Several people have written with helpful advice and addresses of
useful web sites and I have thanked them all.

However, brilliant Barbara ZIMMER actually found the family in
Buffalo NY Census 1930, the name misspelled as GARDAS!!! I would
never have found them and how Barbara did is amazing. Barbara also
sent a lot of other useful information.

So I am sure I will find some descendants of Liba Rojza and then I
can hope they know something about the last aunt Ryfka PRASZNYCER who
was still living in Plock in 1926. Holocaust is foremost in my mind
when I think of her, but now I know that at least Liba Rojza was safe
in US.

I have sent a donation to JRI-Poland as a way of thanking Barbara.

Kirsten Gradel,
Denmark

Dear all,

Shana Tova !

The 4th Annual One-Day Seminar organized by the Israel genealogical Society
will focus this year on:
"Oral Tradition and Lore as Sources for Family Roots Research"
and will take place on Monday, December 1, 2008 at Beit Wolyn, Givatayim.

The Seminar program, the lecture abstracts as well as the lecturers'
biographies can be see at: http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/YY2008/index.html

Some lectures are of Sephardic interest.

The registration is now open. Go to:
http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/YY2008/YY-reg-HE-2008-final.pdf
to pick-up the registration form and be part of the Jewish genealogical
event of the year in Israel!

Shalom,

Mathilde Tagger
Sephardim SIG Coordinator
Israel Genealogical Society

Several people have written with helpful advice and addresses of
useful web sites and I have thanked them all.

However, brilliant Barbara ZIMMER actually found the family in
Buffalo NY Census 1930, the name misspelled as GARDAS!!! I would
never have found them and how Barbara did is amazing. Barbara also
sent a lot of other useful information.

So I am sure I will find some descendants of Liba Rojza and then I
can hope they know something about the last aunt Ryfka PRASZNYCER who
was still living in Plock in 1926. Holocaust is foremost in my mind
when I think of her, but now I know that at least Liba Rojza was safe
in US.

I have sent a donation to JRI-Poland as a way of thanking Barbara.

Kirsten Gradel,
Denmark

Dear all,

Shana Tova !

The 4th Annual One-Day Seminar organized by the Israel genealogical Society
will focus this year on:
"Oral Tradition and Lore as Sources for Family Roots Research"
and will take place on Monday, December 1, 2008 at Beit Wolyn, Givatayim.

The Seminar program, the lecture abstracts as well as the lecturers'
biographies can be see at: http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/YY2008/index.html

Some lectures are of Sephardic interest.

The registration is now open. Go to:
http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/YY2008/YY-reg-HE-2008-final.pdf
to pick-up the registration form and be part of the Jewish genealogical
event of the year in Israel!

Shalom,

Mathilde Tagger
Sephardim SIG Coordinator
Israel Genealogical Society

Hello everyone, I have posted this information before but here I go again.
Does anyone have any information?

Otto Israel Angestellter 28.4.1892 and Ester Malka Sara WERNER (nee ADLER)
16.12.1904. My paternal Great Grandparents names were: Max Werner gestobern
and Fanny geb. Adler gestorben. I do not have any further information on
these people.

My maternal Great Grandparents were born in Lodz, Poland.
Nach Natalia Sara ADLER (nee MICHALOWICZ) 4.1 or 23.12.1876 and Gerson
Israel Taschner, ADLER, 17.4 or 11.5.1877. 19.2.1942. They lived not in
Prague, but in Slany near Kladno. Their children were:

Ester Malka Sara WERNER (nee ADLER) 16.12.1904.

Anna Gita ADLER, 13.12.1911 .

Mosek Sljama (Moritz?) 22.3.1903

Natalia, Anna and Mosek Sljama lived, before deportation, in Praha XIV,
Nazahonech 16.

There was also a sibling, Ida HOFFMAN (nee ADLER) 2.1 or 4.1.1909 who
married a Jindrich HOFFMAN 25.9.1905 (Valasske Mezirici) in approx. 1930.
She survived the Holocaust because she and her husband moved to Israel.
They were the people who cared for my Mother, Hanna WERNER, during the
years 1939 -1947. I believe that Jindrich may have changed his name to
Chaim (Dr) Hoffman and he worked for Vaad Hopoel, which was part of the
"Histadrut", the Israeli labour Council.

