Dear Genners, It is my second attempt after my posting last year. I hope that it will ring a bell somewhere among his relatives who stayed back in the Russian Empire. It seems that I exhausted my sear

Is anybody able to explain this Hebrew inscription I saw in a country churchyard. I have so far received the following suggestions It relates to a date It is a form of blessing It has something to do

According to a note written by a long deceased uncle, his wife , Chaya dina SCHECHTER nee ABRAMOWITZ was a descendant of R' Chaim of Volozhin. He does not detail how exactly. Her husband, Dovid and sh

Would anyone be able to take a photo of my great great grandfather's headstone at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland? Here is the "Findagrave" link to his information. https://www.finda

I found my great-grandfather's passenger manifests yesterday, and had a few questions I was hoping someone could answer. His name was Israel Moishe Wasserzier, and he came through the port of Boston i

Dear researchers, I want to share with you a grim story about Isaak Kronfeld, a resident of Kagul, Bessarabia who was arrested by NKVD (secret police of the Soviet Union), interrogated, convicted, kil

Does anyone by any chance have a copy of a visa application filed at a U.S. consulate in the 1920s? I'm eager to know what questions, if any, were included about relatives already in the U.S. Here's w

I want to thank Renee, Rod, Barbara and Andra for all the very valuable info they found for my Norman Kline. I now have a maiden name for his first and second wife as well as his death date. Thanks ag

I would appreciate a line by line translation of my great grandfather’s grave stone from Hebrew to English. Thank you. -- Richard Oppenheimer Venice, Florida, USA

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Seeking information on overland travel routes and modes of transportation to reach ports of Rotterdam, Liverpool and Antwerp from Minsk, Russia in early 1900s. Thank you, Judy Cohen jdthcohen@...

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

Hello, I’m looking for a village or a place in Poland that sounds like Mezherigi. I received a response from an archive where it was referred to as “местечко Межериги” (mestechko Mezherigi) in Russian

Hello! This is a page from digital images on familysearch.org of Jewish records in Jamaica. If I'm interpreting the images correctly, each page with Hebrew text has a corresponding page of the English

Where can I find or look for any pictures of passengers on the ship or immigrants getting registered after leaving ship?\ Ferdinand Weyland line 11 Helen Oppenheimer line 18 -- Richard F Dassow Milwau

Hi, Can someone help me translate this birth record? I am assuming it is either Lithuanian or Polish but I am not sure. Bejla Chajka Frejd Birthdate: 1852 Father: Rubin Mother: Ejdla Goldberg Birthpla

Someone had been kind enough to research a ship's record for me after I had posted information here [ TAUFIELD, 1890 Passenger List Records for New York City:Arrivals..]. The record that she found had

Attached are photos of the tops of two painted wooden matzevah from Poland. The first is from a man's, the second from his wife's. Could anyone kindly explain the significance of the markings? Many th

Hi, I am looking for help in trying to find a Record of the Marriage that took place between, Philip Gross ( Shraga Feiva Ben Yoseph HaLevi) and Mary, Miriam, Olga, or Goldie, Kravitch, Kravitz, Cravi

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