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searching
#general
Nana600@...
Am trying to to put a message on e-mail the way i find many messages on
my e-mail. I am searching for a Friedman family - supposedly >from Kassa and Abauj Torna. >from a tombstone the family I start with is Moses Friedman - a Kohanan father of Jacob Friedman who born in Hungary about 1847 and died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1924. Jacob had three brothers Adolph, Louis and Marcus Friedman who lived in New York in 1925. Jacob also had four sisters one was Mary who married a Guttman and had many children, last hild with his Friedman wife wasCornelia Guttman who married a Zeughauser and then a Danzinger oin the Bronx. Her son was Milton Zeughauser. I believe that Marcus had a son named Isadore who married a Rose and lived in Brooklyn in 1925. (I have a Mary & Terressa. Four children were born to Jacob and Lena Falkenstein - David about 1873, Hannah about 1875, Abraham about 1885 and Ella about 1888.in Hungary. Cannot find any documentation of where. Jacob, Lena, David, Hannah, Abraham and Ells migrated to Cincinnati in 1888 the same time as Lena Friedmans brother Ignatz Friedman, married to Fannie Deutsch who was a farmer and lived in Szinne.Ignatz and Fanny also came to Cincinnati a month later than Jacob. a Fanny Deutsch. I am stuck. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Leah Levine nana600@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen searching
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Nana600@...
Am trying to to put a message on e-mail the way i find many messages on
my e-mail. I am searching for a Friedman family - supposedly >from Kassa and Abauj Torna. >from a tombstone the family I start with is Moses Friedman - a Kohanan father of Jacob Friedman who born in Hungary about 1847 and died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1924. Jacob had three brothers Adolph, Louis and Marcus Friedman who lived in New York in 1925. Jacob also had four sisters one was Mary who married a Guttman and had many children, last hild with his Friedman wife wasCornelia Guttman who married a Zeughauser and then a Danzinger oin the Bronx. Her son was Milton Zeughauser. I believe that Marcus had a son named Isadore who married a Rose and lived in Brooklyn in 1925. (I have a Mary & Terressa. Four children were born to Jacob and Lena Falkenstein - David about 1873, Hannah about 1875, Abraham about 1885 and Ella about 1888.in Hungary. Cannot find any documentation of where. Jacob, Lena, David, Hannah, Abraham and Ells migrated to Cincinnati in 1888 the same time as Lena Friedmans brother Ignatz Friedman, married to Fannie Deutsch who was a farmer and lived in Szinne.Ignatz and Fanny also came to Cincinnati a month later than Jacob. a Fanny Deutsch. I am stuck. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Leah Levine nana600@aol.com
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Re: No response from JGs in France
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Alkrams@...
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 12/09/99 07
Joan Breslau asked : Any suggestions as to whom to write for information >from both France and Argentina? Wrote to both gen. grps. via Michelline and Paul, requesting information and have heard >from neither. Did you try the Cercle de Genealogie Juive ? 14 rue St Lazare - 75009 Paris, France cgjgenefr@aol.com Anne Lifshitz-Krams CGJ
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Seeking: Judi GARFINKEL
#general
Rosanne D. Leeson <Leeson1@...>
I apologize for bothering the group, but Prof. Gyemant, in Romania, has
been attempting to respond to a research request by Judi GARFINKEL, and all attempts to reach her on the e-mail address: jgarf@concentric.com have been returned as "User unknown". Judi, if you are out there please contact Prof. Gyemant, or me. He has some information for you! -- Rosanne D. Leeson leeson1@ibm.net Los Altos, CA USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: No response from JGs in France
#general
Alkrams@...
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 12/09/99 07
Joan Breslau asked : Any suggestions as to whom to write for information >from both France and Argentina? Wrote to both gen. grps. via Michelline and Paul, requesting information and have heard >from neither. Did you try the Cercle de Genealogie Juive ? 14 rue St Lazare - 75009 Paris, France cgjgenefr@aol.com Anne Lifshitz-Krams CGJ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking: Judi GARFINKEL
#general
Rosanne D. Leeson <Leeson1@...>
I apologize for bothering the group, but Prof. Gyemant, in Romania, has
been attempting to respond to a research request by Judi GARFINKEL, and all attempts to reach her on the e-mail address: jgarf@concentric.com have been returned as "User unknown". Judi, if you are out there please contact Prof. Gyemant, or me. He has some information for you! -- Rosanne D. Leeson leeson1@ibm.net Los Altos, CA USA
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Re: GRAINER, GRINER, LAPEDUS, LAPIDUS
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BILL812@...
