I posted in ViewMate a document of 1649. This document is a legal complaint of the Jews in the SE corner of present Poland on attacks in 1648 of the Tatars and Cossacks. I've posted a vital record in

The Weekly News Nosh JewishGen Weekly E-Newsletter Phil Goldfarb Tulsa, Oklahoma USA, Editor Date: June 4, 2023 “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And Ethnicity Is L

I would appreciate translations of the information on the 5 gravestones I have put up on Viewmate. I am trying to determine if any or all of them were siblings. I believe they were from the Stara Siny

In indexing the Kiev city Jewish birth records, I've come across the male given name "Годъ" (God) on a few occasions. I don't have my name books handy at the moment, and wonder if anyone had the deriv

NEXT SUNDAY! Have you ever wondered about the journeys your ancestors embarked on? Do you wish to visually map out your family's history and trace their migration patterns? Look no further! We are exc

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Greetings all. I'm wondering about the significance of Port Huron, Michigan and immigrants from England to western Canada. My grandfather with some of his siblings and parents migrated in March 1912 f

I have attached a record I found on JewishGen. Clicking on the last column, "More" refers me to the Rumanian National Archives. Does JewishGen have the original document? And if so, how can I get acce

Hi Lucy, That pendant looks handmade and must have been treasured by the owner! So kind of you to take it into your care. I hope someone knows something about it! I am on a search too- trying for many

Hello Bessarabian Researchers, I want inform you about Bessarabia SIG participation in 43rd IAJGS International Conference in London this summer. Sunday, July 30th 2pm-5pm, Share Fair. We will have a

Hello everybody, Today I received four Revision List microfilms, thanks a lot to Family Search. It is great we have an agreement with Family Search and getting microfilms we need. Here is what we have

Her late father had two children from a previous marriage, who were believed to have died. Recently, however, she discovered survivor records indicating they survived, that one immigrated to the US an

I have an ancestor Else Zuckerman (maiden name Fried) who possibly was born in Vienna, Austria or Czechoslovakia (maybe Prossnitz or Suchowitz(which is near Olomouc) (DOB unknown), who traveled to Sha

The Jewish Museum in Prague has launched an informative website with online exhibits about the eclectic material discovered in genizas in a dozen synagogue buildings that have been researched in the c

My late grandfather (born in 1919 in Chicago to immigrants from Podolia gubernia and the Odesa area) taught us to play a card game that he likely learned when he was a boy. (Probably because the game

Hi Adam, Fifteen years late, but here is your answer: Khaim-Simsen Bits (my alter zeyde) arrived in Kenosha and married Sura Szulmanowicz of Kuzmin soon after, in Chicago. He began to use the name Sam

A new Jewish museum has opened in Washington D.C. It is located at: 575 3rd Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001. It has many interesting items ranging from Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the early years of wash

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Q&A WORKSHOPS Featuring our JGS Toronto members, Gil Bardige and Arthur Sissman Sunday, 11 Jun 2023, 10:30 am. ET VIRTUAL MEETIN

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO and CLASSI LECTURES PRESENT GLOBAL HERITAGE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) EXPULSION AND FLIGHT - THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE JEWS IN ENGLAND FROM 1652-1918. Speaker:

I am told that the following page from an 1875 Ukrainian census lists my great grandfather (Avrum) and two of his children, my grandfather (Simcha) his twin brother (Hirsch). Can anyone help with a fu