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seeking graves in Herzliya and Natanya
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Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
Does anyone have current email addresses for the Chevra Kadisha in
Herzlia and Natanya? They are not listed in the UAJGS Cemetery Project list. I prefer to try emailing as phone is prohibitively expensive. I would like to find the dates of death and burial (and any other info the cemetery has) for In Herzlia (there is only 1 cemetery I think) Joseph (Friedlander) Andermann b abt Oct 1899 died March 1982, his wife Rose Esther "Shoshana" Cymberknopf Andermann b.15 Feb 1910 , died Feb 1992 In Natanya, (I don't know which cemetery) Yitzhack (Ignatz) Binder died abt 1971 his wife Zilli/Cilly Andermann Binder who d. abt 1973 Their daughter: Devorah Binder Shenker Tabachnick b. abt 1922;. 11 Nov 1999 her husband Aryeh Tabachnick no dates known Barbara S Mannlein Tucson, AZ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen seeking graves in Herzliya and Natanya
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Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
Does anyone have current email addresses for the Chevra Kadisha in
Herzlia and Natanya? They are not listed in the UAJGS Cemetery Project list. I prefer to try emailing as phone is prohibitively expensive. I would like to find the dates of death and burial (and any other info the cemetery has) for In Herzlia (there is only 1 cemetery I think) Joseph (Friedlander) Andermann b abt Oct 1899 died March 1982, his wife Rose Esther "Shoshana" Cymberknopf Andermann b.15 Feb 1910 , died Feb 1992 In Natanya, (I don't know which cemetery) Yitzhack (Ignatz) Binder died abt 1971 his wife Zilli/Cilly Andermann Binder who d. abt 1973 Their daughter: Devorah Binder Shenker Tabachnick b. abt 1922;. 11 Nov 1999 her husband Aryeh Tabachnick no dates known Barbara S Mannlein Tucson, AZ
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Locating unknown grave in Israel
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Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
I have a few relatives whose places of burial (in Israel) are not known.
Any ideas on how to locate their graves? I prefer to email.... phone is too expensive... (and, well, I am a procrastinator when it comes to writing a real letter!) They are: Moritz POHYRLLES (name used in US) (Usually written: POHORILE) b. 10 May 1891 in Buczacz, Lived NYC during and after WW2 Made Aliyah abt 1980, I think. In 1984 he was living at Hotel Hamavri; Rupin St.; Kfar Saba d. in the spring of 1986. David (Andermann) ELDAN b 12 Feb 1911 in Vienna d. 1989 Photographer; PR-press officer for Israel govt. Lived in Givatayim Members of the PHILLIPSBORN family: Daniel PHILLIPSBORN b 09 Mar 1956 - d 26 March 1980 He is buried in the "civilian" cemetery in Haifa as per http://www.izkor.gov.il his mother Herta PHILLIPSBORN(Mina?) bat Chaim b. abt 1921 - d. march 1980 his father Heinz PHILLIPSBORN b abt 1915, Stettin, Ger - d abt 1963 Barbara S. Mannlein Tucson, AZ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Locating unknown grave in Israel
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Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
I have a few relatives whose places of burial (in Israel) are not known.
Any ideas on how to locate their graves? I prefer to email.... phone is too expensive... (and, well, I am a procrastinator when it comes to writing a real letter!) They are: Moritz POHYRLLES (name used in US) (Usually written: POHORILE) b. 10 May 1891 in Buczacz, Lived NYC during and after WW2 Made Aliyah abt 1980, I think. In 1984 he was living at Hotel Hamavri; Rupin St.; Kfar Saba d. in the spring of 1986. David (Andermann) ELDAN b 12 Feb 1911 in Vienna d. 1989 Photographer; PR-press officer for Israel govt. Lived in Givatayim Members of the PHILLIPSBORN family: Daniel PHILLIPSBORN b 09 Mar 1956 - d 26 March 1980 He is buried in the "civilian" cemetery in Haifa as per http://www.izkor.gov.il his mother Herta PHILLIPSBORN(Mina?) bat Chaim b. abt 1921 - d. march 1980 his father Heinz PHILLIPSBORN b abt 1915, Stettin, Ger - d abt 1963 Barbara S. Mannlein Tucson, AZ
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Surnames HALLKOFSKY and PLANSKA.
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R.C.W. Hall, Jr.
Greetings all,
It was suggested to me by a genealogist that I start research on this group, after finding the following information: Cambridge, Middlesex MA 23 April 1910 SD-119 ED-769 Sheet 15B Image 30 117 Pleasant St Benedict HALKOFSKY 26 m1 married 4yrs Rus-Yiddish [ditto parents] Imm 1906 Mary wife 22 m1 mar4yrs 1/1 Rus-Yiddish [ditto parents] Imm 1906 Alexander son 2 MA [Yiddish heritage suggests religious persecution {pogrom?}] 1917-1918 Benedict Ignattesy HALLKOFSKY Cambridge Middlesex MA 235 Broadway employed at Woodbury and sons Carpenter next of kin Mrs Mary Hallkofsky born 14 Mar 1885 Suggests all the children may have been born in Cambridge. Additional records may be found there and should be pursued. Now, I know very little about Benedict and Mary, my great grandparents. Birth certificates >from their children seem to indicate that they are both Russian, but someone told me recently that Mary, maiden name PLANSKA, was b. in Salzburg, Austria, and her father was >from Czechoslovakia and mother >from Poland. I do not know if Benedict had any brothers and sisters. I know nothing else. Mary had four other sisters; the name of one being Anne. As the family story goes, they were living in Koblinsky and their family were barters and bakers; Mary the oldest. Mother d. in childbirth and father went off to the service and never returned. Surname Hallkofsky appears most frequently, although I have seen numerous spellings: Halkofsky, Halkowsky and Hallkowsky. It was suggested to me that the surname was "Americanized." Any information would be most appreciated. I find it interesting that doing a google search on Hallkofsky, and other variants yield nothing to very little. If I change the "y" to an "i", I find additional info. under Halkowski, but it is my assumption that that is a Polish surname (ending with an i). Thank you all for your time. 'good day. Robert Hall. Cambridge, Mass. 02139-4301 rchall@mit.edu
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Surnames HALLKOFSKY and PLANSKA.
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R.C.W. Hall, Jr.
Greetings all,
It was suggested to me by a genealogist that I start research on this group, after finding the following information: Cambridge, Middlesex MA 23 April 1910 SD-119 ED-769 Sheet 15B Image 30 117 Pleasant St Benedict HALKOFSKY 26 m1 married 4yrs Rus-Yiddish [ditto parents] Imm 1906 Mary wife 22 m1 mar4yrs 1/1 Rus-Yiddish [ditto parents] Imm 1906 Alexander son 2 MA [Yiddish heritage suggests religious persecution {pogrom?}] 1917-1918 Benedict Ignattesy HALLKOFSKY Cambridge Middlesex MA 235 Broadway employed at Woodbury and sons Carpenter next of kin Mrs Mary Hallkofsky born 14 Mar 1885 Suggests all the children may have been born in Cambridge. Additional records may be found there and should be pursued. Now, I know very little about Benedict and Mary, my great grandparents. Birth certificates >from their children seem to indicate that they are both Russian, but someone told me recently that Mary, maiden name PLANSKA, was b. in Salzburg, Austria, and her father was >from Czechoslovakia and mother >from Poland. I do not know if Benedict had any brothers and sisters. I know nothing else. Mary had four other sisters; the name of one being Anne. As the family story goes, they were living in Koblinsky and their family were barters and bakers; Mary the oldest. Mother d. in childbirth and father went off to the service and never returned. Surname Hallkofsky appears most frequently, although I have seen numerous spellings: Halkofsky, Halkowsky and Hallkowsky. It was suggested to me that the surname was "Americanized." Any information would be most appreciated. I find it interesting that doing a google search on Hallkofsky, and other variants yield nothing to very little. If I change the "y" to an "i", I find additional info. under Halkowski, but it is my assumption that that is a Polish surname (ending with an i). Thank you all for your time. 'good day. Robert Hall. Cambridge, Mass. 02139-4301 rchall@mit.edu
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Re: Russians to the Western States
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Nick <tulse04-news@...>
"Barbara Heinrich" <BGHHeinrich@comcast.net> wrote in message
My cousin told me about this link which tells the story of how many Russian Jews came to Kansas and other western states. http://www.kancoll.org/books/harris/sodcontents.htm My cousin and his family live in Denver, Colorado. I understand that his wife's greatgrandfather came fro Europe to Colorado to work on building the railway. Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Russians to the Western States
