Hello. I am hoping someone might be able to help me figure out the occupation of my great grandfather, Henry Weingarden. I can not read the handwriting and would be grateful if someone could! I am als

Some of the thousands of wedding rings the Nazis removed from their victims to salvage the gold CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES © US NATIONAL ARCHIVES An aerial image of Buchenwald concentration camp seen in

I have been researching the surname KUDRITZER, most recently before coming to the US, from the Moscow area in 1892. I have found the Bessarabian surname KUDRETS on JewishGen. There is also an old town

Dear fellow members, I Need assistance in obtaining copies of 1913 and 1920's birth certificate in Bodrogkerestur, Zemplen county Hungary .Is there anywhere to order copy of records online? If not , c

Hi all: The following is taken from a death registration: "It took place in Warsaw, in the Povenkovsky fifth precinct, in the office of an official of the civil status of non-Christian confessions on

The lead story in Gary Mokotoff’s Nu? What’s New? this week was a lengthy article about Miriam Weiner’s updated website of The Routes to Roots Foundation at www.rtrfoundation.org . In addition, she al

Dear Geners, My 18-year-old niece was reading through a batch of her grandmother's old letters and came across a letter >from a relative of her grandmother's father that nobody in the family knows any

I've posted vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89168 https://www.jewishgen

I've posted two vital records in Polish on ViewMate for a translation. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89180 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88760 P

This is a big request, to decipher and translate the following two records. These are very important to me, my ancestor and maybe a son of his. Seems like lots of info there I will provide any info th

My cousin sent me these two letters from her great grandmother. While I can make out a few words I do not have enough knowledge if Yiddish to translate.(Hebrew , yes- Yiddish - no). Can anyone help? M

I am researching the Znayde (Snayde,Znaide) family from Chernvitsi Ukraine. The records I am looking for are in Potuguese and Spanish and Ancestry is requiring I enter the info in those languages as w

Descendants of Twins My great grandfather had two sisters who were twins. Should I expect to find twins among the descendants of the twins? Among the descendants of my great grandfather? Joe BRATSPIS

Miriam Weiner has done it again! The new Images and Surname Databases on the Routes to Roots website RTRFoundation-News: Announcements provide all genealogists with a highly visual opportunity to dig

I would love if someone could translate the following death and marriage certificates. The first two are known family members. I am trying to figure out if the second two are, also. Please respond via

Start the New Year right Fresh Start (U.S. Genealogy) January 3 - 24 2021 If you are just starting out or are beginning again, this class is for those who want to move beyond an interest in family his

Hi there hope all is well I wanted to know if you have any information regarding my great grandfather Uri perlman from minsk died 1962 have no Information other than that his parents were elyakum getz

My great uncle lived in Warsaw for a 2 year period before he emigrated to the Us. His name was Izak KATSMAZOVSKIJ (KACMAZOWSKI in Polish) He was there from about 1920 to 1922. Would there have been an

I am looking for information about Fay ROSENBERG (b.1914), Florence (b. 1915) and Lillian (b. 1918). Their father was Jack Rosenberg and mother was Katie. They lived in the Bronx on Popham Ave. Also i

Congratulations, Miriam, for the monumental work you are doing with Jewish genealogy. These precious records will open countless doors for us. The treasures we find will be handed down to our children