By Ellen Stepak nee Goldenberg Simcha Goldenberg was my paternal grandfather. He was born in September 1889 and died in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1948, when I was too young to…
North Rhine-Westphalia is the largest and most populous of the 16 states of Germany and many of us with German-Jewish roots have at least one or more branches in our…
This lecture was recorded as part of the Genealogical Seminar in Memory of Zvi Bernhardt z"l, organized by Yad Vashem, that took place virtually on October 5, 2021. https://vimeo.com/690280606
Utilizing the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS), this presentation will demonstrate methods of looking at your research to find gaps and solutions as well as evaluate findings, especially those with conflicting…
We sailed in May 1940 from a Czechoslovakian port on a Bulgarian freighter flying the flag of Panama. Our goal was to arrive in Palestine within three weeks. This journey…