Dear members I would be really grateful for your help with the following 5 documents in Yiddish for which I don't need a translation, just a transcription; I understand yiddish but cannot decipher it

Dear Friends, On behalf of the team, I want to express appreciation to everyone who contributed to yesterday's matching campaign. With your help, we reached our goal, and even surpassed it. December w

The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: Finding and Understanding Bubbe and Zayde’s Galician Vital Records Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Time:

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice indicating that the Regional Court for Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmie

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Third

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice indicating that the Regional Court in Bochnia, First Civil Division, is seeking the

My grandmother, Rose Gross, was among the first women buyers in the garment industry. Toward the end of her career she worked for a company named Prestige. Does anyone have information about this comp

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 29, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court for Kraków-Nowa Huta, First Civil DIvision, indicating that

I know the meaning of pe-nun on the headstones. One of my great grandmothers has pe-tav. Her husband's stone has pe-nun, so I'm puzzled as to why the family would change it for her. In fact, it's the

Attached, from the death certificate of my great grandmother, Miriam Blier, her birthplace. I am unable to find it. It would be in present day Poland, then part of the Austrian Empire, likely near Prz

JewishGen has added more than 200,000 newly-indexed Ukrainian records, which is great! But there are some quirks with the data that may cause you to miss indexed family members. Here is some info on w

The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: Practicing Safe Computing Date: TODAY - Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time Re

Sunday, December 11th 2022 1:00-3:00 p.m. JCC 2nd floor in the Library 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla This will be a “Live and In-Person” Event only.. Please join us for an afternoon of food, friendsh

By chance is anyone planning a visit to the NJ State Archives in Trenton? I need a death certificate from 1933 but I can not see an index to confirm it exists. If someone is going there I can give you

Thanks so much, Lara. Although we're working to standardize the transcriptions and broaden the search engine, making searches easier, it's great to use your hints. One more -- I NEVER (well, almost ne

Hi, I heard in the family that my GF, Hesh Horn was drafted to the Austrian-Hungary army through WWI. Are there any archives where I can find any documents to confirm it? Thanks, Shimi Karni, Israel J

Hello! My granduncle, Sam Kaplan, is giving me a run for my money, so I would welcome help finding his death and burial records. Sam's parents were Yakov Mikhel Hacohen Kaplan and Hinda Rubnitz. He ar

All I know about my maternal great-grandfather was that his name was Abram Dashev (some documents say Adashev), born in Odessa in about 1852. Later he married my great-grandmother Hava Loeva, born ca.

Dec. 4 1:30-3:30 PM EST The JGS of Greater Boston and Hebrew College present Dr. Jonathan Sarna speaking on Re-evaluating the Role of American Jewry During the Shoah. The program is free and open to t

I'm looking for information about my gg grandfather John Burt Hazen. Specifically his parents, I have census information regarding his wife and children as well as birth, naturalization, marriage, and