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1925 NYS Census: Central Islip State Hospital
#general
Rhoda Miller
Rhoda Miller, under the auspices of JGSLI, has completed a
re-transciption project for the 1925 New York State Census for Central Islip State Hospital on Long Island. This re-trancription of 6017 names is hosted by JewishGen in the USA database and the only New York State database. For a description of the project, please go to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/NY1925Census.CISH.htm One significant feature of this database is that all fields have been transcribed. This information includes the address at which patients lived before hospitalization and naturalization information when it applies. The census images can be found on both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. I am happy to receive corrections for this new database which has a multitude of corrections >from earlier indexing. Heartiest appreciation goes to the volunteer transcribers! They are listed on the description page. Rhoda Miller Babylon, NY Searching: CHOLODOWSKY, SALOWE (Granov, Odessa Ukraine); KOTLOWITZ (Orla, Belarus), KOWALSKY (Iluxt, Latvia; Svecionys & Vilna Lithuania); EISDORFER, GROSS (Munkacs & environs)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 1925 NYS Census: Central Islip State Hospital
#general
Rhoda Miller
Rhoda Miller, under the auspices of JGSLI, has completed a
re-transciption project for the 1925 New York State Census for Central Islip State Hospital on Long Island. This re-trancription of 6017 names is hosted by JewishGen in the USA database and the only New York State database. For a description of the project, please go to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/NY1925Census.CISH.htm One significant feature of this database is that all fields have been transcribed. This information includes the address at which patients lived before hospitalization and naturalization information when it applies. The census images can be found on both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. I am happy to receive corrections for this new database which has a multitude of corrections >from earlier indexing. Heartiest appreciation goes to the volunteer transcribers! They are listed on the description page. Rhoda Miller Babylon, NY Searching: CHOLODOWSKY, SALOWE (Granov, Odessa Ukraine); KOTLOWITZ (Orla, Belarus), KOWALSKY (Iluxt, Latvia; Svecionys & Vilna Lithuania); EISDORFER, GROSS (Munkacs & environs)
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New Brody Project - Translation of Brody Yizkor Book - Ner Tamid
#galicia
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation of the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Book. See details - http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the Holocaust, as the existing vital records end in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=B All data >from the two previous projects transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you at the IAJGS 2013 - Boston. The Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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New Brody Project: Translation of Brody Yizkor Book -- Ner Tamid
#general
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Book. see details - http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid -- Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the holocaust, as the existing vital records ends in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=B All data >from the two previous projects; transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you in the IAJGS 2013 - Boston, the Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia New Brody Project - Translation of Brody Yizkor Book - Ner Tamid
#galicia
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation of the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Book. See details - http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the Holocaust, as the existing vital records end in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=B All data >from the two previous projects transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you at the IAJGS 2013 - Boston. The Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New Brody Project: Translation of Brody Yizkor Book -- Ner Tamid
#general
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Book. see details - http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid -- Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the holocaust, as the existing vital records ends in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=B All data >from the two previous projects; transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you in the IAJGS 2013 - Boston, the Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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New Brody Project: Translation of Brody Yizkor Book -- Ner Tamid
#rabbinic
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Booksee details - http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid -- Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the holocaust, as the existing vital records ends in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=B All data >from the two previous projects; transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you in the IAJGS 2013 - Boston, the Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic New Brody Project: Translation of Brody Yizkor Book -- Ner Tamid
#rabbinic
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Booksee details - http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid -- Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the holocaust, as the existing vital records ends in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=B All data >from the two previous projects; transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you in the IAJGS 2013 - Boston, the Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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Thank you
#romania
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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Romania SIG #Romania Thank you
#romania
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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Re: TOYOS ARANDA
#sephardic
Schelly Talalay Dardashti
Dear Ivan,
Pere Bonnin's Sangre Judia lists ARANDA as a confirmed Jewish name in a document dated 1561 in Castilla. You should also check SephardicGen.com < http://sephardicgen.com/ > and Sephardim.com's < http://sephardim.com/ > name search engine for more information. You might want to consider doing a Y-DNA test with FamilyTreeDNA.com to determine whom you match and their origins. As co-admin of the IberianAshkenaz DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, we recommend 37 or 67 markers. This will help you to see the origins of the people you match. If you need more information, feel free to write to me privately. Best wishes Schelly Talalay Dardashti New Mexico, USA ___ From: Ivan Toyos Aranda <ivanthebest_93@hotmail.com> I discovered that my family name is Sephardic Jewish .... There aren't many people with the last name Aranda in Spain ... especially in Córdoba and >from where I am, Kingdom of Navarre. I would like to find my origins. Thank and God bless You
