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Re: Polish Font for the Mac
#galicia
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
Subject: Polish Font for the MacI have a very nice Polish font for Macintosh computers. I would be happy to send it to anyone who would like a copy. Dan Daniel Kazez <dkazez@mail.wittenberg.edu> Professor of Music / Wittenberg University / Springfield, Ohio USA Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK, BRODA Ukraine: OBERMAN-HOBERMAN-GUBERMAN, LISS, SOBLE-SOBEL, STEIN, AXMAN Turkey: KAZEZ-KAZES, ALHADEF-ELHADEF, FRESKO-FRESCO, HABIB http://userpages.wittenberg.edu/dkazez/fam/ent/fam.html
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Re: galicia digest: February 28, 2001
#galicia
Plutsk@...
In a message dated 03/01/2001 1:05:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, Suzan Wynne
writes: I drafted ashare what I learned over the next week or so in small chunks.Kudos to you, Suzan! I hope, obligations to Avotaynu permitting, that you will consider offering your work to JewishGen as an InfoFile. Steve Gold Detroit area
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Polish Font for the Mac
#galicia
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
Subject: Polish Font for the MacI have a very nice Polish font for Macintosh computers. I would be happy to send it to anyone who would like a copy. Dan Daniel Kazez <dkazez@mail.wittenberg.edu> Professor of Music / Wittenberg University / Springfield, Ohio USA Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK, BRODA Ukraine: OBERMAN-HOBERMAN-GUBERMAN, LISS, SOBLE-SOBEL, STEIN, AXMAN Turkey: KAZEZ-KAZES, ALHADEF-ELHADEF, FRESKO-FRESCO, HABIB http://userpages.wittenberg.edu/dkazez/fam/ent/fam.html
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: galicia digest: February 28, 2001
#galicia
Plutsk@...
In a message dated 03/01/2001 1:05:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, Suzan Wynne
writes: I drafted ashare what I learned over the next week or so in small chunks.Kudos to you, Suzan! I hope, obligations to Avotaynu permitting, that you will consider offering your work to JewishGen as an InfoFile. Steve Gold Detroit area
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Ascendants until Rashi
#general
Micheline Gutmann <michelinegutmann@...>
Sometimes, it is possible to find ascendants until Rashi.
Such a list of ascendants has been published in GenAmi number 13 (october 2000). Micheline GUTMANN, GenAmi michelinegutmann@free.fr http://asso.genami.free.fr
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new e-mail address for GenAmi
#general
Micheline Gutmann <michelinegutmann@...>
Please note my new e-mail address
michelinegutmann@free.fr Micheline GUTMANN, GenAmi, Paris, France MODERATOR NOTE: When changing e-mail addresses, don't forget to change your subscriptions to the Discussion Group and SIGs by subscribing & unsubscribing at http://www.jewishgen.org/listserv/ JGFF members should modify their entries at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ (click on "Modify")
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Ascendants until Rashi
#general
Micheline Gutmann <michelinegutmann@...>
Sometimes, it is possible to find ascendants until Rashi.
