My grandfather--who died before I was born--was a boy in Kamienczyk, Poland, during WWI. A story passed down involves how he nearly died when a foxhole that he was in during WWI fighting caved in. I'm

Join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland for our Installation of Officers followed by a Program on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 starting at 7:00 pm (ET) The Program: Mindie Kaplan Presenting "Fin

Shalom, It seems that in a time that we are searching for optimism, I am very pleased to note that the Yizkor Book continued to grow and thrive during 2020 and the December achievements are a reflecti

I wish to thank everyone who responded to my question. Based on the answers I received in response I feel that it was very possible that the person in question was able to speak fluent German as a Jew

I have an unknown great-grandfather on my father's side (his mother's father) and recently had a relatively close DNA match on that side. His DNA match is close enough to me that he could possibly be

Legacy Family Tree, a member of the MyHeritage group of companies, announced that registration is open for their 2021 Legacy Family Tree Webinars. There are 120 classes to chose from on topics ranging

The Dutch National Archives https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/ have made some records that became public as of January 1, 2021. Exceptions may occur for those people who are still living: Civil registra

These are pictures of the Herrnstadt family. The family of Rudy Rolf Grab's mother who fell while servicing the Jewish Brigade (ww 2) and is buried in the British Military Cemetery in Ramla. I'm resea

Harry Katz, b. April, 1888, Bucharest, Romania ,and his wife, Anna Feldman,b. circa 1891, had three children, all born in New York. Isadore Irving Katz, b. 29 Jan. 1917 - d. Nov. 1975; Hyman Katz ,b.

I am looking for any information on Selig Schlesser who was an actor in the Yiddish Theater in NYC in the 1920s. Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine Researching Kolomyya: SECHESTOWER, SPIERMAN,

I am tracing my family in Brittany in the area of Saint Malo in the middle ages: Leroy, and LeJuiff. They were nobles. Many Jews fleeing Portugal and Spain bought titles in this area of France and con

There was a Moshe of Kletzk in the 18th cent. who was the father of Rabbi David of Novarodok( the " galya Mesechta") during the 19th cent. I do not know what his surname was , if he had one at all. I

Hi All My paternal great grandmother Rivka Basch (maiden name) was born in Sapanta, Romania. After marrying my great grandmother, she lived in Sighet, Romania. According to my father, who was born in

Hi, I need help to translate these tombstones Thanks in Advance Regards , Diego Ivan Romero Monfort

As I told Joshua via private email when he asked me the same question in August 2019, the Ashkenazic surname Zenziper/Tsentsiper isn't considered Sephardic by any of the name experts such as Alexander

Has there been a concerted effort to do DNA testing on Karaite Jews? Are there results available? Thanks Dennis Gelpe dgelpe@... [Moderator's Note: Karaism branched out of Judaism in the 8th Century,

Hello, My son's partner is from Cape Verde. She believes that her family has Jewish ancestors, and the presence of Jews in Cape Verde is well documented. My questions is whether DNA tests could help h

As mentioned previously, every month I post a listing of the IAJGS Records Access Alert topics from the previous month for you to see the variety of issues…some were posted on this discussion group bu

I'd be very grateful if someone could locate and photograph the headstone of Samuel FLETCHER, possibly buried as Samuel Lazarus Fletcher, who died we think in around 1950, and who is buried in the Por

A cousin's grandfather listed Russia as his country of origin, but German as his language on the 1910 census. His wife listed Yiddish as her language. Both are Jewish and I am certain that he spoke Yi