We have a number of family members with the name Ruda or Rudah. In fact my father had an auntie who married a man whose last name was Ruda. Is this a Yiddish form of Ruth? Thank you Chaim Meiersdorf

Hi 'Genners, I'm hoping that someone who can read Russian would kindly look up something in old city directories at this website: https://genealogyindexer.org/directories I assume that city directorie

The widow of my uncle, estranged >from the family, was last seen by the family at his funeral in NY about 1952. She was born about 1890. I have checked the SSDI-she's not there; her plot at the cemeta

Starting this month, the Center for Jewish History is changing the format of our Genealogy Coffee Break series. While we will continue to produce and share a new episode each month, we will no longer

- Menachem Kaiser's "Plunder" has won the prestigious Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, an annual award that comes with a $100,000 prize. Plunder is a fascinating read for genealogists with an in

Looking for someone to translate my great aunt. Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine Researching Kolomyya: SECHESTOWER, SPIERMAN, THAU, BEISER, GRAFF. Chortkiv/Budaniv: GROSS, FELLNER, HOCHMAN Do

I am interested in the Name Adoption Lists. What is the status of Phase II? When will any of them be accessible on line? How do I search & access the ones listed for Phase I? I have found some on line

Hello All: Please translate the Hebrew on the gravestones of my ggm and ggf. Thank you for your help. Sandy Schepis sanks1129@...

I currently keep my updated tree and most of my records on Ancentry. What are recommended ways of keeping this information on my computer? Looking for software that would allow me to upload a gedcom f

My sister attended Camp Nah-Jee-Wah (NJ Jewish Y Camp) located in Milford, PA., and later on Camp Wahnee in Brandon, VT. This was in the l960's. -- Myrna (Slatnick) Waters NJ/NY/FL USA Researching: SL

“Immediately after they took my father, which happened in the first weeks of the German occupation, hunger knocked at our door. My mother who worked and sewed her whole life was broken after losing fa

Hello, My great grandfather's parents changed their surname. My maternal great-grandfather Joseph was born under the name of Rozemblat (rozenblat) in may 1886 in Iasi. His mother Leia (Sin Iancu) died

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

My maternal gg-grandmother was Estera REICHMAN/RAJCHMAN, married to Morris/Mosek/Mosiek REICHMAN. Her daughter, my maternal g-grandmother, was Ryfka/Rebecca REICHMAN/REJCHMAN (married to Zalman/Solomo

Good morning, Here lies or here is buried (abbreviation on top) Shindel Leah Daughter of reb Moshe Alexander Z”L Passed 11 Tishrei 5720 May her soul be gathered in eternal life (abbreviation below) Sh

I am looking for a Nathan Phillips from London, born about 1830 according to census records. I have found one about the right age who died in 1912. His tombstone is pictured in FindAGrave. Could someo

Has anyone come across forenames being anglicised before departure from Czechoslovakia in 1939? I am looking at a mother's passport issued by the Nazis and the children's names are listed as Thomas, R

City Hall of Drachenbronn, [a] District of Wissembourg The 1 Seventeenth Day of the month of August Year thousand eight forty-six [1846], at the fifth hour of the day DEED OF BIRTH of 2 Meijer Bernard

I met Barbara Tevis "Barbie" Meyers at the 2006 IAJGS Conference in New York, and we discovered a possible connection between our families - her grandfather Benjamin MEYERS ne LUBINSKY was most likely

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