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GINZBURG and HEIN from Rogachev
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michael <ginm@...>
My name is Zeev Ginzburg.
I am looking for any information about Yoel ben Shaul Ginzburg from Rogachev, Belarus, who lived in the 19th century.One of his grandsongs is my greatgrand father,Moshe ben Nahum. His sister Nehama married a man called Hein(surname)and came to Erets Israel,Jaffa in the beginning of the 20th century.His other sisters lived in Kharkov,Ukrain. They were called Rosa and Slava. It is important to me whether this Ginzburgs were Leviim. Zeev Ginzburg ginm@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen GINZBURG and HEIN from Rogachev
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michael <ginm@...>
My name is Zeev Ginzburg.
I am looking for any information about Yoel ben Shaul Ginzburg from Rogachev, Belarus, who lived in the 19th century.One of his grandsongs is my greatgrand father,Moshe ben Nahum. His sister Nehama married a man called Hein(surname)and came to Erets Israel,Jaffa in the beginning of the 20th century.His other sisters lived in Kharkov,Ukrain. They were called Rosa and Slava. It is important to me whether this Ginzburgs were Leviim. Zeev Ginzburg ginm@...
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Re: 1910 Jewish Cemetery Funeral
#unitedkingdom
jeremy frankel
Dear Sandi,
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A little information would go a long way. Can you provide us with any details about the card? Does it give the funeral home? Does it state the name of the cemetery? If the burial took place in London, then there are a couple of things you could do. One is to contact the United Synagogue Burial Society. Additionally, you can check the pages of the Jewish Chronicle for any burials on that date and see if any names "ring a bell." Good luck, Jeremy G Frankel ex London, England Berkeley, California, USA
At 1:00 AM -0500 10/27/04, JCR-UK SIG digest wrote:
A member of my family gave me a Jewish Cemetery funeral card dated
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom re: 1910 Jewish Cemetery Funeral
#unitedkingdom
jeremy frankel
Dear Sandi,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
A little information would go a long way. Can you provide us with any details about the card? Does it give the funeral home? Does it state the name of the cemetery? If the burial took place in London, then there are a couple of things you could do. One is to contact the United Synagogue Burial Society. Additionally, you can check the pages of the Jewish Chronicle for any burials on that date and see if any names "ring a bell." Good luck, Jeremy G Frankel ex London, England Berkeley, California, USA
At 1:00 AM -0500 10/27/04, JCR-UK SIG digest wrote:
A member of my family gave me a Jewish Cemetery funeral card dated
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Translation requested of envelope sent from Lithuania. View mate VM4927
#lithuania
Yoni Shapiro <shapie@...>
I made a trip up to Toronto this passed spring ; met a bunch of cousins.
One gave me this envelope addressed to my grandmother >from Lithuania. I belive my family came >from Salakas -Salok Please Translate view mate # VM4927 Yisroel Yonasan SHAPIRO searching >from Lithuania GORDON, MUNITZ, STERN MODERATOR'S NOTE: Viewmate may be found at www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Translation requested of envelope sent from Lithuania. View mate VM4927
#lithuania
Yoni Shapiro <shapie@...>
I made a trip up to Toronto this passed spring ; met a bunch of cousins.
