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ViewMate translation request - Russian, Bodzentyn vital records
#poland
Yaron Pedhazur
Dear fellow researchers, I have posted a few vital records in Russian for
which I need translation or extraction of genealogical info. Both records are of my WAJNGOLD family of Bodzentyn. The records are located in the following ViewMate links: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34115 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34116 Please put your input on the form provided in ViewMate site, or, respond privately to yarpd at yahoo dot com. Thank you in advance, Yaron Pedhazur Tel Aviv, Israel
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate translation request - Russian, Bodzentyn vital records
#poland
Yaron Pedhazur
Dear fellow researchers, I have posted a few vital records in Russian for
which I need translation or extraction of genealogical info. Both records are of my WAJNGOLD family of Bodzentyn. The records are located in the following ViewMate links: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34115 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34116 Please put your input on the form provided in ViewMate site, or, respond privately to yarpd at yahoo dot com. Thank you in advance, Yaron Pedhazur Tel Aviv, Israel
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ViewMate translation request - Polish
#poland
Seth Morgulas
I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is
on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34096 The document is the marriage of Fieszel Roszenberg to Laja Wildman in Grojec 1841. I am looking for: 1. The specific date of the event 2. Any patroynimics that would indicate the names of parents of the parents of the bride or groom - I already know the names of the parents just looking for grandparents. 3. Maiden names of mother of bride or groom 4. Any details like occupations or addresses etc. Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Seth MORGULAS New York, NY
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate translation request - Polish
#poland
Seth Morgulas
I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is
on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34096 The document is the marriage of Fieszel Roszenberg to Laja Wildman in Grojec 1841. I am looking for: 1. The specific date of the event 2. Any patroynimics that would indicate the names of parents of the parents of the bride or groom - I already know the names of the parents just looking for grandparents. 3. Maiden names of mother of bride or groom 4. Any details like occupations or addresses etc. Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Seth MORGULAS New York, NY
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ViewMate translation request - Russian VM 34001 and VM33967
#poland
stephen cohen
Hello.
I've posted two vital records in Russian Cyrillic for which I need translations. I am looking for the pertinent genealogic information including ages and towns. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34001 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33967 Please respond privately via email or the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Stephen Cohen
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate translation request - Russian VM 34001 and VM33967
#poland
stephen cohen
Hello.
I've posted two vital records in Russian Cyrillic for which I need translations. I am looking for the pertinent genealogic information including ages and towns. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34001 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33967 Please respond privately via email or the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Stephen Cohen
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Kehilalink for Bilshivtsi
#poland
Ken Entin
I am pleased to announce that the KehilaLinks website for Bilshivtsi,
Ukraine is live and ready to be viewed at http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Bilshivtsi/ This town was known as Bolshovtsy when it was part of the Soviet Union and Bolszowce when it was located in Poland before World War II and Galicia prior to World War I. Most of our ancestors living there knew the town as Bolszowce, Bolshevitz, or one of its spelling variants. The website is designed to be both a useful genealogical resource and a meaningful memorial to the town's Kehila. If you have photos, documents or any other information about the town or its Jewish population that could be included in the website, please contact me. I can be reached using the contact form on the home page or directly via e-mail (silverado@pacbell.net). I look forward to hearing >from you. Ken Entin San Jose, CA
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JRI Poland #Poland Kehilalink for Bilshivtsi
#poland
Ken Entin
I am pleased to announce that the KehilaLinks website for Bilshivtsi,
Ukraine is live and ready to be viewed at http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Bilshivtsi/ This town was known as Bolshovtsy when it was part of the Soviet Union and Bolszowce when it was located in Poland before World War II and Galicia prior to World War I. Most of our ancestors living there knew the town as Bolszowce, Bolshevitz, or one of its spelling variants. The website is designed to be both a useful genealogical resource and a meaningful memorial to the town's Kehila. If you have photos, documents or any other information about the town or its Jewish population that could be included in the website, please contact me. I can be reached using the contact form on the home page or directly via e-mail (silverado@pacbell.net). I look forward to hearing >from you. Ken Entin San Jose, CA
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BOOK CITE and Was the 30th of January observed as a school holiday in NS Germany?
#germany
zeevr@...
