I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the attached to English: -- Burt Karlin

On Tuesday, April 11, JGSPBC will present “Jewish Research in the Russian Empire, a lecture by Lara Diamond. PRESENTATION REVIEW This talk discusses vital records, census, revision lists, and other re

The producers of the Broadway show Leopoldstadt, saw my column in the recent issue of the Galtizianer and they have graciously provided to us one of the leading cast members, Jenna Augen to be intervi

Dear Friends, I have posted two birth records in Polish from early 19th century Łęczna, Poland. I don't need a full translation but would be grateful to confirm names, dates, location, birth parents'

I've posted a vital record in old Russian or Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM102765 Plea

I need help identifying two addresses: First is a yiddish letter fragment, dated about 1900; I posted this weeks ago but would like to try to get additional input: the letter states: "...has 4 sons an

Hi, I have posted 4 different documents in Russian, mostly quite short, for which I would greatly appreciate translation help. One is a return address on an envelope: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmat

I've posted a vital record in russian or Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM102786 https://

Professor Ron Hassner's new book, Anatomy of Torture, studies how the Spanish Inquisition used torture as a tool to extract information from their prisoners. Torture was used to force victims to divul

I finally found an ancestor on JewishGen in the Belarus Marriage Database. Can I get a copy of the following marriage record online or if I can't get in online where can I send for it? I can't seem to

Can anyone out there help transliterate this handwritten postcard, received by my grandfather in 1938? My understanding is that Moses Kreppel (sp.?) was a friend or relative, and my zaidy was urging h

This profession is recorded in at least two records of a family member who lived in Poznan, Prussia. Do you manage to understand what his profession was? A nice member group offered a plumber's guess.

The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: The Alex Krakovsky Project: Navigating the Wiki to Locate Town Records Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Time

Dear researchers, I know it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but my cousin and his mother and father were living in Kishinev when Operation Barbarossa started. The mother and son visited th

Our family is looking for testimonies from Hungarian Jewish men who served as “conscripted slaves” in the labor service of the Hungarian army, “Munkaszolgalat”, in unit 108/16 from 1942. Seth Jacobson

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The March 21, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Siedlce, First Civil Division, regarding a claim by one Prz

The stories of the forty families who escaped Europe and built the Ashkenazi Jewish community of Barbados in the 1930s and 40s are set out in "Peddlers All, Stories of the First Ashkenazi Jewish Settl

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The March 22, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court for Central Łódź [Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia], Eightee

I've posted a note with a list of items for which I need a translation. It's written on a piece of note paper from a light bulb company and I believe it was written in the 1930s. It looks like there a

Dear members I would be very grateful for your help in translating a letter from my grandfather to his superiors in the Bavarian Army during World War One. The letter is in two parts on ViewMate at th