I think that the most likely reason for people to travel to London from Berlin simply in order to marry, was that they wanted a civil, rather than a religious ceremony, and that this was not available

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO Using Facial Recognition Tools to Identify Unnamed Ancestors for Genealogical Research Speaker: Scott Genzer Virtual Meeting: Join from Home Sunday, 28 February

Hello Researching surname to find links to GG birth town/hometown, found an Australian newspaper 1915 reporting areas Mlava and Molava across River Danube, Serbia? Wondering if this may have been a mi

According to an interview given to my ultra-orthodox journalist in Jerusalem by his Jerusalem born grandmother, her grandmother ,Gittle ABRAMOWITZ, a widow married a British widower with 10 children.b

I am looking for information on the BJALIN family who came from Sweden to Winnipeg. Esther Bjalin was born in Sweden in 1881 (or 1868) and married Jacob Greengard in Winnipeg in 1906. She died in 1946

Recently there have been a spate of acquisitions announced in the genealogy and DNA world ...today is no different. Techcrunch.com reported that MyHeritage.com is being acquired by Francisco Partners

According to an interview given to a Jerusalem Charedi (ultra-orthox) by his grandmother, her grandmother, Gittle ABRAMOWITZ ( a widow,) married an Isaac LAZAROFF, a Britsh widower with 10 children. A

If someone died in New Haven in the 1890s or early 1900s, what Jewish cemeteries were available for their burial? -- Peter Cohen California

I’m trying to locate information on Simon Kra (1853-1940) and his family. Simon was born in Frankfurt but moved to Paris and was a successful publisher there. I don’t know his wife’s name, but they we

On JewishGen I found my grandmother's birth listing with the LDS # and volume number. Is there a way for me to see the original? -- Hannah Goldner Brooklyn, NY

An uncle of mine worked for the UNRRAH in Germany from 1945 to 1948. I would like to find out if he ever could have come in contact with Claire SCHUR. Ron Peeters Ulvenhout(NL)

I came across some newly added information at jri-poland.org yesterday under the heading below. I would like to know the approximate year of this information. It has to be between 1891, as it lists on

The Alliance Israélite Universelle - Sources for Sephardic Studies and Genealogy Researching Jewish communities around the Mediterranean is challenging. Many archives have been destroyed, lost or conf

Found this via the 1851 census records. Hope someone knows how this works. regards, Ron Peeters Ulvenhout (NL)

Hi! For several years I have been studying the history of the Frenkel family from Rovno. From childhood I knew that my dad, Frenkel Tsal (Betsalel) Bentsionovich was born in 1910 and lived in the city

Dear list readers, I don't remember any law contradicting a marriage with foreigners: I guess that they didn't have all the necessary documents and perhaps in London less paperwork was required. I wou

Hi everyone. I’m looking for help on the best way to locate my great grandfather, Marcus LANSKEY’s home town or province. I’m having difficulty because his location of birth is listed in the US Census

Hello group, I am looking for an English translation of Robert Ehrman's book about Strakonice, CZ (Bohemia) that was recommended. Does anyone know where I can find an English copy? Thanks in advance,

I would be grateful for help with research in the city of Kiev. I am researching brothers who were born in Skvira in 1913 and 1921, who later, by the beginning of the war, moved to Kiev. Their names w

I have identified what may be my family group outbound from Hamburg on the Argo in June 1879. A very helpful JewGen participant advised that Argo was only a local boat that likely disembarked passenge