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Re: Naming of child
#general
Roger Lustig
Specifically, the tradition had to do with naming children after dead--and not
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living--*ancestors.* Siblings, cousins, etc. were not considered. In the days of large families, that was probably a good thing; otherwise we'd see more Rehoboams, Melchisedechs, etc. in our family trees. Also, it seems that the naming of daughters was not as strictly regulated as it was for sons. Since the daughters were not circumcised nor likely to be called to the Torah, their names were not taken as seriously as those of their male siblings. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA
(Diana Helen Gomes da Costa Mohr dianadacosta@...) wrote:I am mystified by the fact that my great-great grandmother chose to give
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Naming of child
#general
Roger Lustig
Specifically, the tradition had to do with naming children after dead--and not
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living--*ancestors.* Siblings, cousins, etc. were not considered. In the days of large families, that was probably a good thing; otherwise we'd see more Rehoboams, Melchisedechs, etc. in our family trees. Also, it seems that the naming of daughters was not as strictly regulated as it was for sons. Since the daughters were not circumcised nor likely to be called to the Torah, their names were not taken as seriously as those of their male siblings. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA
(Diana Helen Gomes da Costa Mohr dianadacosta@...) wrote:I am mystified by the fact that my great-great grandmother chose to give
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Thank you!
#hungary
Rosanne Leeson
This is a big "thank you" to the many members of this SIG who responded
to my request for help in identifying the possible archive for researching family records for a friend with ancestry in the small town of Lastovice, Slokavia. You are a wonderful group! I will pass all of this excellent information to my friend, and see what he chooses to do next. Gratefully, Rosanne Leeson Palo Alto, CA USA
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Thank you!
#hungary
Rosanne Leeson
This is a big "thank you" to the many members of this SIG who responded
to my request for help in identifying the possible archive for researching family records for a friend with ancestry in the small town of Lastovice, Slokavia. You are a wonderful group! I will pass all of this excellent information to my friend, and see what he chooses to do next. Gratefully, Rosanne Leeson Palo Alto, CA USA
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Families from Jagilenica Facebook page
#general
Milton Koch
We have started a Facebook page for this town.
We would like to have additional, interested people to sign up and join us in conversation. There have been older records digitized, and with more of you showing interest in this town, we might be able to get even more records available. Regarding this item, please contact me privately. Milton Koch KOCH-Jagielnica
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Families from Jagilenica Facebook page
#general
Milton Koch
We have started a Facebook page for this town.
We would like to have additional, interested people to sign up and join us in conversation. There have been older records digitized, and with more of you showing interest in this town, we might be able to get even more records available. Regarding this item, please contact me privately. Milton Koch KOCH-Jagielnica
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Families from Jagilenica Facebook page
#galicia
Milton Koch
We have started a Facebook page for this town.
We would like to have additional, interested people to sign up and join us in conversation. There have been older records digitized, and with more of you showing interest in this town, we might be able to get even more records available. Regarding this item, please contact me privately. Milton Koch KOCH-Jagielnica
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Families from Jagilenica Facebook page
#galicia
Milton Koch
We have started a Facebook page for this town.
We would like to have additional, interested people to sign up and join us in conversation. There have been older records digitized, and with more of you showing interest in this town, we might be able to get even more records available. Regarding this item, please contact me privately. Milton Koch KOCH-Jagielnica
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Re: Naming of child
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A. E. Jordan
Sally M Bruckheimer wrote:
girl could have been named after an ancestor who was dead, possibly the same ancestor that her aunt was named after. Very likely situation. In my tree we had a matriarch named Brina and in her grandchildren and beyond we find numerous girls named Beatrice all named for the same woman. It got funny at cousin meetings or other times when a woman would come up to you and say you do not know me but I am another Beatrice ..... Allan Jordan
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Naming of child
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A. E. Jordan
Sally M Bruckheimer wrote:
girl could have been named after an ancestor who was dead, possibly the same ancestor that her aunt was named after. Very likely situation. In my tree we had a matriarch named Brina and in her grandchildren and beyond we find numerous girls named Beatrice all named for the same woman. It got funny at cousin meetings or other times when a woman would come up to you and say you do not know me but I am another Beatrice ..... Allan Jordan
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Remembrance plaques and Waltuch Family
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Kay Sharpe <chockieks@...>
Hi All
Thank you to all who responded to both my Jewish Gen entries about the Remembrance plaques laid for Nazi victims all over Europe and to those who helped in my family research re Waltuch family >from Tarnapol region in the Ukraine Kay Sharpe Folkestone UK chockieks@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Remembrance plaques and Waltuch Family
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Kay Sharpe <chockieks@...>
Hi All
Thank you to all who responded to both my Jewish Gen entries about the Remembrance plaques laid for Nazi victims all over Europe and to those who helped in my family research re Waltuch family >from Tarnapol region in the Ukraine Kay Sharpe Folkestone UK chockieks@...
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symbol of a feather
#germany
Lin <lin2@...>
Perhaps someone will be able to help me.
I recently received some documents >from Lippstadt, Germany, including the death noticed published in a local newspaper. It is for my great-grandparents. The top of the death notices of my great grandparents Anschel HUMBERG and Rosa SCHWARZ HUMBERG (published in the local paper "Der Patriot" in Lippstadt, Germany) are adorned with a feather. They died two years apart, one in 1928 and the other in 1930. I have never seen a feather used as a Jewish religious symbol. It certainly has nothing to do with the meaning of their last names. Does anyone know of a known Jewish or German-Jewish meaning for the feather? They were not authors. Thank you so much. Sincerely, Lin Herz Palm
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German SIG #Germany symbol of a feather
#germany
Lin <lin2@...>
Perhaps someone will be able to help me.
