Some of our JewishGen KehilaLinks webpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them or by people who are no longer living — may their memory be for a blessing. We are grateful to these individuals for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource […]
It may seem like one’s family history can only be found by locating and analyzing a wide variety of original documents. However, a researcher may not be the first person to be interested in a particular family’s history, so it is always worthwhile to review what research has been done before. Anyone researching a German-Jewish […]
We are pleased to report that the following JewishGen KehilaLinks Webpages have recently been updated. We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants Gargzdai (Gorzd), Lithuania Golynka (Holinka), Belarus Kisvarda (Kleinwardein), Hungary Mazeikiai […]
In his moving account published in JewishGen’s Success! Stories in September 2017, Meyer Denn stated, in part: “An era draws to an end. Time is running out for parents and children and brothers and sisters who were torn apart by the Holocaust to actually be reunited … those occasional stories of amazing connections we used […]
ABC News recently reported the inspiring story of the reunion of two cousins, Morris Sana and Simon Mairowitz, each of whom thought the other had perished in the Holocaust. According to the article, a posting on JewishGen ultimately led to this reunion. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/cousins-survived-holocaust-reunite-75-years-emotional-meeting/story?id=66009001 We will try to get more information on this story, including JewishGen’s […]
STEP 1: Access “Your Subscription” (a) If you currently receive the Daily Summary or Digests: On top of the Digest or Daily Summary email, under the green JewishGen banner, there is a link to “edit your subscriptions, here”. Click the “here” link. This will bring you to a Discussion Group summary page. At the top of […]
Dear JewishGen Community, Thank you for everyone’s feedback (both positive and constructive). We want the JewishGen Discussion Group to be a place of open dialogue and for everyone’s voices to be heard, and I am extremely grateful to everyone who has taken the time to share their thoughts, perspectives, and suggestions. I would like to […]
More than 28,000, 19th-century civil records for the Jewish inhabitants of Bavarian-Swabia.
The following excellent advice is adapted from Yefim Kogan’s recent post to the JewishGen Discussion Groups. Yefim is the Director of Bessarabia Research for JewishGen: I think that it is great that we have regions to research – Ukraine, Belarus, Bessarabia, etc., and we should continue regional research. But let’s not forget how we are […]
The following update is from Vivian Kahn, Director of Hungarian Research: We are pleased to announce that JewishGen has identified 19 books of civil records from Dej in Cluj county Romania, (formerly Des, Szolnok Doboka, Hungary). The birth, marriage, and death records cover the time period from October 1895, when Hungary began civil registration, to […]
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