I wish to announce that the complete translation of the book, Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book has been uploaded to JewishGen incase you missed Lance Ackerfeld’s announcement. You

My paternal great-grandmother, Rachael Weinstein (née Jacob) was reported to have been born in "Kunar, Poland, Russia" in the 1891 UK census. I've checked in JG Townfinder but it doesn't appear to exi

This is a photograph of my grandmother's brother and his family. She was Shayna Bers (Berz Beres) born 1881 I think in Rokiskis Russian Empire. She immigrated to South Africa where she married Israel

The Jewish Genealogical and Archival Society of Greater Philadelphia Zoom Meeting Sunday, January 17, 2021 1:00 pm Check-in, Chat, and Schmooze. 1:30 Official meeting start time Guest Speaker: Sharon

Does anyone have a good source (especially online) for obtaining records from Ufa, Russia in the 1941-1949 timeframe? I'm looking for information on siblings of my great-grandmother Gussie Squire/Scvi

Krakow Address Book 1932 is online. Enables OCR search. The section of surnames starts on scan 375. Happy hunting.. http://www.mtg-malopolska.org.pl/.../ksiegaadresowa1932... Jacob Rosen Jerusalem

The Krakow telephone for the years 1934, 1935,1935 are scanned and can be viewed on this link http://www.mtg-malopolska.org.pl/images/skany/telefon_1934/telefon_1934.pdf They are in poor quality but r

My grandmother, Bertha Hoff, had brothers who immigrated to South Africa from Latvia (late 1890’s - early 1900’s?). I know she married Philip Cohen (also from Latvia) in Baltimore in 1908 but I have n

I am looking for one Mordechai Shekhtman who submitted a couple of Yad Vashem testimonial pages. It is not clear if all the testimonials I looked at were submitted by the same individual (they are all

Hi, Whilst searching through LitvakSIG I came across this attached record. Can someone please explain what is the information in the column on the right? In particular: 2nd uchastok Thanks and regards

I believe this is a photograph of my grandmothers brother and his family. She was Shayneh Bers (Berz Beares) born in Rokiskis 1881. Her father was Yisrael Eedel. She moved to South Africa and married

Stanley Diamond to present update on JRI-Poland on Jan. 24, 2021: Jewish Records Indexing-Poland’s founder and executive director, Stanley Diamond, will present “JRI-Poland Update and More” for the Su

1/11/21 Main Group, Looking for archive newspapers from Odessa, Ukraine from around 1900 -1913. Odessa archives don't have. Anyone have experience in locating older newspapers for Odessa? Appreciate f

One of our cousins, Julius LASSEN/LISHINSKY/LESCHINSKY son of Isaac/Isaiah from the Ukraine was known within the family as "Cuttie". Does anyone have any idea what this nickname might refer to? Thank

Hi everyone, my ggg-grandfather Nathan MINKOWITZ (c. 1848-1917) worked as a butcher in the Lower East Side from the mid-1890s to about 1910 and had a shop on 126 Monroe St. I know his store was involv

Recently I received the results of my DNA from Ancestry, and the first name on my list of matches is William Siegler, who is listed as a first cousin. It is a very close match but I doubt that he is a

Hello Help - are there ever any notes to read after the Zoom talks/meetings? For instance the latest one on the 24th is full and I can't get on, particularly interested in this one. In general are the

It was told to me that when my grandfather immigrated to the port of Boston on the SS Corean, arriving July 5, 1907 under the name of NOCHIM DRUBITZKY, he travelled with HAIMA/HAIME HOCHMAN who went t

Hello everyone, I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fww

Dear Group, In my continuing search of my roots in Moravia I found a document relating to my fifth Grandfather Israel WOLF relating to what I think is a property transaction in Hranice (Weisskirchen).