This is from the reclaimtherecords website: New York City death certificates 1949-1968 and nullification of NYC DOH Records Access Rules "Remember that time the NYC DOH ignored ~6,000 public comments

I have reason to believe, based on the age and date of death, that the attached JOWBR record is for my great-grandmother's eldest brother. Would anyone be available to take a picture of the grave and,

I am told that the following page from an 1875 Ukrainian census lists my great grandfather (Avrum) and two of his children, my grandfather (Simcha) his twin brother (Hirsch). Can anyone help with a fu

Dear Freinds, I am trying to locate an address listed in a 1909 document. The street name in Dej, Romania was Borsos utca, I can not find such a street in current street maps. Can anyone pleased tell

JGS Buffalo at Family History Day at Buffalo & Erie County Public Library The Jewish Genealogical Society of Buffalo will be participating in Family History Day sponsored by the Buffalo and Erie Count

Hi, I am trying to get information about my family (names FRIEDMAN and KIBRICK), who lived in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico from about 1918 to 1926. They were there waiting for visas to move to US and ev

Hi to all, I first owe everyone a huge thank you for your time, help and support. My apologies for not doing this correctly but I have lost sight in one eye and this is being translated to text. Becau

I am Shmuel kochavi from Israel Looking for my family in VILNIUS: GALPERN, GELPERN, Thanks

Hello, The Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner, in the U.S., has an unidentified male found in the Atlantic Ocean in 2000. We attempted forensic genealogy and found he was Ashkenazi Jewish. The tra

In indexing the Kiev city Jewish birth records, I've come across the male given name "Годъ" (God) on a few occasions. I don't have my name books handy at the moment, and wonder if anyone had the deriv

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

I'd like opinions on the name of the birthplace given for Ruth Frank, in the 1908 Naturalization Petition of her husband Abraham Frank. On the image below, her birthplace is where the red arrow is poi

Hi Lucy, That pendant looks handmade and must have been treasured by the owner! So kind of you to take it into your care. I hope someone knows something about it! I am on a search too- trying for many

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO POLAND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Coordinator: Hazel Boon The Culture of the Shtetl Speaker: David Price Thursday, 15 June 2023, 7:30 pm. ET VIRTUAL MEETING: J

Date: Sunday, 9 July 2023 Time: 1:30 p.m. ET Location: Zoom Only - link to be sent out to membership only. Speaker: Dr. Robert Watson, Professor, Author, Historian, and Media Commentator Topic: The Le

I would be very grateful if someone could translate this headstone of my great-uncle. I had someone take this picture for me and then I tried to enhance the picture. Neither picture is great. Jo Cassi

Dear friends, researchers, Here is an update for the Bessarabia projects for the month of April 2023. See also at What's New at Bessarabia website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists recor

CORRECTION to date of Hebrew seminar-Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 Join the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) for our upcoming free annual Seminar Days, “Exploring the Multiple Facets of Over

I have a postcard in Yiddish that my grandfather sent from Harbin, China to his son in NY. I believe it was sent around 1927. Near the bottom, in Russian, my grandfather wrote his sister's address in

I have an ancestor Else Zuckerman (maiden name Fried) who possibly was born in Vienna, Austria or Czechoslovakia (maybe Prossnitz or Suchowitz(which is near Olomouc) (DOB unknown), who traveled to Sha