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A Riga in Ukraine? #ukraine

philapple@...
 

On a 1936 declaration of intention, the applicant stated that he was born in Riga,
Poltava, Russia." I am sure that this person knew as well as anyone that Riga was
the capital of Latvia, but surely also knew where he was born, and knew of a town
or shtetl named Riga in Poltava Province. In 1939, he repeated this information
about Riga on his naturalization petition.
It could be that the applicant pronounced the name of his town correctly, but the
clerk who typed up the declaration heard "Riga" and that is what ended up on the
document. I made a thorough search of Where Once We Walked, but could not find a
town in Ukraine that even remotely resembled "Riga."
I know that later in life the applicant and his family moved to Romny, Ukraine.
Perhaps this "Riga" is near Romny.
Is anyone aware of a shtetl, village, town or city in Ukraine that sounds like Riga?

Phillip Applebaum
Oak Park, Michigan, USA
Ukraine SIG #Ukraine A Riga in Ukraine? #ukraine

philapple@...
 

On a 1936 declaration of intention, the applicant stated that he was born in Riga,
Poltava, Russia." I am sure that this person knew as well as anyone that Riga was
the capital of Latvia, but surely also knew where he was born, and knew of a town
or shtetl named Riga in Poltava Province. In 1939, he repeated this information
about Riga on his naturalization petition.
It could be that the applicant pronounced the name of his town correctly, but the
clerk who typed up the declaration heard "Riga" and that is what ended up on the
document. I made a thorough search of Where Once We Walked, but could not find a
town in Ukraine that even remotely resembled "Riga."
I know that later in life the applicant and his family moved to Romny, Ukraine.
Perhaps this "Riga" is near Romny.
Is anyone aware of a shtetl, village, town or city in Ukraine that sounds like Riga?

Phillip Applebaum
Oak Park, Michigan, USA
Ethnographic question: hats & yarmulkes, Bessarabia, ca. 1900 #ukraine

Marc L. Greenberg <marek4@...>
 

Hello, all,
I would like to know the name(s) -- Yiddish, Hebrew,
Russian, English -- and significance, if any, of the
particularly type of headgear worn by the bearded man
in these two pictures:

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=5639

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=5640

Were these any particular kind of yarmulke and hat or
were they standard-issue for this place and time
(Kishinev, Bessarabia, ca. 1900) for a middle-aged
Jewish man? Do they signify anything about the
profession of the wearer?

Please reply directly to me. If interest is expressed,
I'd be happy to post a summary.
Sincerely,
Marc L. Greenberg

Researching: KLEIN - Kishinev / Chisinau; BLAU -
Tiszakarad / Karad, Zemplen County; LERNER - Bucharest
/ Bucuresti; HARRIS - Odessa / Odesa; BILANSKY,
GREENBERG, HERMAN - Novograd Volynskij
Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Ethnographic question: hats & yarmulkes, Bessarabia, ca. 1900 #ukraine

Marc L. Greenberg <marek4@...>
 

Hello, all,
I would like to know the name(s) -- Yiddish, Hebrew,
Russian, English -- and significance, if any, of the
particularly type of headgear worn by the bearded man
in these two pictures:

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=5639

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=5640

Were these any particular kind of yarmulke and hat or
were they standard-issue for this place and time
(Kishinev, Bessarabia, ca. 1900) for a middle-aged
Jewish man? Do they signify anything about the
profession of the wearer?

Please reply directly to me. If interest is expressed,
I'd be happy to post a summary.
Sincerely,
Marc L. Greenberg

Researching: KLEIN - Kishinev / Chisinau; BLAU -
Tiszakarad / Karad, Zemplen County; LERNER - Bucharest
/ Bucuresti; HARRIS - Odessa / Odesa; BILANSKY,
GREENBERG, HERMAN - Novograd Volynskij
Searching for STEIN, but Not the One you Think #general

Adam Stein <adam@...>
 

As you can see below, I list STEIN (Sarny, Ukraine). However, that is not the
STEIN I'm looking for. The STEIN listed below is on my mother's side. I also
have a totally unrelated STEIN on my father's side. I don't even have enough
information to list it below. I'll list the few names I do have and hopefully
somebody recognizes something. I've tried online sites (JewishGen, death index,
grave sites, etc), but nothing matches or I don't have enough information to prove
a match. I keep checking back once in a while in case anything new pops up.

I've already uploaded my complete family tree to FTJP, so people can check any of
the names listed below for further connections if I have them.

