I've been amazed by the assistance participants in this group have been able to provide, and hope I can invoke it. I am looking for two half-siblings of my grandfather: 1) Edward "Eddie" MORRIS, born

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Polish I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewma

My paternal grandfather's family name was Charmatz. they lived in Lithuania. I know that the name is an acronym for "Son in law of Reb Moshe Tzvi" However, I do not know who Reb Moshe Tzvi was or wher

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93215 Please respond via

I am working on a PowerPoint presentation on where to find Published Jewish Family Histories. The sources I have so far are: Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogy and Family Histories Avotaynu: the internat

I need help in finding the burial place of relative Leo LINDEMANN (born 10.4.1902 in Starogard) who died as jewish prisoner in Nowy Wisnicz (near Krakow) on 08.05.1946. The jewish cemetery of Nowy Wis

I have three questions relating to this quote from a Lodz Court’s determination of her husband’s death following an application by his wife: ‘’On 1 July 1949 the Local Court in Lodz 2nd Civil Departme

ISO Anyone from Hungary that new people with the Surname " C'SIRE" this is my great grandma's last name. Some of her family was captured and sent to camps (she never knew which ones).. she made her wa

I'm looking for information about the family of origin of my maternal grandfather, Sam ZIGLER (or maybe ZIGLIN or ZIGLINE), born 1885 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He married my gr

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=VM93284 Please respond via the f

Hello everyone, I've posted 5 vital records about ROZANSKA family in Polish for which I’d like extracts as much vital data (names, dates, spouse, ages, place, job, name of the witness and family.. ).

Would anyone have access to records of Landsleitschaften societies in New York? I remember attending a dinner with my parents in the 1960s in New York from the Chimerovitzer Society. Several years ago

My cousin has an early 19th century parchment family tree in Hebrew showing the family's descent from the esteemed 17th century rabbi The Shack who was born in Ambistowo in Lithuania and died in Holes

The JewishGen Romania Research Division has started a Facebook group. I will be sharing updates on our progress (and requests for volunteers) there. We're looking forward to good commentary, mutual as

Mordke JALAS was born in Lutomiersk, Poland in 1885. He married Ester ZAJDE in 1914 (marriage record attached). Shortly after his marriage he traveled to USA en-route to his brother-in-law Salomon ZAI

I found the index to the license for a marriage in Brooklyn in 1926 but how can I find the license itself? Thanks. -- Bob Silverstein bobsilverstein@... Elk Grove Village, IL Researching Kaplan (Krynk

How can you get subcarpathia birth certificate that is on the Mukachevo area births, 1871-1880 registry? Rita Anne Haberman.

I am trying to trace descendants of my aunt Hannah Weiss (who was married to my Uncle Wolf (William) who perished in the Holocaust) or descendants of other members of the Weiss family who I believe li

I would like announce an upcoming (mid-May) publication of the book "The Towns of Death: The Pogroms of Jews by Their Neighbors" by a young Polish philosopher/historian/ethicist, Dr. Mirosław Tryczyk,

I found the entire name!!! I found Pawel Makszyn in my notes from my mom's own words back in 1988. Now I need to find his descendants in Lublin, Poland. What's a good database for searching names in P