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Family Researching - WEINREB (Hacohen) from Baranow, Poland
#general
Naftali Kwartler
Dear all,
I'm looking for relatives of Jacob and Solomon sons of Haim (Hacohen) and Reizel (I'm not sure about her name.) Weinreb >from Baranow (near Cracow) Poland/Austria. Jacob was a tailor and came to the US in the 12.9.12 >from Hamburg - Germany with his two nephews, Devoire - 11 year old and Jankel - 9 year old, both Solomon's kids. Haim (Hacohen) has a dairy in Baranow. If any of this infomation sound familiar to somebody, please contact me. Thanking in advance. Naftali Kwartler Israel
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New website for London Jews
#general
JASHIRE@...
www.tengenerations.org.uk <Enter "Jew, Jews, Jewish" in "search any word" across "all boroughs" and you will get 8 pages of interesting Jewish related data. Also good links to other London archives etc. Angela Shire
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Re: China
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Peregrine Maitland <_roots_@...>
Try also http://www.oakton.edu/user/~friend/chinajews.html where you'll
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also find links to other sites. Peregrine Maitland _roots_@att.net To reply delete underscores >from the return address given.
"Bernard Lis" < BerLis@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Does anyone know the location of any interesting Jewish sites in China? Have a look at http://www.sinogogue.org/, the site of Kehillat Beijing.
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Re: China
#general
Yehuda Berman <ybberman@...>
There was an ancient Jewish community in Kaifeng, which died out (= became
completely assimilated) at the beginning of the 19th century. There are still a few Chinese families in Kaifeng which trace their ancestry to those Jews. See the short article by a Chinese scholar on the subject: http://www.iias.nl/kreeft/IIASNONLINE/Newsletters/Newsletter14/Regional/14c eaa03.html and a longer article by the late Prof. Daniel Elazar: http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles2/china.htm Recently another Chinese scholar published two short books in English on the Kaifeng community: Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng by Xin Xu, and The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion by Xin Xu Good luck on your trip Yehuda Berman Efrat, Israel Searching for: BERMAN - Tomashpol or Chisinau, ECHTMAN or ACHTMAN -Odessa, KAMINSKY - Odessa Subject: China From: "Bernard Lis" < BerLis@comcast.net> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:38:21 -0400 X-Message-Number: 14 Does anyone know the location of any interesting Jewish sites in China? I am going to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and a few smaller cities in between. We will meet with a Jewish guide in Shanghai but would be interested in visiting sites in other cities as well.
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Re: Hebrew Names on Grave Stones
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ROBERT WEISS
In a message dated 10/17/03 8:35:08 AM, jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org writes:
< Can someone please give me the hebrew names which are indicated thusly on grave stones? ayin - he vav - zayin - ayin - Lamed - vav - vav - yod - lamed (given english name is William) >> The zayin is a vav. The name is Velvil. Bob Weiss Northridge, CA
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Re: China
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Robert Israel <israel@...>
Bernard Lis < BerLis@comcast.net> wrote:
Does anyone know the location of any interesting Jewish sites in China?There was a Jewish community in Kaifeng for several centuries. A Google search for "Kaifeng Jewish community" will bring up 101 hits. Robert Israel israel@math.ubc.ca http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel Vancouver, BC, Canada
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Family Researching - WEINREB (Hacohen) from Baranow, Poland
#general
Naftali Kwartler
Dear all,
I'm looking for relatives of Jacob and Solomon sons of Haim (Hacohen) and Reizel (I'm not sure about her name.) Weinreb >from Baranow (near Cracow) Poland/Austria. Jacob was a tailor and came to the US in the 12.9.12 >from Hamburg - Germany with his two nephews, Devoire - 11 year old and Jankel - 9 year old, both Solomon's kids. Haim (Hacohen) has a dairy in Baranow. If any of this infomation sound familiar to somebody, please contact me. Thanking in advance. Naftali Kwartler Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New website for London Jews
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JASHIRE@...
www.tengenerations.org.uk <Enter "Jew, Jews, Jewish" in "search any word" across "all boroughs" and you will get 8 pages of interesting Jewish related data. Also good links to other London archives etc. Angela Shire
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: China
#general
Peregrine Maitland <_roots_@...>
Try also http://www.oakton.edu/user/~friend/chinajews.html where you'll
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also find links to other sites. Peregrine Maitland _roots_@att.net To reply delete underscores >from the return address given.
