What is the best software for me to use with an iPad? I am visually impaired and that’s why I use an iPad. I have a subscription to Ancestry and another to MyHeritage. There are over 600 people in the

A friend is looking for a guide in Bulgaria. The family trip has been researched and planned for several years. It is a once in a lifetime trip with her children and parents to search her father's roo

I am searching for my maternal grandfather and do not know his name. I know that he was/is Ashkenazi Jewish and had a secret relationship/involvement with my maternal grandmother (who was married to s

Kristin, Here lies or here is burried (2-letter abbreviation on top) Zvi son of reb Moshe Mordechai Passed 26 Cheshvan 5685 (or 5688) May his soul be gathered in eternal life (last Hebrew line abbrevi

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO BRICK WALLS AND BREAKTHROUGHS Featuring our JGS Toronto members, Kenneth Golish, Ruth Chernia and Gerri C. Wednesday, 22 June 2022. 7:30 p.m. ET. Virtual meeting

I was very excited to find my great grandfather listed as one of the teachers on the 1879 Borisov Cheder list here on JewishGen, under the name Leiba Siniavsky (and the names of his students and his f

This is my second great-grandmother's marriage registration at the Great Synagogue in London in the 19th century:- NAME Reina Abraham, 23 GROOM'S FATHER Reina Aaron (dec.) GROOM'S PATRONYMIC Avraham b

I have found an erroneous entry in the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. How can I get it corrected? The erroneous entry is this one: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/cemetery/jowbr.php?r

Perhaps someone on the list can suggest ways of tracing further the family of Wolf Cukierman, born ca. 1926, most likely in Wolbrum, Poland. The Joint archives record the arrival in New York on 26 Feb

Hi JewishGen, Here is my questions I would like to post: On the 1910 Census, my great grandmother, recently widowed, housed her 3 children, a servant, a boarder and a lodger. What is the difference be

Residentail search Last visited a relative around 1950 address was 36 Pasqet Dr Norwalk Conn attempted to find house while on vacation and could not find house Woke up and viewed 1959 US CENSUS and co

A main character (and he is definitely a “character”) in “Hundreds of Episodes, Curiosities and Happenings” from the Yizkor book of Kurow, is Shmuel the shammes and grandfather of the author. A tipoff

For JewishGen search results, I understand that the reference in the right hand column (e.g., LDS 642919 item 4 which was listedi in Hungarian births) signifies the source, and am guessing that LDS is

My name is Nina Schwartz. I am a volunteer graphic designer working with JewishGen on Yizkor books. Do you have old family photos from when your relatives lived in Dubno (Dubno, Ukraine, formerly in P

Subject: ERRERA born in Salonika / Thessolonika Is anyone related to ANDRE / ANDREA / ANDRE ABRAMO ABRAM ERRERA BORN- 14 August 1912 Thessaloniki, Greece MARRIED- IRENE BERTHE DEBORAH GOLDFARB (my fam

Dear, Nice to greet you. My name is Sergio Korbenfeld, I live in Buenos Aires - Argentina. I am trying to understand the family tree. My grandparents on my mother's side were born in Poland: Menachen

LitvagSIG's Telsiai District Research Group held a virtual program on June 12. The presentation provided background on Lithuania, the Telsiai District and the LitvakSIG organization and its website. T

I am looking for information regarding Julius SALM and Emma SATORSKI mentioned in the following ad from June, 1938 in the Jewish Criterion and American Jewish Outlook. Isaak FRIEDSAM and wife, Helene

My mother's cousin Machelson Sonya was born in 1899 in Riga, Latvia. Her last residence according to SSDI was Rockville, Maryland 20852. What cemetery could she possibly be buried in? Second question:

Looking for help locating family. We recently discovered I am Ashkenazi and a DNA search was done as a result of my Grandson having a genetic marker specific to Jewish males and the need for medical i