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Amateur pictures
#ukraine
Josy Holzman
Hello,
I'm looking for old or recent amateur pictures >from Olyka(Volhyn ,Ukraine) . Thanks, J.Holzman, Antwerp,Belgium holzman@pandora.be MODERATORS NOTE: Please respond privately
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Kars family
#ukraine
SHEILA TOFFELL <toffell@...>
While searching through the NY County Natz records for possible Karsunski or
Korsunski family members who obtained Citizenship, I came across the papers for Harry Kars. He was born Herschel Korsunsky in 1862. He landed as Harry Korsunski, and changed his name legally to Harry Kars. The natz records indicate that he was >from Kiev. Harry Kars lived in NYC with his wife Rebecca (nee Turlsky), and 7 children. He is listed as a stationer. My Great Uncle, Aaron Korsunski's Natz papers also state Kiev, even though he was >from Stavische. I'm assuming that Kiev, being the nearest metropolis, is what was entered. Because of this loose geographic connection, but because of the name, and also because the name Hershel has appeared in our family, I am trying to establish if Harry Kars was part of our Stavische family. Is this a familiar name to anyone? Sheila Toffell Searching for, in the Ukraine: KARSUNSKY / KORSUNSKY Stavische and Tarasche BREZHENEV / BREZHNEV Yelisavetograd (Kirovograd) In Poland: LAKUMSKI, Skulsk RAFELSKI(spelling unclear) Lodz area TOFFEL Opole Lubielski, Josefow nad Wisla
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Amateur pictures
#ukraine
Josy Holzman
Hello,
I'm looking for old or recent amateur pictures >from Olyka(Volhyn ,Ukraine) . Thanks, J.Holzman, Antwerp,Belgium holzman@pandora.be MODERATORS NOTE: Please respond privately
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Kars family
#ukraine
SHEILA TOFFELL <toffell@...>
While searching through the NY County Natz records for possible Karsunski or
Korsunski family members who obtained Citizenship, I came across the papers for Harry Kars. He was born Herschel Korsunsky in 1862. He landed as Harry Korsunski, and changed his name legally to Harry Kars. The natz records indicate that he was >from Kiev. Harry Kars lived in NYC with his wife Rebecca (nee Turlsky), and 7 children. He is listed as a stationer. My Great Uncle, Aaron Korsunski's Natz papers also state Kiev, even though he was >from Stavische. I'm assuming that Kiev, being the nearest metropolis, is what was entered. Because of this loose geographic connection, but because of the name, and also because the name Hershel has appeared in our family, I am trying to establish if Harry Kars was part of our Stavische family. Is this a familiar name to anyone? Sheila Toffell Searching for, in the Ukraine: KARSUNSKY / KORSUNSKY Stavische and Tarasche BREZHENEV / BREZHNEV Yelisavetograd (Kirovograd) In Poland: LAKUMSKI, Skulsk RAFELSKI(spelling unclear) Lodz area TOFFEL Opole Lubielski, Josefow nad Wisla
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KARS Family
#ukraine
SHEILA TOFFELL <toffell@...>
Information for Harry KARS is as follows:
Born Herschel KORSUNSKI in 1863, Landed as Harry kORSUNSKY. Changed name to Harry KARS legally. He is listed on the Natz papers as a watchmaker. His wife's name was Rebecca. He had 1 son, Nathan, when he applied for citizenship. Nathan was born in Russia. Sheila Toffell Searching for, in the Ukraine: KARSUNSKY / KORSUNSKY Stavische and Tarasche BREZHENEV / BREZHNEV Yelisavetograd (Kirovograd) In Poland: LAKUMSKI, Skulsk RAFELSKI(spelling unclear) Lodz area TOFFEL Opole Lubielski, Josefow nad Wisla
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine KARS Family
#ukraine
SHEILA TOFFELL <toffell@...>
Information for Harry KARS is as follows:
Born Herschel KORSUNSKI in 1863, Landed as Harry kORSUNSKY. Changed name to Harry KARS legally. He is listed on the Natz papers as a watchmaker. His wife's name was Rebecca. He had 1 son, Nathan, when he applied for citizenship. Nathan was born in Russia. Sheila Toffell Searching for, in the Ukraine: KARSUNSKY / KORSUNSKY Stavische and Tarasche BREZHENEV / BREZHNEV Yelisavetograd (Kirovograd) In Poland: LAKUMSKI, Skulsk RAFELSKI(spelling unclear) Lodz area TOFFEL Opole Lubielski, Josefow nad Wisla
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Records in Archives in Ukraine--addendum
#ukraine
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
As an addendum to my recent message about records in
archives in Ukraine, I note that the towns below are also listed. Anapol Dubosary Fakshtin Gorodok Kuzmin Luchinets Medjibozh Mejirichi Nemerov Sharovka Shepetovka Slavuta Yarmolintsi Allow me to repeat: I hope this information is useful. Dan Daniel Kazez <dkazez@mail.wittenberg.edu> Springfield, Ohio USA Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK Ukraine: OBERMAN-HOBERMAN-GUBERMAN, LISS, SOBLE-SOBEL, STEIN, AXMAN Turkey: KAZEZ-KAZES, FRESKO-FRESCO, ALHADEF-ELHADEF http://userpages.wittenberg.edu/dkazez/fam/ent/fam.html
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Records in Archives in Ukraine--addendum
#ukraine
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
As an addendum to my recent message about records in
archives in Ukraine, I note that the towns below are also listed. Anapol Dubosary Fakshtin Gorodok Kuzmin Luchinets Medjibozh Mejirichi Nemerov Sharovka Shepetovka Slavuta Yarmolintsi Allow me to repeat: I hope this information is useful. Dan Daniel Kazez <dkazez@mail.wittenberg.edu> Springfield, Ohio USA Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK Ukraine: OBERMAN-HOBERMAN-GUBERMAN, LISS, SOBLE-SOBEL, STEIN, AXMAN Turkey: KAZEZ-KAZES, FRESKO-FRESCO, ALHADEF-ELHADEF http://userpages.wittenberg.edu/dkazez/fam/ent/fam.html
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recovering past messages
#ukraine
Evan Fishman <ebf2001@...>
12/31/00
I lost all the group's messages I had been saving since August when my internet service was interrupted earlier in December. Is there some way I can recover those valuable messages? Many thanks. Evan Fishman ebf2001@home.com MODERATORS NOTE: Send an e-mail message to lyris@lyris.jewishgen.org Leave the subject line blank, or enter a period (.) if that is required, As the test of the message, write get Ukraine yyyymmdd For example, to get the missed digest of October 23, you would write: get ukraine 20001023 Another way to view them is to go to the URL for the SIG message archives : http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop I find that murder to remember so here's my route to them... from the Jewishgen home page http://www.jewishgen.org in theResearch Category click on Databases which takes you to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases In the General Category, third one down is the Sig Archives. When she gets there she just sets the drop down box headed all sigs to where she can select Ukraine put nothing in the search field and all the messages will come up in batches of 100 I think... but they start with the most recent one first unless she sets the search to show them in forwards order.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine recovering past messages
#ukraine
Evan Fishman <ebf2001@...>
12/31/00
I lost all the group's messages I had been saving since August when my internet service was interrupted earlier in December. Is there some way I can recover those valuable messages? Many thanks. Evan Fishman ebf2001@home.com MODERATORS NOTE: Send an e-mail message to lyris@lyris.jewishgen.org Leave the subject line blank, or enter a period (.) if that is required, As the test of the message, write get Ukraine yyyymmdd For example, to get the missed digest of October 23, you would write: get ukraine 20001023 Another way to view them is to go to the URL for the SIG message archives : http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop I find that murder to remember so here's my route to them... from the Jewishgen home page http://www.jewishgen.org in theResearch Category click on Databases which takes you to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases In the General Category, third one down is the Sig Archives. When she gets there she just sets the drop down box headed all sigs to where she can select Ukraine put nothing in the search field and all the messages will come up in batches of 100 I think... but they start with the most recent one first unless she sets the search to show them in forwards order.
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Thank you ViewMate Users
#ukraine
FREYAB@...
Subject: ADMIN Note - VIEWMATE - Thank You
From: "Josef A. Herz" <josef@jaherz.com> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:44:36 -0800 X-Message-Number: 3 As the administrator of the VIEWMATE site (http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/) I want to take this opportunity to THANK all of the members of the JewishGen community who have come to the ViewMate site to help their fellow JewishGeners with their research. Although the ViewMate site has only been up for 2 months - starting in November, 2000 - based on feedback I have received >from the ViewMate posters - they have almost all received some form of help or assistance with their inquiry. As someone who has also posted documents to the ViewMate site - I can speak with first hand experience - about the awesome set of talented people we have in the JewishGen community and also commend them on their willingness to take the time to help others. If you have not been to the site - give it a try. Thank You Again! Josef Herz - Renton, WA Doing research on: HERZ, SIGAL/SEGAL, SCHAMER, LEIBER in Lvov/Lwow/Lemberg, Kristinopol/Chervonograd, Stoyanov/Stiyanev, Sokal
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Thank you ViewMate Users
#ukraine
FREYAB@...
