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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Conference Discounts About to End
#france
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures,presentations,meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman Chuck Weinstein Phyllis Grossman Conference co-chairs
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French SIG #France Conference Discounts About to End
#france
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures,presentations,meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman Chuck Weinstein Phyllis Grossman Conference co-chairs
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ViewMate Translation Request - German
#germany
efrybort@...
Dear Genealogical Colleagues,
I've posted 5 documents/vital records in German for which I need a translation. The details of my request accompany each document. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46340 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46341 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46343 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46346 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46348 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate applications. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you, Evelyn Frybort, Sydney, Australia < ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen and GerSIG http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/ http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp Researching Falkenstein, Jacobsohn, Schoenfeld >from Neustettin, Pommern in former West Prussia
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German SIG #Germany ViewMate Translation Request - German
#germany
efrybort@...
Dear Genealogical Colleagues,
I've posted 5 documents/vital records in German for which I need a translation. The details of my request accompany each document. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46340 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46341 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46343 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46346 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46348 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate applications. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you, Evelyn Frybort, Sydney, Australia < ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen and GerSIG http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/ http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp Researching Falkenstein, Jacobsohn, Schoenfeld >from Neustettin, Pommern in former West Prussia
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Conference Discounts About to End
#germany
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures, presentations, meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman, Chuck Weinstein, Phyllis Grossman-Conference co-chairs Cochairs@...
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German SIG #Germany Conference Discounts About to End
#germany
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures, presentations, meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman, Chuck Weinstein, Phyllis Grossman-Conference co-chairs Cochairs@...
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Conference Discounts About to End
#romania
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures, presentations, meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman Chuck Weinstein Phyllis Grossman Conference co-chairs
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Romania SIG #Romania Conference Discounts About to End
#romania
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures, presentations, meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman Chuck Weinstein Phyllis Grossman Conference co-chairs
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Reminder: Seeking Leo Baeck Institute Family History Success Stories
#germany
Moriah Amit
Have you made an exciting family history discovery in the collections
of the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI)? If so, we would like to hear your story. GerSIG co-founder Karen S. Franklin, LBI's Director of Family Research, and Moriah Amit, the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute's Senior Reference Services Librarian, are seeking a brief description of the LBI resources you used and what impact it had on your understanding of your family history (maximum of 2 paragraphs; please include all collection titles). Selected stories will be featured at the May 15, 2016 meeting of New York's Jewish Genealogical Society (see http://cjh.org/event/2852) and/or in an upcoming LBI newsletter. Please submit your stories to kfranklin@... and mamit@... by this Thursday, April 28, 2016. We extend our gratitude to everyone who has submitted a success story so far. KAREN S. FRANKLIN, New York, NY kfranklin@... MORIAH AMIT, New York, NY mamit@...
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German SIG #Germany Reminder: Seeking Leo Baeck Institute Family History Success Stories
#germany
Moriah Amit
Have you made an exciting family history discovery in the collections
of the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI)? If so, we would like to hear your story. GerSIG co-founder Karen S. Franklin, LBI's Director of Family Research, and Moriah Amit, the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute's Senior Reference Services Librarian, are seeking a brief description of the LBI resources you used and what impact it had on your understanding of your family history (maximum of 2 paragraphs; please include all collection titles). Selected stories will be featured at the May 15, 2016 meeting of New York's Jewish Genealogical Society (see http://cjh.org/event/2852) and/or in an upcoming LBI newsletter. Please submit your stories to kfranklin@... and mamit@... by this Thursday, April 28, 2016. We extend our gratitude to everyone who has submitted a success story so far. KAREN S. FRANKLIN, New York, NY kfranklin@... MORIAH AMIT, New York, NY mamit@...
