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Re: Where does the surname BEHAR originate from?
#general
marjorie short <giltrip202@...>
I searched a Sephardic community in a MA community who arrived here in
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US abt 1912. They included several families with name Behar >from Belat, Istanbul Turkey who had settled there after escaping the Spanish Inquisition. After the Inquisition, families who had finances were able to make their way to Eastern European countries ie Netherlands, etc. The Marranos ... those who couldn't afford to escape were eventually saved by a Turkish ship that went to Turkey to offer escape to those who had been unable leave. Some chose not to leave .. see Jewish Film Society film, Last of the Marranos. Marjorie Short Boston, Ma From: Rose Raymen <roseraymen@optusnet.com.au>
I'm currently researching the family history of a family by the name of
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Where does the surname BEHAR originate from?
#general
marjorie short <giltrip202@...>
I searched a Sephardic community in a MA community who arrived here in
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US abt 1912. They included several families with name Behar >from Belat, Istanbul Turkey who had settled there after escaping the Spanish Inquisition. After the Inquisition, families who had finances were able to make their way to Eastern European countries ie Netherlands, etc. The Marranos ... those who couldn't afford to escape were eventually saved by a Turkish ship that went to Turkey to offer escape to those who had been unable leave. Some chose not to leave .. see Jewish Film Society film, Last of the Marranos. Marjorie Short Boston, Ma From: Rose Raymen <roseraymen@optusnet.com.au>
I'm currently researching the family history of a family by the name of
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Polish-Viewmate translation please
#general
Olivier Dzik <olivierdzik@...>
Dear all,
I've posted vital records of a ggg grandfather >from Sieldce a town >from Poland (names is mostly Sieker). Records are probably in Polish and I need a detailed translation (all mentioned names,profession, cause of death). It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=27285 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27286 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27287 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27288 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much for your time Arie Dzik
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Polish-Viewmate translation please
#general
Olivier Dzik <olivierdzik@...>
Dear all,
I've posted vital records of a ggg grandfather >from Sieldce a town >from Poland (names is mostly Sieker). Records are probably in Polish and I need a detailed translation (all mentioned names,profession, cause of death). It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=27285 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27286 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27287 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27288 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much for your time Arie Dzik
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Re: Polish translations needed
#general
Olivier Dzik <olivierdzik@...>
Dear all,
I've posted vital record of a ggg grandfather >from Sieldce a town from Poland (names is mostly Sieker). Records are probably in Polish and I need a detailed translation,(all mentioned names,profession, cause of death). It is on ViewMate at the following address http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=27285 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Arie Dzik
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Polish translations needed
#general
Olivier Dzik <olivierdzik@...>
Dear all,
I've posted vital record of a ggg grandfather >from Sieldce a town from Poland (names is mostly Sieker). Records are probably in Polish and I need a detailed translation,(all mentioned names,profession, cause of death). It is on ViewMate at the following address http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=27285 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Arie Dzik
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Re: DE JONA (DE YONA) family in Lviv (Lemberg)
#general
Ellen Korpi <korpi@...>
Isak, Thanks to the Gesher Galicia data base that Brooke Shreier Ganz
manages, I have discovered that my ggg grandmother was Jutte Jonas from Lviv. She married Daniel Josef Ordner and I believe her second husband had a surname of Urich. I have mapped the Jonas family entries >from that data base onto an excel spread sheet and am happy to share that with you or anyone else who contacts me directly. Lviv (FELD, ORDNER, WOSK, JONAS, SCHIMMEL, URICH, CZOPP) Ellen Korpi Wellesley, MA P.S. Brooke, **Thanks for all you do** and for providing some additional Jonas spelling variations that I will now research.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: DE JONA (DE YONA) family in Lviv (Lemberg)
#general
Ellen Korpi <korpi@...>
Isak, Thanks to the Gesher Galicia data base that Brooke Shreier Ganz
manages, I have discovered that my ggg grandmother was Jutte Jonas from Lviv. She married Daniel Josef Ordner and I believe her second husband had a surname of Urich. I have mapped the Jonas family entries >from that data base onto an excel spread sheet and am happy to share that with you or anyone else who contacts me directly. Lviv (FELD, ORDNER, WOSK, JONAS, SCHIMMEL, URICH, CZOPP) Ellen Korpi Wellesley, MA P.S. Brooke, **Thanks for all you do** and for providing some additional Jonas spelling variations that I will now research.