Jack STEIN married Sarah STABINSKY. They had a child, Emanuel, born in 1910.
Emanuel died sometime between 1953 and 1957. There is a rumor that Emanuel had a
brother named Nathan, but I have no concrete evidence of that.

Emanuel married Anna FRIEDMAN August 9, 1936. Anna's parents were Oscar and Ida
FRIEDMAN.

Emanuel and Anna had one child, Stanley George STEIN. Stanley was born February
1, 1941 and died February 8, 1999. He married Belle STEIN (STEIN is her maiden
name as well as her married name -- no relation like I said above). Stanley and
Belle had two children; Adam (me) and Mandy.

Unfortunately, my father passed away several years ago before I became interested
in genealogy. There were never any other family members that my mother or I am
aware of to even ask or look up information on besides the named listed above. My
father never spoke of his father's family (I don't think his father told him
anything to begin with).

Thanks in advance for any help.

Adam Stein
Searching:
ALPEROWITZ (Minsk, Belarus; Rochester, NY)
ALPERIN (Rochester, NY; NJ)
CHWAT (Minsk, Belarus)
FRIEDMAN (Austria)
STEIN (Sarny, Ukraine)
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YUDLEVITZ - Mystery Town Leton, Russia #general

Jeff Miller
 

A big thank you to those who responded to my posting about the mystery town Leton,
Russia. I am confident that the suggestion that Leton, Russia is likely Lita or
Litau, meaning the country Lithuania rather than any particular town, is the
correct interpretation. Based on naturalization papers which I have, which I view
as a primary document, I conclude that Yane YUDLEVITZ was likely a brother of my
grandfather, Avrum Yitzhak YUDELOWITZ, originally >from Panevezys.

My challenge now is to find Yane YUDLEVITZ' descendants. I know in the US the
family first lived in New Jersey, but relocated early on in the 1900s to the Los
Angeles area.

Other names of related family members include Etta GORE (the name FORER is also
listed as her mother's maiden name). She was born in 1898 and died in Los Angeles
in 1985. Also Edith YUDLEVITZ, born 1900 or 1901, died in San Bernardino in 1970.
Irving (Isidore) YUDLEVITZ born 1905, died in Los Angeles in 1987. Also Sophia
born 1902.

If anyone has any information or recommendations, please contact me privately.

Jeff Miller
Maryland
SingingtM@comcast.net
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching for STEIN, but Not the One you Think #general

Adam Stein <adam@...>
 

As you can see below, I list STEIN (Sarny, Ukraine). However, that is not the
STEIN I'm looking for. The STEIN listed below is on my mother's side. I also
have a totally unrelated STEIN on my father's side. I don't even have enough
information to list it below. I'll list the few names I do have and hopefully
somebody recognizes something. I've tried online sites (JewishGen, death index,
grave sites, etc), but nothing matches or I don't have enough information to prove
a match. I keep checking back once in a while in case anything new pops up.

I've already uploaded my complete family tree to FTJP, so people can check any of
the names listed below for further connections if I have them.

Jack STEIN married Sarah STABINSKY. They had a child, Emanuel, born in 1910.
Emanuel died sometime between 1953 and 1957. There is a rumor that Emanuel had a
brother named Nathan, but I have no concrete evidence of that.

Emanuel married Anna FRIEDMAN August 9, 1936. Anna's parents were Oscar and Ida
FRIEDMAN.

Emanuel and Anna had one child, Stanley George STEIN. Stanley was born February
1, 1941 and died February 8, 1999. He married Belle STEIN (STEIN is her maiden
name as well as her married name -- no relation like I said above). Stanley and
Belle had two children; Adam (me) and Mandy.

Unfortunately, my father passed away several years ago before I became interested
in genealogy. There were never any other family members that my mother or I am
aware of to even ask or look up information on besides the named listed above. My
father never spoke of his father's family (I don't think his father told him
anything to begin with).

Thanks in advance for any help.

Adam Stein
Searching:
ALPEROWITZ (Minsk, Belarus; Rochester, NY)
ALPERIN (Rochester, NY; NJ)
CHWAT (Minsk, Belarus)
FRIEDMAN (Austria)
STEIN (Sarny, Ukraine)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen YUDLEVITZ - Mystery Town Leton, Russia #general

Jeff Miller
 

A big thank you to those who responded to my posting about the mystery town Leton,
Russia. I am confident that the suggestion that Leton, Russia is likely Lita or
Litau, meaning the country Lithuania rather than any particular town, is the
correct interpretation. Based on naturalization papers which I have, which I view
as a primary document, I conclude that Yane YUDLEVITZ was likely a brother of my
grandfather, Avrum Yitzhak YUDELOWITZ, originally >from Panevezys.

