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Hebrew Translator Needed - 1 1/2 page document
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Ginsburg, Paul <GinsburgP@...>
I have a 1 and a half page photocopy of
an entry >from the yizkor book "Yalkut Volhynia". The entry concerns the history of Jews in the shtetl of Sudilkov. Would someone please volunteer to translate this piece for me >from Hebrew to English? Thank you in advance for your help! Paul W. Ginsburg Sudilkov Online Landsmanshaft http://www.sudilkov.com Bethesda, MD
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Re: Warsaw Archive (AGAD Archives)
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In a message dated Sat, 14 Oct 2000 15:35:29 EDT, JGDoerner@cs.com,
Jeffrey Doerner writes: Would someone please give me some advice on how to send money to theAt a meeting at AGAD on Monday, I was informed that the $30 covered the cost of the copy of the record $10 and research to find the record which was $20 (one hour and 20 minutes). The Galician record books at the AGAD Archives are not indexed and that explains the time needed. However, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland has a project underway to index all 1945 volumes in the Galican collection (this is the exact figure as opposed to the "more than 1700" mentioned when the project was first announced a few weeks ago). When completed, the indices will be searchable on the JRI-Poland web site and copies of records will be available >from the AGAD branch of the Polish State Archives for $10. Research fees will no longer apply. For more information on the AGAD Archive project go to the JRI-Poland web site at www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl and click on the "new" link for the AGAD archives As for payment, you can pay through a wire transfer or send a bank money order via mail. The information was sent by email and the wire transfer offer was made to give you an opportunity to expedite your order. Stanley Diamond Project Coordinator, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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Revision Lists
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SY PEARLMAN <pearlman@...>
Is there any list of Revision Lists for towns in Poland. I am interested in
Bialystok and Lomza and other towns in Lomza Gubernia, and Ciechanowiec and Wysokie Mazowieckie. Regards, Sy of New York(pearlman@cybernex.net) Researching: PEARLMAN (Bialystok), ETKUS, ROSACHOTSKY, SANDEROVICH, SEGALOVICH & SKOVRONEK (Lomza,Ciechanowiec,Wysokie Mazowieckie); KUNOFSKY,LEVINE & KANTROWITZ (Uzda,Nesvizh in Belarus); BERNBACH & HACKEL (Ulanow,Poland); MUNTZER (Glebowice,Poland); TREITELMAN & KAMINER (Odessa & Kishinev); KRULL (Warsaw & Otvotsk)
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Re: Holland-America Records
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Mason Lilly <mase@...>
On 14 Oct 2000 09:01:49 -0700, pearlman@cybernex.net (SY PEARLMAN) wrote:
|Is there a way of finding out when a passenger arrived on a Holland-America |ship after 1900 if you don't have the date or the name of the ship? |Regards, Sy of New York(pearlman@cybernex.net) |mailto:pearlman@MAIL.CYBERNEX.NET |--- Dear Sy, If the person you are looking for has something less than a very common name and if you know the person's Yiddish name (as was probably used in the old country), if you know the date within a few years, and if you are patient, there is a good chance that you can find it in the ship manifest records at the Nation Archives or at one of the many Mormon facilities around the country. If you are not familiar how to do this, drop me an e-mail note, and I will explain it in more detail. Mase
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Hebrew Translator Needed - 1 1/2 page document
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Ginsburg, Paul <GinsburgP@...>
I have a 1 and a half page photocopy of
an entry >from the yizkor book "Yalkut Volhynia". The entry concerns the history of Jews in the shtetl of Sudilkov. Would someone please volunteer to translate this piece for me >from Hebrew to English? Thank you in advance for your help! Paul W. Ginsburg Sudilkov Online Landsmanshaft http://www.sudilkov.com Bethesda, MD
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Warsaw Archive (AGAD Archives)
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In a message dated Sat, 14 Oct 2000 15:35:29 EDT, JGDoerner@cs.com,
Jeffrey Doerner writes: Would someone please give me some advice on how to send money to theAt a meeting at AGAD on Monday, I was informed that the $30 covered the cost of the copy of the record $10 and research to find the record which was $20 (one hour and 20 minutes). The Galician record books at the AGAD Archives are not indexed and that explains the time needed. However, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland has a project underway to index all 1945 volumes in the Galican collection (this is the exact figure as opposed to the "more than 1700" mentioned when the project was first announced a few weeks ago). When completed, the indices will be searchable on the JRI-Poland web site and copies of records will be available >from the AGAD branch of the Polish State Archives for $10. Research fees will no longer apply. For more information on the AGAD Archive project go to the JRI-Poland web site at www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl and click on the "new" link for the AGAD archives As for payment, you can pay through a wire transfer or send a bank money order via mail. The information was sent by email and the wire transfer offer was made to give you an opportunity to expedite your order. Stanley Diamond Project Coordinator, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Revision Lists
