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

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 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

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

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’

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

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

I am interested in locating any prewar documents or photographs from Korytnica (Ukrainian: Коритниця ) - a village in Ukraine in the Volodymyr/Volyn region. The village is situated on the Bug River, o

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

This is a 1945 manifest for a Canadian border crossing. This immigrant is admitted for permanent residency. On the fourth line down, left side is the title "C.I.V. No." and the entry 162 I believe I.V

My cousin's grandfather Wilhelm Muller was born in 1876 in Prerau (now called Prerov) in Moravia. Wilhelm's father Jonas was a rabbi and I want to find out if he was officiating in Prerau. Is there a

My father and his brother (both born in Cologne and traveling on Czech passports) were detained in Pentonville Prison upon their arrival in the UK in June 1940. My grandmother (also born in Cologne) w

A census document which contains the name of my paternal great- great-grandfather states that he was born in "Valkacreszr Russia." I have been unable to trace this town, including on the JewishGen sit

Here is a link to a website that has thousands of names in cemeteries across the province of Saskatchewan. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cansacem/index.html For information purposes there is a Jewish Ce

Pope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of its Jewish files from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, the Vatican announced 23 June, 2022, amid renewed debate about the l

I am researching the last name "Jena" of my maternal Great Grandfather. He immigrated from Ritschenwalde, Prussia [ Noe Ryczywo'l Poland]. There doesn't seem to be any records there of a Jena family e

Join the JGS Cleveland for our next Zoom program on Wed, July 6, 2022, 7-8:30 pm ET: “Patronymic Naming and Cemetery Research - Their Importance in Jewish Genealogy” with Nolan Altman. Program: Headst

The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism published a bilingual English and German, “Visitors’ guide to the Jewish cemeteries in Austria” jointly with the Jewish r

Meir ben Borukh Rothenburg is in the Rabbinical Index under group R-A13358. Sample I13865 in the recently pre-printed Erfurt study (https://twitter.com/ShaiCarmi/status/1526850050772590592) is R-Y1984