JewishGen.org Discussion Group FAQs
What is the JewishGen.org Discussion Group?
The JewishGen.org Discussion Group unites thousands of Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide as they research their family history, search for relatives, and share information, ideas, methods, tips, techniques, and resources. The JewishGen.org Discussion Group makes it easy, quick, and fun, to connect with others around the world.
Is it Secure?
Yes. JewishGen is using a state of the art platform with the most contemporary security standards. JewishGen will never share member information with third parties.
How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
As we continue to modernize our platform, we are trying to ensure that everything meets contemporary security standards. In the future, we plan hope to have one single sign-in page.
I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
Yes. In terms of functionality, the group will operate the same for people who like to participate with email. People can still send a message to an email address (in this case, main@groups.JewishGen.org), and receive a daily digest of postings, or individual emails. In addition, Members can also receive a daily summary of topics, and then choose which topics they would like to read about it. However, in addition to email, there is the additional functionality of being able to read/post messages utilizing our online forum (https://groups.jewishgen.org).
Does this new system require plain-text?
No.
Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
Yes.
Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
Yes! Our new platform allows members to use “Hashtags.” Messages can then be sorted, and searched, based upon how they are categorized. Another advantage is that members can “mute” any conversations they are not interested in, by simply indicating they are not interested in a particular “hashtag.”
Will all posts be archived?
Yes.
Can I still search though old messages?
Yes. All the messages are accessible and searchable going back to 1998.
What if I have questions or need assistance using the new Group?
Send your questions to: support@JewishGen.org
How do I access the Group’s webpage?
Follow this link: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main
So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?
Correct!
Will there be any ads or annoying pop-ups?
No.
Will the current guidelines change?
Yes. While posts will be moderated to ensure civility, and that there is nothing posted that is inappropriate (or completely unrelated to genealogy), we will be trying to create an online community of people who regulate themselves, much as they do (very successfully) on Jewish Genealogy Portal on Facebook.
What are the new guidelines?
There are just a few simple rules & guidelines to follow, which you can read here:https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/guidelines
Thank you in advance for contributing to this amazing online community!
If you have any questions, or suggestions, please email support@JewishGen.org.
Sincerely,
The JewishGen.org Team
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Community in Russia, Belarus or Latvia
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Bonnie Keyser <bonkey3@...>
I am searching for a community spelled on various manifests as ROONA, ROWNA or ROUNA.
Has anybody any information about this place? Bonnie Keyser West Chester, Pa USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Community in Russia, Belarus or Latvia
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Bonnie Keyser <bonkey3@...>
I am searching for a community spelled on various manifests as ROONA, ROWNA or ROUNA.
Has anybody any information about this place? Bonnie Keyser West Chester, Pa USA
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Headstone Info Requested - Saddle Brook, NJ
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Fern Blood <feblood@...>
If anyone will be going to the Riverside Cemetery in Saddle Brook, NJ this yontiff,
would it be possible to look up two headstones, side by side, and send me information on the inscriptions? The inscriptions on the photos I have are not readable. Please contact me directly and I can provide more information. Thank you and Shana Tova, Fern Greenberg Blood Waterbury, VT GREENBERG, GRIBELYUK, ROSETSKY Pyatigory, Zhashkov and SILVERMAN/SILBERMAN, TABACHNIK, Kremenets
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Headstone Info Requested - Saddle Brook, NJ
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Fern Blood <feblood@...>
If anyone will be going to the Riverside Cemetery in Saddle Brook, NJ this yontiff,
would it be possible to look up two headstones, side by side, and send me information on the inscriptions? The inscriptions on the photos I have are not readable. Please contact me directly and I can provide more information. Thank you and Shana Tova, Fern Greenberg Blood Waterbury, VT GREENBERG, GRIBELYUK, ROSETSKY Pyatigory, Zhashkov and SILVERMAN/SILBERMAN, TABACHNIK, Kremenets
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ViewMate translation request - Yiddish
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Coupland <how.jacque@...>
I've posted a vital record in Yiddish for which I need a translation. It
is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM35756 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Howard Coupland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate translation request - Yiddish
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Coupland <how.jacque@...>
I've posted a vital record in Yiddish for which I need a translation. It
is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM35756 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Howard Coupland
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Cemetery Photos Mt. Zion, Maspeth, Queens, NY
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Toby Blake
If anyone is going to Mt.Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, NY and could take
digital photos of the graves of my great grandparents Isaac and Fannie Schwatz. They are buried in the Bernstein plot Isacc N01-12 (4 Dec 1911) and Fannie N-6-5 (burial 15 August 1927 died 13 August 1927). In order not to duplicate efforts, please contact me privately. Thank you. Toby Blake Portland, OR
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Cemetery Photos Mt. Zion, Maspeth, Queens, NY
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Toby Blake
If anyone is going to Mt.Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, NY and could take
digital photos of the graves of my great grandparents Isaac and Fannie Schwatz. They are buried in the Bernstein plot Isacc N01-12 (4 Dec 1911) and Fannie N-6-5 (burial 15 August 1927 died 13 August 1927). In order not to duplicate efforts, please contact me privately. Thank you. Toby Blake Portland, OR
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ViewMate translation request - Sandomierz 1888 marriage record in Russian
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hustlepix@...