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Conference Discounts About to End
#belarus
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures, presentations, meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman Chuck Weinstein Phyllis Grossman Conference co-chairs
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Conference Discounts About to End
#belarus
Chuck Weinstein <Cochairs@...>
Only a few days remain before early-registration discounts for the IAJGS
2016 conference in Seattle expire next Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. On-line registration continues through July 24, but at higher prices. Recent developments worth mentioning, and some reminders: Getting certified: What you need to know If you've ever thought about turning a serious hobby in genealogy into a profession, you can learn all about what it takes to become a certified genealogist. See the program notes on Wednesday's workshop, BCG Certification Workshop: Meeting Standards The Conference offers you great opportunities for networking with possible cousins, researchers confronting the same issues you are and more. The program schedule is up The preliminary program is on the Internet site http://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/program_schedule.cfm It has some 325 events during the week - lectures, presentations, meal events and computer workshops - nearly 250 of them hosted by a speaker or panel. Register now for meals and workshops . SIG and JewishGen luncheons . Friday night Shabbat dinners . The Gala banquet . Computer workshops . Daily box lunches See the Program Schedule for details, or read the separate pages on http://www.iajgs2016.org/computer-workshops and http://www.iajgs2016.org/sigluncheons/ Register early, win a prize! On May 15, we'll conduct a drawing to award prizes to some lucky friends who sign up by April 30. To be awarded: . One-year subscription to Ancestry.com . Autosomal DNA kit >from Ancestry.com . One-year subscription to MyHeritage.com . One-year subscription to Avotaynu, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy . FamilyFinder DNA kit >from FamilyTreeDNA.com . One-year subscription to BackBlaze.com . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for Mac . MacKiev's Family Tree Maker for PC The fine print: Our end-of-month is at 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 30. See details on the https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/register_conference.cfm page. When you're ready, look for registration links on the Conference site, or go directly to the registration module at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2016/registration.cfm More: http://www.iajgs2016.org/ Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/IAJGSConference subscribe to our http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/sign-up-for-the-seattle-iajgs-2016-discussion-list/ [http://tinyurl.com/h7jb4tm] and follow our blog at http://www.iajgs2016.org/2015/07/subscribe-to-the-iajgs2016-blog/ And watch for the launch of our mobile Conference application. The app will let you browse and search the list, build and update your personal daily schedule, get in touch with other conference-goers and receive updates about new developments and schedule changes. Sincerely, Janette R. Silverman Chuck Weinstein Phyllis Grossman Conference co-chairs
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ViewMate translations - Yiddish and ?Russian?
#belarus
Flower Child <lindacahill9@...>
SUBJ: ViewMate translation request: Yiddish and possibly Russian
I've posted five postcards on ViewMate that I would appreciate assistance in translating. I believe that some are in Yiddish, the others, I'm not sure, maybe Russian?? My grandparents were from Bialystok and Babruisk. We are hoping that these postcards will offer clues as to who and where are families are from, their histories and clues as to their actual names! The postcards are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46322 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46323 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46324 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46325 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46326 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you so very much, Linda Cahill GORDON (Grodesky, Gorodetski) and RABKIN, >from Grodno/Bialystok and Babruisk
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Belarus SIG #Belarus ViewMate translations - Yiddish and ?Russian?
#belarus
Flower Child <lindacahill9@...>
SUBJ: ViewMate translation request: Yiddish and possibly Russian
I've posted five postcards on ViewMate that I would appreciate assistance in translating. I believe that some are in Yiddish, the others, I'm not sure, maybe Russian?? My grandparents were from Bialystok and Babruisk. We are hoping that these postcards will offer clues as to who and where are families are from, their histories and clues as to their actual names! The postcards are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46322 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46323 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46324 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46325 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46326 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you so very much, Linda Cahill GORDON (Grodesky, Gorodetski) and RABKIN, >from Grodno/Bialystok and Babruisk
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Researching SHAPIRO
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Dear Everyone,
I am writing you >from Rokiskis, Lita. I was in Solak/salakas, utena and zarasia. I found my some info on my gordon and munitz families. Not much more than I knew . I did not see halevi on my great grandfather grave so maybe we were not leviem after all. Please pardon if hard to read. I am borrowing a computer and he wants it back soon. I am simply trying to get the main idea on the computer and contuie on my phone. As we cannot post via phone. The main reason I am writing is my Shapiro come >from a small village called Neciuiskai /natyoskuk. I know there was also a tsirt family which might be related to. Where would be your guess where `i would look for graves is they might exist ? I thought rorkrois and what I could read not many . then again I only know the names common to me. I am going tommrow to kamai where I know there is a lieb ben chaim Shapiro buried >from my n town. I do not know if I will find him but I hope i Will. My dream is to find gg grandfather zalman vevel who died near 1900. As his wife writes on 1900 census she was already a widow in usa. So he passed in 20 years of that. Shapiro married Krinzman/krentzman. I would love to find out more info about that family. I have a much of names and towns and not sure where to go