Hi, I would appreciate translations of the captions to 3 photos which are on viewmate at: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91155 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmatevie

Hello, I have added to Viewmate a request for translation from Russian one birth certificate and a 2 page marriage certficate. The birth certificate has a partial translation in English and I am not s

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91190 Please respond via t

I've posted a vital record in Polish or Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91133 Please re

You’ve been working on your family history for years. Doing a complete family history can be overwhelming, so let’s start by writing a short family narrative. Your report can focus on an individual, a

I have a Beniamin Khotovski who married Sore-ite Ligum in 01 Mar 1911, Pusalotas, Panevežys, Kaunas, Lithuania. Both were born about 1886-8. I know this doc is correct… Lithuania, Marriage and Divorc

I am seeking information about Grodek (Horodok) Poland during the period 1880-1910. My paternal grandfather, Morris Benjamin Henkoff (Henkowitz) (1891-1957) grew up there and emigrated to the US in 19

I found a reference to a birth index which could be the one of my great grand mother on https://www.rtrfoundation.org/ data base. How does one get about with Byalistok archives to obtain the actual bi

Hi All, At the yearly convention held in NY around 2000, I came across a cemetery List for Buchach, Ukraine in the resource room. It was my first convention and you can imagine my surprise and thrill,

My great grandmother's death certificate from March 1950 is held by the NYC Health Department and I am denied access because I do not know the names of her parents. This is circular since the reason I

Yizkor-Books-in-Print is proud to announce the Publication of the translation of the Kobrin Yizkor Book. Book of Kobrin – The Scroll of Life and Destruction Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Betzalel Sh

The presentation by JewishGen called "Yizkor Books as Collective Memory of a Lost World", was a Zoom on Feb 16th. There were nearly 1000 people watching. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watc

MNJGS is hosting a Zoom event: A Detective Story Across Continents: Finding a 95-Year-Old Adoptee’s Birth Father on Feb 21, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST. Join us for a detective story using DNA and genealogy

I am fairly certain that I have found the correct arrival manifest for an ancestral cousin based on other documents but I'm having trouble deciphering what is on this one (2 pages) due to poor handwri

My grandparents – Siegfried and Klara Rosenberg – left Frankfurt in late May 1941 for the US. According to JDC/Transmigration Bureau records, Otto Oppenheimer (of 2235 Laguna Street, San Francisco) de

My friend Jerzy Michal Rucinski is a collector of vintage photographs and postcards from Jaslo. He is interested in connecting with descendants of Jewish families from Jaslo. I will put interested par

Additional information about the Hungarian Jewish resources at Yale can be found in a paper at http://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/3761.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1msIjNqsz4RxQI7AwmB62XN3Q2N45VB1BzCWD7Stg-2rXPSi9BAh

Hi, I got this record from the IGRA site and would like a translation of the Hebrew please I am looking for information about my gr grandfather Isak Jacob Lipson (Zasler) thank you Deborah Friedman Wa

The information from the Lithuania, LitvakSIG Census and family Lists from various districts, 1795-1900 for my family Izrel Zalmanzon provides the following reference: Publication type 1904-1915-FL Ar

I recently found the following through Ancestry but don't know what to make of it. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Name Samuel Okun Gender Male Spouse 760952439 Child Lo