I have a relative who was born in 1879 and is documented to have served in the Spanish-American War. On Ancestry, one of the records for him has his correct service information but is found in the "U.

I imagine that this question has been raised before but I haven’t found the answer so I’m posting it again. I know that Jews were required to take last names starting around 1800 and that civil regist

Sent from Mail for Windows Moshe Fink <mosfink@...> 11:27 AM (2 hours ago) to main@... Hello My mother's aunt, Riwke Reichman (nee Willner) born 1876 in Potok Zlote Galicia Austria and her two childre

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

Hello, I just joined the group. I was born in Germany but live for more than 40 years in Tel Aviv, Israel. I speak German, English and Hebrew, have some experience with genealogical research and am qu

Please don't be too hard on me. I'm well aware that there's no standard Americanization of a Hebrew/Yiddish name. However... in my father's family, the Americanizations seem to follow "convention." Mo

I was looking through the name index of "Journey To A Nineteenth-Century Shtetl" and found the name Arye-Leyb with "only child" in quotations. I tried to find a translation, but it looks like Arye-Ley

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

Good evening fellow members, I would like to find when my great-great-grandfather, Simon/Siegmund/Sigmund MEYER/MEIER was deported and where he was deported from and to. I would also like to know when

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

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

On March 2, 1914 my GGF Hersh Herberman from Iasi, Romania got his passport stamped in Suceava, Romania. The next stamp in chronological order is on March 17, 1914. I can read the city Wien on the sta

Shalom, Does anyone know where is the evidence that the below Rachel’s father is Rabbi Yoel Halpern? https://www.geni.com/people/Rachel-Horowitz/6000000001926362318?through=6000000002700831495 Thank y

Shalom, I am trying to collect all the sources that prove my connection to Rashi. I can prove up until the RM"A's sister, Miriam Beila Horowitz. I am wondering if there is one site with all the source

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

Are any UK researchers planning a trip to Urmston Cemetery, south of Manchester, please? I have discovered my thrice great uncle's grave there and am hoping someone might be able to take some close-up

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

I'd appreciate help understanding the meaning of the abbreviation ’’ח (chet) before a father's name on a gravestone. (Please note that the '' are not yuds but my best representation of the faint diacr

I've posted two one page letters, one in Hebrew and one in Yiddish, for which I would like word for word translations. The second was written on the back of the first. The first is from my G Grandfath

I'm looking for a correct transcription of a few words on my great grandfather's death record from Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1917. The full document is posted at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate