Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society invites you to Speaker: Gil Bardige, Genetic Genealogist Intermediate-Advanced Level: I Got My Autosomal DNA Results, What Are My Next Steps? Sunday June 26, 1pm Pa

Hello, My father wrote in a letter to his sister his story during WWII. I found most of the places exept the following 2 bold sites: 1, "From Kazan, I was sent to another labor camp in Dumbar where I

I’m trying to find the locations of the burial plots of some possible family members who are buried in Elisvetegrad Cemetery in Washington DC. There are several contacts listed for this cemetery on th

Were people in the Russian Empire known to vary their surnames with diminuitives in the same way that was common with given names? (That is, in the same way that a man with the given name "Yosef" beca

On a US ship passenger list from 1911, a great grand uncle of mine is listed with the occupation of 'Dealer'. He was 65 years old and had been living in Riga, Latvia, for at least 30 years, though he

The 1937 Berlin Telephone Directory lists a family member's occupation as Photo-Kopieranst. Is this similar or the same as a photographer? It is not listed on the German Occupation Definitions - Engli

I thought I would share an exchange I had by email with the head of a major commercial genealogical site. As I'd wagr had been the case with many of you here, you often received these -- and all too o

I saw an article today from CNN titled Ukrainians are using 3D technology to preserve hundreds of cultural artifacts in a digital archive, far away from Russia's attacks. It's the first I've heard of

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO BRICK WALLS AND BREAKTHROUGHS Featuring our JGS Toronto members, Kenneth Golish, Ruth Chernia and Gerri C. Wednesday, 22 June 2022. 7:30 p.m. ET. A hybrid presen

My grandfather, Harris A. Jacobson (Tzvi Aharon ben Yisroel) died in 1935 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. His brother, Louis M. Jacobson (Yehuda Michel ben Yisrael) died in Memphis, Tennessee in 1930

I am hoping someone will take photographs of the tombstones of three people in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn. Fannie Faust d. 1947. Cemetery 1. Plot 89. Range 6. Row 11. Grave 5 Henrietta Faust d. 197

I am trying to find information that may be in the papers for this landsmanschaft with burials in Mt Judah Cemetery (Queens NYC area). The group was headquartered at 26 Orchard St. It was known as Che

My paternal uncle, Aaron Kavnasky, born in Odessa in 1873, emigrated to Buenos Aires on the Aragon arriving in April 1913. My grandfather emigrated to Philadelphia and the two brothers lost contact. M

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=VM98822 Looking for complete

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization The UN’s official cultural body, UNESCO, has issued a new report documenting damage to an alarming amount of historic sites, mo

My grandfather emigrated from Poland to Germany in 1919. He met my grandmother there and they made a plan to emigrate to America. According to family lore, he reached out(by letter? in person?) to Alb

My dad does not talk much about his family but over the years we have gotten bits and pieces from him. I am really interested in finding my family on his side and learn about our history. If anyone ca

Looking for any records from 18th century Ungvar, Hungary. Specifically the parents of Michael Pollacsek, born ca 1785, married to surname Hanisz. His father’s name might have been Enoch Pollacsek. Th

The digitized versions of some holdings that were previously accessible online (from the Digital Archive in Köln) are no longer available until further notice. The Copyright Knowledge Society Act (Urh

Dear Fellow JewishGenners, Many of you know Alex Dunai personally as I do, as outstanding researcher and Ukraine tour guide, valued speaker at Jewishgen conferences, and trusted friend. You may have a