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Dembova Buda in Suwalk
#belarus
Carlos Glikson
Ava Sweeney asked if anyone had heard of "Dembova Buda in Suwalk"
A search in JewishGen's ShtetlSeeker http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm for Dembova gives two Dambava in today´s Lithuania. (would any SIGger know if Buda has a geographical meaning? ) One is about 6 miles E NE of Marijampole - coordinates 5436 2333. - and according to www.mapquest.com it is very small. Mapquest shows the place marked with a red star, no name, near a crossroads. This is the link >from ShtetlSeeker in JewishGen to Mapquest for this first Dambava: http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/mapquest.pl?&;lat=546000&lng=235500 The other Dambava is on the road >from Siauliai to Panevezys, about 45 miles N of Kaunas, and further away >from Suwalki (in today's Poland, near the Lithuanian border and Marijampole). Ava, maybe since you are researching "Lasdaisky >from ? Suwalk" you will be tempted to look at a "place in the neighbourhood": The first Dambava is about 15 miles north of Lazdijai (Lazdiyay, Lazdyyay) , pronounced by my late father approximately like "lass-day". Probably some people coming >from Lazdijai would have taken the name Lasdaisky. Hope this helps, Carlos GLIKSON Buenos Aires, Argentina Searchingfor: GLIKSON, GLICKSON, GLUCKSOHN, GLUECKSOHN (Suwalki, Marijampole, Augustow, Sejny, Sopotkin, Koenigsberg) -/- ALPEROVICH, ALPEROWICZ (Kremenchug, Vilnius) -/- POKROISKY, POKROJSKI, POKROY (Suwalki, Seirijai) -/- HOLLANDERSKY, HOLLENDERSKI, HOLLANDER (Suwalki,Seirijai, Lomza) -/- TARNOPOLSKY, TARNOPOL (Kremenchug, Kharkov) -/- FELCHINSKY (Kremenchug, Vilnius) -/- KARP (Grodno) -/- GOLUMBIEWSKY, GOLOMB (?) -/- KRASNAPOLSKY(?) -----
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Dembova Buda in Suwalk
#belarus
Carlos Glikson
Ava Sweeney asked if anyone had heard of "Dembova Buda in Suwalk"
A search in JewishGen's ShtetlSeeker http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm for Dembova gives two Dambava in today´s Lithuania. (would any SIGger know if Buda has a geographical meaning? ) One is about 6 miles E NE of Marijampole - coordinates 5436 2333. - and according to www.mapquest.com it is very small. Mapquest shows the place marked with a red star, no name, near a crossroads. This is the link >from ShtetlSeeker in JewishGen to Mapquest for this first Dambava: http://www.jewishgen.org/cgi-bin/mapquest.pl?&;lat=546000&lng=235500 The other Dambava is on the road >from Siauliai to Panevezys, about 45 miles N of Kaunas, and further away >from Suwalki (in today's Poland, near the Lithuanian border and Marijampole). Ava, maybe since you are researching "Lasdaisky >from ? Suwalk" you will be tempted to look at a "place in the neighbourhood": The first Dambava is about 15 miles north of Lazdijai (Lazdiyay, Lazdyyay) , pronounced by my late father approximately like "lass-day". Probably some people coming >from Lazdijai would have taken the name Lasdaisky. Hope this helps, Carlos GLIKSON Buenos Aires, Argentina Searchingfor: GLIKSON, GLICKSON, GLUCKSOHN, GLUECKSOHN (Suwalki, Marijampole, Augustow, Sejny, Sopotkin, Koenigsberg) -/- ALPEROVICH, ALPEROWICZ (Kremenchug, Vilnius) -/- POKROISKY, POKROJSKI, POKROY (Suwalki, Seirijai) -/- HOLLANDERSKY, HOLLENDERSKI, HOLLANDER (Suwalki,Seirijai, Lomza) -/- TARNOPOLSKY, TARNOPOL (Kremenchug, Kharkov) -/- FELCHINSKY (Kremenchug, Vilnius) -/- KARP (Grodno) -/- GOLUMBIEWSKY, GOLOMB (?) -/- KRASNAPOLSKY(?) -----
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access to old Long Island telephone directories
#general
Renee Steinig <rsteinig@...>
Anne Budlender wrote...
Does anyone have easy access to a telephone directory forTelephone directories are published for each of Long Island's two counties--Nassau and Suffolk. Hicksville is in Nassau, the county to the west. According to the "Directory of Long Island Libraries and Media Centers," these libraries have Nassau phone books >from 1913 to the present: Great Neck Library http://www.nassaulibrary.org/gneck/ Long Island Studies Institute http://www.hofstra.edu/Libraries/Axinn/axinn_long_island_studies.cfm Suffolk books >from 1910 on are available, via local libraries, from theSuffolk Cooperative Library System Good collections of both Nassau and Suffolk books are available at Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division http://www.queenslibrary.org/central/longisland/index.asp New York Public Library http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/research.html Renee Renee Stern Steinig Dix Hills (Long Island) NY RSteinig@suffolk.lib.ny.us - Are you a Long Islander? Have family >from Long Island? - If your family tree doesn't fall far >from the Big Apple, - contact the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island - < JGSLI@suffolk.lib.ny.us > - for meeting and membership information.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen access to old Long Island telephone directories
#general
Renee Steinig <rsteinig@...>
Anne Budlender wrote...
