Looking for descendants of Zelig and Tema Rosenzweig, specifically Shlomo, who was either a son or grandson to Selig(Zelig). Ended up in israel; Thanks, Phyllis Roth (related via Tema)

In July of 1893, the fur store of Henry Seide was totally destroyed by a fire of suspicious origin. One of the partners of the store, Joseph L. Harris, an immigrant from Poland who arrived in the US a

The Omer Bartov webinar on his new book is now live on the Gesher Galicia Members Portal. The presentation was divided into 2 parts: Part 1 – History of the Borderland Region (Galicia): How the Jews A

We have a picture of a relative in which it was written L "son of Zlata". Our family records show that her name was " Gittle". Are these names interchangeable possibly because the common letters-T and

Hello, An ancestor named Leib FLAMHAPT was born in Husiatyn, Austria-Hungary(Galicia) in 1882. He immigrated to the US in 1910 under that name. When he naturalized as a US citizen in 1915 he officiall

I am travelling to Latvia August 15 seeking records and descendants of the Pollack and Notkin family in Riga, Gostini and other towns. Morris Pollack arrived in the US in 1911 at 19 years of age. He l

The Galician scholar Rabbi Menahem Mendel Margolioth-Stengen of Przemsyl (1568-1652) and his wife, born Sheindel Margolioth (1575-1624), were parents of eight famous rabbis. This husband and wife were

Does anyone know if the 1850 Revision List for Pogrebishche is available online on Alex Krakovsky's site? I always have trouble searching his site. Thank you, Ben Zitomer ben.zitomer@...

I seek a Hirsch family which survived the Holocaust in Budapest and later emigrated to Paris. I am a distant cousin. I wonder if an expert on the Jewish community in France is able to find traces of t

We are saddened to hear that Gary Mokotoff, one the "founding fathers" of Jewish genealogy, has retired his weekly ezine - Nu? What’s New? For many years, thousands of readers looked forward to his we

Hello all There are a lot of Ohayon family out there. I am looking for information regarding Shimon Ohayon and Zahara Wizman from Sous Valley in Morocco. They had 5 children: David, Dina (Abu Darham),

Dear JewishGen Community, JewishGen is a major sponsor of next month's Annual International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) Conference. The conference offers unique opportunities

Looking for descendants of Leib (Leibuscz) and Sheindal Roth of Sanok, including Mechel Roth (d. Germany) + Anna Keitelman (Anna was married first to samuel rotter)---- Would like to find any relative

JGSLI Invites you to the following program: . When: Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 7:00 PM Location: Zoom – see registration info below Topic: Patronymic Naming and the Value of Cemetery Research Nolan A

Yizkor book chapters that recount the details of daily life in the shtetls make for a pendulum that swings between gauzy remembrances of the joys of life there to testimonies to the widespread poverty

I am hoping that someone can decipher the writing for the occupation of my 2 x GG, Morris Shumofsky from the 1901 UK census in the attachment. The first part seems to say "Traveller of M....." I canno

Hi, I am seeking to connect with direct male-line descendants of (1) R' Moshe Brandeis, ABD Mainz (see: https://www.geni.com/people/R-Moshe-Brandeis-A-B-D-Mainz/6000000002762429508) and (2) R' Naftali

The partnership of GG and the UCJU and the Jewish Community of Ivano-Frankivsk bring much needed aid to refugees in I-F (formerly Stanislawow). Thanks so much to Igor and Vitaly for making this happen

Hi all, I was able to make much progress with my ancestors' research thanks to much help from this group. I'm looking for information from Hertza about Bercu din Comanseti- the great father of my grea

Hello, my grandfather Dr Fenyves Zoltán was registered as a resident at Csáky utca 20 at the time of his marriage in May of 1941. Does anyone know of him, his wife Márta Lányi, his in-laws dr Lányi Os