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Re: Philadelphia Public Library resources
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milt <botwinick@...>
I would call the library to be sure it is open sunday. It usually is
closed on sunday when school is out milt botwinick philadelphia botwinick@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Philadelphia Public Library resources
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milt <botwinick@...>
I would call the library to be sure it is open sunday. It usually is
closed on sunday when school is out milt botwinick philadelphia botwinick@aol.com
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LitvakSIG VRI Project Records Distribution - Keidan
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Joel Ratner
The LitvakSIG is pleased to announce the distribution of additional vital
records for the town of Keidan. The translations of the birth records for the years 1907-1910 and 1912-1914 were distributed today, as called for by the rules established by the SIG. Joel Ratner Coordinator, Vilna District Research Group
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen LitvakSIG VRI Project Records Distribution - Keidan
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Joel Ratner
The LitvakSIG is pleased to announce the distribution of additional vital
records for the town of Keidan. The translations of the birth records for the years 1907-1910 and 1912-1914 were distributed today, as called for by the rules established by the SIG. Joel Ratner Coordinator, Vilna District Research Group
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Rio de Janerio newspapers
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A. E. Jordan
Does anyone have the ability to look for some articles for me >from the
Rio de Janerio newspapers >from 1966? If someone could check the newspapers and send me copies of a few articles I would appreciate it. I know the dates and subject, so if you have the ability to do this please email me rpivately and we can discuss the details. Thanks. Allan Jordan
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Italy phone call
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A. E. Jordan
Is there anyone in Italiy or that speaks Italian that could help me
with a phone call? I have a name and phone number in the Trieste area (Bandiera) I believe and I am trying to get either a fax or email address to contact the person. I don't speak Italian so I am fearful that making a phone call >from the United Satets will be a waste of time and money. If there is one someone who could help me out please contact me privately. Thank you. Allan Jordan
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rio de Janerio newspapers
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A. E. Jordan
Does anyone have the ability to look for some articles for me >from the
Rio de Janerio newspapers >from 1966? If someone could check the newspapers and send me copies of a few articles I would appreciate it. I know the dates and subject, so if you have the ability to do this please email me rpivately and we can discuss the details. Thanks. Allan Jordan
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Italy phone call
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A. E. Jordan
Is there anyone in Italiy or that speaks Italian that could help me
with a phone call? I have a name and phone number in the Trieste area (Bandiera) I believe and I am trying to get either a fax or email address to contact the person. I don't speak Italian so I am fearful that making a phone call >from the United Satets will be a waste of time and money. If there is one someone who could help me out please contact me privately. Thank you. Allan Jordan
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Re: ED for NY State 1885 Census
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Joy Rich <joyrichny@...>
Marian, New York didn't take a state census in 1885. No censuses were
taken in New York between the 1875 census and the 1892 census. Censuses for New York County exist for only 1855, 1905, 1915, and 1925. See http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/NYStateCensus.html. Joy Rich Brooklyn, NY Subject: ED for NY State 1885 Census From: Bobmar37@aol.com Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:20:39 EDT X-Message-Number: 13 I have a Manhattan address and would like to see who lived there in 1885. Is there an index for the 1885 NYS census which will tell me the ED for that address? Marian Price Rensselaer, NY
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: ED for NY State 1885 Census
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Joy Rich <joyrichny@...>
Marian, New York didn't take a state census in 1885. No censuses were
taken in New York between the 1875 census and the 1892 census. Censuses for New York County exist for only 1855, 1905, 1915, and 1925. See http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/NYStateCensus.html. Joy Rich Brooklyn, NY Subject: ED for NY State 1885 Census From: Bobmar37@aol.com Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:20:39 EDT X-Message-Number: 13 I have a Manhattan address and would like to see who lived there in 1885. Is there an index for the 1885 NYS census which will tell me the ED for that address? Marian Price Rensselaer, NY
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broken branches
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In my grandfather´s tombstone there´s a drawing of two branches
with leaves, that are crossing each other in the bottom. Between the two branches there is a Star of David. My grandfather died in Brazil, in 1914, when he was 49 years, working as a peddler. There are two different versions to explain the reason of his death, both has to do with gun. In this case, the drawing of the branches is consistent with a "truncated life". Eliana Aizim from Rio de Janeiro, Brazilhttp://www.geocities.com/elianaaizim/photo2.html
