In 1942 on his WWII draft registration card Herman Lichtenstein (or Lichenstein) gave his birth date as Aug 23, 1896 in New York City. In 1921 he married Lilyan Haber, and this is the earliest record

I have searched for MANY years to find the records from MLAWA. I have finally found them and would like to have the information. SADLY, I do not know Russian. There are 5 births and 1 death Does anyon

Hello Fran, I'm not sure how to contact you without sending to the group, but I wanted to connect, as I had family in Czestochowa at that time. I am also interested in finding out where to look for bi

I have a photo portrait postcard of my great uncle that he sent to my grandfather from Poland in the 1910's. The back of the postcard is stamped with the name of the photo studio "E. Hawin, Zambrow".

In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the entire JewishGen community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: Stories of Escape - How Four WWII Je

I would very much appreciate a translation of this marriage certificate in Polish from Kalisz in 1832 of Montag and Recht. Kind regards Jeff Cohen London

Have you considered the possibility that the child did not die at birth, but that your parents gave the child up for adoption? The fact that your parents were never willing to discuss the birth certai

I posted this request earlier and realized belatedly that I neglected to post the pertinent link. As my note in Viewmate indicates, I have four words in Russian I would be grateful to have translated.

This enclosed 3 row text [blessing] in Hebrew with [commentary] provides some information about these people (Rabbi and Gabbai), perhaps connecting them to a Shul in Prague and I’m trying to connect t

Hi everyone, I realise that my grandfather and his sister might have taken any route, what are the likeliest route they may have taken? Thanks. -- Ruvane Bernstein. (Efrat, Israel)

It is complicated to write this email without identifying our names but I am not sure if I should do so or not. Our father left Germany in January 1939 traveling by ship to New York City by ship. He s

Announcement of a new book by Nadia Sarah Lipes: Pogroms: an inconvenient truth. 1917–1921: documentary novel / Nadia Lipes. - Odessa: Astroprint, 2021. - 348 p. - (Genealogy for Dummies Series) - ISB

Sotheby’s auction house will help the Paris Louvre Museum research the history of items the museum acquired between 1933 and 1945 which may lead to “restitutions.” The agreement is for three years wil

I am trying to find information on Jacob Bader. He emigrated in the 1880’s to America. He was or then married Pauline Katz. Dawn Schneir

I have found a possible cousin-in-law, Olga (Haves) Suchostawer, listed in the August 23, 1949 issue of The London Gazette. The page appears to list the names and occupations of refugees and/or displa

- Ted Gostin's welcomed lecture "Finding Your Polish Ancestors Online Through the Polish State Archives" prompts me to recount a few of the stops in the long history leading up to the miracle of seein

I am researching someone in the 1858 Litvak census. It says he was 13 years old in the previous revision date 1858. What was the date of the previous revision? Thanks. -- Bob Silverstein bobsilverstei

JGenners- I've posted two vital records in Russian for which I need a translation (most interested in information about Leon Lerner GRIGORIEVICH). They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http

There is a record in JewishGen's Maramaros vital records database that I'd like to see (the listing shows identifying info for book, page & row). According to https://www.jewishgen.org/new/maramaros-v

Shalom, If if anyone has the book פנינים משלחן הגר"א על התורה I would be immensely greateful if you could please send copy of page 30 and the footnote on page 324. According to google books, both of t