To all JewishGenners: I am getting a little closer to finding Chana/Anna RUBINSTEIN (daughter of Mendel RUBINSTEIN) who was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in the 1890's and immigrated to the U.S. as a tee

I only recently discovered that my maternal gf's family came from Vilnius, not Russia as I had previously been told. My gf was the youngest of 3 siblings, all of whom came to the US somewhere between

Hi All, There was a post recently about 500,000 records added to GenTeam but details were not provided. I received this information: Larry Bassist Springville, Utah www.GenTeam.at 500,000 new records

Hello all! The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our November monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, Jeanette Rosenberg. JGSLI is extending the invitation to

Hello all! The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our bonus monthly meeting featuring a book and author talk with our guest speaker, Meryl Ain, about her book The Ta

Wondering if any direct line descendants from the WORMS family of Frankfurt, Germany have taken a Y-DNA test? I would be interested in comparing results to see if there is any connection to my Worms f

The USHMM has added 54,695 names taken from collection RG31.013M, Ivano-Frankivsk State Oblast Archives records. The names come from reels 24-38 in Lista osob zamieszkalych (list of residents) in Stal

Hello All, I was told by my grandfather that he tried to sponsor his sister and her family to come to the US from Romania/Hungary before WWII. Is there anyway to find this record? What agency would I

My husband thinks the attached document may be a wedding announcement for some relative of his great-grandmother who was born in Pabiance, Poland . Pabianice is in English at the bottom of the documen

I am looking for help from someone in the DC area or who regularly visits Holocaust Museum to copy a few specific records as outlined below. These are oral histories of my 2-nd and 3-rd cousins. I am

Rabbi Moshe of Kletzk (18th cent.) appears in several sources I've seen in the past. I have reason to believe I may be a descendant of his. One of his sons, David, also known as the "Galia Mesechta" p

My great grandmother (last name Primack or Primak) and all her siblings came from a town named Montchelek. On their naturalization and immigration documents, I have seen variations of the town: Motchy

Shalom, What can I say? A great deal has recently taken place within our Yizkor Book project and it’s time to let you know a little of what has transpired over the last month. To begin with, once agai

To all who have offered help - I have solved the question of Danny's parents, I received a copy of his Amrecian SSDI application, which confirms that he is indeed, son of Salomon BLUMENTHAL and Helen

I'd like a translation of the following 1883 birth record (male #51, 2nd entry) from Bialystock: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88303 In particular, I'd like to know the nam

I am working with a burial society to help them set up a gravestone on the unmarked grave of a man who died in Israel in 1997 with no close relatives. He was born in Germany and his father's name was

I've posted a death record in Hebrew for which I need a translation. All I need is the Cause of Death for Female 30. Her name was Zlata? It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewi

Hello All: Need to some help or advice. I have the death certificate for my GGGM Leah Brawer( misspelled on death certificate as Braver). It says she is buried in Mt Carmel Cemetery in New York. Howev

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