How do you establish when & where it is recorded that Jewish families took on their “new” surnames? With thanks Karen Saunders Researching Surnames: Frank, Wallerstein, Stern, Horowitz, Davidow -- Hel

I am curious if it is known if many Jews from Lodz moved to Germany, specifically Falkenstein, in the years after World War 1, and if so why. I know of one relative of mine, named Ezra Russek, who mov

The OCJGS meetings for the rest of the year. Please register at www.ocjgs.org. $5 for non-members and members are free. March 21st 10:00 am Pacific time Todd Knowles What's New in FamilySearch. April

The next Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society meeting is on Sunday February 28th at 10:00 am Pacific Time. Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack-Picus are having a question and answer ses

Does anyone have leads for researching families from Turkey/Bulgaria, Salonika, and/or Sabbatean Jews. Thanks Robin

Dear JewishGen Discussion Group Community, I would like to personally invite you to our our Pre-Purim JewishGen FUNraising Event. It will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM Eas

Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book Also known as Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy, Ukraine Translation of Akkerman ve-ayarot ha-mehoz; sefer edut ve-zikaron Original book edited by: Nisan Amit

I've written the remarkable story of how a Jewish immigrant mother and product of the Lower East Side confronted via letter world-famous superstar Mary Pickford in 1916 about New York's "slums," and h

On the 1901 and 1911 Irish Census my great great grandparents had a lodger staying with them. The family name was Fieldman and they lived in Londonderry at the time. On the 1901 Census a Harry Kaufman

A need Russian translation for 5 certificates. I don't need word-for-word but details such as names, dates, ages, locations, occupations, and so on are very helpful. A death certificate of Aron Wiatra

The purpose of this article is to pose the question of what the ethical responsibilities of genealogical organizations, such as the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS),

The Grossman branch of my family came from Lomza, Poland. All U.S. records show the name Grossman. But we never found immigration records. Recently, an immigration record (attached) was discovered for

Hello I am trying to find some confirmation that my paternal grandfather - Hirch SONNENSHTRAL (later known as Harry SONNENTHAL) - was born in Latvia, I believe in Riga, his year of of birth 1886 (1885

Re Lazarus Black born in Russia in 1881 Lived in Liverpool(UK). Can anyone advise me what happened to him. I can find no marriage or a death records for him. He was the son of Yisrael Yitzhak ben Elie

I'm researching the family of Emil Dammann (1871-1937) and his wife Agnes Mosheim Dammann (1886-1936). Emil was a private banker in Berlin (Emil Dammann & Co, established 1906) and eventually lived in

--Nevet Basker, Bellevue, WA nevet@... Researching names: Basechis, Klughaupt, Lieberman, Laubfeld, Heilpern Towns: Zolkiew, Brody, Uhnow, Rawa Ruska https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/arts/auction-ho

Subject: ViewMate translation request - German to English= Hi Everyone, I request a translation of the death certificate of Veronika LEVI the sister of my great grandfather. She was a twin, but so far

Dear Fellow Genealogists: Whether you have ancestry from Lodz or not, you don't want to miss this online tour of Jewish Lodz, the second most important Jewish city in Poland after Warsaw. I have been

Looking for any information on family from Shklov with the name Esterkin or Evzerickin. If these are familiar please reply privately to sandy.levin@... Sandy Levin London, ON

Happy New Year! I am researching my paternal grandfather, Jacob Mack, who was born in Ostrog Wolyn, Russia on 9 November 1885. His father's name was Israel Mack, his mother was Annie Lichtenstein. How