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Re: Scranton, PA Historical Newspapers
#general
Fishbein Associates, Inc.
Dear Steve:
GenealogyBank (as subscription service), has digitized the following Scranton newspaper: Druid (Scranton, Pennsylvania) Newspaper Archives (1910-1913). http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ All told, there are 299 newspapers >from Pennsylvania that have been digitized and available online through GenealogyBank. Papers also are available for the other 49 states. It is a great service and I have had tremendous success in locating genealogical material through this service. Good luck with your research. Sincerely, Randy Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D. Potomac, Maryland "Steve Stein" <steinsteve@verizon.net> wrote: Does anyone know if any historical newspapers (early 1900s) >from Scranton, PA have been digitized and are online? Or if obituaries have been culled and indexed? I've checked both Ancestry.com and cyndislist.com and can't seem to find any. Some sites seem to imply that they have, but end up being for all of Pennsylvania and either have no Scranton at all, or just for limited years. I am mainly interested in 1906 thru 1915.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Scranton, PA Historical Newspapers
#general
Fishbein Associates, Inc.
Dear Steve:
GenealogyBank (as subscription service), has digitized the following Scranton newspaper: Druid (Scranton, Pennsylvania) Newspaper Archives (1910-1913). http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ All told, there are 299 newspapers >from Pennsylvania that have been digitized and available online through GenealogyBank. Papers also are available for the other 49 states. It is a great service and I have had tremendous success in locating genealogical material through this service. Good luck with your research. Sincerely, Randy Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D. Potomac, Maryland "Steve Stein" <steinsteve@verizon.net> wrote: Does anyone know if any historical newspapers (early 1900s) >from Scranton, PA have been digitized and are online? Or if obituaries have been culled and indexed? I've checked both Ancestry.com and cyndislist.com and can't seem to find any. Some sites seem to imply that they have, but end up being for all of Pennsylvania and either have no Scranton at all, or just for limited years. I am mainly interested in 1906 thru 1915.
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Re: Where does the surname BEHAR originate from?
#general
Ann Rabinowitz
The origination of the Sephardic BEHAR family was initially >from Spain and
Turkey and they can be found all over the Jewish world including such places as Manchester, England, Havana, Cuba, Miami Beach, Florida, Paris, France, Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and many others in Latin America, Europe and Israel. I suggest the poster contact the Sephardic SIG and other resources on the Internet regarding Sephardic Jews. In addition, it would help if the poster stated where their BEHAR family had settled in England which would help in determining information about their origins. Also, the British National Archives online has listings for: Rebeka Behar, >from Turkey. Resident in London, 1932; Rachel Behar (re-admission), >from Turkey. Resident in Glasgow, 1932; and Jack Behar, >from Turkey (Spanish Jew). Resident in London, 1931. Ann Rabinowitz annrab@bellsouth.net MODERATOR NOTE: Sephardic SIG may be reached via http://www.jewishgen.org/Sephardic/
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Where does the surname BEHAR originate from?
