I am beginning work on a Jewish genealogy website for SABILE/ZABELN, LATVIA, and would love to hear from anyone with photos, documents or information about the town's Jewish history. I have sites for

The Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society is excited to welcome genealogist, Todd Knowles, for a free program on Sunday, May 1st, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Allen County Public Library Genealo

Hi Group Hope someone can help me Q If a birth record of a person indicates born in Petrasiunai, Kaunas, Kaunas why would her marriage record indicate she is from Krynki, Grodno? Her father was born i

So grateful to this group for letting me post my inquiry regarding connecting to a long-lost cousin. We have found each other! Excited to be getting acquainted and helping each other research. B'shalo

On behalf of all the great volunteers that make JRI-Poland so successful in serving the needs of Polish Jewish Genealogists, I am proud to announce some sweet Passover gifts for those researching fami

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO Collecting the Dream “Including Tales of Using Memorabilia to Enhance Your Research” Speaker: David Matlow Hybrid MEETING: Participate in person at Sha’arei Shom

Yes I know there is a basic yDNA haplogroup classification included in the regular autosomal test result at 23, but knowing just a macro group is paltry and barely useful these days. The yDNA strategy

Findmypast, and the British Newspaper Archive announced they are making one million of the over 50 million newspaper pages digitized and free access. To access the other newspaper pages a paid subscri

I've posted one postcard and two backs of photos in Russian for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses.... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=V

I've posted what I think is a Deregistration Certificate? in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?ke

- I am delighted to advise that the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland “Phase 3” project to fully extract all available Andrzejewo birth, marriage and death records from 1818 to 1912 in the Łomża branch

Hi All: I have posted picture of a family photograph in which the man in the picture is in a uniform, that I believe is a Russian Federation military uniform. I am looking to see if anyone is able to

Hi All: I have several documents which are written in Russian for which I would be most appreciative to receive a translation. The documents are located here: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewma

Hi All: I have a document, which is from the back of a family photograph postcard from the 1920s, which I believe is written in Yiddish, but could be Hebrew. I would be most appreciative of receiving

My GG grandfather served in one of the two totally Jewish regiments in the Union Army. It was the Concordia Guards in Chicago. It was raised in a matter of days and spearheaded by the most prominent J

Interpret Cause of Detention code on Aliens Held for Special Inquiry form #records A “Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry” form for the SS Caronia with New York City arrival date of September 28

Hi, I am researching and in the process of writing a monograph about Jewish fusgeyers who emigrated from Romania primarily in 1900 and mostly emigrated to the United States. I would be interested if s

Wanted to let people know that The Together Plan, a non-profit group with a research team on the ground in Minsk, and other parts of Belarus, just announced a new service. New for 2022: We are now off

Are there Russian/Latvian immigration records, such as passenger manifests or passport records, for people who immigrated from Libau, Latvia? I have the US passenger manifest and many other US documen

Hello fellow researchers and chag sameach. I am hoping to connect with Iris Ellner-Miller. She posted on Avotaynu (on line) about her Blitz/Ellner connections, and may have put the final piece of the