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Surnames - North & South
#hungary
Michele Sankar <sankosy@...>
Hello all.
Let me start with apologies to all of you who wrote with responses to an earlier letter of mine, as I have been unable to answer them. I have spent the past month in the hospital with my youngest baby, and she was just discharged yesterday. The good news is finding all of the H-sig letters here! Surnames I am searching: BECK (Somogy?) FANY (Salgotarjan?) FREUND (Baja?) GLOCKNER/GABOR (throughout villages in Somogy county - Szulok, Somogysard, etc.; then Budapest) SEIDNER (Salgotarjan, Budapest) WEINBERGER (Baja, Budapest) WINTER (Salgotarjan, Abauj-Szina/Sena/Kosice, Budapest) Many thanks. Michele Sankar
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Researching Isaac LEVI
#hungary
Robin KAH <Eiko-1958@...>
Hello everyone!
I've also been lurking for a while, hoping to run across anyone who = might be researching a LEVI connection to Hungary. I am hoping that = some of the following names ring a bell with someone, or that someone = might give suggestions on where else I might search. Specifically, I am researching Isaac LEVI (the senior) who served in the = American Revolutionary War under George Rogers Clark. According to = testimony Isaac gave in his application for a Revolutionary War pension = (Switzerland County, Indiana, 18 Sep 1832), Isaac was "born in Hungary = on the _____ day of February 1749". I have no clues as to his = parentage, but my speculation is that he came to this country either = with family or to extended family members already residing here. I have = not made a connection yet, but census records show that there was a = Barnet LEVI in Franklin County, Indiana (1820), Salomon LEVY in Crawford = County, Indiana (1820), and a Rhobert LEVI in Crawford County, Indiana = (1830). [Spellings are exactly what is shown on the census records.] According to Isaac's pension application testimony, he was "about = Seventeen years old" when he came to America yet I have not been able to = find him on any of the published immigrant ship lists in a time frame = that matches. I believe I have located him in Virginia (George Rogers = Clark's forces were connected with the Virginia Militia) where it = appears he married a Judith HILL about 1793. I know there were other = Levi (also spelled "Levy") in Virginia around that time, but I have made = no connection there yet either. I also know he was, at various times, = in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. =20 Trying to track him through his wives doesn't help because Isaac was = married a number of times and information on his wives, except for his = last wife, is practically non-existent. Isaac ultimately settled in = Indiana, with 3 sons - Abraham (also known as "Abram"), Isaac L. ("Isaac = Jr."), and Martin, and 2 daughters - Mary ("Polly"), and Sallie. Isaac = died in Ripley County on 21 Sep 1850. Eventually a government marker = commemorating his Revolutionary War service was placed on what once was = his farmstead, but the actual location of his grave is lost. His = descendants live on in Indiana, particularly in Rush County and, for the = most part, have no clue that he was Jewish. Isaac was briefly = mentioned in an article written by Timothy J. Crumrin, "Early Jews in = Indiana" and may be seen on-line at: = http://www.connerprairie.org/injews.html . =20 Although none of Isaac's descendants appear to have been raised with any = Jewish traditions, I was quite pleased to discover that he is my = g-g-g-g-grandfather (I am descended through his daughter Mary/Polly who = married John CLEVENGER). I worked closely with a number of = "conservadox" Jewish people (although there was 1 reform fella in the = bunch) and developed a great affection for Jewish people - the sense of = humor, support of each other, and love for a their own very rich = heritage. I learned much >from them, acquired quite a Yiddish = vocabulary, attended the bar mitzvah of my employer's eldest son, and = even joined the local Jewish Community Center (great athletic = facilities!). At the time none of us knew about old Isaac. An = interesting and amusing side note - my generation of Isaac's descendants = are also of Japanese and American Indian descent. My Jewish employer, = co-workers and I always had fun exploring the "tribal thing" present in = our families. In fact, it brings new meanting to a great line in the = movie "The Frisco Kid" with Gene Wilder - when Gene Wilder's character = says (while teaching a folk dance to some Indians) "you better watch = that lady - I think she's a Jewish Indian!" =20 Thank you for your patience with this long letter. All suggestions and = tips are greatly appreciated! Yours in friendship, Robin (Clevenger) Kills a Hundred
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Surnames - North & South
#hungary
Michele Sankar <sankosy@...>
Hello all.
