Dear Sir/Madam I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation / interpretation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?

Mandy Patinkin is featured on Finding Your Roots on April 27 on PBS 8PM/7Central. Best to check with your local PBS station to confirm https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/media/on-broadway For

While going thru some boxes of family papers and photos I found an original Certificate of Citizenship for a BIBUSKIE. To the best of my knowledge there is no relationship to my family, but my father

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation and I’d like to know general what it IS as well. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/

I received two images (front and back) of a document that I am told is the “Birth Registration” of my grandfather, Gershon Gurevich, who was born in Lapichi in Belarus in 1887 (or 1889). His father’s

I don't know if this discussion is allowed here, but I'll try anyway. I have been checking for updates and new searches on Ancestry & MyHeritage. I have found some trees that have members of my family

Hi everyone, I've posted 2 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.. ). All

Greetings from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami. You are invited to join us Sunday, April 25 at 10:30 a.m. Warm regards Paulette Bronstein President Jewish Genealogical Society of Grea

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've posted a vital record in Yddish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93277 Please respond via the f

Hi I would like to find out more about the marriage of my grandparents at "Militärseelsorge, Vienna, Austria" I can not find their marriage certificate, nor any military records for my Grandfather. An

Hi everybody. It's a pleasure to find such an active group in this field. I am a British/Latvian/Jewish researcher based in Latvia writing a thesis about emigration from Libau (now Liepaja) to Halifax

Multigenerational Family Storytelling Workshop (Teens & Up) Thursday, May 6, 7 PM ET Presented by the Center for Jewish History and Culture Pass Bring multiple generations of your family together, no

Someone wrote that "jews do not give their children names". I know several Orthodox families who gave their children names such as Peter or Paul. True that one of these families were of German jewish

I found a newspaper article from 1961 that records the death by suicide, in the Bronx, of a cousin of mine. That branch of my family is not well documented, and I don't have any contacts. The article

My great-grandfather Jakob Weisskopf (1855-1921) had 2 wives. His second wife, my great-grandmother, Rosa Weisskopf née Scherbak(1873-1929) supposedly had 3 children. My grandfather, Josef J. Weisskop

On the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising—April 19 a monument was unveiled marking the area where a group of Jewish writers and activists buried an archive of material documenting their Ho

Has anyone with antebellum Southern Jewish ancestry encountered DNA matches with descendants of enslaved African Americans? I have, and I suspect I am not alone. The fact that these matches occur in b

The (US) National Archives has presented a virtual genealogy fair since 2013 and last year due to the pandemic they canceled the virtual genealogy fair. This year, they announced several sessions to b

Continue to seek any information (vital stats, occupation, education) on family of Moshe Tsodik (Chaim David Wolk) believed living in or near Petkunai circa 1870 - 1900. The mother may have been Leba