Re- trying to find info about my great grandfather, who was a tailor from Brzeziny, Poland, who had a son named MOSZEK GERSON FRYDMAN was born on April 11, 1874. MOSZEK lived in Łódź. Likely names of

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Did some of your ancestors live in or near Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania? If you've done research on these ancestors, you probably have looked at the All Lithuania Database maintained by the Litva

I am seeking help in translating all information in a Slovakia marriage record from Hungarian to English. Please see ViewMate at the following link: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp

See Jewishgen’s Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville Research Group (jewishgen.org). I found my father’s cousin who was in vaudeville there. Happy hunting. Searching BERENSON and GROFFMAN in Ukraine, Englan

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On November 13, 60 Minutes aired an episode on the Paper Brigade--writers and intellectuals living in what is now Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital smuggled artwork, books and rare manuscripts–hiding them

I've posted a vital record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM100440 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmatev

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Need translation of the attached headstone which may be my maternal great-grandmother. I found it on FindaGrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192165663/esther-grossberg). Have not found the cor

My grandmother's maiden name was SCHERL - PERLMUTTER. Family legend is that the reason for the double name is that one of her PERLMUTTER ancestors was a salt merchant, exporting salt to Russia. In one

Anxious to discover any information about Rabbi Eliahu Tsvi of Novogrudok, b. middle 1800's. Neilan Stern researching: Stern, Pistrong, Stieglitz - Radomysl Wielki, Poland; Schwarz, Black - Nesvizh, B

Hello, I've posted a Polish document for which I would appreciate an interpretation. Is it possible that the term mikwa, in the 2nd paragraph, could mean something other than a ritual bath? Soon after

Hello, Here lies or here is buried (2-letter abbreviation on top) An old and important woman Esther daugher and mother Honest and nice were her ways To the depressed souls she reached out her hands Th

Hello, I try to access the szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl internet site. I get an image where is written in polish : 'Modernization wroks are underway. The website in temporaly unavailable'. Does someone kno

Hi, Admitting defeat once again at the hands of 125-year-old German handwriting, I'm requesting help with the translation of an 1896 Bohemian marriage record (copied in two parts). The town is Dolni K

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