My GG Grandfather Simon Abrahams born 1829 Poland, lived in London with his family as per the 1881 census. His family are then located in Liverpool in the 1891 census and his wife is head of the famil

Bryan Sykes was an Oxford geneticist. A pioneer in realizing the possibility of using mitochondrial DNA to reveal a person’s genetic history died at age 73, in Edinburgh on December 10. He was a resea

Does anyone know how to obtain this actual record, hopefully showing parents' names? We believe this could be a sibling. Lodz Transports to the Chelmno (Kulmhof) Extermination Camp Searching for Surna

Looking for the daughters and/or grandchildren of "Sender" Ashkenazy (1911-97), born in Sighet, Maramarus, Romania. Sender (Alexander Avraham) emigrated first to Israel, then to Canada. He settled in

Hi! I am currently researching a family that appears on the 1911 census. They appear neither on the 1901 census nor on the 1891 census. They are listed variably as Russian or Polish, so I take it that

Hello. Hoping for some help translating what I believe is a birth record of my grandfather, Wilhelm Schimmel. The record is a bit hard to read. Can anyone translate the column titles (columns 1-12) an

I would appreciate an English translation of two Hebrew names I posted on Viewmate. The image can be found at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=89426 Thank

I've posted five vital records in Polish for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89449 https://www.jew

At the time of his birth, Pruzhany was in Poland I believe, tho at other times it is in Russia/BelaRus. I am looking for the birth certificate for Aron (aka Mordechai Aharon ben Tzvi ha Levi) ROZENBAU

This is my first time doing this, I hope I am doing this right. English translation needed. I also have posted in the viewmate. -- Paulette Turner

Hi I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89438 Please respond vi

Would an Ashkenazi Jewish person be expected to have an autosomal analysis showing Northeast Asian ancestry, besides European/Northern European and Southwest Asian ancestry, as done by National Geogra

I've posted 2 vital record in Hungarian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89439 https://www.jewishgen

Hi all, I am looking for Alfred MENDEL, immigrant from Germany, son (one of seven siblings) of Isidor and Sophie LEVY. Alfred was married to Rosa COHN, lived in Manhattan, New York and died after Dece

I am trying to determine if someone is who I think he is... His gravestone says his Hebrew name was Yitzchak ben Chona and that he died in 1954 at age 84. The Lithuanian birth record that I think is h

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Hello I found I have ancestors in Germany, in Rott, Roetgen, North Rhine Westphalia. My ancestor's name was: Johannes Jacob SCHARTMANN also found as Jois or Joes SCHARTMANN. He died in Rott,Roetgen,No

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https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/full.asp?ID=89394&loc=A&name=89394scan82%7E1%2Ejpg This helped us to find something we've been searching for over a long period of time, a half sibling that we alway

My mother in law Mary-Susan Tobias b 1945 CA, never met or knew her father, we knew his name (John Louis Tobias) she was told he was killed in WW2 before she was born, thru DNA we have found a couple