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Archives in Uzhgorod
#hungary
IsraelP <zach4v6@...>
We are looking for some Galician records which may be in Uzhgorod.
Does anyone have experience trying to get records them by correspondence. Considering that it's in present day Ukraine, but quite close to Hungary, Slovakia and Rumania, what are our chances to communicate with them efficiently in English or Polish? Israel Pickholtz Moderator: We've received reports that there are records in Uzhorod >from areas of Ung megye that are in presentday Slovakia and the other parts of Ung, eastward of Ungvar, that are now in the Ukraine. Please respond directly if you have recommendations on researchers who have worked in the Uzhorod archives. VK
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Archives in Uzhgorod
#hungary
IsraelP <zach4v6@...>
We are looking for some Galician records which may be in Uzhgorod.
Does anyone have experience trying to get records them by correspondence. Considering that it's in present day Ukraine, but quite close to Hungary, Slovakia and Rumania, what are our chances to communicate with them efficiently in English or Polish? Israel Pickholtz Moderator: We've received reports that there are records in Uzhorod >from areas of Ung megye that are in presentday Slovakia and the other parts of Ung, eastward of Ungvar, that are now in the Ukraine. Please respond directly if you have recommendations on researchers who have worked in the Uzhorod archives. VK
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"Stray" documents to share
#general
Gertrude Singer Ogushwitz <gsogush@...>
I have "stray" documents to give away to the first person who requests one
or all. These items are not (unfortunately) related to my research: 1. NATHAN, Samuel, snapshot of tombstone, b.1858; interred 30 Nov 1925, Riverside Cemetery, Roselle Park, Lodi, NJ. 2. SIMONS, Samuel. Petition, Surrogate's Court, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY: Names include COHEN: Samuel, Rachel, Cecilia; WOLFF: Lillian, Gertrude, Seymour, Ira, Myron; SIMON: Harry V.; Joseph E.; Julia V. Leo P.; Peter P. "Leo P. and Peter P. are infants over age 14" 3.SIMONOVITZ, Isidore, SIMONOVITZ, Jack, and SIMON, Jack: Proceeding for Letters of Administration, estate of (Isidore, Jack and Jack); d. 8 Dec 1961, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. Also listed: SIMON: Arthur; Herman P; Alfred; Nate. Also SIMONOWITZ, Gertrude; MILLER, Penny; and SBINOWITZ, Beatrice. (sic) 4. SIMON aka SHEINOK, Israel, Brooklyn, NY. d. 12 Jan 1933, citizen of Poland. Other given names: Harry, Solomon, Frieda TEISCH, Minnie TUGENDER, August SIMON. 5. SIMON, Wolf David Ephraimov, his wife, Rivka (Rebecca) and children of Kovno: translation of foreign passport, last date shown, 5 April 1892. 6. FEINBERG births, UK a. Eva FEINBERG, b. 14 Mar 1895, Liverpool. Parents Morris and Fanny (nee Meyer). b. Wolf COHEN, b.20 Oct 1891, Leeds, Parents Abraham and Ethel (nee Sholeman) c. Wolf COHEN, b.24 May 1892, Leeds, Parents Simon and Hannah (nee Isaac) 7. SINGER, Julius, b.ca.1894, application for a passport, 1925. b. Kaminitz Podolsk. Witnesses: Benjamin Narkovsky; Hayman Bloomfield. (From Russian Consular Records.) 8. SINGER, Sigmund, upholsterer. Index card, Intention, Application and Oath of Allegiance. Naturalized 22 JUN 1866, NY. Former nationality: "Emperor of Austria" (sic). Witness: Edward KOHN, NY, jeweler. 9. SINGER, Sigmund, manufacturer. Index card: Naturalization: 25 JUN 1891, NY and Oath of Allegiance. Former nationality: "Emperor of Austria" (sic). Witness: NATTENHEIMER, Meyer, merchant. 10. SINGER, Sigmund, certificate of Intention, NY, 23 Oct 1880. Gertrude Gertrude SINGER OGUSHWITZ Storrs, CT <gsogush@snet.net>
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Searching for SMITHs of St. Louis in New York?
#general
Daniel S. Katz <dsk@...>
Hi,
I'm looking for some second and third cousins: Hilda Smith, born in St. Louis, married Bud Barge, son Marc. Hilda died in Queens in 1994. I'm trying to find Bud, Marc, or any other family. Sylvia Smith, Hilda's sister, married Irv Feldman, moved to New York?, 3 sons, Louis, Marc, unknown. Again, I'm interested in contacting anyone in this family. Hilda and Sylvia's father was Max Smith, who was a brother of my great-grandfather. Please respond privately to dsk@lugh.cacr.caltech.edu Thanks, Dan Katz Pasadena, CA
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Seeking Arnona Judith MARENOFF EISENBERG
#general
M. Ronn
A friend of mine is seeking his second cousin, Arnona Judith MARENOFF, who
married a man named EISENBERG. Arnona's father, Shlomo MARENOFF, was a professor in Detroit, Michigan. She was born in the ealry 1930s, presumably in Boston. She had two daughters probably born in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Thank you for your assistance, Michoel Ronn (netronn@hotmail.com) Brooklyn, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen "Stray" documents to share
#general
Gertrude Singer Ogushwitz <gsogush@...>
I have "stray" documents to give away to the first person who requests one
or all. These items are not (unfortunately) related to my research: 1. NATHAN, Samuel, snapshot of tombstone, b.1858; interred 30 Nov 1925, Riverside Cemetery, Roselle Park, Lodi, NJ. 2. SIMONS, Samuel. Petition, Surrogate's Court, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY: Names include COHEN: Samuel, Rachel, Cecilia; WOLFF: Lillian, Gertrude, Seymour, Ira, Myron; SIMON: Harry V.; Joseph E.; Julia V. Leo P.; Peter P. "Leo P. and Peter P. are infants over age 14" 3.SIMONOVITZ, Isidore, SIMONOVITZ, Jack, and SIMON, Jack: Proceeding for Letters of Administration, estate of (Isidore, Jack and Jack); d. 8 Dec 1961, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. Also listed: SIMON: Arthur; Herman P; Alfred; Nate. Also SIMONOWITZ, Gertrude; MILLER, Penny; and SBINOWITZ, Beatrice. (sic) 4. SIMON aka SHEINOK, Israel, Brooklyn, NY. d. 12 Jan 1933, citizen of Poland. Other given names: Harry, Solomon, Frieda TEISCH, Minnie TUGENDER, August SIMON. 5. SIMON, Wolf David Ephraimov, his wife, Rivka (Rebecca) and children of Kovno: translation of foreign passport, last date shown, 5 April 1892. 6. FEINBERG births, UK a. Eva FEINBERG, b. 14 Mar 1895, Liverpool. Parents Morris and Fanny (nee Meyer). b. Wolf COHEN, b.20 Oct 1891, Leeds, Parents Abraham and Ethel (nee Sholeman) c. Wolf COHEN, b.24 May 1892, Leeds, Parents Simon and Hannah (nee Isaac) 7. SINGER, Julius, b.ca.1894, application for a passport, 1925. b. Kaminitz Podolsk. Witnesses: Benjamin Narkovsky; Hayman Bloomfield. (From Russian Consular Records.) 8. SINGER, Sigmund, upholsterer. Index card, Intention, Application and Oath of Allegiance. Naturalized 22 JUN 1866, NY. Former nationality: "Emperor of Austria" (sic). Witness: Edward KOHN, NY, jeweler. 9. SINGER, Sigmund, manufacturer. Index card: Naturalization: 25 JUN 1891, NY and Oath of Allegiance. Former nationality: "Emperor of Austria" (sic). Witness: NATTENHEIMER, Meyer, merchant. 10. SINGER, Sigmund, certificate of Intention, NY, 23 Oct 1880. Gertrude Gertrude SINGER OGUSHWITZ Storrs, CT <gsogush@snet.net>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching for SMITHs of St. Louis in New York?
#general
Daniel S. Katz <dsk@...>
Hi,
I'm looking for some second and third cousins: Hilda Smith, born in St. Louis, married Bud Barge, son Marc. Hilda died in Queens in 1994. I'm trying to find Bud, Marc, or any other family. Sylvia Smith, Hilda's sister, married Irv Feldman, moved to New York?, 3 sons, Louis, Marc, unknown. Again, I'm interested in contacting anyone in this family. Hilda and Sylvia's father was Max Smith, who was a brother of my great-grandfather. Please respond privately to dsk@lugh.cacr.caltech.edu Thanks, Dan Katz Pasadena, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking Arnona Judith MARENOFF EISENBERG
#general
M. Ronn
A friend of mine is seeking his second cousin, Arnona Judith MARENOFF, who
married a man named EISENBERG. Arnona's father, Shlomo MARENOFF, was a professor in Detroit, Michigan. She was born in the ealry 1930s, presumably in Boston. She had two daughters probably born in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Thank you for your assistance, Michoel Ronn (netronn@hotmail.com) Brooklyn, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Anatevka & Yehupets
#general
shirley pencer <scpencer@...>
Dear Group Members:
The question of the real name of Sholom Aleichem's fictional Anatevka has come up as a topic of another discussion group, with several different replies; I am posting my reply as it is of interest to the Ukraine SIG. While looking through one of the Shtetl Finder books, I came across the notations that Sholom Aleichem referred to existing places in the Ukraine with pseudonyms. The fictional name of Yehupets was his name for Kiev; the town of Anatevka was his name for Boyarka. I was intrigued, as my maternal ancestors come >from Boyarka, found on contemporary maps, just southwest of Kiev, in the Kievskaya Oblast. If anyone has any information on this place, I would be grateful to learn of it. I am seeking vital records, which appear to have survived from Boyarka. A Soviet emigre relative accessed his mother's birth certificate of 1902 >from somewhere near there in 1978, but couldn't specify how or where. Also, if anyone could advise how to contact the Boyerke Landmanschaften listed in the cemeteries of Long Island, would be very helpful in my research. Shirley Pencer now in Long Island, NY Researching: Relative who emigrated in the early 1900's MEDVEDOVSKY-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec,Canada SACHNOVICH-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec, Canada DALIS-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec, Canada BLITZSTEIN-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec, Canada PENCER/PANCER-PANTZER--Jelna,Rayshi District,Galicia-London Eng.- Montreal ,Qc GREEN/variant--Posen, Prussia/Poznan,Poland-London,Eng-Wales [surname list edited to allowable 6 lines.]
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Re: Intended location for Anatevka (from Fiddler on the Roof)
#belarus
LenLW <lenlw@...>
Intended location for Anatevka (>from Fiddler on the Roof)Actually, Sholom Aleichem never wrote of Anatevka. The village he wrote about was Kasrilevke. Anatevka was a name made up by Joseph Stein who wrote the book for the show. Leonard Nadler Silver Spring, MD Len
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Death at sea
#general
DStern13@...
During my research I have come across a question which I can not answer:
When a Jewish passenger / sailor died at sea on long routes what happened to his (her) body? Gentiles received a sea funeral, but what about the Jews? Can someone help? Thank you!! David Stern (DStern13@aol.com)
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Looking for Osher BLEICH listed on family finder from Stropkov, Slovakia
#general
George
Hello,
I tried to contact Osher Bleich listed on the Jewish Gen website but my email did not go through. I am curious to contact him because my great-grandfather was named Osher Bleich. His family >from Stropkov, Slovakia. Does anyone know how I can reach him? George Frankel Researching: Turner: Kalwariya, Oswiecim, Mszana Dolna, Krakow, Berlin, Nowe Sacz, Nowe Targ, Poland; Czeckoslavakia Fisch (Fisz): Tarnow, Brzostek, Radgosczc, Dobrowa, Poland Moravska Ostrava, Czech; Beller/Zell: Boiberke (Bobrka), Ukraine; Vienna, Austria; Brooklyn, NY Bleich/Frankel: Budkiv, Grinyev, Mikolajow, Bobrka, Ukraine Vienna, Austria; Brooklyn, New York
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The Name Amon
#general
Dale and Rinnah <dburns60@...>
Shalom,
I am interested in finding out what the name Amon means? Thank You, Rinnah Burns, Akron, Ohio dburns60@neo.rr.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Anatevka & Yehupets
#general
shirley pencer <scpencer@...>
Dear Group Members:
The question of the real name of Sholom Aleichem's fictional Anatevka has come up as a topic of another discussion group, with several different replies; I am posting my reply as it is of interest to the Ukraine SIG. While looking through one of the Shtetl Finder books, I came across the notations that Sholom Aleichem referred to existing places in the Ukraine with pseudonyms. The fictional name of Yehupets was his name for Kiev; the town of Anatevka was his name for Boyarka. I was intrigued, as my maternal ancestors come >from Boyarka, found on contemporary maps, just southwest of Kiev, in the Kievskaya Oblast. If anyone has any information on this place, I would be grateful to learn of it. I am seeking vital records, which appear to have survived from Boyarka. A Soviet emigre relative accessed his mother's birth certificate of 1902 >from somewhere near there in 1978, but couldn't specify how or where. Also, if anyone could advise how to contact the Boyerke Landmanschaften listed in the cemeteries of Long Island, would be very helpful in my research. Shirley Pencer now in Long Island, NY Researching: Relative who emigrated in the early 1900's MEDVEDOVSKY-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec,Canada SACHNOVICH-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec, Canada DALIS-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec, Canada BLITZSTEIN-Boyarka/Kiev--London, England--Montreal, Quebec, Canada PENCER/PANCER-PANTZER--Jelna,Rayshi District,Galicia-London Eng.- Montreal ,Qc GREEN/variant--Posen, Prussia/Poznan,Poland-London,Eng-Wales [surname list edited to allowable 6 lines.]
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Intended location for Anatevka (from Fiddler on the Roof)
#general
LenLW <lenlw@...>
Intended location for Anatevka (>from Fiddler on the Roof)Actually, Sholom Aleichem never wrote of Anatevka. The village he wrote about was Kasrilevke. Anatevka was a name made up by Joseph Stein who wrote the book for the show. Leonard Nadler Silver Spring, MD Len
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Death at sea
#general
DStern13@...
During my research I have come across a question which I can not answer:
When a Jewish passenger / sailor died at sea on long routes what happened to his (her) body? Gentiles received a sea funeral, but what about the Jews? Can someone help? Thank you!! David Stern (DStern13@aol.com)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for Osher BLEICH listed on family finder from Stropkov, Slovakia
#general
George
Hello,
I tried to contact Osher Bleich listed on the Jewish Gen website but my email did not go through. I am curious to contact him because my great-grandfather was named Osher Bleich. His family >from Stropkov, Slovakia. Does anyone know how I can reach him? George Frankel Researching: Turner: Kalwariya, Oswiecim, Mszana Dolna, Krakow, Berlin, Nowe Sacz, Nowe Targ, Poland; Czeckoslavakia Fisch (Fisz): Tarnow, Brzostek, Radgosczc, Dobrowa, Poland Moravska Ostrava, Czech; Beller/Zell: Boiberke (Bobrka), Ukraine; Vienna, Austria; Brooklyn, NY Bleich/Frankel: Budkiv, Grinyev, Mikolajow, Bobrka, Ukraine Vienna, Austria; Brooklyn, New York
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The Name Amon
#general
Dale and Rinnah <dburns60@...>
Shalom,
I am interested in finding out what the name Amon means? Thank You, Rinnah Burns, Akron, Ohio dburns60@neo.rr.com
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Re: Showtime Movie on Varian Fry rescuing French Jews to air on April 22, 2001
#general
Marisa6399 <marisa6399@...>
The Showtime movie is not by the Chambon Foundation. Indeed, Pierre
Sauvage who is preparing his film on Varian Fry has some misgivings about his production and has expressed this on another Listserver. Renee Payne
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Daughter of Jack BENNY (Benny KUBELSKY)
#general
Crumper10 <crumper10@...>
I am trying to get a writing address for the daughter of the legendary
comedian Jack Benny. As it happens, my cousin Julius Sinykin was the best man at Jack's wedding. Jack was actually married in the apartment of my cousin Julius. I have some photos that I would like to share with Jack's daughter and I would like to know if she has any photos of the wedding with Julius and Jack together. Anyone with information on how to reach Jack's daughter and her name, please contact me. Thanks. Rich Sinykin crumper10@aol.com MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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