I've posted a marriage record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on
ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM35745 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much, Michael Cohen
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate translation request - Sandomierz 1888 marriage record in Russian
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hustlepix@...
I've posted a marriage record in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on
ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM35745 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much, Michael Cohen
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arielsilverstone@...
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As a never-before seen item (by me)=2C several records of my family=92s Boo= k of Residents' (Piaseczno=2C Masovian=2C Poland) entries include =91Height= =92 comment.=A0 Would anyone know what that means?=0A= =0A= =91her height was determined according =A715 no 5 of instruction=92.=A0 Sim= ilar comments in other entries.=0A= =0A= =A0=0A= Thank you=2C=0A= =0A= =A0Ariel=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =
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arielsilverstone@...
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=0A= I posted some documents=2C including originals=2C in Russian on ViewMate.= =A0=A0 These are at =0A= =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35670 =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35671 =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35672 =0A= and =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35652 =0A= (which I think is difficult) =0A= =0A= There is also a Polish one at =0A= =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35669 =0A= =0A= Would you please help me by translating these? =0A= =0A= Thank you=2C =0A= =0A= Ariel =0A= =
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arielsilverstone@...
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As a never-before seen item (by me)=2C several records of my family=92s Boo= k of Residents' (Piaseczno=2C Masovian=2C Poland) entries include =91Height= =92 comment.=A0 Would anyone know what that means?=0A= =0A= =91her height was determined according =A715 no 5 of instruction=92.=A0 Sim= ilar comments in other entries.=0A= =0A= =A0=0A= Thank you=2C=0A= =0A= =A0Ariel=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =
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arielsilverstone@...
Hi=2C =0A=
=0A= I posted some documents=2C including originals=2C in Russian on ViewMate.= =A0=A0 These are at =0A= =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35670 =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35671 =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35672 =0A= and =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35652 =0A= (which I think is difficult) =0A= =0A= There is also a Polish one at =0A= =0A= http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=3D35669 =0A= =0A= Would you please help me by translating these? =0A= =0A= Thank you=2C =0A= =0A= Ariel =0A= =
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Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the latest issue of
JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES. You can access these stories >from the "About Us" button on our website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/ . Marsha Epstein connects with a cousin >from an unknown branch of her family after posting the family name on JewishGen's Family Finder database. Marla Raucher Osborn continues her quest to learn about her great-grand-aunt J=FCte Horn, and her husband Chaim Teichman, by traveling to Israel and following in their footsteps. Wendy Werner finds a postcard of a World War I soldier in a box of her grandmother's old photographs. Her curiosity about this soldier leads her to learn his fate and connect with previously unknown family in Israel. Lowell N. Halpern posts the names of his great-great-grandparents on JewishGen's Family Finder and a week later hears >from a woman who shares the same great-great-grandparents. Together they are able to account for common relatives back to 1739. This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers -- Nancy Siegel, Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster. We think you will be moved by these stories and we encourage you to submit your own success stories to them at success@... . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc. phylliskramer1@...
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Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the latest issue of
JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES. You can access these stories >from the "About Us" button on our website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/ . Marsha Epstein connects with a cousin >from an unknown branch of her family after posting the family name on JewishGen's Family Finder database. Marla Raucher Osborn continues her quest to learn about her great-grand-aunt J=FCte Horn, and her husband Chaim Teichman, by traveling to Israel and following in their footsteps. Wendy Werner finds a postcard of a World War I soldier in a box of her grandmother's old photographs. Her curiosity about this soldier leads her to learn his fate and connect with previously unknown family in Israel. Lowell N. Halpern posts the names of his great-great-grandparents on JewishGen's Family Finder and a week later hears >from a woman who shares the same great-great-grandparents. Together they are able to account for common relatives back to 1739. This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers -- Nancy Siegel, Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster. We think you will be moved by these stories and we encourage you to submit your own success stories to them at success@... . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc. phylliskramer1@...
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Makow Mazowiecki & Pultusk Connections - BALABAN or LEBKOWICZ
#poland
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
If you have connections to the BALABAN or LEBKOWICZ families in Makow
Mazowieckie or Pultusk, especially in the years 1900-1935, please contact me. I am trying to assist an 87 year old man born in Makow Mazowieckie who doesn't know anything about his grandparents. His family emigrated to South America in 1932. Thank you, Eden Joachim esjoachim@... MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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JRI Poland #Poland Makow Mazowiecki & Pultusk Connections - BALABAN or LEBKOWICZ
#poland
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
If you have connections to the BALABAN or LEBKOWICZ families in Makow
Mazowieckie or Pultusk, especially in the years 1900-1935, please contact me. I am trying to assist an 87 year old man born in Makow Mazowieckie who doesn't know anything about his grandparents. His family emigrated to South America in 1932. Thank you, Eden Joachim esjoachim@... MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Rosenzweig in Cuba
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Neil@...
Looking for any information and contact data for
Rosa, married Jacob Rosenzweig in Cuba, parents of Janina, married Jacob King. Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Google is an amazing tool for finding people.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rosenzweig in Cuba
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Neil@...
Looking for any information and contact data for
Rosa, married Jacob Rosenzweig in Cuba, parents of Janina, married Jacob King. Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Google is an amazing tool for finding people.
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