Can anyone tell me about the given name Chashele - for someone who was born in 19th century Lithuania. Is it Yiddish, corresponding to a Hebrew name? Seems to refer in my family to my grandfather's si

Does anyone know of an ABRAMS family in the Boston area who were originally ABRAMOWITZ and came to the states around mid 19th cent.? Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

The JewishGen Danzig/Gdańsk Research Division's chart showing the locations of Jewish vital records from Danzig has been updated to include census records and more early marriage records, and to bette

Regarding Rabbi Avraham ben Yehiel Michael Danzig, Chayei Adam, I would appreciate hearing from anyone knowledgeable about sources and their reliability concerning: his date of birth, possible whereab

I am going to be visiting Beth David to do some photos on Sunday weather permitting. I would be happy to try and assist with requests, but this is a challenging cemetery. They do not have a public dat

Is anyone familiar with the Lodz Jewish Society for Orphan Care Orphanage? My great Aunt, Dora (Devora) KEILES, KEJLES worked there for many years before immigrating to Palestine. I have a picture of

I have posted two death records in Polish for which I would appreciate complete translations. They can be found on Viewmate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.

My wife’s grandfather, Herman (Haim) BOBRICK was born 15 December 1887 in Calais, Beserabia. His wife, Rose (Ruhla or Rosela) BEIRIS was born approximately 1898 in Jasi (Iasi) Romania. Herman’s parent

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've posted two pages of a postcard in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88297 https://www.

I wonder if anyone could advise me the best way to get information about my mother and grandmother's stay in Montreal in 1913 . My grandfather Shloyme Postalov had arrived in Boston in 1907 while my g

I've posted 2 vital records in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88318, VM88299 Please res

Hello everyone, I've posted 5 vital records in Russian for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Death record of Josef ROZENCWEJG: https://eur04.safelinks.p

Meeting: Jewish Genealogy of SW FL - Zoom - Tuesday 11/10/20 10:11:30 RSVP To get your Zoom invite to this meeting email: genresearch13@.... You will receive an acknowledgement. Zoom room will open at

The Latvian State Historical Archives have ceased all Genealogical Research as of November 1st. They are short of Staff to provide the Service in an acceptable time frame. This will be a sad loss to a

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

Hi Genners, I am searching the Spector family from Zaslav Russia (Ukraine). Some Spectors settled in Woodbine NJ and then went to Philadelphia. Other Spector families settled in the Boston, Haverhill

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Hebrew I've posted a vital record for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.as

GenTeam has placed 500,000 new records online. There are approximately 21.2 million records online in total. Go to: https://www.genteam.eu/ You need to register in order to access the records, but acc

Searching for the names of parents of Nathan HAASE (1838-1912 Berlin) My great great uncle Nathan HAASE was born 5 May 1838 and died January 3, 1912 in Berlin. He lived in Konigsberg and Wormditt, Eas