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Galveston as port of entry to USA
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
There are two booklets in Yiddish which should be of interest to people
whose ancestors came to the US via Galveston, Texas. Volume two, " Emigrantn lebn in Galveston," (Kiev: Jewish Emigration Society, 1912) contains lists of emigrants, hometowns, where they settled in US, occupations, and weekly wages. It is available at Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati, Ohio. The first volume is " Vos hot unz gegebn di Galvestaner emigratsye?" (Warsaw, 1910) It is mentioned in volume two, but I have been unable to track it down. Sincerely, Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Galveston as port of entry to USA
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
There are two booklets in Yiddish which should be of interest to people
whose ancestors came to the US via Galveston, Texas. Volume two, " Emigrantn lebn in Galveston," (Kiev: Jewish Emigration Society, 1912) contains lists of emigrants, hometowns, where they settled in US, occupations, and weekly wages. It is available at Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati, Ohio. The first volume is " Vos hot unz gegebn di Galvestaner emigratsye?" (Warsaw, 1910) It is mentioned in volume two, but I have been unable to track it down. Sincerely, Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel
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Erzsebet Izraelita Elemi Iskola Miskolc
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Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners,
Was anyone of you enrolled in the Erzsebet Izraelita Elemi Iskola Miskolc school in Miskolc, Hungary in the year 1932? Or do you know anybody who could have been enrolled at that time in this school? Thank you very much for your help, Giselle Bodziony
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Erzsebet Izraelita Elemi Iskola Miskolc
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Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners,
Was anyone of you enrolled in the Erzsebet Izraelita Elemi Iskola Miskolc school in Miskolc, Hungary in the year 1932? Or do you know anybody who could have been enrolled at that time in this school? Thank you very much for your help, Giselle Bodziony
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Budapest January 15 1945
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Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners,
Is anyone of you contemporary witness and survivor of the massacres executed by the Hungarian nyilas troops in Budapest by the time of January 15 1945, or could someone tell me where I can do some research on what happened on that day? Thank you very much, Giselle Bodziony
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Budapest January 15 1945
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Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners,
Is anyone of you contemporary witness and survivor of the massacres executed by the Hungarian nyilas troops in Budapest by the time of January 15 1945, or could someone tell me where I can do some research on what happened on that day? Thank you very much, Giselle Bodziony
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Hessisch Lichtenau
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Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners,
Hessisch Lichtenau was a camp which belonged to the concentration camp of Buchenwald. Does anyone know where I can search for victims and survivors of that camp in Hessisch Lichtenau? I thank you very much for your help. Giselle Bodziony
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Hessisch Lichtenau
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Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners,
Hessisch Lichtenau was a camp which belonged to the concentration camp of Buchenwald. Does anyone know where I can search for victims and survivors of that camp in Hessisch Lichtenau? I thank you very much for your help. Giselle Bodziony
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Mount Zion cemetary in Queens NY
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backon@...
The latest issue of http://www.forgotten-ny.com has a spread on
the Mount Zion cemetary in Queens with photos of gravestones. Josh Backon backon@... MODERATOR NOTE: The direct URL of the Mount Zion page is http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/mtzion/mtzion.html
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Mount Zion cemetary in Queens NY
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backon@...
