From multiple Ancestry records, there must have been a mass execution of Jews on 7 March 1612 in Poznan (some records say Prague, but it seems to have been Poznan). Does anyone have any information ab

hello everybody.i need translate from german to Hebrew. 2.is there lists names of the victims in 1648-1649(גזרות ת"ח-ת"ט) I know that the comunitee in bilgoraj vanished.they were all being sloughter.i

Hitting brick walls with my NY family ancestors. Does anyone know if there is any way to get NYC vital records of ancestors without paying for them? I hate to pay for records if I'm not even sure I ha

Join IGRA in our next webinar lecture with Marion Werle on March 21, 2021. Due to the difference between Daylight Savings Time in Israel and the US please note the special time for this webinar. The w

I am posting this on behalf of a friend, as English is not his native tongue. Here are the facts that he has: Dr. Carl Eisenstein was born near Vienna (Baden bei Wien) on January 31, 1878. He was a Fi

My paternal grandmother always told us that her mother, Rivka GRUBER, née FEINGOLD, was killed during World War One as a member of the medical corps. I assume with the Austrian army as they lived in G

Hello, - Are there any registers of soldiers incorporated into the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War? - In particular, are there any registers of soldiers incorporated into the Kharkov artill

I’m curious to know other people’s experiences with reaching out to distant relatives about a family connection. I have a tree that goes back to a married couple in the late 18th Century. They had rou

I have a name of a relative from pre-war Poland: Sevek, last name may be Zekiel. Any suggestions on what his Jewish/Yiddish name might have been. He was married to my aunt Hinda (Nina) Feld who was bo

Can anyone translate this note? We don't know who wrote it. Most likely one of my husband's grandparents. Thank you in advance for any assistance. Janice Brockman Easton, MA

This is an update to my post from last November 6, listing the Jewish metrical books (birth, marriage and death records) for Kiev city digitized by the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in

I was searching szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl and found a listing of a new record for my very unique family name, MIEDZIANOGORA. I ordered it from the archive, and just got an email from the archive asking

My both grandfathers were in prison in ussr for several years from trump up charges one in 1937 and one in 1941. They both released and equited but nobody spoke about the reasons or where they were. D

The 2021 Census Questionnaire of Northern Ireland reportedly is ignoring minority religions such as Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Pagan or Baha’i. The questionnaire does include Roman Catholic, Presb

IGRA (Israel Genealogy Research Association) has posted a new article on its website, “A Request for Help” by Rosemary Eshel. IGRA receives a variety of enquiries and requests for help from those look

Hello, My great-grandparents left Poland (Lodz) and immigrated to France in 1913. I always heard that they left for political reasons. Could someone tell me what could be understood by political reaso

Two new articles are available at the Kishinev Kehilalinks (https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/chisinau) under the section Life in Kishinev today. Ariel Parkansky Bessarabia RD Information Systems Dire

Would it be possible for someone to translate the Hebrew on the attached headstone Thanks Deborah Ross

Hi I am looking for documentation of: Population Lists / Address Book / Business Directory, In Tarnow, Poland, between the years 1920-1939 I would love to receive information / reference with gratitud

Is there anyone on this page that have family members that knew Arthur Penn and Irving Penn's mother Sonia Freda's family? Her maiden name was Greenberg. Born in 1894 in Novo Alexandrovsk, Russia - Li