On this picture is my cousin Fima Blindes. I identified this group as scout group. But could it be a political organisation? As the Hashomer Hatzaïr, or the Betar. It don't think so, but just to be su

I've posted 4 records on ViewMate for three consecutive pages from the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database for David RZEPNIK. A complete translation would be appreciated. They are on ViewMate in

Dear fellow researchers, A few people have asked me about the tax censuses (family lists) from the Surazh uezd (district) in 1888. I am happy to announce that these have now been translated and transc

While in Paris in 1940 after fleeing Vienna, my father obtained a formal membership certificate from the so-called Legion Etrangere Civile. I think the document is a fake or forgery, perhaps used to a

I just learned that the last address of a relative of mine, was Rothschild Street No. 18 in Bat-Yam. He was born Naftali Lasutra in Pulin, Ukriane; lived in Toronto between 1922-1958. After his wife's

Subject: New Class - Research Your Roots Using JewishGen -- November 30 to December 19, 2020 Do you need an organized path to research your roots using the updated JewishGen website and resources? Ind

I am researching the ROND family from Radviliskis, Kelme, and Seda, Lithuania. Members of this family emigrated to the United States 1890-1913 and settled n Philadelphia (RAND family) and Baltimore (R

I've posted a vital record in Russian (previously incorrectly posted as Polish) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewma

I discovered in the 1951 Bialystok Yizkor Book a picture of my great-uncle Lowa Blindes. It's a Poale Zion meeting. I have the original of this picture. Is there, by any chance, a possibility to know

I've posted a vital record that I think is in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88555 Plea

I have posted three records in Russian from the 1897 Census for Samgorodok, and would like to know the complete translation of each page: 1. Page 130 of the 1897 Census for Samgorodok. The census page

Hello, I located my gg-grandfather Nokhim FRIDZESON and his two sons in the 1874 All Lithuania Revision List-Part 1. The record says they registered in Sirvintos and reside in Nidyki, Ukmerge uzed. I

Can anyone provide insights into this photo of my great-grandparents taken in Tilsit, East Prussia perhaps around 1885? I know almost nothing about my great-grandfather. My questions are as follows: 1

Synagogue records from Eperjes/Presov Synagogue in Saros County mention that in 1813 Eliazer Glueck resided in Felrener. Unable to locate this village. Does anyone know where it is located please? Tha

Hi, I wonder if anyone could help steer me in the right direction? I have been researching my Grandfather who was born in 1906 in Dobromil, I have tried many searches through the JewishGen databases t

The Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania launched a new website with list of anti-Soviet resistance participants. The website is: https://www.laisveskovos.lt/. It is all in Lithuanian

I am looking for a translation of Viewmate 88547. I would like parents names, date of marriage, age of the two people marrying, and anything else you could tell me such as occpations, etc. The record

Malvine Weiss listed as having transferred to Mauthausen from Ravensbruck on 14 April 1945 may be the wife of my 2nd cousin, with a matching Hungary birth date of 23rd Jan 1913. They had a son I am al

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has added a new collection of testimonies to the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database (HSV). The title of the collection is “RELACJE OCALALYCH Z HOLOCAU

In the marriage abstract below, which I copied and pasted from Gesher Galicia, what does the "r" signify after the bride's surname (Lea Frenkel r. Lustig)? Another abstract for the same couple lists t