I am making a family video and want to use a map that shows where the town that our family lived in is, and maybe one or two close cities, in addition an the outline of the country (Belarus). I'm look

I am looking for the family of Maurice Hirschowitz - was born in 1876 in Russia. He died on 18 Jan 1955 in South Africa. He married Sarah Yules on 19 Dec 1899 in New Briggate Synagogue, Leeds. Sarah w

I have a family letter dated January 1878 that includes some interesting genealogy information. But there is part of it that mentions "the Hebrew Israelites" that I don't understand and was hoping som

Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society Events: Preserving your Family Photos and Documents: Resource Guide Thursday, September 8, 2022 , 2 pm Pacific Time/ 5pm EST Speakers: Resource Librarians Center fo

Shalom, It seems to be broad consensus that Rabbi Zvi Hirsch HaLevi Horowitz’s father was Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz Baal HaHafla'ah, and that Rabbi Pinchas’s father was Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Horowitz

In the 1888 Revision list for Lida (now in Belarus), my great great grandparents Shimel and Gusa Lev (Simon and Ada Lavine) are listed as living in Iazovitsa village. I have gotten an image of the ori

The attached reads "Here lies X, daughter of (Reb) Yisrael Avraham". What is X? Looks like Marsha but that is not very Jewish sounding. Thanks. -- Bob Silverstein bobsilverstein@... Elk Grove Village,

Hi, I'm seeking for the ascendants of my ggggfather, Guillaume (Wilhelm/Vilmos ?) BOEHM born in 1824 in Nagy Karoly (Hungary, today Carie in Romania ?), who emigrated to France. He married Julie BRUNS

Karen Franklin, in her talk for the San Diego Jewish Genealogical Society on 14 Aug. 2022, urged audience members to publish our research. I have published a short essay detailing what I learned about

Attendees at the IAJGS meeting interested in protecting Polish Jewish cemeteries are invited to attend a Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland Birds of Feather meeting on Wednesday 24 Aug at 11:15 AM E

Dear All, For a long time I have been trying to find out why my great-grandmother CLARA BERNARD (Nee LEVIN) in 1926 lived in Bowesdorp (Namaqualand) and what she was doing there. Before then she had l

Thank you all for the responses before. My Great Great grandparents is the subject. Therese cejka,chake arrived in 1889. She married steven kennick. He was stephan konig but changed names. Family lore

For researchers interested in the Nova Ushytsya District in Podolia Gubernia (Ukraine), "1850 Revision List of Jews in Ushitshy District" has been posted on the Wiki pages (Krakovsky). It is 3 volumes

Hi All, We use this site in an effort to both learn & to help each other solve genealogy problems, both simple & complex. As a general comment, it would be nice if all readers on this site, when askin

On Saturday, August 13, I met my fourth cousin on my father’s side of the family. Sam Lerner and I presume that we are related through our great-great-great grandparents Eisig/Isak Reitzfeld and Chaje

Hello, I did a hashtag search on the Polish State Archives website and found a document that may be of genealogical interest to me. Unfortunately it is not yet scanned. How do I contact the archives t

I mistakenly wrote "San Diego" when I should have written "Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogical Society." My apologies. -- Carol Sicherman Oakland,CA

“Weddings in our areas” from the Yizkor book of Mezhirichi (Ukraine) describes the elaborate choreography over the course of a week that leads up to the wedding ceremony. On Sunday began the foreshpie

Good evening, Lat name – Bogan (or Bogen) Maiden name – Wagner First name- Sarah Sali Female Date of Birth – 1884 Approximate age at death – 58 Place of birth – Suceava District – Bukovina Country – A

Dear Genners, I found two pages of a Lubartow Book of Residents for which I would greatly appreciate translations. The records are in Cyrillic and have no date, although the Polish State Archives esti