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Ellis Island Manifest question
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Howie Axelrod <highwind1@...>
Can anyone tell me what the term "do" in the family name column of the EI
manifest means. It appears to indicate a reference to the name above it. Pls. respond by e-mail to highwind1@comcast.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Ellis Island Manifest question
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Howie Axelrod <highwind1@...>
Can anyone tell me what the term "do" in the family name column of the EI
manifest means. It appears to indicate a reference to the name above it. Pls. respond by e-mail to highwind1@comcast.net
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trying to find the descendants of sisters Rose FLINK and Sophie HOREN
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אלון גינצברג <along@...>
My name is Alon Ginzberg. The grandfather of my father had many sisters
in the U.S.A. His name was Michael ROZENSHTROM. He was born in 1874 in Volhnya -Russia (probably >from Ostrog or Zaslev - but I can't be sure) and in 1923 he immigrated to Palestine - Israel. In our family it was known that he had many sisters who immigrated to the U.S.A. - among them there was one sister who I found details about her recently. Her name was Sprintza (and in America she was called Sophie). Her husband's name was Frank HOREN. She came to the U.S.A in 1910. She had 2 children: Rose and Jack. Sophie lived in New York and died June 1944. I have a picture of the tombstone. Rose FLINK and Jack Horen died in the 90'. Both of them have no children. Sophie (Sprintza) had four (4) sisters, none of whom I know nor do I have any knowledge of their married names or where they lived. I presume they are listed by age but am not sure of this: 1- (Sidae or Sigae) Sonia, 2- (Bloome) Blooma, 3- Hannah, 4- (Toili) Tilley. There is a notation that there were 3 sons, who must have been brothers, but there are no names. I presume that these were brothers to those listed above, but seemingly they did not come to the U.S (probably one of them is my ggrandfather - Michael Rosenstrom / Rozenshtrom) One more fact: The name of the father of Michael and Shprintza is Shmirel (Shmarihu.( I need any help in order to find the descendants of the above sisters. Does anyone know sisters (probably were born between 1890 - 1870) with such names? Does anyone has any idea how should I find them? Thank you very much Alon Ginzberg along@yit.co.il
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen trying to find the descendants of sisters Rose FLINK and Sophie HOREN
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אלון גינצברג <along@...>
My name is Alon Ginzberg. The grandfather of my father had many sisters
in the U.S.A. His name was Michael ROZENSHTROM. He was born in 1874 in Volhnya -Russia (probably >from Ostrog or Zaslev - but I can't be sure) and in 1923 he immigrated to Palestine - Israel. In our family it was known that he had many sisters who immigrated to the U.S.A. - among them there was one sister who I found details about her recently. Her name was Sprintza (and in America she was called Sophie). Her husband's name was Frank HOREN. She came to the U.S.A in 1910. She had 2 children: Rose and Jack. Sophie lived in New York and died June 1944. I have a picture of the tombstone. Rose FLINK and Jack Horen died in the 90'. Both of them have no children. Sophie (Sprintza) had four (4) sisters, none of whom I know nor do I have any knowledge of their married names or where they lived. I presume they are listed by age but am not sure of this: 1- (Sidae or Sigae) Sonia, 2- (Bloome) Blooma, 3- Hannah, 4- (Toili) Tilley. There is a notation that there were 3 sons, who must have been brothers, but there are no names. I presume that these were brothers to those listed above, but seemingly they did not come to the U.S (probably one of them is my ggrandfather - Michael Rosenstrom / Rozenshtrom) One more fact: The name of the father of Michael and Shprintza is Shmirel (Shmarihu.( I need any help in order to find the descendants of the above sisters. Does anyone know sisters (probably were born between 1890 - 1870) with such names? Does anyone has any idea how should I find them? Thank you very much Alon Ginzberg along@yit.co.il
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Berlin Marriage and Birth records?
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msalzbank
I thank all of you who have responded with leads to find death
certificates >from Berlin. I would also like to know if there are marriage and birth records available >from appx. 1885-1905 >from Berlin Alexander FRIMMERMAN left Bessarabia and moved to Berlin. I am not sure when he married (I think he had 2 wives - *not* at the same time!). He had opened a school for Chazanim (cantors) and had at least one son, Harry who was later the man behind the Comedian Harmonists. (A fascinating story of that musical group) I believe that Alexander had 2 daughters- perhaps >from his first marriage and am trying to confirm that... any suggestions? Is there a record similar to Ellis Island for Berlin? where there may be manifests ? Thank you Michael Salzbank MSalzbank@gmail.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Berlin Marriage and Birth records?
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msalzbank
I thank all of you who have responded with leads to find death
certificates >from Berlin. I would also like to know if there are marriage and birth records available >from appx. 1885-1905 >from Berlin Alexander FRIMMERMAN left Bessarabia and moved to Berlin. I am not sure when he married (I think he had 2 wives - *not* at the same time!). He had opened a school for Chazanim (cantors) and had at least one son, Harry who was later the man behind the Comedian Harmonists. (A fascinating story of that musical group) I believe that Alexander had 2 daughters- perhaps >from his first marriage and am trying to confirm that... any suggestions? Is there a record similar to Ellis Island for Berlin? where there may be manifests ? Thank you Michael Salzbank MSalzbank@gmail.com
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Kolo, Poland. City map from around 1900-10?
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Kirsten Gradel <kmgradel@...>
Am in search of an URL where I can find and download a City map for Kolo,
Poznan province, Poland >from around year 1900-10? Thanks, Kirsten Gradel Nyborg, Denmark Zamosc Archives Project Coordinator Jewish Records Indexing - Poland e-mail: kmgradel@dadlnet.dk
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Kolo, Poland. City map from around 1900-10?
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Kirsten Gradel <kmgradel@...>
Am in search of an URL where I can find and download a City map for Kolo,
Poznan province, Poland >from around year 1900-10? Thanks, Kirsten Gradel Nyborg, Denmark Zamosc Archives Project Coordinator Jewish Records Indexing - Poland e-mail: kmgradel@dadlnet.dk
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Re: TAUSSIG
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Rachel Slansky
My great grandfather immigrated >from Teplitz-Schoenau, Bohemia in 1903.
I have a postcard >from home he received in New York >from an Oskar TAUSSIG. Pictured on the front is the "Teplitzer Fussball-Klub 1903" with an arrow pointing to who I assume is Oskar. I does not appear that this TAUSSIG was related to my family- he signs the card "you friend, Oskar Taussig". I have no further info on him but have always wondered if there might be a family connection. Rachel Portland, OR
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: TAUSSIG
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Rachel Slansky
My great grandfather immigrated >from Teplitz-Schoenau, Bohemia in 1903.
I have a postcard >from home he received in New York >from an Oskar TAUSSIG. Pictured on the front is the "Teplitzer Fussball-Klub 1903" with an arrow pointing to who I assume is Oskar. I does not appear that this TAUSSIG was related to my family- he signs the card "you friend, Oskar Taussig". I have no further info on him but have always wondered if there might be a family connection. Rachel Portland, OR
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Re: Seeking: PERELES, DUB and TAUSSIG
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Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Ted Margulis wrote: Relative to the request for
information on the TAUSSIG family name, I have a little. Back in the 1970s and early 1980s, I knew a Mrs. TAUSSIG, whose husband had died a number of years before. He was one of the partners of Hart, Shaftner and Marx - a well known menswear manufacturer. Mrs. TAUSSIG lived in Chicago, Thanks so much Ted. I very much suspect Peter Rath's TAUSSIG family [he was the original enquirer from Austria] were >from Vienna and your *Mr and Mrs TAUSSIG from Chicago* would be a real lucky-dip find! TAUSSIGis such a common name. However, there are always miracles. Sadly, there are 88 TAUSSIG holocaust victims listed on the Austrian holocaust site, who were living in Austria [proper] ie not the pre-1918 Empire territories like Hungary, Czechoslovakia etc. Birth dates given and places of birth where known - here are just a few for us to remember today: Josef 14.01.1900; Josefine 08.09.1875 Vienna; Karl 16.01.1895 Vienna; Klara 25.12.1881; Konrad 29.07.1882 Vienna; Kurt 30.05.1928 Vienna; Leonie 17.09.1878; Leopold 15.11.1882 Vienna; Ludwig 23.11.1861 Prague; Margarethe 06.06.1896 Vienna; Marie 03.10.1880; Marie 30.01.1861; Mathilde 06.03.1893; Betti 27.03.1870; Olga 31.10.1895; Olga 14.09.1868; Olga 23.11.1860. When you analyse the holocaust deaths on Yad Vashem, you find more than 1,000 tragic TAUSSIG victims; Places of origin, where recorded: 187 Bohemia - 151 Vienna - 121 Hungary - 42 Poland 38 Germany - 27 Moravia. I think you can immediately see the spread in the ex-Habsburg territories. That is why I said in my first analysis, that the message re this genealogical enquiry should be sent to the Austria-Czech SIG to target the right audience. Obviously the Hungary SIG would also be a wise move. see: http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech and http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary Celia Male [U.K.]
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Seeking: PERELES, DUB and TAUSSIG
#general
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Ted Margulis wrote: Relative to the request for
information on the TAUSSIG family name, I have a little. Back in the 1970s and early 1980s, I knew a Mrs. TAUSSIG, whose husband had died a number of years before. He was one of the partners of Hart, Shaftner and Marx - a well known menswear manufacturer. Mrs. TAUSSIG lived in Chicago, Thanks so much Ted. I very much suspect Peter Rath's TAUSSIG family [he was the original enquirer from Austria] were >from Vienna and your *Mr and Mrs TAUSSIG from Chicago* would be a real lucky-dip find! TAUSSIGis such a common name. However, there are always miracles. Sadly, there are 88 TAUSSIG holocaust victims listed on the Austrian holocaust site, who were living in Austria [proper] ie not the pre-1918 Empire territories like Hungary, Czechoslovakia etc. Birth dates given and places of birth where known - here are just a few for us to remember today: Josef 14.01.1900; Josefine 08.09.1875 Vienna; Karl 16.01.1895 Vienna; Klara 25.12.1881; Konrad 29.07.1882 Vienna; Kurt 30.05.1928 Vienna; Leonie 17.09.1878; Leopold 15.11.1882 Vienna; Ludwig 23.11.1861 Prague; Margarethe 06.06.1896 Vienna; Marie 03.10.1880; Marie 30.01.1861; Mathilde 06.03.1893; Betti 27.03.1870; Olga 31.10.1895; Olga 14.09.1868; Olga 23.11.1860. When you analyse the holocaust deaths on Yad Vashem, you find more than 1,000 tragic TAUSSIG victims; Places of origin, where recorded: 187 Bohemia - 151 Vienna - 121 Hungary - 42 Poland 38 Germany - 27 Moravia. I think you can immediately see the spread in the ex-Habsburg territories. That is why I said in my first analysis, that the message re this genealogical enquiry should be sent to the Austria-Czech SIG to target the right audience. Obviously the Hungary SIG would also be a wise move. see: http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech and http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary Celia Male [U.K.]
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flamholtz@...
Tom,
You asked for a list of towns. The best and easiest resource to use is the map and town list found at the LARG (Lodz Area Group Research) site: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/LARG.htm Good luck, Cathy J. Flamholtz Lawrenceville, GA
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flamholtz@...