My challenge now is to find Yane YUDLEVITZ' descendants. I know in the US the
family first lived in New Jersey, but relocated early on in the 1900s to the Los
Angeles area.

Other names of related family members include Etta GORE (the name FORER is also
listed as her mother's maiden name). She was born in 1898 and died in Los Angeles
in 1985. Also Edith YUDLEVITZ, born 1900 or 1901, died in San Bernardino in 1970.
Irving (Isidore) YUDLEVITZ born 1905, died in Los Angeles in 1987. Also Sophia
born 1902.

If anyone has any information or recommendations, please contact me privately.

Jeff Miller
Maryland
SingingtM@comcast.net
Looking for BIDNA family of Northridge, California #general

David Priever
 

Dear Fellow Jewishgenners,

Hello!

I would like to make contact with the family of David and Sylvia KESSLER BIDNA.
They had a son named Eric. The last address I had for them was in the area of
Northridge, California.

Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

David Priever
Please reply privately to:
brooklyn1960@hotmail.com
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Searching for Dolly UNGER in Israel #general

Juergen.Hartmann@...
 

I am a German historian and journalist researching for Jewish families of the
county Lippe (cities: Detmold, Lemgo, Bad Salzuflen, Lage, Horn-Bad Meinberg,
Barntrup, Oerlinghausen etc.) between 1933 and 1945. Now I need help because I am
searching for the adress of Mrs. Dolly Unger in Israel. She is a sister of
Heinrich Herz, born 1900 in Blumenthal near Bremen.
Who can help?
Thank you.

Juergen Hartmann
Seeking: MITTLEMAN #general

Martin Celnick <helenej@...>
 

I am trying to locate any information about a grand aunt, Scheine MITTLEMAN,
daughter of Beckro and Yetta Mittleman of Kiev, Russia. Scheine came to the United
States on February 19, 1906 on the S.S. Umbria >from Liverpool accompanied by her
sister Rose Mittleman POLONSKY and Rose's husband, Morris Polonsky, a watchmaker.
According to the ship's mainifest her destination was the home in Brooklyn, N.Y.
of her brother in law, Alexander Polonsky. A picture of her dated April 17, 1923
is signed Scheine Katd____. We have no further details.

Martin Celnick
helenej@bestweb.net

Also seeking:
Polonsky, Celnick, Mendelsberg/Mandeslsberg, Muhlmeister, Langer, Hirsch,
Tracht, Migdal, Feuer, Mann
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for BIDNA family of Northridge, California #general

David Priever
 

Dear Fellow Jewishgenners,

Hello!

I would like to make contact with the family of David and Sylvia KESSLER BIDNA.
They had a son named Eric. The last address I had for them was in the area of
Northridge, California.

Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

David Priever
Please reply privately to:
brooklyn1960@hotmail.com
***
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surnames of interest in the JewishGen Family Finder,
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching for Dolly UNGER in Israel #general

Juergen.Hartmann@...
 

I am a German historian and journalist researching for Jewish families of the
county Lippe (cities: Detmold, Lemgo, Bad Salzuflen, Lage, Horn-Bad Meinberg,
Barntrup, Oerlinghausen etc.) between 1933 and 1945. Now I need help because I am
searching for the adress of Mrs. Dolly Unger in Israel. She is a sister of
Heinrich Herz, born 1900 in Blumenthal near Bremen.
Who can help?
Thank you.

Juergen Hartmann
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking: MITTLEMAN #general

Martin Celnick <helenej@...>
 

I am trying to locate any information about a grand aunt, Scheine MITTLEMAN,
daughter of Beckro and Yetta Mittleman of Kiev, Russia. Scheine came to the United
States on February 19, 1906 on the S.S. Umbria >from Liverpool accompanied by her
sister Rose Mittleman POLONSKY and Rose's husband, Morris Polonsky, a watchmaker.
According to the ship's mainifest her destination was the home in Brooklyn, N.Y.
of her brother in law, Alexander Polonsky. A picture of her dated April 17, 1923
is signed Scheine Katd____. We have no further details.

Martin Celnick
helenej@bestweb.net

Also seeking:
Polonsky, Celnick, Mendelsberg/Mandeslsberg, Muhlmeister, Langer, Hirsch,
Tracht, Migdal, Feuer, Mann
***
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ZYLBERMAN/ROTENBERG from Mlawa #general

Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
 

I've just discovered a Zylberman link to Mlawa.
Boruch Jciek ZYLBERMAN (age 19) and his 18 year old wife Ryfka (nee ROTENBERG) had
a girl in Mlawa named Ryfka in 1864.

