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This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
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I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
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Re: Canadian Immigration Records/Canadian National Archives
#belarus
Eve Greenfield <eve_rachel@...>
Deear Jewishgenners (once again),
Seems I may soon be able to answer my own question: while doing some work-related Web surfing on Immigration Canada's site, I came upon the following link for the Canadian National Archives: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&;02&e&top&0 I haven't gotten to explore the page yet fully, but it looks like a) certain Canadian records are available online, and b) there is an informational section devoted to geneaological research for those with Canadian ties. In general, I've found the Canadian government to be very helpful, but if anyone down the line has specific experience in using the information obtained on this page, I'd love to hear about it, particularly anything you may find out that relates to Canadian immigration or citizenship records. Eve Greenfield, Chicago, Illinois [private phone numbers deleted for web privacy and safety]
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re:Canadian Immigration Records/Canadian National Archives
#galicia
Eve Greenfield <eve_rachel@...>
Deear Jewishgenners (once again),
Seems I may soon be able to answer my own question: while doing some work-related Web surfing on Immigration Canada's site, I came upon the following link for the Canadian National Archives: http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&;02&e&top&0 I haven't gotten to explore the page yet fully, but it looks like a) certain Canadian records are available online, and b) there is an informational section devoted to geneaological research for those with Canadian ties. In general, I've found the Canadian government to be very helpful, but if anyone down the line has specific experience in using the information obtained on this page, I'd love to hear about it, particularly anything you may find out that relates to Canadian immigration or citizenship records. Eve Greenfield, Chicago, Illinois [private phone numbers deleted for web privacy and safety]
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Re: WWII: Canadian Lawyer in Engl;ish Criminal Trial
#general
snillop@...
Michael F. Simon <mfsimon@mich.com> wrote:
Roberta Sheps asked about finding records or reports about the Subject. Some organizations, whether due to their conservative outlook, or good employer-employee relations, are fortunate in having on their staff a person or persons who are their "institutional memory". Perhaps The Times is one of these organizations. I suggest you contact The Times, and inquire if they have available such a person. You might also inquire if they have indices of stories published during the critical time period, which might help you narrow your search, or even better, lead you to the goal you seek. You might also engage a solicitor to learn if research into court records, which in the USA are sometimes indexed by name of counsel appearing for the parties, are indexed in like manner in the UK. No need for all of that. The Times newspaper has a very detailed Index of almost everything it prints. The Index has been in existence since the 1790s. The Index is printed but certain periods are on microfilm as are copies of the newspaper itself. Harold Pollins
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: WWII: Canadian Lawyer in Engl;ish Criminal Trial
#general
snillop@...
Michael F. Simon <mfsimon@mich.com> wrote:
Roberta Sheps asked about finding records or reports about the Subject. Some organizations, whether due to their conservative outlook, or good employer-employee relations, are fortunate in having on their staff a person or persons who are their "institutional memory". Perhaps The Times is one of these organizations. I suggest you contact The Times, and inquire if they have available such a person. You might also inquire if they have indices of stories published during the critical time period, which might help you narrow your search, or even better, lead you to the goal you seek. You might also engage a solicitor to learn if research into court records, which in the USA are sometimes indexed by name of counsel appearing for the parties, are indexed in like manner in the UK. No need for all of that. The Times newspaper has a very detailed Index of almost everything it prints. The Index has been in existence since the 1790s. The Index is printed but certain periods are on microfilm as are copies of the newspaper itself. Harold Pollins
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Zangvil = Sanvil = Samuel
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Eliagil Roos <eliagil.roos@...>
more about names :
Zangvil is an equivalent for Samuel for instance : Samuel Sanvil (= Zangvil) WEYL who was a reknown French great rabbi of Alsace (in Ribeauville Rapschwir) in the first half of the 18th century. Eliane Roos Schuhl, Paris, France (Cercle de genealogie juive)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Zangvil = Sanvil = Samuel
