My grandmother and great aunt spent a number of years in an orphanage at Ruthgasse 21 between 1913 and 1921. Does anyone have any information about this institution? I know it has since been converted

Dear Friends, Last Sunday November 6th we had a very successful zoom meeting. We had a good turnout and all of our board members as well as the Editor of the Galitzianer spoke. At the end there was a

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My grandfather's naturalization papers state that my grandmother came from Oranif Russia, but what was actually Ukraine. I have not been able to find anything about Oranif anywhere. Does anyone have a

I have found records in England of a relative, born in 1895 in Odobesti, Romania who came to England via France and was naturalised in 1928. At the time of his naturalisation, his parents and siblings

I have a copy of the excellent (and hard to find) book Sichel, Frieda H .. From Refugee to Citizen It is a very detailed analysis of Jewish refugees routes, roots, organisations serving immigrants, le

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Dear Genners, Need your help in finding the relatives of Yaaqub Moshi Sayegh who lived in Batawin neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq in the late 1940s. He was born around the turn of the 20th century and w

Hi, I'm new to the Ukraine group but have spent the last two years digging into JRI-Poland databases, etc. I can only hope I'll be half as successful in this part of Russia. I have just this past week

Need help with parents. of Emilia Felsberg: born in Germany. sept. 15, 1880 in Isertohn, North rhine-westphalia, Germany Need help with parents of Solomon Oppenheimer 1841-1914. Born March 10, 1841 in

November 9-10 is the anniversary of Kristallnacht “the Night of Broken Glass”, pogrom against German and Austrian Jews when mobs of Germans and Austrians attacked, looted and burned Jewish shops and h

“The Old Cemetery” is a section from a chapter titled “The Eishishok Surroundings” from the Yizkor book of Eišiškes, Lithuania. It was among the places that attracted youths of the area with their “at

Tuesday, November 29 at 12:30 pm ET Tune in for the official launch of the DNA Reunion Project at the Center for Jewish History, a new worldwide effort by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute

Hello, Please heip me with translation of three birth records of ZALCSZTAJN family from Opole Lubelskie, Lublin Voivodeship. Thank you very much -- Emanuel Binder Haifa, Israel emanub@...

I would appreciate a translation of the ViewMate document number: VM100452 from Russian to English. Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you so much. Denise Segal Uma

I have been searching off and on for about 30 years for my cousins, sisters Bernice and Betty MENDEL. I am trying to locate Bernice and Betty, and their mother Lillian, in the 1950 census, and/or loca

My name is Gerald Kirzner and was intrigued by the search for Kirzner My father came before the war and stayed with cousins in Windsor Canada. He was the only one left from his nuclear family. His fat

Yolande -- Thanks for your response and the questions you raise. Yes, I have found records that at least two of the Graumanns are buried in the Evangelish cemetery. I understand that births and deaths

I am interested in finding my grandfather’s petition for naturalization. I found his declaration of intent on Family Search and not on Ancestry. Do you have any ideas? I have searched ship manifests f

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