Gabriel Lecker was the step-uncle of my cousin Wolfgang Klappholz (born March 5, 1934 in Magdeburg, Germany). Gabriel's sister Else was the second wife of Wolfgang's father Alfred Klappholz, so Wolfga

Gustav Dehne was the foster father of my teenage cousin Wolfgang Klappholz (born: March 5, 1934 in Magdeburg) during WWII. They are known to have resided at Vogelgasang 1 in Magdeburg in the 1940's. H

The Yizkor Book Project: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ is now looking for volunteers with knowledge of HTML coding. If you would like to help with preparing and updating the Yizkor Books In Print

Dear Genners, Does anyone know what happened with the merging of FamilyTreeDNA and MyDNA? It has changed my autosomal DNA analysis. It has substituted my sephardic (and part of my Italian also) percen

I had several relatives that immigrated to the United States from Moscow in the late 1980s, I'm wondering if anyone else would they filled out immigration papers in Moscow or the United States more li

Very moving background material! https://chgs.elevator.umn.edu/asset/viewAsset/57fbed027d58aeba1c557592#57fbee5e7d58ae4e72557593 Because They Were Jews! Memorialization: First Series Produced: 1945-19

We have all poured over those ship manifests recording the arrival of our ancestors on these shores. However, I have always wondered about ships that may have been lost at sea and along with them, the

My great-uncle Zalman was born on 7 March 1893 in Prienai, Marijampole (Suwalki Gubernia) to Yankel-Mendel and Pesha-Freida Fleser (born Bialobrodka). He was the second youngest of 10 children, 8 of w

Thanks to the recent guidance of Jewish Gen members, I was able to get a copy of my grandfather's restitution (reparations) file from Germany. In it, he states that he was held in the Neustadt Weinstr

Dear all! My family member is Meer Gershwin Haim (ZVI) Kluger. Was born in Poritzk (Ukraine) 1839/1840. How do I go about finding members of same family, births, deaths,marriages? Please help Many tha

Where can I find information about Uzava in the Eastern Ukraine? Michelle Sandler Westminster California

My grandfather's matzeva spells his given name, Samuel, with an ayin rather than an aleph, as you can see in the attached photograph. I don't know if the spelling is simply an error or if what is used

“As I finish writing these words I am just 55 years old. I find myself satisfied in rich, large America. However, I am still in exile. I remained the only one of my family, the inheritance of my famil

I am looking for a researcher to access and provide me with copies of the section of a handwritten document that is located in The Stefanyka Libray in Lviv. It is called "The Inventory of Brzozow Coun

I am seeking contacts with descendants from the Steinhardt's from te Jewish community of ROZWADOW (Tarnobrzeg) Inacio Steinhardt inacio@...

The Obermayer Awards, January 25 Please join us for the Obermayer Awards, broadcast from the Berlin Parliament. The moving ceremony honors people and organizations in Germany that have worked creative

Hello, I'm seeking a translation of all genealogically relevant information from the death record for Meer Itsko WAJNSZTEJN that can be found on ViewMate here: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewm

This is a photo of my gr grandfather's headstone at Mt. of Olives in Jerusalem. I need a translation from the hebrew. Thank you Deborah Friedman Walnut Creek, CA dsfaec@... Searching for: FRIEDMAN (KO

I have 3 other handwritten inscriptions I found in my gr grandfather's prayer book from 1857. There are three attached photos. In one the inscription is obvious. In another other photo there are some

Coming from a family that was called Katz in Europe, but became Cohen in America, I am wondering if any of you might be able to shed light on this phenomenon. It must have been quite common: looking a