Dear gersigs, I hope one of you can help me. I have read in a book about the jewish communities in 1932 that a Chevra kaddischa was foundet around 1875 the chairmann was a Kupferschlag (I think his na

Hi Barbara, if you are not familiar with Archive.org they have digitized many resources out of copyright as well as a lending library. If you search the category Texts using the search term “Jews in C

I have learned a lot from doing these weekly explorations of Yizkor books over several years, but I occasionally come across stories that stump me, due no doubt because I don’t pretend any expertise i

My maternal grandmother, Miriam (Golda) NARODETSKY (nee HANDELBERG) (b.abt.1888 possibly in Annopol, d.1962) was the daughter of Dov Baer (a Kohane) and Bayla Handelberg. My maternal grandfather, Zus

Hello, I am wondering if anyone has access to records which may provide info./details on the parents of my ggggrandfather Abraham ben Gedaliah Tiktin With many thanks. Karen Saunders - researching Tik

There are 4 people, immigrants from Minsk Gubernia, who lived in New York City and/or Canada who I can identify as siblings via Census records or immigration manifests or other documents. I've tracked

When a family historian is a very Senior Citizen with a house full of everything they need, give them the family tree of the family into which you married. This will enable them to spread their family

This is the back of a photo. Can you translate it please? I'm sorry about the shadow. Thank you. Deborah Friedman Walnut Creek, CA dsfaec@... Searching for: FRIEDMAN (KOPAIGOROD UKRAINE), SHULMAN/SCHU

I've just received an offer for 20% off a World Explorer subscription on Ancestry. The price is $119 for 6 months. My family is from Babruysk & Minsk in Belarus and Warsaw in Poland. I already have a

We invite you to attend the next presentation in our series of JewishGen Talks webinars: Post 1492 Sephardic Dispersion and a Guide to Sephardic Genealogy Speaker: Sarina Roffé Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Hi, I've posted vital records in Polish for which I'd like extracts as much vital data (names, dates, spouse, ages, places, etc.) as possible. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses : https://ww

Moshe, the son of Brina and Jacob, was born in the town of kolo in Poland in 1909. During World War II, he fled his city to Bialystok and from there he deported by the Russians to Siberia. In the mids

Does anyone know who holds Orthodox conversion records for South Africa? I have been trying for many years to find a record from 1907. The civil wedding took place in Cape Town but the Cape Town Beth

I am going to make a brief visit to New Montefiore Cemetery (West Babylon, NY) on Sunday and wanted to offer the possibility of photos while I am there. I have to emphasize time will be limited so it

Ask the relevant archives. Janet Furba, Germany

I originally posted this document believing it to be in Polish, but it is written in Russian so have reposted it. I would like a full translation please and would like to know who Meir Praszkier's wid

In the summer of 1941, as the Germans invaded Russia, my Aunt Chana escaped from Czernowitz with a unit of the Komsomol in the direction of Vinitsa, never to be heard from again. I would appreciate co

I am looking for anyone with anything that might be linked with Rose/Raizel Segall, who married Lazarus Zimbler in 1909 in Mile End, and lived in Whitechapel with Lazarus (Eliezer) and their new daugh

I’ve uploaded a short letter written from a man in Israel to his nephew in Boston which includes strict instructions not to show it to the man’s brother. I’m eager to find out what the big secret is!

Dear JewishGendom, I am searching for a Friedman family which was last known to live at 163 Berriman Street in Brooklyn, NY, circa 1925-1928, at which point the genealogical trail grows very cold. In