Regards Sherry

John & Sherry Hatfield
kshatfield@bigpond.com

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions of research methods and resources may be shared with
the list.

Hello everyone, I have posted this information before but here I go again.
Does anyone have any information?

Otto Israel Angestellter 28.4.1892 and Ester Malka Sara WERNER (nee ADLER)
16.12.1904. My paternal Great Grandparents names were: Max Werner gestobern
and Fanny geb. Adler gestorben. I do not have any further information on
these people.

My maternal Great Grandparents were born in Lodz, Poland.
Nach Natalia Sara ADLER (nee MICHALOWICZ) 4.1 or 23.12.1876 and Gerson
Israel Taschner, ADLER, 17.4 or 11.5.1877. 19.2.1942. They lived not in
Prague, but in Slany near Kladno. Their children were:

Ester Malka Sara WERNER (nee ADLER) 16.12.1904.

Anna Gita ADLER, 13.12.1911 .

Mosek Sljama (Moritz?) 22.3.1903

Natalia, Anna and Mosek Sljama lived, before deportation, in Praha XIV,
Nazahonech 16.

There was also a sibling, Ida HOFFMAN (nee ADLER) 2.1 or 4.1.1909 who
married a Jindrich HOFFMAN 25.9.1905 (Valasske Mezirici) in approx. 1930.
She survived the Holocaust because she and her husband moved to Israel.
They were the people who cared for my Mother, Hanna WERNER, during the
years 1939 -1947. I believe that Jindrich may have changed his name to
Chaim (Dr) Hoffman and he worked for Vaad Hopoel, which was part of the
"Histadrut", the Israeli labour Council.

Regards Sherry

John & Sherry Hatfield
kshatfield@bigpond.com

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions of research methods and resources may be shared with
the list.

I have the following marriage certificates that are of people who are not
related to me. Please contact me if any of these are your relatives: Samuel
Rubin and Bertha Horn 1928, Samuel Rubin and Rose Hoffman 1928, Max Rubin
and Tillie Chimsky(?) 1924, Max Rubin and Cilly Stoller 1924. These are all
New York marriage certificates. I will be happy to mail the marriage
certificates at no cost to a relative of the people mentioned above.

Barbara Musikar
Surfside, FL

RUBIN, Zazdrost, Strusow, Darachow, Ukraine, KLEMPNER, Kobryn, Belarus
MUZYKANT, Kozhan Gorodok, Belarus, GLASS, Lakva, Belarus, FETTNER,
Horodenka, Ukraine, KARPEL, Snaityn, Ukraine, PERLA, Lomza, Poland, Levin,
Stawiski, Poland
Snaityn, Ukraine

I have the following marriage certificates that are of people who are not
related to me. Please contact me if any of these are your relatives: Samuel
Rubin and Bertha Horn 1928, Samuel Rubin and Rose Hoffman 1928, Max Rubin
and Tillie Chimsky(?) 1924, Max Rubin and Cilly Stoller 1924. These are all
New York marriage certificates. I will be happy to mail the marriage
certificates at no cost to a relative of the people mentioned above.

Barbara Musikar
Surfside, FL

RUBIN, Zazdrost, Strusow, Darachow, Ukraine, KLEMPNER, Kobryn, Belarus
MUZYKANT, Kozhan Gorodok, Belarus, GLASS, Lakva, Belarus, FETTNER,
Horodenka, Ukraine, KARPEL, Snaityn, Ukraine, PERLA, Lomza, Poland, Levin,
Stawiski, Poland
Snaityn, Ukraine

Greetings,

I noticed today that recently a change was made to the searchable cemetery
databases at Mts. Ararat, Carmel, Hebron, Judah and Zion.

First, with regards to the Interment Search feature, one could just click on
the "Search" button without entering anything in the search fields at all,
and one would simply see the total number of entries listed in the cemetery
database, e.g. such a search on the Mt. Carmel db would reveal 88,000+
burials to date. Now if you try it a window pops up saying you must enter
something in at least one search field (even if it's a single letter or
number). In the date field, one could simply choose a year, e.g. 2007, and
100 of the total number of 2007 burials will appear. Note that, at least at
the present moment, this does not hold true for the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery db.
One can click on the "Search" button and you can see that are 88,208
entries. But this, of course, can be changed anytime.

