Hi all, we are going to Vienna for a week from 9-17 May and want to do a day trip to Bratislava. Can anyone recommend a guide there to show us round? Also interested in a walking tour of Vienna, princ

Hello All: Among the documents saved by my grandmother I have found several letters from Ber Burstein, Chief rabbi of Botosani Romania during the 1930s & 1940s. I have tried to find more information a

I've posted a picture of my Great Grandfather's headstone for which I need a translation of the lengthy Hebrew inscription. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/vie

The image on Viewmate is of a service pin. It's small and looks like it might be worn on a collar or as a tie pin. It's diamond shaped, has the words "Esther Margolis" and "1932" embossed on it, and t

As the Justice Michael Musmanno noted, in Kotal v. Goldberg, 375 Pa. 397, 405, 100 A.2d 630, 634 (1953): "Those who have no respect for the dead can have but little appreciation of the dignity of man,

Good evening, Another question unearthed by research... My great-great grandfather, Moische (Morris) Osovitzki (Savitt) arrived in New York from Indura, Russia in 1904. Sometime afterward, he returned

I've posted photos of two tombstones for which I would be grateful for English translations of the Hebrew inscriptions. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... https://www.jewishgen.org/vie

I've posted a document in Lithuanian or Russian for which I need a translation. I am interested in knowing anything the documents say about my ancestor, Mikhael son of Leib Gurvich. There are 3 pages

Hello, I am looking for help translating the Yiddish greeting on the back of a New Years card found in my grandparents picture box. The picture itself is of a man and woman. Thank you so much. https:/

Israel Newman b. 1873 and Frieda (Schlaposchinck) Newman b. ~1876 -> Children: Harry I Newman b. ~1900, Abraham (Al) Newman b. ~1901, Celia Newman b. ~1904, Rose Newman b. ~1905, and Leon Newman b. ~1

Farr Travel Agency Family in Miami, FL - all the Farr family worked in this business including their spouses. William Farr - Born on July 28, 1905 McKeesport, PA and passed away Sept 22, 1976 in Miami

Wishing to share a discovery. Occupation pisarz Rodału in Polish birth record. My husband, Julian, and I, with the help of Morris Wirth, just figured out the meaning of the occupation pisarz Rodału. I

The JGS of Greater Boston is pleased to present two virtual DNA programs on Sunday May 22. 10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT DNA and Genetic Genealogy Workshop-David Ellis 1:30-3:30 PM EDT The Genetic Origins and

According to my aunt, interviewed 40 years ago, she and her siblings were born in a tiny village named Dolgoselia, which is Ukrainian for "long village." They gave Olevsk as their birthplace on immigr

I am trying to reconstruct the conditions of arrival in Palestine of my grandparents, Simon and Klara Hoffmann. They had obtained a visa in Kaunas from the Japanese consul Sugihara. Thanks to the Cent

Shalom, As you surely know, in the week that has just past, Holocaust Day was marked amongst the world’s Jewish communities. For those involved in the YB Project, memorializing the Holocaust is for us

Join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland for our next Zoom program on Wednesday, May 4, 7-8:30 pm ET - “The World in Crisis: Jews, Ukrainians, and History”with Sean Martin. Program: Join us to d

Join the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) for our upcoming free webinar “450 Needles in a Haystack of 6 million” by Chuck Weinstein on May 15, 2022, 7 pm Israel Time, 12 pm ET. On October

Hi everyone: Im seeking information on the following: Poires/Paris and Spiegel families - Kupil and Bilozerka Ukraine Schenider/Greenberg/Litwack families – Telneshti, Bessarabia Kunis/Koones, Lifschu

The Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) has digitized back issues of its publication which are now live on the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection website. The dates that were digitized cover the time