One gave me this envelope addressed to my grandmother >from Lithuania. I belive my family came >from Salakas -Salok Please Translate view mate # VM4927 Yisroel Yonasan SHAPIRO searching >from Lithuania GORDON, MUNITZ, STERN MODERATOR'S NOTE: Viewmate may be found at www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/
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Looking for information on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON (1889-1977)
#lithuania
Omry Kaplan Feuereisen <ok@...>
Hi everybody,
I'm writing a PhD on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON and the Institute of Jewish Affairs (which he founded) at the Simon-Dubnow-Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Leipzig, Germany (www.dubnow.de). I'm looking for any information concerning family, biography, work of JACOB ROBINSON. He was born in SEREJ (SEIRIJAI) in 1889. His father's name was DAVID. He had at least five brothers: AARON, ABRAHAM, NATHAN, NEHEMIAH and PINCUS ROBINSON. NEHEMIAH and NATHAN were both born in VISHTINETZ (VISTYTIS), the former in 1898, the latter in 1904. Just like his brother YAAKOV, NEHEMIAH became a great international lawyer, director of the Institue of Jewish Affairs and drafter of the Reparations Agreements between Germany and Israel and between Germany and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims. NATHAN ROBINSON was a very prominent physicist and director of the Solar Laboratory at the Haifa Technion. Both NEHEMIAH and NATHAN ROBINSON died in 1964. About the other brothers I haven't been able to gather any additional information. There is very little material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's life. Short entries in different Jewish Encyclopedias; some information in "Yahadut Lita" - one of whose editors he himself was - and in the Yiddish "Lite". I spent several weeks in the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, where I found considerable material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's activities as director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs. I was at the Yad Vashem Archives and at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. But I haven't found any relevant information on ROBINSON's background, his parents, his family, his childhood, his youth, his activities in the 1930s (when he in a sense disappeared >from the international stage), his arrival to the US etc. YAAKOV ROBINSON had married CLARA KATZ (1897-1976). They had two daughters: ATHALIE (born 1925) and VITA (1928-1955). ATHALIE ROBINSON lives in NYC, is not healthy and for some reason doesn't want to talk to anyone about her father. I'd be immensely grateful for any pieces of information on YAAKOV ROBINSON, his parents, his family, his activities etc. Yours sincerely, Omry K. Feuereisen, ok@..., feuereisen@..., Berlin/Leipzig, Germany. MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Looking for information on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON (1889-1977)
#lithuania
Omry Kaplan Feuereisen <ok@...>
Hi everybody,
I'm writing a PhD on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON and the Institute of Jewish Affairs (which he founded) at the Simon-Dubnow-Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Leipzig, Germany (www.dubnow.de). I'm looking for any information concerning family, biography, work of JACOB ROBINSON. He was born in SEREJ (SEIRIJAI) in 1889. His father's name was DAVID. He had at least five brothers: AARON, ABRAHAM, NATHAN, NEHEMIAH and PINCUS ROBINSON. NEHEMIAH and NATHAN were both born in VISHTINETZ (VISTYTIS), the former in 1898, the latter in 1904. Just like his brother YAAKOV, NEHEMIAH became a great international lawyer, director of the Institue of Jewish Affairs and drafter of the Reparations Agreements between Germany and Israel and between Germany and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims. NATHAN ROBINSON was a very prominent physicist and director of the Solar Laboratory at the Haifa Technion. Both NEHEMIAH and NATHAN ROBINSON died in 1964. About the other brothers I haven't been able to gather any additional information. There is very little material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's life. Short entries in different Jewish Encyclopedias; some information in "Yahadut Lita" - one of whose editors he himself was - and in the Yiddish "Lite". I spent several weeks in the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, where I found considerable material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's activities as director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs. I was at the Yad Vashem Archives and at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. But I haven't found any relevant information on ROBINSON's background, his parents, his family, his childhood, his youth, his activities in the 1930s (when he in a sense disappeared >from the international stage), his arrival to the US etc. YAAKOV ROBINSON had married CLARA KATZ (1897-1976). They had two daughters: ATHALIE (born 1925) and VITA (1928-1955). ATHALIE ROBINSON lives in NYC, is not healthy and for some reason doesn't want to talk to anyone about her father. I'd be immensely grateful for any pieces of information on YAAKOV ROBINSON, his parents, his family, his activities etc. Yours sincerely, Omry K. Feuereisen, ok@..., feuereisen@..., Berlin/Leipzig, Germany. MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Update on Lithuanian Vital Records Project - week of October 24,2004
#lithuania
Joel Ratner
The purpose of this bulletin is to advise Litvaks interested in the Vital
