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Banns and Alsace- Lorraine citizenship questions
#france
amerigen@...
Judith,
The URL for the blog is: http://french-genealogy.typepad.com Additionally, if you click on the category (right-hand panel) "Alsace and Lorraine" and scroll down to the post of 30 June, 2009, you get an explanation of the citizenship issue concerning the annexation. Hope it helps, Anne An American Genealogist in Paris Author of The French Genealogy Blog
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French SIG #France Banns and Alsace- Lorraine citizenship questions
#france
amerigen@...
Judith,
The URL for the blog is: http://french-genealogy.typepad.com Additionally, if you click on the category (right-hand panel) "Alsace and Lorraine" and scroll down to the post of 30 June, 2009, you get an explanation of the citizenship issue concerning the annexation. Hope it helps, Anne An American Genealogist in Paris Author of The French Genealogy Blog
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Re: French marriage Banns
#france
eve.line.blum@...
The link for the Blog is here : http://french-genealogy.typepad.com/
but I couldn't find the place where it's matter of Marriage Banns. Eve Line Blum Besancon (France)
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Re: New Bessarabia Revision List database
#general
Yefim Kogan
Dear Friends, fellow genealogists with connection to Bessarabia (Moldova
and Ukraine), A new batch of Bessarabia Revision List was completed and I hope soon be uploaded to JewishGen. It included 3946 records >from 587 families in town of Beltsy, center of district (2663, 430 families), and agricultural colony of Romanovka, Bendery district (1283, 157). First batch uploaded in February, 2010 included records >from Kishinev, Bendery, Akkerman (now in Ukraine) and agricultural colony of Alexandreny (Yassy, Beltsy district). We have up to date completed 9342 records >from 1229 families. The Revision Lists may contain following information: . Page # - . Registration # . Surname . Given Name . Father . Relationship to Head of Household . Sex . Age . Age at Last Revision - only present for men . Reason Left . Year Left . Comments . Former Reg # . Day, month, and year of registration, according to the Julian calendar . Uyezd . Gubernia . Type of Record . Archive / Fond / Inventory / File . Microfilm # Volunteers Needed! There are about 120,000 records or more in the Bessarabia Revision Lists! ======================================================================== In order to speed up the translating/transcribing process, I am asking people with Internet connection, who can read Russian, and able to enter information into Excel volunteer for the project. Please contact me at yefimk@.... Yefim Kogan Project coordinator for Bessarabia Revision Lists.
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French SIG #France Re: French marriage Banns
#france
eve.line.blum@...
The link for the Blog is here : http://french-genealogy.typepad.com/
but I couldn't find the place where it's matter of Marriage Banns. Eve Line Blum Besancon (France)
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Romania SIG #Romania RE: New Bessarabia Revision List database
#romania
Yefim Kogan
Dear Friends, fellow genealogists with connection to Bessarabia (Moldova
and Ukraine), A new batch of Bessarabia Revision List was completed and I hope soon be uploaded to JewishGen. It included 3946 records >from 587 families in town of Beltsy, center of district (2663, 430 families), and agricultural colony of Romanovka, Bendery district (1283, 157). First batch uploaded in February, 2010 included records >from Kishinev, Bendery, Akkerman (now in Ukraine) and agricultural colony of Alexandreny (Yassy, Beltsy district). We have up to date completed 9342 records >from 1229 families. The Revision Lists may contain following information: . Page # - . Registration # . Surname . Given Name . Father . Relationship to Head of Household . Sex . Age . Age at Last Revision - only present for men . Reason Left . Year Left . Comments . Former Reg # . Day, month, and year of registration, according to the Julian calendar . Uyezd . Gubernia . Type of Record . Archive / Fond / Inventory / File . Microfilm # Volunteers Needed! There are about 120,000 records or more in the Bessarabia Revision Lists! ======================================================================== In order to speed up the translating/transcribing process, I am asking people with Internet connection, who can read Russian, and able to enter information into Excel volunteer for the project. Please contact me at yefimk@.... Yefim Kogan Project coordinator for Bessarabia Revision Lists.
