I am looking for information on how my great great great grandmother, Bluma Averbuch nee Shapiro (born 10 September 1887 in Mezeritch), daughter of Zev/Willie/Volf and Chana Faigela Shapiro is descend

June 12 1:30-3:30 PM EDT The JGS of Greater Boston presents Alec Ferretti speaking on “Strategies for Analyzing Endogamous DNA.” Free for JGS of Greater Boston members, $5 for non-members. Information

Could someone (as far as possible) kindly translate into English the inscription on this gravestone. I believe it to be of Selma Bruckheimer, nee Sonn, the widow of Simon Bruckheimer. gravez.me indica

Thanks so much to all of you who participated in our LitvakSIG Birds of a Feather session on May 22 for the Lida and Oshmiany Districts. A recording of the session -- as well as a PDF of the slides an

Although it wasn’t billed as a Jewish camp, I was a CIT and counselor at Crane Lake Camp in West Stockbridge, MA., owned and run by the Ulanoff family. We had Friday night services. Ironically, the Re

The New England Consortium, a collaboration of researchers and genealogists (including founding member JGSGB) is holding its second annual conference on June 12. The topic will be Lakes, Lanyards, and

Greetings Fellow Researchers, The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami will be hosting a KehilaLink Workshop at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Wednesday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. for members

Hi, Where can I find information on arrival to the UK in 1938? I am searching for a number of relatives that escaped Vienna and Prague at this time. I have them showing up in the 1939 register in the

Hello Russian speakers, I would be very grateful for a transcript (in Cyrillic letters) and a translation into English of the last two sentences of this birth record starting after Хая. Khaya was born

Hi, I apologize for asking an unsophisticated question. Trying to get the hang of this. I'm looking at the Przensyl State Archive Fond 154 scan for Zurawno, Jewish Marriages. 1901. I find on scan 6 Dr

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation, including for the obeservations. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp

Fascinating extract about an author’s search for her grandfather and his activities in Latvia during and after WW2. Come to this Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends by Linda Kinstler. https://www.th

The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: Jewish Genealogy in the Germanies Date: Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 Time: 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Regis

Below are extracts from the manifests of several ships arriving in New York in the immediate post WW2 years with displaced persons and other survivors of the war in Europe. Many passengers were assist

I have determined that my family roots were in Krisover, modern day Krivoye Ozero. I reached this conclusion after reviewing numerous immigration papers and a document listing the Jews of Krivoye Ozer

Searching WEISSBURG: Hungary, Austria, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Given names: Hermine, Arthur, Jennie, Sophie, May. Hermine WEISSBURG became my step-grandmother by marrying my (widower) grandfather, S

I am hoping to make contact with the descendants of someone who submitted Pages of Testimony to Yad Vashem. These pages were submitted, in Hebrew, in the year 1956, by a person living at Rechov Yosef

I’m willing to translate your letters from germ into English. please send to naturefan33@... Hannah Sperber, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Moderator note: please send translation requests privately

Does anyone have any information, or can direct me to additional resources, on Svislach (Shishlovitz), Belarus. I have been working on my ancestry for several years. My ancestor surnames were: Belkin,

On August 25, 1946, the ship Athos II left Marseilles (France) and arrived in NY on September 8, 1946. On board was a group of about 50 Jewish children, all Holocaust orphans.Their trip had been organ