Dear Group, I hope my note finds you all well. I recently completed a 6 week genealogical course on the topic of integrating documentary sources and DNA results into a proof of pedigree. It inspired m

I will be traveling with my family to Amsterdam shortly before Pesach. We will be a group of 5, including 2 teens and we would love to experience a Seder (or 2) in Amsterdam, but I have been unable to

I need help translating a Yiddish postcard, sent by my grandmother, Bluma Tuvlin to her mother around 1913. It's on ViewMate at the following link: https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/memberadmin/submi

Did anyone hear about the family Reich from Radoszyce - Bukowsko. Not sure were they originally came from. It seems to me that Reb Izrael majer Reich was a rabbi there. He was married to Chaja. Also d

Hi all ...if we already opened the subject... ;-) I am organizing a family trip (3 adults 1 tenager) around Passover time, and we will be in Thessaloniki for the night of the Seder. I am trying to con

I am trying to find a link of the Gordon's and the Dushkin's (Doniger or Diskin) in Suwalki, Poland. DNA is showing the link, and it should be of ancestors that were born around 1840 in Suwalki. Suwal

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. Though I practice German, I am unable to read the text in the Anmerkung column. Can you help me? It is on ViewMate at the following

In 1910, my great uncle Charles Wolinsky (Chaskel Volnsky) immigrated to Berlin from Skvira, Ukraine. He started a cigarette factory and became very wealthy. Around 1922, he lost his business. Based o

I've posted a letter in Hebrew, one of several letters of recommendation for my great grandfather, Yosef Yehoshua Molchadsky, aka "Reb Joseph." He was the rabbi/shochet/mohel for the town of Lipton, S

Hello Cousins, I have posted two handwritten notes (on a birth announcement), which are written in Yiddish for which I need complete, full translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses

Welcome to the JewishGen "Neshama" Trip to Poland! This "immersive" exploration of Jewish Poland has been developed by JewishGen, Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland, and The Matzevah Foundation. Bas

I am trying to find information on the Sternbach (or Sterenbach or other variation) of Warsaw. My husband's grandmother was Anna Lea and she married my husband's grandfather in 1904. She came to Canad

Shalom, As you’ll see below, I believe we started 2023 in “full throttle” and have accomplished a particularly large number of project updates, added in new books and entries and also completed three

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

We need your help. USCIS has proposed exorbitant price increases for some US immigrant-related documents, such as A- and C-Files. You can help to stop this from happening. Find background information

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