Hi: Can anyone recommend a book in English on the origins of the Hungarian Jews - from the various waves from the Rhine Palatinate, Moravia, Poland. Ukraine, Northern Italy, Spain, the Ottomans, etc.

Attached are two records: a birth record and a marriage record for my great aunt Krajndla Frymet Klepfisz. I am seeking as complete a translation as possible, I believe the birth record is in Polish,

Gesher Galicia is honored to welcome two new archivists to serve on our board of Archival Advisors. They are: Olesia Yuryevna Stefanyk, Director of the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in

Hi JGers, I am trying to find a grave for a cousin Farkas FARKAS (b. 1850), who also used the first name Wolf and Hebrew name Ze'ev. According to his son David Farkas' Arolson records his died in 1918

When completing their Viennese FrageBogen in 1938, one of my uncles, Albert Feldmann gave Wiiliam B Steinhardt as cousin in New York. Another uncle, Ignaz Feldmann was more specific and showed a Willi

Some people care about spelling, some people don't. At least two of my father's direct ancestors clearly cared a lot. One, David Gimbel, couldn't even write very well. His daughter Amalie was so encha

Shmuel Hersch (Tsvi) Fuksman, son of Shlomo, born about 1856, had 4 brothers and 2 sisters, married Brindel/ Bryna. He was a dairy farmer in Chernihiv and had 6 daughters. Shmuel Hersch died Mar. 9, 1

I am looking for a book on Ashkenazic Jewish DNA or Jewish Genetic Genealogy that is newer then the book I found on WorldCat. Tracing your Jewish DNA for family history & ancestry : merging a mosaic o

I am looking for David Goldberg born in Wadzi in 1882. When I enter Wadzi in the communities database of Jewishgen I get that the only name that is "phonetically like" Wadzi is Veisiejai or Wieisieje

I am researching Moses Weichsel. I see two Moses Weichsels who immigrated to the US in 1899 and in 1905. I am guessing they are the same person - same town, right ages - but the 1905 record says he wa

Dear all, I just recently found out that I have jews ancestry in Germany (in the city of Dessau) about 1800. About what I really excited. Some sources I found are in Hebrew, however. If there is anyon

Yesterday, someone in this discussion group requested a copy of an 1865 birth record from Warsaw and was hoping that a "parking lot angel" would go to an LDS family center to acquire the copy. There a

I'd love to have a translation for a brief note on the back of a family photo, c1909. I believe the handwriting is Russian. I've had the photo for some time, but just learned that a cousin has the ori

I don’t know the reason why, but my father-in-law spelled his surname Sorkenn while one brother spelled it Sorken and another Sorkin. They came from near Riga, Latvia. Susan Kurtin Sorkenn

Hello everyone, My "cousin" and I have both had our DNA tested and have it on MyHeritage. Though we have not yet found our exact connection, we do believe we are cousins, albeit it may be a distant co

My grandfather had 3 siblings, 2 with their father's surname and 2 with their mother's. Oddly, it was every other child, not the first two and the last two, and there were two girls and two boys, and

Hi All I have some information on my Greenberg ancestors but have been unable to make any connection with descendants. I am seeking any information on a Brana Greenberg daughter of Chaim and Pearl. Sh

Hello everyone, JRI-PL has a listing for the birth of my great-aunt Krajndla KLEPFISZ, daughter of Dawid Mordka Klepfisz and his wife Etta Laja Ruda. This information is from a record microfilmed by L

Hi, I have no previous experience researching rabbinic line; hoping for help. My surname is DRUCKER, shared by my paternal grandfather, who always said he was from a rabbinic line. (More about him bel

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada (JGSSN) invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on Sunday, April 18: "Town Counsel: Finding Your Ancestor's European Town of