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I am researching the history of monuments at a Jewish mass grave site located a few kilometers north of Rudky in the Lviv oblast of western Ukraine. The memorial (Yizkor) book for Rudky (Rudki) is on

Dear gennners I yould very much appreciate translation to the attached picture's back writing. The pictures belong to the Levitan family from Chaslevici. please email me directly Thank you Lea Haber G

Good morning, I recently discovered that my paternal great-grandmother?s Romanian-born nephew?Isador Langhaus?was an artist by profession. See 1940 US census attached. He painted a portrait of his fat

YOAV ARAN Shalom friends, My family has an oral history of descent from the Vilna Gaon. In this connection, I came across an index to the book about his descendants, and found my relatives' names. The

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Hello, everyone! According to family history, my SINGER ancestors originated in East Prussia and migrated to Lithuania ca. 1838. As the Memelland district of East Prussia (now Klaipeda, Lithuania) was

Dear All, Since I have never done genealogy in France I am seeking for advice. My Grandfather’s brother Jeruchim (Georges) SZLAMOWICZ was born in Lodz, Poland, on Sept 18, 1894. My mother told me many

I came across the birth certificate for a relative born in NYC in 1898 with the first name entered as "Katty". Her parents were from a small town in Galicia (now Ukraine). Would this be a Yiddish name

I’m looking for information about my great great grandfather, Julian/Julius Zeitlin. He had a wife named Chaie Lachevsky, a son named Max, and a daughter named Bertha. His wife and children came to Am

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I am searching for relatives of Louis Stengle. He was the 3rd husband of my paternal GM, Fannie. The 1930 census lists them living at 900 N Damen Av Chicago. They lived with his children from his firs

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I've posted a clip of a 1912 US manifest with the annotation E. I. Reg - followed by a number and date. The annotation is in the surname column. The manifest is for my grandfather who traveled under t

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada (JGSSN) invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on Sunday, May 16: "The What and When of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization

Dear group, I am searching for the Naturalization of Esther Swimmer of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. She was widowed in 1906 and raised her children, Sadie (Kaplan), Jacob, Maurice and

I've been amazed by the assistance participants in this group have been able to provide, and hope I can invoke it. I am looking for two half-siblings of my grandfather: 1) Edward "Eddie" MORRIS, born

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Polish I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewma