I'm thankful for the startup of this SIG. My greatgrandparents, Isaac (son of Shraga Feivel) Gumbinsky and Rebecca (daughter of Baruch) Krohn, came to Buffalo in 1867. Isaac was preceded by about 22 y

I am looking for information about Bernard Kotzin, brother of Sonya / Sophie Kotzin. He was born about 1890 in Cincinnati and wn=ent to Kovna (Kaunas), Lithuania, whenhis parents returned in about 190

Call for Applications (Please share) The Call for Applications from candidates interested in serving on the IAJGS Board of Directors is now open. This year, as it is an odd-numbered year and in accord

Hello! I found something in the archives of this website about my both surnames ''Moreira'' (from mother) and ''Dudus'' (from father). I know the following: my father's father was born in Cetatea Alba

Hello everybody, I want to give a little statistics from this last set of microfilms. Here is the name of it from FamilySearch Ревизские сказки : Хотин (уезд), 1835-1880 Revision Lists: Khotin (uezd),

I would like a translation of these two headstones.(photo attached)..my great grandparents Dina and Israel Friedman. Thank you Deborah Friedman dsfaec@... Walnut Creek, CA Searching for: FRIEDMAN (KOP

It is our pleasure to announce the appointment of Christina Hilsenrath to the Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia. Christina Hilsenrath grew up with her mother’s stories about her childhood in Berlin

I have been researching my Mothers side of the family. The family surname is Brecher. For an unknown reason immigration papers (USA) for my grandfather and his two sisters showed Sabath as a surname.

There is faint writing on the back of the photograph. I would appreciate translation. Image available on ViewMate: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89941 Thanks. Herman Salmen

The printed hardcover version of the Gombin Yizkor book incorporates some new materials that were not included in the original Yiddish version published in 1969. I can now confirm that these new mater

I found the registry with my maternal great grandmother's birth. The headings seem to be in Latin (second attachment-had to attach in two pieces )I am assuming that is because of the influence of the

Greetings to the JewishGen Community: As some of you know, I have spent the last couple years researching my grandfather’s life experience, learning about his childhood growing up in Europe just befor

i am a great great granddaughter of Nellie Hyman who was a niece of the Von Tilzer brothers- aka Gumbinsky. we are searching for information and knowledge. thank you rachel miller

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater MIami (JGSGM) invites you to a Zoom meeting at 10:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time): "Slice of Jewish Life - The Jewish Community of Iran". Join us for a special

I would appreciate a brief translation of this document in Russian which I found amongst my father-in-law's papers. I have no idea what it is. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.j

Hello from Wertheim/Main, Germany, I am searching descendants or relatives of a Jewish family who came from Belarus to the United States between 1900 and 1905. There is strong evidence that this famil

I have posted a record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is in three parts that are consecutive entries on a tax ledger for members of the LUCHANSKY family in the town of Koshevata, Trashc

Next Tuesday (2/16) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. Our genealogy librarian, J.D. Arden, will interview guest Jea

Hello everybody, Here are more findings for Bessarabia Revision Lists (three sets were named in my first post): 4. Vad-Rashkov, 1835 5. Izmail, 1835 6. Novoselitsa, 1835 7. Orgeev, and colonies in Org

Hi, I've posted a photo of two sisters that was taken in Zhabinka in 1917. They were my grandmother’s friends. The back of the photo card is in Russian and translated it reads: “For good memory to my