Hello, I tried a couple "free" sites to download gedcom online, but they came with other requirements. Does anyone have a suggestion for downloading a free gedcom program that would best mimic my fami

My dad's Uncle was an Orthodox Rabbi. When he was in Los Angeles, he ran a school for Jewish girls that taught them how to be Orthodox good wives for Rabbis. Was this common in the 1950-60s? Has any o

The web-site developer, EasyNetSites, for more than 160 genealogy and historical societies in Canada and the United States is shutting down as of June 30, 2021. The message they sent was: "The Managem

My father's address in Krakow before moving to Belgium was Bursa Zydowskich Wojennych. Does anyone knows what was it? -- Amnon PALDI

The Amsterdam District Court upheld a 2018 ruling by the Netherlands restitution committee and rejected a restitution case brought by the Jewish heirs that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandi

Several years ago, I found a September, 1963 letter addressed to my maternal grandmother, Gussie Levine Schultz, signed by a nephew, "Peter". He referred to my grandmother as his "aunt". The letter wa

My great uncle and aunt were two of those 3000 Jews in 1900, and at least one of their two sons was born there. They did emigrate to the US, and that son's brogue returned when he'd been celebrating t

Subj: ViewMate translation request - Russian I've posted 4 vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/

Hershele Kurlap, the title character in this excerpt from the Yizkor book of Wyszków, Poland, was a fisherman and considered the Rebbe of the fish market. A tradition he clung to with fervor was never

Hi, Is anyone able to decipher the name of the parents to Jachet Rachel on this birth record? I can't determine if her father is an Abr. (Abraham) or an Ahr. (Aharon). She is located on line #76. Addi

Looking for anyone who might have endured life in a Siberian logging camp, where our late parents were before being released by boat to Russian work farms. -- Sharon E. Siegel Port Jervis, NY USA

I've posted 3 pages of a letter in Polish for which I would like english translations. They are on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM77824

I am looking for any tree with Rabbi Aaron Arak in it. Also the names Sternklar and Golddapper from Poland..tyty. Evelyn Filippi

The next Orange County California JGS meeting is Sunday December 20th at 10:00 am. Lara Diamond: Finding Family in the Old Country: Getting creative when records are scarce. European borders were flui

I am searching for my grandmothers father Ignatz ALMUSLIN borned in Neusatz/Ujvidek in 1929 the 10th of October. He seems to be of Sephardic origin. He left Hungary maried my grandmothers mother and h

I would appreciate it if someone could translate this letter that is written in a Gothic German script that very few people are able to read today.The family was from Riga, and educated there in Germa

I have posted a birth certificate from Norfolk, Virginia that shows the birth being in 1902, but the filing seems to be in 1918 (5/9/18). Did it take 16 years for the paperwork to be processed?. Also,

I'm looking for any HALASA - WEXLER connections, to rule out a birth certificate I have found in Slovakia. Thank you in advance Mandy.Molava

I am searching for Simcha RUBINSTEIN (or his descendants). He and/or his mother was born in Felsoviso/Oyber-Visheve, Hungary, now Viseul de Sus, Romania. In 1995, he was living on Jabotinsky Street, c

Shearith Israel in New York and Jeshuat Israel (the Touro synagogue) in Newport are two of the oldest congregations in North America. The Touro ceased functioning as a Sephardic community. In the 1880