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Dr Shaul Margaliot
Dear Bill,
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My grandfather, Lipman Yona Margaliot (Margulies/Margules son of Menachem Mendel and Miriam nee Tennenbaum, was a descendant of Reb Lonathan Eibeschutz. May be we share the same descendance. Can you help me? Thank you, Shaul
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From: Bill Celmaster [mailto:bill.celmaster@...] Bill Celmaster CELMAJSTER/ZELMAISTER, AJBESZYC/EIBESCHUTZ, WALFISZ, LOTHE, BAUMWOHL, CWAJBAUM, KLIGER
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Dr Shaul Margaliot
Dear Bill,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
My grandfather, Lipman Yona Margaliot (Margulies/Margules son of Menachem Mendel and Miriam nee Tennenbaum, was a descendant of Reb Lonathan Eibeschutz. May be we share the same descendance. Can you help me? Thank you, Shaul
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Celmaster [mailto:bill.celmaster@...] Bill Celmaster CELMAJSTER/ZELMAISTER, AJBESZYC/EIBESCHUTZ, WALFISZ, LOTHE, BAUMWOHL, CWAJBAUM, KLIGER
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Padew 1900 census
#galicia
Ruth Kornbluth <rfenko@...>
Hello,
Is there a 1900 census available for viewing for the town of Padew Kolonia and Padew Narodowa? Thank you for any input anyone might provide. Ruth Fenichel Kornbluth Hollywood, FL Fenichel, Reich, Eisen, Kornbluth-Tarnow and surrounding towns
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Padew 1900 census
#galicia
Ruth Kornbluth <rfenko@...>
Hello,
Is there a 1900 census available for viewing for the town of Padew Kolonia and Padew Narodowa? Thank you for any input anyone might provide. Ruth Fenichel Kornbluth Hollywood, FL Fenichel, Reich, Eisen, Kornbluth-Tarnow and surrounding towns
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Litvaks v. Galitzianers v. Magyars - JGSLA January 28th Program
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles invites you to our
next program: Litvaks v. Galitzianers v. Magyars! Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Skirball Cultural Center - 7:30PM 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles 90049 Did your ancestors hail >from Lithuania, Galicia and/or Hungary? In a rare appearance, these three SIG leaders will be in the same venue -- at the same time -- ready to rumble over which region rocks! In just one evening you'll get updates and instruction on these special interest groups >from David Hoffman, president of the Litvak SIG, who will provide a tour of their new website and explain how to access the All Lithuania database; Pamela Weisberger, president of Gesher Galicia, who will discuss their Cadastral Map and Landowner Records Project and show you how to search for your Galician ancestors online; and Vivian Kahn, Hungarian SIG coordinator, who will guide you through JewishGen's All-Hungary database, providing tips on research in pre-Trianon Hungary, which today includes Slovakia and Ukraine. Following the presentation there will be an extensive question and answer session. Bring documents, photographs and maps to share and expand your research! The JGSLA traveling library opens at 7:00PM. Meeting is free to members; guests are $5. More info & directions on our website: http://www.jgsla.org Pamela Weisberger Program Chair, JGLSA Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@...
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Litvaks v. Galitzianers v. Magyars - JGSLA January 28th Program
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles invites you to our
next program: Litvaks v. Galitzianers v. Magyars! Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Skirball Cultural Center - 7:30PM 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles 90049 Did your ancestors hail >from Lithuania, Galicia and/or Hungary? In a rare appearance, these three SIG leaders will be in the same venue -- at the same time -- ready to rumble over which region rocks! In just one evening you'll get updates and instruction on these special interest groups >from David Hoffman, president of the Litvak SIG, who will provide a tour of their new website and explain how to access the All Lithuania database; Pamela Weisberger, president of Gesher Galicia, who will discuss their Cadastral Map and Landowner Records Project and show you how to search for your Galician ancestors online; and Vivian Kahn, Hungarian SIG coordinator, who will guide you through JewishGen's All-Hungary database, providing tips on research in pre-Trianon Hungary, which today includes Slovakia and Ukraine. Following the presentation there will be an extensive question and answer session. Bring documents, photographs and maps to share and expand your research! The JGSLA traveling library opens at 7:00PM. Meeting is free to members; guests are $5. More info & directions on our website: http://www.jgsla.org Pamela Weisberger Program Chair, JGLSA Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@...
