ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The January 27, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Mielec, First Civil Division, indicating that two individ

ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The January 27, 2023 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court of Zgierz on behalf of the State Treasury as represented by

Hi all! My GG-grandfather Schlema Blinder, came here in 1921, through Ellis Island. The number 5-685 is marked on his line of the manifest. I have looked, but have not successfully figured out what 5-

Hello! This is my first post. I am trying to research my maternal grandmother's family. Her mother came to Boston in 1899 and her name on documents is Sadie Solberg (married name Sahl). Her parents ar

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Who would I need to contact to find out if there is a relationship between the spelling of Lotkin, Latkin & Lutkin originating in Belarus or neighboring countries. I have noticed on jewishgen.org the

Dear friends, researchers, Here is an update for the Bessarabia projects for the month of January 2023. See also at What's New at Bessarabia website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists, pl

Dear friends, The documentary Forgotten Holocaust - A Journey to Transnistria I found from Czernowitz discussion group and I am sure you will find it important, especially that several days ago there

Hi My great grandparents, originally from Rava Ruska/Uhnow in Galicia lived in Vienna between 1914 and 1938 (my great grandfather died at the end of 1935). I do not have any pictures of them. Does any

The Coney Island that many of us have known and grown to love in our youth is, without a doubt, one of the world’s most famous seaside attractions. An island less than five miles long and half a mile

Good afternoon. My name is Bianca Nyseth and I am seeking help with the following; My grandfather, who has since passed, served in the 84th infantry RailSplitters division in WW2 which liberated 2+ co

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Hi Siggers, We want to get a copy of the 1897 census pages for the Fainstein family in Pavoloch from the State Archive of Kiev Oblast - Fond/Opis/Delo = 384/10/229-241 (13 BOOKS). (Note, this referenc

Hi all, Many of you have been very helpful in assisting me in finding the passengers list of my great-great uncle. Thank you! I found the list, but I could not find William and Rosa Braunstean, I now

Hello! I'm curious if anyone has come across something like this before. I found a US Department of Labor Immigration Service "Border Inspection Memorandum" from 1923 for a relative of mine, and inter

Attached is the Death certificate for my great Grandmother Sarah Katz nee Haber, that lists her mother in 1913 the year she died as Rebecca Goldstein. The marriage record shows her mother as Rebeka Le

Gail Dever in her Genealogy à la carte blog announced a new genealogy website from the Belgium State Archives. The new website holds about 38.6 million official documents which includes 28,527 parish

Hello everybody, I collected many comments, suggestions and feedback about the Bessarabia Winter Symposium (click here to read). Thank you very much to all who provided feedback. If you would like to

My mother's mother is listed with the birth name of Lapinski on some of her children's birth certificates and Berger on others. My mother told me her mother's father had been adopted by a family with

Another mystery from the Manitoba State Archives. A few years ago I found my mother’s birth record as follows, with her first name listed as Carl not Pearl. Her name was Pearl Frances Finkelstein. I m