This brings me perhaps to a more significant change. Before a successful
search that might yield three hundred names yielded a displa of only two
hundred names, as this was the limit allowed by those who created the dbs.
One would have to figure out, depending on what one was searching for, how
to search for the other hundred names. Now it seems they have changed the
five previous dbs, as they have tweaked the new Mt. Lebanon Cemetery db. A
search that might result three hundred names will only initially reveal one
hundred names, not two hundred. This might be considered a negative change;
however, it is not. Above the list of the hundred names are links to pages
two and three. So to continue on your search for the remaining two hundred
names, you simply click on either or both links to the suceeding pages. This
really does make things easier.

I hope my explanation was not too confusing. These six cemetery dbs (plus
the one at Mt. Moriah in New Jersey) allow us to search a combined list of
nearly 700,000 burials.

Hopefully by the end of the year, Mt. Carmel will have the data on their db

from nearby Knollwood Park Cemetery, but who knows? I will let you know when

this data is available for viewing.
If you need to know the URLs (website addresses) for the seven available
cemetery search engines, as well as their policies regarding one's ability
to request they take gravestone photos for you for a fee, please visit
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/cp-directory.htm.

Best,
Steven Lasky
New York
steve725@optonline.net

The filmed vital records for the town of Balbieriskis have been translated
and distributed to qualified donors. The filmed records are but a small
percentage of all vital records available for this town. The filmed records
cover the years 1828, 1889 and 1903.

The full listing of vital records for Balbieriskis shows a very large number
of records which were not filmed. See below.

Town Years Fond Record Type

Balbieriskis 1808-1810 1236/4/6 Births
Balbieriskis 1811-1812 1236/4/7 Births
Balbieriskis 1813-1814 1236/4/8 Births
Balbieriskis 1814-1815 1236/4/9 Births
Balbieriskis 1816-1817 1236/4/10 Births
Balbieriskis 1818 1236/4/11 Births
Balbieriskis 1819 1236/4/13 Births
Balbieriskis 1822 1236/4/291 Births
Balbieriskis 1823 1236/4/14 Births
Balbieriskis 1824 1236/4/15,16 Births
Balbieriskis 1825 1236/4/17 Births
Balbieriskis 1826 1236/4/19 Births
Balbieriskis 1827 1236/4/21 Births
Balbieriskis 1828 1108/1/1 Births
Balbieriskis 1829 1236/4/22 Births
Balbieriskis 1830-1835 1236/4/24 Births
Balbieriskis 1836 1236/4/27 Births
Balbieriskis 1837 1236/4/28 Births
Balbieriskis 1838 1236/4/30 Births
Balbieriskis 1839 1236/4/32 Births
Balbieriskis 1840 1236/4/34 Births
Balbieriskis 1841 1236/4/36 Births
Balbieriskis 1842 1236/4/38 Births
Balbieriskis 1843 1236/4/40 Births
Balbieriskis 1844 1236/4/41 Births
Balbieriskis 1845 1236/4/42 Births
Balbieriskis 1846 1236/4/44 Births
Balbieriskis 1847 1236/4/47 Births
Balbieriskis 1858 1236/4/55 Births
Balbieriskis 1859 1236/4/56 Births
Balbieriskis 1860 1236/4/57 Births
Balbieriskis 1861 1236/4/58 Births
Balbieriskis 1862 1236/4/59 Births
Balbieriskis 1863 1236/4/60 Births
Balbieriskis 1864 1236/4/61 Births
Balbieriskis 1865 1236/4/62 Births
Balbieriskis 1866 1236/4/63 Births
Balbieriskis 1867 1236/4/64 Births
Balbieriskis 1868 1236/4/65 Births
Balbieriskis 1869 1236/4/67 Births
Balbieriskis 1870 1236/4/69 Births
Balbieriskis 1871 1236/4/71 Births
Balbieriskis 1872 1236/4/72 Births
Balbieriskis 1873 1236/4/73 Births
Balbieriskis 1889 1226/1/1405 Births
Balbieriskis 1903 1226/1/2089 Births
Balbieriskis 1826 1236/4/19 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1827 1236/4/21 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1828 1108/1/1 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1829 1236/4/22 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1830-1835 1236/4/24 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1836 1236/4/27 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1837 1236/4/28 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1838 1236/4/30 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1839 1236/4/32 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1840 1236/4/34 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1841 1236/4/36 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1842 1236/4/38 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1843 1236/4/40 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1844 1236/4/41 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1845 1236/4/42 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1846 1236/4/44 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1847 1236/4/47 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1858 1236/4/55 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1859 1236/4/56 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1860 1236/4/57 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1861 1236/4/58 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1862 1236/4/59 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1863 1236/4/60 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1864 1236/4/61 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1865 1236/4/62 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1866 1236/4/63 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1867 1236/4/64 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1868 1236/4/65 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1869 1236/4/67 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1870 1236/4/69 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1871 1236/4/71 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1872 1236/4/72 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1873 1236/4/73 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1889 1226/1/1405 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1903 1226/1/2089 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1818 1236/4/12 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1826 1236/4/19 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1827 1236/4/21 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1828 1108/1/1 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1829 1236/4/22 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1830-1835 1236/4/24 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1836 1236/4/27 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1837 1236/4/28 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1838 1236/4/30 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1839 1236/4/32 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1840 1236/4/34 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1841 1236/4/36 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1842 1236/4/38 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1843 1236/4/40 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1844 1236/4/41 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1845 1236/4/42 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1846 1236/4/44 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1847 1236/4/47 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1858 1236/4/55 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1859 1236/4/56 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1860 1236/4/57 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1861 1236/4/58 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1862 1236/4/59 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1863 1236/4/60 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1864 1236/4/61 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1865 1236/4/62 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1866 1236/4/63 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1867 1236/4/64 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1868 1236/4/65 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1869 1236/4/67 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1870 1236/4/69 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1871 1236/4/71 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1872 1236/4/72 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1873 1236/4/73 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1889 1226/1/1405 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1903 1226/1/2089 Deaths

