I'm searching for information on a Jewish gentleman who went by the name of Black in the Manchester area in the period 1940s - 1970s. He was in the tailoring business and in the 1950s was the partner

We invite you to attend another free presentation in our series of JewishGen Talks webinars, with our speaker, Dr. David G. Marwell Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death Wednesday, December 30, 2020 @

Would anybody know if ships records contained the children travelling with them too? thanks in advance mandy molava

Ukraine Research Division Year-End 2020 Update Please support the work of the Ukraine Research Division. Go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22 Scroll dow

I have seen the 1811 and 1850 Slutsk, Belarus Revision lists records on Jewishgen. When I go to the Belarus database I can't find them. Why aren't they there? Can someone tell me where to find them ag

Hello, I wonder if anyone has some historical knowledge how the early conscription of Jews to the Austrian (Habsburg) army might have been executed. First some background: In 1788 a war broke out betw

Miriam Weiner kindly provided me with a tour of the latest upgrade to her Routes to Roots database. Miriam continues to amaze with her achievements in providing valuable and unique free online resourc

My ggm was born in 1865 to Veniamin (Ben born 1839) and Pesia-Liba AZARIN (born 1840) in Ukraine. She had five siblings and married Morris Cohon from Ekaterinoslav, now Dnipro. She moved to Chicago by

Dear JewishGen Community, Some feel we should always charge for JewishGen's services. We completely disagree. JewishGen was founded upon the principles that Jewish family history should always be free

Здравствуйте уважаемые исследователи истории! Не могли бы вы мне помочь в одном вопросе? Мне известно, что в Еврейской общине в Лодзи, есть записи о рождении детей Натана Стрыковского 1874- 1875г.г. р

Ancestry - is it worth looking below 2nd Cousin if no proof in trees or known relatives and Jewish on both sides of the families? Was told not to bother with anything below 4th in 4th Cousin by speake

Nat Nathanson was an active duty US officer stationed in Cairo when he met and in 1944 married Eva Goldenberg who was born and raised in Cairo. I assume the US military must have some record of that m

The town of Lyantskoran (name before WW1) is listed for my grandparents on a passenger manifest. It is called Zarechanka today and is in Ukraine. Does anyone have family from there or know where I can

If anyone is researching Surnames Rzezak, Pakentreger, Iglicka/Iglicki from Lodz or Zdunska Wola, Poland #names #poland # rabbi Shlomo (Szlama) Iglicki of Lodz (most of whom died in the Holocaust or e

Dwore SILBERGLATT Does anyone recognise this lady? She arrived at New York on 13 Jun 1892, single, apparently alone and allegedly aged 16, having sailed from Hamburg on the "Rugia". Her native country

Leopold GIMPEL, born 5. October 1900 in Lemberg/L’wow, died 13. February 1970 in Munich. He was a victim of the fire attack on the Jewish Old Age Home in Munich. His wife Jeanette GIMPEL survived the

I do know thanks to the volunteers in this group, that my dad's mother's mother's name was Asna Popensky, and her father's name was Velvel-or Weivel or William in English. mollie was 22 when she marri

This excerpt, from the Yizkor book of Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland reminded me of a sermon a rabbi told his congregation about his experience with a woman who was studying towards conversion. After attend

Looking for information of my mother's sister and brother-in-law, Toby and Nathan WASSOF. Last known address was in Tamarac, Florida. Their children are Edith and Martin WASSOF. Thank you Moishe Tanen

My grandfather's application for naturalisation at the Cape Colony, South Africa, in 1899 gives his name as Harris Arnott, his birthplace as "Kurshan, Government of Kovno, Russia" (which is Kursenai,