My name is GRAIFER, grandparents >from Hlusk.
I don't know where it is in proximity to the village where Grainer is from. There are many instances of misspelling. Bill Graifer ---------------- MODERATOR: Please remember to sign your postings with name, city and state or country. Thank you for your help and cooperation. ----------------
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Re: Belarus SIG - Good Deeds Are Appreciated
#belarus
Hmseavey@...
Please put mailing address for donations on the screen. I can't pull up your
snail mail address. Thank you. Harriet Marron
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: GRAINER, GRINER, LAPEDUS, LAPIDUS
#belarus
BILL812@...
My name is GRAIFER, grandparents >from Hlusk.
I don't know where it is in proximity to the village where Grainer is from. There are many instances of misspelling. Bill Graifer ---------------- MODERATOR: Please remember to sign your postings with name, city and state or country. Thank you for your help and cooperation. ----------------
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: Belarus SIG - Good Deeds Are Appreciated
#belarus
Hmseavey@...
Please put mailing address for donations on the screen. I can't pull up your
snail mail address. Thank you. Harriet Marron
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Re: Occupation - "Felsher"
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bryna1818@...
I believe a "Felsher" is more like a pharamacist. A "Felsher" was
knowledgeable in all types of herbal medicines. They were the "country doctors" in Russia. They served an apprenticeship to learn the various remedies. I don't believe they performed surgery or "set bones." I hope this helps. Beatrice Sager ---------------- MODERATOR: Please remember to sign your postings with name, city and state or country. Thank you for your help and cooperation. ----------------
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: Occupation - "Felsher"
#belarus
bryna1818@...
I believe a "Felsher" is more like a pharamacist. A "Felsher" was
knowledgeable in all types of herbal medicines. They were the "country doctors" in Russia. They served an apprenticeship to learn the various remedies. I don't believe they performed surgery or "set bones." I hope this helps. Beatrice Sager ---------------- MODERATOR: Please remember to sign your postings with name, city and state or country. Thank you for your help and cooperation. ----------------
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Re: Surname SHELUB
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Michael Fener
Cheryl Shelub wrote:I believe that this name is a shortened version of SHELUBSKY. One who is >from Shelub, now Vselyub outside of Novogrudok. I have ancestors >from that town and although I have visited the graves of my g-grandfather and his brother-in-law many times over the years, by coincidence, I just realized (two weeks ago) that the section of Mt. Zion cemetary (Queens, NYC) in which they are buried belongs to the Sheleb Society. There were quite a few stones with the names SHELUBSKY and SHELUB in the section. I will be compiling a list of all stones in this section the next time I get out there (in a few months). Another coincidence is that I was in touch with an individual with the SHELUBSKY name in her tree just a few days ago. If you don't mind I will forward your address to her. P.S. I do not have any SHELUBSKY/SHELUB ancestors I have identified so far. Regards, Michael Fener New York, USA mfener@ix.netcom.com ------------- Searching ------------- FENER - Hungary FULEP/FULOP - Hungary WEISS/WEISZ - Hungary MARGULIES/MARGOLIS - Galicia MICHAELSON/MICHALOFSKY - Russia KULIK/KULIC/KULICK - Russia
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: Surname SHELUB
#belarus
Michael Fener
Cheryl Shelub wrote:I believe that this name is a shortened version of SHELUBSKY. One who is >from Shelub, now Vselyub outside of Novogrudok. I have ancestors >from that town and although I have visited the graves of my g-grandfather and his brother-in-law many times over the years, by coincidence, I just realized (two weeks ago) that the section of Mt. Zion cemetary (Queens, NYC) in which they are buried belongs to the Sheleb Society. There were quite a few stones with the names SHELUBSKY and SHELUB in the section. I will be compiling a list of all stones in this section the next time I get out there (in a few months). Another coincidence is that I was in touch with an individual with the SHELUBSKY name in her tree just a few days ago. If you don't mind I will forward your address to her. P.S. I do not have any SHELUBSKY/SHELUB ancestors I have identified so far. Regards, Michael Fener New York, USA mfener@ix.netcom.com ------------- Searching ------------- FENER - Hungary FULEP/FULOP - Hungary WEISS/WEISZ - Hungary MARGULIES/MARGOLIS - Galicia MICHAELSON/MICHALOFSKY - Russia KULIK/KULIC/KULICK - Russia
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Re: grodno, belarus
#poland
ginow@...
