we are going to Vienna for a week from 9-17 May and want to do a day trip to Bratislava. Can anyone recommend a guide there to show us round? Also interested in a walking tour of Vienna, princ

Hello All: Among the documents saved by my grandmother I have found several letters from Ber Burstein, Chief rabbi of Botosani Romania during the 1930s & 1940s. I have tried to find more information a

I've posted a picture of my Great Grandfather's headstone for which I need a translation of the lengthy Hebrew inscription. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/vie

The image on Viewmate is of a service pin. It's small and looks like it might be worn on a collar or as a tie pin. It's diamond shaped, has the words "Esther Margolis" and "1932" embossed on it, and t

As the Justice Michael Musmanno noted, in Kotal v. Goldberg, 375 Pa. 397, 405, 100 A.2d 630, 634 (1953): "Those who have no respect for the dead can have but little appreciation of the dignity of man,

Good evening, Another question unearthed by research... My great-great grandfather, Moische (Morris) Osovitzki (Savitt) arrived in New York from Indura, Russia in 1904. Sometime afterward, he returned

I've posted photos of two tombstones for which I would be grateful for English translations of the Hebrew inscriptions. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... https://www.jewishgen.org/vie

I've posted a document in Lithuanian or Russian for which I need a translation. I am interested in knowing anything the documents say about my ancestor, Mikhael son of Leib Gurvich. There are 3 pages