I've posted a birth record in Russian for my uncle Josef Borysy for which I would greatly appreciate a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/vi

Subject: Seeking correct name and location of “Rosopovitch” in Belarus My wife’s grandfather Morris (Moshe Mordechai) GARELICK was born in Parichi, Belarus in 1888. I have confirmed that the family mo

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

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

Hello I have a question if anyone knows people who are experts on genealogy of the Ruzhiner dynasty. A letter from the cousin of my 2x great grandfather mentions that his grandmother was a cousin of R

Hi, I've posted a birth record that is in Russian, for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98469 Please

The following are links to three images from the Vienna register of births for my great grandfather, Emanuel Pilpel. The first two images are the left and right hand pages of the relevant lines from t

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98496 akta 80 is my great grandparents marriage record. i can understand most of it, but was looking for help translating the notes in the Uwa

Below are two unusual dates, from letters written in Kiev c. 1960-70. July 27, 692 October 30, 712 Any idea what the years might be? Here is a third date from the same writer, which is written in the

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98498 Please respond via t

Dear Group, This is a Yiddish sentence from a pre-WW2 postcard. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98482 The writer refers to three names of relatives in this sentence. I'd like

The following is a link to the birth record of my great grandmother, Cecilie (or Cecile) Meyer. I would appreciate a translation of it (particularly the names and other identifying information of her

Hello all. Yesterday I read that an ancestor, Moshe Steiner, (אברהם משה בן ראובן?) fell ill traveling from Hungary to the Holy Land and was buried in Jaffa. I know he was alive in Vienna in 1861 and w

My grandmother who died in 1991 had in her address book "Sarah Sneider, Shangrila, 114 Francis St., Bellevue, Johannesburg, S. Africa" and notes she is my grandfather's niece. My grandfather was born

How do I search for place names on Ancestry when they are listed by my ancestors variously as Russe Poland, Russia or Poland? I know I can cross check on Jewish Gen Gazetteer if I have information but

Looking for any possible Jewish ancestors from Germany, a small amount of Jewish European DNA originally showed up in my Father's test, 1% or less, my dad is 94. This would go back many generations an

Sunday, May 15, 2022 Time: 1:30 PM check in, chat, and schmooze (Optional) Official program starts promptly at 2:00 * (NOTE THE LATER START TIME) Speaker: Rich Venezia, an expert in the research of 20

Hi all, Please translate the gravestone of my great-great grandmother, Chaia Sarah Jablow. Many thanks, Dale Zeidman, Researching BUKANTS/BUKANTZ (Ukmerge, Lithuania); JABLOW (Minsk, Belarus); MAGADEN

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

Bessaraber, You might be interested to read and see photos from Edgar Hauster trip in Republic of Moldova. Here is a link to his blog: http://hauster.blogspot.com/ Be aware that there are a number of