Racheli Kreisberg has been developing an amazing house number mapping project for 15 years. Towns she has worked one include Skala Podoskaya: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/skalapodol/Skala%20House

My mother-in-law, Hella Wexler nee Wenig, was born in Dynow Poland on Sep 28, 1931. Her parents were Joseph Weinig(Jun 28, 1891) and Miriam Kasser(Nov 23, 1900). Hella had 3 half brothers, as both Jos

My paternal grandmother was Tzipe LENZ (B1887 Buchach). She had at least two siblings - Chaya SCHWARZ (DOB unknown) and Sara Lea ROCK (born 1870). Their parents were Israel Majer MORGENTHAL and Freude

Can anyone recommend a reliable archivist to obtain family records from Polotsk, Belarus? Earl Zeitlin; Monsey, NY

Hello everyone, I am helping somebody to research their GUCKENHEIMER roots going backwards from the marriage of Rosa GUCKENHEIMER to Emil OPPENHEIMER in about 1866 in Nuernberg. It appears that Rosa w

Hello Everyone, I'm looking for information about my great grandfather who was Yehuda PLAMOVATH, son of Aharon, born about 1859. He emigrated with his wife and child to Liverpool, England from Soroca,

One of the newsletters and blogs I subscribe to is LostCousins.com which is a UK based newsletter. In the current issue there is an article on US World War l Burial certificates for American service p

My father-in-law, Sol Wexler(born Szciome David Weichselblatt) on Mar 4 1928. His parents were Ira Wexler and Leah Sternschuss(Apr 16, 1903). I do not know Ira's original given name. Ira's parents wer

My grandmother, Dora(Dworje) Ferber was born in 1891 in Austria. She immigrated to the US in 1906. Her parents were Zvi Elimelach(Harry) Ferber and Esther Rivka(Rebecca) Feuerrman. I have one indicati

Another jewishgen user helped me find the birth records for my grandfather David Fogel(Mar 21, 1877) and his siblings, Jakob Fogel(Feb 27, 1880) and Mariem Scheine Fogel(Jul 1, 1883). Their parents we

On October 5, 2020, the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) revised Genealogy Standard 57 and the Genealogist’s Code of Ethics to allow private sharing of DNA match details. The changes also

Jewish Geneolgy of Colorado's Annual Seminar Featuring Avraham Groll Sunday October 25th and Sunday November 1st at 10 AM to Noon mountain time (yes, 2 Sunday's in a row) Non Members are $10 and out o

The Photographic Image Between Past and Future brings to the public knowledge about the photographic archives in Romania. This was assembled by Mihai Oroveanu, art historian former director of the Nat

I've found my 2nd great-grandfather (Abraham Kaslick)'s naturalization index card however in the certificate (attached photo) it states "missing record." Is this common? What would be the reason for t

I am searching for any descendants of this couple, married in 1903 in Zabolotow. They may have also had family in Stanislow. Devora was born in Potok Zloty to Isak and Lea Koch. My Koch family was fro

There are a number of branches of my paternal family, Kaufer in the US. Some in Chicago, PA, Michigan and some of us have DNA connections with other branches but don't know or never heard of one anoth

I cannot introduce this excerpt from the Yizkor book of Mikulince (Mikulintsy) Ukraine any better than to steal its first paragraph: This is a dramatic story which begins in the shadow of the Nazis. A

I've posted an image on Viewmate of a handwritten note on the back of a photograph. The handwriting is in Yiddish and I'd very much appreciate a translation. I'm told that the handwriting is atrocious

Hello I have identified the name of one of my great great grnadparents (or a phonetic version of the spelling) and have narrowed down the date of his death to a few specific years. I also know the ste

I am interested in seeking information about the family name Emale or Emaly from Monastyryska, now Ukraine. In particular the name Chaim Emale, born about 1876, came to US in 1911. Wife Beila. Earl Ze