Let me start with apologies to all of you who wrote with responses to an earlier letter of mine, as I have been unable to answer them. I have spent the past month in the hospital with my youngest baby, and she was just discharged yesterday. The good news is finding all of the H-sig letters here! Surnames I am searching: BECK (Somogy?) FANY (Salgotarjan?) FREUND (Baja?) GLOCKNER/GABOR (throughout villages in Somogy county - Szulok, Somogysard, etc.; then Budapest) SEIDNER (Salgotarjan, Budapest) WEINBERGER (Baja, Budapest) WINTER (Salgotarjan, Abauj-Szina/Sena/Kosice, Budapest) Many thanks. Michele Sankar
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Researching Isaac LEVI
#hungary
Robin KAH <Eiko-1958@...>
Hello everyone!
I've also been lurking for a while, hoping to run across anyone who = might be researching a LEVI connection to Hungary. I am hoping that = some of the following names ring a bell with someone, or that someone = might give suggestions on where else I might search. Specifically, I am researching Isaac LEVI (the senior) who served in the = American Revolutionary War under George Rogers Clark. According to = testimony Isaac gave in his application for a Revolutionary War pension = (Switzerland County, Indiana, 18 Sep 1832), Isaac was "born in Hungary = on the _____ day of February 1749". I have no clues as to his = parentage, but my speculation is that he came to this country either = with family or to extended family members already residing here. I have = not made a connection yet, but census records show that there was a = Barnet LEVI in Franklin County, Indiana (1820), Salomon LEVY in Crawford = County, Indiana (1820), and a Rhobert LEVI in Crawford County, Indiana = (1830). [Spellings are exactly what is shown on the census records.] According to Isaac's pension application testimony, he was "about = Seventeen years old" when he came to America yet I have not been able to = find him on any of the published immigrant ship lists in a time frame = that matches. I believe I have located him in Virginia (George Rogers = Clark's forces were connected with the Virginia Militia) where it = appears he married a Judith HILL about 1793. I know there were other = Levi (also spelled "Levy") in Virginia around that time, but I have made = no connection there yet either. I also know he was, at various times, = in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. =20 Trying to track him through his wives doesn't help because Isaac was = married a number of times and information on his wives, except for his = last wife, is practically non-existent. Isaac ultimately settled in = Indiana, with 3 sons - Abraham (also known as "Abram"), Isaac L. ("Isaac = Jr."), and Martin, and 2 daughters - Mary ("Polly"), and Sallie. Isaac = died in Ripley County on 21 Sep 1850. Eventually a government marker = commemorating his Revolutionary War service was placed on what once was = his farmstead, but the actual location of his grave is lost. His = descendants live on in Indiana, particularly in Rush County and, for the = most part, have no clue that he was Jewish. Isaac was briefly = mentioned in an article written by Timothy J. Crumrin, "Early Jews in = Indiana" and may be seen on-line at: = http://www.connerprairie.org/injews.html . =20 Although none of Isaac's descendants appear to have been raised with any = Jewish traditions, I was quite pleased to discover that he is my = g-g-g-g-grandfather (I am descended through his daughter Mary/Polly who = married John CLEVENGER). I worked closely with a number of = "conservadox" Jewish people (although there was 1 reform fella in the = bunch) and developed a great affection for Jewish people - the sense of = humor, support of each other, and love for a their own very rich = heritage. I learned much >from them, acquired quite a Yiddish = vocabulary, attended the bar mitzvah of my employer's eldest son, and = even joined the local Jewish Community Center (great athletic = facilities!). At the time none of us knew about old Isaac. An = interesting and amusing side note - my generation of Isaac's descendants = are also of Japanese and American Indian descent. My Jewish employer, = co-workers and I always had fun exploring the "tribal thing" present in = our families. In fact, it brings new meanting to a great line in the = movie "The Frisco Kid" with Gene Wilder - when Gene Wilder's character = says (while teaching a folk dance to some Indians) "you better watch = that lady - I think she's a Jewish Indian!" =20 Thank you for your patience with this long letter. All suggestions and = tips are greatly appreciated! Yours in friendship, Robin (Clevenger) Kills a Hundred
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**Surnames I'm researching**
#hungary
glosonc@...
