I've posted a tombstone for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91201 Please respond via the form provi

With all of the posts about the GORDON last name, I again would like to see if anyone can help me find my great grandmother’s sister. Her name was Rose POVOLTZKY (or any other reasonable permutation)

I’m investigating GELCHON COHEN, whose name appears in a 1906 Baltimore directory. Should I consider Gelchon to be a variant of Gershon? Steve Grufferman Sgruffer@... Sent from Xfinity Connect App

Hello everybody, It looks that JewishGen is not only looked by Jews, but not Jews too. I received an email from the mayor of a town in Republic of Moldova. He looked up a Cemetery report for town of V

My grandparents came to England 1898-1903 from Warsaw Poland and Vilna Lithuania, all part of the Russian Pale of Settlement.I have written a book on our family history for my grandkids ( during lockd

Does anyone know a reason why someone, living in Berlin circa 1905 would have left Berlin **just** to marry in London? Both husband and wife were living in Berlin and continued to live in Berlin after

Dear Researchers, Members, My Grandfather Ephriam GORDON stated in his naturalisation papers (Londonderry, Ireland 1899) that he was born September 1872 at Libau in Kurland, son of Abraham GORDON (son

hello, I have family members (sieradzi) who traveled from piotrków kujawski, poland to london in the 1880s. Where might I find the ship/passenger list for them online? I am not sure what port they exi

How do you establish when & where it is recorded that Jewish families took on their “new” surnames? With thanks Karen Saunders Researching Surnames: Frank, Wallerstein, Stern, Horowitz, Davidow -- Hel

I am curious if it is known if many Jews from Lodz moved to Germany, specifically Falkenstein, in the years after World War 1, and if so why. I know of one relative of mine, named Ezra Russek, who mov

The OCJGS meetings for the rest of the year. Please register at www.ocjgs.org. $5 for non-members and members are free. March 21st 10:00 am Pacific time Todd Knowles What's New in FamilySearch. April

The next Orange County California Jewish Genealogy Society meeting is on Sunday February 28th at 10:00 am Pacific Time. Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack-Picus are having a question and answer ses

Does anyone have leads for researching families from Turkey/Bulgaria, Salonika, and/or Sabbatean Jews. Thanks Robin

Dear JewishGen Discussion Group Community, I would like to personally invite you to our our Pre-Purim JewishGen FUNraising Event. It will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM Eas

Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book Also known as Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy, Ukraine Translation of Akkerman ve-ayarot ha-mehoz; sefer edut ve-zikaron Original book edited by: Nisan Amit

I've written the remarkable story of how a Jewish immigrant mother and product of the Lower East Side confronted via letter world-famous superstar Mary Pickford in 1916 about New York's "slums," and h

On the 1901 and 1911 Irish Census my great great grandparents had a lodger staying with them. The family name was Fieldman and they lived in Londonderry at the time. On the 1901 Census a Harry Kaufman

A need Russian translation for 5 certificates. I don't need word-for-word but details such as names, dates, ages, locations, occupations, and so on are very helpful. A death certificate of Aron Wiatra

The purpose of this article is to pose the question of what the ethical responsibilities of genealogical organizations, such as the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS),

The Grossman branch of my family came from Lomza, Poland. All U.S. records show the name Grossman. But we never found immigration records. Recently, an immigration record (attached) was discovered for