Howard Margol can make arrangements to have the bulk of these records
translated if enough Balbieriskis researchers become qualifying donors of
the VRT project for this town. In order to do so, one must contribute a
minimum of $100 towards the translation of these records. Researchers
interested in seeing the translations for this town completed can contribute
via the LitvakSIG web site at www.litvaksig.org . Click on "Become a
Contributor" and follow the directions. You must specify the Vital Records
Translation Project ans select Balbieriskis as your town of interest.

Joel Ratner

Greetings,

I noticed today that recently a change was made to the searchable cemetery
databases at Mts. Ararat, Carmel, Hebron, Judah and Zion.

First, with regards to the Interment Search feature, one could just click on
the "Search" button without entering anything in the search fields at all,
and one would simply see the total number of entries listed in the cemetery
database, e.g. such a search on the Mt. Carmel db would reveal 88,000+
burials to date. Now if you try it a window pops up saying you must enter
something in at least one search field (even if it's a single letter or
number). In the date field, one could simply choose a year, e.g. 2007, and
100 of the total number of 2007 burials will appear. Note that, at least at
the present moment, this does not hold true for the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery db.
One can click on the "Search" button and you can see that are 88,208
entries. But this, of course, can be changed anytime.

This brings me perhaps to a more significant change. Before a successful
search that might yield three hundred names yielded a displa of only two
hundred names, as this was the limit allowed by those who created the dbs.
One would have to figure out, depending on what one was searching for, how
to search for the other hundred names. Now it seems they have changed the
five previous dbs, as they have tweaked the new Mt. Lebanon Cemetery db. A
search that might result three hundred names will only initially reveal one
hundred names, not two hundred. This might be considered a negative change;
however, it is not. Above the list of the hundred names are links to pages
two and three. So to continue on your search for the remaining two hundred
names, you simply click on either or both links to the suceeding pages. This
really does make things easier.

I hope my explanation was not too confusing. These six cemetery dbs (plus
the one at Mt. Moriah in New Jersey) allow us to search a combined list of
nearly 700,000 burials.