#general
Eliagil Roos <eliagil.roos@...>
more about names :
Zangvil is an equivalent for Samuel for instance : Samuel Sanvil (= Zangvil) WEYL who was a reknown French great rabbi of Alsace (in Ribeauville Rapschwir) in the first half of the 18th century. Eliane Roos Schuhl, Paris, France (Cercle de genealogie juive)
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Calling all Shapiro's
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Yoni Shapiro <torahgen@...>
i have an idea to make our search a litte easier. We
should all post our first names and see if any of them match. I will start. Yisroel/edward my granfather, tanchum his father,zalmen zev his father. 1920 cencus says Thomas (Tanchum)Shapiro came >from someplace in Russia. Thomas' other kids,ROse,fred, and Yisroel Yonasan Shapiro Please send the emails to both torogen@actcom.co.il and shapie@juno.com .. Since my yeshiva is not leeting us use yahoo and I don't know when I will be on torogen ...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Calling all Shapiro's
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Yoni Shapiro <torahgen@...>
i have an idea to make our search a litte easier. We
should all post our first names and see if any of them match. I will start. Yisroel/edward my granfather, tanchum his father,zalmen zev his father. 1920 cencus says Thomas (Tanchum)Shapiro came >from someplace in Russia. Thomas' other kids,ROse,fred, and Yisroel Yonasan Shapiro Please send the emails to both torogen@actcom.co.il and shapie@juno.com .. Since my yeshiva is not leeting us use yahoo and I don't know when I will be on torogen ...
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Translation help needed for Polish birth record-ViewMate
#general
Steve Woods <stevewoods@...>
I have posted my ggrandfather's Polish birth record, VM340, on the JewishGen
website at: http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/toview107.html#vm340 The copy is not the greatest so even any dates and/or names that can be read would be greatly appreciated. Please reply privately - TIA. Steve Woods Victoria, BC Canada
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Translation help needed for Polish birth record-ViewMate
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Steve Woods <stevewoods@...>
I have posted my ggrandfather's Polish birth record, VM340, on the JewishGen
website at: http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/toview107.html#vm340 The copy is not the greatest so even any dates and/or names that can be read would be greatly appreciated. Please reply privately - TIA. Steve Woods Victoria, BC Canada
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Social Security Application Question
#general
Vincent Delgato
Hello...
I am sure this question has been asked in the past so forgive me for asking again. I just received the Social Security Application for a family member and it is a small, simple application with no great information on it. It was issued in 1940 and was the first application made out by him. Since he was born in Russia, I had hoped for more requirements to prove citizenship. How did the Social Security admin. know he was a citizen? Is there something else I should had received? I am very new to Russian/Jewish research, so I appreciate any info you might be able to supply me with. Thank you so much. Deb Delgato Searching: SAFFER, COHN, LAZAROV
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Social Security Application Question
#general
Vincent Delgato
Hello...
I am sure this question has been asked in the past so forgive me for asking again. I just received the Social Security Application for a family member and it is a small, simple application with no great information on it. It was issued in 1940 and was the first application made out by him. Since he was born in Russia, I had hoped for more requirements to prove citizenship. How did the Social Security admin. know he was a citizen? Is there something else I should had received? I am very new to Russian/Jewish research, so I appreciate any info you might be able to supply me with. Thank you so much. Deb Delgato Searching: SAFFER, COHN, LAZAROV
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My mtDNA revealed a Bulgarian/Turk/Karelian origin
#dna
Annee Ani <annee_ani@...>
My mtDNA revealed a Bulgarian/Turk/Karelian origin. Would this mean that
Levantine Jewish men married women of Anatolia,Bulgaria (Thrace) or Karelia, a small country in and near Finland in medieval times? Anyone else have this mtDNA in Ashkenazim origin? Annee _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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DNA Research #DNA My mtDNA revealed a Bulgarian/Turk/Karelian origin
#dna
Annee Ani <annee_ani@...>
My mtDNA revealed a Bulgarian/Turk/Karelian origin. Would this mean that
Levantine Jewish men married women of Anatolia,Bulgaria (Thrace) or Karelia, a small country in and near Finland in medieval times? Anyone else have this mtDNA in Ashkenazim origin? Annee _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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Re: SITE CITE: Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America
#general
Shroco@...