I am mainly researching the following surnames:
GOLDBERGER- Olaszliszka, Hungary HIRSCH - Dukla,Galiczia,Poland KUHN, KUN - Hajdunanas, Hungary LANDSBERGER- Satoraljaujhely, Hungary;Krakow,Poland; Losonc, Slovakia LEFKOVITS -Olaszliszka, Hajdusamson, Hungary; Toketerebes, Slovakia MULLER -Vis, Hungary ROHT, ROT -Vis, Hungary SCHNITZER,SCHNICZER,NETZER-Abaujszanto, Kobanya Hungary SZEGAL -Hajdunanas, Hungary WEISZ, Weiss -Olaszliszka,Hungary;Maracaibo,Caracas Venezuela WIEZENBERG -Abaujszanto, Hungary
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Re: Help with town name, please!
#hungary
PGergay@...
In a message dated 1/27/01 3:50:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20
AttilaRona@aol.com writes: <<=20 I think you are the right track. K.V. probably means Kosice Vidiek (Kassa=20 vid=E9ki j=E1r=E1s. >> If I may amplify and "editorialize" a bit on Attila's above comment, he is=20 not only correct (in other words, you can delete "probably" >from his=20 statement), but it is of pivotal significance in geneological/geographical=20 pinpointing if one considers that : " Kassa Videki Jaras" =3D "District of Kassa and Vicinity"=20 There are two things important to keep in mind: The administrative=20 Districts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are not identical to the=20 administrative Districts of current Slovakia. Incidentally, the same goes fo= r=20 all other countries which constituted the old Austro-Hungarian Empire----wit= h=20 the notable exception of Austria and Hungary. In Austria it is essential to=20 think in terms of "Lander" (a couple of new ones have been added after WW I.= )=20 and in Hungary "districts" have fallen into progressive disuse after WW II,=20 until they were eliminated altogether 25-30 years ago by government decree=20 and only counties remain. This is significant because it underlines the=20 occasional, but sometimes immediate, cul-de-sacs one can encounter when usin= g=20 current maps or the Internet... Peter A. Gergay San Francisco,CA
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Hungary SIG #Hungary **Surnames I'm researching**
#hungary
glosonc@...
I am mainly researching the following surnames:
GOLDBERGER- Olaszliszka, Hungary HIRSCH - Dukla,Galiczia,Poland KUHN, KUN - Hajdunanas, Hungary LANDSBERGER- Satoraljaujhely, Hungary;Krakow,Poland; Losonc, Slovakia LEFKOVITS -Olaszliszka, Hajdusamson, Hungary; Toketerebes, Slovakia MULLER -Vis, Hungary ROHT, ROT -Vis, Hungary SCHNITZER,SCHNICZER,NETZER-Abaujszanto, Kobanya Hungary SZEGAL -Hajdunanas, Hungary WEISZ, Weiss -Olaszliszka,Hungary;Maracaibo,Caracas Venezuela WIEZENBERG -Abaujszanto, Hungary
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: Help with town name, please!
#hungary
PGergay@...
