I am researching my husband's family from the province of Leczna in Poland. His father was Jankel (Jacob /Jack) Shavick who came to the UK about 1914. The name became Shavick when the family came to t

My husband’s grandfather was known as Bennie METTER in Toronto. Family legend is that METTER is a cousin’s name he adopted. His surname was actually BLAGUSHIN or BLAGUCHIN in Babruysk where he was bor

We are familiar with International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27th commemorated in each year as the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day b

Thank you everyone for the many responses with wonderful explanations and suggestions. Our JewishGenners are always so helpful! While my "cousin" and I knew it was possible that our connection was far

Hello, I was wondering if there were any adoption files in the Jewish community of Lodz between 1900 and 1915. My grandfather was born of an unknown father but he immigrated at the age of 2 with his m

Hereafter details present on the Danzig database of which I would like to know more: Question 1) how will I be able to display rhe contents of the various volumes listed? Question 2) I know that Berth

Is anyone interested in getting a group rate to have Yuri Dorn get records from the archives for our families from Barysaw (Borisov) Belarus. I am interested in getting a group together to save money.

'beekeeper' in Yiddish? background - My father's grandfather & GGF were born in Czernigov/Chernihiv, moved for some reason to Romny (Poltava), then to Chicago. GGF Abraham (son of Pinkus) arrived in 1

I've posted the 1911 birth record of my uncle that is written in Russian and in Hebrew or Yiddish, and for which I request the translation checked for completeness and correctness. I need every possib

I know that my direct ancestor Joel Hirsch Koppel was born in Hamburg in 1803. I also believe that his parents were Hirsch bar Koppel and Martha Koppel nee Abraham. Looking at the unindexed portion on

Hello My grandfather Ferencz Weisz was born at 379 Nagyhid utca in Balassagyarmat in 1880, I have a photo of the house. I think the street may have been called Altstadt st just before that. Does anyon

I've posted two Lists of Registered Jews in Russian for which I would greatly appreciate a translation. I am only interested in the Moverman families that appear on the page. They are on ViewMate at t

My "Levitsky" family co-hort apparently originated from a shtetl that is referred to in several passenger manifests as "Neustat" (which would be close to Minsk based on Naturalization Papers of those

I would appreciate a photograph of the gravestone of ROSE HEFFLER, buried at Mt. Hebron cemetery, Flushing, NY. Here are the details of her plot: Block 17, Ref 5, Sec E/F, Line 10, Grave 1 Thank you.

My great grandparents were Leba and Max Wolk (the latter may have also been known as Shmuel). Leba's maiden name was Broskey and she was born approx. 1846, possibly in eastern Germany. Max/Shmuel's de

My mother's paternal side came from Kolbuszowa in Galicia. My great-grandfather's surname was Hoffert. However, looking at records for his newly discovered siblings show various spellings of the surna

Hi All: Can anyone decipher the handwriting on this passenger manifest from the screenshot attachment below. This is from the passenger manifest for Hinde Lurie. I am trying to decipher her mother's n

What’s new at JewishGen? Don’t miss the March issue of JewishGen News. Stay informed via the articles, program announcements, reports, and updates. If you aren’t subscribed to receive a copy of the ne

The title of the talk is "Highlighting the Partnership between Gesher Galicia and JewishGen." You can register for the March 23rd 2:00PM EDT talk here https://tixoom.app/jewishgen/vhjuserv We look for

Does anyone use anything in particular for triangulating to determine family lines? I'm forever trying to find easier ways, a spreadsheet is working for me personally at the moment, as you can see the