The latest issue of http://www.forgotten-ny.com has a spread on
the Mount Zion cemetary in Queens with photos of gravestones. Josh Backon backon@... MODERATOR NOTE: The direct URL of the Mount Zion page is http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/mtzion/mtzion.html
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Greczanik & Feldman from Ukraine
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amir kolner <amirkol@...>
Hello,
I'm looking for information about my grandmother's family. She was born in Bereznica - Ukraine. Her name was Tsvia (Tsila) GRECZANIK, the daughter of Abraham and Yocheved and the grandaughter of Arye & Hasya GRECZANIK >from her father side and Yitzhak & Tsvia FELDMAN >from her mother side. Both her mother and her father were married before and each came with his children. Yochved, her mother, was married to Sanya SHNEIDER and they had 2 children, Moshe & Max. Abraham, her father, was married to Tzipora and they had 5 children. My grandmother used to work as a teacher in a near by town called, Remchich (I'm not sure about the spelling). The FELDMAN family had relatives in another near by towns called Rachwalowka and Chartorysk. (Although it is possible that the surname of the family lived in Chartorysk was FERD). I do know that Yochved, the mother of my grandmotherm had couple of brothers who moved to America in the beginning of the 20th century. They're names are: Shmuel, Yosef and Mordechay FELDMAN and they are apparently >from Rachwalowka. I hope someone will see this e-mail and would be kind enough to let me know some details, Thank you very much for you time and trouble, Amir KOLNER Rishon le-Zion Israel. MODERATOR NOTE: Please use normal upper and lower case for posts. Only family names being searched should be typed in all capital letters.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Greczanik & Feldman from Ukraine
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amir kolner <amirkol@...>
Hello,
I'm looking for information about my grandmother's family. She was born in Bereznica - Ukraine. Her name was Tsvia (Tsila) GRECZANIK, the daughter of Abraham and Yocheved and the grandaughter of Arye & Hasya GRECZANIK >from her father side and Yitzhak & Tsvia FELDMAN >from her mother side. Both her mother and her father were married before and each came with his children. Yochved, her mother, was married to Sanya SHNEIDER and they had 2 children, Moshe & Max. Abraham, her father, was married to Tzipora and they had 5 children. My grandmother used to work as a teacher in a near by town called, Remchich (I'm not sure about the spelling). The FELDMAN family had relatives in another near by towns called Rachwalowka and Chartorysk. (Although it is possible that the surname of the family lived in Chartorysk was FERD). I do know that Yochved, the mother of my grandmotherm had couple of brothers who moved to America in the beginning of the 20th century. They're names are: Shmuel, Yosef and Mordechay FELDMAN and they are apparently >from Rachwalowka. I hope someone will see this e-mail and would be kind enough to let me know some details, Thank you very much for you time and trouble, Amir KOLNER Rishon le-Zion Israel. MODERATOR NOTE: Please use normal upper and lower case for posts. Only family names being searched should be typed in all capital letters.
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MASTENBAUM/KIRSHENBAUM in Buenos Aires
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shelcohe@...
I am searching for MASTENBAUM family members who emigrated >from
Poland in the early 1900's to the Buenos Aires area. They are all descendants of Shia (Isaias) MASTENBAUM and Chana Sura KIRSHENBAUM (Kierzenboim and various other spellings) both born c. 1876. Children of Shia and Chana Surah have married into GLUZ and WIND-ENTERBERG familes which I am also searching. KIRSHENBAUM (varoius spellings) family in Buenos Aires would be descendats of Boruch KIRSHENBAUM. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia shelcohen@... Searching: BORG - Tyzsowce, Poland/Pittsburgh, PA KIRSHENBAUM (and variations) Hrubieszow,Poland/Pittsburgh/Buenos Aires CHARLSON, CHARLESTON - Neishtot-Tavrig/PA KLIVANSKY, KLEVANS - Keidany, Lithuania/ PA KAGAN,COHEN, GUREWITZ, HURWITZ , KRICHEVER, SHALMAN, MASTENBAUM - Poland/Buenos Aires
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen MASTENBAUM/KIRSHENBAUM in Buenos Aires
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shelcohe@...