"Bernard Lis" < BerLis@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Does anyone know the location of any interesting Jewish sites in China? Have a look at http://www.sinogogue.org/, the site of Kehillat Beijing.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: China
#general
Yehuda Berman <ybberman@...>
There was an ancient Jewish community in Kaifeng, which died out (= became
completely assimilated) at the beginning of the 19th century. There are still a few Chinese families in Kaifeng which trace their ancestry to those Jews. See the short article by a Chinese scholar on the subject: http://www.iias.nl/kreeft/IIASNONLINE/Newsletters/Newsletter14/Regional/14c eaa03.html and a longer article by the late Prof. Daniel Elazar: http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles2/china.htm Recently another Chinese scholar published two short books in English on the Kaifeng community: Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng by Xin Xu, and The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion by Xin Xu Good luck on your trip Yehuda Berman Efrat, Israel Searching for: BERMAN - Tomashpol or Chisinau, ECHTMAN or ACHTMAN -Odessa, KAMINSKY - Odessa Subject: China From: "Bernard Lis" < BerLis@comcast.net> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:38:21 -0400 X-Message-Number: 14 Does anyone know the location of any interesting Jewish sites in China? I am going to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and a few smaller cities in between. We will meet with a Jewish guide in Shanghai but would be interested in visiting sites in other cities as well.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Hebrew Names on Grave Stones
#general
ROBERT WEISS
In a message dated 10/17/03 8:35:08 AM, jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org writes:
< Can someone please give me the hebrew names which are indicated thusly on grave stones? ayin - he vav - zayin - ayin - Lamed - vav - vav - yod - lamed (given english name is William) >> The zayin is a vav. The name is Velvil. Bob Weiss Northridge, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: China
#general
Robert Israel <israel@...>
Bernard Lis < BerLis@comcast.net> wrote:
Does anyone know the location of any interesting Jewish sites in China?There was a Jewish community in Kaifeng for several centuries. A Google search for "Kaifeng Jewish community" will bring up 101 hits. Robert Israel israel@math.ubc.ca http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel Vancouver, BC, Canada
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thank you
#belarus
Irene K. <impromptus2002@...>
Thank you for all of you who kindly answered my
message concerning the 13CD project. I underlined again that we are looking mostly the RUSSIAN speaking translators familiar with the old Russian handwriting. Please, check our BelarusSIG home page for more details about this work. Hug Sameah Irene Kudish, the project coordinator Tel-Aviv Israel LIBKIND/LIPKIND, GLIKIN __________________________________
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Surname change
#belarus
Florence Gurwin <fgurwin@...>
Larry Schenker's story about surname changes is interesting. My husband's
grandfather's name was Jacob Goldsmith. That was the only name we ever knew until recently when we learned that his surname was Lubin. He was 16 years old when he immigrated to America >from Poland. Unfortunately, his daughter-in-law discarded his naturalization papers after her husband died and now we have no way to trace his roots. If anyone has an idea how we can trace him, please let me know. Researching: SHLEIFERMAN, Ukraine; PEISACHOV, PASACHOVITZ, PEISACHOVITCH, PEISACHOWITZ, Orsha, Mogelev gubernia, Belarus Florence Gurwin Columbus, OH fgurwin@columbus.rr.com Florence Gurwin Columbus, OH
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communities listed in Ruzhany Yizkor book
#belarus
Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
I am trying to verify the correct names of the following communities. I
found them in the Ruzhany Yizkor book - in hebrew Constantinova Kolozovy Koliny Shipic Liskova They must be near Ruzhany because they are included in the Ruzhany Yizkor book. I am transliterating the list of names >from the book. Rose Feldman rosef@post.tau.ac.il EPSTEIN, BOYARSKY Mscibow & Ruzhany GITNER, REZNIK, LUKIN Litin & Kalinovka TREPMAN, FELDMAN Warsaw Mscibow Belarus http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mscibow Ruzhany Belarus http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany Litin Ukraine http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Litin Kalinovka Ukraine http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kalinovka Shalom and see you in Jerusalem! The 24th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy July 4-9, 2004 www.jewishgen.org/jerusalem2004
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Belarus SIG #Belarus thank you
#belarus
Irene K. <impromptus2002@...>
Thank you for all of you who kindly answered my
message concerning the 13CD project. I underlined again that we are looking mostly the RUSSIAN speaking translators familiar with the old Russian handwriting. Please, check our BelarusSIG home page for more details about this work. Hug Sameah Irene Kudish, the project coordinator Tel-Aviv Israel LIBKIND/LIPKIND, GLIKIN __________________________________
