Hello, I am looking at my paternal family tree and have found that my Great Great Grandfather was Aaron COHNREICH born Anklam 1842, his parents were Elias Cohnreich (1816-1872) and Taubchen Werthiem (

Next Tuesday (11/17) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. We'll demonstrate how to digitize your family photos and doc

Following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 many Russians, among them Jews. went into exile. Cairo was one of those places because it was already a refugee for many Jews who were expelled as

Can anyone tell me about the Hebrew name Gemaliel/Gamaliel)? Is this name of German origin? What is their English equivalent? After much research, I believe that my three times great grandmother, Kitt

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I am looking for a genealogist or researcher in Germany who can help me investigate the possible Jewish ancestry of my late German mother. Thank you. Roberto D'Angelo

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I suspect that much of what is described in “Jewish Foods in Lithuania,” from the Yizkor book of Lite, could be said about the many other Jewish communities of eastern Europe. This account starts with

I am happy to report that the Riga Ghetto and Latvia Holocaust Museum is saved. The Riga City Council unanimously supported further development of the Riga Ghetto Museum Shamir Association 13 NOV 2020

Shalom friends, Some years ago, my grandfather gave me the attached letter. I have scanned it. All I know is that it was written in 1938. I would very much appreciate a translation and/or an explanati

I write to introduce the Jewish Genealogy community to an extraordinarily beautiful and important book: Invisible Years, the story of a Dutch family in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherl

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Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday November 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. Zoom Webinar Researching Your Litvak Roots…with LitvakSIG and More Speaker: Judy Baston Do you want to know more about your Li

I am descended from Les Juiffs in Saint Malo in the 1400 and 1500s. Olive LeJuiff, 1520-1570 Guyonne Derrien, 1503- ? who married Jehan LeJuiff, Sieur de Champedavoine, an attorney, ordinary judge of

Looking for information on Hyman Satmpler family of Drohobych and immigration of Lena (Leah) Stampler. 1908 or 1909. She was in the 1910 census records. Harvey Weisthal Stoughton MA

I found a Social Security Index entry for my ggm, Hudia Unger, on Ancestry.com. She died in 1937 and I don't think she ever became a US citizen, so I was surprised, but based on the entry at Ancestry,

We lost a great deal with the cessation of Research by the Latvian State Historical Archives. The work they have done for us over many years has been invaluable and greatly appreciated. Nonetheless it

I had my Great Great Grandfather's letters translated from Yiddsih to English. In one letter he said his Grandson, who was also a Rabbi, went to Stanislow to the Rabbi and to take out a "Hurmna/Hoyroe

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