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

Before the horror of the Nazis, Jews suffered and died through waves of pogroms earlier in the century. Many began with a “blood libel,” or the accusation that Jews murdered a Christian child to use i

Hi, we are researching a ancestor who came from Brzesko. He was called Avraham (his son was called Pollack, but that is presumably because he came from Poland to Hungary). Avraham was born between 170

He left Russia or a Russian region via Paris in 1903 headed for New York -- Andy Smyser Belorgey

Sophia was a dentist who left Russia or a Russian territory in 1903 via Paris to go to New York, thanks -- Andy Smyser Belorgey

According to family lore, my late wife’s ancestors changed the surname from Mendez to Mendelovich around 1766-1776 when he accepted a position as chief Rabbi of Byten the family was in Kobryn and move

I've posted a headstone for translation and had a response from Fredel which has left me a bit confused as it doesn’t match the person I thought it was for. Is there anybody who can verify Fredel’s tr

According to the JRI Poland record attached for my great, great grandfather, Moszek Szumowski, the words 'w wojsku' mean 'in the army. ' Given that he was 72 at the time this 1897 census was taken it

Shalom, The following link says the RMA's mother, Malka, is buried in the RMA cemetery: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/krakow/kra_eminent.htm I am wondering if anyone knows where I could find a pho

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

Hello Jewishgen I'd like to thank you for your great site and for all the information that one can find in it. In one of your charts, under "publication type/Archive" is written "Jews repressed during

The U.S. and the Holocaust will premiere on PBS September 18, 2022. Check with your local cable provider for the station. The U.S. and The Holocaust, a new three-part , six-hour documentary directed a

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,