I believe that my great-grand-father, Leon (Yahouda, Khalifa) Dayan was born in Tanta, Egypt in 1820. His father was apparently killed by bandits when he was trading between Egypt and Syria. The famil

In researching the maternal family tree of my niece Sarah Lock, I've discovered that her one great great grandfather Abraham Frank was a doctor. He came to Philadelphia in 1901 at the age of 31; I hav

Researching possible relationship to a Sadie (Shifre) ABRAMOWITZ who married Solomon MOSKOWITZ in Belarus and immigrated to the N.Y. around 1925. They had three children Max, Israel and David. David a

I am looking to find 2 graves in Haifa. Neither is in Gravez. Can you help here please. 1. Steven Plaut died on January 17, 2017 and is buried in Haifa. 2. Simyon (ben Leon) Aizenberg - died in Haifa

It seems that the stamp in the polish passport is from the free city of Gdansk. But what is the word before the "der Freie...." The bottom word is Hafen, and I can not make up the next word. Any help

Dear Friends, Gesher Galicia is thrilled to offer for our members a new entry in our webinar series. This video is a recording of an interview of the historian and author Bernard Wasserstein, by the B

I am hoping that someone knows or can help locate family members of the Szumowski/Shumofsky family, originally from Lomza in Poland. Morris (Mowzsa) and Rachel Shumofsky (nee Wierbowicz) were my 2 x g

I am again attempting to find relatives of my grandparents. On my mother’s side my grandfather, David Rosenberg’s, family came from Piotrkow and Ujazd, Poland and my greatgrandmother Ester Dessau also

Come join Susan Abrams Bach as she gives a presentation on her parents's miraculous escape from the Novogrudok ghetto in Belarus during WWII. This event is free and sponsored by the Together Plan. For

I am trying to find how my wife's father traveled from Poland to Argentina. Below is the stamp on his passport. Seems to say (in Polish) administrator in the bottom and border in the middle, but what

Hi to all families that originate from Putnok. We are pleased to inform you about our recent renovations done, in the Putnok cemetary. To begin, all the matzeivot that had fallen were lifted. We opene

My wife obtained the attached document (4 images) from her grandfather who grew up in Austria. we don't know what this document is, these pages are from a booklet such as a passport. We would apprecia

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Buffalo Presents: Resources available online and in person in the Main Public Library (The Grosvenor Room) Speaker: Susan Buttaccio or Rhonda Hoffman, Librarians Top

JGS of Buffalo invites you to Resources Available Online and in Person in the Main Public Library-May 21, 2023, 1:30pm Eastern Time #announcements #events Kathi Freudenheim The Jewish Genealogical Soc

Hi, The naturalization document below for Rose Shrago refers to her husband Isidore's naturalization and a specific certificate number. I have searched through FamilySearch and Ancestry and can't seem

I need help in locating information about families of Chaim Meir Gurvitz (1867-1952) and Pia Zorn/Zar (1867-1943) from Moletai Lithuania. Chaim and Pia immigrated to Philadelphia PA in 1890. The names

My father and sister came over to England from Danzig in either 1936 or 39. Are there any passenger lists available for this period. Tony Allan (Golendziner)

Haaretz has reported that despite digitization, most Israeli State Archives can’t be found online. Each document has to be manually checked by an archive employee to examine whether anything has to be

Has anybody become frustrated when searching in Ancestry.com the images with records of the port of Hamburg and found a partial record? Anybody investigated why it was done? The only solution to the p

I am researching relatives that went to Buenos Aires, Argentina on February of 1931 from the port of Danzig. The family name was Kestenbaum. The birth place of the father and 4 children is given as Wa