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

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 28, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Eight

Dear Friends, *As of 1:30 PM Eastern Time, we are about halfway toward achieving our goal - thanks to everyone who has contributed so far!* Thanks to a generous donor, all contributions submitted to J

A bit out of my range for me since it is a long drive over a toll bridge, etc. I have details on two graves in different parts of the cemetery. There might be other family in the plots but I do not kn

The Karaite section of the ancient Bassatine Jewish cemetery was restored with the assistance of the US government. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/us-embassy-helps-restore-jewish-burial-

Dear JewishGen Community, We believe that each and every person, no matter who they are, is important and should be remembered. We believe that the culture and Jewish way of life which existed for hun

For all those researching the town of Pogrebishche, Ukraine, please note that the recent batch of revision list records included a full index of the 1858 Revision List for the town. This should be a t

Israel Genealogy Research Association Website: http://genealogy.org.il/ The lecture will be in Hebrew Introduction to the Jacobi Papers Speaker: Emanuel Elyasaf Dr. Paul J. Jacobi (Königsberg/Jerusale

I would like to translate (even roughly) parts of a Yizkor book that is in Hebrew. I can access the book via the New York Public Library as a webpage or as a PDF document. I think the PDF was made fro

I have obtained a NJ death certificate for a death in 1902 in Paterson NJ. The form lists a cemetery I cannot identify. I have looked at city directories for Paterson for 1900 and this doesn't match t

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 28, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Eight

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The November 28, 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