There is still time to register for the BOF session for the Telsiai District Research Group. The meeting will be over Zoom on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at 12:00 noon (EDT). The Telsiai DRG includes the f

Looking for Julius Korn (born approx 1891) and his father Leib/Lippman/Lipe Korn from Russia/Ukraine. Julius's mother may have been Rive Rifken, but that is not confirmed. According a census, he arriv

How can I limit the number of so call "discoveries or matches" in MyHeritage? I have ask the company for help to no avail. I do not need to know who my great, great grandmother's great, great aunt is.

Join the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) for our upcoming free annual All-Day Seminar, “Aliyah From Far and Wide - Immigration Impacting Genealogy Research”. The all-day virtual event wil

How did the Portuguese Jews in Early Modern Amsterdam relate to African slaves, servants, and non-white community members? Mark Ponte will share the history of black people in Sephardic households dur

Hello everyone, I've posted a short postcard in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=98790 Ple

I have posted 3 snippets from the wedding register of Husiatyn at Viewmate VM98803, VM98804 and VM98805 that relate to the registration of the wedding my ancestors Joseph Lewittes and Chancie some 32

Hello Genners, Thanks to the recent poster who noted that some CAHJP records have been indexed and placed online, I found what appears to be an extremely important record to my research (Applicant: Ro

I am trying to obtain a photo of my great uncle's grave in Willesden Cemetery in London. Here is the listing: Willesden Cemetery, Section QX, Row 9, Plot H5, burial date 20/4/1939, listed as "GOODMAN

Hello I wish to request translation of three records (full literal translations please) from Polish. The original documents are on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate

The story about Warsaw's cinemas has been told by eminent Warsaw historian Jerzy S. Majewski in his new book 'Historia warszawskich kin' (History of Warsaw’s Cinemas). Unfortunately, I have checked an

I've posted a vital record in Yiddish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98785 Please respond via

Hi all! I could really use some help! I have limited vision now and I am not familiar with 17th-century French documents to boot. So, I've posted a vital record in French for which I need translation

Several years ago, on my blog, I wrote about an important resource for searching about WWII Russian soldiers. The site is written in Russian. The information can be found on my blog at: https://yourje

Sholem Aleichem I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate and names are underlined in yellow on the document. This is a marriage record for my great grandp

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PROBLEM: After spending many days attempting to locate a Naturalization Petition from the USDC EDNY online to no avail I wrote an email to NARA in Manhattan for assistance. Instead of ordering through

Hello Fellow Researchers, I am lost on the National Archives (USA) website and need help. I found index references for naturalization records using Family Search and Ancestry. However, neither of thes

5 June 2022 Dear Genners Does anyone have a copy of the History of Brakpan Jews by Maurice (Mo) Skikne that they don’t want anymore? I’m happy to purchase it and pay for the postage to Australia. Chag

JewishGen Press is proud to announce the publication of our 145th title: "Broken Memories" - Remains from the Jewish cemetery in Kutno (Kutno, Poland). Details: Project Coordinator: Yosef Kutner Cover