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HARMELIN/HERMELIN - from Busk and Brody, Galicia
#rabbinic
Hanna Palmon <hpalmon@...>
My name is Chana Harmelin-Palmon; I'm researching the family history
of my HARMELIN/HERMELIN family >from Galicia. My grandparents lived in Busk, but the Harmelin/Hermelin family was originally (at least since 1730) >from Brody. There were three Rabbis that I know of - in shtetls in Galicia - whose surname was Harmelin or Hermelin: 1) Rabbi Moshe Arye-Leib Harmelin >from Brody (1826-1893), who had a printing house for Hasidic books, mainly. He wrote the books: "Hacholetz", and "Chazon More". 2) Rabbi Levi-Yitzchak Harmelin - the Rabbi of Olesko and Podkamien; he wrote the book: "Alon Bachut". Perished in the Holocaust. 3) Rabbi David-Baruch Hermelin >from Lviv. He wrote the book: "Efod Bad". I would like to ask for your help concerning the following questions, if you have a relevant information: 1) Has the Hermelin family >from Lviv, Kulikow, Drohobycz, Przemysl, Strij, and nearby shtetls, been related to the Harmelin family >from Brody? 2) Does anybody know where I can look for the books which I've previously mentioned? In the national library in Jerusalem I haven't found them. 3) Is there another genealogist who has been researching families from Busk or Brody (Galicia, near Lviv)? and the Harmelin/Hermelinfamilies? Thank you very much in advance! Shana Tova! Chana Harmelin-Palmon Email address: hpalmon@...
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic HARMELIN/HERMELIN - from Busk and Brody, Galicia
#rabbinic
Hanna Palmon <hpalmon@...>
My name is Chana Harmelin-Palmon; I'm researching the family history
of my HARMELIN/HERMELIN family >from Galicia. My grandparents lived in Busk, but the Harmelin/Hermelin family was originally (at least since 1730) >from Brody. There were three Rabbis that I know of - in shtetls in Galicia - whose surname was Harmelin or Hermelin: 1) Rabbi Moshe Arye-Leib Harmelin >from Brody (1826-1893), who had a printing house for Hasidic books, mainly. He wrote the books: "Hacholetz", and "Chazon More". 2) Rabbi Levi-Yitzchak Harmelin - the Rabbi of Olesko and Podkamien; he wrote the book: "Alon Bachut". Perished in the Holocaust. 3) Rabbi David-Baruch Hermelin >from Lviv. He wrote the book: "Efod Bad". I would like to ask for your help concerning the following questions, if you have a relevant information: 1) Has the Hermelin family >from Lviv, Kulikow, Drohobycz, Przemysl, Strij, and nearby shtetls, been related to the Harmelin family >from Brody? 2) Does anybody know where I can look for the books which I've previously mentioned? In the national library in Jerusalem I haven't found them. 3) Is there another genealogist who has been researching families from Busk or Brody (Galicia, near Lviv)? and the Harmelin/Hermelinfamilies? Thank you very much in advance! Shana Tova! Chana Harmelin-Palmon Email address: hpalmon@...
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View Mate Translation - Yiddish
#general
Mitchell C. Sklar
Hello all - appreciate some help with translation of a brief note in
Yiddish on the back of the photo postcard, found on View Mate at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=16676 Any help much appreciated. Mitch Sklar Researching: YAVELBERG (Bessarabia); SKLAR (Ukraine); MARIASIN (Ukraine) -- Mitchell C. Sklar MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately or on the ViewMate response form.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen View Mate Translation - Yiddish
#general
Mitchell C. Sklar
Hello all - appreciate some help with translation of a brief note in
Yiddish on the back of the photo postcard, found on View Mate at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=16676 Any help much appreciated. Mitch Sklar Researching: YAVELBERG (Bessarabia); SKLAR (Ukraine); MARIASIN (Ukraine) -- Mitchell C. Sklar MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately or on the ViewMate response form.
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Re: Need help: Cincinnati, OH, Newport, KY & Slonim, Russia
#general
Ellen and Sal Barbieri <elsal@...>
I thought I would share my findings & hope it is helpful to others.
