Hi Jewishgen folks, A few questions about ordering an SS-5 (Deceased Person's Original copy) for my great-grandmother (d1973). What kind of information comes with an SS-5? I can not find a death certi

The European Jewish Congress reports that that the Swedish government has decided to appoint a special investigator that will map out obstacles and opportunities for Jewish life in Sweden and make pro

I'm not sure how many Ancestry.com users know about this: it's possible to obtain an accurate yDNA haplogroup using your raw data file from Ancestry.com. There is no cost to this process and it takes

From Arolsen Archives I found only that Anatol was incarcerated in Auschwitz and transferred to Buchenwald on 13-12-1943. I posted a document photo on Viewmate number 98842. I included a short descrip

We are looking for relatives of Helena Bodek-Gonda in Israel. We need their authorization to publish an English translation of her book Jak Tropione Zwierzęta (Like Hunted Animals), published in Krako

I've posted a marriage record in Russian for which I need a translation to English. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98924 I've als

Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society invites you to Speaker: Gil Bardige, Genetic Genealogist Intermediate-Advanced: I Got My Autosomal DNA Results, What Are My Next Steps? Sunday June 26, 1pm Pacific

I've found two ways of finding street addresses: the telephone directories and (in a couple of cases) the 1939 Minority Census. Can anyone suggest another means? -- Carol Sicherman Oakland,CA

Would someone kindly translate the death record of MOJZES FELLNER, Aka# 58. Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine Researching Kolomyya: SECHESTOWER, SPIERMAN, THAU, BEISER, GRAFF. Chortkiv/Budaniv

Dear Genners, A well known Rabbi and Scholar from Germany Jacob Obermeyer (1845-1938) arrived as a young man in 1869 to Baghdad to teach French at the Alliance Israelite Universelle school there. A fe

As part of the JRI-Poland commitment to make available the genealogical-relevant data from all Kielce towns – town by town – resource by resource, I am pleased to announce that a team of expert volunt

Hello! I would be so very appreciative if anyone who can read Hebrew would please provide a translation for the wording at the top of the gravestone shown at this link (I have tried a couple of transl

I've posted a vital record in Russian with which I need a small bit of help. In this birth record, I am able to recognize the names of the people involved and also, I think, the town and district, but

I've posted a vital record in Russian with which I need some translation help. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98902 I am prima

I posted the following 3 documents for translation from Hungarian to English on ViewMate. Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Thank you very much. Trudi Reisner https://www.jewishgen.org/vi

Looking for information about German-born Jews who were locked up in some kind of interrment camps in Great Britain early in WW2. I've found cursory information online from Bnei Brith and wikipedia, b

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98915 It is for Haim Wasse

My grandmother, Lillie LIFSHITZ, married Murray FITZER in 1923 in New York County, New York. They were both living in New York County prior to the marriage. In 1928 she married my grandfather, Abe SOL

There is a possibility that my grandfather, born 1865- 1870, was born in Nijni Navgorod / Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The surnames of his parents are OFENHEIM and VASBERG/WEISBERG. Do records exist for t

Necessary to contact Anszel Bendiner since in his tree he has Ickowski, a family that I investigate Thank you Greetings from Argentina Nil S Fernández nijusa@... KSergio@...