I have family Ordower, in Drohobycz and have a story that the first oil was found on one of our family member's land. How might I verify this information. Thank you. John Lowin Researching: Radziechow

Hello, I have heard the expression "vonce" used by my parents and others from NYC while growing up. I am certain it is a Yiddish expression altered by English speakers. It was used to refer to an acti

I saw an article that mentioned a list of holocaust survivors who died in Israel Independence War. Does anyone know where to access this list? Hadassah Wilen Flohr - Suceava, Vienna Schachter - Iassi,

Please let me know if the Jewish cemetery in Hazlin/Haszlin, Slovakia still exists and if so the condition of tombstones. Also are there any records from Hazlin available (especially death). Trying to

I am looking for siblings of Hilliard Greenblatt (*1899) and Adelina Blumberg (*1903), their son Herbert (1925-2005) who married Helen Gassner (1927-1999). The family lived in New York and Philadelphi

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88079 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88078 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88077 These re

Seeking Brown Family from Connecticut. They were cousins related to Celia (Cilla) Weisthal aka Celia (Cilla) Traub. The Brown's attended a Weisthal wedding in Boston on May 30. 1939. Harvey Weisthal S

Next Tuesday (10/27) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. Our guest presenter, Hallel Yadin (archivist at the YIVO Ins

Hello. This simple tombstone is of a young man (5678-5697). I would very much appreciate if anyone could please translate the Hebrew. I am also interested if there is anything special about it. Many t

Hello. I am hoping for help translating entry 335 for Israel Wiengarten. Fingers crossed that I have found my gg grandfather! Any pertinent geneological information would be greatly appreciated. Thank

This week’s offering is a collection of Yizkor book excerpts about practical jokes. Every society has its pranksters, so why not the shtetls of Europe? Some of these border on the side of cruel humor

Hi, I’m trying to track down the fate of my great grandfather, Josef Bermann false Lehrhaupt. He was deported from Vienna on February 15, 1941 and the last letter was from almost a year later - Februa

A group of high-definition photos of the youth of Dieveniskes (Divenishok) has been posted to the Photo Gallery (https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/album?id=254998). Persons with Divenishok ancestry

Reading about Barney Barnato (born as Barnet Isaacs) I find that at the time of the gold rush in Namibia he got there on foot, I read that his cousin Sir David Harris ( birth name not known by me) got

Hello all. I would appreciate any help in finding an date and location of death for my great uncle Otto Seelig. He was born 25 May 1879 in Posen/Poznan. He is the eldest son of Emil Seelig and Recha/R

I've posted before about helping a Ukrainian and Russian Kagan/Cohen family who lost track of their American cousins in the 1930s, after falling into conversation on a train with the grandson of the b

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,