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Etymology of the family Weiss names
#galicia
Yaakov Weiss <gmw112252@...>
Years back I submitted a request to the Genealogy Department at the
Diaspora Museum (Beit Hatfutsot) in Israel for the Etymology of the name "Weiss" area "Lemberg, Galicia" (Austro-Hungarian Empire). I got back some research that I posted as a sharing document on ViewMate. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=14373 The short of it is that the idea of Jews lining up and being assigned surnames is not urban or shtetl mythology. (Even though we might think that scenario sounds a bit illogical today.) And perhaps like chicken soup and colds, sometimes - even if at first we don't understand why - a little bit of legend >from the Old Country sooner or later rings as true as a bell. I think that maybe a part of doing Jewish Genealogy is us trying to substantiate this theory. Best, Yaakov Weiss NYC Researching: SALZBERG Jaremcze, CORTZKOWER, Lwow
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Etymology of the family Weiss names
#galicia
Yaakov Weiss <gmw112252@...>
Years back I submitted a request to the Genealogy Department at the
Diaspora Museum (Beit Hatfutsot) in Israel for the Etymology of the name "Weiss" area "Lemberg, Galicia" (Austro-Hungarian Empire). I got back some research that I posted as a sharing document on ViewMate. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=14373 The short of it is that the idea of Jews lining up and being assigned surnames is not urban or shtetl mythology. (Even though we might think that scenario sounds a bit illogical today.) And perhaps like chicken soup and colds, sometimes - even if at first we don't understand why - a little bit of legend >from the Old Country sooner or later rings as true as a bell. I think that maybe a part of doing Jewish Genealogy is us trying to substantiate this theory. Best, Yaakov Weiss NYC Researching: SALZBERG Jaremcze, CORTZKOWER, Lwow
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Krakow BOF at JGSLA
#galicia
Stephanie Weiner
If you are interested in attending a Krakow BOF meeting at the
IAJGS Conference in Los Angeles in July, please reply to me at stephanie.weiner1@... Stephanie Weiner San Diego, CA, USA stephanie.weiner1@...
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Krakow BOF at JGSLA
#galicia
Stephanie Weiner
If you are interested in attending a Krakow BOF meeting at the
IAJGS Conference in Los Angeles in July, please reply to me at stephanie.weiner1@... Stephanie Weiner San Diego, CA, USA stephanie.weiner1@...
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INTRO and request for help
#austria-czech
hnshani@...
Hello Austria-Czech Sigers,
This is my first posting to the group (but I have been watching it for a while) in an attempt to crack a 'mystery'. It is a bit long, so kindly bear with me. Introduction: I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, speak Hebrew and English fluently but my German is very limited. No Czech knowledge at all. I have been doing genealogy research for about 3 years, and consider myself to be somewhat intermediate in doing genealogy research (not only with German roots, but also Polish or wherever our families were dispersed). I am well versed with PCs (any PC: Mac - which is my preferred PC - or Windows-based. No Linux experience). My experience in using the Internet is extensive. If any of you have any questions regarding PCs or the web, I'll be glad to try and answer. Asking for help: my current research goal is to find new information (beyond what I have outlined below) about Alois P. WACHSTATTER. I suspect that Alois is the brother (or cousin) of my grandfather. The Austria-Czech bit of information I have is related to his whereabouts is interspersed, hence the request for help >from this group. It would be great if I could find more information that would link Alois to my immediate family. In addition, I would like to find more details about Edita Katerina KANN (her origin is given as Slovak in the boat manifest) and if they had any family. Any ideas, assistance or information (a very long shot) will be appreciated. Information known to-date: here is what I know about Alois P. WACHSTATTER. most gleaned >from National Archive of Australia files (they were kind enough to send me some copies) and ancestry.com: - Born on 1906-May-02 - Birth place: Zator, Bielsko-BiaÅ?a/Galicia, Poland (in 1906 it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire) - Spoke: Czech, German, Polish, and English - Graduated as a medical professional (Dentist? Physician? Surgeon? All 