Would anyone have any experience in brackets on records, please? I have read that '(MALE) or (FEMALE) accompanied by surname' on birth records indicates a baby that might have passed and so no name gi

Encontre un certificado de nacimiento en Rivera de 1915. Necesito alguien que me pueda ayudar a descubrir que paso con esa persona. I need someone that help me discover what happened with someone born

In this presentation Dr.Silverman will discuss the discovery of the story of a family who remained in Europe during the Shoah (Holocaust) While it is true that many records were destroyed during the w

We invite you to visit the JewishGen Blog to read “Traditional Passover Takes on a Nouvelle Flavor” by Ann Rabinowitz. “... Jewish cooking has undergone great changes in recent years – both during Pas

Hi all, I've encountered some birth records that were registered years after the birth had actually happened. Was it not mandatory to register a birth? Did it cost money to do it? Why not register it

Several weeks ago (during March) someone mentioned the family name WEISINGER. Can the poster please resend to me the post. Privately. Tia. Yoni Ben-Ari yonibenari@...

I just found out about another book which is from 2019. Does anyone know about this book? This book I found on Bookshop.org. Seed Of Israel: DNA Guide To Tracing Your Jewish Ancestry by Joshua Robbin

Dear Group I’m currently helping a friend who is searching for a birth record for her ancestor Christophe/Christie Jean LE NOEL. According to the information she has her ancestor was born on 17 Januar

Does anyone have any information on Ignaz Schewach BARTMANN, born in 19th century Russia and died young in Poland, or his wife Rosalia SCHAPIRA, born in 19th century Austria and died young in Poland i

Family History Today: Researching your Family History in Israel from Home April 15 at 2 PM Eastern Time Presented by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History and t

I would like to make contact with descendants of Abraham Sultan who died in Moldova during the 1820's. Thanks, Herbert Danziger MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately

I have several columns of text that appeared in a New York German newspaper in the 1860s that are a little too long to impose on the kindness of Jewishgenners to translate and so am looking for sugges

I would like to make contact with descendants of ABRAHAM SULTAN who died in Moldova during the 1820's. Herbert Danziger hkdcfd@...

I have posted three registrations on Viewmate. They are in Cyrillic: 1. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM92856 - birth of Szlama CHABIS, Kolo, 1889 2. https://www.jewishgen.or

Recently, someone asked what Hebrew name corresponds to Schia. I was going to post that a brother of my great-great-grandfather Moses GRÜNEBAUM had the name Scheier (pronounced very similarly to Schia

Clarification: The time of the JGSIG meeting on Tues 4/13/21 is 10 am EST. This may have not been clear in the original message above. West coasters of the US, bring your strongest coffee!! TimeZoneCo

My great-grandfather Samuel BERNARD worked as a peddler before he started a canteen in Robertson. Would he have chosen for transport via Port Nolloth to O'Okiep or via Johannesburg where his suppliers

I am requesting translation from the Hebrew, of this tombstone. It is not a high resolution photo...so may be an issue. Thank you very much Deborah Friedman Walnut Creek, CA dsfaec@... Searching for:

Last year, my brother (who was living with my mother when she passed) sent me a bunch of documents from mom's files. Among them were the two attached (well, pdf scans of same) documents which I believ

Hello, I am new to this group format and could not figure out how to initiate my own message to start with. I recently learned that my great-great grandparents who had 11 children, actually had a twel