I am trying to find some ancestry information via shipping lists. However, I do not know where to start. All I know is that my grandfather’s niece and her husband moved from Bessarabia, then Romania (

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My father's Uncle and Aunt, Alexander Lorski and Sofia Lorski, entered Warsaw Ghetto in September 1941, at the ages of 65 and 56, respectively, and somehow survived there for 11 months, until August 1

The BOF session for LitvakSIG's Trakai District Research Group will be held over Zoom on Sunday, August 14, 2022, at 12:00 noon EST. The Trakai district includes the following towns: Alytus, Aukstadva

My great-grandfather, David Landau, emigrated to Palestine in the 1890s from Bessarabia. His first two children were born in Kiliya, Ukraine (i.e., Chilia Nouă Bessarabia), and two later children were

Hi, I'm looking for Filkovsky family routes from Klenzi in Russia. My father name if Alfred and grandpa Zelik. My grandgrandpa name was Solomon. I will be glad to hear any news. Dima Filkovsky

Vatican News reports, “At the request of Pope Francis, the virtual reproduction of a collection preserving the requests for help addressed to Pope Pius XII by Jews from all over Europe after the begin

Hi all, I have a list of 800 people from Kolomyya (then Poland, now Ukraine) who survived WWII. It was created in Kolomyya shortly after the war ended. I have entered the names and associated data int

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Hello friends, Few months ago, I tried to help some searcher to find the e-mail add. of the population registration office in Valea Lui Mihai. It took some time, but then I lost trace of the searcher.

Hi All, Please can you help me to contact Lewis STEIN, formerly of Boynton Beach, FL, and possibly now residing somewhere in New Jersey. He will be about 94 years old. He may have a son, Jonathan P ST

Hello Genners, I am looking for my Grandmother, Celia Schuster (Nathan-Nechowitz) place of Birth, Posada Prersolie. Poland. Born in 1898. I have looked on a few websites, but nothing comes up. I can u

I'm hoping the collective wisdom can help clarify something I've discovered in some old family photos. I've been delving into dozens of older, unidentified photographs which have come my way over the

Good afternoon. I am assisting Holocaust survivor, Martin Baranek in researching a court case filed by his father pre-WWII in Wierzbnik (now known as Starachowice, Poland). Martin is searching for inf

To All, This is to let you know about an upcoming almost all-day event to take place in Nowy Targ, Poland, on 30 August 2022, 80 years after the annihilation of the Jewish community of Nowy Targ, Pola

European Days of Jewish Culture (EDJC) kick off September 4th, however some events are starting in August. This year’s theme is “Renewal”. See: https://jewisheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Ren

I have a question about having the family surname engraved in Hebrew on the BACK of a gravestone. My grandfather did that with my grandmother’s Matzeivah in Kolbuszowa in 1930. Of course, the front wa

The largest academic (fee-based) conference on Jewish Studies takes place this week in Jerusalem Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, from Monday August 8 to Thursday August 11. Hundred of sessions on a

I've posted a WW-2 certificate in Russian concerning Mania Kozak from Kowel, Ukraine, for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/vie

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