Hopefully by the end of the year, Mt. Carmel will have the data on their db

from nearby Knollwood Park Cemetery, but who knows? I will let you know when

this data is available for viewing.
If you need to know the URLs (website addresses) for the seven available
cemetery search engines, as well as their policies regarding one's ability
to request they take gravestone photos for you for a fee, please visit
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/cp-directory.htm.

Best,
Steven Lasky
New York
steve725@optonline.net

The filmed vital records for the town of Balbieriskis have been translated
and distributed to qualified donors. The filmed records are but a small
percentage of all vital records available for this town. The filmed records
cover the years 1828, 1889 and 1903.

The full listing of vital records for Balbieriskis shows a very large number
of records which were not filmed. See below.

Town Years Fond Record Type

Balbieriskis 1808-1810 1236/4/6 Births
Balbieriskis 1811-1812 1236/4/7 Births
Balbieriskis 1813-1814 1236/4/8 Births
Balbieriskis 1814-1815 1236/4/9 Births
Balbieriskis 1816-1817 1236/4/10 Births
Balbieriskis 1818 1236/4/11 Births
Balbieriskis 1819 1236/4/13 Births
Balbieriskis 1822 1236/4/291 Births
Balbieriskis 1823 1236/4/14 Births
Balbieriskis 1824 1236/4/15,16 Births
Balbieriskis 1825 1236/4/17 Births
Balbieriskis 1826 1236/4/19 Births
Balbieriskis 1827 1236/4/21 Births
Balbieriskis 1828 1108/1/1 Births
Balbieriskis 1829 1236/4/22 Births
Balbieriskis 1830-1835 1236/4/24 Births
Balbieriskis 1836 1236/4/27 Births
Balbieriskis 1837 1236/4/28 Births
Balbieriskis 1838 1236/4/30 Births
Balbieriskis 1839 1236/4/32 Births
Balbieriskis 1840 1236/4/34 Births
Balbieriskis 1841 1236/4/36 Births
Balbieriskis 1842 1236/4/38 Births
Balbieriskis 1843 1236/4/40 Births
Balbieriskis 1844 1236/4/41 Births
Balbieriskis 1845 1236/4/42 Births
Balbieriskis 1846 1236/4/44 Births
Balbieriskis 1847 1236/4/47 Births
Balbieriskis 1858 1236/4/55 Births
Balbieriskis 1859 1236/4/56 Births
Balbieriskis 1860 1236/4/57 Births
Balbieriskis 1861 1236/4/58 Births
Balbieriskis 1862 1236/4/59 Births
Balbieriskis 1863 1236/4/60 Births
Balbieriskis 1864 1236/4/61 Births
Balbieriskis 1865 1236/4/62 Births
Balbieriskis 1866 1236/4/63 Births
Balbieriskis 1867 1236/4/64 Births
Balbieriskis 1868 1236/4/65 Births
Balbieriskis 1869 1236/4/67 Births
Balbieriskis 1870 1236/4/69 Births
Balbieriskis 1871 1236/4/71 Births
Balbieriskis 1872 1236/4/72 Births
Balbieriskis 1873 1236/4/73 Births
Balbieriskis 1889 1226/1/1405 Births
Balbieriskis 1903 1226/1/2089 Births
Balbieriskis 1826 1236/4/19 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1827 1236/4/21 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1828 1108/1/1 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1829 1236/4/22 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1830-1835 1236/4/24 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1836 1236/4/27 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1837 1236/4/28 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1838 1236/4/30 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1839 1236/4/32 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1840 1236/4/34 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1841 1236/4/36 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1842 1236/4/38 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1843 1236/4/40 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1844 1236/4/41 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1845 1236/4/42 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1846 1236/4/44 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1847 1236/4/47 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1858 1236/4/55 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1859 1236/4/56 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1860 1236/4/57 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1861 1236/4/58 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1862 1236/4/59 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1863 1236/4/60 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1864 1236/4/61 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1865 1236/4/62 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1866 1236/4/63 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1867 1236/4/64 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1868 1236/4/65 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1869 1236/4/67 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1870 1236/4/69 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1871 1236/4/71 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1872 1236/4/72 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1873 1236/4/73 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1889 1226/1/1405 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1903 1226/1/2089 Marriages
Balbieriskis 1818 1236/4/12 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1826 1236/4/19 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1827 1236/4/21 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1828 1108/1/1 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1829 1236/4/22 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1830-1835 1236/4/24 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1836 1236/4/27 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1837 1236/4/28 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1838 1236/4/30 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1839 1236/4/32 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1840 1236/4/34 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1841 1236/4/36 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1842 1236/4/38 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1843 1236/4/40 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1844 1236/4/41 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1845 1236/4/42 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1846 1236/4/44 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1847 1236/4/47 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1858 1236/4/55 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1859 1236/4/56 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1860 1236/4/57 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1861 1236/4/58 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1862 1236/4/59 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1863 1236/4/60 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1864 1236/4/61 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1865 1236/4/62 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1866 1236/4/63 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1867 1236/4/64 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1868 1236/4/65 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1869 1236/4/67 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1870 1236/4/69 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1871 1236/4/71 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1872 1236/4/72 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1873 1236/4/73 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1889 1226/1/1405 Deaths
Balbieriskis 1903 1226/1/2089 Deaths

