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Fw: Latvia
#latvia
Mike Getz <MikeGetz005@...>
An extremely interesting site:
http://www.am.gov.lv/en/ministry/4265/4299/ Mike Getz MikeGetz005@comcast.net
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Fw: Latvia
#latvia
Mike Getz <MikeGetz005@...>
An extremely interesting site:
http://www.am.gov.lv/en/ministry/4265/4299/ Mike Getz MikeGetz005@comcast.net
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Gloria Berkenstat Freund <gloria@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York is the host society for the 2006
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City from August 13th to 18th. We have received a great number of submissions for new and varied presentations and look forward to receiving even more. If you are planning to make a submission, please note that today is one-month mark before the December 1st deadline for responding to our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Possible presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops/Eastern and Central European research/Genetics and DNA Research/Holocaust research/Immigration, naturalization and migration/Eretz Israel, pre and post 1948/Methodology/Metropolitan New York City and New York State research/Non-European research (e.g. India, China)/Rabbinical research/Repositories/Sephardic research/South and Central American research/Technology and Internet resources/United States&North American research/Western European research/Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline - December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006. Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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Gloria Berkenstat Freund <gloria@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York is the host society for the 2006
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City from August 13th to 18th. We have received a great number of submissions for new and varied presentations and look forward to receiving even more. If you are planning to make a submission, please note that today is one-month mark before the December 1st deadline for responding to our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Possible presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops/Eastern and Central European research/Genetics and DNA Research/Holocaust research/Immigration, naturalization and migration/Eretz Israel, pre and post 1948/Methodology/Metropolitan New York City and New York State research/Non-European research (e.g. India, China)/Rabbinical research/Repositories/Sephardic research/South and Central American research/Technology and Internet resources/United States&North American research/Western European research/Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline - December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006. Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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Joyce Field
During the month of October 2005 we updated 10 yizkor books and
posted four new entries. All the additions are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html . New entries: -Pinkas HaKehillot Hungary: town list -Liubavas, Lithuania: Pinkas Hakehillot Lita -Maramures Region: Ober Bistra (Verkhniy Bystryy), http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/maramures/maramures.html -Palanga, Lithuania: Lite, volume 1, pp. 1453-1474 Updates: -Borislav, Ukraine -Chelm, Poland -Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland -Holocaust in Belarus -Novogrudok, Belarus -Oradea, Romania -Podgaytsy, Ukraine -Radzyn Podalski, Poland -Rejowiec,Poland -Shumskoye, Ukraine We are always eager to receive new translations. Please consider translating a chapter >from a Pinkas HaKehillot volume or engaging someone to translate it. We also need tables of contents translated for many of the Pinkasim. Each volume covers a specific geographical area: Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia & Estonia, Libya, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland (7 volumes), Romania (2 volumes), Slovakia, Yugoslavia. There is a separate "chapter" for each town. Contact me privately if you have any qustions. Please also check the fundraising projects at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23. Funds raised pay for the translation of these important volumes. Without financial assistance these books will not be translated. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Data Acquisition jfield@jewishgen.org http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html
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Joyce Field
During the month of October 2005 we updated 10 yizkor books and
posted four new entries. All the additions are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html . New entries: -Pinkas HaKehillot Hungary: town list -Liubavas, Lithuania: Pinkas Hakehillot Lita -Maramures Region: Ober Bistra (Verkhniy Bystryy), http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/maramures/maramures.html -Palanga, Lithuania: Lite, volume 1, pp. 1453-1474 Updates: -Borislav, Ukraine -Chelm, Poland -Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland -Holocaust in Belarus -Novogrudok, Belarus -Oradea, Romania -Podgaytsy, Ukraine -Radzyn Podalski, Poland -Rejowiec,Poland -Shumskoye, Ukraine We are always eager to receive new translations. Please consider translating a chapter >from a Pinkas HaKehillot volume or engaging someone to translate it. We also need tables of contents translated for many of the Pinkasim. Each volume covers a specific geographical area: Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia & Estonia, Libya, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland (7 volumes), Romania (2 volumes), Slovakia, Yugoslavia. There is a separate "chapter" for each town. Contact me privately if you have any qustions. Please also check the fundraising projects at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23. Funds raised pay for the translation of these important volumes. Without financial assistance these books will not be translated. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Data Acquisition jfield@jewishgen.org http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html
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IAJGS Conference
#southafrica
Gloria Berkenstat Freund <gloria@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York is the host society for the 2006
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City from August 13th to 18th. We have received a great number of submissions for new and varied presentations and look forward to receiving even more. If you are planning to make a submission, please note that today is one-month mark before the December 1st deadline for responding to our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Possible presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops/Eastern and Central European research/Genetics and DNA Research/Holocaust research/Immigration, naturalization and migration/Eretz Israel, pre and post 1948/Methodology/Metropolitan New York City and New York State research/Non-European research (e.g. India, China)/Rabbinical research/Repositories/Sephardic research/South and Central American research/Technology and Internet resources/United States&North American research/Western European research/Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline - December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006. Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica IAJGS Conference
#southafrica
Gloria Berkenstat Freund <gloria@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York is the host society for the 2006
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City from August 13th to 18th. We have received a great number of submissions for new and varied presentations and look forward to receiving even more. If you are planning to make a submission, please note that today is one-month mark before the December 1st deadline for responding to our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Possible presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops/Eastern and Central European research/Genetics and DNA Research/Holocaust research/Immigration, naturalization and migration/Eretz Israel, pre and post 1948/Methodology/Metropolitan New York City and New York State research/Non-European research (e.g. India, China)/Rabbinical research/Repositories/Sephardic research/South and Central American research/Technology and Internet resources/United States&North American research/Western European research/Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline - December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006. Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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Glenningvale Shul, Port Elizabeth
#southafrica
Beryl. B <balden@...>
Re the Glenningvale Shul, Port Elizabeth -
information >from Saul Issroff on SA SIG Digest 31st October: If anyone >from our SIG will be at this Ceremony could you please send a report to us for our website. Another Shul ceremony was the opening of the Somerset West Shul in September. Is there a report on this that can be given to our SIG's website? Beryl Baleson Israel. balden@zahav.net.il
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Glenningvale Shul, Port Elizabeth
#southafrica
Beryl. B <balden@...>
Re the Glenningvale Shul, Port Elizabeth -
information >from Saul Issroff on SA SIG Digest 31st October: If anyone >from our SIG will be at this Ceremony could you please send a report to us for our website. Another Shul ceremony was the opening of the Somerset West Shul in September. Is there a report on this that can be given to our SIG's website? Beryl Baleson Israel. balden@zahav.net.il
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Berlin marriages 1868/9 translation please?
#general
bettina glass <bettinaglass@...>
Hello,
English is my only language, but I try to understand as much German as I can before enlisting help. I am currently searching LDS film 477302, Berlin marriages 1865-1871. I understand the gist of the records and the names are easily identified. However, I would like a literal translation so that I can identify all the German words in the old handwriting. The reading is very slow for me and I worry that I am missing something. Can someone please send me a literal translation of all the wording >from any Berlin marriage record from this film without necessarily stating the actual names ? Thehandwriting is very small and difficult for me to identify. Basically, every record appears to be in the same format, using the same words except for names and occupations and where stated, home towns. Even just identifying all the German words would help. I can then try to translate them myself. One friend has already given me a free translation of the main parts of a record, but I don't want to strain the friendship by asking for more. This additional help would be much appreciated. Please respond privately: Bettina Glass, far north Queensland, Australia. bettinaglass@qldnet.com.au
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Isaac Samuel GLASS, m.Berlin 1868= Rebecca-Rosalie BAUM
#general
bettina glass <bettinaglass@...>
Hello,
Does anyone recognise this record? Isaac Samuel GLASS, master shoemaker, b.ca.1842 (where ?) married in Berlin 11 Nov. 1868, Rebecca-Rosalie BAUM, b.ca.1836 (where ?), daughter of master joiner Ludwig BAUM and his wife Blume nee BAUM. I can't confirm that they belong to me, but I hope that someone has more information that might do so. Best wishes, and please contact privately: Bettina Glass, far north Queensland, Australia. bettinaglass@qldnet.com.au
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Isaac MEYER, b.ca.1819
#general
bettina glass <bettinaglass@...>
Hello,
Researching my GLASS family who moved to Berlin sometime mid-19th C, I have found a marriage record for the elder daughter Hanne, b.ca.1840, Schrimm, Posen. She married Isaac MEYER, b.ca.1819 (where ?) married in Berlin 24 APR. 1869. Isaac MEYER was a master furrier. Hanne-Johanne's father, David GLASS was a master tailor and his wife was Male BRAUNSPAHN. Does anyone have this Isaac MEYER on their family tree please? Regards, Bettina Glass, far north Queensland, Australia. bettinaglass@qldnet.com.au
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Berlin marriages 1868/9 translation please?
