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Locating Yad Vashem Submitters for Traw from Rozniatov
#ukraine
Raanan Wlosko
Hello all
Recently I found a search bureau of the Jewish Agency for Israel for missing relatives filled by my maternal grandmother about 50 years ago. The search result in the early 1950s was negative. The names that my GM was looking for were Mordehai and Ester Traw >from Rozniatov, children of Israel Traw. The Exact relation was not mentioned. I found 2 Yad Vashem Testimony pages for Israel Traw >from Rozniatov, the submitters were Mordechai and Ester. Unfortunately I failed to locate them, I doubt if they still with us but maybe their children are. To my best knowledge no one of my GM family survived WWII, it's a chance to rediscover the family. Any help concerning locating the submitters will appreciated Thank you Raanan wlosko Pleas contact Booly2006@... Tieger, Ludmer, Redish or Redicsh, Perl, Feier, Juran >from Galicia Perl >from Vienna. Juran >from Magdeburg
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Locating Yad Vashem Submitters for Traw from Rozniatov
#ukraine
Raanan Wlosko
Hello all
Recently I found a search bureau of the Jewish Agency for Israel for missing relatives filled by my maternal grandmother about 50 years ago. The search result in the early 1950s was negative. The names that my GM was looking for were Mordehai and Ester Traw >from Rozniatov, children of Israel Traw. The Exact relation was not mentioned. I found 2 Yad Vashem Testimony pages for Israel Traw >from Rozniatov, the submitters were Mordechai and Ester. Unfortunately I failed to locate them, I doubt if they still with us but maybe their children are. To my best knowledge no one of my GM family survived WWII, it's a chance to rediscover the family. Any help concerning locating the submitters will appreciated Thank you Raanan wlosko Pleas contact Booly2006@... Tieger, Ludmer, Redish or Redicsh, Perl, Feier, Juran >from Galicia Perl >from Vienna. Juran >from Magdeburg
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translation of 2 Russian or Ukrainian names
#ukraine
gershontikunim@...
Can someone look at this viewmate and tell me what the 2 names are?
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=13378 Thanks Gershon Markowitz mailto:GershonTikunim@...
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine translation of 2 Russian or Ukrainian names
#ukraine
gershontikunim@...
Can someone look at this viewmate and tell me what the 2 names are?
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=13378 Thanks Gershon Markowitz mailto:GershonTikunim@...
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Anything about grosslerner relatives and various spelling
#general
baccara2@...
hi ! >from paris (france)
I am still searching all the grosslerner in the world I would like to speak with "Grigori melmman or relatives - He submited a page of testimony in Yad vashem database on 1992 about his uncle "isaak groislerner" >from kamenets podolski - I am searching all groislerner, groslerner, grosslerner, ....in the world still searching : groislerner, groslerner, grosslerner, grojlerner, groyslerner, kochmann, maiden name goldberg >from riga, kornblit, rechtman, klleiner, kopf, gelfman, helfman, bergier, szwalbe, / Izbica Lubelski, chelm, turobin, szczebrzeszyn, best regards jenny grosslerner baccara2@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Anything about grosslerner relatives and various spelling
#general
baccara2@...
hi ! >from paris (france)
I am still searching all the grosslerner in the world I would like to speak with "Grigori melmman or relatives - He submited a page of testimony in Yad vashem database on 1992 about his uncle "isaak groislerner" >from kamenets podolski - I am searching all groislerner, groslerner, grosslerner, ....in the world still searching : groislerner, groslerner, grosslerner, grojlerner, groyslerner, kochmann, maiden name goldberg >from riga, kornblit, rechtman, klleiner, kopf, gelfman, helfman, bergier, szwalbe, / Izbica Lubelski, chelm, turobin, szczebrzeszyn, best regards jenny grosslerner baccara2@...
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translation of 2 Russian or Ukrainian names
#general
Gershon Markowitz <gershontikunim@...>
Can someone look at this viewmate and tell me what the 2 names are?
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=13378 Thanks Gershon Markowitz mailto:GershonTikunim@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen translation of 2 Russian or Ukrainian names
#general
Gershon Markowitz <gershontikunim@...>
Can someone look at this viewmate and tell me what the 2 names are?
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=13378 Thanks Gershon Markowitz mailto:GershonTikunim@...
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Levice {Leva/Lewentz}, Slovakia - the derelict synagogue.
