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

Dear friends, Please join us for our quarterly meeting where we will be launching a new database and updating you on our recent activities. We will open the meeting to discussion and look forward to h

Sephardic World talk this Sunday! All free! During the 19th Century many Sephardic families from the city of Mogador/Essaouira in Morocco migrated to England where they became part of the rich fabric

IGRA's next Show & Tell will host Lance Ackerfeld talking about "Yizkor Books and Their Hidden Treasures" Yizkor books provide an important insight into the communities that were decimated during the

I am going to continue to do cemetery visits as long as the weather holds out in New York. I am offering photos from Mt Zion, in Maspeth, Queens. Please send me the specific names, dates and location

I am going to continue to do cemetery visits as long as the weather holds out in New York. I am offering photos from Mt Hebron in Flushing, Queens. Please send me the specific names, dates and locatio

-----Original Message----- From: wallachlevinson@... <wallachlevinson@...> To: jewishgen@... <jewishgen@...> Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2020 10:11 am Subject: Travel from Galicia or Imperial Russia to Bessara

Twenty or thirty or more years ago, I would write to a distant relative who didn’t know me, and that person would answer my questions just based upon my statement that I was compiling a family tree. N

I've posted 2 old family postcards in German handwriting and would appreciate having them translated completely. One was sent in 1873. They will remain online for a limited number of days. They are on

Would someone kindly direct me to where I can print out German and Polish translations of the headings of AGAD birth, marriage and death records. Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine Researching

On the Ellis Island passenger list for a relative arriving in New York in 1920, he listed his former residence as "Zanzire, Poland." Does anyone have any idea to which town this may refer? I had belie

Trying to make contact with the children of Sam Pearl 1910-93 who owned a grocery store in the Bronx, married Anne Finkelstein and have a son Jerry (Gerald, died in 2002) and daughter Shirley (born in

Trying to make contact with the children of Sam Pearl 1910-93 who owned a grocery store in the Bronx, married Anne Finkelstein and have a son Jerry (Gerald, died in 2002) and daughter Shirley (born in

Below is a list of localities submitted and approved as additions to JGFF towns database: Alberovice, Czech Republic Andreyevo-Ivanovka (ex Chernove), Ukraine Atkar, Hungary Balaceana, Romania Baikalo

Jewishgen Latvia Research Division. Please join us for our quarterly meeting where we will be launching a new database and updating you on our recent activities. We will open the meeting to discussion

Hi folks, I need someone who’s willing to visit the National Archives in College Park, MD on my behalf, presumably when it reopens (see https://www.archives.gov/college-park. The candidate should pref

Hello. Does anyone know what the abbreviation P.i. means following a surname in Poland, Jewish birth, death, marriage records? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Steve Daggers Shorewood, Illinois