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SY PEARLMAN <pearlman@...>
Is there any list of Revision Lists for towns in Poland. I am interested in
Bialystok and Lomza and other towns in Lomza Gubernia, and Ciechanowiec and Wysokie Mazowieckie. Regards, Sy of New York(pearlman@cybernex.net) Researching: PEARLMAN (Bialystok), ETKUS, ROSACHOTSKY, SANDEROVICH, SEGALOVICH & SKOVRONEK (Lomza,Ciechanowiec,Wysokie Mazowieckie); KUNOFSKY,LEVINE & KANTROWITZ (Uzda,Nesvizh in Belarus); BERNBACH & HACKEL (Ulanow,Poland); MUNTZER (Glebowice,Poland); TREITELMAN & KAMINER (Odessa & Kishinev); KRULL (Warsaw & Otvotsk)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Holland-America Records
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Mason Lilly <mase@...>
On 14 Oct 2000 09:01:49 -0700, pearlman@cybernex.net (SY PEARLMAN) wrote:
|Is there a way of finding out when a passenger arrived on a Holland-America |ship after 1900 if you don't have the date or the name of the ship? |Regards, Sy of New York(pearlman@cybernex.net) |mailto:pearlman@MAIL.CYBERNEX.NET |--- Dear Sy, If the person you are looking for has something less than a very common name and if you know the person's Yiddish name (as was probably used in the old country), if you know the date within a few years, and if you are patient, there is a good chance that you can find it in the ship manifest records at the Nation Archives or at one of the many Mormon facilities around the country. If you are not familiar how to do this, drop me an e-mail note, and I will explain it in more detail. Mase
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FTM Upgrade question
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Howard M. Rensin <hrensin@...>
I have Family Tree Maker (FTM) ver 7.0 and it has the OLE2NLS.DLL
problem that has been discussed here before. Does anyone know if that problem was dealt with in ver 8.0? I would not like to pay to upgrade only to still have the problem. I have emailed FTM twice and yet to receive an answer. Perhaps someone here who had the OLE2NLS.DLL error message with ver 7.0 and has upgraded can give me and the rest of us the answer. Thanks, Howard. MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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St. Petersburg
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Anita Citron <anitac1@...>
As I originally questioned residence in St. Petersburg, others have also.
I just received word >from the researcher in St. P that the father of the person I am researching was in the Russian army (non-commissioned officer). He was born in St. Petersburg in 1868. As I find more information that might be helpful, I will post it to the list. But obviously Jews who did not have special abilities were living in St. Petersburg. Regards Anita Citron anitac1@erols.com Hicksville, NY NADWORNY, SILVER, FLEISHER(Odessa, St.Petersburg) BENDERSKY (Ladyzhin/Odessa),ODESSKY(Lipovets/Odessa), NEPOMNYATSHY(Voznesensk/Odessa) TRACHTENBERG(Gritsev/Starykonstantinov/Odessa/Vienna/Belgium), FURMAN (Pyatkovko/Odessa), FINGERHUT/FINGERET (Ananyev/Voznesensk/Odessa), MEDNIK/WILDMAN (Berdichev)
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Looking for information on 1919 Slovechno Pogrom
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Cindy Gallard <dg2286@...>
Dear Genners,
I would be very grateful for any leads on how I might find information concerning a 1919 progrom in Slovechno, Ukraine. All but two members of my Greenshpon family were murdered in this progrom. I was told that the Jewish writer, Isak Kipnis, wrote of this event in his book, " My Shtetl in Shlovechno". The book is written in Yiddish and the people at YIVO very kindly looked through the book, but found no reference to the progrom. A search of the Web did turn up a mention that a progrom did occur in 1919. This was found in the Ukraine Cemetery Project site. I would be very grateful for any information. Thank you, Cindy Gallard Denver, CO
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Rovna Poland or Russia
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George Heister <heister@...>
My friend's father (Abraham Segal--originally Cygielnik) came to the
United States in 1913. His city of birth was Rovna Russia. His sister arrived in America in 1922. Her naturalization records lists her place of birth as Rowna, Poland. As there are a few different shtetls with similar names, I was wondering if anyone can locate a shtetl named Rowna that was part of Russia in 1913 and then became part of Poland by 1922. Any help would be appreciated. Bernice Berman Heister
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen FTM Upgrade question
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Howard M. Rensin <hrensin@...>
I have Family Tree Maker (FTM) ver 7.0 and it has the OLE2NLS.DLL
problem that has been discussed here before. Does anyone know if that problem was dealt with in ver 8.0? I would not like to pay to upgrade only to still have the problem. I have emailed FTM twice and yet to receive an answer. Perhaps someone here who had the OLE2NLS.DLL error message with ver 7.0 and has upgraded can give me and the rest of us the answer. Thanks, Howard. MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen St. Petersburg
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Anita Citron <anitac1@...>
As I originally questioned residence in St. Petersburg, others have also.