A German language book was recently published in Weimar, Germany, by
the Geschichtswerkstatt Weimar/Apolda. The Title (in translation) is "A Jewish Family in Thueringen - The unprecedented fight of a mother for the life of her three children". The authors are: Kaethe Raphael, Zeev Raphael, Peter Franz and Udo Wohlfeld. The book is the detailed story (268 pages) of the survival of those three children. It may include much useful information for those that are researching the subject of the fate of "Mischlinge", i.e., half-Jews in, during the period of the Holocaust. Meanwhile a debate about a side issue has developed among the authors. The question is whether it is accurate that the 30th of January, the day the Nazis assumed power in 1933 Germany (known as the "Tag der nationalen Erhebung"), was observed with "schulfrei", i.e., as a school holiday, during the years of the 3rd Reich. Will anybody with information on this question please contact the undersigned? Zeev Raphael, Haifa. JGID 24430 zeevr@technion.ac.il / zeevr@tx.technion.ac.il
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German SIG #Germany BOOK CITE and Was the 30th of January observed as a school holiday in NS Germany?
#germany
zeevr@...
A German language book was recently published in Weimar, Germany, by
the Geschichtswerkstatt Weimar/Apolda. The Title (in translation) is "A Jewish Family in Thueringen - The unprecedented fight of a mother for the life of her three children". The authors are: Kaethe Raphael, Zeev Raphael, Peter Franz and Udo Wohlfeld. The book is the detailed story (268 pages) of the survival of those three children. It may include much useful information for those that are researching the subject of the fate of "Mischlinge", i.e., half-Jews in, during the period of the Holocaust. Meanwhile a debate about a side issue has developed among the authors. The question is whether it is accurate that the 30th of January, the day the Nazis assumed power in 1933 Germany (known as the "Tag der nationalen Erhebung"), was observed with "schulfrei", i.e., as a school holiday, during the years of the 3rd Reich. Will anybody with information on this question please contact the undersigned? Zeev Raphael, Haifa. JGID 24430 zeevr@technion.ac.il / zeevr@tx.technion.ac.il
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preserving genealogical work
#general
Hanna Grossman <hannakg@...>
I have been doing genealogy for nearly 20 years and am now 83 years
old without an obvious inheritor of my work. My Reunion data base covers over 5000 persons going back to 1700. Since my family hails >from Germany the obvious place to archive this material is Leo Baeck Institute. They tell me that they are delighted to have my papers but have no interest in the digital data base. The papers include dozens or hundreds of relatively insignificant individual copies of government records ( citizenship applications, social security application, etc) and interesting intellectual products or historically interesting correspondence of a few of my ancestors. Without the data base I see no way to relate these documents to a family, nor any way to preserve all the genealogical work I have done. I have published a book but it covers at best a quarter of the information which I have collected and noted in the data base. I am perfectly happy to give Leo Baeck the individually or historically significant documents, but need some entity willing to archive these materials together with the data base. Does anyone have any suggestions? Hanna Grossman, Cornwall, CT
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen preserving genealogical work
#general
Hanna Grossman <hannakg@...>
I have been doing genealogy for nearly 20 years and am now 83 years
old without an obvious inheritor of my work. My Reunion data base covers over 5000 persons going back to 1700. Since my family hails >from Germany the obvious place to archive this material is Leo Baeck Institute. They tell me that they are delighted to have my papers but have no interest in the digital data base. The papers include dozens or hundreds of relatively insignificant individual copies of government records ( citizenship applications, social security application, etc) and interesting intellectual products or historically interesting correspondence of a few of my ancestors. Without the data base I see no way to relate these documents to a family, nor any way to preserve all the genealogical work I have done. I have published a book but it covers at best a quarter of the information which I have collected and noted in the data base. I am perfectly happy to give Leo Baeck the individually or historically significant documents, but need some entity willing to archive these materials together with the data base. Does anyone have any suggestions? Hanna Grossman, Cornwall, CT
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family named SLONIM
#general
Jake Jacobs
Searching for information about Frank SLONIM and his family.
Arrived in the US 1900-1901. Settled in Duluth, Minnesota, Wife identified in census as Sarah, children included Sorrell and Joseph. Birthplace listed on census as "Russia," dob 1849. Can't find in Ellis Island records, don't know origin beyond "Russia." We're aware there is a town called Slonim in Belarus and that is possible, but we have no knowledge or even suspicion that he came >from there. Found a few entries in Duluth city directories, but they provided no new information. Suggestions welcome! Thank you. Diane Jacobs Austin, Texas
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen family named SLONIM
#general
Jake Jacobs
Searching for information about Frank SLONIM and his family.
