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,

I’m wondering if you can help me understand something. In researching my Rappaport/Rapoport family on Ancestry, I’ve lately seen a number of family tree records that include portrait photographs purpo

Vatican News reports, “At the request of Pope Francis, the virtual reproduction of a collection preserving the requests for help addressed to Pope Pius XII by Jews from all over Europe after the begin

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

Hello Everyone, I am stumped searching for my great Aunt's death records. I can not find her death date or location. I have a listing from the social security application and claims records with her s

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

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

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

Hello, I am curious if any genealogists who have neurodiversity (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia or Dyspraxia)in their family found that the discoveries they made about their ancestors suggested they may also

Hi friends: Last night the good news was I discovered my 2nd great mothers last name on my 2nd great uncles new York city 1908 marriage certificate : “Hashpesh, given name Zissel. That’s the bad news,

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

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

We are privileged to have Rita Bogdanova- expert Latvian Archivist- speak at our IAJGS Conference meeting on 23rd August 12.30pm EST We hope to welcome as many of you as possible. She will speak on th

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

I am looking for people who lived in the Polish shtetl Krynki and their descendants. It is about 25 miles northeast of Bialystok. I have heard about a group called the Organization of Krinik Survivors

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