The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic: The Ships of our Ancestors Speaker: Hal Bookbinder Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Time: 3:00 PM Eastern Day

Dear Friends, A couple of days ago (on the last day of Shavuot), many of us recited the special memorial prayer (known as Yizkor) for relatives who have passed away. For many of us, it’s also a time t

Would someone kindly translate the birth record of Miriam Lust/Kanner (Akta 10). Thank you. Richard Stower Yarmouth, Maine Researching Kolomyya: SECHESTOWER, SPIERMAN, THAU, BEISER, GRAFF. Chortkiv/Bu

In the 1900 census, I’ve come across someone who lived “128½ Monroe Street” in Lower Manhattan. Does anyone have an idea what the half means? A converted stable? A basement apartment? Thanks in advanc

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

Hello, My father wrote in a letter to his sister his story during WWII. I found most of the places exept the following 2 bold sites: 1, "From Kazan, I was sent to another labor camp in Dumbar where I

I’m trying to find the locations of the burial plots of some possible family members who are buried in Elisvetegrad Cemetery in Washington DC. There are several contacts listed for this cemetery on th

Were people in the Russian Empire known to vary their surnames with diminuitives in the same way that was common with given names? (That is, in the same way that a man with the given name "Yosef" beca

On a US ship passenger list from 1911, a great grand uncle of mine is listed with the occupation of 'Dealer'. He was 65 years old and had been living in Riga, Latvia, for at least 30 years, though he

The 1937 Berlin Telephone Directory lists a family member's occupation as Photo-Kopieranst. Is this similar or the same as a photographer? It is not listed on the German Occupation Definitions - Engli

I thought I would share an exchange I had by email with the head of a major commercial genealogical site. As I'd wagr had been the case with many of you here, you often received these -- and all too o

I saw an article today from CNN titled Ukrainians are using 3D technology to preserve hundreds of cultural artifacts in a digital archive, far away from Russia's attacks. It's the first I've heard of

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. A hybrid presen

My grandfather, Harris A. Jacobson (Tzvi Aharon ben Yisroel) died in 1935 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. His brother, Louis M. Jacobson (Yehuda Michel ben Yisrael) died in Memphis, Tennessee in 1930

I am hoping someone will take photographs of the tombstones of three people in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn. Fannie Faust d. 1947. Cemetery 1. Plot 89. Range 6. Row 11. Grave 5 Henrietta Faust d. 197

I am trying to find information that may be in the papers for this landsmanschaft with burials in Mt Judah Cemetery (Queens NYC area). The group was headquartered at 26 Orchard St. It was known as Che

My paternal uncle, Aaron Kavnasky, born in Odessa in 1873, emigrated to Buenos Aires on the Aragon arriving in April 1913. My grandfather emigrated to Philadelphia and the two brothers lost contact. M

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=VM98822 Looking for complete

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization The UN’s official cultural body, UNESCO, has issued a new report documenting damage to an alarming amount of historic sites, mo

My grandfather emigrated from Poland to Germany in 1919. He met my grandmother there and they made a plan to emigrate to America. According to family lore, he reached out(by letter? in person?) to Alb