The cemetery I was looking for is named Lick Run in Cincinnati. It is actually several old cemeteries at one location & many of old death certs. list it. The Hamilton Co Public Library will do 3 look-ups per month for free & more for a nominal fee. www.cincinnatilibrary.org Send an e-mail to Ask a Librarian. In my case, they looked in 3 newspapers for 3 days after a death but did not find an obit. Librarian did find a citation for the wife's obit in KY & referred me to www.kentonlibrary.org The librarian phoned me & in addition to the KY obit, had looked at marriage indexes for Kenton Co & Campbell Co, KY. She will also look at city directories & any other resources she thinks will be helpful. She gave me some history of early synagogues that are now defunct & referred me to Jacob Rader Marcus Center at www.americanjewisharchives.org at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Without the names of the synagogues, I would not have been able to proceed. The Kenton library also has a very nominal fee based on amount of time they research for you. Synagogues: In 1897 United Hebrew Congregation (Orthodox) was founded in Newport, KY. In 1905 they purchased Fifth St Christian Church located at 117 E 5 St & converted it into a synagogue. Over the next several decades, small groups broke away forming Ohave Shalom Congregation at 430 W 6 St >from 1918-25. Little is known about the other congregations or whereabouts of records. In Covington, KY, Temple of Israel (Orthodox) was established in 1906, Sometimes it was known as Temple Israel or Heichal Israel. In 1915 they erected a Neoclassical synagogue at 107 E 7 St which was in use until 1937 when the fed. govt. acquired the block for post office & court house. They then erected a new synagogue at 1040 Scott St. By mid- 20th century, most of northern KY Jewish population had moved to Cincinnati. Also, the Mormon library has marriage licenses for Hamilton Co, OH on-line under their ongoing Beta Project. Check the beta index to see what has been done world-wide. Most of these licenses have parent's names & place of birth. beta.familysearch.org also www.familysearch.org Go to Search then Pilot project. I'm not sure if these are identical or not. I got a copy of OH death cert >from a volunteer at www.raogk.org I have personally thanked the Jewishgen responders who all were so helpful and kind with their advise & time. Tip: When you make an e-mail request, enclose your mailing address, phone # & e-mail. Ellen Barbieri - Researcher #8682 San Diego, CA elsal@... Researching: ZYMAN, MARKUS- Lubowo (Liubavas, Lith); ZYMAN, KAPLAN, KRAMARSKI, KANOWICZ- Suwalki; FRYDLANDSKI, JAWORKOWSKI- Filipow; GOLDBERG- same general area? to London & NYC 1870-72.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Need help: Cincinnati, OH, Newport, KY & Slonim, Russia
#general
Ellen and Sal Barbieri <elsal@...>
I thought I would share my findings & hope it is helpful to others.
The cemetery I was looking for is named Lick Run in Cincinnati. It is actually several old cemeteries at one location & many of old death certs. list it. The Hamilton Co Public Library will do 3 look-ups per month for free & more for a nominal fee. www.cincinnatilibrary.org Send an e-mail to Ask a Librarian. In my case, they looked in 3 newspapers for 3 days after a death but did not find an obit. Librarian did find a citation for the wife's obit in KY & referred me to www.kentonlibrary.org The librarian phoned me & in addition to the KY obit, had looked at marriage indexes for Kenton Co & Campbell Co, KY. She will also look at city directories & any other resources she thinks will be helpful. She gave me some history of early synagogues that are now defunct & referred me to Jacob Rader Marcus Center at www.americanjewisharchives.org at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Without the names of the synagogues, I would not have been able to proceed. The Kenton library also has a very nominal fee based on amount of time they research for you. Synagogues: In 1897 United Hebrew Congregation (Orthodox) was founded in Newport, KY. In 1905 they purchased Fifth St Christian Church located at 117 E 5 St & converted it into a synagogue. Over the next several decades, small groups broke away forming Ohave Shalom Congregation at 430 W 6 St >from 1918-25. Little is known about the other congregations or whereabouts of records. In Covington, KY, Temple of Israel (Orthodox) was established in 1906, Sometimes it was known as Temple Israel or Heichal Israel. In 1915 they erected a Neoclassical synagogue at 107 E 7 St which was in use until 1937 when the fed. govt. acquired the block for post office & court house. They then erected a new synagogue at 1040 Scott St. By mid- 20th century, most of northern KY Jewish population had moved to Cincinnati. Also, the Mormon library has marriage licenses for Hamilton Co, OH on-line under their ongoing Beta Project. Check the beta index to see what has been done world-wide. Most of these licenses have parent's names & place of birth. beta.familysearch.org also www.familysearch.org Go to Search then Pilot project. I'm not sure if these are identical or not. I got a copy of OH death cert >from a volunteer at www.raogk.org I have personally thanked the Jewishgen responders who all were so helpful and kind with their advise & time. Tip: When you make an e-mail request, enclose your mailing address, phone # & e-mail. Ellen Barbieri - Researcher #8682 San Diego, CA elsal@... Researching: ZYMAN, MARKUS- Lubowo (Liubavas, Lith); ZYMAN, KAPLAN, KRAMARSKI, KANOWICZ- Suwalki; FRYDLANDSKI, JAWORKOWSKI- Filipow; GOLDBERG- same general area? to London & NYC 1870-72.
