At the end of each week, we have been featuring excerpts from Yizkor books in JewishGen’s archive. You can find the archive of past Yizkor book excerpts here: https://bit.ly/3aCH1ak. If you are not fa

Hi. I am trying to help my friend with the following: A Jew who was born in Minsk (today Belarus), in 1906. Where can I find records such as his birth certificates? and details about the parents. Is t

In 2015 both Portugal and Spain passed laws granting citizenship to people of Sephardic ancestry. The goals of these nationality concessions were not totally clear and the standards of evidence were p

Hi everyone, I've just retrieved this passenger list from 1909 (in German) and I can't manage to identify the town. The family is supposed to come from Podolia, current Ukraine but they boarded in Bre

My grandfather, Berner, Jenő from Huszt (Khust), Subcarpathia Rus (Zakarpatska Oblast, Ukraine), is listed in Hegedűs Márton (szerk.): A magyar hadviselt zsidók aranyalbuma az 1914-1918-as világháború

Hi, My gr gr grandfather's name was R. Shmuel Levi. When he came to the US he called himself Simon Levi. I recently found out that his last name was actually LEV rather than LEVI/ LEVY. I am trying to

“It is the first genetic study, in any worldwide population, that incorporates genealogical records to provide a strikingly accurate map of genetic relatedness at the population scale,” A new McGill U

Post pandemic there appears to be some confusion regarding research visits to the (US) National Archives. The following was prepared by NARA. This was shared by the National Coalition for History, of

When my Great Uncle, Louis Paul, turned 100 the Jewish Exponent wrote an article about him. Among other things, he stated that he attended the “Vinsk Yeshiva” when he was a boy and described it as the

My Father, Kurt Ehrmann was a KT child, age 16 that was sent to the above Farm from these dates (he is the one on his stomach:) I have a picture which I am enclosing..The person he worked with is a Ms

Theo was from Karlsruhe, Germany, went to UK on Kindertransport in 1939. still searching for him or any descendants. any help will be greatly appreciated. Hannah Sperber Greenwood Village, CO USA

MyHeritage is offering free access to all 83.1 million military records on MyHeritage from May 25-30, 2023. They have 65 military record collection which include draft, enlistment, and service records

France’s Senate Voted unanimously in favor of the restitution of Jewish-owned paintings, book and religious items taken under Nazi rule that are now in French custody. “France’s Ministry of Culture ha

In my research on professional Jewish arsonists at the turn of the 19th century (yes, there were a few), I have greatly benefited from the help of JewishGenners in locating a few of them who went “mis

Dear JGen Investigators, I am working with several cousins on a lineage to which we may be connected. I wonder whether the Mordechai Leyb who is the father on this monument may be the same as a Mordec

Join us for two upcoming courses: Course #1: Fundamentals III: Work Smart Sundays at 1PM EDT June 4, 2023 - June 25, 2023 Via Zoom JewishGen Education offers a Three-Step Plan to Sharpen Your Genealog

This is part of a photo and was written in German. My rudimentary German I think says that it is a picture taken August 21, 1904. I cannot make out the rest of the handwriting. Any help will be greatl

The entire community is invited to join us for our next free JewishGen Talks webinar: Topic : Saving the Iraqi Jewish Archives Date : Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Time : 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Speak

I'm trying to make contact with the children of Norman Kline- 1928-2020 and Shirley Garber Kline- 1931-2008. Ellen was born in 1961 and Carol in 1965, both in the Philadelphia area. Norman was a teach

I would like help in getting a gravestone picture for Rebecca Cohen whose location details are: Thanks, Chaim Luria Jerusalem cluria48@...