I am searching for MASTENBAUM family members who emigrated >from
Poland in the early 1900's to the Buenos Aires area. They are all descendants of Shia (Isaias) MASTENBAUM and Chana Sura KIRSHENBAUM (Kierzenboim and various other spellings) both born c. 1876. Children of Shia and Chana Surah have married into GLUZ and WIND-ENTERBERG familes which I am also searching. KIRSHENBAUM (varoius spellings) family in Buenos Aires would be descendats of Boruch KIRSHENBAUM. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia shelcohen@... Searching: BORG - Tyzsowce, Poland/Pittsburgh, PA KIRSHENBAUM (and variations) Hrubieszow,Poland/Pittsburgh/Buenos Aires CHARLSON, CHARLESTON - Neishtot-Tavrig/PA KLIVANSKY, KLEVANS - Keidany, Lithuania/ PA KAGAN,COHEN, GUREWITZ, HURWITZ , KRICHEVER, SHALMAN, MASTENBAUM - Poland/Buenos Aires
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Rabbi Mordekhai JAFFE the "Levush"
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Chaim freedman
There are a number of versions of the ancestry of Rabbi Mordekhai Jaffe
the "Levush": that of the Eiger family, the late Paul Jacoby, tables in the Jewish Encyclopedia and in some of the classic nineteenth century genealogy books. I am interested in locating primary sources for the Jaffe ancestry, including perhaps the alleged descent >from Rashi. There is much confusion in the sources. I would appreciate hearing >from anyone who has made a study of this subject. Chaim Freedman Petah Tikvah, Israel chaimjan@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rabbi Mordekhai JAFFE the "Levush"
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Chaim freedman
There are a number of versions of the ancestry of Rabbi Mordekhai Jaffe
the "Levush": that of the Eiger family, the late Paul Jacoby, tables in the Jewish Encyclopedia and in some of the classic nineteenth century genealogy books. I am interested in locating primary sources for the Jaffe ancestry, including perhaps the alleged descent >from Rashi. There is much confusion in the sources. I would appreciate hearing >from anyone who has made a study of this subject. Chaim Freedman Petah Tikvah, Israel chaimjan@...
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Jerusalem Conference Souvenir journal
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martha <martha@...>
For those of you interested and who missed our fabulous conference in
Jerusalem, the Conference Souvenir Journal is available now online, for any of you who want to take a peek. You will find it as an automatic .pdf file to be downloaded to your computer at the following URL: http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/24iajgsconfjournal.pdf Enjoy!! Martha -- Martha Levinson Lev-Zion, Ph.D. The 24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Jerusalem, July 4-9, 2004 http://www.jewishgen.org/jerusalem2004
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Jewish Tour Guides in South America
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shelcohe@...
We will be in Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima and Rio de Janeiro next
January and are looking for english speaking local private guides in these cities to direct us to to Jewish sites in these places. Do any of you have knowledge of such guides? Please respond privately. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia shelcohen@... Searching: BORG - Tyzsowce, Poland/Pittsburgh, PA KIRSHENBAUM (and variations) Hrubieszow,Poland/Pittsburgh/Buenos Aires CHARLSON, CHARLESTON - Neishtot-Tavrig/PA KLIVANSKY, KLEVANS - Keidany, Lithuania/ PA KAGAN,COHEN, GUREWITZ, HURWITZ , KRICHEVER, SHALMAN, MASTENBAUM - Poland/Buenos Aires
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jerusalem Conference Souvenir journal
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martha <martha@...>
For those of you interested and who missed our fabulous conference in
Jerusalem, the Conference Souvenir Journal is available now online, for any of you who want to take a peek. You will find it as an automatic .pdf file to be downloaded to your computer at the following URL: http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/24iajgsconfjournal.pdf Enjoy!! Martha -- Martha Levinson Lev-Zion, Ph.D. The 24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Jerusalem, July 4-9, 2004 http://www.jewishgen.org/jerusalem2004
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish Tour Guides in South America
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shelcohe@...
We will be in Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima and Rio de Janeiro next
January and are looking for english speaking local private guides in these cities to direct us to to Jewish sites in these places. Do any of you have knowledge of such guides? Please respond privately. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia shelcohen@... Searching: BORG - Tyzsowce, Poland/Pittsburgh, PA KIRSHENBAUM (and variations) Hrubieszow,Poland/Pittsburgh/Buenos Aires CHARLSON, CHARLESTON - Neishtot-Tavrig/PA KLIVANSKY, KLEVANS - Keidany, Lithuania/ PA KAGAN,COHEN, GUREWITZ, HURWITZ , KRICHEVER, SHALMAN, MASTENBAUM - Poland/Buenos Aires
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