I learned that my great uncle emigrated from Jerusalem in 1878 based on a US passport application he filled out many years later. I have tried to find databases from the Ottoman era and Israel. The ap

Below are extracts from the manifests of several ships arriving in New York in the immediate post WW2 years with displaced persons and other survivors of the war in Europe. Many passengers were assist

Although it wasn’t billed as a Jewish camp, I was a CIT and counselor at Crane Lake Camp in West Stockbridge, MA., owned and run by the Ulanoff family. We had Friday night services. Ironically, the Re

Last week at the University of Washington in Seattle, students Ofir Horovitz, Noa Etzyon and Eiden Brewer attended the university's Undergraduate Research Symposium to share lessons learned from their

Hi, Anyone in the group have any connection to the city Oleszyce? Or to the Schwartz family in this town? My Paternal grandfather's mother was Malka Mala, The daughter of Nachmon Walzer and Chaja Rach

I am starting to plan a photo trip to Mt. Carmel Cemetery A few people are asking about Mt Zion in Glendale. Queens, NY so if the weather continues to improve I am happy to make a trip there to get ph

A few people are asking about Mt Zion in Maspeth. Queens, NY so if the weather continues ok I am happy to make another trip back there to get photos. Process I follow is fairly simple in offering to t

I am hoping to make contact with the descendants of someone who submitted Pages of Testimony to Yad Vashem. These pages were submitted, in Hebrew, in the year 1956, by a person living at Rechov Yosef

Could someone (as far as possible) kindly translate into English the inscription on this gravestone. I believe it to be of Selma Bruckheimer, nee Sonn, the widow of Simon Bruckheimer. gravez.me indica

Hi, Where can I find information on arrival to the UK in 1938? I am searching for a number of relatives that escaped Vienna and Prague at this time. I have them showing up in the 1939 register in the

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/ellis-island-immigrants-colorized/ Photographer Augustus Sherman. Mr. Gints Neiburgs in Riga, Latvia, EU https://sites.google.com/site/genealogijalv/in-english

Is anyone going to Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, NY in the near future? I have 2 graves which need to be photographed. They are right next to one another. -- Rebecca Parmet drparmet@... Havertown

Photographer Augustus Sherman. Mr. Gints Neiburgs in Riga, Latvia, EU https://sites.google.com/site/genealogijalv/in-english

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO Comparing the Genealogy Giants Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com, and MyHeritage.com Speaker: Sunny Morton Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 7:00 PM. ET. (ple

Grateful to JewishGen's volunteers and officers for their work on behalf of Jewish genealogy and family history, The JGS of Long Island, NY has added to our annual donation this year. We've made speci

I am looking for information on how my great great great grandmother, Bluma Averbuch nee Shapiro (born 10 September 1887 in Mezeritch), daughter of Zev/Willie/Volf and Chana Faigela Shapiro is descend

June 12 1:30-3:30 PM EDT The JGS of Greater Boston presents Alec Ferretti speaking on “Strategies for Analyzing Endogamous DNA.” Free for JGS of Greater Boston members, $5 for non-members. Information

Thanks so much to all of you who participated in our LitvakSIG Birds of a Feather session on May 22 for the Lida and Oshmiany Districts. A recording of the session -- as well as a PDF of the slides an

The New England Consortium, a collaboration of researchers and genealogists (including founding member JGSGB) is holding its second annual conference on June 12. The topic will be Lakes, Lanyards, and

Greetings Fellow Researchers, The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami will be hosting a KehilaLink Workshop at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Wednesday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. for members