Hi All.
FYI: www.jewhoo.com is a web site that has some interesting facts on well known Jewish People. They also have other articles of interest, a chat line, personals, etc. Enjoy. Sharon in California mail to: shroco@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: SITE CITE: Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America
#general
Shroco@...
Hi All.
FYI: www.jewhoo.com is a web site that has some interesting facts on well known Jewish People. They also have other articles of interest, a chat line, personals, etc. Enjoy. Sharon in California mail to: shroco@aol.com
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Polish roots
#general
Norma Peltason <n.peltason@...>
I am trying to find the birthplace of my grandfather Wolf Ladinsky. I
believe he was >from Poland. The name on his naturalization paper is Wladiimirsky. I have been told their was or is a city named Vladimir named after a wealthy prince of Poland. Is it possible he was from Vladimir or nearby. Norma Peltason.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Polish roots
#general
Norma Peltason <n.peltason@...>
I am trying to find the birthplace of my grandfather Wolf Ladinsky. I
believe he was >from Poland. The name on his naturalization paper is Wladiimirsky. I have been told their was or is a city named Vladimir named after a wealthy prince of Poland. Is it possible he was from Vladimir or nearby. Norma Peltason.
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max michelson <maxmich@...>
In answer to Akira Hashimoto inquiry, Wilhelm Stieda was not Jewish.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Wilhelm is not a Jewish name (as used at that time). He most likely was a Baltic (ethnic) German. Brennson's book, Die Aerzte Kurlands, (the 1929 edition), was reissued in Germany in 1972 in Hannover-Dohren: v. Hirschheydt. The book is available at the New York Public Library and at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Brennson listed all the doctors in Kurland regardless of their ethnicity or religion. The 1929 edition contains all the doctors listed in the previous edition plus the newest members of the profession. Max Michelson, Framingham, Massachusetts..
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From: Akira Hashimoto <aha@lit.aichi-pu.ac.jp> To: Courland Area Research Group <courland@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 10:29 PM Subject: Wilhelm Stieda Dear Sirbook is that I am looking for a doctor named Wilhelm Stieda(1875-1920) whose biography is written there (I have a photocopy of this page). I$B!G(Bm notsure that he has a Jewish origin. At least for me, he is a mysterious person.He visited Japan probably in 1906, saw several psychiatiric hospitals, and reported Japanese psychiatry in German medical journal (Centralblatt furbe a "Reservearzt auf den russischen japanischen Kriegsschauplatz", his purpose to visit Japan is not clear. Do you have more information about Wilhelm Stieda ?
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max michelson <maxmich@...>
In answer to Akira Hashimoto inquiry, Wilhelm Stieda was not Jewish.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Wilhelm is not a Jewish name (as used at that time). He most likely was a Baltic (ethnic) German. Brennson's book, Die Aerzte Kurlands, (the 1929 edition), was reissued in Germany in 1972 in Hannover-Dohren: v. Hirschheydt. The book is available at the New York Public Library and at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Brennson listed all the doctors in Kurland regardless of their ethnicity or religion. The 1929 edition contains all the doctors listed in the previous edition plus the newest members of the profession. Max Michelson, Framingham, Massachusetts..
----- Original Message -----
From: Akira Hashimoto <aha@lit.aichi-pu.ac.jp> To: Courland Area Research Group <courland@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 10:29 PM Subject: Wilhelm Stieda Dear Sirbook is that I am looking for a doctor named Wilhelm Stieda(1875-1920) whose biography is written there (I have a photocopy of this page). I$B!G(Bm notsure that he has a Jewish origin. At least for me, he is a mysterious person.He visited Japan probably in 1906, saw several psychiatiric hospitals, and reported Japanese psychiatry in German medical journal (Centralblatt furbe a "Reservearzt auf den russischen japanischen Kriegsschauplatz", his purpose to visit Japan is not clear. Do you have more information about Wilhelm Stieda ?
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