#general
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
On a recent visit to Slovakia with two Austria-Czech genners - Frank Feiner of
Rotterdam and Jack [& Maureen] Jellins of Sydney - we looked for the Jewish cemetery in Levice and failed to find it. We did however find the Christian cemetery. Whilst stopping in a tree-lined square which had an aura of abandoned history about it, we looked up and realised we had parked in front of a derelict synagogue. Please look at this set of pictures to see what I saw, and more importantly, what the camera saw inside the synagogue. I could see nothing as it was so dark inside and the only accessible viewpoint was a hole in the door. I could hear the birds inside the building though - the windows are all broken. The result was a surprise when I got home and uploaded my pictures: Levice {Leva/Lewentz}, Slovakia - the derelict synagogue http://www.flickr.com/photos/cam37/sets/72157622074348822/ Please also look at the *detail* option [all pictures enlarge] and the map [my thanks to Frank, the excellent navigator on this trip]. As there are so few pictures, you may decide to choose a very short slide-show with {or without} notes. Not only is this synagogue derelict, it is tragic because of the deportations which took place in front of its door as late as 1944. It is interesting to note that Levice was under Ottoman rule until 1685. Did some Sephardic Jews >from the Ottoman Empire settle there and assimilate with the local community? That is a distinct possibility. There are a few messages on Levice in the archives {1996-2008} and I have sent all the correspondents a copy of this message, which they may not receive if their email addresses have changed since then. Judith Young's message in 2001 states that the Jewish cemetery was desecrated. Celia Male - London, U.K.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Levice {Leva/Lewentz}, Slovakia - the derelict synagogue.
#general
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
On a recent visit to Slovakia with two Austria-Czech genners - Frank Feiner of
Rotterdam and Jack [& Maureen] Jellins of Sydney - we looked for the Jewish cemetery in Levice and failed to find it. We did however find the Christian cemetery. Whilst stopping in a tree-lined square which had an aura of abandoned history about it, we looked up and realised we had parked in front of a derelict synagogue. Please look at this set of pictures to see what I saw, and more importantly, what the camera saw inside the synagogue. I could see nothing as it was so dark inside and the only accessible viewpoint was a hole in the door. I could hear the birds inside the building though - the windows are all broken. The result was a surprise when I got home and uploaded my pictures: Levice {Leva/Lewentz}, Slovakia - the derelict synagogue http://www.flickr.com/photos/cam37/sets/72157622074348822/ Please also look at the *detail* option [all pictures enlarge] and the map [my thanks to Frank, the excellent navigator on this trip]. As there are so few pictures, you may decide to choose a very short slide-show with {or without} notes. Not only is this synagogue derelict, it is tragic because of the deportations which took place in front of its door as late as 1944. It is interesting to note that Levice was under Ottoman rule until 1685. Did some Sephardic Jews >from the Ottoman Empire settle there and assimilate with the local community? That is a distinct possibility. There are a few messages on Levice in the archives {1996-2008} and I have sent all the correspondents a copy of this message, which they may not receive if their email addresses have changed since then. Judith Young's message in 2001 states that the Jewish cemetery was desecrated. Celia Male - London, U.K.
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Briceni/Brichany vital records
#romania
Greg Siskind
Has anyone tried to obtain birth, marriage and death records >from the
town of Briceni (also spelled Brichany) in Bessarabia? I'm initially interested in records >from the first half of the 20th century. Any information on your experience would be very welcome. Regards, Greg Siskind Memphis, Tennessee
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Romania SIG #Romania Briceni/Brichany vital records
#romania
Greg Siskind
Has anyone tried to obtain birth, marriage and death records >from the
town of Briceni (also spelled Brichany) in Bessarabia? I'm initially interested in records >from the first half of the 20th century. Any information on your experience would be very welcome. Regards, Greg Siskind Memphis, Tennessee
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Bielsk Podlaski
#general
Jose Klingbeil
Dear friends,
Does anyone know what genealogical sources are available for the city of Bielsk Podlaski (near Bialystok)? It seems that there is no record at all in JRI although the only LDS microfilm (only for BMD of year 1835) is shown as "complete". There could be a Book of Permanent Residents but I found no trace at all. A census seem to exist in Belarus (found in Routes to Roots Foundation) but no index available on Internet. Can someone help me find these sources? I'm looking for KLESCZELSKI families. Best, Jose Klingbeil Jewish Kutno Group http://jewish.kutno.free.fr
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Bielsk Podlaski
#general
Jose Klingbeil
Dear friends,
Does anyone know what genealogical sources are available for the city of Bielsk Podlaski (near Bialystok)? It seems that there is no record at all in JRI although the only LDS microfilm (only for BMD of year 1835) is shown as "complete". There could be a Book of Permanent Residents but I found no trace at all. A census seem to exist in Belarus (found in Routes to Roots Foundation) but no index available on Internet. Can someone help me find these sources? I'm looking for KLESCZELSKI families. Best, Jose Klingbeil Jewish Kutno Group http://jewish.kutno.free.fr
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Information re Rabbi Uri Miller of New Orleans and Baltimore Synagogues
#general
bud484bg@...