Howard Margol can make arrangements to have the bulk of these records
translated if enough Balbieriskis researchers become qualifying donors of
the VRT project for this town. In order to do so, one must contribute a
minimum of $100 towards the translation of these records. Researchers
interested in seeing the translations for this town completed can contribute
via the LitvakSIG web site at www.litvaksig.org . Click on "Become a
Contributor" and follow the directions. You must specify the Vital Records
Translation Project ans select Balbieriskis as your town of interest.

Joel Ratner

I thought this might be of interest to many of you, specifically those of
you with ancestors >from Tryskiai (Siauliai District) and Kretinga (Telsiai
District).

Actor David Suchet, most well known for his role playing Agatha Christie's
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot, has origins in the shtetls of Tryskiai and
Kretinga.

His family history is an interesting one (on all sides, actually),
displaying the level of creativity and determination many of our ancestors
must have had in escaping the Pale.

The BBC had a series called Who Do You Think You Are? in which they explore
the ancestry of famous people. David was featured recently and it was the
data they found in the All Lithuania Database (ALD) that led them to finding
David's ancestors in Tryskiai. (They found info >from the 1866 Revision
List/Additional Revision List for Tryskiai obtained via the Siauliai
District Research Group of LitvakSIG and they searched the Telsiai District
Group records as well, but I'm unclear whether they used them).

If you are interested, you can learn more about the series at
www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/ This page has links to many episodes.
What is really neat is that in each episode they explain their research
process and on the website they explain the research process in specific
steps.

For the research process on David Suchet that led through Memel to Kretinga
to Tryskiai, see this page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/new-stories/david-suchet/how-we-did
-it_3.shtml

Enjoy,
Deena Berton
Telsiai District Coordinator,
Siauliai District Coordinator,
Board Member, LitvakSIG

I thought this might be of interest to many of you, specifically those of
you with ancestors >from Tryskiai (Siauliai District) and Kretinga (Telsiai
District).

Actor David Suchet, most well known for his role playing Agatha Christie's
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot, has origins in the shtetls of Tryskiai and
Kretinga.

His family history is an interesting one (on all sides, actually),
displaying the level of creativity and determination many of our ancestors
must have had in escaping the Pale.

The BBC had a series called Who Do You Think You Are? in which they explore
the ancestry of famous people. David was featured recently and it was the
data they found in the All Lithuania Database (ALD) that led them to finding
David's ancestors in Tryskiai. (They found info >from the 1866 Revision
List/Additional Revision List for Tryskiai obtained via the Siauliai
District Research Group of LitvakSIG and they searched the Telsiai District
Group records as well, but I'm unclear whether they used them).

If you are interested, you can learn more about the series at
www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/ This page has links to many episodes.
What is really neat is that in each episode they explain their research
process and on the website they explain the research process in specific
steps.

