Dear all (& especially "down under"s), I am looking for a photo of the grave of Theresia MERKESTEYN who (according to Victoria, Australia Death Index) died in Kew in 1981. I could not trace her grave

Jewish Dressmakers in Barcelona Looking for any kind of information. Merci. Una de Marco https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/memberadmin/submissionslist.asp?order=ID

At the end of each week, we have been featuring excerpts from Yizkor books in JewishGen's archive. You can find the archive of past Yizkor book excerpts here: https://bit.ly/3aCH1ak. If you are not fa

Hello, I have a question regarding Balta town records, from Balt uyezd, Podol gubernia. I am trying to find the birth records of my great grandfather Lipa Gendelman who I believe was born in Balta aro

I am trying to help a friend learn what happened to his Uncle, Yosef Yochanon Weiss(sz) who was conscripted into the Russian army during WW2. He was born in Simlau, Transylvania in 1919. The family ne

i have posted the following two Viewmate records, both for the NY arrival of my grandfather, Mendel RASKIN into NY in February 1909. The first is his arrival manifest, the second is a record of his de

Sephardic World free online meeting, Sunday, 4 December 2022 Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836) shatters Jewish stereotypes. Born into a poor London family he found fame through his fists, becoming Champion B

Hello, I would greatly appreciate help with the translations of the following Viewmate Documents. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM100597 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/vi

Oftentimes I found that trying to copy text and paste it into Google Translate didn't work. My son showed me an easy way to do it using my IPad. I am a bit technologically challenged, so I hope I get

Dear Jewishgenners, I am looking for the descendants of Shlomo Zalman DICKSTEIN/DYKSZTEJN, son of Chaim Szmul, and Liba Necha SZRYFTGISER, daughter of Naftali Hertz, from WARSAW. Szlama Zelman DYKSZTE

Dear Jewishgenners, I am looking for descendants of Yona and Gittel BIRNFELD from Glogow; and descendants of Majer David and Gitel/Tova SCHWARZ from Tarnobrzeg. Rachel BIRNFELD (daughter of the former

Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday, December 11 at 2:00 PM Eastern, IN-PERSON Genealogical Resources at the American Jewish Historical Society Speaker: Tamar Zeffren As stewards since 1892

Rabbi Sapir's travels in Australia in the 1860s have been translated into English and published in the Australian Historical Society Journal. I read them 30 years ago for a course I was doing. Very in

I've posted two images of tombstones that I'd like translated. I found the photographs of the tombstones among the papers of my cousin, a Holocaust survivor who died in 2019. He lived in Kovno and Gar

Over the last 20 years I have heard the name Courland. Suggest you go into jewishgen’s discussion archives and searc Courland. You should find email I On this town and where it is. Diane Jacobs On Dec

Recently, I posted five immigration documents filled out in German by my paternal grandmother’s cousins. I am still seeking translation of the following document:: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/v

Hello All, Recently I came across a Hebrew book titled "Even Sapir" which was published in 1866and written by an Ashkenazi Jew from Jerusalem who travelled for 4 years to Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Indi

Corrected question - in bold I know the meaning of pe-nun on the headstones. One of my great grandmothers has pe-tet. Her husband's stone has pe-nun, so I'm puzzled as to why the family would change i

Dear friends, researchers, Here is an update for the Bessarabia projects for the month of November 2022. See also at What's New at Bessarabia website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists, p

Hi everyone, This article popped up in my news feed this morning, I thought it might be of interest. https://www.livescience.com/genetics-medieval-ashkenazi-jews-germany Here's a link to the original