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen broken branches
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In my grandfather´s tombstone there´s a drawing of two branches
with leaves, that are crossing each other in the bottom. Between the two branches there is a Star of David. My grandfather died in Brazil, in 1914, when he was 49 years, working as a peddler. There are two different versions to explain the reason of his death, both has to do with gun. In this case, the drawing of the branches is consistent with a "truncated life". Eliana Aizim from Rio de Janeiro, Brazilhttp://www.geocities.com/elianaaizim/photo2.html
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Re: Jurjew
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Sally Bruckheimer <sallybru@...>
My grandmother's family was also Lithuanian - specifically they said,
Augustow. Of course, there was no Lithuania for centuries before the 20th century; Lithuanian was the term for the generally self-described 'intellectual', Northern, largely non-Chassidic Jews of Russia/Poland/Prussia/whatever. Augustow was actually in Suwalki gubernia of the Kingdom of Poland. The area was not ever Lithuania when this family was there. And actually, they were >from Augustow District and not >from the city itself. The point of this is that we have to 'interpret' our family stories to figure out how they meant the information. 'Lithuanian', for example, rarely meant a nation, but rather a philosophy or subdivision of Eastern European Ashkenazi Judaism. If you were not Lithuanian, you were probably a Galicianer, and if you were not a Galicianer, you were probably Lithuanian - regardless of where you lived in Eastern Europe. Similarly, 'Augustow' is interpreted as the Augustow area. Jurjew, on the other hand, was never (as far as I know) a district city or even a 'big city', so it is more likely that they lived there or in an even smaller town nearby. Sally Bruckheimer Chatham, NJ With apologies to all Lithuanians and Galicianers who would describe these two groups differently. "That is strange because my family comes >from Lithuania."
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Jurjew
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Sally Bruckheimer <sallybru@...>
My grandmother's family was also Lithuanian - specifically they said,
Augustow. Of course, there was no Lithuania for centuries before the 20th century; Lithuanian was the term for the generally self-described 'intellectual', Northern, largely non-Chassidic Jews of Russia/Poland/Prussia/whatever. Augustow was actually in Suwalki gubernia of the Kingdom of Poland. The area was not ever Lithuania when this family was there. And actually, they were >from Augustow District and not >from the city itself. The point of this is that we have to 'interpret' our family stories to figure out how they meant the information. 'Lithuanian', for example, rarely meant a nation, but rather a philosophy or subdivision of Eastern European Ashkenazi Judaism. If you were not Lithuanian, you were probably a Galicianer, and if you were not a Galicianer, you were probably Lithuanian - regardless of where you lived in Eastern Europe. Similarly, 'Augustow' is interpreted as the Augustow area. Jurjew, on the other hand, was never (as far as I know) a district city or even a 'big city', so it is more likely that they lived there or in an even smaller town nearby. Sally Bruckheimer Chatham, NJ With apologies to all Lithuanians and Galicianers who would describe these two groups differently. "That is strange because my family comes >from Lithuania."
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Re: 1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
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Stan Goodman <SPAM_FOILER@...>
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 03:51:36 UTC, ilyaz@earthlink.net (ilyaz) opined:
May someone please make sense of an entry in the 1902 New York CityTo me it looks like he lives at 54 Eldridge. Busy man that he is, he may or may not receive many patients there. "Extracts" may be >from plants of pharmaceutical or culinary uses. What he could possibly be doing on Canal Street is hard to guess >from this distance. Doesn't the City Directory have a section in which it lists by address? If not, it must have a business directory that you could browse; NY wasn't so off-puttingly big that long ago. -- Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Dorohoi, and Mileanca, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better). the URL is: http://www.hashkedim.com For reasons connected with anti-spam/junk security, the return address is not valid. To communicate with me, please visit my website (see the URL above -- no Java required for this purpose) and fill in the email form there.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: 1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
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Stan Goodman <SPAM_FOILER@...>
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 03:51:36 UTC, ilyaz@earthlink.net (ilyaz) opined:
May someone please make sense of an entry in the 1902 New York CityTo me it looks like he lives at 54 Eldridge. Busy man that he is, he may or may not receive many patients there. "Extracts" may be >from plants of pharmaceutical or culinary uses. What he could possibly be doing on Canal Street is hard to guess >from this distance. Doesn't the City Directory have a section in which it lists by address? If not, it must have a business directory that you could browse; NY wasn't so off-puttingly big that long ago. -- Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Dorohoi, and Mileanca, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better). the URL is: http://www.hashkedim.com For reasons connected with anti-spam/junk security, the return address is not valid. To communicate with me, please visit my website (see the URL above -- no Java required for this purpose) and fill in the email form there.
