I am looking for help for the Yizkor Books Project to work on placing material on the web. Lance Ackerfeld calls them "HTML's" This is a critical task to get newly translated material up on the Yizkor

I am looking for the scans of the Jewish vital record books for Lutomiersk, Poland. Genealodzy.pl doesn't have any of the Jewish records for this town and Genbaza.pl has only limited years. Per JRI-Po

See View Mate #86542. This page is from the Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books. I would like a translation of the headings at the top of the page. Also, I am interested in deciphering information on

The Gilinskys had 5 girls, Chaya Riva, Shayla, Sora Feigel, Yudis, and Fruma Devasha (B.1884). Gertie died when she was in her 30s and Rafuel died when he was in his 40s. Their daughter Chaya Riva rai

Dear Fellow ROM-SIGgers, I have recently been informed that Romania has decided, at this late date, to pay a monthly pension for those who suffered in Transnistria. (STABILIREA CALITATII DE BENEFICIAR

Two questions regarding naming conventions: In the late 1800s, if paternal and maternal grandfathers were both deceased when the first son was born, would he have been named after the paternal grandfa

Looking for Yaakov Rotem (or relative) Yad Vashem testimonial reporter who reported murders of Wilder family members from Lwow. Nina Talbot, Brooklyn, NY

Gesher Galicia is pleased to update readers on the progress in indexing Jewish Galician records. Since the end of January 2020 the following records have been indexed and uploaded to our All Galicia D

Arolsen Archives. International Center on Nazi Persecution will hold a Conference on Deportations in the Nazi Era – Sources and Research Date :2-4 November 2020 Registrations are open until 15th Octob

Good day colleagues I’m having problems identifying if there are any ISERSTEINs alive out there I may be related to I am the son of Herbert Charles Iserstein from Vienna born 1921, whose father was Ru

We know absolutely nothing about the families of my husband's great-grandparents, who arrived in the US with their children in 1908. However, I have located a ship manifest listing them as going to Ne

We are delighted to announce the release of the September 2020 issue of the Galitzianer. For those of you journeying into your Galician Jewish roots, this issue includes articles that can help you nav

I will have a researcher look through the 1811 & 1834 Censuses for Vinnitsa. If anyone wants me to check their family in this census, shall please let me know. Shmiel Gruber scyg26@...

This is a follow up to a post from last week about Naftali Lasutra and his wife Hannah/Nekhama or Khaya who lived in Toronto between 1920's - 1960's. While in Canada, he changed his surname to Lester.

I have just received updated DNA results from Ancestry. They confirm what I have always known about my father's family, that they were German, or more particularly, Prussian. But in the naturalization

I am trying to decipher the handwriting used in the 1869 Hungarian census. It doesn't seem to fall into any one specific type of script. In the entries I am trying to figure out some letters look like

I've posted two vital records in Polish for which I would appreciate a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86504

This Wednesday, at 5pm New York time, I will be teaching a one-hour interactive class, Jewish Research Basics 1 - Where to Look. Topic: Introduction to the most important databases for Jewish genealog

Wishing you all a Shana Tova, and a year filled with health, happiness, and only good things!

They had at least five girls, Chaya Riva, Shayla, Sora Feigel, Fruma Devasha, and Yudis. Fruma Devasha was born in 1884, and Gertie Nillis died in her thirties. Rafual died in his 40s and Chaya Riva c