Such a list of ascendants has been published in GenAmi number 13 (october 2000). Micheline GUTMANN, GenAmi michelinegutmann@free.fr http://asso.genami.free.fr
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen new e-mail address for GenAmi
#general
Micheline Gutmann <michelinegutmann@...>
Please note my new e-mail address
michelinegutmann@free.fr Micheline GUTMANN, GenAmi, Paris, France MODERATOR NOTE: When changing e-mail addresses, don't forget to change your subscriptions to the Discussion Group and SIGs by subscribing & unsubscribing at http://www.jewishgen.org/listserv/ JGFF members should modify their entries at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ (click on "Modify")
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Rav Zvi Pesach Frank/ Rav Arye Levin
#general
George Farkas <george@...>
Hi,
Does anyone know of a genealogy for Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, one-time chief rabbi of Jerusalem, or his wife Gitta Malka Shapira? Similarly, does anyone know of a genealogy for Rabbi (Arele) Arye Levin who also married a Shapira (who I believe was Gitta Malka Shapira's sister)? The Shapira family is part of my wife's family. George Farkas Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Re: the cost of a transatlantic cruise in 1905
#general
Dennis Haber <dennis@...>
Great site:
Do you know of a similar one for Poland and/or Romania <<In searching the web, I found the following webpage that has very good information. Title: Advice to the immigrant going overseas URL: http://www.btinternet.com/~ablumsohn/immig.htm The information is of general interest, but more specific to Litvaks.>>
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Mandate-Era Palastine Gazateer
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ADAVIS <ADAVIS@...>
Genners-
Does anyone have access to/experience with the Palestine Gazaetter? This was a listing of some 20,000 mostly Jewish immigrants to Palestine published by the mandate government suring the 20's and 30's. It listed these individuals surnames and new "adopted" hebraicized surnames. Please respond privately. Adam Davis Chicago DOBZHEVICH, Pinsk
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rav Zvi Pesach Frank/ Rav Arye Levin
#general
George Farkas <george@...>
Hi,
Does anyone know of a genealogy for Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, one-time chief rabbi of Jerusalem, or his wife Gitta Malka Shapira? Similarly, does anyone know of a genealogy for Rabbi (Arele) Arye Levin who also married a Shapira (who I believe was Gitta Malka Shapira's sister)? The Shapira family is part of my wife's family. George Farkas Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: the cost of a transatlantic cruise in 1905
#general
Dennis Haber <dennis@...>
Great site:
Do you know of a similar one for Poland and/or Romania <<In searching the web, I found the following webpage that has very good information. Title: Advice to the immigrant going overseas URL: http://www.btinternet.com/~ablumsohn/immig.htm The information is of general interest, but more specific to Litvaks.>>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Mandate-Era Palastine Gazateer
#general
ADAVIS <ADAVIS@...>
Genners-
Does anyone have access to/experience with the Palestine Gazaetter? This was a listing of some 20,000 mostly Jewish immigrants to Palestine published by the mandate government suring the 20's and 30's. It listed these individuals surnames and new "adopted" hebraicized surnames. Please respond privately. Adam Davis Chicago DOBZHEVICH, Pinsk
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Re: Wieniawa Records
#poland
RobinnM@...
The Jewish Records Indexing -Poland Project is proud to announce that the
Lublin Archives Project is finishing up the Lublin City records and moving on to the indexing of the Wieniawa records. The years available >from the Lublin branch of the Polish State Archives are 1870-1900, and the cost estimate for completing this work is $550 US. If you have an interest in Wieniawa... now is the time to step forward and contribute to this project. Data cannot be posted on the JRI-Poland website until they are fully funded. Donations of $50 US or more will entitle you to a copy of the EXCEL spreadsheet for Wieniawa when it is available. Donations should be mailed to: Jewish Records Indexing - Poland c/o Sheila Salo, Treasurer 5607 Greenleaf Road Cheverly, MD 20785 USA Contributions should be earmarked for the "Wieniawa Initiative." If you send a check, please write this on the face of the check. Contributions can only be accepted in US Dollars unless you use a VISA credit card. Your VISA will be charged in your local currency; however, please identify the amount of the contribution in US Dollars. Visa contributions may be phoned to Sheila at (301) 341-1261. Or print out the form at: http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/visa.htm by clicking on the VISA Card and fax or mail it to Sheila. The fax number is also (301) 341-1261. (8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Eastern time only, please.) Thanks for your help in this important work. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at: RobinnM@aol.com Best wishes to you for your own Lublin Area research. Mrs. Robinn Magid, Kensington, California Lublin Archives Project Coordinator, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Project RobinnM@aol.com
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: Wieniawa Records
#poland
RobinnM@...
