I have a postcard in Yiddish that my grandfather sent from Harbin, China to his son in NY. I believe it was sent around 1927. Near the bottom, in Russian, my grandfather wrote his sister's address in

I have an ancestor Else Zuckerman (maiden name Fried) who possibly was born in Vienna, Austria or Czechoslovakia (maybe Prossnitz or Suchowitz(which is near Olomouc) (DOB unknown), who traveled to Sha

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Hello everybody, Today I received four Revision List microfilms, thanks a lot to Family Search. It is great we have an agreement with Family Search and getting microfilms we need. Here is what we have

Subject: tombstone translation request I would be grateful for a translation of the headstone of my great grandmother Malka Schwartz. The other picture shows what is written on the back of the headsto

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami Sunday, June 11, 2023 Zoom Meeting Starts at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time Light refreshments available At the Greater Miami Jewish Federation 4200 Bis

Excerpt From Dope Inc "The Bronfman Gang" I believe this article will explain why the British were so keen on settling Jewish refugees in that part of Canada at that time. Btw, the families who were n

Hi, I'd like you to share your interpretation of the Red-Marked text on the bottom of the image of this fallen headstone, found in the Radautz / Bukovina / Romania Jewish cemetery. Please respond via

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The June 2, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Puławy indicating that the Court is planning to determine the

Shalom, Together with the translation of texts from the Yizkor books that we place online, where possible, we also add in pictures that were included in the original books. These pictures provide a gl

I have attached a record I found on JewishGen. Clicking on the last column, "More" refers me to the Rumanian National Archives. Does JewishGen have the original document? And if so, how can I get acce

Hi Adam, Fifteen years late, but here is your answer: Khaim-Simsen Bits (my alter zeyde) arrived in Kenosha and married Sura Szulmanowicz of Kuzmin soon after, in Chicago. He began to use the name Sam

I've posted vital records for which I need translations from Hungarian and from Romanian. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: Hungarian: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.as

Hi all, I am an Isaacs (name changed by father following a family issue). Our ancestral family name has been established as not Isaacs, but Ibshitz. I know that there have been quite a few threads on

My late grandfather (born in 1919 in Chicago to immigrants from Podolia gubernia and the Odesa area) taught us to play a card game that he likely learned when he was a boy. (Probably because the game

Shalom Everyone, JewishGen Press is proud to announce our 166th title: "As it Happened Yesterday". This is a sweeping memoir by Yosl Cohen. Details: 6” x 9”, 332 pages hard cover Author: Yosl Cohen Pr

I’m very excited to announce that the Hungarian Research Division has received the first batch of page images from the 1869 Census for Ung from our researcher in Ukraine. Our wonderful team of volunte

Join the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) for our upcoming free annual Seminar Days, “Exploring the Multiple Facets of Over a Century of Aliyah” The English event will take place on Sunday

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO FTM User Group SIG (Family Tree Maker) Thursday 22 June 2023, 7:30 p.m. EDT VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 7:20 p.m. EDT JGS Toronto membe

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO BRICK WALLS AND BREAKTHROUGHS BRENDA FAYERMAN, HOWARD GOLDSTEIN, and ELEANOR MINTZ Wednesday, 21 June 2023. 7:30 p.m. ET. Virtual meeting: Join from home BRENDA