Arrived in the US 1900-1901. Settled in Duluth, Minnesota, Wife identified in census as Sarah, children included Sorrell and Joseph. Birthplace listed on census as "Russia," dob 1849. Can't find in Ellis Island records, don't know origin beyond "Russia." We're aware there is a town called Slonim in Belarus and that is possible, but we have no knowledge or even suspicion that he came >from there. Found a few entries in Duluth city directories, but they provided no new information. Suggestions welcome! Thank you. Diane Jacobs Austin, Texas
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Re: Record lookup at Chambers st, NYC
#general
Be advised that if you live near a Family History Center ( I believe
that "near" means within 15 miles) you cannot use this free service. Alan Steinfeld On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Mark Howard Shapiro mhshapirose@"<gmail.com jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Record lookup at Chambers st, NYC
#general
Be advised that if you live near a Family History Center ( I believe
that "near" means within 15 miles) you cannot use this free service. Alan Steinfeld On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:05 AM, "Mark Howard Shapiro mhshapirose@"<gmail.com jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote:
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Re: Galicia school reports, Polish evacuees, Disna student list, TSIAK Archives, Lituanian phonebook lists, etc.
#general
M R <emeraldeyesm@...>
In response to Eli Brauner's comment, "Using the word 'Evacuation'
we should be aware that actually what happened was a miracle >from the point of view of those Polish individuals...So it definitely was not a forced evacuation." Thank you for adding additional background for the reader. You should be aware that the use of the term, "evacuation" & all of its derivations, was the direct result of the translation of the original Polish title, as per Google translator. ("Osoby wyewakuowane z Z.S.R.R.") Marilyn Robinson Florida
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Galicia school reports, Polish evacuees, Disna student list, TSIAK Archives, Lituanian phonebook lists, etc.
#general
M R <emeraldeyesm@...>
In response to Eli Brauner's comment, "Using the word 'Evacuation'
we should be aware that actually what happened was a miracle >from the point of view of those Polish individuals...So it definitely was not a forced evacuation." Thank you for adding additional background for the reader. You should be aware that the use of the term, "evacuation" & all of its derivations, was the direct result of the translation of the original Polish title, as per Google translator. ("Osoby wyewakuowane z Z.S.R.R.") Marilyn Robinson Florida
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Re: Record lookup at Chambers st, NYC
#general
Caroline Dresden <cldresden@...>
Hello all
Mark makes reference to the Familysearch Duplication Service. I have tried to use this service twice, seeking copies of NYC certificates and other records on Familysearch, but never had any success. The first time I got a reply saying the reference I gave was incomplete, but I had used all the references given by Familysearch and as I had asked for several certificates the response was unclear and unhelpful. I dont recall any response from the second try and it says not to chase them and itsautomated and they will respond in six weeks. Not in my case.... Any tips on how to achieve a successful outcome? I am particularly seeking paperwork about a marriage in New York, USA in 1905 (>from memory) and a marriage in Norfolk, England in about 1700. I havent found details about the English marriage anywhere else. Many Thanks Caroline Dresden Birmingham, England DRESDEN, England, DROZDYK, Krzepice, Czestokowa, Poland, POTERSMAN, Belchatow, Poland, HILDEBRAND, Piaceszna, Warsaw, Poland, ARONOFSKY, Vilna, Lithuania, SILVERMAN, Galati, Romania, COHEN, Odessa, Ukraine From: Mark Shapiro <mhshapirose@gmail.com>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Record lookup at Chambers st, NYC
#general
Caroline Dresden <cldresden@...>
Hello all
Mark makes reference to the Familysearch Duplication Service. I have tried to use this service twice, seeking copies of NYC certificates and other records on Familysearch, but never had any success. The first time I got a reply saying the reference I gave was incomplete, but I had used all the references given by Familysearch and as I had asked for several certificates the response was unclear and unhelpful. I dont recall any response from the second try and it says not to chase them and itsautomated and they will respond in six weeks. Not in my case.... Any tips on how to achieve a successful outcome? I am particularly seeking paperwork about a marriage in New York, USA in 1905 (>from memory) and a marriage in Norfolk, England in about 1700. I havent found details about the English marriage anywhere else. Many Thanks Caroline Dresden Birmingham, England DRESDEN, England, DROZDYK, Krzepice, Czestokowa, Poland, POTERSMAN, Belchatow, Poland, HILDEBRAND, Piaceszna, Warsaw, Poland, ARONOFSKY, Vilna, Lithuania, SILVERMAN, Galati, Romania, COHEN, Odessa, Ukraine From: Mark Shapiro <mhshapirose@gmail.com>
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