Subject: ADMIN Note - VIEWMATE - Thank You
From: "Josef A. Herz" <josef@jaherz.com> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:44:36 -0800 X-Message-Number: 3 As the administrator of the VIEWMATE site (http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/) I want to take this opportunity to THANK all of the members of the JewishGen community who have come to the ViewMate site to help their fellow JewishGeners with their research. Although the ViewMate site has only been up for 2 months - starting in November, 2000 - based on feedback I have received >from the ViewMate posters - they have almost all received some form of help or assistance with their inquiry. As someone who has also posted documents to the ViewMate site - I can speak with first hand experience - about the awesome set of talented people we have in the JewishGen community and also commend them on their willingness to take the time to help others. If you have not been to the site - give it a try. Thank You Again! Josef Herz - Renton, WA Doing research on: HERZ, SIGAL/SEGAL, SCHAMER, LEIBER in Lvov/Lwow/Lemberg, Kristinopol/Chervonograd, Stoyanov/Stiyanev, Sokal
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World Family Tree CD-ROM
#general
Jim Bennett <bennett@...>
Anyone who owns Family Tree Maker's set of World Family Tree
CD-ROM's--specifically CD No. 21-- is requested to contact me. Jim Bennett Haifa, Israel
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Where was Chusum, Germany?
#general
Mimi Katz <GeveretK@...>
I'm tearing my hair out! I've tried the shtetl seeker and can't seem to
locate the town that was Chusum, Germany. Has anyone ever heard of it? According to conflicting documents, my family came >from either Chusum or Schokken, Germany. Today Schokken is Skoki, Poland. Please do not reply to sender. My email address has been altered to avoid spam. The correct address is below. Mimi Katz, Chicago GeveretK@core.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen World Family Tree CD-ROM
#general
Jim Bennett <bennett@...>
Anyone who owns Family Tree Maker's set of World Family Tree
CD-ROM's--specifically CD No. 21-- is requested to contact me. Jim Bennett Haifa, Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Where was Chusum, Germany?
#general
Mimi Katz <GeveretK@...>
I'm tearing my hair out! I've tried the shtetl seeker and can't seem to
locate the town that was Chusum, Germany. Has anyone ever heard of it? According to conflicting documents, my family came >from either Chusum or Schokken, Germany. Today Schokken is Skoki, Poland. Please do not reply to sender. My email address has been altered to avoid spam. The correct address is below. Mimi Katz, Chicago GeveretK@core.com
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Skierniewice - DOMBER
#general
Aubrey Jacobus <marie@...>
I set out below the 1979 Membership list of the Ind. Skerniewicer
Benevolent Association of NY I have the 1979 addressess on application . I am also trying to locate members of the DOMBER family of the Bronx NY who were members of this assoc. Thanks Aubrey Jacobus Ind. Skerniewicer Benev. Association inc. Organised 1913 New York, Florida and out of town members Membership 1979 ABRAMOWITZ, ISRAEL AMBERG, GEORGE APELBAUM, ABRAHAM - AUERBACH, MICHAEL BABITS, HARVEY - BABITZ, LOUIS BELKOWITZ, JACOB BERGER, ALTER BERGER, IRA % L. BABITZ BERKOWITZ, ISADOR - BERNSTEIN, HILDA MRS. BLANK, MAXWELL - DANZIGER, HELEN DOMBER, JOSEPH FERKIN, LILLIAN FLANDER, FANNIE FLIGELMAN, JACK - FROMMER, ARTHUR FROMMER, MYRON H. GLASS, ESTHER MRS. - GLOVINSKY, MAX GOTTLIEB, BLANCHE GREEN, MYRON GREENWALD, ROSE GROSS, SADIE GRUNBERG, JACOB HELLER, HARRY HELLER, HYMAN - HELLER, ROSE % L. BABITZ - HERSHMAN, ISRAEL HERSZKORN, NOECH - HOLTZ, AARON HOLTZ, FANNIE - HOLTZ, SIMON ITZKOWITZ, ABRAHAM - ITZKOWITZ, JACK - KLEINMAN, ANNA KRYS, MARTIN LENCHNER, DAVID LENCHNER, M.AX - LENCHNER, MORRIS - LIBERMAN, BRACHIA LINKER, 'SIDNEY - LUTVAK, SYLVIA MARKBREIT, MIRIAM MEYERS, MOLLY MRS. MORRIS LOUIS - MOSES, SYLVIA NAJMAN, BLANCHE MRS. OFRECHTER, ALBERT PINCHEVSKY, JACK PINCHEVSKY, MAX PINCHEVSKY, SHAYA . PINSKY, MAX . PITT, BEN - PRESS, MARTIN RANKOWITZ, MAX RANKOWITZ, SADIE MRS. . RAVITZ, HILDA MRS. - REMER, KATE MISS - ROFSKY, CLARA MRS. SABATO, HELEN MRS. SCHWARTZ, JACK SPECTOR, ESTHER MRS SPECTOR, FAYE MISS - TENNENBAUM, ESTHER MRS. . TOPPEL, MARY MRS. VERNOFF, HYMAN WEINBERG, JOSEPH WOLFF, JEANETTE FLANDERS - ZAMENFELD, HENRY Check my Genealogical webpage www.mjacobus.freeserve.co.uk Please use aubrey@jacobus.org for replies
