Hi everyone, as some of you may already know, in World War One the British raised five battalions of Jewish soldiers called the Jewish Legion who fought in the Sinai and Ottoman Palestine. My great-gr

I found Alexander and James MAISTERTOUN at Jewishgeni data base. The family MAISTERTOUN lived in Dunfermline Scotland around years 1400 - 1700 . How I could veryfye their jewish origin? by Heikki Mest

I am researching my Silberg family and would like to get in touch with any descendants of Holocaust survivor Mordechai Zilberg, originally from Busk, Galicia, and living in Haifa, Israel in the 1980s

My name is Solange Dikenstein, I am looking for documentation that proves my family ancestors to obtain Polish citizenship. Ancestor's name: Jacob Nudel (he was my great-grandfather). He arrived in Ar

Hello Folks, Please can you help me to connect with the descendants of the late Ruth and Kurt LEVY possibly of Connecticut ... I have located these names for their now adult children Larry, Loretta, T

Hello, I've posted a family picture's back in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103900 Please

Dear fellow members, I've posted a vital record in Romanian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103

Sam Soblick was married to Bessie. Dave Soblick was my grandfather but he died before I was born . his wife was Lena (Schneider) They had five children Four boys and a girl Doug Soblick

Hello everyone, I have searched ChatGPT keyword into the message archives and found only 2 occurrences. I must have missed something and apologize if question has been asked already. Or if subject alr

I've posted a Polish birth record on Viewmate at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103912 Please could someone translate it for me and respond via the form provided on the View

I visited the cemetery in Novy Wiśnisz (east of Krakow) just over a week ago and would like to ask for help in translating the hebrew inscriptions on two of the headstones my Polish friend and I came

I've posted a JRI Poland death record in German/ Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103906

Everyone: I am helping a friend find the origins of her Ros(z)enberg Family. Her great-grandfather, Koppel Rosenberg, immigrated to the US on the Sorrento (from Hamburg) listed as Koppel Rusguburg arr

I am looking to translate my great-grandfather's birth certificate, Jakob Gerstel, whose entry is #41, at the top. I hired a traditional German translator, but he said he couldn't read the writing. Pe

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

I am researching the surname Radzik (anglicised spelling Radgick). I would be interested to hear from anyone looking at the same surname as to where your ancestors were located. My only clue is "Polan

Hello everyone, I posted 1 vital record in Russian . I already get a translation : in the settlement Karczew on Jan 29 1907 at 2 pm appeared Abram ROTSHTEJN, worker, 28 yo, residing in the village Vil

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has just released new databases on its website. There are now over 2.8 million records available in our databases. With each release we provide a varie

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

Reminder!! Coming this Sunday!! Subject: Power Up Your LitvakSIG Research: Navigating the FamilySearch Library and Polish State Archives #lithuania will be held over Zoom on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at