Records Indexing Project of the incremental progress of the project. It is also intended to advise you of the needs of the project as well. In any given issue, if a town is not mentioned, it does not mean we don’t need your help. It means no one has yet responded. If you are interested in the project, please follow these updates and contribute to help make it successful. Financial Contributions The state of the project is such that we are resource limited. The particular resource we need right now is funding. Please consider contributing to this project. A qualifying contribution in the project requires a $100 contribution made in the name of a single town. This entitles one to receive the indexes produced as Excel spreadsheets. In order to receive a translated index for additional towns, a separate, like amount must be donated for each town. In cases where the costs exceed the available budget, additional contributions will be solicited >from existing contributors. The best example of this before we go any further is the Vilna records. If you are so inclined to contribute to the indexing of the Vilna records, please consider donating a larger amount. This will give us the ability to move faster on a set of records that is approximately 150,000 in number dating >from 1837-1915. Contributions can be made via the LitvakSIG web site at www.jewishgen.org/litvak . Select the hyperlink to the donor form at the bottom of the page. Translators Last week we added an accomplished Yiddishist as an indexer. She is a graduate of the Uriel Weinreich Yiddish program at Columbia University. Translations Our newest indexer will be looking at the records for Vilkija. Her availability is such that she can start working in January. In the interim, we are looking to raise funds for this indexing. If you have questions regarding exactly what records are available, please see the LitvakSIG web site and click on the hyperlink for the FHL Films. Shtetl Coordinators We need Shtetl Coordinators for all the towns for which vital records exist. This job will include fundraising, finding indexing resources and proofing indexed records prior to submittal to the All Lithuania Database [ALD]. In order to make this project a success, we need you to step forward and be counted. These records cannot be indexed without staffing for each town. Please step forward if you have an interest by contacting us at Joelrat@... . Now that we have an indexer for Vilkija – we need a Shtetl Coordinator immediately. Our indexer cannot get started until sufficient funds are raised for this town. Lectures Last weekend, a presentation on the Vital Records Indexing project was given to the JGS of Long Island. Future plans We have leads for other potential indexers and will follow up on these as your contributions allow. Resources Coordinators Guide - We are developing a handbook to guide the Shtetl Coordinators through the entire indexing process. This will be based on the work already done by JRI-Poland and will be tailored for our use. Our needs are somewhat different as our records are mostly in Cyrillic and Hebrew. Thanks for the ability to use the JRI-Poland document as a template goes to Hadassah Lipsius, JRI-Poland Associate Director and Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator. Name Index – We are also developing a name index which will cross-reference names >from Cyrillic and Hebrew into English. Joel Ratner
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Update on Lithuanian Vital Records Project - week of October 24,2004
#lithuania
Joel Ratner
The purpose of this bulletin is to advise Litvaks interested in the Vital
Records Indexing Project of the incremental progress of the project. It is also intended to advise you of the needs of the project as well. In any given issue, if a town is not mentioned, it does not mean we don’t need your help. It means no one has yet responded. If you are interested in the project, please follow these updates and contribute to help make it successful. Financial Contributions The state of the project is such that we are resource limited. The particular resource we need right now is funding. Please consider contributing to this project. A qualifying contribution in the project requires a $100 contribution made in the name of a single town. This entitles one to receive the indexes produced as Excel spreadsheets. In order to receive a translated index for additional towns, a separate, like amount must be donated for each town. In cases where the costs exceed the available budget, additional contributions will be solicited >from existing contributors. The best example of this before we go any further is the Vilna records. If you are so inclined to contribute to the indexing of the Vilna records, please consider donating a larger amount. This will give us the ability to move faster on a set of records that is approximately 150,000 in number dating >from 1837-1915. Contributions can be made via the LitvakSIG web site at www.jewishgen.org/litvak . Select the hyperlink to the donor form at the bottom of the page. Translators Last week we added an accomplished Yiddishist as an indexer. She is a graduate of the Uriel Weinreich Yiddish program at Columbia University. Translations Our newest indexer will be looking at the records for Vilkija. Her availability is such that she can start working in January. In the interim, we are looking to raise funds for this indexing. If you have questions regarding exactly what records are available, please see the LitvakSIG web site and click on the hyperlink for the FHL Films. Shtetl Coordinators We need Shtetl Coordinators for all the towns for which vital records exist. This job will include fundraising, finding indexing resources and proofing indexed records prior to submittal to the All Lithuania Database [ALD]. In order to make this project a success, we need you to step forward and be counted. These records cannot be indexed without staffing for each town. Please step forward if you have an interest by contacting us at Joelrat@... . Now that we have an indexer for Vilkija – we need a Shtetl Coordinator immediately. Our indexer cannot get started until sufficient funds are raised for this town. Lectures Last weekend, a presentation on the Vital Records Indexing project was given to the JGS of Long Island. Future plans We have leads for other potential indexers and will follow up on these as your contributions allow. Resources Coordinators Guide - We are developing a handbook to guide the Shtetl Coordinators through the entire indexing process. This will be based on the work already done by JRI-Poland and will be tailored for our use. Our needs are somewhat different as our records are mostly in Cyrillic and Hebrew. Thanks for the ability to use the JRI-Poland document as a template goes to Hadassah Lipsius, JRI-Poland Associate Director and Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator. Name Index – We are also developing a name index which will cross-reference names >from Cyrillic and Hebrew into English. Joel Ratner
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FRIED m. FRIED, Hungary about 1920
#general
Ari Dale <ari@...>
Apparently unrelated, Samuel Fried married Luisa Fried c. 1919-22
probably in Hungary, maybe in Szekeres. Vital record searches so far unproductive. Any bells ringing now? Any suggestions?
