The (US) National Archives Cartographic branch has digitized the RG 242: Target Dossiers pertaining to the British Isles 1938-1945. It is made up of over 1,100 images. It is available for viewing and

I am researching Samuel Slotkin and his wife Bessie. I have found their tombstone is pictured in FindAGrave. Could someone please translate their Hebrew names and the names of their parents for me? ht

Can anyone please tell me if there is a date on this gravestone? if so what is it? I believe it is that of my great grandfather. Alan Cohen

Dear Genners, My query about Chaja APOTHEKER whose daughter Dora REIZMAN died in 1921 in Tecso/Tyachiv (sub-Carpathia) ended with positive results. It is due to some constructive suggestions from seve

Each segment of the LitvakSIG Power Up your Research series will be hosted on LitvakSIG.org. They will be available free and publicly available for the foreseeable future. The link to each recording w

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO, Beth Tikvah Synagogue and Classi Lectures PRESENT Beyond These Walls: Escaping the Warsaw Ghetto – A Young Girl’s Story Speaker: Lydia Bauman Monday 13 Feb 2023

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO Speaker: Ellen Kowitt Jewish Resources Comparison of the Giants: Ancestry, FamilySearch, FindMyPast, JewishGen, & MyHeritage Wednesday, 22 February at 7:30 pm. E

Dear Genners. If your family originated from Kutno Gubernia Warszawa, Province Lodz, Poland or surrounding area please join us on our facebook group, Descendants of Jewish Kutno, where you can meet ot

Dear All, I posted previously under the following heading, but have discovered that I used the wrong names - "Trying to contact Maureen & Rob MYERS, New Zealand - re. Phoebe nee SIMMONS, later LEVY, l

Researching my spouse's Papier immigrant family from Brest Litovsk and their ancestry. I am seeking to discover earlier generations and insight into their lives prior to immigration. The Immigrants we

Can someone point me to a place to find a passenger list for an arrival in Newport News, VA on May 15, 1883? That info is on my great grandfather's naturalization papers but I can't seem to find any p

Butrimonys and the connection between the town and Binghamton New York's leading Jewish families is the topic of Rabbi Lance J. Sussman's recent article in The Report. The newsletter is published by t

Do you recognize anyone in these photos of GOLDSMITH, BIRON, KEIDANSKY, FINEMAN, FAINMAN, LEVINSTEIN family who emigrated from Lithuania to Chicago and Aurora, Illinois? Please see https://photos.app.

Dear All, Please can someone help me to contact Maureen and Rob MYERS of New Zealand, if they are still with us. They posted a series of messages to JG between 2008 and 2010. The email address they us

From the American Jewish Congress' "American Jewish Year Book" it begins: The subjoined table of the outrages perpetrated upon the Jews of Russia, from Kishineff in 1903 to Bialystok in 1906, is far f

Has anyone heard of the LfF Office of Compensation? They say they have records for my survivor parents but are asking me to pay to get the information and I just want to make sure I'm not being scamme

Looking for photos of Helen Oppenheimer & Ferdinand C. Weyland before, during and after departing from ship. Even one of each would be fantastic!!! Ship Manifest attached. Helen Oppenheimer is Line 18

Robert Krais, pioneer of the jewish remembrance of the Ortenau, and 2005 Obermeyer Award winner, has died on January 29th 2023, at age of 81. His interest in the Jewish cause began in 1972 with the tr

At the end of each week, we have been featuring excerpts from Yizkor books in JewishGen's archive. You can find the archive of past Yizkor book excerpts here: https://bit.ly/3aCH1ak. If you are not fa

The Vilna Shul of Boston in partnership with the JGS of Greater Boston presents a three-part seminar on Jewish Nostalgia. Join one, two, or three adult learning lectures and Q&A with Rachel B. Gross,