I have many handwritten letters in German from the late 1930's to early 1940's. These were written by relatives who were trying to escape from Germany and Europe around the time of Kristallnacht and a

Dear friends: It is with great pride the members of the board of JRI-Poland report that our colleague and co-founder Michael Tobias has been awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire). Michael's ac

This post is to announce changes to our existing JewishGen Ukraine Research Division Project entitled “Acquisition and Translation of Documents for Seven Towns in the Area of Polonnoye." This project

Genealogists: I wanted to mention two Russian-language sources that could be helpful for fellow searchers https://ru.openlist.wiki/ - list of about 3 million KGB files, many of them include Jewish as

Dear Friends: I am searching for more information regarding a great uncle in my family that attempted to be smuggled from Warsaw to the U.S. via Cuba in the 1930's. Apparently he was apprehended in Fl

I would like a translation of the Russian and Hebrew of the following birth record for Pese Sturisky from Dotnuva, Lithuania, born in 1881. Her record is the only one on the page. Available at: https:

I'm researching my great grandfathers family that for years we haven't got much information about, Uri perlman born in minsk and possibly mentioned in the Minsk yizkor book. it's been said in the fami

Hello, I am trying to find the ancestors of my great-great grandfather. From what I have found, his name was Yerachmiel (Rachmiel Jonas) Eibschutz married to Miriam Schachter. Their children were Mose

To: All JewishGen Discussion Group Members A happy, healthy, safe, and prosperous New Year in 2021 from your JewishGen Discussion Group moderators. The JewishGen Discussion Group unites Jewish genealo

May be that I found a reference about my GGM in the "Tax and Voters Lists" from LitvakSIG. How I can see the original record having the code of Archive/Fond/Inventory/File, Record, Page: KRA/I-561/1/1

One of my relatives born in Poland in 1886 was listed as "Gołda Lustgarten false Turner". Does that mean that her last name should have been Turner and not Lustgarten? George Frankel Researching: Turn

Dear researchers This use of the word Poland after the third partition is confusing to me. To give but one example, I read an article today that said Jews in Poland were required to take surnames in 1

I would like to have pictures taken of the gravestones of Abraham Yaacov Grazerstein and Gitel Engelmann Grazerstein. I do NOT have any more details about the location, however, other than the cemeter

Seeking information on Max and Lena Bresky Wolk ancestors, all of whom assumed to have been in Lithuania. Lena born 1850. Max unknown. David Wolk

Trying to make contact with the Glanz family of Sieniawa, whose two children, Henry Glanz and Gisela Schacher, posted Pages of Testimony for their parents Esther Sara and Mordecai Yitzchak Glanz at th

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Mogilev-Podolsky and Shargorod Town Update To All Mogilev-Podolsky and Shargorod Researchers --Happy New Year – End of 2020 and Beginning of 2021! We continue on gathering as much information as exist

Dear Friends, More than 800 people are listening to Dr. David G. Marwell discuss Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death. We are also streaming this on Facebook Live. To participate, click here (scroll

On January 13, author Ron Arons will present “Sex, Lies, and Genealogical Tape”, a Zoom meeting sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County (JGSPBCI). For 20 years, Ron has explo

Seeking death records for my paternal grandparents. My grandfather, Fajwel Konigsberg was born in 1873 in Kresge, Poland. He died very young in Tarnogrod, Poland. My grandmother, Majta Konigsberg (nee