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

The male form of my surname seems to be more or less consistently rendered in Russian as Узданский, but for the Polish equivalent, I've seen both Uzdanski and Uzdański. Is the difference between the t

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce the publication of its105th title, Devenishki Book: Memorial for a Village Translation of Sefer Divenishok; yad vashem le-ayara yehu

ZOOM MEETING January 12, 2021, 7:00 PM Finding your Eastern European Jewish Family on JRI-Poland.org Speaker: Robinn Magid Join us for a presentation of some truly memorable stories from the JRI-Polan

I am pretty sure that I found the 1874 Nesvizh census record for my Pasamanick family on FamilySearch. (The reason that I am not sure is that it is not in English.) It can be found at Revision lists;

Please, ask translation of the attached document, including if you can explain what the document means and who the organization that issues it. Thanks in advance. Shmuel Laufer Rehovot -Israel Researc

Hi genners, happy and healthy New Year to everyone. May 2021 bring your successful research. I have a wife, Adelaide Ruth Rittenberg (maiden name) with 2 husbands (Bry and Samson) with children from b

Some of the most poignant and heart-breaking stories to be found in Yizkor books are those of people who had to flee their native towns and spent years in exile or hiding, dreaming of the day they wou