For the research process on David Suchet that led through Memel to Kretinga
to Tryskiai, see this page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/new-stories/david-suchet/how-we-did
-it_3.shtml

Enjoy,
Deena Berton
Telsiai District Coordinator,
Siauliai District Coordinator,
Board Member, LitvakSIG

Hi to all,
I found my great uncle Uriah Steinborn, listed in the book "Russians to
America". He is listed as Urie Steinborn sailing on the ship Polynesian and
arriving on June 6, 1887. I have tried numerous sites and can not find a
passenger list for this ship. It is possible it went to either Halifax,
Quebec and may have traveled via Argentina. Does anyone have any suggestions
on how to get a passenger list?
Thanks
Dorothy Balkin Bernstein
Delray Beach, FL (formerly Chicago)
researching BALKIN, STEINBORN, WEINBERG, MAHLER, all of Latvia (Courland)
WEISS, GLUCK, WINTER, Austria-Hungary
BERNSTEIN, WEINTRAUB, Bessarabia

Hi to all,
I found my great uncle Uriah Steinborn, listed in the book "Russians to
America". He is listed as Urie Steinborn sailing on the ship Polynesian and
arriving on June 6, 1887. I have tried numerous sites and can not find a
passenger list for this ship. It is possible it went to either Halifax,
Quebec and may have traveled via Argentina. Does anyone have any suggestions
on how to get a passenger list?
Thanks
Dorothy Balkin Bernstein
Delray Beach, FL (formerly Chicago)
researching BALKIN, STEINBORN, WEINBERG, MAHLER, all of Latvia (Courland)
WEISS, GLUCK, WINTER, Austria-Hungary
BERNSTEIN, WEINTRAUB, Bessarabia

Hello,
I'm writing on behalf of a friend, hoping I can help her make progress
in her research.

She's tracing Israel WILK/FINK, born on 15/Jun/1886. His father name
was Chaim, mother Ita. He lived in Sanok Brzezow in Slowazkego
(Slowazki) 85, and had a fabric store in the town of Pilsudzki, 3. He
had a sister, named Lea, and 2 brothers, Yosef and Yankel. He had also
2 daughters, Yta (Yetka), who came to Israel in 1936, and Tema
(Tamara), who was married and had a girl. She perished in the war.
Israel WILK/FINK survived the war and died in Tel Aviv in 20/Nov/1962.
His wife, Sara Bester died in Sanok, 1923.

Please reply back in case you have anything to add/share. Any info is
appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
Avraham Yehoshua Kahana
Raanana
Israel

Hello,
I'm writing on behalf of a friend, hoping I can help her make progress
in her research.

She's tracing Israel WILK/FINK, born on 15/Jun/1886. His father name
was Chaim, mother Ita. He lived in Sanok Brzezow in Slowazkego
(Slowazki) 85, and had a fabric store in the town of Pilsudzki, 3. He
had a sister, named Lea, and 2 brothers, Yosef and Yankel. He had also
2 daughters, Yta (Yetka), who came to Israel in 1936, and Tema
(Tamara), who was married and had a girl. She perished in the war.
Israel WILK/FINK survived the war and died in Tel Aviv in 20/Nov/1962.
His wife, Sara Bester died in Sanok, 1923.

Please reply back in case you have anything to add/share. Any info is
appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
Avraham Yehoshua Kahana
Raanana
Israel

I am searching for the missing link between Saul Elovitz b. abt.
1850 and R. Pinchas Elimelech Elovitz - R. Elimelech of Lyzansk
g.son

Ami Elyasaf

Dear Genners and Siggers,
Though I've posted in the past I am counting on possible new members.
My late father in law David APOTHEKER(1908-1995)was born in Bardejov,
Slovakia to Lazar and Bina(maiden name unknown).He was the youngest of
9 siblings and the only one to survive the war(Shanghai, Sugihara List).
His family had strong connections in Nowy Sacz(just over the Carpathian
ridge in Poland) and 2 of his siblings were married/engaged with the
LAUER family in Presov.The LAUER branch had 12 siblings some of whom
survived and came to the USA(Albuquerque NM) but they passed away in
the begining of the 2000s,before we got interested in the family's
history.There may be one who is still alive,Sidonia Singer in Tarrytown
NY, but our efforts to contact her family through the Shul did not succeed.
I am acquainted with the Lauer family website
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Miller/suraroza.htm
Any one who may put me in contact with the LAUER offsprings or knows
anything about the APOTHEKERs >from Bardjov,please respond privately.
Thanks.
Jacob Rosen
Amman,Jordan