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

I found this letter among my late father's effects. He fled with his mother and brother from Czechoslovakia to the UK at the age of 15 years in 1939 - his uncle committed suicide and they lost everyth

I posted 3 documents on ViewMate: a letter written about my grandfather Abraham Reisner, my grandmother Toni Klein's birth certificate, and a medical record for Toni Klein's parents, Izsakne Klein and

Hello, I've posted a vital record in what I believe is Russian Cyrillic for which I need a translation. It's an immigration-related document for my grandfather, who emigrated from Kakhovka in the Russ

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

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

Edward Drexler I am trying to find the history and origins of my grandfather on my fathers side. My mothers side is very well documented and my wife and I were able even to find my great grandfathers

Looking for clarification on the name camp Vosdowka in reference to the attached Yiddish. We are unable to locate this place in history. #Holocaust Thank you. Allan Bass

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

We will be meeting in person and live streaming this lecture. More info to follow. Please check our website for updates and link a few days prior to the meeting! Jerry is very interesting and you will

I am trying to contact Eitan Osnat and Eliahu Abram, both in Israel and both with Netvision emails. I cannot get an email through to either of them. Please contact me at lincanfamily@... if you are Ei

My name is Nina Schwartz. I am a volunteer graphic designer working with JewishGen on Yizkor books. Do you have old family photos from when your relatives lived in Dubno (Dubno, Ukraine, formerly in P

Great discussion by Yonah on his family research and how to use our new Record Inventory tool (3:45) and how it helped him in his research. We at Gesher Galicia love to hear stories like this. Makes o

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

Good morning, I stand corrected – The name is Yesha’ayahu and the date of death is the 13th. Shalom, Malka Chosnek

Hello According to your website for B’nai Amoona Cemetery, Joseph and Kate FRIEDMAN are buried at this cemetery. And their daughter Pauline and son-in-law Daniel ABRAMSKY. But the death certificate fo

The Wall Street Journal posted an article in their May 21-22, 2022 issue entitled, The Math Behind a Lack of Genetic Privacy. In the online edition it is called, Its too Late to Protect Your Genetic P

Hello all, I'm looking for the (Abe) POZNIAK and (Chana) KRUL families from the town Benitsa, currently in Belarus (but also appears in LitvakSIG). Are there any more sources available for this town?

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 U.S. Census Bureau has released results on apportionment https://jgspbc.org/blogcontent/ and redistricting data https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.htm