My paternal grandfather's family name was Charmatz. they lived in Lithuania. I know that the name is an acronym for "Son in law of Reb Moshe Tzvi" However, I do not know who Reb Moshe Tzvi was or wher

I've just received an offer for 20% off a World Explorer subscription on Ancestry. The price is $119 for 6 months. My family is from Babruysk & Minsk in Belarus and Warsaw in Poland. I already have a

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Hi, I've posted vital records in Polish for which I'd like extracts as much vital data (names, dates, spouse, ages, places, etc.) as possible. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses : https://ww

Moshe, the son of Brina and Jacob, was born in the town of kolo in Poland in 1909. During World War II, he fled his city to Bialystok and from there he deported by the Russians to Siberia. In the mids

Does anyone know who holds Orthodox conversion records for South Africa? I have been trying for many years to find a record from 1907. The civil wedding took place in Cape Town but the Cape Town Beth

I am going to make a brief visit to New Montefiore Cemetery (West Babylon, NY) on Sunday and wanted to offer the possibility of photos while I am there. I have to emphasize time will be limited so it

Ask the relevant archives. Janet Furba, Germany

I originally posted this document believing it to be in Polish, but it is written in Russian so have reposted it. I would like a full translation please and would like to know who Meir Praszkier's wid

In the summer of 1941, as the Germans invaded Russia, my Aunt Chana escaped from Czernowitz with a unit of the Komsomol in the direction of Vinitsa, never to be heard from again. I would appreciate co

I am looking for anyone with anything that might be linked with Rose/Raizel Segall, who married Lazarus Zimbler in 1909 in Mile End, and lived in Whitechapel with Lazarus (Eliezer) and their new daugh

I’ve uploaded a short letter written from a man in Israel to his nephew in Boston which includes strict instructions not to show it to the man’s brother. I’m eager to find out what the big secret is!

Dear JewishGendom, I am searching for a Friedman family which was last known to live at 163 Berriman Street in Brooklyn, NY, circa 1925-1928, at which point the genealogical trail grows very cold. In

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) History Unfolded platform with Ancestry’s Newspapers.com will be offering free access to the newspapers.com premium subscription databases during th

My Heritage is offering free access to all birth records on their website the week of April 18-24, 2021. No time zone was provided for beginning or cutoff so assume US Central Time zone. MyHeritage’s

According to family lore my great great grandmother, gittle ABRAMOWITZ a widow with 4 children married an English widower with some 10 children and they lived in the Meah Shearim section in Jerusalem

Looking for HOROWITZ family from Minsk whose daughter married Moshe ben (son of) Rabbi David , the rabbi of Novarodok during the 18th cent. I haven't found David's family name and his son Moshe, adopt

I'd like some help interpreting the surname in Box 10: Father of Decedent (attached). The online form says Behner. To me it looks like Belmas or Behnas. Thanks, Jeff Fine Montclair, NJ, USA finejeffy@

My ancestral shul, Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagodol, formerly of Norfolk Street on the Lower East Side, was tragically burned to the ground in 2017 after serving the Jewish community for 120 years.

Hi, I know someone posted that there is a way to obtain the actual records from familysearch while sitting in a parking lot and logging in. I was wondering if there was anyone who could get this recor