I've posted an 1897 Russian Census sheet with one individual for which I would greatly appreciate a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewm

I need help extracting information from an death entry on Polish registry, for my uncle Naftuli Feld. The document is on vewmate: https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/hold/NaftuliFelddeathrecord-Copy.pn

Thanks to Harry for this interesting & helpful response. I’d guess that the name BENIN was based on a past Benjamin in the family, but I doubt we will ever know – especially since there are very few r

My grandmother emigrated from Poland, then part of Russia, in 1906. Her given name is listed in the 1910 US census records as Sporcha. However, she is listed in the 1920 US census as Sophie. Could Spo

Looking for advice how to find information on my Great-Aunt Elon (Ilona), Great-Uncle (Ernest) and their 9-year old son Egorn (Egon). Their last name was Horovitz. We believe they lived in or near Bud

As I am trying to identify the young men in the 1st photo, I noticed how the first young man is dressed; it looks like a part of a uniform. I asked at one of the forums and someone sent me their photo

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I am researching my husband's family from the province of Leczna in Poland. His father was Jankel (Jacob /Jack) Shavick who came to the UK about 1914. The name became Shavick when the family came to t

My husband’s grandfather was known as Bennie METTER in Toronto. Family legend is that METTER is a cousin’s name he adopted. His surname was actually BLAGUSHIN or BLAGUCHIN in Babruysk where he was bor

We are familiar with International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27th commemorated in each year as the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day b

Thank you everyone for the many responses with wonderful explanations and suggestions. Our JewishGenners are always so helpful! While my "cousin" and I knew it was possible that our connection was far

Hello, I was wondering if there were any adoption files in the Jewish community of Lodz between 1900 and 1915. My grandfather was born of an unknown father but he immigrated at the age of 2 with his m

Hereafter details present on the Danzig database of which I would like to know more: Question 1) how will I be able to display rhe contents of the various volumes listed? Question 2) I know that Berth

Is anyone interested in getting a group rate to have Yuri Dorn get records from the archives for our families from Barysaw (Borisov) Belarus. I am interested in getting a group together to save money.

'beekeeper' in Yiddish? background - My father's grandfather & GGF were born in Czernigov/Chernihiv, moved for some reason to Romny (Poltava), then to Chicago. GGF Abraham (son of Pinkus) arrived in 1

I've posted the 1911 birth record of my uncle that is written in Russian and in Hebrew or Yiddish, and for which I request the translation checked for completeness and correctness. I need every possib

I know that my direct ancestor Joel Hirsch Koppel was born in Hamburg in 1803. I also believe that his parents were Hirsch bar Koppel and Martha Koppel nee Abraham. Looking at the unindexed portion on

Hello My grandfather Ferencz Weisz was born at 379 Nagyhid utca in Balassagyarmat in 1880, I have a photo of the house. I think the street may have been called Altstadt st just before that. Does anyon

I've posted two Lists of Registered Jews in Russian for which I would greatly appreciate a translation. I am only interested in the Moverman families that appear on the page. They are on ViewMate at t

My "Levitsky" family co-hort apparently originated from a shtetl that is referred to in several passenger manifests as "Neustat" (which would be close to Minsk based on Naturalization Papers of those