I am happy to report that the Riga Ghetto and Latvia Holocaust Museum is saved. The Riga City Council unanimously supported further development of the Riga Ghetto Museum Shamir Association 13 NOV 2020

Shalom friends, Some years ago, my grandfather gave me the attached letter. I have scanned it. All I know is that it was written in 1938. I would very much appreciate a translation and/or an explanati

I write to introduce the Jewish Genealogy community to an extraordinarily beautiful and important book: Invisible Years, the story of a Dutch family in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherl

Documentary Film Festival at the National Library of Israel. From November 15-25 some outstanding films available in English for viewing: https://docutext.nli.org.il/program-en-abroad in the event any

Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday November 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. Zoom Webinar Researching Your Litvak Roots…with LitvakSIG and More Speaker: Judy Baston Do you want to know more about your Li

I am descended from Les Juiffs in Saint Malo in the 1400 and 1500s. Olive LeJuiff, 1520-1570 Guyonne Derrien, 1503- ? who married Jehan LeJuiff, Sieur de Champedavoine, an attorney, ordinary judge of

Looking for information on Hyman Satmpler family of Drohobych and immigration of Lena (Leah) Stampler. 1908 or 1909. She was in the 1910 census records. Harvey Weisthal Stoughton MA

I found a Social Security Index entry for my ggm, Hudia Unger, on Ancestry.com. She died in 1937 and I don't think she ever became a US citizen, so I was surprised, but based on the entry at Ancestry,

We lost a great deal with the cessation of Research by the Latvian State Historical Archives. The work they have done for us over many years has been invaluable and greatly appreciated. Nonetheless it

I had my Great Great Grandfather's letters translated from Yiddsih to English. In one letter he said his Grandson, who was also a Rabbi, went to Stanislow to the Rabbi and to take out a "Hurmna/Hoyroe

We invite you to attend another free presentation in our series of JewishGen Talks webinars, with our speaker, *Genie Milgrom*. *Introducing the New JewishGen Crypto Jewish Collection Tuesday, Novembe

Hello Genners, I’ve been desperately trying to make contact with the Lezajsk Civil Records Office (know as: Urzad Stanu Cywilnego, or USC) via email. As you might already know, they are the local offi

Hello, fellow searchers! Some of the members of a Sephardic family I know have identical birthmarks. At the very base of the spine, they each have a darker patch of skin shaped like a downward triangl

I want to find a birth record for an ancestor who was born in Memel (Klaipėda) on 1 September 1874. September 1874 is too early for the Landesarchiv Berlin. Are there any other archives or database? T

Making posthumous baptisms public is the root of the problem. Mormons should understand why non-Mormons consider this practice offensive and refrain from it, but if they feel religiously obligated to

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address:88490 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88490 Please respond via

Hello all, I've posted 5 vital records in Russian for which I need translation help. They can be found on ViewMate: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88467 https://www.jewishge

Sunday, November 15th 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Mountain time Speaker Debbie Schwartz Successful Jewish Genealogy hinges on two essential facts: what are the Ancestral surnames and towns (Shtetls) for each

Hello everyone, This is a second request for some help with extractions of data from Russian vital records. Any and all help is appreciated. 1. Birth record of Cyrla GUTERMAN: https://nam10.safelinks.

Can someone please post a link to a Rothenberg family tree. My second great grandmother was Lina Rothenberg b. 1847 and d. 1932. I would like to trace her ancestry.