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Nick <tulse04-news@...>
"Barbara Heinrich" <BGHHeinrich@comcast.net> wrote in message
My cousin told me about this link which tells the story of how many Russian Jews came to Kansas and other western states. http://www.kancoll.org/books/harris/sodcontents.htm My cousin and his family live in Denver, Colorado. I understand that his wife's greatgrandfather came fro Europe to Colorado to work on building the railway. Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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Re: 1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
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ilyaz <ilyaz@...>
Lisa,
it's much more than two cents! Thanks for so much details. Unfortunately, I have no direct access to the Directory, therefore I have to relay on pieces of info collected >from elsewhere. Sure, when I was in Salt Lake City at the library, it was easy to check within an hour everything in a number of directories. But then I did not search New York... Your suggestion that 54 Eldridge is both a place of work and a home seems to be right. This address is listed in the 1900 census. The Directory of the Deceased, unfortunately, would not work because Max died in 1931... But thanks for the reference, I never heard of it. Ilya Zeldes Fort Myers, Florida "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> wrote in message news:087a01c585cc$cde9c780$6701a8c0@hsd1.ma.comcast.net..
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: 1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
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ilyaz <ilyaz@...>
Lisa,
it's much more than two cents! Thanks for so much details. Unfortunately, I have no direct access to the Directory, therefore I have to relay on pieces of info collected >from elsewhere. Sure, when I was in Salt Lake City at the library, it was easy to check within an hour everything in a number of directories. But then I did not search New York... Your suggestion that 54 Eldridge is both a place of work and a home seems to be right. This address is listed in the 1900 census. The Directory of the Deceased, unfortunately, would not work because Max died in 1931... But thanks for the reference, I never heard of it. Ilya Zeldes Fort Myers, Florida "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> wrote in message news:087a01c585cc$cde9c780$6701a8c0@hsd1.ma.comcast.net..
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The Importance of Witnesses
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hekenvin@...
I agree with Jerry. I have found relatives and family friends as
witnesses in some old records >from Galicia. The point of my narrative was to show that one should not automatically discount the witnesses -- even in the old European records. Helene Kenvin
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The Importance of Witnesses
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hekenvin@...
I agree with Jerry. I have found relatives and family friends as
witnesses in some old records >from Galicia. The point of my narrative was to show that one should not automatically discount the witnesses -- even in the old European records. Helene Kenvin
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Miami cemetery images request
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Thomas Lerman
I have three relatives buried at Mt. Nebo Cemetery in
Miami Florida (5505 NW 3rd St). I am looking for someone to take some good quality digital images of their headstones, the cemetery entrace, the area where they are buried, and a scan of the map. I already know the section they are in and even have an old map that has been well used. I am willing to trade for help with census help or anything else I can help with. I have been planning on going to the Family History Library for some time as well, but know I will not be able to go for at least another month. Please respond privately. I will then get the names and other information to you. Thank you for your time. In an attempt to reduce the amount of Spam received, I have removed the vowels >from my name in my e-mail address. To respond, . please add the vowels back in. Thank you, Thomas Lerman
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ROZAN - WYGODA Family.
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Nigel Wilson <wilsonettes@...>
Dear Genners,
This list is quite amazing - only a few hours after posting my message regarding MELNICK/WYGODA I received >from a fellow genner a complete MELNICK family tree with all the names on it that I had supplied in my message. Words are superfluous. from the tree I learnt that, as I thought, Chaim Schmuel WYGODA was born inRozan in 1894. Now I have an extra 'clue' for any WYGODA'S out there... Chaim's father was Moshe Natan WYGODA - his mother's name is unknown. I look forward now to the possibility of hearing >from someone who knows of Rozan WYGODAS, especially concerning siblings/cousins of Moshe Natan, and Chaim Schmuel.. Thank you all. Patricia Wilson (Israel)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Miami cemetery images request
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Thomas Lerman
I have three relatives buried at Mt. Nebo Cemetery in
Miami Florida (5505 NW 3rd St). I am looking for someone to take some good quality digital images of their headstones, the cemetery entrace, the area where they are buried, and a scan of the map. I already know the section they are in and even have an old map that has been well used. I am willing to trade for help with census help or anything else I can help with. I have been planning on going to the Family History Library for some time as well, but know I will not be able to go for at least another month. Please respond privately. I will then get the names and other information to you. Thank you for your time. In an attempt to reduce the amount of Spam received, I have removed the vowels >from my name in my e-mail address. To respond, . please add the vowels back in. Thank you, Thomas Lerman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ROZAN - WYGODA Family.
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Nigel Wilson <wilsonettes@...>
Dear Genners,
This list is quite amazing - only a few hours after posting my message regarding MELNICK/WYGODA I received >from a fellow genner a complete MELNICK family tree with all the names on it that I had supplied in my message. Words are superfluous. from the tree I learnt that, as I thought, Chaim Schmuel WYGODA was born inRozan in 1894. Now I have an extra 'clue' for any WYGODA'S out there... Chaim's father was Moshe Natan WYGODA - his mother's name is unknown. I look forward now to the possibility of hearing >from someone who knows of Rozan WYGODAS, especially concerning siblings/cousins of Moshe Natan, and Chaim Schmuel.. Thank you all. Patricia Wilson (Israel)
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Translation needed- Russian to English re BANDRYMER
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Jef Barnett <JBarnett@...>
Dear Genners:
I have posted two marriage records >from Poland >from 1893 and 1896 that I would like some help in translating the Russian into English. Gersz Lejb Bandrymer to Ita Laia Goldmacher wedding 1896 at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6446 Especially looking for the translation of the groom's parents names and residences. Also: Moszek Prawda to Dwojra Rywka Bandrymer wedding 1893 at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6447 Especially looking for the translation of the bride's parents names and residences. Please respond directly to me. Jef Barnett Bensalem, PA BANDRYMER (Bandrimer or Bandremer) -Serock, Pultusk, Rozan Poland KRASHA - Serock, Krasnosielc Poland NOWAK (Novak, Nowack) -Serock, Krasnosielc Poland BULMAN- Poland
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Yiddish translation help needed
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RGerber <rgerber30@...>
Thank you to those who have helped before. I have now posted several images
on ViewMate. All of these images are on the backside of photos, probably written by the same people - Grisha and Musya Fingaret. I would really appreciate any help you can give with translations. The direct links are below. Please respond privately. Thanks! http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6437 http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6456 http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6457 http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6458 Rebecca Gerber rgerber30@together.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Translation needed- Russian to English re BANDRYMER
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Jef Barnett <JBarnett@...>
Dear Genners:
I have posted two marriage records >from Poland >from 1893 and 1896 that I would like some help in translating the Russian into English. Gersz Lejb Bandrymer to Ita Laia Goldmacher wedding 1896 at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6446 Especially looking for the translation of the groom's parents names and residences. Also: Moszek Prawda to Dwojra Rywka Bandrymer wedding 1893 at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6447 Especially looking for the translation of the bride's parents names and residences. Please respond directly to me. Jef Barnett Bensalem, PA BANDRYMER (Bandrimer or Bandremer) -Serock, Pultusk, Rozan Poland KRASHA - Serock, Krasnosielc Poland NOWAK (Novak, Nowack) -Serock, Krasnosielc Poland BULMAN- Poland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yiddish translation help needed
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RGerber <rgerber30@...>
Thank you to those who have helped before. I have now posted several images
on ViewMate. All of these images are on the backside of photos, probably written by the same people - Grisha and Musya Fingaret. I would really appreciate any help you can give with translations. The direct links are below. Please respond privately. Thanks! http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6437 http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6456 http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6457 http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6458 Rebecca Gerber rgerber30@together.net
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