My wife's grandmother, Regina née Schwartz, was born in Ebron, Hungary, according to her US declaration of intent to naturalize, and in Egron, Hungary, according to her "Petition for Naturalization".

Further to my last post back in October 2022 (see here), I am pleased to announce that JRI-Poland has made a huge step forward in extracting birth, marriage and death records from Glowno. We have now

Irish Genealogist Stuart Rosenblatt will donate Irish-Jewish family records to the National Library of Israel on December 19, 2022.. The records span over 70,000 individual names. Mr. Rosenblatt is cu

A Daniel Wajnrajch was married to Rywka Sztern (no DOB) in 1903 in Konskie. Rywka died in Konskie on Sep 8, 1907. In 1908 (no exact date) Daniel Wajnrajch married Rywka Wasersztajn (born Feb 18, 1887

The Center for Jewish History is launching the DNA Reunion Project, offering DNA testing kits for free, to Holocaust survivors or their children (who have never DNA tested before) through an applicati

After more than 40 years of research, I finally learned of the maiden name of one of my Lithuanian great-great grandmothers, Chane Base Berman (c.1859-1 Feb 1933. Utena, Lithuania). She married Lazar

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The December 2, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court for Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Eight

Shalom. Bessarabia Winter Symposium starts next week on Tuesday, December 13. We have a Panel Discussion on December 14 at 1pm, where you could ask questions to Ala Gamulka - moderator, Alan Levine an

Do you have a family mystery that you want help solving? "Finding Your Roots" is now casting! If so tell them your story at: https://findingyourrootscasting.com/ Click on the click here and tell them

My other's name was Maril sometimes spelled with two Ls. The origin of the Maril family was Brody in Galica and we know this from family records. Alfred Marill's (my grandfather) memoir describes the

I have a photo of my grandfather in a military uniform. He is from Munkacs so this uniform could be connected to Hungary, Subcarpathia, or Czechoslovakia. This would be sometime between approximately

I’m looking for a researcher that I can retain to find records of my 2nd ggrandfather and his family from Hildesheim, Hannover, Germany. I’ve struck out in looking for records, as what is available is

I am trying to get a picture of a headstone of the sister of my great-aunt. She was buried at Machsike Hadas Jewish Cemetery of Antwerp (which is actually located in Putte, Netherlands) in 1988. I don

Stuart Rosenblatt P.C. FGSI (2005) The address Irish Jewish Genealogical Society (A division of the Irish Jewish Museum) 3 Walworth Road, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, Ireland Email: srosenblatt@...

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has just released new and updated databases on its website. There are now over 2.5 million records available in our databases. With each release we pro

Looking for information on all families from Montreal, Quebec, Canada named BACKMAN. Having done some research on the family of Abraham Hillel BACHRACH which became BACKMAN in Canada, I'm trying to fi

We are pleased to announce that the Call for Proposals for the 2023 IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy is now open! In 2023, the in-person conference will take place in London, England

This program from the NY Public Library about the Dorot Jewish Division takes place Dec. 14th at 6:30 EST, both in person and streaming. Nurit Har-zvi New York Building Jewish Libraries into the Futur

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The December 2, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court for Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Eight

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island invites you to our upcoming meeting Wednesday, December 21, 2022 700 PM Location: Zoom– see registration info below Hanukkah Party and Trivia contest Host: