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Korolowka
#galicia
RA <zeldapelda@...>
Just read the article about the cavers in KOROLOWKA.
My paternal side came >from there. The family name was KELMAN. Benji, Etta Perl, two children Chaji Sulka and Itcik They settled in New York City. Rhoda KELMAN (SCHNEIDER) GORDON
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Korolowka
#galicia
RA <zeldapelda@...>
Just read the article about the cavers in KOROLOWKA.
My paternal side came >from there. The family name was KELMAN. Benji, Etta Perl, two children Chaji Sulka and Itcik They settled in New York City. Rhoda KELMAN (SCHNEIDER) GORDON
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Korolowka followup
#galicia
Suzan & Ron Wynne <srwynne@...>
I have heard >from a number of people that the article I cited in the
National Geographic's Adventure magazine is available in excerpted form online. I haven't read it online but I suspect that the focus on line is on the caves themselves, not on the genealogically relevant material, which is incidental to most of the magazine's readers. National Geographic will fulfill individual orders for anyone with an interest in either the town or the families mentioned. Suzan Wynne Kensington, MD
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Korolowka followup
#galicia
Suzan & Ron Wynne <srwynne@...>
I have heard >from a number of people that the article I cited in the
National Geographic's Adventure magazine is available in excerpted form online. I haven't read it online but I suspect that the focus on line is on the caves themselves, not on the genealogically relevant material, which is incidental to most of the magazine's readers. National Geographic will fulfill individual orders for anyone with an interest in either the town or the families mentioned. Suzan Wynne Kensington, MD
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Re: Webley & Scott Small Arms Factory
#unitedkingdom
Jill Whitehead
Have you tried Liverpool Jewish Genealogical Society website (www.LJGS.co.uk
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
i think)? Or Liverpool archivist Joe Wolfman? Jill
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Subject: Webley & Scott Small Arms Factory
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Re: Webley & Scott Small Arms Factory
#unitedkingdom
Jill Whitehead
Have you tried Liverpool Jewish Genealogical Society website (www.LJGS.co.uk
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
i think)? Or Liverpool archivist Joe Wolfman? Jill
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Webley & Scott Small Arms Factory
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Re: Fw: What's a Biff?
#unitedkingdom
chaikin <chaikin@...>
Sue Levy of Perth, Australia asked:
On reading the Laws of the Exeter Hebrew Congregation (1823) I wasintrigued with Law 22 that states - 'The hazan must not be in shul in time of service without his Mantell Biff and Hat, subject to a fine of 2/6 for each offence.' Can anyone clarify what is meant by a Biff? =It seems like someone, a member of the congregation, came >from a foreign country, and had problems with writing the English >from the spoken language (just like me, many times:-)). He may have meant: Service mantle (Talit); brief (instructions for the service?); service hat (a big cap, almost like the one that the pope likes to wear:-)). Best regards, Udi Cain (Ehud Menachem Zvi Chaikin). Please bear in mind, that English has never been my "mother tongue", I think Hebrew and write English words associatively, so try to forgive my mistakes, and understand my writing in an associative way. chaikin@netvision.net.il
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Re: Fw: What's a Biff?
#unitedkingdom
chaikin <chaikin@...>
Sue Levy of Perth, Australia asked:
On reading the Laws of the Exeter Hebrew Congregation (1823) I wasintrigued with Law 22 that states - 'The hazan must not be in shul in time of service without his Mantell Biff and Hat, subject to a fine of 2/6 for each offence.' Can anyone clarify what is meant by a Biff? =It seems like someone, a member of the congregation, came >from a foreign country, and had problems with writing the English >from the spoken language (just like me, many times:-)). He may have meant: Service mantle (Talit); brief (instructions for the service?); service hat (a big cap, almost like the one that the pope likes to wear:-)). Best regards, Udi Cain (Ehud Menachem Zvi Chaikin). Please bear in mind, that English has never been my "mother tongue", I think Hebrew and write English words associatively, so try to forgive my mistakes, and understand my writing in an associative way. chaikin@netvision.net.il
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looking for RABINOVICZ from Vilna
#general
familyberezowsky@...
looking for Rabinovicz >from Vilna
I am looking for descendents >from Mendel RABINOVICZ from Vilna , his son >from second marriage was LeonRabonovicz , he was a lawyer and he died in Ponari . Leon Rabinovicz was married with Luba Nieselkovski and they has 2 children , one Salomon (Salik) and one girl Ida . Thank Gladis Golandski Berezowsky MODERATOR NOTE: The JewishGen FamilyFinder provides a forum for researchers to post family names they are searching. If you have not already done so, please log onto www.jewishgen.org/jgff and using the ENTER/MODIFY procedure enter and register all the surnames of interest to your family research.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen looking for RABINOVICZ from Vilna
#general
familyberezowsky@...
looking for Rabinovicz >from Vilna
I am looking for descendents >from Mendel RABINOVICZ from Vilna , his son >from second marriage was LeonRabonovicz , he was a lawyer and he died in Ponari . Leon Rabinovicz was married with Luba Nieselkovski and they has 2 children , one Salomon (Salik) and one girl Ida . Thank Gladis Golandski Berezowsky MODERATOR NOTE: The JewishGen FamilyFinder provides a forum for researchers to post family names they are searching. If you have not already done so, please log onto www.jewishgen.org/jgff and using the ENTER/MODIFY procedure enter and register all the surnames of interest to your family research.
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NY criminal records 1920-1950
#general
Sara Lynns
Question
Is there a way to search online to determine "If" a family member was incarcerated during this period of time? If not, what is the best way to do a search? thank you Jackie Lerner-Aderman saralynn7@yahoo.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen NY criminal records 1920-1950
#general
Sara Lynns
Question
Is there a way to search online to determine "If" a family member was incarcerated during this period of time? If not, what is the best way to do a search? thank you Jackie Lerner-Aderman saralynn7@yahoo.com
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Morris MILLER Liquors, Washington, DC
#general
s_wiener@...
Hi, Genners,
I was hoping that someone >from the DC/Maryland Beltway line could help me with tracing the descendants of Morris MILLER. Morris Miller opened a package store just outside the DC line about 80 years ago. As DC was dry, his store was very successful. I believe that at one point there were several stores. Now there's just the one on Alaska Avenue. Morris died in the late 1960s. My grandfather, Joe Golembe attended either the funeral or the unveiling. Since that time the store has changed hands at least twice. I called the store today and the current owner was no help. My grandfather died in 1976 and we have no idea how to get in touch with the Millers of DC. Any help would be most appreciated. Of course, please reply privately to s_wiener@yahoo.com. TIA, [Thanks in advance], Shellie Wiener San Francisco, CA Researching >from this branch only: GOLEMBE, MACNITSKY/MILLER, ROSENTHAL, ROSENFELD, FEDER, GREENBERG, GEICHOFSKY/GEIGER, GARBUS/GARBUZ, COHEN, MATEZSKY >from Lubashav, Pinsk, Lachwa, Lachowicze [all in current-day Belarus]
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Morris MILLER Liquors, Washington, DC
#general
s_wiener@...
Hi, Genners,
I was hoping that someone >from the DC/Maryland Beltway line could help me with tracing the descendants of Morris MILLER. Morris Miller opened a package store just outside the DC line about 80 years ago. As DC was dry, his store was very successful. I believe that at one point there were several stores. Now there's just the one on Alaska Avenue. Morris died in the late 1960s. My grandfather, Joe Golembe attended either the funeral or the unveiling. Since that time the store has changed hands at least twice. I called the store today and the current owner was no help. My grandfather died in 1976 and we have no idea how to get in touch with the Millers of DC. Any help would be most appreciated. Of course, please reply privately to s_wiener@yahoo.com. TIA, [Thanks in advance], Shellie Wiener San Francisco, CA Researching >from this branch only: GOLEMBE, MACNITSKY/MILLER, ROSENTHAL, ROSENFELD, FEDER, GREENBERG, GEICHOFSKY/GEIGER, GARBUS/GARBUZ, COHEN, MATEZSKY >from Lubashav, Pinsk, Lachwa, Lachowicze [all in current-day Belarus]
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FOIA/Privacy Act Records
#general
Charles F. Printz <cfphrai@...>
Dear Colleagues -
Fran of Manassas, VA in the below cited message attempted to provide information on the filing of FOIA (Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552) requests, but there is a "small" misstatement in her remarks. As possibly the only immigration attorney in the group, let me try to give some information on using FOIA to access immigration records >from the immigration service that are usually not more than 75 years old. The below information is very valuable in situations where a living child, for example, is seeking information on a parent or grandparent - especially where that child or grandchild might have logically been cited in the applicant's initial application information. An example of this could be where the USC requester might have been a young child who initially immigrated with the applicant or applicant family. This will give the requester "standing" to examine the copies of records without much challenge by the government. If the requester was part of the application, that requester should use first use a FOIA/Privacy Act request for his/her own records, as they will track to the principal relative. First, please recall that INS (now Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS or BCIS), part of the Department of Homeland Security) was dismantled in March 2003 and all enforcement and benefits and record keeping became part of Homeland Security. This is a nightmare, but a discussion for another time. FOIAs are made on form G-639, available at http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/files/g-639.pdf. They are filed in the first instance with the local office having jurisdiction over the last place of residence of the person who is the focus of your inquiry. Records of naturalization before 1906 are still filed with the clerk of the relevant court. Requests for manifest arrival records prior to 1982 are filed with the National Archives.Your envelopes should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act". You will need very specific information, including death certs if the inquiry is on a deceased relative. An Alien # or A# as it is commonly called is a direct link to the holdings in 90% of the cases. If you have an A# reference for the person use it, please. The A# can commonly be found on immigration receipts of action or approval, I-94 Arrival-Departure cards, and most other immigration records that you might already have on the person you are searching. The A# will be eight (8) or nine (9) numbers. Please know that even attorney filings on "active" files can take upwards of 1 year to fill. If you are seeking information on a deceased relative who might have filed for political asylum to remain in the U.S. after arrival, he/she would have filed on form I-589, but this information will remain confidential and is exempt from disclosure, except to the applicant or his/her attorney.When requesting records on a person who you know became a US citizen, the set of records that would have been filed preliminary to citizenship status are the following: the N-400 record (Application for Naturalization) and the I-485 record w/ biographic information (Application to Adjust Status to Permanent Resident), and the I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative). Some individuals also filed the N-300 (Notice of Intent to File for Citizenship), but this became less likely with the passage of time. We very rarely see these records in files. I hope some of the above information is of help..... Best, Chuck Printz, Elizabeth, NJ & New York, NY/USA cfphrai@bellatlantic.net - Home Just to help clarify...there seems to be some confusion in referring to
