Hello, I've posted 2 vital records in Russian and Hebrew for which I need a translation of the genealogical information. They are from Bialystok and are therefore in the columnar format . . . the marr

Has anyone heard of young men and even boys used as forced labor for the Russian army during the FIRST Word War? I know they were often used to dig trenches, etc. This happened in our family and I’m w

Google has decided to extend support for Chrome users on Windows 7 until at least January 15,2022 to allow enterprise users more time to transition to Windows 10. The end date had been July 15, 2021.

It would be wonderful if Stanley would allow us to read a transcript of his lecture. It is very difficult to catch anything in real time from USA to Israel, because it means being up at strange brain

I've written up in a blog post how I was able to use Alex Krakovsky's wonderful catalogue of Ukrainian Jewish scans freely available online to piece together a century of Russian Empire records on my

Many Yizkor books have portraits of humble people who are unlettered, poor, mocked and who eke out their living in the lowliest professions. But over their lives, they prove their worth, and even mark

I’ve been trying for years to connect my Margulies relatives from Zbaraz, Galicia (now Ukraine) to the rabbinic Margolioth dynasty, also of Galicia.. Two of my Margulies relatives told me years ago th

Would like to know if Iskov is the same male name as Isko? Information needed to clarify records of gg grandfather Iskov/Isko Dunner of Minsk. Thank you, Marcia Amster Heller marciaheller@...

The previous email had an incorrect link to the photographs. The correct link is posted below. I am undertaking an attempt to save and restore parts of this small cemetery in Potok Zloty-now Zolityi P

A relative of mine says that members of his family were buried at King David Cemetery in Queens. I haven't been able to find this cemetery. Does anyone know of a cemetery by this name in this location

Hello Genners While editing my late father's book about his experiences in the Italian internment camp Ferramonti di Tarsia, I came across many references to and photos of the couple in the photos att

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Hi, I am in need of a tombstone picture from the New Jewish Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania (Giurgiuli Cemetery, Giurgiuli St. 162) I have the exact location of the burial. Contact me privately. Many t

Looking for 1 or 2 or 3 volunteers for a cemetery project. In my wonderings I photographed three plots all smaller. What I am proposing is someone to take a plot and transcribe the photos into the Jew

Hi, all! Are there resources to find information regarding the detention and deportation of people trying to immigrate through Ellis Island in the early 1900s? There is a passenger list for sisters Et

Does anyone know why whenever I search JewishGen for birth, marriage or death records from Bessarabia, only records from Kishinev are found? Where are those records for the smaller towns? I’m mainly l

Greetings Genners My cousin Shtenya ROPSCHITZ from Lvov survived the holocaust by jumping off the train taking her parents (Amalia and Ludwig Merkel) and our grandparents (Morris and Sofia Ropschitz)

(Original post stated it was Russian. It is Polish and I have corrected it.) I've posted 4 records on ViewMate for three consecutive pages from the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database for David R

Dear gersigs, I hope one of you could help me. Elfriede Kaufmann died 26.08.1870 in Dudenroth now a part of Holzwickede. Her parents were Seligmann Kaufmann and Henni Steiner. What is happend with her

I am looking for any information about Maccabi in Wloclawek before the war. History, description of operation, names of memers. Help appreciated. Relly Coleman WASSERSTEIN, Wloclawek FUDALOWICZ, Polan