Does anyone have easy access to a telephone directory forTelephone directories are published for each of Long Island's two counties--Nassau and Suffolk. Hicksville is in Nassau, the county to the west. According to the "Directory of Long Island Libraries and Media Centers," these libraries have Nassau phone books >from 1913 to the present: Great Neck Library http://www.nassaulibrary.org/gneck/ Long Island Studies Institute http://www.hofstra.edu/Libraries/Axinn/axinn_long_island_studies.cfm Suffolk books >from 1910 on are available, via local libraries, from theSuffolk Cooperative Library System Good collections of both Nassau and Suffolk books are available at Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division http://www.queenslibrary.org/central/longisland/index.asp New York Public Library http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/research.html Renee Renee Stern Steinig Dix Hills (Long Island) NY RSteinig@suffolk.lib.ny.us - Are you a Long Islander? Have family >from Long Island? - If your family tree doesn't fall far >from the Big Apple, - contact the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island - < JGSLI@suffolk.lib.ny.us > - for meeting and membership information.
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unreadable passenger list
#general
Myra S. Davis <myrabokpg@...>
Hello all,
I have a question. (so what else is new?) I finally received my uncle's passenger list >from NARA and it is a terrible copy. They had even stamped it with "Best Copy Available" If they had not marked the name in red pen I would not have been able to see it. This is for the S.S. Oceanic sailing >from Liverpool to New York arrived Oct. 3, 1906. My question is can someone tell me the headings on these pages starting with the name of the passenger and going right so maybe I can figure out what it says.I can make out a few such as married or single, occupation But where it says how much money I can't read it or who they were going to see. How is it possible to get a cleaner copy of this? Thanks for any help. Myra Myra Davis, Tucson, AZ myrabokpg@juno.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen unreadable passenger list
#general
Myra S. Davis <myrabokpg@...>
Hello all,
I have a question. (so what else is new?) I finally received my uncle's passenger list >from NARA and it is a terrible copy. They had even stamped it with "Best Copy Available" If they had not marked the name in red pen I would not have been able to see it. This is for the S.S. Oceanic sailing >from Liverpool to New York arrived Oct. 3, 1906. My question is can someone tell me the headings on these pages starting with the name of the passenger and going right so maybe I can figure out what it says.I can make out a few such as married or single, occupation But where it says how much money I can't read it or who they were going to see. How is it possible to get a cleaner copy of this? Thanks for any help. Myra Myra Davis, Tucson, AZ myrabokpg@juno.com
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The Jewish Victorian
#belarus
Sheldon Dinoff <sdinoff@...>
If anyone has a copy of the following book:
The Jewish Victorian Genealogical Information >from the Jewish Newspapers 1871-80 transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger ISBN 1 899536 38 8 Please write to me privately: mailto:sdinoff@hotmail.com Sheldon Dinoff Fox River Grove, IL sdinoff@hotmail.com http://go.to/dinoff/ Researching DINOFF and DAINOW
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Belarus SIG #Belarus The Jewish Victorian
#belarus
Sheldon Dinoff <sdinoff@...>
If anyone has a copy of the following book:
The Jewish Victorian Genealogical Information >from the Jewish Newspapers 1871-80 transcribed and edited by Doreen Berger ISBN 1 899536 38 8 Please write to me privately: mailto:sdinoff@hotmail.com Sheldon Dinoff Fox River Grove, IL sdinoff@hotmail.com http://go.to/dinoff/ Researching DINOFF and DAINOW
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Seeking GOLDBERG
#belarus
FREYAB@...
Hello Fellow Genners,
I am seeking information on Hirsch GOLDBERG who lived in Chicago in the 1890's. He belonged to Congregation Ansche Suvalk, so I 'assume' he originated >from that area before he came to the U.S.. If any of this rings a bell, please contact me at FREYAB@aol.com. Freya BLITSTEIN MASLOV Morton Grove, Il
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Seeking GOLDBERG
#belarus
FREYAB@...
