Hi everyone. I don't fully understand how this is possible. But a senior physician I had to see told me that the defective gene for breast cancer was inherited by all Jews of eastern European descent

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Need translation of postcard written by Arthur Hellinger of Michalovce from Lukow Ghetto Transit Camp june 1942. Thank you Feigie Teichman Moderator Note: Please reply privately

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I have hit a brick wall on tracing the origins of my 2nd great grandfather, Charles (probably AKA Carl) Schiff, at least on this side of the Atlantic. I’m looking for suggestions on resources that mig

They had four children, including Morris (B. 1878, Louis, Israel Joseph, and Ida). Barbara Levy

-- I made my family tree for many years, and posted it on MyCanvas, from Alexanders.( Familily Roimiser, Roimisher, Roemicher, Romischer...etc). Since that site uses Flash Player, which will disappear

Nice. Gmar chaseema tova. Do u know who is succeeding Zvi at Yad Vashem? I was traumatized hearing his passing. Feigie

I've posted a Galician marriage record that is probably written in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.as

Hello. I'm seeking information about a SLIWKIEWICZ or SLIVKEVICH family, originally from Warta (or Varta; in Yiddish, Dvort), Poland. The father and sons were Jewish headstone makers and operated a fa

I've posted a vital record in Hungarian for which I need an interpretation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86572 Please respon

After 118 years, the Jewish Advocate announced they are ceasing their print publication on September 25th. The paper was founded by Theodore Hertzel in 1902. It has been published in the Greater Bosto

I would appreciate a recommendation for a reliable researcher/genealogist in the Chernivtsi area to look for records and documentation regarding the maternal side of my family. Many thanks, Zev Cohen

Does anyone know where I can buy Raymond Engelbreit's book "Les registres de l'etat civil restituent l'histoire des families de Forbach de 1789 a 1870"? Also, does anyone have a copy who would be will

GILINSKY was a prevalent name in Svencionys, Lithuania and there are many listings for the name In the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database, which you can search at www.litvaksig.org Judy Baston

The question is both general, of possible interest to many, and specific, addressed to Miami mavens. A relative, born Naftali Lasutra in Pulin, Ukraine, who changed his surname to Lester - or similar

Hi, Please advise how to get birth certificates from Kalaras, Moldova? Thanks, Mark Friedman.

If you write your surname on ancestry family trees you will find a list of family trees with that name. when I find something that might connect my family however, I do not see a link to contact the p

Trying to make contact with the family of Zigmund whose father was Asher Zelig Stern of Rozavlea, Rumania who perished. Zigmund posted a Page of Testimony for his father in Smithtown in 2008. Zigmund