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

I am having difficulty finding a 1940 census sheet for my grandmother. I have her listed with her family in the 1910, 1920, 1930 censuses. I used Steve Morse's site to get the ED and went through seve

The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre at The University of Huddersfield, UK is a hidden gem. I don’t remember where I heard of them - perhaps in this very discussion list. They have an excellen

Every census misses some folks. I'm trying to get a sense of how many people were missed in the 1793 Czech Jewish census. If you know of a family (individuals are trickier, so I'm focused on families)

Is there anyone familiar with the cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel called Har Hazeitim cemetery, Mount Olives? I am looking for two people: Yeshaya Leib Kivelewitz and his wife Shoshana Feige Reisel nee

Dear Friends, Gesher Galicia is proud to offer as part of our webinar series an interview with Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz conducted by Steven Turner and moderated by John Diener. Rabbi Borovitz is a young

Many of us have come to depend on the JewishGen Latvia database as a source for tranlated vital and 1897 census records. As you probably know,the Latvian State Historical Archives' Raduraksti website

Dear Genners, Just discovered on JRI-PL that my late grandfather Chiel Jakub ROSNER had a brother called Markus ROSNER who died in Tarnow in 1934 at the age of 75. I do not find anything else about hi

I'm trying to confirm the application of the term "unehelichen" within a birth certificate from 1827 in the Pfalz. The birth record follows a fairly typical format around the registrar indicating that

(My other address was registered in JG I have to re-send this post. I know since there were many new posts, perhaps still relevant. It addressed to the starter of this line.) Dear Joan, (1) in the cas

Hello, There is a small possibility that Rav Chaim ITZKOVITZ of VOLOZHIN was my fifth great-grandfather. If the connection is correct, it is through his daughter, Esther, and granddaughter, Beile Rask

Several months ago I was informed that 30 years ago there was a Rabbi Joe KATZOFF living in Givatayim or Petach Tikva , Israel. It was most likely as my brother who is a Rabbi and lived in P.T. 30 yea

I've been following this thread and wonder if this suggestion might be viable... or if I'm being very naive. Since one cannot eliminate bad stuff added to their tree (I too had the ex-wife's family of

From time to time I have seen requests here, on Facebook, and similar sites for recommendations related to a need to have a local source to locate records and/or do research. I have used some local so

Hello, I would appreciate some help with translating the attached death record of Icko Mejer SHEKHTMAN d.1866 in Wisznice. The index on JRI-Poland gives his parent's first names. I am hoping to learn

Dear Group, In JewishGen (under "Hungarian Births") I see this index for this 1867 birth , registered in the town of Diosad, district of Zilah, Country of Szilagy. The source film is said to be in the

Hi all, I'm looking for someone to help translate several dozen 19th century vital and census records from Russian into English. The records are handwritten in Cyrillic script. I've found ViewMate to