Hi all, I'm looking for someone to help translate several dozen 19th century vital and census records from Russian into English. The records are handwritten in Cyrillic script. I've found ViewMate to

Next Tuesday (11/3) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. Our genealogy librarian, J.D. Arden, and guest speaker, Ilya

Hi I am looking for information about my husband's grandfather Hyman/Herman Wayler born June 16, 1883 in Kaunas (Kovno). According to his naturalization papers he immigrated on the ship Barcelona orig

I would really appreciate a translation of this marriage record for my ancestors Lejzor [FLESER] and Frejda [GIELCOWSKA] from 1826. Thank you! https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/response_arch.asp?key=

Once the Germans were routed in World War 2, many Jews who weathered the Nazi storm hiding in bunkers, or in the forests or who had sheltered in other countries began to make their way back to the tow

Please click on this link to hear Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz speak about what Gesher Galicia means to him. The full interview entitled, "Shtetl Life: Am American's Journey from Ukraine to the Rabbinate and

Hi everyone, I would appreciate it if someone could translate a Polish birth record of Izrael Wolf Reiner for me. It's an 1841 copy of the 1817 birth record. I'm especially interested in information r

Dear Genners, Just discovered that my late grandfather Chiel Jakub ROSNER(1866-1942) had a brother names Hirsch who had a son Abraham Jakub ROSNER. This is what we know about him :Abraham Rosner, born

MyHeritage is offering free access to death records for Halloween from October 29 to November 2. MyHeritage is offering 153 collections in this category with 548,923,579 records. Normally, most of the

I've been unable to find Hungarian Civil Registration records for what is now Slovakia. Are they available online? If so, where? Many thanks. Carole Bass

Would someone be so kind as to translate this 1837 death record for my ancestor, Leib Bialobrodka? He was from Balbieriskis/Balwierzyszki (now in Lithuania) but apparently moved to Sniadowo, Poland so

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) will be broadcasting a free webinar in English on Sunday, November 15th at 7 pm Israel Time, 12 pm (EST). The topic of the webinar is “How Family Belon

Hi Everyone, I posted a three-page response from the State Archives in Mławas on ViewMate for which I need translation at the following: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88280

I am looking for any info on this town where many of my ancestors came from. Any help is greatly appreciated Len Weinstein

I search information about Moritz BLUMENTHAL born 1835 May 16 in Pritzwalk, Brandenburg, Germany. He emigrated to Stockholm, Sweden c. 1855-60 where he obtained citizenship. He married 1877 a divorced

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois has posted an updated and improved list of links to informative genealogy podcasts and webinars atop their website's homepage at: https://jgsi.org/ Just loo

Hello I am seeking any information available on Hyman Cohen (b 1866) and his son Julius Cohen (1889-1947) who I understand were both actors. In particular I am trying to trace their movements around E

I need to know what the boundaries are for inclusion of victims of the Holocaust in genealogical databases. While building a db of Jewish residents I cannot decide where to cut off the margins for inc

Looking for the whereabouts of Gussie (WARSHAFSKY, WHARSHOWSKI) nee HOCH from Dynow, Galicia (Aug. 22, 1891-Apr. 8, 1957). Gussie (Gietl) emigrated from Dynow, arriving in NYC July 7, 1903 with her mo

Trying to make contact with Elie Rosner of Paris, France who posted a Page of Testimony to Yad VaShem in 2007 for his wife's grandfather, Feiwel Rosenkrantz. descendants of Baharir rabbinical family.