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Skierniewice - DOMBER
#general
Aubrey Jacobus <marie@...>
I set out below the 1979 Membership list of the Ind. Skerniewicer
Benevolent Association of NY I have the 1979 addressess on application . I am also trying to locate members of the DOMBER family of the Bronx NY who were members of this assoc. Thanks Aubrey Jacobus Ind. Skerniewicer Benev. Association inc. Organised 1913 New York, Florida and out of town members Membership 1979 ABRAMOWITZ, ISRAEL AMBERG, GEORGE APELBAUM, ABRAHAM - AUERBACH, MICHAEL BABITS, HARVEY - BABITZ, LOUIS BELKOWITZ, JACOB BERGER, ALTER BERGER, IRA % L. BABITZ BERKOWITZ, ISADOR - BERNSTEIN, HILDA MRS. BLANK, MAXWELL - DANZIGER, HELEN DOMBER, JOSEPH FERKIN, LILLIAN FLANDER, FANNIE FLIGELMAN, JACK - FROMMER, ARTHUR FROMMER, MYRON H. GLASS, ESTHER MRS. - GLOVINSKY, MAX GOTTLIEB, BLANCHE GREEN, MYRON GREENWALD, ROSE GROSS, SADIE GRUNBERG, JACOB HELLER, HARRY HELLER, HYMAN - HELLER, ROSE % L. BABITZ - HERSHMAN, ISRAEL HERSZKORN, NOECH - HOLTZ, AARON HOLTZ, FANNIE - HOLTZ, SIMON ITZKOWITZ, ABRAHAM - ITZKOWITZ, JACK - KLEINMAN, ANNA KRYS, MARTIN LENCHNER, DAVID LENCHNER, M.AX - LENCHNER, MORRIS - LIBERMAN, BRACHIA LINKER, 'SIDNEY - LUTVAK, SYLVIA MARKBREIT, MIRIAM MEYERS, MOLLY MRS. MORRIS LOUIS - MOSES, SYLVIA NAJMAN, BLANCHE MRS. OFRECHTER, ALBERT PINCHEVSKY, JACK PINCHEVSKY, MAX PINCHEVSKY, SHAYA . PINSKY, MAX . PITT, BEN - PRESS, MARTIN RANKOWITZ, MAX RANKOWITZ, SADIE MRS. . RAVITZ, HILDA MRS. - REMER, KATE MISS - ROFSKY, CLARA MRS. SABATO, HELEN MRS. SCHWARTZ, JACK SPECTOR, ESTHER MRS SPECTOR, FAYE MISS - TENNENBAUM, ESTHER MRS. . TOPPEL, MARY MRS. VERNOFF, HYMAN WEINBERG, JOSEPH WOLFF, JEANETTE FLANDERS - ZAMENFELD, HENRY Check my Genealogical webpage www.mjacobus.freeserve.co.uk Please use aubrey@jacobus.org for replies
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Steve AMDUR
#general
Miriam Margolyes <75342.3217@...>
I am looking for Steve AMDUR, a fellow researcher, who
sent me some excellent photos of the stetl of AMDUR-and of the cemetery there. He asked me to check over a diary he'd made of his visit there about 2 years ago. He used to live in Switzerland I think but his email addresses bounce: sahaon@jerusalemail.com.il sahaon@kinneret.co.il sahaon@prontomail.com If anyone has contact with him, or can inform him I'd like to be in contact,I'd be delighted. Miriam MARGOLYES Santa Monica e-mail: 75342.3217@compuserve.com searching: BLUMENTHAL (London) INDICK (London) AMIEL (London) MICHAELS (London) SANDMAN (London Hull, Newcastle) MARGOLYES (Amdur-Indura)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Steve AMDUR
#general
Miriam Margolyes <75342.3217@...>
I am looking for Steve AMDUR, a fellow researcher, who
sent me some excellent photos of the stetl of AMDUR-and of the cemetery there. He asked me to check over a diary he'd made of his visit there about 2 years ago. He used to live in Switzerland I think but his email addresses bounce: sahaon@jerusalemail.com.il sahaon@kinneret.co.il sahaon@prontomail.com If anyone has contact with him, or can inform him I'd like to be in contact,I'd be delighted. Miriam MARGOLYES Santa Monica e-mail: 75342.3217@compuserve.com searching: BLUMENTHAL (London) INDICK (London) AMIEL (London) MICHAELS (London) SANDMAN (London Hull, Newcastle) MARGOLYES (Amdur-Indura)
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