Gesher Galicia’s quarterly journal, the Galitzianer, invites members and nonmembers of Gesher Galicia to submit articles with a clear connection to Jewish life in Austrian Galicia (1772–1918). We welc

Someone wrote that "jews do not give their children names". I know several Orthodox families who gave their children names such as Peter or Paul. True that one of these families were of German jewish

Dear Friends, The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library's Sunday Salon invites you to join us for our April 18th event at 10:30 AM ET. Warm regards,

Many of us have sent our DNA off to a firm, curious about what we might find. We receive an ethnicity estimate followed often by a long list of matches ranging from 2nd cousins to more distant ones. S

My son in law Benjamin Sanderson has one DNA match on Ancestry with surname Schneirow. Do you know the town of origin? We know Sanderson was an adopted English form. The original surname is not known.

Hello, My husband was a classmate of Andre Laniado in the French Lycee, London from 1958 to 1961. At that time they both lived in London. Does anyone have any information about Andre? Beryl Otvos Rese

In the last ten years I am searching for information about my great grand grandfather Naftali (Eli) Hertz Raskin, who lived in the village of El'nya, close to Hotimsk, Mogilev, Belarus, and was a cant

Can anyone make sense of what this below document actually is and tells one? I have a Joseph Granek in my family tree - the brother of my Grandfather - no resolution as to what became of him -one of t

I am looking for a person in Liepaja, Latvia who can go to Liepaja Jewish cemetery and make a photo of Maimind gravestone. Information from Liepaja Jewish Cemetery Book 1909-1941 from website http://w

Search in Russian for Исаак Шнеиров Schneirow and Шнееров Schneеrow. Janet Furba, Germany

My cousin Benjamin Zimbrow came to America in 1906, and the passenger manifest says he was coming to a cousin named Itze Schneirow in Chicago. I have no idea how he's related, but I thought it would b

I am trying to trace descendants of Hannah Weiss Geller who was married to my Uncle Wolf (William) Geller from Tarnow, Galicia, Poland. Hannah was a US citizen and the passenger list of the Ship Bator

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I want to try and reach out to any descendant down the male line of:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Goldkette One can see in the article that it states that his father is unknown. It is is told i

Tomorrow (4/13) at 3:30 pm Eastern Time, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. We'll teach you how to search for your immigrant ancest

According to this link (https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pren/pren1.html) there was a pogrom in Prienai, Lithuania in August 1882, and there was a trial in which some of the participants in the pogro

According to the Ciechanowiec YB, the GRA wrote this: “In my youth I arrived during my wanderings and strayings at the hamlet of Ciechanowiec which is full of scribes and sages. The rabbi there, R' Me

The Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society is thrilled to welcome Dr. Wendy Soltz on Sunday, April 18th at 2:00 p.m. for a program of “Northeast Indiana Historic Synagogues and Influential Familie

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO EXPLORING CITY DIRECTORIES A Family Tree Magazine Webinar Followed by Questions and Answers with Sunny Jane Morton VIRTUAL MEETING: View from home Wednesday, 28

I am interested in getting your help to translate the Hebrew on these family gravestones . Ancestors are thought to be from Lemberg, Austria emigrating to US in 1880s, buried in Cincinnati, Ohio. Than