In 1929, my future father-in-law and his sister went on a trip with their parents to a town called YESERNICHI located in the area near Slonim. I'm basing the spelling of the name based on entries in a

Does anyone have a PDF copy of this book or know where it is accessible online? Alternatively, is anyone able to send me pages 67-68 and also to do a look up in the index (if it has one). Thank you Sh

It is over a year since we last came together to help people break through genealogical brick walls. That session was very popular, so this week we are returning to the scene of the crime. Let us know

. Please help me read these records, or at least the names their! Their source is available at Family Search at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDY-GS5P-B?cat=231548 no.8 and at Arch

Shalom, I am a descendant of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Ha'Levi Horwitz. He decsends from Rashi, through multiple branches. I am looking to develop a family tree that details my connection to Rashi, and from th

I've posted a single line of Yiddish on the rear of a photo for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103

On May 10, 2023, the United States Senate voted to confirm Dr. Colleen Shogan as the 11th Archivist of the United States. She will begin her tenure next week. Dr. Shogan is the first woman to hold the

Please join JGSCT for our May virtual program on Sunday, May 21, 2023. The program, Researching Galicia, begins at 1:30. Join at 1:00 for some schmooze time! The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connect

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation of a small section. It is on ViewMate: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103486 Thank you very much. Emily C

Dear Friends, I've posted three birth records in Russian (my mother and 2 siblings) for which I need a translation. They are on on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewma

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=VM103690 Please respond via

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103691 Please respond via

I have just had approved the following viewmate image of a Cyrillic record:- https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM103609 On JRI Poland, we have the following details:- Moszek Dawi

The National Library of Israel recently acquired an archive that documents lives of thousands of Jewish children in France during the Holocaust. The archive was compiled by Œuvre de Secours aux Enfant

“Networks and Chains: The Paths of Jewish Migrants from Central and Eastern Europe to Chicago Before 1914” is the title of a presentation by Penn State University Associate Professor Tobias Brinkmann

Gm..My late father Kurt dob 7.11.22 was sent home on the SS Matson to SF U.S.A. from Australia sometime in the Spring of 1946 after arriving on the Dunera from England in July of 1940 as an enemy alie

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The May 9, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court for Central Kraków [Sąd Rejonowy dla Krakowa-Śródmieścia], Sixth

Family History Today: Planning a Future for your Family’s Past Tuesday, May 23, 7 pm ET Your family photos, stories, documents, and heirlooms are important windows into your family’s past, but there’s

Dear JewishGen members, I am writing to ask whether it is possible for someone from JewishGen to assist me in obtaining a copy of my parents' marriage license/certificiate from Warsaw, Poland. They we

I wanted to bring to your attention two related NFPs that operate in the US and Europe, respectively: The Jewish Tapestry Project and The Together Plan. Collectively, the two organizations aim to help