3 are given, but not together), probably >from a Prague institute in the early 1930s - Visited NYC (aboard the SS President Roosevelt, departed 1938-Aug-04 from Le Havre, France, arrived 1938-Aug-13), probably to receive hisAustralian immigration papers - Received a Permit to Immigrate to Australia in 1938-Aug-26 >from the Australian consulate in NY - Arrived in Sydney, Australia on 1939-May-16 aboard the SS Strathmore, >from London, England, and was busy inventing ('lamps for use in blackout' was one of them) - Married(?) Edita Katerina KANN (b. 1922-Jan-09, arrived in Melbourne on 1939-Feb-07), who followed him to California - this is somewhat unclear, as Edita followed Alois to California as 'single' per ship manifest. Marriage record number >from NSW is 7868/1940 - Alois arrived in California (aboard the SS Monterey departed 1940-Sep-20 >from Sidney, NSW, Australia, arrived 1940-Oct-08). From the NAA records, it looks like he filmed a movie in Australia for screening in the US. Title name given as 'Wounded Hearts' ('Srdce Probodena' - is that Czech? Polish?) - May have settled in Lassen County, California (based on 1940s voters rolls - no confirmation received so far >from the county clerk) - Applied for citizenship, based on NARA M1675 (Index to Declarations of Intention of the US District Court for the Southern District of NY, 1917-1950). No idea if/what year this actually happened - sometime between 1941 and 1950 - Hamburg, Germany: 1964-1965 phone directory has a listing of him. The scan is not clear, so no specific address is known. Thank you for any assistance you can lend me. Regards, Naftali Shani Ottawa, ON, Canada JGFF ID number: 264338 P.S. A similar message may be posted to other SIGs to see if they can help me crack this mystery. Researching and seeking more information about the following families (partial list): BROMBERGER (Katowice to Berlin) IGRA (Oswiecim to Germany) SOLLANDER (Tarnow to Berlin) SZYDLOW (Krakow and area) WACHSTATTER (Krakow and area) WASSERFALL (Brzesko and area) WULKAN (Oswiecim to Berlin)
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech INTRO and request for help
#austria-czech
hnshani@...
Hello Austria-Czech Sigers,
This is my first posting to the group (but I have been watching it for a while) in an attempt to crack a 'mystery'. It is a bit long, so kindly bear with me. Introduction: I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, speak Hebrew and English fluently but my German is very limited. No Czech knowledge at all. I have been doing genealogy research for about 3 years, and consider myself to be somewhat intermediate in doing genealogy research (not only with German roots, but also Polish or wherever our families were dispersed). I am well versed with PCs (any PC: Mac - which is my preferred PC - or Windows-based. No Linux experience). My experience in using the Internet is extensive. If any of you have any questions regarding PCs or the web, I'll be glad to try and answer. Asking for help: my current research goal is to find new information (beyond what I have outlined below) about Alois P. WACHSTATTER. I suspect that Alois is the brother (or cousin) of my grandfather. The Austria-Czech bit of information I have is related to his whereabouts is interspersed, hence the request for help >from this group. It would be great if I could find more information that would link Alois to my immediate family. In addition, I would like to find more details about Edita Katerina KANN (her origin is given as Slovak in the boat manifest) and if they had any family. Any ideas, assistance or information (a very long shot) will be appreciated. Information known to-date: here is what I know about Alois P. WACHSTATTER. most gleaned >from National Archive of Australia files (they were kind enough to send me some copies) and ancestry.com: - Born on 1906-May-02 - Birth place: Zator, Bielsko-BiaÅ?a/Galicia, Poland (in 1906 it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire) - Spoke: Czech, German, Polish, and English - Graduated as a medical professional (Dentist? Physician? Surgeon? All 3 are given, but not together), probably >from a Prague institute in the early 1930s - Visited NYC (aboard the SS President Roosevelt, departed 1938-Aug-04 from Le Havre, France, arrived 1938-Aug-13), probably to receive hisAustralian immigration papers - Received a Permit to Immigrate to Australia in 1938-Aug-26 >from the Australian consulate in NY - Arrived in Sydney, Australia on 1939-May-16 aboard the SS Strathmore, >from London, England, and was busy inventing ('lamps for use in blackout' was one of