In a message dated 1/27/01 3:50:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20
AttilaRona@aol.com writes: <<=20 I think you are the right track. K.V. probably means Kosice Vidiek (Kassa=20 vid=E9ki j=E1r=E1s. >> If I may amplify and "editorialize" a bit on Attila's above comment, he is=20 not only correct (in other words, you can delete "probably" >from his=20 statement), but it is of pivotal significance in geneological/geographical=20 pinpointing if one considers that : " Kassa Videki Jaras" =3D "District of Kassa and Vicinity"=20 There are two things important to keep in mind: The administrative=20 Districts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are not identical to the=20 administrative Districts of current Slovakia. Incidentally, the same goes fo= r=20 all other countries which constituted the old Austro-Hungarian Empire----wit= h=20 the notable exception of Austria and Hungary. In Austria it is essential to=20 think in terms of "Lander" (a couple of new ones have been added after WW I.= )=20 and in Hungary "districts" have fallen into progressive disuse after WW II,=20 until they were eliminated altogether 25-30 years ago by government decree=20 and only counties remain. This is significant because it underlines the=20 occasional, but sometimes immediate, cul-de-sacs one can encounter when usin= g=20 current maps or the Internet... Peter A. Gergay San Francisco,CA
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My name list
#hungary
Susanna Vendel <susanna.vendel@...>
Here is the list of the names I am researching.
The list number 1 containes names on my father's side and originates >from Transylvania. The "root-names" are WEISZ >from Valea lui Mihai (Ermihlayfalva) and WAGNER >from Sighet. The other names are branches. 1.- WEISZ /WEISS- Valea lui Mihai, Salonta, Oradea, Tisztabereg, Csaholc BURGER - Sighet, Carei DAVIDOVITS - Sighet FEHER - Salonta, Oradea HONIG - Pittsburg KLEIN - Valea lui Mihai, Salonta PALLER - Salonta SACHS - Salonta SIMSOVITS - Sighet SPITZER - Hungary UNGVARI - Siofok VARADI - Oradea WAGNER - Sighet The 2nd list is on my mother's side. The "root-names" are R(O)ESSLER rom Zrenjanin (Nagybecskerek), Beograd (former Yougoslavia) and POLITZER/ROSMANN >from Alba Iulia. The other names are branches. 2.-DEIM - Budapest BERGENTHAL - Zrenjanin, Beograd RESSLER- Zrenjanin, Beograd ROSSLER - Budapest FEKETE - Budapest POLITZER - Alba Iulia, Budapest ROSMANN - Alba Iulia, Budapest Regards to all Susanna Vendel, Stockholm
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Hungary SIG #Hungary My name list
#hungary
Susanna Vendel <susanna.vendel@...>
Here is the list of the names I am researching.
The list number 1 containes names on my father's side and originates >from Transylvania. The "root-names" are WEISZ >from Valea lui Mihai (Ermihlayfalva) and WAGNER >from Sighet. The other names are branches. 1.- WEISZ /WEISS- Valea lui Mihai, Salonta, Oradea, Tisztabereg, Csaholc BURGER - Sighet, Carei DAVIDOVITS - Sighet FEHER - Salonta, Oradea HONIG - Pittsburg KLEIN - Valea lui Mihai, Salonta PALLER - Salonta SACHS - Salonta SIMSOVITS - Sighet SPITZER - Hungary UNGVARI - Siofok VARADI - Oradea WAGNER - Sighet The 2nd list is on my mother's side. The "root-names" are R(O)ESSLER rom Zrenjanin (Nagybecskerek), Beograd (former Yougoslavia) and POLITZER/ROSMANN >from Alba Iulia. The other names are branches. 2.-DEIM - Budapest BERGENTHAL - Zrenjanin, Beograd RESSLER- Zrenjanin, Beograd ROSSLER - Budapest FEKETE - Budapest POLITZER - Alba Iulia, Budapest ROSMANN - Alba Iulia, Budapest Regards to all Susanna Vendel, Stockholm
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GARTENFELD
#hungary
CASHEL3776@...
Researching:
GARTENFELD b: Bef. 1800 d: in Tolcsva, Zemplen, Budapest & Karansebes, Hungary United States & Israel Ley K. O'Connor
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Hungary SIG #Hungary GARTENFELD
#hungary
CASHEL3776@...