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Sign Up Now for International Conference Activities
#subcarpathia
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
You can now sign up for the special events at the 33rd IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy to be held in Boston August 4-9th. These are events that require additional fees, such as computer workshops, Breakfasts with the Experts, Special Interest Group (SIG) Luncheons, the Gala Banquet, and sightseeing tours. Look under the PROGRAM tab on the conference website (www.iajgs2013.org) for detailed information about these events. If you have already registered for the conference, go to the conference website and update your registration form (mouse over the REGISTRATION tab and click on "Update Your Registration Info"). If you haven't registered yet for the conference, you will need to do so to be eligible to sign-up for these activities (follow the same procedure as above but click on "Registration Form" instead). In both cases, you will be put into the registration form, which now has a new sections covering the optional fee-based items. The number of participants for these activities is limited, so sign up as soon as possible to reserve your place. Computer workshops are available for PCs and Macs. They include "Creating One Step Search Tools" with its creator, Stephen Morse; "Getting Started with Family Tree Maker" and "Beginners' Reunion" and "Getting the Most Out of Reunion10" (Mac); workshops for Hungarian and Bessarabian (Moldova) research, JewishGen, social media, and Jewish community history, to name a few. Breakfasts with the Experts include "Researching Your Roots" in Galicia, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine with the leading experts in these fields. Another breakfast features "Understanding DNA Testing and Results" with Bennett Greenspan. Genzyme will be offering a special breakfast session on genetic diseases. The Gala Banquet will feature entertainment by the internationally known Zamir Chorale. Throughout the week guided tours will be offered to local sites of Jewish interest. On Sunday there will be a bus tour to the Touro Synagogue, celebrating its 250th anniversary and a walking tour of old Jewish Newport in Rhode Island. On Friday there will be a bus tour to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst where you'll find a million Yiddish books, permanent and traveling exhibits, and art galleries. On Monday there will be a walking tour of Boston's Old South End, home to an early Jewish community between the 1840s and the 1920s. Also on Monday will be a free tour for people who attend the showing of the film "Samuel Bak: Painter of Questions" at the conference to the nearby Pucker Gallery to see Bak's work. On Tuesday there will be a walking tour of Boston's North End, where Boston's Eastern European Jewish immigrants lived over a century ago. Here, too, are icons of American history, such as the Paul Revere house. Wednesday will feature a walking tour of the West End, where Jewish immigrants also lived. This also was the site of Boston's pre-Civil War Underground Railroad and the free black community. The tour ends at the Vilna Shul, one of the few surviving immigrant-era Jewish synagogues in the country. These optional activities complement the nearly 250 programs as well as the outstanding evening entertainment included in the conference registration fee. For more details on the optional activities or to register, go to www.iajgs2013.org. Jay Sage Florence Schumacher
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New Issue of JewishGen's Success! Stories
#subcarpathia
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the latest issue of
JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES webzine. You can access these stories from the "About Us" button on our website or by following this link:http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/ . In this issue: ....Rachel Lev-Leshem, whose mother was a Holocaust survivor, travels to her ancestral town of Érmihályfalva, Romania. A chance meeting at the town's Synagogue leads to the recovery of the Mezuzah >from her great-grandparents' home. ....Marla Raucher Osborn sorts through family stories and vital records to determine if her grandmother's Bessarabia family surname of Heller had once been Blecher, as rumored. ....Aaron Hurwitz connects with an unknown branch of his Blistein family as a result of his posts on JewishGen's Family Finder and Family Tree of the Jewish People. ....Janet Silver Ghent is contacted by a formerly unknown distant cousin as a result of her posting on JewishGen's Family Finder and they collaborate to research their common ancestors. This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers -- Nancy Siegel, Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster. We are sure you will be moved by these stories and we encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Re: TOYOS ARANDA
#sephardic
Schelly Talalay Dardashti
Dear Ivan,
Pere Bonnin's Sangre Judia lists ARANDA as a confirmed Jewish name in a document dated 1561 in Castilla. You should also check SephardicGen.com < http://sephardicgen.com/ > and Sephardim.com's < http://sephardim.com/ > name search engine for more information. You might want to consider doing a Y-DNA test with FamilyTreeDNA.com to determine whom you match and their origins. As co-admin of the IberianAshkenaz DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, we recommend 37 or 67 markers. This will help you to see the origins of the people you match. If you need more information, feel free to write to me privately. Best wishes Schelly Talalay Dardashti New Mexico, USA ___ From: Ivan Toyos Aranda <ivanthebest_93@hotmail.com> I discovered that my family name is Sephardic Jewish .... There aren't many people with the last name Aranda in Spain ... especially in Córdoba and >from where I am, Kingdom of Navarre. I would like to find my origins. Thank and God bless You
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Subcarpathia SIG #Subcarpathia Sign Up Now for International Conference Activities
#subcarpathia
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
