I have posted a letter on ViewMate that was sent from Zefat, Israel in 1888 to the Rabbis in Romania To raise funds for their community. The letter has the signature of my g-g-g-grandfather. Also plea

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Hello, I am looking for decedents of Chaim Lebovits, married to Zseni Einhorn. He was born 1870 in a small town in Romania called Birsanov in Yiddish. His father may have also used the surname of Juro

Seeking any information on GUREVITCH brothers Sandor and Hilliard born NE of Minsk c 1870 / 80's , disapeared / missing. Parents were Isaya and Brayna. Siblings of brothers moved to the UK, Canada, US

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Hello, I am looking for the birth record of Reiner Simon, born in Csécse - probably on September 18, 1826. I couldn't find it in JewishGen. And he wasn't in the census of 1848 or 1869. I did find him

Seeking pre-1900 information on Max & Leba Wolk ancestors thought to have been living in or near Petkuny, Lithuania. Thanks - David Wolk

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Hi, i went to a wedding in East London/Essex in spring/summer 1990. I am keen to find the exact date, as I cannot remember. The bride was Lisa Bates and the groom was Paul Bates. One of the bridesmaid

Purim is next Friday, the joyous holiday that celebrates the saving of the Jews from a threatened massacre in ancient Persia. (So joyous that the Yizkor book of Klobuck, Poland notes that during the h

Last Wednesday I retrieved a listing from the data base, see the pdf enclosed. Today I can no longer call it up, neither can I retrieve other records which I have called up in the past. Can anyone tel

I'm requesting translation of the Russian writing for a Death Record. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91185 Please respond using t

I've had much luck in finding records pertaining to a lot of family members from the village, Vysni Hrabonice (Felsogereben) which is about 50km from Mukacheve and even closer to Vysni Verecky. None o

I am looking for relatives of Nathan Nuson Prashker/Praszkier, who was born in 1865 in Zdunska Wola, Poland to Chaskiel and Hendel Praszkier (nee Tausk) and died on November 20th 1925 in New York. He

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On behalf of the IAJGS Board and our current membership, it is with great pleasure that we welcome 3 new members to our growing family of IAJGS organizations: Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society Geshe

Shalom, Looking for anyone (not limited to names below) with ancestors from STAWISKI, Poland. Please contact me direclty. Thanks, Ellen Moshensberg Searching: Stawiski: CHMIELEWSKI, GRUDZINSKI, REJMER

Shalom all, I would appreciate help in translating those 3 mid 19th century Russian texts taken from birth and marriage dcouments and revision lists. Regarding the first document, only entry number 47

Hello I've posted two records in Records for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91145 https://www.jewis

If both parents are Ashkenazi, children are named after deceased relatives, or not named for anyone, but never named for the living. If both parents are Sephardic, children are named for living relati