Tom,
You asked for a list of towns. The best and easiest resource to use is the map and town list found at the LARG (Lodz Area Group Research) site: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/LARG.htm Good luck, Cathy J. Flamholtz Lawrenceville, GA
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FHL JEWISH RECORDS FOR HUNGARY
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alex p miller <alex.miller@...>
Everything in Hungary was filmed up to Oct 1 1895, the point at which
civil registration was started.This project was done in 1965 at the National Archives in Budapest.(In recent years there is a new project on the way where civil records, i.e. post 1895 are being filmed and some are available on microfilm--it would be interesting to find out in what order/ context is this being done). The way the old records were divided between the new countries after the war was that the country where the District/Jaras seat resided got the records for the entire district, even if some of the villages were not there. Example: Kiraly Helmec was the district seat for Bodrog district and after the war it became Slovakia. All the district records including Cigand, Rozvagy, Karad etc which are in Hungary went along and were excluded >from the 1965 project, thus do not appear on the FHL films. However, interestingly enough the regional archives in Ujhely do have the records! Best Regards, Alex Miller, Chester CO. PA alex.miller@ juno.com
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Austro-Hungarian Army records
#hungary
Danielle James <daniandw@...>
Dear Members,
I have just come across this site - it carries some excellent information, including short biographies. Many of the names are Jewish. Importantly, it also has excellent links. http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm I hope it proves helpful to some. Regards Danielle James South Australia daniandw@chariot.net.au
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Hungary SIG #Hungary FHL JEWISH RECORDS FOR HUNGARY
#hungary
alex p miller <alex.miller@...>
Everything in Hungary was filmed up to Oct 1 1895, the point at which
civil registration was started.This project was done in 1965 at the National Archives in Budapest.(In recent years there is a new project on the way where civil records, i.e. post 1895 are being filmed and some are available on microfilm--it would be interesting to find out in what order/ context is this being done). The way the old records were divided between the new countries after the war was that the country where the District/Jaras seat resided got the records for the entire district, even if some of the villages were not there. Example: Kiraly Helmec was the district seat for Bodrog district and after the war it became Slovakia. All the district records including Cigand, Rozvagy, Karad etc which are in Hungary went along and were excluded >from the 1965 project, thus do not appear on the FHL films. However, interestingly enough the regional archives in Ujhely do have the records! Best Regards, Alex Miller, Chester CO. PA alex.miller@ juno.com
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Austro-Hungarian Army records
#hungary
Danielle James <daniandw@...>
Dear Members,
I have just come across this site - it carries some excellent information, including short biographies. Many of the names are Jewish. Importantly, it also has excellent links. http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm I hope it proves helpful to some. Regards Danielle James South Australia daniandw@chariot.net.au
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Re: Satoraljaujhely (h-sig digest: August 21, 2005)
#hungary
Michael Miller <mmillermrpjd@...>
It appears that Andres is not aware of the Satoraljaujhely records >from
1827-1895 contained in FHL microfilms #642954-642957. I don't know if these are ALL Orthodox, but some clearly are and they are available >from Salt Lake City on loan to any Family History Center. I have examined some. Michael W. Miller Napa, California ----Original Message Follows---- Subject: Re: FHL JEWISH RECORDS FOR HUNGARY From: Andres Carciente <andrescarciente@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 05:08:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 1 As I wrote in one of my postings about SATORALJAUJHELY,I found in the city archive the Jewish Orthodox Records which were not at all microfilmed by the mormons!!! Andres Carciente Budapest
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Hungary SIG #Hungary RE: Satoraljaujhely (h-sig digest: August 21, 2005)
#hungary
Michael Miller <mmillermrpjd@...>
It appears that Andres is not aware of the Satoraljaujhely records >from
1827-1895 contained in FHL microfilms #642954-642957. I don't know if these are ALL Orthodox, but some clearly are and they are available >from Salt Lake City on loan to any Family History Center. I have examined some. Michael W. Miller Napa, California ----Original Message Follows---- Subject: Re: FHL JEWISH RECORDS FOR HUNGARY From: Andres Carciente <andrescarciente@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 05:08:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 1 As I wrote in one of my postings about SATORALJAUJHELY,I found in the city archive the Jewish Orthodox Records which were not at all microfilmed by the mormons!!! Andres Carciente Budapest
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