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Surname change
#belarus
Florence Gurwin <fgurwin@...>
Larry Schenker's story about surname changes is interesting. My husband's
grandfather's name was Jacob Goldsmith. That was the only name we ever knew until recently when we learned that his surname was Lubin. He was 16 years old when he immigrated to America >from Poland. Unfortunately, his daughter-in-law discarded his naturalization papers after her husband died and now we have no way to trace his roots. If anyone has an idea how we can trace him, please let me know. Researching: SHLEIFERMAN, Ukraine; PEISACHOV, PASACHOVITZ, PEISACHOVITCH, PEISACHOWITZ, Orsha, Mogelev gubernia, Belarus Florence Gurwin Columbus, OH fgurwin@columbus.rr.com Florence Gurwin Columbus, OH
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Belarus SIG #Belarus communities listed in Ruzhany Yizkor book
#belarus
Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
I am trying to verify the correct names of the following communities. I
found them in the Ruzhany Yizkor book - in hebrew Constantinova Kolozovy Koliny Shipic Liskova They must be near Ruzhany because they are included in the Ruzhany Yizkor book. I am transliterating the list of names >from the book. Rose Feldman rosef@post.tau.ac.il EPSTEIN, BOYARSKY Mscibow & Ruzhany GITNER, REZNIK, LUKIN Litin & Kalinovka TREPMAN, FELDMAN Warsaw Mscibow Belarus http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mscibow Ruzhany Belarus http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany Litin Ukraine http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Litin Kalinovka Ukraine http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kalinovka Shalom and see you in Jerusalem! The 24th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy July 4-9, 2004 www.jewishgen.org/jerusalem2004
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Most Organization--Stolin and Region
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Stepak
Dear Friends,
I would like to bring to your attention an organization founded in 1999 in Belarus with which personally I have no interest, but thought might interest members of our SIG. The name of the organization is Most, meaning bridge. They mean to provide a bridge for those Jews whose ancestors lived in their region. They maintain a website in Russian and English at www.stolinmost.narod.ru. Most, led by Michail Chernyavsky, is a member of the Union of the Belarusian Jewish Community, headed by Leonid Levin. In addition to Stolin, the group have connections to the following former towns of our ancestors: David Horodok, Rubel, Horodnaya, Belousha, Berezhnoye, Glinka, Radchitsk, Olpen. The region served by the organization also includes Olmany, Olshany, Belousha, Horsk, Osavaya, Maleshevo, Olgomel, Korotichi, Lutki, Greater Orly, Small Orly, Lyadzec, Ozdamichi, Machul, Remel, Ruhcha, Terebezhov, Nechatovo, and Plotnica. Among its activities, the group organizes annual memorial services in Stolin, on September 11. They also hold commemorations for the Jews of Rubel and David Horodok. They are involved with maintaining the memorials at the following death sites: Stasino (Stolin, where 12,500 Jews were executed), Borok (Rubel), and Hinavsk (David Horodok, where 2700 were executed). They organize shabbot and holiday observances. They are now working on a project to fence off the former Jewish cemetery of Stolin. They have a Jewish folk group named "Lehaim." And they try to educate the local children about the former Jewish populations who lived in their towns. Ellen Stepak Ramat Gan, Israel researching: BRENN and POSENITZKY in Pinsk and Ivanik
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Re: findings on the Belarus Site
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s_wiener@...
Dear SIG Members [& esp. Jerry],
I have reviewed the Belarus database frequently but I have never acknowledged anyone for it. In particular, my grandmother and grandfather, as well as cousins of unknown relationship, are all connected to the Lahishiner Social Benevolent Society. My mystery is what the relationship of the Society was to the family as they hailed >from Lyubashevo and Lakhva, Belarus. Other Databases that may lead me to more family include: Pinsk Organizations including Congregation Dorshei Tov Anshei Pinsk, Lachowicze Revision List of 1816, Lyakhovichi 1880 draft list May, 1880 Minsk Gubernia Vedomosti, Lachowicze 1883 and 1884 Deputy and Electors Tax Lists, Jewish Surnames >from the Minsk Gubernia. So, I would like to thank Jerry and others very much for the efforts they have made in order for the rest of us to gain access to data so easily. Check 'em out!! Chag Samach Simcha Torah! Shellie Wiener San Francisco, CA Researching: GOLEMBE - Lyubashevo and Lakhva, Minsk Gubernia, Belarus MACNITSKY, ROSENFELD, ROSENTHAL, FEDER, KRAVITZ - Pinsk or nearby, Minsk Gubernia, Belarus ------------------------------------------------------- In part Jerry Seligsohn wrote: <<... Please note that I have published a large number of landsmanshaften name lists on the belarus site and have not gotten around to announce them. The names of the almost fifty shtetls for which I have prepared landsmanshaften name lists constantly show up on this message board and seemingly go unread. Make my day and let me know if you have found an ancestors name on the belarus site.>>
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