Researching:
GARTENFELD b: Bef. 1800 d: in Tolcsva, Zemplen, Budapest & Karansebes, Hungary United States & Israel Ley K. O'Connor
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My Introduction: From John Michael Cluskey and Sheila Marie Tevara
#general
Sheila <s.tevara@...>
from John Michael Cluskey and Sheila Marie TevaraHello, My name is Sheila and I am a Newbie to Genealogical Research. I will be researching the surnames: CLUSKEY FITZGERALD AKENS DAVIS Anyone that is currently researching any of these names please feel free to send me and the list an email. Also, any hints or tips you would like to give me would be greatly appreciated. I will be relying on the "net" a great deal as the cost of petrol here in England is outrageous. Thank you for your time and I look forward to joining the search with all of you. Cheers! Sheila from John Michael Cluskey and Sheila Marie TevaraMODERATOR NOTE: Be sure to read the JewishGen FAQ at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/faq.html and explore the InfoFiles at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/ , where you will find much information to help you on your way.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen My Introduction: From John Michael Cluskey and Sheila Marie Tevara
#general
Sheila <s.tevara@...>
from John Michael Cluskey and Sheila Marie TevaraHello, My name is Sheila and I am a Newbie to Genealogical Research. I will be researching the surnames: CLUSKEY FITZGERALD AKENS DAVIS Anyone that is currently researching any of these names please feel free to send me and the list an email. Also, any hints or tips you would like to give me would be greatly appreciated. I will be relying on the "net" a great deal as the cost of petrol here in England is outrageous. Thank you for your time and I look forward to joining the search with all of you. Cheers! Sheila from John Michael Cluskey and Sheila Marie TevaraMODERATOR NOTE: Be sure to read the JewishGen FAQ at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/faq.html and explore the InfoFiles at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/ , where you will find much information to help you on your way.
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Name of Chief Rabbi of Minsk 1901
#general
Louise Jamieson <louise@...>
Does anyone know the name of the Chief Rabbi of the town of
Minsk c.1901? Or does anyone know where I might find this information? I believe he was the Uncle of my g-grandfather - Lev NOVOGRUDSKY, whom at this time was his assistant. With many thanks, Louise Glasspoole Louise@ljamieson.fsnet.co.uk
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Name of main talmudical seminary in Minsk?
#general
Louise Jamieson <louise@...>
Hi,
Does anyone know the name of what was the main talmudical seminary in the town of Minsk c.1894? Or, where might I find such information/records? It is believed my g-grandfather attended this at the age of 11. The quest continues... with great thanks, Louise Glasspoole Louise@ljamieson.fsnet.co.uk
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Looking for Belarus Town
#general
Diane Frankel <dlfrankel@...>
Dear JGenners,
I have a manifest in which the birth town is listed and it looks like "Loslawsky". I know that it has to be in Minsk Gubernia and it can't be far >from Uzlany, Belarus. The D-M soundex is 848745., according to the spelling above. I can't find the town. Any suggestions? D Diane Pressman Frankel North Miami Beach, FL dlfrankel@mindspring.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Name of Chief Rabbi of Minsk 1901
#general
Louise Jamieson <louise@...>
Does anyone know the name of the Chief Rabbi of the town of
Minsk c.1901? Or does anyone know where I might find this information? I believe he was the Uncle of my g-grandfather - Lev NOVOGRUDSKY, whom at this time was his assistant. With many thanks, Louise Glasspoole Louise@ljamieson.fsnet.co.uk
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Name of main talmudical seminary in Minsk?
#general
Louise Jamieson <louise@...>
Hi,
Does anyone know the name of what was the main talmudical seminary in the town of Minsk c.1894? Or, where might I find such information/records? It is believed my g-grandfather attended this at the age of 11. The quest continues... with great thanks, Louise Glasspoole Louise@ljamieson.fsnet.co.uk
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for Belarus Town
#general
Diane Frankel <dlfrankel@...>
Dear JGenners,
I have a manifest in which the birth town is listed and it looks like "Loslawsky". I know that it has to be in Minsk Gubernia and it can't be far >from Uzlany, Belarus. The D-M soundex is 848745., according to the spelling above. I can't find the town. Any suggestions? D Diane Pressman Frankel North Miami Beach, FL dlfrankel@mindspring.com
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