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Rabbi Yitzhok ELchonon SPEKTOR
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Jeff Miller
I am researching family of Rabbi Yitzhak Elchonan SPEKTOR and his sons who
took the name RABINOVICH. In particular, I am researching the connection to any of the surnames BEKER, ABRAMOVICH, LAN, WEISSMAN, BLANKFORT, GOLBURT, ZELWER (SILBER), MARGOLIS, KAGAN. These are my specific questions: 1 Elchonan Spektor b: Abt. 1761 .. +Rachel Father: Yitzhak Does anyone know what Rachel's maiden name was? ...... 2 Israel Isser Spektor b: Abt. 1789 .......... +Rachel b: Abt. 1789 Father: Yitzhak Does anyone know what this second Rachel's maiden name was? ............... 3 Yitzhak Elchonan Spektor b: 1817 in Rossi (Rus), Grodno Gub., Russia d: 1896 in Kovno, Poland ................... +Sarah Reisel Yerszki d: 1882 Father: Eliazer Yerszki Mother: Bluma Does anyone know what Bluma's maiden name was? 5 Yisroel Isser Spektor Rabinowicz d: 1933 in Kovno, Poland .................................... +Fruma Frankel d: 1944 in Stutthof Concentration Camp, Gdansk, Danzig Father: Shimon Price Mother: Esther Does anyone know what Esther's maiden name was? ......... 7 Shmuel Elchonan b: 12 Feb 1930 in Kovno, Poland ... +Zipporah Gromet b: Abt. 1931 in Sandovah Wizna, Poland 19 Feb 1957 Father: Naftali Gromet Mother: Rachel Does anyone know what this third Rachel's maiden name was? .... 8 Benjamin Elchonan b: 12 May 1958 ..... 8 Ofra Elechonan b: 25 Jan 1961 in Rehovat, Israel ........ 6 Shlomo Rabinowicz b: 1901 d: 1992 in Israel ...... 6 Miriam (Mira) b: 1904 d: 1943 in Stutthof Concentration Camp, Gdansk, Danzig ..... 7 Israel Isser b: 1933 d: 1943 in Kovno Does anyone know the names of spouses of the above, including their full names with maiden names, if applicable? ............... 3 Moshe Joseph Spektor ....................... 4 Aryeh Spektor ....................... 4 Meir Spektor ........................... +Esther Does anyone know what this second Esther's maiden name was, or any spouse of the three males listed above her name? ................................ 5 Jacob Spektor ................................ 5 Emanuel Spektor ................................ 5 Rachel Spektor ....................... 4 Shifra Spektor ....................... 4 Esther Spektor ............... 3 Abraham Aaron Spektor Does anyone know the names of spouses of the above, including their full names with maiden names, if applicable? ............... 3 Jacob David Spektor b: 1899 d: Abt. 1961 in Haifa, Israel ................... +Sheindel Klein b: 1858 Father: Moshe Mendel Klein ....................... 4 Abraham Aaron Spektor ........................... +Sora Father: Lejb Does anyone know what Sora's maiden name was, i.e., or what Lejb's surname was? ................................ 5 Jacob David Spektor b: 1904 Does anyone know the names of spouse of the above, including maiden name? Thank you for any assistance that you can provide. Please respond privately. Jeff Miller SingingTM@comcast.net Maryland
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Re: more on broken monuments
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Mathilde Tagger <tagger@...>
Hi Anita,
You wrote: ------>If Jews ever thought that this was a "Christian symbol" that might explain I do not think that broken column is a Christian symbol. At least during the 18th-19th century, Italian Jews used broken marble columns as tombstone, on which was engraved the Hebrew inscriptions. This was a cheap material. It is very possible that broken columns found in London and later on in US has been influenced by Italy. The most usual symbol found on graves to express a premature death is a cut tree trunk. A very good example is the monument erected in memory of President Kennedy in the Jerusalem Hills- a cut tree trunk! But of course, one can find cut columns. As far as I know, cut branches is a rare ornament on a tombstone and I am not speaking of two branches framing a picture or initials or anything else. By the way, someone earlier spoke of the use of branches put on a grave instead of stones. A guess: may be this custom is based on the fact that in certain rainy/green countries, it is easier to find a branch than a stone. Shalom, Mathilde Tagger Jerusalem Visit: www.isragen.org.il
