Some time ago, JewishGen announced they would be adding thousands of records from the records from archives in Moldova. It appears nothing has been added for quite a while. Is there any update on this

I am trying to solve the mystery of my GGF's first wife. This is the information that I have to work with (although it is not 100% reliable, as I am jumping to some conclusions by interpreting passeng

Ilse Klappholz (nee: Jordan) was born on June 19, 1916 in Magdeburg. She was married to my paternal uncle Alfred Klappholz and they had a son, Wolfgang Klappholz, born on March 5, 1934. Ilse and Alfre

Gabriel Lecker was the step-uncle of my cousin Wolfgang Klappholz (born March 5, 1934 in Magdeburg, Germany). Gabriel's sister Else was the second wife of Wolfgang's father Alfred Klappholz, so Wolfga

Gustav Dehne was the foster father of my teenage cousin Wolfgang Klappholz (born: March 5, 1934 in Magdeburg) during WWII. They are known to have resided at Vogelgasang 1 in Magdeburg in the 1940's. H

I found what looks like an amazing resource - it is a collection of diaries from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, dating from the 1800s to the present. https://prozhito.org/. In theory it is searchable, b

The Yizkor Book Project: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ is now looking for volunteers with knowledge of HTML coding. If you would like to help with preparing and updating the Yizkor Books In Print

Does anyone know how I can get a copy of the complete death record for Hyman Sacks from Manchester, England? According to the England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index, Hyman was born in 1851 and

If anyone is joining the Rootstech online conference in February, there will be another talk/class on 'Secrets to researching Jewish Genealogy - Jewish genealogy revealed', as well as Sephardic resour

Dear Genners, Does anyone know what happened with the merging of FamilyTreeDNA and MyDNA? It has changed my autosomal DNA analysis. It has substituted my sephardic (and part of my Italian also) percen

A need Russian translation for one certificate of Pianica family from Chorzele. I don't need word-for-word but details such as names, dates, locations, occupations, and so on are very helpful. Attache

I had several relatives that immigrated to the United States from Moscow in the late 1980s, I'm wondering if anyone else would they filled out immigration papers in Moscow or the United States more li

The purpose of this article is to pose the question of what the ethical responsibilities of genealogical organizations, such as the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS),

Very moving background material! https://chgs.elevator.umn.edu/asset/viewAsset/57fbed027d58aeba1c557592#57fbee5e7d58ae4e72557593 Because They Were Jews! Memorialization: First Series Produced: 1945-19

We have all poured over those ship manifests recording the arrival of our ancestors on these shores. However, I have always wondered about ships that may have been lost at sea and along with them, the

My great-uncle Zalman was born on 7 March 1893 in Prienai, Marijampole (Suwalki Gubernia) to Yankel-Mendel and Pesha-Freida Fleser (born Bialobrodka). He was the second youngest of 10 children, 8 of w

Thanks to the recent guidance of Jewish Gen members, I was able to get a copy of my grandfather's restitution (reparations) file from Germany. In it, he states that he was held in the Neustadt Weinstr

Dear all! My family member is Meer Gershwin Haim (ZVI) Kluger. Was born in Poritzk (Ukraine) 1839/1840. How do I go about finding members of same family, births, deaths,marriages? Please help Many tha

Where can I find information about Uzava in the Eastern Ukraine? Michelle Sandler Westminster California

My grandfather's matzeva spells his given name, Samuel, with an ayin rather than an aleph, as you can see in the attached photograph. I don't know if the spelling is simply an error or if what is used