The Jewish Records Indexing -Poland Project is proud to announce that the
Lublin Archives Project is finishing up the Lublin City records and moving on to the indexing of the Wieniawa records. The years available >from the Lublin branch of the Polish State Archives are 1870-1900, and the cost estimate for completing this work is $550 US. If you have an interest in Wieniawa... now is the time to step forward and contribute to this project. Data cannot be posted on the JRI-Poland website until they are fully funded. Donations of $50 US or more will entitle you to a copy of the EXCEL spreadsheet for Wieniawa when it is available. Donations should be mailed to: Jewish Records Indexing - Poland c/o Sheila Salo, Treasurer 5607 Greenleaf Road Cheverly, MD 20785 USA Contributions should be earmarked for the "Wieniawa Initiative." If you send a check, please write this on the face of the check. Contributions can only be accepted in US Dollars unless you use a VISA credit card. Your VISA will be charged in your local currency; however, please identify the amount of the contribution in US Dollars. Visa contributions may be phoned to Sheila at (301) 341-1261. Or print out the form at: http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/visa.htm by clicking on the VISA Card and fax or mail it to Sheila. The fax number is also (301) 341-1261. (8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Eastern time only, please.) Thanks for your help in this important work. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at: RobinnM@aol.com Best wishes to you for your own Lublin Area research. Mrs. Robinn Magid, Kensington, California Lublin Archives Project Coordinator, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Project RobinnM@aol.com
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Advice to Immigrants Going Overseas
#general
Curiousyl@...
To all Jewishgenners and LitvakSiggers interested in my posting :re cost
of crossing the Atlantic1905 [Advice to Immigrants Going Overseas], a JewishGenner - Mark Halpern - found the article thru a search engine. Amazing! <<In a message dated 2/25/01 4:32:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, Rosie@ha97.fsnet.co.uk writes: I have read >from time to time about one route being cheaper than another but cannot remember reading about costs. What did it cost to emigrate to the USA say in 1905? Has any books, articles been written or is this a subject awaiting an author? >> My posting: <This query rang a bell and I searched my old notebooks for a file I remembered. The file was sent to me in my early days of research, February 15, 1995 thru the generosity of GFS Chris, a JewishGen Chat Line Moderator [in those days] and was written by V.K. Rackauskas.Extremely informative, the file title is "Lithuanian Immigrants - 1899-1914, sub-title: Advice to the immigrant going overseas." Paragraph 8 lists cost of Steamship Tickets>> Mark Halpern's posting: <<In searching the web, I found the following webpage that has very good information. Title: Advice to the immigrant going overseas URL: http://www.btinternet.com/~ablumsohn/immig.htm The information is of general interest, but more specific to Litvaks.>> If you encounter a problem accessing the page let me know. I saved the article in my file [for the second time]! Sylvia Furshman Nusinov President Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. Florida
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Zion Mule Corps
#general
SHEILA TOFFELL <toffell@...>
Does anyone know if any enlistment records survive for the Zion Mule Corps?
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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Re: Thanks for Israel Phone Look Up
#general
Tilford Bartman <bartmant@...>
Hello,
I just want to say thank you to everyone who responded to my request for help with a Israel phone look up. Tilford Bartman
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Surname origins - RAK
#general
Steinsteve@...
One of our family surnames was RAK. This was the pre-immigration spelling,
i.e. this is not an Anglicization or a shortening of a longer name. The family lived in Bialystok, and the microfilm birth register record I have found using the JRI-Poland database bears out the spelling. A friend who knows Russian saw the record, and pointed out that in Russian, "RAK" means Cancer the Crab, cancer, and crab (I obviously can't show RAK here in Cyrillic). My question is, could a Bialystok family named RAK have a name derived >from Russian? What is "crab" in Polish, and would it be close enough to Rak to make the Russian/Polish distinction irrelevant? How would a Jewish family have a name meaning "crab"? An odd coincidence, or maybe not, is that the Bialystoker Synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan has a mural on the ceiling of the sanctuary depicting the entire Zodiac. Could there be a connection? Any reasonable, educated opinion is welcome. Steve Stein Highland Park, NJ
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