I would be very grateful if someone could translate this headstone of my great-uncle. I had someone take this picture for me and then I tried to enhance the picture. Neither picture is great. Jo Cassi

Dear friends, researchers, Here is an update for the Bessarabia projects for the month of April 2023. See also at What's New at Bessarabia website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists recor

CORRECTION to date of Hebrew seminar-Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 Join the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) for our upcoming free annual Seminar Days, “Exploring the Multiple Facets of Over

I have a postcard in Yiddish that my grandfather sent from Harbin, China to his son in NY. I believe it was sent around 1927. Near the bottom, in Russian, my grandfather wrote his sister's address in

Hi to all, I first owe everyone a huge thank you for your time, help and support. My apologies for not doing this correctly but I have lost sight in one eye and this is being translated to text. Becau

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

Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society Events: In-Depth Research Strategies Maximizing Genealogical Resources Sunday, June 11 , 2023 , 1pm Pacific Time Speakers: Sydney Cruice, Genealogist Guest RSVP: ht

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

Does anyone know what this Yiddish says? It's from the back of a photograph of my great granduncle Charlie/Chatzkel Abramson. Thank you! -- Shari Heberton

Subject: tombstone translation request I would be grateful for a translation of the headstone of my great grandmother Malka Schwartz. The other picture shows what is written on the back of the headsto

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

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami Sunday, June 11, 2023 Zoom Meeting Starts at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time Light refreshments available At the Greater Miami Jewish Federation 4200 Bis

Excerpt From Dope Inc "The Bronfman Gang" I believe this article will explain why the British were so keen on settling Jewish refugees in that part of Canada at that time. Btw, the families who were n

Hi, I'd like you to share your interpretation of the Red-Marked text on the bottom of the image of this fallen headstone, found in the Radautz / Bukovina / Romania Jewish cemetery. Please respond via

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The June 2, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Puławy indicating that the Court is planning to determine the

Shalom, Together with the translation of texts from the Yizkor books that we place online, where possible, we also add in pictures that were included in the original books. These pictures provide a gl

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 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've posted vital records for which I need translations from Hungarian and from Romanian. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: Hungarian: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.as

Hi all, I am an Isaacs (name changed by father following a family issue). Our ancestral family name has been established as not Isaacs, but Ibshitz. I know that there have been quite a few threads on