If you haven't already heard, a halakhic loophole has allowed researchers to take DNA samples from 14th Century Jewish remains in Erfurt (https://twitter.com/ShaiCarmi/status/1526850050772590592). Thi

Dear Colleagues I have posted a survivor's testimonial from the Shoah for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?ke

Does anyone know if the name "Blimah" is short for another more formal name? I'm trying to find records for a Polish ancestor with this first name but not finding anything. Thanks for any thoughts....

Huge thanks to responders to my recent request about a marriage record. I've posted a birth record on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM99003.

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98979 Please respond via t

The JewishGen Press has just published the book “The Will to Tell, Memoirs of a Gombiner Survivor”, by Yitzhak Weizman. See the announcement in https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_WillToTell.ht

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM99004 Please respond via t

I've posted two vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98997 https://www.jewishg

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Hi, I am looking for Lukowitzi Russia (closest spelling I could find and town associated is today, Lyakhavichy, Belarus - Jewishgen - https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1945696

I am puzzled by the female name Chaia/Chaja/Chaya sometimes showing up as Chana in English transliterated from Russian hand written documents, and I would like to know if other people have had similar

Hello- I’ve gotten into researching my family history and came upon a stumbling block. Great grandfathers name is Israel Salzman (1875-1926), father name is Yitzchak (dates unknown). Israel’s brother’

Has anyone ever come across the name "Chalia" for a woman? The name was most likely a Yiddish name for a Jewish woman who was born in the Ukraine approximately 1850. Her maiden surname was Levine. I h

In tracing relatives of my husband, I found that, per Yad Vashem, two daughters in one family from Panyola, Hungary survived the Holocaust: Iren Weisz, b. 1928 (https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.

I would appreciate help translating the Hebrew content of the Abraham Teitelbaum's gravestone. -- Harry Moatz Potomac, MD, USA hamoatzi@... MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately ABOWITZ - Lomza BRODE

I wonder if I might request assistance with the translation of two birth records in Cyrillic from Liepaja (Libau in Courland). One is copied here, and the other is attached as a pdf. In both cases, it

Hello, Passed 23 Elul 5692 Here lies or here is buried (first two letter abbreviation in 2nd line) old man may G_d avenge his soul (2 letter abbreviation) reb Avraham son of reb Ari Teitelbaum from Ts

Gesher Galicia is happy to announce that we have uploaded the videos of the interview between the eminent historian Omer Bartov and GG President Steven S. Turner to our YouTube Channel. The topic of t

Frank asked in a previous post about making wire transfers to the Polish State Archives to buy copies of records. It's now so much easier than it used to be to get copies of records "ordered off the m

We are seriously considering a trip to Ukraine to see the places where my grandparents lived. Yes, this is crazy, but I'm 75 and this war could last a long time. Kolomea, and Sokyriani are a long way