Hello Fellow Genners,
I am seeking information on Hirsch GOLDBERG who lived in Chicago in the 1890's. He belonged to Congregation Ansche Suvalk, so I 'assume' he originated >from that area before he came to the U.S.. If any of this rings a bell, please contact me at FREYAB@aol.com. Freya BLITSTEIN MASLOV Morton Grove, Il
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Re: Mutilation to avoid Conscription
#belarus
Baruch Pinnick <bpinnick@...>
I wouldn't readily dismiss stories about parents mutilating their
children to avoid conscription in the Czar's army. I've served in the Israeli army and heard of RARE cases in which young conscripts, usually disturbed, shot themselves in the foot (or similar) to get out. (I've never heard of Israeli parents mutilating their children, however!) The phenomenon probably exists wherever military service is compulsory. Considering the horror stories I've read about the Czar's army - conscription for up to 20 or 30 years, antisemitism, you name it - and comparing it to the rather benign Israeli army, I could well imagine parents performing this admittedly rather disturbing act for the better of their children. Baruch Pinnick
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: Mutilation to avoid Conscription
#belarus
Baruch Pinnick <bpinnick@...>
I wouldn't readily dismiss stories about parents mutilating their
children to avoid conscription in the Czar's army. I've served in the Israeli army and heard of RARE cases in which young conscripts, usually disturbed, shot themselves in the foot (or similar) to get out. (I've never heard of Israeli parents mutilating their children, however!) The phenomenon probably exists wherever military service is compulsory. Considering the horror stories I've read about the Czar's army - conscription for up to 20 or 30 years, antisemitism, you name it - and comparing it to the rather benign Israeli army, I could well imagine parents performing this admittedly rather disturbing act for the better of their children. Baruch Pinnick
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Re: Voter Registrations, Cook County, ILL 1910 - 1940
#general
Rechtman <rechtman@...>
Can someone tell me where I would find Voter Registration Records forYes. Write to to Board of Election Commissioners, Room 308, City Hall, Chicago IL 60602 fax (312) 263-3649 tel 312-269-7900. Only thing is verify the area code... this might have changed . Good luck! Yigal Rechtman rechtman@aol.com
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Re: Obtaining Form SS-5 without a Social Security Number
#general
Rechtman <rechtman@...>
Has anyone tried to obtain a Form SS-5 without supplying the applicant'sAnswers to this and many other questions about Social Security are available at a SSA / Genealogy FAQ online. Visit www.rechtman.com for the site (its a commercial free site.) Good luck! Yigal Rechtman rechtman@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Voter Registrations, Cook County, ILL 1910 - 1940
#general
Rechtman <rechtman@...>
Can someone tell me where I would find Voter Registration Records forYes. Write to to Board of Election Commissioners, Room 308, City Hall, Chicago IL 60602 fax (312) 263-3649 tel 312-269-7900. Only thing is verify the area code... this might have changed . Good luck! Yigal Rechtman rechtman@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Obtaining Form SS-5 without a Social Security Number
#general
Rechtman <rechtman@...>
Has anyone tried to obtain a Form SS-5 without supplying the applicant'sAnswers to this and many other questions about Social Security are available at a SSA / Genealogy FAQ online. Visit www.rechtman.com for the site (its a commercial free site.) Good luck! Yigal Rechtman rechtman@aol.com
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Marriage or naturalization records
#belarus
Marshall Paisner <paisner@...>
In 1905 My Grandfather arrived with 2 brothers and his 3 year old
daughter. At Ellis Island their name became "Paisner". In interviewing family members I got varied clues of where they were from. These include "Kiyev, Ukraine or Minsk, Belarus, krazenstart, Moliva Gabernia. One brother remained in Belarus. His name was Nacham. We think the original name was Pevsner. but I am not yet convinced this is true. Where does one find marriage or, naturalization records for the early 1900's? I hope they may have a clue as to the original city in Belarus. Any comments would be appreciated. Marshall Paisner 20 Seagate Drive Naples, FL 34103 941-434-2071 mailto:paisner@earthlink.net http://www.home.earthlink.net/~paisner
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Re: Social Security and citizenship
#general
Rechtman <rechtman@...>
Similarly, my father obtained his Social Security card the year weFor detailed information about Social Security and Genealogy refer to www.rechtman.com There is a FAQ online. Yigal Rechtman
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Marriage or naturalization records
#belarus
Marshall Paisner <paisner@...>
In 1905 My Grandfather arrived with 2 brothers and his 3 year old
daughter. At Ellis Island their name became "Paisner". In interviewing family members I got varied clues of where they were from. These include "Kiyev, Ukraine or Minsk, Belarus, krazenstart, Moliva Gabernia. One brother remained in Belarus. His name was Nacham. We think the original name was Pevsner. but I am not yet convinced this is true. Where does one find marriage or, naturalization records for the early 1900's? I hope they may have a clue as to the original city in Belarus. Any comments would be appreciated. Marshall Paisner 20 Seagate Drive Naples, FL 34103 941-434-2071 mailto:paisner@earthlink.net http://www.home.earthlink.net/~paisner
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Social Security and citizenship
#general
Rechtman <rechtman@...>
Similarly, my father obtained his Social Security card the year weFor detailed information about Social Security and Genealogy refer to www.rechtman.com There is a FAQ online. Yigal Rechtman
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