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Occupation Negotiator
#galicia
Errol Schneegurt
Hi,
One of the documents that I have has the person's occupation as Negotiator. Can anyone tell me what this means and want it would relate to? It seems that other documents that refer to other members of this family also have the occupation as Negotiator. Thanks, Errol Schneegurt NY ESLVIV@...
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Occupation Negotiator
#galicia
Errol Schneegurt
Hi,
One of the documents that I have has the person's occupation as Negotiator. Can anyone tell me what this means and want it would relate to? It seems that other documents that refer to other members of this family also have the occupation as Negotiator. Thanks, Errol Schneegurt NY ESLVIV@...
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Given name Otec
#galicia
Errol Schneegurt
Hi,
My father had a sister that died very young in Europe. He said that her given name was Otec (sp?). I have not been able to find this name on any.list. I would like to know if anyone has heard this name before. I would also like to know if the spelling is correct and the origin of the name. Thanks, Errol Schneegurt NY ESLVIV@...
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Given name Otec
#galicia
Errol Schneegurt
Hi,
My father had a sister that died very young in Europe. He said that her given name was Otec (sp?). I have not been able to find this name on any.list. I would like to know if anyone has heard this name before. I would also like to know if the spelling is correct and the origin of the name. Thanks, Errol Schneegurt NY ESLVIV@...
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Paris research help. SOLOMAN / SOLOMON +
#general
David Syner
While attending the IAJGS I thought I made some notes of searching
Paris for Obits. I can't now find those notes. Searching for Gital / Gitel NEIMAN/NEWMAN (died in Aug 14, 1969 in Paris). Her married name was SOLOMAN / SOLOMON (husband died in ww2) Daughters Rena SOLOMAN / SOLOMON was an actress (deceased) and married a man last name ASBURY then married a man last name HARRISON. Sister Lilli SOLOMAN / SOLOMON was a photography and married a man last name RIGAULT (police officer) she died in 2006. Any help? Thanks in advance. David Syner Los Angeles, CA Dsyner@... Researching SINER/ZINNER New York, Russia SCHMALTZ New York, Detroit Luna, Grodno, Stoll, Rudman, Carbella ;Russia ( Grodno is now Hrodna, Belarus ) SCHULTZ TENN,, AVES, Russia POUSNER, Russia BERLIN Detroit BELENKY / BIELINKA Libau, Latvia NEWMAN Detroit NEIMAN/NUONAW/ PENICA / PENITZ Krasosielc, Poland MELTZER, Detroit, Katrinslove or Poltavia or Gatrinslove (sp), Russia, or Yekahnislaw or Ekaterinoslau
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Paris research help. SOLOMAN / SOLOMON +
#general
David Syner
While attending the IAJGS I thought I made some notes of searching
Paris for Obits. I can't now find those notes. Searching for Gital / Gitel NEIMAN/NEWMAN (died in Aug 14, 1969 in Paris). Her married name was SOLOMAN / SOLOMON (husband died in ww2) Daughters Rena SOLOMAN / SOLOMON was an actress (deceased) and married a man last name ASBURY then married a man last name HARRISON. Sister Lilli SOLOMAN / SOLOMON was a photography and married a man last name RIGAULT (police officer) she died in 2006. Any help? Thanks in advance. David Syner Los Angeles, CA Dsyner@... Researching SINER/ZINNER New York, Russia SCHMALTZ New York, Detroit Luna, Grodno, Stoll, Rudman, Carbella ;Russia ( Grodno is now Hrodna, Belarus ) SCHULTZ TENN,, AVES, Russia POUSNER, Russia BERLIN Detroit BELENKY / BIELINKA Libau, Latvia NEWMAN Detroit NEIMAN/NUONAW/ PENICA / PENITZ Krasosielc, Poland MELTZER, Detroit, Katrinslove or Poltavia or Gatrinslove (sp), Russia, or Yekahnislaw or Ekaterinoslau
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Alternate surnames in Eastern Europe?
