This is page 1 of a 2-page letter written in 1930 from a Jew in Palestine to someone (possibly his cousin) in New Jersey. You can view it at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.aspkey=VM10

Dear members I would be really grateful for your help with the following documents. I've posted 3 documents in Polish for which I need a translation. There is 1 letter handwritten from an administrati

LitvakSIG is sponsoring a series of Zoom sessions on how to power up your Litvak research. Our next session on Finding Your Shtetl will be held on Zoom on Sunday, March 26, at 12:00 noon Eastern Dayli

Hi, We are searching original certificates of my grandfather, Baruch Lehrer, that was born in 1906 in Przemysl, Poland. Could someone help us ? Yael Shapira

I would like to find someone living in or near Bacău Romania who can search the archives there for family records. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. James Lazar Auburn, CA (530) 906-8700 l

Hi all, I am looking for information on Jewish orphanages that operated in Bialystok between 1910 and 1940. I wonder if there are any lists of the children in those orphanages and how can one reach th

Can someone please identify and translate the writing on my grandfathers becher. Mike Paneth Melbourne Australia

IN THE NEWS In My Pocket jwire.com.au https://www.jwire.com.au/in-my-pocket/ The IN MY POCKET Project was launched at the WA Museum Boola Bardip last weekend when we ran our first session for children

The JOWBR of JewishGen is seeking new record transcribers who can please assist us in taking care of some outstanding projects. Yes, we have more records than we have volunteers. Some knowledge or the

LitvakSIG s very excited to announce the following: With recent updates to the All Lithuania Database (ALD), LitvakSIG has reached a major milestone: 2.5 million records in 2.5 decades. That works out

In Przemysl Marriages 1790-1827 I found this entry for Josef Orner under August 1824. Can anyone help with understanding this record, there are no details of the spouse etc. What do the entries mean ?

During the Italian occupation of the Alpes-Maritimes in France in 1943, the area was a relative haven for Jews. Around a thousand live in Saint Martin Vésubie, in the Alps north of Nice, until they fl

“Navigating the Center for Jewish History Catalog” will be presented online by Moriah Amit, senior reference services librarian and genealogy coordinator at the Center for Jewish History in New York C

hello I am a new member of your site I saw that someone is looking for details that I have. His reference number is 597610 in the group Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic MAISNER/MEISNER Rabbis from Hun

I'm trying to find out what happened to David Bernstein. Here is what I know. David was born in 1889 in Skalat. His parents were Bluma Bernstein and Juda Mendel Werfel (deceased). Bluma, David and her

Hi all, I received the following lead from Arolsen's Archives listing the following families/individuals as relatives to Shlomo Kano - a direct relative of mine - married to Ester Yocheved Herszaft/Ge

Hi Siggers, I found in JewishGen that Adele Kaplun is buried in the Veyrier, Geneva, Switzerland cemetery in Plot C113. She died in 1966. Does anyone know how I can get a photo of her headstone and an

Hello, I am trying to determine the fate of my great-great-grandfather, Srul NERUBAY. Srul and his son Motel arrived in New York on the SS Noordam on April 11, 1906. (Their name was spelled Nerobaj).

Sunday April 9th 2023 1-3 pm PDT Zoom Meeting The Magic Shop: My Grandfather’s Metaphysical Pursuits in 1930s Vienna by Helen Goldsmith In 2017 after her uncle’s death, Helen Goldsmith discovered a tr

We are pleased to announce the release of the March 2023 issue of the Galitzianer, the quarterly research journal of Gesher Galicia. In this issue, you will explore the mystery of why so many more Jew