I have written a blog post about how I used DNA matches to unlock longstanding roadblocks in my family tree. This one focuses on Ancestry matches and Russian Empire records (in modern-day Ukraine), as

I am trying to connect with Sheila Frankel and have an email that is no longer working. If anyone knows her, please have her contact me or send me a recent email. Please respond privately. Thank you,

I am trying to find records of Joseph FROOS in 1910 or earlier. His name was originally FROSHINSKY or PROSHINSKY. In 1917 he gave his birth date as 15 Jul 1889 born in Pinsk. In the 1920 census he sai

Hello, I am looking for a relative, Handelsmann Siegfried (Shmuel), who migrated in the begging of 1950's to Argentina. Where can I find records about him (maridge, children, etc). Thanks, Shimi Karni

Genetic genealogist Diahan Southard will host the PBS program DNA Secrets Revealed about the science of DNA and the role genetics plays in our longevity and well-being. This will play in the U.S. and

World War II occupies a central place in Yizkor books because of the horrors of the Nazis’ “final solution” and how it was seared into the memories of Jews who survived it. World War I afflicted the l

Hello, I'm looking to get a translation of these four records in the 1897 Odessa census of Joseph Rosen, Mintse Rosen, Melech(?) Tesler, and Chaya Tesler. I'd also be interested to know what's written

Dear all Since 1945 this family member is missing, noboby has heard from her since she was supposed to be in camp Westerbork september 11,1942. The camp has no data on her. Have asked ITS, USHMM. NIOD

Dear JewishGen researchers: Bessarabian, Ukrainian, Belarus, Hungarians, Germans, all others region researchers!! Happy Thanksgiving! Please check your calendar, and participate in our Bessarabia Wint

I am helping a friend find a photograph of her grandmother, Chava Glasberg nee Landsberg, born around 1870 in Poland. She taught Hebrew in a Polish university and had her children Yassy, Romania. If a

hello I am a descendant of FEIWEL BOHRER who lived in GLOGOW MALOPOLSKI Poland/Galicia. (Rzeszów region). Lived approximately between 1835-1916, married in 1854. I have been unable to find any informa

I could not find any information about my relative WOLF BOHRER beyond the following details: Father's name: FEIWEL He was born about 1858 in GLOGOW (MALOPOLSKI) He lived in Lviv, Ukraine. This is his

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 23, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice indicating that the Ragional Court for Warsaw-Wola District, First Civil Division,

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon invites you, your family, friends and organizations to a free presentation: Sunday, 11 December 2022, 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time, via Zoom My Grandmother's Suitc

Stryków, Poland is about 12 miles northeast of Łódź. About 1,800 Jews lived in Stryków in 1900. Currently, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland has posted extractions of available Stryków birth, marriage,

Hello, I am requesting help deciphering a French marriage record from 1809. It is located here: https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/memberadmin/submissionsview.asp?ID=100557 I can read French passably;

Hello and Happy Americana Thanksgiving to all-- I have posted on ViewMate the following five documents in French: --The death record of Salomon Dreyfuss, the brother of my 5x GGF -- https://www.jewish

Greetings, I've posted some family documents in cursive Polish in ViewMate for which I would greatly appreciate translations. The surname of interest is Siegfried, and the towns are Radomysl Wielki an

Can someone please help me obtain a copy of the record of my mother’s having had her German citizenship revoked by the National Socialists. I need it to attach to my application for German citizenship

Hi, ISO Ida Grinspan, second wife of my Grandfather; Ralph Nemzer b. Vilna 1888-d. Los Angeles 1956. The only reference I have of Ida is Marriages Notice in the Washington DC Evening Star newspaper of