Good afternoon. My name is Bianca Nyseth and I am seeking help with the following; My grandfather, who has since passed, served in the 84th infantry RailSplitters division in WW2 which liberated 2+ co

You should also go to the archives in Vilna and Kovna. Tell the archives beforehand what towns you want to research. And two reasons to go. You get the feeling of the places where your ancestors lived

The attached photos were taken in September 1944, during the visit of Eliyahu Graber, my grandmother's brother (an American citizen), to Israel, then still Palestine, in two of the photos he is with h

I've posted a vital marriage record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM101074 Please res

Shalom chaverim: I've posted inscriptions in Russian from two photographs for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmatevie

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

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

From: dave4253@... <dave4253@...> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2023 5:12 PM To: Subject: Lerner Family - Khotin (Bessarabia) District #bessarabia Kudos to Yefim and his team for the fantastic coverage

Hi all, Many of you have been very helpful in assisting me in finding the passengers list of my great-great uncle. Thank you! I found the list, but I could not find William and Rosa Braunstean, I now

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

I would like to contact descendants of Rabbi Yitzchak Simcha HUREWITZ, who served in Hartford, Ct. until his death in 1936. According to family lore, we are cousins and I would like to clarify how. Yo

I was hoping that one your learned members can translate the Hebrew words that are inserted in the German script - I have no problems with the old German script. Peter Cullman

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island invites you to our upcoming meeting Wednesday, February 15, 2023 7:00 PM Location: Zoom– see registration info below Topic: A Rosenberg by Any Other Name Sp

THE PRESENTATION Hoping that her children and grandchildren might one day be interested in their family history, Ms. Bronstein created four different family history books using My Canvas. On February

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

My mother's mother is listed with the birth name of Lapinski on some of her children's birth certificates and Berger on others. My mother told me her mother's father had been adopted by a family with

We are excited and honored to announce a new volunteer on our team at LitvakSIG. Simon Zelman has become the District Coordinator for the Zarasai District. Welcome Simon! Simon was born in Lithuania,

I wish to hear from fellow members who don't live in New York, if YIVO (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research) provide a paid lookup service for those who cannot visit the archive in person? If not, can

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

In this exhibition, you hopefully will have the opportunity to form some sort of imagery and an understanding of what life might have been like for the citizens of Łapy, Poland, for Jew and non-Jew al