Hello, I am researching my father's family from Latvia. My grandparents were Displaced People (officially non-Jewish) and came to Australia after World War 2. Here are my family: My grandmother, Erika

I am looking for information about my grandmother’s family. Her maiden name was Vetensky. We believe before she emigrated to London it was probably Witunski or Witenski, probably from Lutomiersk in Po

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday, November 8: “Woman in Gold” with Randy Shoenberg. To request a Zoom link,

The recent post by Adam Cherson of class photos from Havana's Centro Israelita reminded me that I had this photo, which was taken in June 1942 of the going-away party for my mother, Chana Anita Levik,

My Grandfather's side of the family has the name of Moss or going back to the 1600's Mosse. I was told that my grandfathers family came to England "on the boats" whatever that means. I checked the nam

Hello, This may be outside the scope of the group, but I wondered if there are thoughts as to what name Sabolor might be (if "vitz" is "son of")? It's possible it was misheard and written down as Sabo

Hi, I have attached two birth records that I found using JewishGen Unified Search. The person's name was Hersch Yosel (Metzger) born in Sniatyn on 25 March 1883. I don't think either record is correct

Twenty some years ago, in a talk at the Los Angeles conference, I stressed the importance of reviewing previously acquired material as it may contain important, earlier overlooked, information. "... O

Hello genners. I am researching my ancestor R. Tzvi Hirsh Braude, the son of Aron, who was a rabbi in Salant and Alsedziai in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. I am pretty sure that he is listed

Please translate the Hebrew on this headstone of my grandparents in Munich. Thank You. Best Regards, John Lowin Researching Lowin in Radziechow, Vienna and Munich.

Comments: Photo from family collection of Samuel BENYAKONSKI. This photos shoe the 5th and 6th grade classes of 1942-43 at the Centro Israelita of Havana (located on Muralla/between Zulueta and Egido)

When all the dusty family trees books and scribbly civil records have been exhaustively mined (and I believe that time is rapidly approaching), yDNA-based rabbinical research is the way forward. The 2

Bernard Baschkin who married Millicent, nee Auerbach and a descendant of the Wiesel and Stern families was the father of Laurance and Karen-Anne Paul. I am trying to trace the rabbinical roots of this

I saw a map with surnames of a Kamenetz - Podolsky Jewish Cemetery (27 plots wide) and was wondering if anyone knows if pictures of the gravestones exist. Are there any ongoing projects to take pictur

Family History Today: Using Facial Recognition Tools to Identify Unnamed Ancestors November 4 at 3 PM ET In contrast to vital records, family photos do not impart clear, standardized information and h

Genners: I've posted a vital record in Russian. I have found a birth record. I'm hoping it is for Sophia Greenburg, daughter of a Meyer or Myer Greenburg and Fanny or Jennie Brodesky (sp?). It is poss

The link below is to a metrical book containing a death notice for Leiba Sharshevich (record M5) from Pakroujjis Lithuania. The translation from JewishGen is below. The cause of death seems odd - is i

Hi all, I have posted of couple of additional pages from not-yet-translated Grodno/Ozery Revision Lists on ViewMate and am looking for translation of the entries on these two that pertain to the DZIVE

My grandfather left Minsk in 1913 for the United States, and had six siblings whose names are unknown. I had someone do research in the archives in Minsk. While they were very successful in tracing my

Dr. Mehler, a Holocaust survivor and NYC MD was father of Raya who married Charles Rosenzweig