A nice place to seek information is the Grodno Gubernia, Voter List of
1912. I have had success with this. Can be accessed through Jewishgen. Eugene Warren ginow@juno.com
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: grodno, belarus
#poland
ginow@...
A nice place to seek information is the Grodno Gubernia, Voter List of
1912. I have had success with this. Can be accessed through Jewishgen. Eugene Warren ginow@juno.com
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General information
#hungary
Louis Schonfeld <lmagyar@...>
Various housekeeping matters-
Messages sent in MIME format or in any format except for "plain text" cannot be processed through our listserver, which means it can't be posted. Please be sure your e-mail program is set to "plain text" when sending a post to the h-sig. In Microsoft Outlook click on "Format" and then on "Plain Text". There are 395 subscribers on h-sig. As I and others have written, Hungarian Jewry is probably more intra-related than any other Jewish community in history (see the article "The Family Tree of Hungarian Jewry" by Prof. Erno Marton in Hungarian Jewish Studies Volume I, edited by Randolph Braham). Therefore the more subscribers the greater likelihood of discovering common family names and connections. As you may already know the recently published book by Miriam Weiner, Jewish roots in Ukraine and Moldova has the most extant authoritative inventory of Jewish records for Subcarpathian Ruthenia. The price for this impressive book is listed at $60 and no discounting is allowed. However, I still have a number of copies for sale and I can still offer the best price by sharing the cost of postage and materials. The book weighs over 6 pounds and the average postage in the U.S. is over $8.00. I received a bulk purchase discount of 20%. The difference goes to fund h-sig projects. If interested please make payment of $64 to JDCO / POB 34152/ Cleveland, Ohio 44134. mod.- I accidentally just approved a message in MIME format. I apologize for any inconvenience caused to anyone.LS visit our website- http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary
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Hungary SIG #Hungary General information
#hungary
Louis Schonfeld <lmagyar@...>
Various housekeeping matters-
Messages sent in MIME format or in any format except for "plain text" cannot be processed through our listserver, which means it can't be posted. Please be sure your e-mail program is set to "plain text" when sending a post to the h-sig. In Microsoft Outlook click on "Format" and then on "Plain Text". There are 395 subscribers on h-sig. As I and others have written, Hungarian Jewry is probably more intra-related than any other Jewish community in history (see the article "The Family Tree of Hungarian Jewry" by Prof. Erno Marton in Hungarian Jewish Studies Volume I, edited by Randolph Braham). Therefore the more subscribers the greater likelihood of discovering common family names and connections. As you may already know the recently published book by Miriam Weiner, Jewish roots in Ukraine and Moldova has the most extant authoritative inventory of Jewish records for Subcarpathian Ruthenia. The price for this impressive book is listed at $60 and no discounting is allowed. However, I still have a number of copies for sale and I can still offer the best price by sharing the cost of postage and materials. The book weighs over 6 pounds and the average postage in the U.S. is over $8.00. I received a bulk purchase discount of 20%. The difference goes to fund h-sig projects. If interested please make payment of $64 to JDCO / POB 34152/ Cleveland, Ohio 44134. mod.- I accidentally just approved a message in MIME format. I apologize for any inconvenience caused to anyone.LS visit our website- http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary
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Trieste
#hungary
Dr. Joseph M. Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
Another remark about Trieste. In 1936 my family left Mezocsat Hungary to
go to Argentina. We went to Budapest by train and >from there to Trieste, Italy, by train, where we boarded the ship Principessa Maria of the Cosulich Line. We spent a beautiful day walking around Trieste before boarding the ship. I was eleven years old at the time.On the ship there were many Jews >from Hungary and Slovakia and we had kosher food. The passengers went to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Years later I learned that both the Principessa Maria and its twin, the Principessa Giovanna were drafted into the Italian navy during World War 11 and were sunk by the British. Joseph M. Schwarcz Arad, Israel
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Trieste
#hungary
Dr. Joseph M. Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
Another remark about Trieste. In 1936 my family left Mezocsat Hungary to
go to Argentina. We went to Budapest by train and >from there to Trieste, Italy, by train, where we boarded the ship Principessa Maria of the Cosulich Line. We spent a beautiful day walking around Trieste before boarding the ship. I was eleven years old at the time.On the ship there were many Jews >from Hungary and Slovakia and we had kosher food. The passengers went to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Years later I learned that both the Principessa Maria and its twin, the Principessa Giovanna were drafted into the Italian navy during World War 11 and were sunk by the British. Joseph M. Schwarcz Arad, Israel
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