Dear researchers:
I have about exhausted my resources in my search for information about Rabbi Uri MILLER who was the rabbi of Ansche Sfad Synagogue/Beth Israel Synagogue in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1944 and Beth Israel Synagogue in Baltimore, until he passed away at the age of 66 in June of 1972. I have not been able to find an obit mentioning surviving family members- or cemetery information in newspapers ( the Baltimore Jewish Times). During his lifetime, he was President of the Synagogue Council of America and was part of the Civil Rights movement and was on the program in Washington, DC with Martin Luther King, Jr. Does anyone have any information or can supply a link? (FYI - Rabbi Miller performed the marriage service for my then soldier groom and I, in the Rabbi's study, in New Orleans, in March 1944). Beatrice Markel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Information re Rabbi Uri Miller of New Orleans and Baltimore Synagogues
#general
bud484bg@...
Dear researchers:
I have about exhausted my resources in my search for information about Rabbi Uri MILLER who was the rabbi of Ansche Sfad Synagogue/Beth Israel Synagogue in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1944 and Beth Israel Synagogue in Baltimore, until he passed away at the age of 66 in June of 1972. I have not been able to find an obit mentioning surviving family members- or cemetery information in newspapers ( the Baltimore Jewish Times). During his lifetime, he was President of the Synagogue Council of America and was part of the Civil Rights movement and was on the program in Washington, DC with Martin Luther King, Jr. Does anyone have any information or can supply a link? (FYI - Rabbi Miller performed the marriage service for my then soldier groom and I, in the Rabbi's study, in New Orleans, in March 1944). Beatrice Markel
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Re: Relatives in manifests
#general
Bev Potter <basha@...>
I wouldn't assume that she wasn't a "true" older sister just because it might have
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been easier to emigrate if the immigrant claimed to have a close relative. Don't rush to write someone off on that basis - you won't know if she is a sibling until you trace through the birth records. My great-grandfather Nathan Paderefsky is listed in the 1900 New York census with his wife and children and, along with them is Jacob, a brother. Nathan in 1900 was 38 years old, Jacob is listed as 20 years old - a difference of 18 years! Is Jacob a full brother, a half-brother or perhaps no "true" brother at all? I don't know yet. But, if he is a full brother or even a half-brother, suddenly my tree just got a lot larger. Bev Potter Colorado
David Schreiber wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Relatives in manifests
#general
Bev Potter <basha@...>
I wouldn't assume that she wasn't a "true" older sister just because it might have
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
been easier to emigrate if the immigrant claimed to have a close relative. Don't rush to write someone off on that basis - you won't know if she is a sibling until you trace through the birth records. My great-grandfather Nathan Paderefsky is listed in the 1900 New York census with his wife and children and, along with them is Jacob, a brother. Nathan in 1900 was 38 years old, Jacob is listed as 20 years old - a difference of 18 years! Is Jacob a full brother, a half-brother or perhaps no "true" brother at all? I don't know yet. But, if he is a full brother or even a half-brother, suddenly my tree just got a lot larger. Bev Potter Colorado
David Schreiber wrote:
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Re: Relatives in manifests
#general
Joseph Hirschfield
If someone wanted to emigrate to the US it was considered much easier for
processing if the immigrant claimed to have a close relative. It was insurance against the possibility of being denied entry. The same thing shows on the manifest for my grandfather and his sister and their father who all arrived together. They respectively cited an unnamed sister and daughter. This really confused me because I could find no evidence that there was a close relative already in the US. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI HIRSCHFELD, HIRSZFELD, LINDENBAUM, BUXBAUM, BUCHSBAUM- Skwarzawa (Skvaryava), Sielec Bienkow (Selets), Glinyany, Jaryczow Nowy (Novyy Yarychiv)-GALICIA MINOFF, MINOWICKI, MINOWITZKI, TOBIASZ-Brest Litovsk, Wysokae Litovsk-BELARUS dbschreiber@... writes: I have recently found that my maternal grandfather and his brother each cited a much older sister (about 15 years) in Boston who they were going to see on their ship manifests...if an immigrant of that time would be likely to call someone a sister who may not have been one.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Relatives in manifests
#general
Joseph Hirschfield
If someone wanted to emigrate to the US it was considered much easier for
processing if the immigrant claimed to have a close relative. It was insurance against the possibility of being denied entry. The same thing shows on the manifest for my grandfather and his sister and their father who all arrived together. They respectively cited an unnamed sister and daughter. This really confused me because I could find no evidence that there was a close relative already in the US. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI HIRSCHFELD, HIRSZFELD, LINDENBAUM, BUXBAUM, BUCHSBAUM- Skwarzawa (Skvaryava), Sielec Bienkow (Selets), Glinyany, Jaryczow Nowy (Novyy Yarychiv)-GALICIA MINOFF, MINOWICKI, MINOWITZKI, TOBIASZ-Brest Litovsk, Wysokae Litovsk-BELARUS dbschreiber@... writes: I have recently found that my maternal grandfather and his brother each cited a much older sister (about 15 years) in Boston who they were going to see on their ship manifests...if an immigrant of that time would be likely to call someone a sister who may not have been one.
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