My great-grandfather, Jacob Nowezenitz (he changed his surname to Jacobson when he became naturalised in South Africa) left Papile (Poppelaan) in Lithuania in 1895 to join his cousin Joseph Orkin in P

I am the grandson of the Late Rev Louis Wolk and am researching his career as religious leader of the jewish communities in : 1. King Williamstown, Cape. 2. Elizabethville, Belgian Congo. 3. Krugersdo

Jan, thanks for your detailed summary of the 1931 Canada Census. I have been trying to find two families (relatives) in the Montreal area since the Census came on line and have not been able to locate

This is a photo of my great, great grandfather who came to New York from Bohemia in 1880. He was a cigar maker. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what these medals and cord signify? Thank you. Alice

Dear Group, This book was recommended in this group earlier this week. I am interested in purchasing it (new or used-in-good-shape). I could not find it in the online book shops. If anyone would like

I am looking once more for a translation from this headstone of my great-granduncle, Samuel Glazer/Glasser, please. I tried to copy the image to Google to get a translation for the Hebrew, but I could

There is new book JUDAICA published in Latvia in english. It has 454 pages with 220 photos of silverware divided in 4 groups - synagogue items, ritual items, household items, daily items ... Silverwar

Can anyone please inform me how common the name Lustig was in Hungary, Budapest and environs? My GGrandfather Sam Lustig came from Budapest c. 1910 but there are memorials in the Great Synagogue in Bu

My family has connection with Stewarts in Scotland. It is interesting, "When Scotland was jewish" by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman and Donald N. Yates by Heikki Mesterton #whenscotlandwasjewish, #Scotl

A number of Jewish visits have been arranged for delegates who may wish to take some trips out at the IAJGS conference in London this summer. Booking details, site information, when tours are availabl

Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting Sunday, June 11 at 2:00 PM Eastern, In Person at the Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th Street, NYC, or via Zoom Images of the Past: Jews and the American Civi

Since April 2022, I have been taking photos of headstones on behalf of enquirers at the following cemeteries, listed in order of proximity to me: East Ham, Marlow Rd (United) Plashet* (United) West Ha

Everyone: I am helping a friend find the origins of her Ros(z)enberg Family. Her great-grandfather, Koppel Rosenberg, immigrated to the US on the Sorrento (from Hamburg) listed as Koppel Rusguburg arr

Ancestry uses the designation “Jewish People of Europe” when on the page for the ethnicity of a match. I suspect that this refers to Ashkenazi Jews although it conceivably also includes Sephardic Jews

The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County's (JGSCV) in-person program is: Date: Sunday June 11, 2023 Time: Meeting begins at 2:30 PM Please arrive before 2:30PM. Access t

Art Newspaper reported that a landscape by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, View of the Sea from Haut Cagnes (ca 1910) was restituted to heirs of its original Jewish owner, Jakob Goldschmidt, and then repurchas

Ancestry.ca (Canada) has released its index for the 1931 Census of Canada it free access! This makes it searchable by name, birthyear, residence place, family member names, marital status, and gender!

At the end of each week, we have been featuring excerpts from Yizkor books in JewishGen’s archive. You can find the archive of past Yizkor book excerpts here: https://bit.ly/3aCH1ak. If you are not fa

I am a patrilineal descendant of the Bernshteyn (Bernstein) family of western and central Lithuania. The family primarily resided in Yurburg (Jurbarkas), Seredzius, and Vilkomir (Ukmerge). Based on th

Sunday June 11th 2023 12:30 pm PDT Zoom Meeting “MyHeritage Advanced Features and Technologies” by Daniel Horowitz Discover the latest MyHeritage innovations. Daniel Horowitz will introduce some new f