#general
bettina glass <bettinaglass@...>
Hello,
English is my only language, but I try to understand as much German as I can before enlisting help. I am currently searching LDS film 477302, Berlin marriages 1865-1871. I understand the gist of the records and the names are easily identified. However, I would like a literal translation so that I can identify all the German words in the old handwriting. The reading is very slow for me and I worry that I am missing something. Can someone please send me a literal translation of all the wording >from any Berlin marriage record from this film without necessarily stating the actual names ? Thehandwriting is very small and difficult for me to identify. Basically, every record appears to be in the same format, using the same words except for names and occupations and where stated, home towns. Even just identifying all the German words would help. I can then try to translate them myself. One friend has already given me a free translation of the main parts of a record, but I don't want to strain the friendship by asking for more. This additional help would be much appreciated. Please respond privately: Bettina Glass, far north Queensland, Australia. bettinaglass@qldnet.com.au
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Isaac Samuel GLASS, m.Berlin 1868= Rebecca-Rosalie BAUM
#general
bettina glass <bettinaglass@...>
Hello,
Does anyone recognise this record? Isaac Samuel GLASS, master shoemaker, b.ca.1842 (where ?) married in Berlin 11 Nov. 1868, Rebecca-Rosalie BAUM, b.ca.1836 (where ?), daughter of master joiner Ludwig BAUM and his wife Blume nee BAUM. I can't confirm that they belong to me, but I hope that someone has more information that might do so. Best wishes, and please contact privately: Bettina Glass, far north Queensland, Australia. bettinaglass@qldnet.com.au
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Isaac MEYER, b.ca.1819
#general
bettina glass <bettinaglass@...>
Hello,
Researching my GLASS family who moved to Berlin sometime mid-19th C, I have found a marriage record for the elder daughter Hanne, b.ca.1840, Schrimm, Posen. She married Isaac MEYER, b.ca.1819 (where ?) married in Berlin 24 APR. 1869. Isaac MEYER was a master furrier. Hanne-Johanne's father, David GLASS was a master tailor and his wife was Male BRAUNSPAHN. Does anyone have this Isaac MEYER on their family tree please? Regards, Bettina Glass, far north Queensland, Australia. bettinaglass@qldnet.com.au
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DP Camps in Austria
#general
Felicia P. Zieff <tzippy_chs@...>
Dear friends,
Does anyone have information and/or photos >from the DP camps in Austria, specifically Bindermichel? Please contact me at tzippy_chs@msn.com. Thank you. Felicia P. Zieff Chicago
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen DP Camps in Austria
#general
Felicia P. Zieff <tzippy_chs@...>
Dear friends,
Does anyone have information and/or photos >from the DP camps in Austria, specifically Bindermichel? Please contact me at tzippy_chs@msn.com. Thank you. Felicia P. Zieff Chicago
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Mordechai ZACKHEIM-Pinsk 19th cent.
#general
ben-ari <yrcdi@...>
Several months ago I posted a request as to descendants of Rabbi Mordechai
ZACKHEIM of Ruzhinoi and Pinsk during the 19th cent. I was forwarded to George Sackheim editor of the ZACKHEIM family tree "Scattered Seeds" and he gave me the names of the only descendants known to him , a Bella and Mordechai MAKOVSKY, last known address Holon, Israel. It seems that this couple is no longer "with us" and I haven't yet been able to track down their descendants. Is there anyone out there that are descendants of the above Mordechai ZACKHEIM? Thanks in advance Best Wishes, Yoni Ben-Ari, Efrat, Israel p.s. It was suggested that I also contact Dr. Dov Zackheim of the USA Department of Defense (if he's still there) and see what he knows. I don't want to just contact any ZACKHEIM without knowing if that person has specific info, especially if the editor of the tree didn't have more on this Rabbi.
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NY port of entry after 1924
#general
Shelly Crane
Greetings,
I am trying to find port-of-entry information for my great-grandparents (Josel and Nechama LIPOWITZ (changed to Joseph and Anna LIPOFF in the US) who presumably came through NY in 1929 and 1939. They lived in Grajewo, Poland. although Josel may have been born in Bialystok or somewhere in the Suwalki area. I understand Ellis Island entry ended at 1924, which explains why they are not listed. I've already tried all ports-of-entry as listed on Steve Morse's web site. Any suggestions? Regards, Shelly Crane. Other names I am researching: Anywhere in Lomza-Suwalki, Poland: DANOWSKI , FAJNTUCH FRAJND, FROMSEN, GABELMAN, GELER, GOREN, LANGUS, MILEWICZ, PRESSMAN; Gabin, Poland: BALL; Miedzyrzec Podlaski: CZERN FLASTERSTEIN; Austria: HERZEK, SCHWARTZ; Ukraine: BERMAN, BINDER, BLAS, BLEKHMAN, CHESSIN, CHOLODENKO, FELDMAN, FISCHER, GITERMAN, GLASS, KWATCHINSKY, LEFELMAN, LIPOVETSKY, MEZHERITZKY, MORITZ, OSCHERANKO, PETROVSKIJ, SHAPIRA, SHIFFMAN,
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