#general
Zalman Usiskin
We know that many of our ancestors had two or three first names by which
they were known. For instance, in my family, there are men who were called Velvel by those in the family, are Wolf on official records, and are identified as Zev on their gravestones. It was common to have different familial, civil, and religious first names. Was it possible also to have different familial and civil surnames? I offer three possible examples >from my family: (1) My great-great-grandfather Velvel was universally called Velvel MARINKER by his grandchildren but all of his nine children took the last name GARBER. Velvel lived in a place called Malynka >from which MARINKER is derived. Is it possible that GARBER was Velvel’s civil surname? (2) Velvel had a son-in-law named Shaya RUMSHISHKER, ostensibly because Shaya’s family was originally >from Rumsiskes in Lithuania. When Shaya’s children emigrated to the U.S. in the early 20th century, their surnames are RUMSHISHKER on the ship manifests, but they took the surname RUBENSTEIN in the U.S. We might consider this a simple case of Americanizing a name, but today there are many RUBENSTEINs in the town of Rumsiskes. Is this coincidence or is it the case that my cousins had two surnames? (3) My great-uncle wrote an autobiography in which he speaks in great detail of his youth. He mentions in one place that one of the richest Jews in the town of Narevke (near Bialystok) is “Mordechai ZABLUDOVSKI or Mate MASHEVER”. These again seem to be two surnames for the same person. This question is not meant to include religious or familial surnames derived >from a patronym such as is the custom when a man is called to the Torah. Was it not uncommon for men to have two surnames other than their patronym? Can someone could shed light on this issue or direct me to a place where it is discussed? It would solve some mysteries. Zalman Usiskin Winnetka, Illinois USA z-usiskin@... Researching: GARBER, CZUKERMAN, ECHT near Bialystok; OBOLER, OBELER >from Dvinsk (Daugavpils) and Riga, Latvia; JACOBSON >from Mitau (Jelgava) and Riga; USISKIN, USSISHKIN, and variants >from anywhere.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Alternate surnames in Eastern Europe?
#general
Zalman Usiskin
We know that many of our ancestors had two or three first names by which
they were known. For instance, in my family, there are men who were called Velvel by those in the family, are Wolf on official records, and are identified as Zev on their gravestones. It was common to have different familial, civil, and religious first names. Was it possible also to have different familial and civil surnames? I offer three possible examples >from my family: (1) My great-great-grandfather Velvel was universally called Velvel MARINKER by his grandchildren but all of his nine children took the last name GARBER. Velvel lived in a place called Malynka >from which MARINKER is derived. Is it possible that GARBER was Velvel’s civil surname? (2) Velvel had a son-in-law named Shaya RUMSHISHKER, ostensibly because Shaya’s family was originally >from Rumsiskes in Lithuania. When Shaya’s children emigrated to the U.S. in the early 20th century, their surnames are RUMSHISHKER on the ship manifests, but they took the surname RUBENSTEIN in the U.S. We might consider this a simple case of Americanizing a name, but today there are many RUBENSTEINs in the town of Rumsiskes. Is this coincidence or is it the case that my cousins had two surnames? (3) My great-uncle wrote an autobiography in which he speaks in great detail of his youth. He mentions in one place that one of the richest Jews in the town of Narevke (near Bialystok) is “Mordechai ZABLUDOVSKI or Mate MASHEVER”. These again seem to be two surnames for the same person. This question is not meant to include religious or familial surnames derived >from a patronym such as is the custom when a man is called to the Torah. Was it not uncommon for men to have two surnames other than their patronym? Can someone could shed light on this issue or direct me to a place where it is discussed? It would solve some mysteries. Zalman Usiskin Winnetka, Illinois USA z-usiskin@... Researching: GARBER, CZUKERMAN, ECHT near Bialystok; OBOLER, OBELER >from Dvinsk (Daugavpils) and Riga, Latvia; JACOBSON >from Mitau (Jelgava) and Riga; USISKIN, USSISHKIN, and variants >from anywhere.
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