Looking for clarification on the name camp Vosdowka in reference to the attached Yiddish. We are unable to locate this place in history. #Holocaust Thank you. Allan Bass

Looking for records for the family name, Cohen in Stavishche (Ставище) city, former Tarashcha povit (district), former Kiev Gubernia (now belonging to the Bilacerkiv district of Kyiv oblast). Kept in

I would much appreciate a translation of the Yiddish text on the back of a family photograph. The photo was found in an old family album belonging to a branch of my family from Leningrad/St.Petersburg

I am looking for a Nathan Phillips from London, born about 1830 according to census records. I have found one about the right age who died in 1912. His tombstone is pictured in FindAGrave. Could someo

My maternal gg-grandmother was Estera REICHMAN/RAJCHMAN, married to Morris/Mosek/Mosiek REICHMAN. Her daughter, my maternal g-grandmother, was Ryfka/Rebecca REICHMAN/REJCHMAN (married to Zalman/Solomo

I found this letter among my late father's effects. He fled with his mother and brother from Czechoslovakia to the UK at the age of 15 years in 1939 - his uncle committed suicide and they lost everyth

I posted 3 documents on ViewMate: a letter written about my grandfather Abraham Reisner, my grandmother Toni Klein's birth certificate, and a medical record for Toni Klein's parents, Izsakne Klein and

Edward Drexler I am trying to find the history and origins of my grandfather on my fathers side. My mothers side is very well documented and my wife and I were able even to find my great grandfathers

Has anyone come across forenames being anglicised before departure from Czechoslovakia in 1939? I am looking at a mother's passport issued by the Nazis and the children's names are listed as Thomas, R

We will be meeting in person and live streaming this lecture. More info to follow. Please check our website for updates and link a few days prior to the meeting! Jerry is very interesting and you will

I am trying to contact Eitan Osnat and Eliahu Abram, both in Israel and both with Netvision emails. I cannot get an email through to either of them. Please contact me at lincanfamily@... if you are Ei

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

Great discussion by Yonah on his family research and how to use our new Record Inventory tool (3:45) and how it helped him in his research. We at Gesher Galicia love to hear stories like this. Makes o

Good morning, I stand corrected – The name is Yesha’ayahu and the date of death is the 13th. Shalom, Malka Chosnek

The Wall Street Journal posted an article in their May 21-22, 2022 issue entitled, The Math Behind a Lack of Genetic Privacy. In the online edition it is called, Its too Late to Protect Your Genetic P

Hello, My great grandfather's parents changed their surname. My maternal great-grandfather Joseph was born under the name of Rozemblat (rozenblat) in may 1886 in Iasi. His mother Leia (Sin Iancu) died

The U.S. Census Bureau has released results on apportionment https://jgspbc.org/blogcontent/ and redistricting data https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.htm

Hello All: Please translate the Hebrew on the gravestones of my ggm and ggf. Thank you for your help. Sandy Schepis sanks1129@...

I currently keep my updated tree and most of my records on Ancentry. What are recommended ways of keeping this information on my computer? Looking for software that would allow me to upload a gedcom f

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