#general
Ann Rabinowitz
The origination of the Sephardic BEHAR family was initially >from Spain and
Turkey and they can be found all over the Jewish world including such places as Manchester, England, Havana, Cuba, Miami Beach, Florida, Paris, France, Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and many others in Latin America, Europe and Israel. I suggest the poster contact the Sephardic SIG and other resources on the Internet regarding Sephardic Jews. In addition, it would help if the poster stated where their BEHAR family had settled in England which would help in determining information about their origins. Also, the British National Archives online has listings for: Rebeka Behar, >from Turkey. Resident in London, 1932; Rachel Behar (re-admission), >from Turkey. Resident in Glasgow, 1932; and Jack Behar, >from Turkey (Spanish Jew). Resident in London, 1931. Ann Rabinowitz annrab@bellsouth.net MODERATOR NOTE: Sephardic SIG may be reached via http://www.jewishgen.org/Sephardic/
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Request help reading names in Familianten record (ViewMate #27211)
#austria-czech
Bob Lenk
I could use some help reading some names, and a few other words, in a
Familianten record >from Eidlitz (Udlice). I have posted an image of the page, with notations on the parts I can't read, at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27211 Many thanks, Bob Lenk Greeley, Colorado, USA
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Request help reading names in Familianten record (ViewMate #27211)
#austria-czech
Bob Lenk
I could use some help reading some names, and a few other words, in a
Familianten record >from Eidlitz (Udlice). I have posted an image of the page, with notations on the parts I can't read, at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=27211 Many thanks, Bob Lenk Greeley, Colorado, USA
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Professions in Polish Tax List - Translation Needed
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger
I am looking for a translation of the following professions which have
been abbreviated in early 20th century tax lists. If you are certain of the meaning, please contact me privately, unless you think the reply is of interest to the group. (We have already speculated, but are looking for someone fluent in Polish and knowledgeable about occupational abbreviations.) In the case of "ul" preceding the profession, we are wondering why it is included since the usual meaning is "street," but we are uncertain of the context when it appears before a profession name. (Special thanks to Julian Bussgang who has already translated the majority of the professions in these lists.) bltz drog dz. kins - "owner of" -- what? em. rades essp. ganant nsucz ozoc rzen Schicht zmiana/layer sj. hsn. Sjonista syr.Kasy udoza po Dyr. Don't know what "ul" means in the context below, since it usually translates to "street" ul-piek - (assume "piekarz" - baker) ul. broz. ul. real or ul. realnosc ul.dobr ul.kam or kamienin zods or sod Thanks in advance... Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@gmail.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Professions in Polish Tax List - Translation Needed
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger
I am looking for a translation of the following professions which have
been abbreviated in early 20th century tax lists. If you are certain of the meaning, please contact me privately, unless you think the reply is of interest to the group. (We have already speculated, but are looking for someone fluent in Polish and knowledgeable about occupational abbreviations.) In the case of "ul" preceding the profession, we are wondering why it is included since the usual meaning is "street," but we are uncertain of the context when it appears before a profession name. (Special thanks to Julian Bussgang who has already translated the majority of the professions in these lists.) bltz drog dz. kins - "owner of" -- what? em. rades essp. ganant nsucz ozoc rzen Schicht zmiana/layer sj. hsn. Sjonista syr.Kasy udoza po Dyr. Don't know what "ul" means in the context below, since it usually translates to "street" ul-piek - (assume "piekarz" - baker) ul. broz. ul. real or ul. realnosc ul.dobr ul.kam or kamienin zods or sod Thanks in advance... Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@gmail.com
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lior.ortal@...
hello,
I'm trying to find information about my family . my grandfather name is Shmuel DRAYER and he was born in lodz in 7.5.1910 his mother was "Sheva" and his father was "Moshe". does someone can help me find any info? thank you. Lior Levin
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lior.ortal@...
hello,
I'm trying to find information about my family . my grandfather name is Shmuel DRAYER and he was born in lodz in 7.5.1910 his mother was "Sheva" and his father was "Moshe". does someone can help me find any info? thank you. Lior Levin
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Riga and Libau as Sister Cities
#lithuania
Carol Lieberman
I drove the distance between the two cities, and it is not so far. Does
anyone have information about synagogues in either Riga or Libau in the 1880s? Found my Bernhard(t) family in Libau with a designation as "Passlosen" without passports and wonder >from what place they came although I suspect Koenigsberg. Dr. Carol Lieberman Davie, FL carolliebs@gmail.com
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Riga and Libau as Sister Cities
#lithuania
Carol Lieberman
I drove the distance between the two cities, and it is not so far. Does
anyone have information about synagogues in either Riga or Libau in the 1880s? Found my Bernhard(t) family in Libau with a designation as "Passlosen" without passports and wonder >from what place they came although I suspect Koenigsberg. Dr. Carol Lieberman Davie, FL carolliebs@gmail.com
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