My great grand mother was a Lifshutz from Ukraine. Im finding a number of dna matches with Lisis/Lises etc and Lipitz. Once in awile a Lifschutz pops up along with those other names. Are these the sam

Dear researchers, I want to share with you a grim story about Isaak Kronfeld, a resident of Kagul, Bessarabia who was arrested by NKVD (secret police of the Soviet Union), interrogated, convicted, kil

Does anyone by any chance have a copy of a visa application filed at a U.S. consulate in the 1920s? I'm eager to know what questions, if any, were included about relatives already in the U.S. Here's w

I would appreciate a line by line translation of my great grandfather’s grave stone from Hebrew to English. Thank you. -- Richard Oppenheimer Venice, Florida, USA

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Hello! This is a page from digital images on familysearch.org of Jewish records in Jamaica. If I'm interpreting the images correctly, each page with Hebrew text has a corresponding page of the English

Where can I find or look for any pictures of passengers on the ship or immigrants getting registered after leaving ship?\ Ferdinand Weyland line 11 Helen Oppenheimer line 18 -- Richard F Dassow Milwau

Someone had been kind enough to research a ship's record for me after I had posted information here [ TAUFIELD, 1890 Passenger List Records for New York City:Arrivals..]. The record that she found had

Attached are photos of the tops of two painted wooden matzevah from Poland. The first is from a man's, the second from his wife's. Could anyone kindly explain the significance of the markings? Many th

Can anyone please tell me if there is a date on this gravestone? if so what is it? I believe it is that of my great grandfather. Alan Cohen

Good day, I have exhausted looking for my grandfather's family by their last name (which wasn't their real name) so I thought to look by first name. My second great grandfather was Abram Shmuel, but a

Good evening, The markings are identical for the female and the male – To the right of the star of David is the two letter abbreviation for – here lies or here is buried The symbol on the left of the

I am from England, UK adopted in 1967 and have had a wonderful upbringing. In my childhood/youth I was always fascinated by the holocaust. I traced my paternal mother and eventually my paternal father

I need to determine the name of the town ancestors emigrated from. On the ship's manifest in 1909 it says Sinowa, Russia. It must be a misspelling because nothing comes up on a Google search. Can anyo

Hello, I am looking for ancestors of my grandfather, Moses(anglicized to Morris)Ratner, born 7/1882. His father was David Ratner, born around 1850, and his mother was either Sarah Levin or Tillie Epst

Any hints as to find Husin relatives from Vietka, Mogilev Gubernia? Only can find my great grandfather Israel Husin and children. His wife was Esther Zeitlin. Can't find any other relatives except my

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I found a decorative plate gifted by this society. Does anyone know anything about the history of the society? -- Rabbi Elchonon Baron Jerusalem rabbi_baron@...

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I've posted several letters in handwritten German for which I need a translation. They're on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM101211 https