I need help please. My family has found letters from the 30's-40's, written by my great-great grandfather, to his son (or children) in America. We are not sure what language the letters are written in

My g-g-g-grandfather Angelus Aron Gröger was born in Prag in 1766 and married to Sara. I have conflicting research showing her maiden name as Back or Grotte. Looking for help to determine the correct

I submitted two requests for USCIS records in November 2021. I have received two letters a couple of months ago stating that they were still working on my request. Recently, however, when I have check

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I have confirmed with the cemetery that Sarah Cherniak is buried there. Looking for someone to take a photo of the headstone/marker. Sarah Cherniak Gate Name: I.O.B.A.Independant Order Of Brith Abraha

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I have started to use Compare A Face in the hopes of possibly confirming what might be old photos of two sets of great grandparents. I have compared photos of my grandparents at ages from very young t

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In 1910, my great uncle Charles Wolinsky (Chaskel Volnsky) immigrated to Berlin from Skvira, Ukraine. He started a cigarette factory and became very wealthy. Around 1922, he lost his business. Based o

I recently read that a Jewish woman named Blümel Abraham converted to Christianity in 1715. She was then called Maria Augusta Blümelin and was living in Dürkheim in the Grafschaft Leiningen (now Bad D

Attached is the Death certificate for my great Grandmother Sarah Katz nee Haber, that lists her mother in 1913 the year she died as Rebecca Goldstein. The marriage record shows her mother as Rebeka Le

In others' experience, is it conceivable that a woman might have given birth at age 45 in 1897? In a distant branch I'm trying to trace, I've found Rachel Holdengraber, whom I know -- from a JewishGen

Hello everybody, I would like to give you an update on several sets we worked on from 1808! These records are very important for several reason: - these are the oldest records we have so far; - they a

In much of Orthodox Judaism, Torah study is a way of life for males who forgo other occupations and study Torah full-time, something that is a current cause of controversy surrounding Israel’s Haredis

Hi, I was told by long deceased relatives that my gg grandmother was born in 1840 in a town called Kruydon on the Dnuevtr River. Her name was Hinda Podgaitz. She eventually married my gg grandfather E

In 1928 my cousin Kenneth EPSTEIN died tragically in northern Manitoba when his canoe overturned and he was drowned. He was up there trading with the Indians for fur pelts, and his death made the head

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I’m researching the JOSEPH family in the 1851 England census. They are living in the Petticoat Lane district which I believe is the Jewish neighborhood in London at that time. Their first names are al