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rabbi Yitzhok ELchonon SPEKTOR
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Jeff Miller
I am researching family of Rabbi Yitzhak Elchonan SPEKTOR and his sons who
took the name RABINOVICH. In particular, I am researching the connection to any of the surnames BEKER, ABRAMOVICH, LAN, WEISSMAN, BLANKFORT, GOLBURT, ZELWER (SILBER), MARGOLIS, KAGAN. These are my specific questions: 1 Elchonan Spektor b: Abt. 1761 .. +Rachel Father: Yitzhak Does anyone know what Rachel's maiden name was? ...... 2 Israel Isser Spektor b: Abt. 1789 .......... +Rachel b: Abt. 1789 Father: Yitzhak Does anyone know what this second Rachel's maiden name was? ............... 3 Yitzhak Elchonan Spektor b: 1817 in Rossi (Rus), Grodno Gub., Russia d: 1896 in Kovno, Poland ................... +Sarah Reisel Yerszki d: 1882 Father: Eliazer Yerszki Mother: Bluma Does anyone know what Bluma's maiden name was? 5 Yisroel Isser Spektor Rabinowicz d: 1933 in Kovno, Poland .................................... +Fruma Frankel d: 1944 in Stutthof Concentration Camp, Gdansk, Danzig Father: Shimon Price Mother: Esther Does anyone know what Esther's maiden name was? ......... 7 Shmuel Elchonan b: 12 Feb 1930 in Kovno, Poland ... +Zipporah Gromet b: Abt. 1931 in Sandovah Wizna, Poland 19 Feb 1957 Father: Naftali Gromet Mother: Rachel Does anyone know what this third Rachel's maiden name was? .... 8 Benjamin Elchonan b: 12 May 1958 ..... 8 Ofra Elechonan b: 25 Jan 1961 in Rehovat, Israel ........ 6 Shlomo Rabinowicz b: 1901 d: 1992 in Israel ...... 6 Miriam (Mira) b: 1904 d: 1943 in Stutthof Concentration Camp, Gdansk, Danzig ..... 7 Israel Isser b: 1933 d: 1943 in Kovno Does anyone know the names of spouses of the above, including their full names with maiden names, if applicable? ............... 3 Moshe Joseph Spektor ....................... 4 Aryeh Spektor ....................... 4 Meir Spektor ........................... +Esther Does anyone know what this second Esther's maiden name was, or any spouse of the three males listed above her name? ................................ 5 Jacob Spektor ................................ 5 Emanuel Spektor ................................ 5 Rachel Spektor ....................... 4 Shifra Spektor ....................... 4 Esther Spektor ............... 3 Abraham Aaron Spektor Does anyone know the names of spouses of the above, including their full names with maiden names, if applicable? ............... 3 Jacob David Spektor b: 1899 d: Abt. 1961 in Haifa, Israel ................... +Sheindel Klein b: 1858 Father: Moshe Mendel Klein ....................... 4 Abraham Aaron Spektor ........................... +Sora Father: Lejb Does anyone know what Sora's maiden name was, i.e., or what Lejb's surname was? ................................ 5 Jacob David Spektor b: 1904 Does anyone know the names of spouse of the above, including maiden name? Thank you for any assistance that you can provide. Please respond privately. Jeff Miller SingingTM@comcast.net Maryland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: more on broken monuments
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Mathilde Tagger <tagger@...>
Hi Anita,
You wrote: ------>If Jews ever thought that this was a "Christian symbol" that might explain I do not think that broken column is a Christian symbol. At least during the 18th-19th century, Italian Jews used broken marble columns as tombstone, on which was engraved the Hebrew inscriptions. This was a cheap material. It is very possible that broken columns found in London and later on in US has been influenced by Italy. The most usual symbol found on graves to express a premature death is a cut tree trunk. A very good example is the monument erected in memory of President Kennedy in the Jerusalem Hills- a cut tree trunk! But of course, one can find cut columns. As far as I know, cut branches is a rare ornament on a tombstone and I am not speaking of two branches framing a picture or initials or anything else. By the way, someone earlier spoke of the use of branches put on a grave instead of stones. A guess: may be this custom is based on the fact that in certain rainy/green countries, it is easier to find a branch than a stone. Shalom, Mathilde Tagger Jerusalem Visit: www.isragen.org.il
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