The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: Jewish Surnames and Patronymics: Tracing Your Ancestors Before They Had Surnames Date: Wednesday, May 18th,

Early this year the eminent scholar Bart Wallet was appointed professor of Jewish history at the University of Amsterdam. We have the privilege of interviewing him. We shall discuss the role of Sephar

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Q&A WORKSHOP Featuring our new JGS Toronto members, Gil Bardige and Arthur Sissman Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 7:30 p.m. ET Virtual me

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The May 12, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice announcing that the Regional Court of Central Warsaw (Sąd Rejonowy dla Warszawy-Śródmieś

Hi, A DNA match and I both have great-grandfathers from what we are told is Odessa. As an Israeli, we pronounced the last name B^D- which in English is spelled BAD. She is a generation older than me a

My paternal grandparents were from Narovlya in what is now Belarus. Does anyone in the group have photos, information, or stories about the town from c. 1800-1914? Anyone know about the Safyan/Safian/

Have you ever wished you could consult someone to make sense of a discovery or break down a brick wall? Facebook groups allow you the opportunity to access the knowledge of many. Join us on May 15th a

As an Anglo-American, I can attest to the anti-semitic events shown in the first episode of this four part series. However, it was filmed in Manchester rather than London and the real Ridley Road is a

I've posted a passenger manifest (Liverpool-Ft. Levis) from 1895 which contains the arrival information of a mother and 2 daughters with the surname Steinberg. It lists the former residence as "Slutz"

I've posted a letter in German for which I need a translation. It is actually a six-page letter, five pages of which I have posted this week. It is from my great-grandparents, Sigmund and Rosa LICHTEN

Sunday May 15, 2022 1-3 pm PT Zoom Meeting by Lisa Cooper Many of our Jewish immigrant ancestors refused to talk about life in the old country Unfortunately their choice to forget the unhappy times of

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me by translating one of the records (#12, as I indicate in the description) on the image located at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=98406 on Vi

Hi, My great grandparents were Harris (1842-1922) and Pessah (Betsy) (EISERMANT) (1844-1935) MENDELSOHN. I’ve been told Harris came to England, in 1884, from Telz, and lived on Pimlott St., Manchester

I recently received several Russian records from the Latvian archives, for family members who lived in Riga. The archives didn't label which image goes with the individual requests that I made, so I a

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The April 13, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice announcing that the Regional Court in Będzin, First Civil Division, is preparing to co

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The May 5, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita carried a legal notice announcing that the Regional Court of Central Łódź (Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia), S

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The May 6, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita carried a legal notice announcing that the Nationalization Decree Bureau of the City of Warsaw is conducting an a

My grandparents were both brought to the US as children in the early 1900s. According to what I know my grandfather's family (Goldberg) was from the Kiev area and that is what is reflected on the vari

Hello, I've posted a vital record of my GGF, that died in Romania long ago. It is on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98411 Please respond vi

I have posted two birth records in Polish for which I would appreciate a translation. They are for what I think are two siblings, Michel and Sura Liwerant, born in 1832 and 1835 respectively. They are