I'd really appreciate it if someone helps me with the translation of the text on the back of this greeting card? Unfortunately, it was cut i hope that it will be possible to get some information from

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

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

I've tried various searches but cannot locate the pre-immigration personal name likely before Nettie. Many thanks for your help.

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

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has just released new and updated databases on its website. There are now over 1,800,000 records available in our databases. With each release we provi

In the U.S., each state regulates its marriages and the forms required. I only know of one situation where authorisation would be required. Where a party to a marriage is younger than the age required

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada (JGSSN) invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on Sunday, March 21: “Why Did Our Jewish Ancestors Leave a Great Place Like t

Hi All, I'm having trouble fully deciphering a signature on the back of a post card. I believe it is in Russian, and the handwriting makes it difficult for me to discern the lettering. Any thoughts or

Seeking Witnesses:URGENT REQUEST in connection to an upcoming trial in Germany: The Simon Wiesenthal Center is currently searching for survivors of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany, who

Hi Siggers, Recently I sent for the death record of my great-grandfather and received the attached invoice. I do not speak Ukrainian and I cannot figure out how to go about making the payment. My bank

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

On behalf of the JewishGen Discussion Group Moderators, thank you very much for all your posts. We are ahead of last year’s messages for the first two months by 570 posts and the month of February isn

20 years late on this one... my surname is Bernstein and I'm a kohen. Most of the family originated in Verkhnia Hrabyvnytzia, Czechoslovakia but over time spread out around Europe. All the best, Ozzy

Recently I determined that five of my Rebensaft/Ribenzaft ancestors were among the 241 Jews murdered and buried in mass graves when the Grodzisko Dolne ghetto was cleared during July 1942-March 1943.

I can't find any translated records on birth, death, marriage, etc. for Volochisk. Do they exist? -- Karen Adelman karengadelman@...

I've posted a vital record in Polish or Yiddish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91246 Please re

Small shtetls have no Yizkor books. I tried to put something together for Uscie Biscupie, Galicia; not a Yizkor book but hopefully better than nothing: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1ag3i9scwyqocn/Uscie%

who can use ,porcelan as a family name,and what does it say? y.z.kinstlich

Hi Team, I am researching my 4-great grandfather, John HART, licensed victualler, publican etc. There are several records relating to his family on JCR-UK’s 1851 Anglo-Jewry Database, with an error re