Seeking descendants of Jacob Stein and Rebecca Martin who married in 1875 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. They immigrated to Rochester, New York around 1885. Jacob (Yacov) was born in Chodorow, Pol

Hello, I would greatly appreciate help with the translation of record #4. I just need the names and ages of the main people excluding the Rabbi and the witnesses. I think Eta Pinkusovich is the mother

Can anyone help with identifying the uniform from WW1. All details would be appreciated The soldier on the right is of my grandfather Viktor Mayer who was born in Slovakia. On the left is his twin bro

Dear All, A new Facebook group. The admin. published a book about the Jews of Dobczyce. Toy may post in English My late father was born there. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089774956707 J

I need help translating this postcard to my grandfather’s cousin from Kolo, Poland. No one in my family seems to know what happened to her. I’m hoping there may be a clue. Sherrie Susman, Petaluma, CA

Bessarabia friends: I am looking for a genealogist to search my family name - Louis (and Ida) Russakoff. Louis b 1862. Married (unk) Wife Ida Bindefsky. Children are Minnie (Menie / Mineercha) b 1885,

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

On Tuesday, April 11, JGSPBC will present “Jewish Research in the Russian Empire, a lecture by Lara Diamond. PRESENTATION REVIEW This talk discusses vital records, census, revision lists, and other re

The producers of the Broadway show Leopoldstadt, saw my column in the recent issue of the Galtizianer and they have graciously provided to us one of the leading cast members, Jenna Augen to be intervi

Dear Friends, I have posted two birth records in Polish from early 19th century Łęczna, Poland. I don't need a full translation but would be grateful to confirm names, dates, location, birth parents'

I've posted a vital record in old Russian or Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM102765 Plea

Hi, I have posted 4 different documents in Russian, mostly quite short, for which I would greatly appreciate translation help. One is a return address on an envelope: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmat

I've posted a vital record in russian or Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM102786 https://

Professor Ron Hassner's new book, Anatomy of Torture, studies how the Spanish Inquisition used torture as a tool to extract information from their prisoners. Torture was used to force victims to divul

I finally found an ancestor on JewishGen in the Belarus Marriage Database. Can I get a copy of the following marriage record online or if I can't get in online where can I send for it? I can't seem to

Can anyone out there help transliterate this handwritten postcard, received by my grandfather in 1938? My understanding is that Moses Kreppel (sp.?) was a friend or relative, and my zaidy was urging h

The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: The Alex Krakovsky Project: Navigating the Wiki to Locate Town Records Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Time

Dear researchers, I know it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but my cousin and his mother and father were living in Kishinev when Operation Barbarossa started. The mother and son visited th

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The March 21, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Siedlce, First Civil Division, regarding a claim by one Prz

The stories of the forty families who escaped Europe and built the Ashkenazi Jewish community of Barbados in the 1930s and 40s are set out in "Peddlers All, Stories of the First Ashkenazi Jewish Settl