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen FOIA/Privacy Act Records
#general
Charles F. Printz <cfphrai@...>
Dear Colleagues -
Fran of Manassas, VA in the below cited message attempted to provide information on the filing of FOIA (Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552) requests, but there is a "small" misstatement in her remarks. As possibly the only immigration attorney in the group, let me try to give some information on using FOIA to access immigration records >from the immigration service that are usually not more than 75 years old. The below information is very valuable in situations where a living child, for example, is seeking information on a parent or grandparent - especially where that child or grandchild might have logically been cited in the applicant's initial application information. An example of this could be where the USC requester might have been a young child who initially immigrated with the applicant or applicant family. This will give the requester "standing" to examine the copies of records without much challenge by the government. If the requester was part of the application, that requester should use first use a FOIA/Privacy Act request for his/her own records, as they will track to the principal relative. First, please recall that INS (now Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS or BCIS), part of the Department of Homeland Security) was dismantled in March 2003 and all enforcement and benefits and record keeping became part of Homeland Security. This is a nightmare, but a discussion for another time. FOIAs are made on form G-639, available at http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/files/g-639.pdf. They are filed in the first instance with the local office having jurisdiction over the last place of residence of the person who is the focus of your inquiry. Records of naturalization before 1906 are still filed with the clerk of the relevant court. Requests for manifest arrival records prior to 1982 are filed with the National Archives.Your envelopes should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act". You will need very specific information, including death certs if the inquiry is on a deceased relative. An Alien # or A# as it is commonly called is a direct link to the holdings in 90% of the cases. If you have an A# reference for the person use it, please. The A# can commonly be found on immigration receipts of action or approval, I-94 Arrival-Departure cards, and most other immigration records that you might already have on the person you are searching. The A# will be eight (8) or nine (9) numbers. Please know that even attorney filings on "active" files can take upwards of 1 year to fill. If you are seeking information on a deceased relative who might have filed for political asylum to remain in the U.S. after arrival, he/she would have filed on form I-589, but this information will remain confidential and is exempt from disclosure, except to the applicant or his/her attorney.When requesting records on a person who you know became a US citizen, the set of records that would have been filed preliminary to citizenship status are the following: the N-400 record (Application for Naturalization) and the I-485 record w/ biographic information (Application to Adjust Status to Permanent Resident), and the I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative). Some individuals also filed the N-300 (Notice of Intent to File for Citizenship), but this became less likely with the passage of time. We very rarely see these records in files. I hope some of the above information is of help..... Best, Chuck Printz, Elizabeth, NJ & New York, NY/USA cfphrai@bellatlantic.net - Home Just to help clarify...there seems to be some confusion in referring to
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Fw: What's a Biff?
#unitedkingdom
Levy <levy@...>
On reading the Laws of the Exeter Hebrew Congregation (1823) I was intrigued
with Law 22 that states - 'The hazan must not be in shul in time of service without his Mantell Biff and Hat, subject to a fine of 2/6 for each offence.' Can anyone clarify what is meant by a Biff? Sue Levy Perth, Australia
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Fw: What's a Biff?
#unitedkingdom
Levy <levy@...>
On reading the Laws of the Exeter Hebrew Congregation (1823) I was intrigued
with Law 22 that states - 'The hazan must not be in shul in time of service without his Mantell Biff and Hat, subject to a fine of 2/6 for each offence.' Can anyone clarify what is meant by a Biff? Sue Levy Perth, Australia
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researching: PIKORSKI
#ciechanow
#poland
Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
I have a new family link to research in Ciechanow.
Wolf PIKORSKI married Ryfka BORDOWICZ in Ciechanow in 1901. I do not (yet) know the names of Wolf's parents. If this PIKORSKI sounds familiar, please contact me privately at <meyers01@comcast.net> Thanks, Marty Meyers
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#Ciechanow #Poland researching: PIKORSKI
#ciechanow
#poland
Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
I have a new family link to research in Ciechanow.
Wolf PIKORSKI married Ryfka BORDOWICZ in Ciechanow in 1901. I do not (yet) know the names of Wolf's parents. If this PIKORSKI sounds familiar, please contact me privately at <meyers01@comcast.net> Thanks, Marty Meyers
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