Boruch Jciek was born in 1845 in Swiniary and his birth was recorded in nearby
Chorzele. Zylberman is a relatively rare name in Mlawa and Ryfka's birth is the
first of a group that include Abram (1867), Dawid (1869), Berek Eliasz (1876),
Chawa Laia (1878), Chejwet (1881) and Chaim Mordka (1883). Note that I have not
yet ordered the Mlawa records for these but am assuming that they are the children
of Boruch Jciek and Ryfka since no earlier Zylberman records have been found in
Mlawa to date.

If this sounds familiar, please contact me privately at meyers01@comcast.net

Marty Meyers
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SZPIRO & HERTZBERG from Przasnysz #general

Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
 

I've just discovered a family link to the SZPIRO family in Przasnysz.

Golda KASTELBERG was married to Motel DZIEDZIC and their grandson Josek DZIEDZIC
married my great-grandmother's sister Szajna ZYLBERMAN.

After Motel died in 1848, Golda remarried in 1850 a Mosiek Hersz SZPIRO, son of
Hersz Jankiefowicz and Royza (nee HERTZBERG) SZPIRO. So Josek's father, who was
named after his father who died earlier in 1848, would have been brought up in the
SZPRIO household and would have known no other father.

If this sounds familiar, please contact me privately at
meyers01@comcast.net

Marty Meyers
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ZYLBERMAN/ROTENBERG from Mlawa #general

Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
 

I've just discovered a Zylberman link to Mlawa.
Boruch Jciek ZYLBERMAN (age 19) and his 18 year old wife Ryfka (nee ROTENBERG) had
a girl in Mlawa named Ryfka in 1864.

Boruch Jciek was born in 1845 in Swiniary and his birth was recorded in nearby
Chorzele. Zylberman is a relatively rare name in Mlawa and Ryfka's birth is the
first of a group that include Abram (1867), Dawid (1869), Berek Eliasz (1876),
Chawa Laia (1878), Chejwet (1881) and Chaim Mordka (1883). Note that I have not
yet ordered the Mlawa records for these but am assuming that they are the children
of Boruch Jciek and Ryfka since no earlier Zylberman records have been found in
Mlawa to date.

If this sounds familiar, please contact me privately at meyers01@comcast.net

Marty Meyers
***
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frequently. If you have not already done so, please log onto
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all the surnames of interest to your family research. As you learn about more
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your own listings up to date.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen SZPIRO & HERTZBERG from Przasnysz #general

Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
 

I've just discovered a family link to the SZPIRO family in Przasnysz.

Golda KASTELBERG was married to Motel DZIEDZIC and their grandson Josek DZIEDZIC
married my great-grandmother's sister Szajna ZYLBERMAN.

After Motel died in 1848, Golda remarried in 1850 a Mosiek Hersz SZPIRO, son of
Hersz Jankiefowicz and Royza (nee HERTZBERG) SZPIRO. So Josek's father, who was
named after his father who died earlier in 1848, would have been brought up in the
SZPRIO household and would have known no other father.

If this sounds familiar, please contact me privately at
meyers01@comcast.net

Marty Meyers
Daytona Area Papers #general

Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
 

Is there a genner in Daytona Beach with easy access to the a library with archives
of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the Volusia Review, or the Flagler Palm Coast
Tribune ?

If so and you plan on going to the Library soon I would appreciate getting the
full text of two articles--( about an engagement and the subsequent wedding.)

Please email me for the exact citations.

Thanks,

Barbara S. Mannlein
Tucson, AZ
Mount Chewron Cemetery #general

Jerome Seligsohn <jselig1315@...>
 

Old genealogists don't die; they transliterate. Working on archiving the papers of
the Bolshowtzer Arbeiter Lodge no. 517 IOBA today at YIVO Archives I encountered a
mystery which threw me into a researching tizzy. Chewron was not to be found
anywhere.
The jgsny website offered a Mtt Hebron bural site but no Chewron. Google was no
help. Finally, an exteremely bright and gifted genalogist hit on the solution.
Chewron was the attempt of the Yiddish speaking lodge to approximate the sound of
Hebron in English. The case was solved. The message is never give up on a name no
matter how ridiculous if may first appear to be.

Jerome Seligsohn
volunteer archivist YIVO
371781 - 371800 of 657965