You can now sign up for the special events at the 33rd IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy to be held in Boston August 4-9th. These are events that require additional fees, such as computer workshops, Breakfasts with the Experts, Special Interest Group (SIG) Luncheons, the Gala Banquet, and sightseeing tours. Look under the PROGRAM tab on the conference website (www.iajgs2013.org) for detailed information about these events. If you have already registered for the conference, go to the conference website and update your registration form (mouse over the REGISTRATION tab and click on "Update Your Registration Info"). If you haven't registered yet for the conference, you will need to do so to be eligible to sign-up for these activities (follow the same procedure as above but click on "Registration Form" instead). In both cases, you will be put into the registration form, which now has a new sections covering the optional fee-based items. The number of participants for these activities is limited, so sign up as soon as possible to reserve your place. Computer workshops are available for PCs and Macs. They include "Creating One Step Search Tools" with its creator, Stephen Morse; "Getting Started with Family Tree Maker" and "Beginners' Reunion" and "Getting the Most Out of Reunion10" (Mac); workshops for Hungarian and Bessarabian (Moldova) research, JewishGen, social media, and Jewish community history, to name a few. Breakfasts with the Experts include "Researching Your Roots" in Galicia, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine with the leading experts in these fields. Another breakfast features "Understanding DNA Testing and Results" with Bennett Greenspan. Genzyme will be offering a special breakfast session on genetic diseases. The Gala Banquet will feature entertainment by the internationally known Zamir Chorale. Throughout the week guided tours will be offered to local sites of Jewish interest. On Sunday there will be a bus tour to the Touro Synagogue, celebrating its 250th anniversary and a walking tour of old Jewish Newport in Rhode Island. On Friday there will be a bus tour to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst where you'll find a million Yiddish books, permanent and traveling exhibits, and art galleries. On Monday there will be a walking tour of Boston's Old South End, home to an early Jewish community between the 1840s and the 1920s. Also on Monday will be a free tour for people who attend the showing of the film "Samuel Bak: Painter of Questions" at the conference to the nearby Pucker Gallery to see Bak's work. On Tuesday there will be a walking tour of Boston's North End, where Boston's Eastern European Jewish immigrants lived over a century ago. Here, too, are icons of American history, such as the Paul Revere house. Wednesday will feature a walking tour of the West End, where Jewish immigrants also lived. This also was the site of Boston's pre-Civil War Underground Railroad and the free black community. The tour ends at the Vilna Shul, one of the few surviving immigrant-era Jewish synagogues in the country. These optional activities complement the nearly 250 programs as well as the outstanding evening entertainment included in the conference registration fee. For more details on the optional activities or to register, go to www.iajgs2013.org. Jay Sage Florence Schumacher
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Subcarpathia SIG #Subcarpathia New Issue of JewishGen's Success! Stories
#subcarpathia
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the latest issue of
JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES webzine. You can access these stories from the "About Us" button on our website or by following this link:http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/ . In this issue: ....Rachel Lev-Leshem, whose mother was a Holocaust survivor, travels to her ancestral town of Érmihályfalva, Romania. A chance meeting at the town's Synagogue leads to the recovery of the Mezuzah >from her great-grandparents' home. ....Marla Raucher Osborn sorts through family stories and vital records to determine if her grandmother's Bessarabia family surname of Heller had once been Blecher, as rumored. ....Aaron Hurwitz connects with an unknown branch of his Blistein family as a result of his posts on JewishGen's Family Finder and Family Tree of the Jewish People. ....Janet Silver Ghent is contacted by a formerly unknown distant cousin as a result of her posting on JewishGen's Family Finder and they collaborate to research their common ancestors. This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers -- Nancy Siegel, Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster. We are sure you will be moved by these stories and we encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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Re: location of Niederstetten ?
#germany
Roger Lustig
The Niederstetten with a Jewish community is the one in
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Baden-Wuerttemberg--your 2nd set of coordinates. The first set of coordinates you give maps to Feldatal in Hessen, near Kestrich, which had a small Jewish community. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Research coordinator, GerSIG
On 6/5/2013 3:48 PM, Hanna Grossman wrote:
In the past I have looked up the location of this town (which German geog.
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German SIG #Germany Re: location of Niederstetten ?
#germany
Roger Lustig
The Niederstetten with a Jewish community is the one in
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Baden-Wuerttemberg--your 2nd set of coordinates. The first set of coordinates you give maps to Feldatal in Hessen, near Kestrich, which had a small Jewish community. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Research coordinator, GerSIG
On 6/5/2013 3:48 PM, Hanna Grossman wrote:
In the past I have looked up the location of this town (which German geog.
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Re: Location of Niederstetten
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hannakg@...
Please thank those who help you and support GerSIG, ViewMate and JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors0.html http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for all who helped me with the location of this town. Hanna Grossman, Cornwall, CT hannakg@optonline.net Moderator note: It's appreciated when list members post "Thank You" messages to the list. It's even more appreciated when a summary of the useful information contained in the off-list email is included. So, Hanna, what did you learn about the location of Niederstetten? MOD 1
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German SIG #Germany Re: Location of Niederstetten
#germany
hannakg@...
Please thank those who help you and support GerSIG, ViewMate and JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors0.html http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for all who helped me with the location of this town. Hanna Grossman, Cornwall, CT hannakg@optonline.net Moderator note: It's appreciated when list members post "Thank You" messages to the list. It's even more appreciated when a summary of the useful information contained in the off-list email is included. So, Hanna, what did you learn about the location of Niederstetten? MOD 1
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