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I am looking to push the whereabouts of the Morris Brown family of Albany earlier than 1900. Here is what I have gleaned, mostly from census returns or their Albany tombstones at Beth El Jacob: Morris

I’m looking for more information on the Feinstein family from Mir/Stolpce/Nyasviz/Minsk area of Belarus. Their name was Feinstein after arriving in the US (1900 - 1904) but they traveled to the US und

Amazon Prime announced they will be showing two genealogy shows that might be of interest: Finding Your Roots Season 1 and Genealogy Roadshow Season 1. Amazon Prime is a subscription service and will

I am researching my family's Krakow roots and have two questions regarding extant records from Krakow. 1) How would I go about requesting the Krakow Archiwum for certain scans from the "Krakow Kataste

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Hi, Does anyone know what is the cutoff year is for US Naturalization records being online at Ancestry or similar sites. I have easily found records for many of my relatives. However, there a number f

To Whom It May Concern: My name is Stefanie Sarason and I am looking into my family history. My grandfather was Louis Jacob Newman, oldest son of Simon Newman and Rosa Cohen. He was born on June 4, 18

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Morton was a Partisan from Vilna. His photo shows him kneeling with a sten gun in the traditional photo. According to DNA matches with his daughter, I am related to him. If you know of anyone who had

Hi For years I have had a tree on FTJP and since 2018 I have tried uploading a new version as I have found a complete branch is incorrect. Last attempt was in October 2020 when I emailed the gedcom to

The Netherlands branch of the Red Cross has transferred to the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam — an umbrella of several Jewish institutions, including the National Holocaust Museum of the Netherl

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce the publication of its105th title, 'TOWN OF BAR: Jewish Pages Through The Prism Of Time" Original Yizkor Book by: M. B. Kupershteyn

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The JewishGen Romania Research Division is looking for volunteers to help us increase our scope and output this year! This includes the following roles and opportunities: 1. Transcribers and Validator

My father was held at the Maisons-Laffitte internment/registration camp outside Paris for at least a few weeks, if not more, as the war began. He was Austrian, and thus considered to be an "enemy alie

Tomorrow (1/26) 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 discuss how you can access one of the largest online collec