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen FRIED m. FRIED, Hungary about 1920
#general
Ari Dale <ari@...>
Apparently unrelated, Samuel Fried married Luisa Fried c. 1919-22
probably in Hungary, maybe in Szekeres. Vital record searches so far unproductive. Any bells ringing now? Any suggestions?
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VERGOTTINI - Italians who moved to South Africa
#general
Caroline <cfb@...>
Hi,
I have recently been researching my gg grandfather - William Henry ADLER, who was a Jew. However, I now believe his wife, Cecilia Elizabeth VERGOTTINI (born 1854) may also have been a Jew and wondered if anyone else was researching this family? With thanks, Caroline Faunce-Brown England cfb@...
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KAGAN, GLATSTEIN from Knyshyn; HIRSZ, Grabowiecz-->Warsaw
#general
Jack Hirsh <jhirsh@...>
Searching for information on my parents
1.mother Eta Kagan,born about 1912 in Knyshyn,Poland,father was a Rabbi, her mother was possibly a Glatstein 2.father,Sam (Sholem) Hirsh (Hirsz) born about 1902 in Grabowiecz Poland before moving to Warsaw Jack Hirsh
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen VERGOTTINI - Italians who moved to South Africa
#general
Caroline <cfb@...>
Hi,
I have recently been researching my gg grandfather - William Henry ADLER, who was a Jew. However, I now believe his wife, Cecilia Elizabeth VERGOTTINI (born 1854) may also have been a Jew and wondered if anyone else was researching this family? With thanks, Caroline Faunce-Brown England cfb@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen KAGAN, GLATSTEIN from Knyshyn; HIRSZ, Grabowiecz-->Warsaw
#general
Jack Hirsh <jhirsh@...>
Searching for information on my parents
1.mother Eta Kagan,born about 1912 in Knyshyn,Poland,father was a Rabbi, her mother was possibly a Glatstein 2.father,Sam (Sholem) Hirsh (Hirsz) born about 1902 in Grabowiecz Poland before moving to Warsaw Jack Hirsh
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AXELROD JACOBSON FUNT GREEN
#general
JELORRAINE
To my fellow Genners who havve helped me with the Glatzer family and Uscier
research since I am at a temporary impasse I am moving on to my paternal side of the family. I have made some headway with the Axelreod Jacobsons and would like to try for the great grandparents. Cilia Jacobson, Fanny Jacobson, Sophie Funt, Bessie Green all nee Axelrod originally >from Russia and were Brooklyn, N.Y. residents I would like to find out the parents names of the Axelrods and Jacobsons if this is familiar to any readers and perhaps the town they originated >from in Russia. This does not show up in any research I have done. Many thanks for any help you can give me. Jewel Glatzer jelorraine@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen AXELROD JACOBSON FUNT GREEN
#general
JELORRAINE
To my fellow Genners who havve helped me with the Glatzer family and Uscier
research since I am at a temporary impasse I am moving on to my paternal side of the family. I have made some headway with the Axelreod Jacobsons and would like to try for the great grandparents. Cilia Jacobson, Fanny Jacobson, Sophie Funt, Bessie Green all nee Axelrod originally >from Russia and were Brooklyn, N.Y. residents I would like to find out the parents names of the Axelrods and Jacobsons if this is familiar to any readers and perhaps the town they originated >from in Russia. This does not show up in any research I have done. Many thanks for any help you can give me. Jewel Glatzer jelorraine@...
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Ruchel and Chaykel
#general
Deborah Wiener <debw@...>
re Chakel. I had a great uncle >from Latvia whose name was "chaykel"
pronounced "Chai-kel". I guess it came >from chaim, but I dont know. re "ruchel". My grandmother was Rachel, known in German as Rosa and Hebrew as "Rahel" and yiddish as "Ruchel" . It could also be "Rochel", they are all the same Deborah Wiener Melbourne
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Ruchel and Chaykel
#general
Deborah Wiener <debw@...>
re Chakel. I had a great uncle >from Latvia whose name was "chaykel"
pronounced "Chai-kel". I guess it came >from chaim, but I dont know. re "ruchel". My grandmother was Rachel, known in German as Rosa and Hebrew as "Rahel" and yiddish as "Ruchel" . It could also be "Rochel", they are all the same Deborah Wiener Melbourne
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