them) - Married(?) Edita Katerina KANN (b. 1922-Jan-09, arrived in Melbourne on 1939-Feb-07), who followed him to California - this is somewhat unclear, as Edita followed Alois to California as 'single' per ship manifest. Marriage record number >from NSW is 7868/1940 - Alois arrived in California (aboard the SS Monterey departed 1940-Sep-20 >from Sidney, NSW, Australia, arrived 1940-Oct-08). From the NAA records, it looks like he filmed a movie in Australia for screening in the US. Title name given as 'Wounded Hearts' ('Srdce Probodena' - is that Czech? Polish?) - May have settled in Lassen County, California (based on 1940s voters rolls - no confirmation received so far >from the county clerk) - Applied for citizenship, based on NARA M1675 (Index to Declarations of Intention of the US District Court for the Southern District of NY, 1917-1950). No idea if/what year this actually happened - sometime between 1941 and 1950 - Hamburg, Germany: 1964-1965 phone directory has a listing of him. The scan is not clear, so no specific address is known. Thank you for any assistance you can lend me. Regards, Naftali Shani Ottawa, ON, Canada JGFF ID number: 264338 P.S. A similar message may be posted to other SIGs to see if they can help me crack this mystery. Researching and seeking more information about the following families (partial list): BROMBERGER (Katowice to Berlin) IGRA (Oswiecim to Germany) SOLLANDER (Tarnow to Berlin) SZYDLOW (Krakow and area) WACHSTATTER (Krakow and area) WASSERFALL (Brzesko and area) WULKAN (Oswiecim to Berlin)
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Re: Fanny (Zerkowitz) Hahn's deathdate
#austria-czech
Traude Triebel
Hahn Jakob 76 Jahr(e) 26.06.1917 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 50 20 79
Hahn Pauline 53 Jahr(e) 06.11.1895 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 50 20 79 Traude Triebel Pognergasse 6 A-2700 Wr. Neustadt
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech AW: Fanny (Zerkowitz) Hahn's deathdate
#austria-czech
Traude Triebel
Hahn Jakob 76 Jahr(e) 26.06.1917 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 50 20 79
Hahn Pauline 53 Jahr(e) 06.11.1895 ZENTRALFRIEDHOF I. TOR 50 20 79 Traude Triebel Pognergasse 6 A-2700 Wr. Neustadt
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Deaths records. Rezekne 1895
#latvia
usdine@...
Subject: Deaths records. Rezekne 1895
From: Christine Usdin usdine@... http://pagesperso-orange.fr/vishki/deathsrezekneninetyfive.html Christine Usdin usdine@...
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Deaths records. Rezekne 1896
#latvia
usdine@...
Subject: Deaths records. Rezekne 1896
From: Christine Usdin usdine@... http://pagesperso-orange.fr/vishki/deathsrezekneninetysix.html Christine Usdin usdine@... --
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Deaths records. Rezekne 1895
#latvia
usdine@...
Subject: Deaths records. Rezekne 1895
From: Christine Usdin usdine@... http://pagesperso-orange.fr/vishki/deathsrezekneninetyfive.html Christine Usdin usdine@...
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Deaths records. Rezekne 1896
#latvia
usdine@...
Subject: Deaths records. Rezekne 1896
From: Christine Usdin usdine@... http://pagesperso-orange.fr/vishki/deathsrezekneninetysix.html Christine Usdin usdine@... --
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Lunch at the July Conference: Would you attend?
#belarus
Sfingold
Hi, everyone. We are starting to plan the Belarus SIG activities at the
Jewish Genealogy conference in Los Angeles in July. We will have a SIG meeting. We can also organize a SIG lunch as we have done in past years. I would like to take a poll and find out how many people are interested in attending a SIG lunch for about $30 (estimated cost--and this is really an estimate might be less or slightly more) and do we have any volunteers who would be interested in speaking at the lunch. Please respond to me PRIVATELY (not to the SIG list) at sfingold@... ONLY if you are thinking of attending the lunch. If you are thinking of attending the lunch, does it make a difference to you whether there is a speaker or not? Do you have an idea for a speaker (yourself or someone else)? If so, please provide name of person and topic. Thank you! Sharon Fingold JewishGen Belarus SIG co-coordinator sfingold@...
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Deaths records. Rezekne 1892
#latvia
usdine@...
Subject: Deaths records. Rezekne 1892
From: Christine Usdin usdine@... http://pagesperso-orange.fr/vishki/rigavitalrecords.html Christine Usdin usdine@...
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