JewishGen.org Discussion Group FAQs
What is the JewishGen.org Discussion Group?
The JewishGen.org Discussion Group unites thousands of Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide as they research their family history, search for relatives, and share information, ideas, methods, tips, techniques, and resources. The JewishGen.org Discussion Group makes it easy, quick, and fun, to connect with others around the world.
Is it Secure?
Yes. JewishGen is using a state of the art platform with the most contemporary security standards. JewishGen will never share member information with third parties.
How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
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).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
As we continue to modernize our platform, we are trying to ensure that everything meets contemporary security standards. In the future, we plan hope to have one single sign-in page.
I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
Yes. In terms of functionality, the group will operate the same for people who like to participate with email. People can still send a message to an email address (in this case, main@groups.JewishGen.org), and receive a daily digest of postings, or individual emails. In addition, Members can also receive a daily summary of topics, and then choose which topics they would like to read about it. However, in addition to email, there is the additional functionality of being able to read/post messages utilizing our online forum (https://groups.jewishgen.org).
Does this new system require plain-text?
No.
Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
Yes.
Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
Yes! Our new platform allows members to use “Hashtags.” Messages can then be sorted, and searched, based upon how they are categorized. Another advantage is that members can “mute” any conversations they are not interested in, by simply indicating they are not interested in a particular “hashtag.”
Will all posts be archived?
Yes.
Can I still search though old messages?
Yes. All the messages are accessible and searchable going back to 1998.
What if I have questions or need assistance using the new Group?
Send your questions to: support@JewishGen.org
How do I access the Group’s webpage?
Follow this link: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main
So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?
Correct!
Will there be any ads or annoying pop-ups?
No.
Will the current guidelines change?
Yes. While posts will be moderated to ensure civility, and that there is nothing posted that is inappropriate (or completely unrelated to genealogy), we will be trying to create an online community of people who regulate themselves, much as they do (very successfully) on Jewish Genealogy Portal on Facebook.
What are the new guidelines?
There are just a few simple rules & guidelines to follow, which you can read here:https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/guidelines
Thank you in advance for contributing to this amazing online community!
If you have any questions, or suggestions, please email support@JewishGen.org.
Sincerely,
The JewishGen.org Team
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Survival story in Polish
#yizkorbooks
Lance Ackerfeld <lance@...>
Shalom!
I have been approached by the chairman of the Stryj Landsmanshaft in Israel who has a witness's account of a woman, born in Stryj. The material is in Polish and is 10 half-folio pages and describes her fascinating story of survival during the Holocaust. If there is someone out there who can help us get this translated into English, in order for us to place it in the Yizkor Book site, please contact me. All the best, Lance. HTML Coordinator, Yizkor Book Project
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Re: Jedwabne 1941
#yizkorbooks
shaul <shaul@...>
Prof. Jan Gross ( NYU) is speaking on 'Neighbours: The Destruction of the
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Jewish Community in Jedwabne, 1941' on Monday 12 march, 5 pm at Large Physics Lecture Theatre Birkbeck College Malet St Bloomsbury WC1E 7HX London under the auspices of the Wiener Library and the School of History, Classics and Anthropology Dr Saul Issroff London2001 - 21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 8-13 July 2001 www.jewishgen.org/london2001 info.london2001@talk21.com
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From: "Yizkor Project digest" <yizkor@lyris.jewishgen.org> To: "yizkor digest recipients" <yizkor@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 6:01 AM Subject: yizkor digest: March 10, 2001 *** Limited Time Only - Specials Available ***
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks Survival story in Polish
#yizkorbooks
Lance Ackerfeld <lance@...>
Shalom!
I have been approached by the chairman of the Stryj Landsmanshaft in Israel who has a witness's account of a woman, born in Stryj. The material is in Polish and is 10 half-folio pages and describes her fascinating story of survival during the Holocaust. If there is someone out there who can help us get this translated into English, in order for us to place it in the Yizkor Book site, please contact me. All the best, Lance. HTML Coordinator, Yizkor Book Project
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks Re: Jedwabne 1941
#yizkorbooks
shaul <shaul@...>
Prof. Jan Gross ( NYU) is speaking on 'Neighbours: The Destruction of the
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Jewish Community in Jedwabne, 1941' on Monday 12 march, 5 pm at Large Physics Lecture Theatre Birkbeck College Malet St Bloomsbury WC1E 7HX London under the auspices of the Wiener Library and the School of History, Classics and Anthropology Dr Saul Issroff London2001 - 21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 8-13 July 2001 www.jewishgen.org/london2001 info.london2001@talk21.com
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From: "Yizkor Project digest" <yizkor@lyris.jewishgen.org> To: "yizkor digest recipients" <yizkor@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 6:01 AM Subject: yizkor digest: March 10, 2001 *** Limited Time Only - Specials Available ***
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Religious documents
#ukraine
Alex nativel <alvibana@...>
Could you tell me how having some religious documents?
Synagogue? Archives? Thanks for any help. [Alex Nat ??] MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please sign your full name to your message.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Religious documents
#ukraine
Alex nativel <alvibana@...>
Could you tell me how having some religious documents?
Synagogue? Archives? Thanks for any help. [Alex Nat ??] MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please sign your full name to your message.
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new research project
#ukraine
Joyce Field <jfield@...>
Dear Ukraine SIG members:
JewishGen is pleased to announce a major new research initiative. This is something we have been working on for many months with Flo Elman supporting these efforts. Along with the Ukraine SIG, the Research Division is starting the" Odessa Rabbinat Fond Project," which will transliterate the data located in the Odessa Archives from 2000 registers with 1000-2000 names in each register coveringthe years 1846-1920. These registers >from Odessa city cover birth, death, marriage and divorce. Birth registers are >from 1846-47 and 1875-1920. Marriage, divorce, and death registers are >from the years 1854, 1875-1920. The transliteration and data entry into spreadsheets will take place in Odessa and the data will be transmitted electronically to JewishGen. A freely accessible searchable database will be created and housed on the JewishGen databases at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/ and will be incorporated into the All-Ukraine Database. The fields in the database will contain all the information in the original records. This multi-year project, working with the fragile original records which are in Russian Cyrillic and difficult to read, will be expensive, no doubt about it. <g> The costs of transliteration and data entry of 200,000-400,000 names as well as the costs to JewishGen to create and house this massive database need to be covered by donations. To get this underway, a fundraising project has been set up at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Research.html awaiting your donations. All donations through JewishGen-erosity are tax deductible according to law. We have targeted $5,000 as the amount needed before we can actually begin work, Please be as generous as you can. The people in Odessa are ready to begin immediately. There is much more research material available to us if we can raise the funds. Joyce Field JewishGen Vice President, Research jfield@jewishgen.org
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine new research project
#ukraine
Joyce Field <jfield@...>
Dear Ukraine SIG members:
JewishGen is pleased to announce a major new research initiative. This is something we have been working on for many months with Flo Elman supporting these efforts. Along with the Ukraine SIG, the Research Division is starting the" Odessa Rabbinat Fond Project," which will transliterate the data located in the Odessa Archives from 2000 registers with 1000-2000 names in each register coveringthe years 1846-1920. These registers >from Odessa city cover birth, death, marriage and divorce. Birth registers are >from 1846-47 and 1875-1920. Marriage, divorce, and death registers are >from the years 1854, 1875-1920. The transliteration and data entry into spreadsheets will take place in Odessa and the data will be transmitted electronically to JewishGen. A freely accessible searchable database will be created and housed on the JewishGen databases at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/ and will be incorporated into the All-Ukraine Database. The fields in the database will contain all the information in the original records. This multi-year project, working with the fragile original records which are in Russian Cyrillic and difficult to read, will be expensive, no doubt about it. <g> The costs of transliteration and data entry of 200,000-400,000 names as well as the costs to JewishGen to create and house this massive database need to be covered by donations. To get this underway, a fundraising project has been set up at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Research.html awaiting your donations. All donations through JewishGen-erosity are tax deductible according to law. We have targeted $5,000 as the amount needed before we can actually begin work, Please be as generous as you can. The people in Odessa are ready to begin immediately. There is much more research material available to us if we can raise the funds. Joyce Field JewishGen Vice President, Research jfield@jewishgen.org
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Re: Is Surica a Jewish firstname ?
#general
I.Weiss/z
Surica
Sura= Sarah plus a suffix of endearment = Surica I think this is it Meir mailto:i.weiss@sympatico.ca [ICQ:13912005]
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Is Surica a Jewish firstname ?
#general
I.Weiss/z
Surica
Sura= Sarah plus a suffix of endearment = Surica I think this is it Meir mailto:i.weiss@sympatico.ca [ICQ:13912005]
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Re: First name Alitcha...a male name
#belarus
Ruth Hyman <rhyman@...>
This could be Elisha if a man's name-a biblical prophet.
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Ruth Hyman Rockville Centre, NY
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Re: First name Alitcha?
#belarus
Ruth Hyman <rhyman@...>
The Hebrew would be Elisheva if that's the right Hebrew name. I'm not
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convinced it is. Ruth Hyman Rockville Centre,NY
Belarus SIG Webpage: <http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus>;
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: First name Alitcha...a male name
#belarus
Ruth Hyman <rhyman@...>
This could be Elisha if a man's name-a biblical prophet.
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Ruth Hyman Rockville Centre, NY
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: First name Alitcha?
#belarus
Ruth Hyman <rhyman@...>
The Hebrew would be Elisheva if that's the right Hebrew name. I'm not
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convinced it is. Ruth Hyman Rockville Centre,NY
Belarus SIG Webpage: <http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus>;
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Is Surica a Jewish firstname ?
#general
Francois Chetreanu <francois.chetreanu@...>
Hello,
My great grandmother firstname was Surica. It seems that in France she was called Sarah. But I wonder if Surica is actually Jewish. She was born in Romania. Does anyone have heard about this firstname ? regards, Francois Chetreanu Cherbourg / France
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Dov LEIVITIN
#general
Francois Chetreanu <francois.chetreanu@...>
Dear Genners,
I'm looking for relatives of Dov LEIVITIN (or LEVITIN). from september 1923 until January 1925, Dov assisted the rabbiHaim BARRAS in Cherbourg in helping Jewish emigrants. At that time Dov was a student. He left Cherbourg for USA in 1925 Francois Chetreanu Cherbourg / France
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Need address & phone # for Toronto & Montreal, Canada
#general
Evie000@...
Family member in Russia is trying to find a relative living in
Canada. Would appreciate it very much if you could help me. Name of the man is Suhodrev Efim Danilovich in Toronto or Montreal, Canada. Thanks once again for your help. E Mail Privately to Evie0000@aol.com Evelyn Yager, Downingtown, Pa.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Is Surica a Jewish firstname ?
#general
Francois Chetreanu <francois.chetreanu@...>
Hello,
My great grandmother firstname was Surica. It seems that in France she was called Sarah. But I wonder if Surica is actually Jewish. She was born in Romania. Does anyone have heard about this firstname ? regards, Francois Chetreanu Cherbourg / France
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Dov LEIVITIN
#general
Francois Chetreanu <francois.chetreanu@...>
Dear Genners,
I'm looking for relatives of Dov LEIVITIN (or LEVITIN). from september 1923 until January 1925, Dov assisted the rabbiHaim BARRAS in Cherbourg in helping Jewish emigrants. At that time Dov was a student. He left Cherbourg for USA in 1925 Francois Chetreanu Cherbourg / France
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Need address & phone # for Toronto & Montreal, Canada
#general
Evie000@...
Family member in Russia is trying to find a relative living in
Canada. Would appreciate it very much if you could help me. Name of the man is Suhodrev Efim Danilovich in Toronto or Montreal, Canada. Thanks once again for your help. E Mail Privately to Evie0000@aol.com Evelyn Yager, Downingtown, Pa.
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