Hi all, I could not find answers to the following questions on Arolsen Archives site itself, so I wondered if those with experience in submitting inquiries (https://arolsen-archives.org/en/search-expl

Dear members I would be really grateful if you could help me to take a look on the previous translation and check the accuracy, the previous helper provided a translation done by an OCR reader and not

I seem to be at a dead end. The cousin I knew as JULIUS LASSEN emigrated under the name of LEIB LESZCINSKI and also used the original family name of LISHINSKY. He emigrated on the Ohio leaving Hamburg

I request a translation of the Yiddish text on a postcard. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM101073 Please respond using the online

You should also go to the archives in Vilna and Kovna. Tell the archives beforehand what towns you want to research. And two reasons to go. You get the feeling of the places where your ancestors lived

Seeking more information on Jewish families escaping from Ukraine (Henischesk, port in Taurida province in my case) to Harbin then Shanghai in early 1920s. Travelled by train overland (I think). How m

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Good morning (from the west coast), First, I would like to say thank you for allowing and publishing my post "Hannover-Ahlem and Salzwedel". I have received a couple of emails which I am very thankful

My grandfather, Albert Silber, was born in 1886 in Buzafalva, Abauj-Torna, Kassa, Hungary. He emigrated to NY in 1901. I have his birth record, immigration and citizenship records so am pretty confida

Dear JewishGen — There is an excellent New York Times article on a “largely forgotten” Holocaust killing field — Jungfernhof, outside Riga, Latvia. The article was written by Ralph Blumenthal and was

The Museum of Family History cordially invites all those who are interested in preserving the heritage of their ancestral homes to become one of the Museum's World Jewish Communities. Through a combin

(Edited) Hello - I wonder how common it was in the 1950s to adopt an adult as a child. My great-grandfather returned from hiding in Brussels to his home-town, family house, company etc in Germany - th

You can reply directly to my e-mail: yehoshua.sivan@... With thanks in advance, Yehoshua Sivan

Krakow census scans from 1921 are now viewable online at https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/zespol/-/zespol/30911?_Zespol_javax.portlet.action=zmienWidok&_Zespol_nameofjsp=jednostki&_Zespol_resetCur=

I was hoping that one your learned members can translate the Hebrew words that are inserted in the German script - I have no problems with the old German script. Peter Cullman

Like Krakow did Warsaw have a census in the 1920's or 30's that can be looked at? Tony Allan (Golendziner)

I have confirmed with the cemetery that Sarah Cherniak is buried there. Looking for someone to take a photo of the headstone/marker. Sarah Cherniak Gate Name: I.O.B.A.Independant Order Of Brith Abraha

The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at the New England Historic Genealogical Society is holding a live broadcast Tuesday, January 31 from 1-2 PM ET presented by Adam D, Mendelsohn in conversation

A little known subchapter of Eastern European Jewish history is the 19th century establishment of Jewish agricultural colonies in Southeastern Ukraine. In the eighteen forties, with an offer of a 50-y

Hello everyone, I've posted 5 vital records in Russian that for which I need a translation. They were located on JRI-Poland and are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Marriage record of ZYL