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

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

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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