I just received word >from the researcher in St. P that the father of the person I am researching was in the Russian army (non-commissioned officer). He was born in St. Petersburg in 1868. As I find more information that might be helpful, I will post it to the list. But obviously Jews who did not have special abilities were living in St. Petersburg. Regards Anita Citron anitac1@erols.com Hicksville, NY NADWORNY, SILVER, FLEISHER(Odessa, St.Petersburg) BENDERSKY (Ladyzhin/Odessa),ODESSKY(Lipovets/Odessa), NEPOMNYATSHY(Voznesensk/Odessa) TRACHTENBERG(Gritsev/Starykonstantinov/Odessa/Vienna/Belgium), FURMAN (Pyatkovko/Odessa), FINGERHUT/FINGERET (Ananyev/Voznesensk/Odessa), MEDNIK/WILDMAN (Berdichev)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for information on 1919 Slovechno Pogrom
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Cindy Gallard <dg2286@...>
Dear Genners,
I would be very grateful for any leads on how I might find information concerning a 1919 progrom in Slovechno, Ukraine. All but two members of my Greenshpon family were murdered in this progrom. I was told that the Jewish writer, Isak Kipnis, wrote of this event in his book, " My Shtetl in Shlovechno". The book is written in Yiddish and the people at YIVO very kindly looked through the book, but found no reference to the progrom. A search of the Web did turn up a mention that a progrom did occur in 1919. This was found in the Ukraine Cemetery Project site. I would be very grateful for any information. Thank you, Cindy Gallard Denver, CO
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rovna Poland or Russia
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George Heister <heister@...>
My friend's father (Abraham Segal--originally Cygielnik) came to the
United States in 1913. His city of birth was Rovna Russia. His sister arrived in America in 1922. Her naturalization records lists her place of birth as Rowna, Poland. As there are a few different shtetls with similar names, I was wondering if anyone can locate a shtetl named Rowna that was part of Russia in 1913 and then became part of Poland by 1922. Any help would be appreciated. Bernice Berman Heister
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Re: Needing advice on cemetery / burial information for New York
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JRothen318 <jrothen318@...>
You can obtain the death certificate. I don't have the exact address
for that but you can get on a search engine - e.g. Yahoo.com -- type in: death certificate/new york city and the info comes up how and where to get it. The death certificate will give the cemetary, undertaker and other info about the deceased. Joseph Rothenberg Belle Harbor, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Vital records information can also be found in JewishGen's InfoFiles. Go to http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/ , and click on "Vital Records" (under the "Topics" category). There you will find New York: Vital records, New York City: Vital records on microfilm at LDS FHL, USA: Where to Write for Vital Records, and other useful Infofiles.
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A "how to" question: ROTHENBERG / NY
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JRothen318 <jrothen318@...>
I have identified that my grandfather's brother ( Harris Rothenberg) had a
daughter - Mrs. Solomon Levinson - who lived in East New York ( I have her address) in 1920. Would appreciate any ideas on how to track down any of her descendants or if she had any siblings. Joseph Rothenberg JRothen318@aol.com Belle Harbor, New York
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Needing advice on cemetery / burial information for New York
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JRothen318 <jrothen318@...>
You can obtain the death certificate. I don't have the exact address
for that but you can get on a search engine - e.g. Yahoo.com -- type in: death certificate/new york city and the info comes up how and where to get it. The death certificate will give the cemetary, undertaker and other info about the deceased. Joseph Rothenberg Belle Harbor, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Vital records information can also be found in JewishGen's InfoFiles. Go to http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/ , and click on "Vital Records" (under the "Topics" category). There you will find New York: Vital records, New York City: Vital records on microfilm at LDS FHL, USA: Where to Write for Vital Records, and other useful Infofiles.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen A "how to" question: ROTHENBERG / NY
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JRothen318 <jrothen318@...>
I have identified that my grandfather's brother ( Harris Rothenberg) had a
daughter - Mrs. Solomon Levinson - who lived in East New York ( I have her address) in 1920. Would appreciate any ideas on how to track down any of her descendants or if she had any siblings. Joseph Rothenberg JRothen318@aol.com Belle Harbor, New York
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