Here is an update on my Detroit search. Besides Winitsky/Vinitsky let me now add Chudler. The Chudler family consisted of a Lew and Ann who's son married a Lorraine Vinitsky in 1952. At this wedding,

The NYC property tax office took photos of every building and house in all five boroughs in 1940, and again in 1980. Did the city of Philadelphia have a similar program to photograph buildings? My gre

The Sussman News was compiled and published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 1934 to December 1939 by three Sussman cousins, all descendants of Yisroel Zisman (1837-1902) and Hinda Rachel Lev

Please post or send privately: recommendations for the names of researchers who have accessed the Archives in Minsk, Belarus within the past two years. Strong English skills and with references prefer

Sacurov is a village in the district of Vranov, east Slovakia my grandfather named Rabbi Shimon Keller resided there and was also the Shochet my father and his family also lived there for a while are

My cousin came across about 15-20 old photographs of her ancestors and most have what looks like Yiddish writing on the backs. There’s not a lot of writing, mostly just a few words, hopefully identify

My mother's cousin is 81 and a Holocaust survivor, living in Southern California. She was born in Debrecen Hungary and her father was taken into the Labor Battalion (6th Battalion) in 1942 or 43, when

The Hoffert branch of my family came from Kolbuszowa, Galicia (now Poland). It's not a common name, and given the size of Kolbuszowa, I received some scholarly agreement with my assertion that there i

I am searching information about Ella Kramerman or Kremerman, born in Lubaczow, Poland in 1918. She stayed in the Föhrenwald 'displaced persons' camp near Münich, Germany in 1946 and probably married

Hello Group, Would appreciate help: Grandfather Leopold Mandl, born Vienna, 14.05.1873; Mother Theresia Mandl; Father´s name - blank. Where do I go next? Thank you

A French relative is researching his DRAY family who came from Morocco. He has been told the circumcision registers for the Moroccan towns or villages of Tetouan and Oujda are in London. Can anyone pl

The next Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society meeting is Sunday January 24th at 10:00 am Pacific Time. Alexander Beider is speaking on What's in a name? Unravelling the Mystery of Jewish

I am resending this because I typed my incorrect email address I am searching for information on my paternal great grandfather, Berko Portiansky or Portjanskii from Yelisabetgrad, Russia (now Ukraine)

According to the 1920 census the person I am looking for, Rose Margolis Hollander, appears to have been born in a place called "Katrineslav" which is the Mogilev gubernia. I say "appears" because the

Does anyone know anything about the people involved in the early history of Anshe Motele in Chicago? I am researching a KAPLAN family with at least two sons who were connected to this shul: Shachne ak

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to upload historical records found in one source into another? For instance, if I find marriage record via FamilySearch.org or a manifest at Ellis Island, is th

How can you get subcarpathia birth certificate that is on the Mukachevo area births, 1871-1880 registry? Rita Anne Haberman.

Hello, everyone. I have been trying unsuccessfully to find birth and other vital records for relatives on my father's side. My father was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1944. Based on some notes he mad

I live within a short distance of the National Archives at Kew. The UK naturalisation records are held there in a series of large volumes. Names of people recorded in these volumes are indexed through

I would like to know the address of the parents on the two birth records (of siblings) which I posted on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM896