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Need Help, Please Read
#poland
suprlmn@...
Dear Fellow Researchers,
As I've been somewhat inactive for a while, I'd like to remind everyone that I'm still alive and kicking, and still actively researching my mishpochah. Almost all come >from the general vicinity of Poland and/or Belarus (depending on the political era du jour), plus a number now in Israel. Please take a moment to look over my list below, and feel free to ask anything you wish. I promise to reply as promptly as possible. B'shalom, Susan Pearlman, Northridge, California, USA Nee Szejna-Dwera SZEJNMAN-KOSLOWSKY in Bialystok, Poland also researching: AMIEL, BARD, GOLDBERG, GOLDMAN, GOLDSTEIN, JASKOLKA, JOFFE, KAM, KAMINSKY, KAPELL, KING, LANDO, LEFF, LISHINSKY, MALETSKY, PEARLMAN, PEARSON, POLONSKY, RADDING, RIVLIN, RUBENSTEIN, RUDY, SASLOVSKY, SCHEINMAN, SCHWARTZ, SERLIN, SHORE, SIDRANSKY, TUBELSKY, WALDER, WEIL, WEINSTEIN, WEST, WIENER, WILSON, WISE, WISHNIATSKY, YELLIN, YOSHPE, ZUCKERMAN.
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Need Help, Please Read
#poland
suprlmn@...
Dear Fellow Researchers,
As I've been somewhat inactive for a while, I'd like to remind everyone that I'm still alive and kicking, and still actively researching my mishpochah. Almost all come >from the general vicinity of Poland and/or Belarus (depending on the political era du jour), plus a number now in Israel. Please take a moment to look over my list below, and feel free to ask anything you wish. I promise to reply as promptly as possible. B'shalom, Susan Pearlman, Northridge, California, USA Nee Szejna-Dwera SZEJNMAN-KOSLOWSKY in Bialystok, Poland also researching: AMIEL, BARD, GOLDBERG, GOLDMAN, GOLDSTEIN, JASKOLKA, JOFFE, KAM, KAMINSKY, KAPELL, KING, LANDO, LEFF, LISHINSKY, MALETSKY, PEARLMAN, PEARSON, POLONSKY, RADDING, RIVLIN, RUBENSTEIN, RUDY, SASLOVSKY, SCHEINMAN, SCHWARTZ, SERLIN, SHORE, SIDRANSKY, TUBELSKY, WALDER, WEIL, WEINSTEIN, WEST, WIENER, WILSON, WISE, WISHNIATSKY, YELLIN, YOSHPE, ZUCKERMAN.
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Can't locate information from index card
#lithuania
Ava <spirit-images@...>
The national archives sent me a copy of an index card, because
naturalization records were unreadable. The index card states that Mark A Sulkowitch arrived July 1, 1883 in New York, NY. It says he was born Oct 16, 1875. I thought it would be easy to go to the Morse site and find information about his arrival in the US, but I can find nothing at all using the information they gave me. He should have been traveling with his mother and siblings. The only thing I can think of is that the last name is very different on the manifest. Does anyone have any ideas on which direction to go in to find the information? A. Sulkowitch NC Researching Sulkowitch/Rubinsky/Gutman- Kopchova Shershevsky- Byten Berman- Simnas Lasdaisky-? Lithuania MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Can't locate information from index card
#lithuania
Ava <spirit-images@...>
The national archives sent me a copy of an index card, because
naturalization records were unreadable. The index card states that Mark A Sulkowitch arrived July 1, 1883 in New York, NY. It says he was born Oct 16, 1875. I thought it would be easy to go to the Morse site and find information about his arrival in the US, but I can find nothing at all using the information they gave me. He should have been traveling with his mother and siblings. The only thing I can think of is that the last name is very different on the manifest. Does anyone have any ideas on which direction to go in to find the information? A. Sulkowitch NC Researching Sulkowitch/Rubinsky/Gutman- Kopchova Shershevsky- Byten Berman- Simnas Lasdaisky-? Lithuania MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Tracking Benjamin Kesselmann
#france
Jackye Sullins <jsullins@...>
Recently, it was suggested here that I contact the French archives about my
relative. He was deported back to Cherbourg on the American Line Philadelphia in 1914 because he was deemed physically unfit. He had been living in Paris but was probably still a Russian subject. The archives have focused on the passenger list which they say the shipping lines maintained and they don't have. My question is: What would happen to someone after they landed back in Cherbourg and left the ship? Would they be allowed to stay in France? Would they have to register somewhere or could they just disappear into the night? I would appreciate any insight or being pointed in the right direction. Jackye Sullins San Diego
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French SIG #France Tracking Benjamin Kesselmann
#france
Jackye Sullins <jsullins@...>
Recently, it was suggested here that I contact the French archives about my
relative. He was deported back to Cherbourg on the American Line Philadelphia in 1914 because he was deemed physically unfit. He had been living in Paris but was probably still a Russian subject. The archives have focused on the passenger list which they say the shipping lines maintained and they don't have. My question is: What would happen to someone after they landed back in Cherbourg and left the ship? Would they be allowed to stay in France? Would they have to register somewhere or could they just disappear into the night? I would appreciate any insight or being pointed in the right direction. Jackye Sullins San Diego
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Seeking descendants of Louis and Hannah KORN
#general
Sharon R. Korn <s.r.korn@...>
My husband's great-grandparents, Louis and Hannah KORN, immigrated >from in
or near Vienna (Wien), Austria to Manhattan in approximately 1873. He died in 1887 and she died in 1907. They had a son Peter and 6 daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, Ida, and Rosie, born approximately 1866 to 1873 in Austria, and Polly and Mamie, born approximately 1876 and 1878 in Manhattan. Elizabeth, who was known as Betsy, later Lizzie, married a man with the surname WALTERS. She was widowed at a young age and may have lived in the Bronx and taken in roomers. Since she lived for a time with her brother's family, I doubt that she had children. I do not know the other sisters' married names or even whether they married. I have information on the son Peter and his descendants (most of whom I know or have known personally). If anyone has any information about the daughters and their families or about Louis and Hannah's siblings and/or parents, please contact me privately. Sharon Korn San Diego, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking descendants of Louis and Hannah KORN
#general
Sharon R. Korn <s.r.korn@...>
My husband's great-grandparents, Louis and Hannah KORN, immigrated >from in
or near Vienna (Wien), Austria to Manhattan in approximately 1873. He died in 1887 and she died in 1907. They had a son Peter and 6 daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, Ida, and Rosie, born approximately 1866 to 1873 in Austria, and Polly and Mamie, born approximately 1876 and 1878 in Manhattan. Elizabeth, who was known as Betsy, later Lizzie, married a man with the surname WALTERS. She was widowed at a young age and may have lived in the Bronx and taken in roomers. Since she lived for a time with her brother's family, I doubt that she had children. I do not know the other sisters' married names or even whether they married. I have information on the son Peter and his descendants (most of whom I know or have known personally). If anyone has any information about the daughters and their families or about Louis and Hannah's siblings and/or parents, please contact me privately. Sharon Korn San Diego, CA
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Locating Sefer: "Minchah Ketannah" by R. Yechiel HaLevi ROSENFELD
#general
roe kard
I am trying to locate a copy of a book: "She'elot U'Teshuvot: Minchah
Ketannah" written by R. Jechiel HaLevi ROSENFELD, Rabbi in "Winniki" published in Lemberg in 1892. I know a copy existed in the 60's, possibly in Hechal Shlomo in Jerusalem as my parents Z"L copied the introduction, which finally, after 30 years of looking for it, I have found while doing a very intense search through their remaining papers. Thank you. B'shalom, Karen Rosenfeld Roekard
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Locating Sefer: "Minchah Ketannah" by R. Yechiel HaLevi ROSENFELD
#general
roe kard
I am trying to locate a copy of a book: "She'elot U'Teshuvot: Minchah
Ketannah" written by R. Jechiel HaLevi ROSENFELD, Rabbi in "Winniki" published in Lemberg in 1892. I know a copy existed in the 60's, possibly in Hechal Shlomo in Jerusalem as my parents Z"L copied the introduction, which finally, after 30 years of looking for it, I have found while doing a very intense search through their remaining papers. Thank you. B'shalom, Karen Rosenfeld Roekard
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Families I am searching - Poland Belarus Israel
#general
suprlmn@...