I recently received some documents >from Lippstadt, Germany, including the death noticed published in a local newspaper. It is for my great-grandparents. The top of the death notices of my great grandparents Anschel HUMBERG and Rosa SCHWARZ HUMBERG (published in the local paper "Der Patriot" in Lippstadt, Germany) are adorned with a feather. They died two years apart, one in 1928 and the other in 1930. I have never seen a feather used as a Jewish religious symbol. It certainly has nothing to do with the meaning of their last names. Does anyone know of a known Jewish or German-Jewish meaning for the feather? They were not authors. Thank you so much. Sincerely, Lin Herz Palm
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RE Experience with DCJR website
#galicia
Jackie Schwarz
In answer to Eric Feintein's question about the DCJR:
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I ordered a Birth Act >from DCJR a couple of years ago and was really happy to receive it. You will be asked to make a donation of your choice after receipt. I do not believe that they wish to be contacted by phone. But do persevere and you will receive an answer. Kind regards, Jackie Schwarz Antwerp, Belgium Eric Feinstein <ericfeinstein@...> wrote:
The website is http://www.dcjr.org/ and they claim to offer copies of
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia RE Experience with DCJR website
#galicia
Jackie Schwarz
In answer to Eric Feintein's question about the DCJR:
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I ordered a Birth Act >from DCJR a couple of years ago and was really happy to receive it. You will be asked to make a donation of your choice after receipt. I do not believe that they wish to be contacted by phone. But do persevere and you will receive an answer. Kind regards, Jackie Schwarz Antwerp, Belgium Eric Feinstein <ericfeinstein@...> wrote:
The website is http://www.dcjr.org/ and they claim to offer copies of
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Assistance in reading a name
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Marvin Turkanis <marvintur@...>
I would appreciate assistance in reading the name of the 7 year boy on the
Jewish Community Alliance 1910 Statement For The Year 1910 for Bender Hamlet, Canada, ViewMate Image Gallery page with the number 36281. The name could be either in Russian or English. In later years he was known as Mike or Michael. Thank you for your assistance. Marvin Turkanis marvintur@... MODERATOR: Diret URL for the image is http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=36281
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Assistance in reading a name
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Marvin Turkanis <marvintur@...>
I would appreciate assistance in reading the name of the 7 year boy on the
Jewish Community Alliance 1910 Statement For The Year 1910 for Bender Hamlet, Canada, ViewMate Image Gallery page with the number 36281. The name could be either in Russian or English. In later years he was known as Mike or Michael. Thank you for your assistance. Marvin Turkanis marvintur@... MODERATOR: Diret URL for the image is http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=36281
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Naming of child
#general
Hello
I am mystified by the fact that my great-great grandmother chose to give her sister's name to her daughter when her sister was still very much alive! I always thought that generally speaking Ashkenazim named after the deceased, not the living, and I was wondering whether anyone has any ideas as to why one should name one's child after a very much alive sibling? The facts are my great-great grandparents, Frances (nee DITTMANN) and Ludwig HIRSCHMANN, married in February 1875 in New York. Both DITTMANN and HIRSCHMANN families originated >from Bavaria. Their firstborn was a son but their second was a daughter who they named Marie, my great-grandmother, who was born in 1877. Frances, born in 1855, was the eldest of six children, the youngest of whom was Marie, born in 1872 (and died in 1933) and so only five years older than her niece. All ideas gratefully received with many thanks! Diana (MOHR) GOMES da COSTA, Kent UK - formerly >from London Researcher number: 166938 Researches include ARNSTEIN, BACH, BASS, BERLIN, COHN, DITTMANN, FLACHFELD, GUETERMANN, HAHN, HELLMANN, HIRSCHMANN, KOHN, KRAILSHEIMER, KUGLER, LOEWI,MANES, MARX, MENDEL, MORGENTHAU, MOHR, ROSENWALD, UHLMANN, WEIKERSHEIMER and ZIRNDORFER - all originally >from Bavaria MODERATOR NOTE: Over th eyears they have been many discussions about this topic. To find them, go to the JewishGen Discussion Group Archives
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Naming of child
#general
Hello
I am mystified by the fact that my great-great grandmother chose to give her sister's name to her daughter when her sister was still very much alive! I always thought that generally speaking Ashkenazim named after the deceased, not the living, and I was wondering whether anyone has any ideas as to why one should name one's child after a very much alive sibling? The facts are my great-great grandparents, Frances (nee DITTMANN) and Ludwig HIRSCHMANN, married in February 1875 in New York. Both DITTMANN and HIRSCHMANN families originated >from Bavaria. Their firstborn was a son but their second was a daughter who they named Marie, my great-grandmother, who was born in 1877. Frances, born in 1855, was the eldest of six children, the youngest of whom was Marie, born in 1872 (and died in 1933) and so only five years older than her niece. All ideas gratefully received with many thanks! Diana (MOHR) GOMES da COSTA, Kent UK - formerly >from London Researcher number: 166938 Researches include ARNSTEIN, BACH, BASS, BERLIN, COHN, DITTMANN, FLACHFELD, GUETERMANN, HAHN, HELLMANN, HIRSCHMANN, KOHN, KRAILSHEIMER, KUGLER, LOEWI,MANES, MARX, MENDEL, MORGENTHAU, MOHR, ROSENWALD, UHLMANN, WEIKERSHEIMER and ZIRNDORFER - all originally >from Bavaria MODERATOR NOTE: Over th eyears they have been many discussions about this topic. To find them, go to the JewishGen Discussion Group Archives
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