Dear Fellow Researchers,
As I've been somewhat inactive for a while, I'd like to remind everyone that I'm still alive and kicking, and still actively researching my mishpochah. Almost all come >from the general vicinity of Poland and/or Belarus (depending on the political era du jour), plus a number now in Israel. Please take a moment to look over my list below, and feel free to ask anything you wish. I promise to reply as promptly as possible. B'shalom, Susan Pearlman, Northridge, California, USA Nee Szejna-Dwera SZEJNMAN-KOSLOWSKY in Bialystok, Poland also researching: AMIEL, BARD, GOLDBERG, GOLDMAN, GOLDSTEIN, JASKOLKA, JOFFE, KAM, KAMINSKY, KAPELL, KING, LANDO, LEFF, LISHINSKY, MALETSKY, PEARLMAN, PEARSON, POLONSKY, RADDING, RIVLIN, RUBENSTEIN, RUDY, SASLOVSKY, SCHEINMAN, SCHWARTZ, SERLIN, SHORE, SIDRANSKY, TUBELSKY, WALDER, WEIL, WEINSTEIN, WEST, WIENER, WILSON, WISE, WISHNIATSKY, YELLIN, YOSHPE, ZUCKERMAN.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Families I am searching - Poland Belarus Israel
#general
suprlmn@...
Dear Fellow Researchers,
As I've been somewhat inactive for a while, I'd like to remind everyone that I'm still alive and kicking, and still actively researching my mishpochah. Almost all come >from the general vicinity of Poland and/or Belarus (depending on the political era du jour), plus a number now in Israel. Please take a moment to look over my list below, and feel free to ask anything you wish. I promise to reply as promptly as possible. B'shalom, Susan Pearlman, Northridge, California, USA Nee Szejna-Dwera SZEJNMAN-KOSLOWSKY in Bialystok, Poland also researching: AMIEL, BARD, GOLDBERG, GOLDMAN, GOLDSTEIN, JASKOLKA, JOFFE, KAM, KAMINSKY, KAPELL, KING, LANDO, LEFF, LISHINSKY, MALETSKY, PEARLMAN, PEARSON, POLONSKY, RADDING, RIVLIN, RUBENSTEIN, RUDY, SASLOVSKY, SCHEINMAN, SCHWARTZ, SERLIN, SHORE, SIDRANSKY, TUBELSKY, WALDER, WEIL, WEINSTEIN, WEST, WIENER, WILSON, WISE, WISHNIATSKY, YELLIN, YOSHPE, ZUCKERMAN.
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LUBER in Vilna and Iron Mountain, Michigan
#general
Marilyn Feingold <mrl516@...>
I have a family I researching by the name of LUBER >from Vilna. Can anyone
tell me anthing about the name of Luber and why many people >from Vilna and Lithuania moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Iron Mountain and Iron River). I have heard that the Jews >from Vilna who immigrated were all related. My Lubers did end up in Iron Mountain, but nobody knows how or why they got there. I would like to hear >from anyone who knows about Jewish Life there from about 1905-1950.Thanks Marilyn Feingold
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen LUBER in Vilna and Iron Mountain, Michigan
#general
Marilyn Feingold <mrl516@...>
I have a family I researching by the name of LUBER >from Vilna. Can anyone
tell me anthing about the name of Luber and why many people >from Vilna and Lithuania moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Iron Mountain and Iron River). I have heard that the Jews >from Vilna who immigrated were all related. My Lubers did end up in Iron Mountain, but nobody knows how or why they got there. I would like to hear >from anyone who knows about Jewish Life there from about 1905-1950.Thanks Marilyn Feingold
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Re: 1890 New York City Police Census
#general
Marty <mdmajor@...>
I'd like to thank all those who have replied with help to my
request. I now have the information I need to proceed with my search. I'd also like to say a thank you to all who have posted on this topic (the 1890 Police Census of NYC) in the past. One of the first things I did before I wrote my query was to search the archives. They were a tremendous help. The archives are a wonderful resource and have helped me on several occasions with my search. Thank you again to everyone. This is a great list filled with kind and helpful people. Marguerite DeVries Major mdmajor@yahoo.com Chittenango, NY, USA Searching DeVRIES, Jacob, Amsterdam, Holland -> New York, NY KATZ, Julia, Hesse, Germany -> New York, NY DeVRIES, Julian, NY, NY -> Cleveland, OH -> Phoenix, AZ DeVRIES, Therese -> Washington DC 1995
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: 1890 New York City Police Census
#general
Marty <mdmajor@...>
I'd like to thank all those who have replied with help to my
request. I now have the information I need to proceed with my search. I'd also like to say a thank you to all who have posted on this topic (the 1890 Police Census of NYC) in the past. One of the first things I did before I wrote my query was to search the archives. They were a tremendous help. The archives are a wonderful resource and have helped me on several occasions with my search. Thank you again to everyone. This is a great list filled with kind and helpful people. Marguerite DeVries Major mdmajor@yahoo.com Chittenango, NY, USA Searching DeVRIES, Jacob, Amsterdam, Holland -> New York, NY KATZ, Julia, Hesse, Germany -> New York, NY DeVRIES, Julian, NY, NY -> Cleveland, OH -> Phoenix, AZ DeVRIES, Therese -> Washington DC 1995
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translation from Hebrew - ketubah & tombstone
#ukraine
Dear Genners,
I would like to ask for a translation >from Hebrew of a ketubah and a tombstone that I´ve posted on ViewMate. File numbers are: VM8111 for the tombstone and VM8112 for the ketubah. You can go to the direct address: for the tombstone: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8111 for the ketubah: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8112 Please respond privately to me: aizim@uol.com.br Thanks very much for any help you can give me. Eliana Aizim - >from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil visit my Gurevich photo album: http://www.geocieites.com/elianaaizim/photo2.html Searching: AISIN, AISEN, AIZEN: Lugansk, Ekaterinoslav Gub, Ukraine/ Brazil/ Argentina. GUREVICH: Yuzovka, Ekaterinoslav Gub, Ukraine. WATNICK>WHITE: Peschanka, Podolia Gub, Ukraine/ Toronto, Can. AVERBUCH: Zhabokrich & Kryzhopol, Podolia Gub, Ukr/ Brazil.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine translation from Hebrew - ketubah & tombstone
#ukraine
Dear Genners,
I would like to ask for a translation >from Hebrew of a ketubah and a tombstone that I´ve posted on ViewMate. File numbers are: VM8111 for the tombstone and VM8112 for the ketubah. You can go to the direct address: for the tombstone: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8111 for the ketubah: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8112 Please respond privately to me: aizim@uol.com.br Thanks very much for any help you can give me. Eliana Aizim - >from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil visit my Gurevich photo album: http://www.geocieites.com/elianaaizim/photo2.html Searching: AISIN, AISEN, AIZEN: Lugansk, Ekaterinoslav Gub, Ukraine/ Brazil/ Argentina. GUREVICH: Yuzovka, Ekaterinoslav Gub, Ukraine. WATNICK>WHITE: Peschanka, Podolia Gub, Ukraine/ Toronto, Can. AVERBUCH: Zhabokrich & Kryzhopol, Podolia Gub, Ukr/ Brazil.
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Stepan, Kolki, Olyka
#ukraine
SelmaN@...
Debbie Adelstein-Posner asked: >>Does anyone know where I might view
photographs of Stepan, Kolki and Olyka?<< Hi Debbie, there are websites for Kolki, (compiled by Andrew Blumberg in January 2005) and Stepan (compiled by Daniel Shimshak). There are photos on both sites. I don't see anything about Olyka. http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kolki. For some reason, I could not get to Stepan that way. I went to JewishGen home page, clicked on Projects and then Shtetlinks and found Stepan. If you have any info about either shtetl, I'm sure it could be added to the page. Hope all is well. Selma Selma Neubauer Jenkintown, PA USA (outside of Philadelphia) SelmaN@aol.com Researching: WAGMAN, PEPPER, GALOON, SCHMOISH, DEUTSCH, ZUCK (Kolki, Turiysk, Krichilsk, Olyka, Ludmir - Volhynia Gubernia); NEUBAUER, BERGER (Radziechowie/Radekhov - Galicia); HOROWITZ (Oshmyany - Belarus); SINGER, NEWMAN (possibly Kishinev); BRODSKY (possibly Tirashpol)
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Kiev street atlas/map
#ukraine
Amos Israel Zezmer <amos.zezmer@...>
Hello,
I have found a number of relatives through the Kiev Duma lists, along with their addresses. Would anyone have a street atlas/map of pre-revolutionary Kiev (or link to same)? I have been unable to find the streets on modern-day maps of Kiev. Thank you, Amos Zezmer Yerres, France Researching ZHEZMER, ZHEZMIR, MARGOLIN and APOLLON
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