first and what I will make out of it. If you were in any of the towns I list below please give me feed back.. When we were in salakas we met a woman who knew the people that lived in salakas and she did research . Would love to find similar people. I have a grandfather moshe ben zaskind munitz who I found a record he was >from Salakas and died in Zarasai. We went to look for him. We found a woman munitz but not him. where else should we look he is not on the salakas list. unless he is one of the tombstone that fell. Could there have been anothe cemetery in zariasi. It seems that might be some clue in Juzintai for Shapiro and krinzman.. i simply need the code word to but it together. Where is the cemetery? I see possible people in Ponevesh /panevezys. does anyone know if there a list for the cemetery there? What about kovno. gordon - salakas , anikst, utena\ munitz - salakas - utena - breslua , lita \ shapiro - juzhint , natuhskoyk \ krinzman - juzhuit - pasvalys , ponvezh , bazasi weltman no clue someowher enear shapiro or krinzman/krentzna homes thanks please any one have a clue or hint. send to yisroelshap@... yisroel shapiro
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Researching SHAPIRO
#general
Dear Everyone,
I am writing you >from Rokiskis, Lita. I was in Solak/salakas, utena and zarasia. I found my some info on my gordon and munitz families. Not much more than I knew . I did not see halevi on my great grandfather grave so maybe we were not leviem after all. Please pardon if hard to read. I am borrowing a computer and he wants it back soon. I am simply trying to get the main idea on the computer and contuie on my phone. As we cannot post via phone. The main reason I am writing is my Shapiro come >from a small village called Neciuiskai /natyoskuk. I know there was also a tsirt family which might be related to. Where would be your guess where `i would look for graves is they might exist ? I thought rorkrois and what I could read not many . then again I only know the names common to me. I am going tommrow to kamai where I know there is a lieb ben chaim Shapiro buried >from my n town. I do not know if I will find him but I hope i Will. My dream is to find gg grandfather zalman vevel who died near 1900. As his wife writes on 1900 census she was already a widow in usa. So he passed in 20 years of that. Shapiro married Krinzman/krentzman. I would love to find out more info about that family. I have a much of names and towns and not sure where to go first and what I will make out of it. If you were in any of the towns I list below please give me feed back.. When we were in salakas we met a woman who knew the people that lived in salakas and she did research . Would love to find similar people. I have a grandfather moshe ben zaskind munitz who I found a record he was >from Salakas and died in Zarasai. We went to look for him. We found a woman munitz but not him. where else should we look he is not on the salakas list. unless he is one of the tombstone that fell. Could there have been anothe cemetery in zariasi. It seems that might be some clue in Juzintai for Shapiro and krinzman.. i simply need the code word to but it together. Where is the cemetery? I see possible people in Ponevesh /panevezys. does anyone know if there a list for the cemetery there? What about kovno. gordon - salakas , anikst, utena\ munitz - salakas - utena - breslua , lita \ shapiro - juzhint , natuhskoyk \ krinzman - juzhuit - pasvalys , ponvezh , bazasi weltman no clue someowher enear shapiro or krinzman/krentzna homes thanks please any one have a clue or hint. send to yisroelshap@... yisroel shapiro
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Oleszyce vital record scans online
#general
Logan J. Kleinwaks
Oleszyce Jewish vital records are viewable on the website of the
Przemysl branch of the Polish State Archives by going to http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/, selecting "2230" in the top drop-down menu ("Nr zespolu"), pressing the "Szukaj" button at the bottom, then clicking the link in the "Sygnatura" column on the left corresponding to the group of records of interest. The groups cover births 1814-1911, marriages 1858-1876, and deaths 1814-1903. Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@... near Washington, D.C.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Oleszyce vital record scans online
#general
Logan J. Kleinwaks
Oleszyce Jewish vital records are viewable on the website of the
Przemysl branch of the Polish State Archives by going to http://www.przemysl.ap.gov.pl/skany/, selecting "2230" in the top drop-down menu ("Nr zespolu"), pressing the "Szukaj" button at the bottom, then clicking the link in the "Sygnatura" column on the left corresponding to the group of records of interest. The groups cover births 1814-1911, marriages 1858-1876, and deaths 1814-1903. Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@... near Washington, D.C.
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Searching for Weisman/Kempinski Families in Warsaw
#general
I am researching a Weis(s)man family who were born in Luck Poland, now
Lutsk, Ukraine. Anschel Weisman son of Moses Weissman was born around 1871 and married a Mindel Steinberg. They had 5 children, one of who emigrated to England and I have all that family's information. The remaining four, 2 boys and 2 girls remained in Poland and we know that the two girls married and went to live in Warsaw. Sabina Weisman married Senia Litvak and Macia Weisman married someone of the last name Kempinski. We believe that all four perished in the Holocaust, however Macia and Mr Kempinski had a son Maurice Kempinski who was able to jump >from the transport taking them to Auschwitz and hid in the woods. He was taken in by a lady whom he subsequently married and was sheltered for the entire war period. We know this because he made contact with and visited the English family in 1971. We also know that Mr. Kempinski Sr. and Mr Litvak were an architect and a Dentist, but we are not certain which was which. We have to assume that Maurice Kempinski's wife was not Jewish since she had sheltered him during the war. We do not know if they had any children, but we know they were living in Warsaw in 1971 We do not know anything about the two male siblings who were named Israel and Abraham Weisman. It could be that they also lived in Warsaw before the war, but we have no knowledge of that. I would be interested if anyone could point me in the right direction to try to research the Kempinski family and perhaps how to find out information from the Warsaw records. If anyone knows of a reliable researcher who couldresearch these people in Warsaw, I would appreciate any information. Please reply privately. ronald@... Thank You Ronald Wallace Apollo Beach, FL
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching for Weisman/Kempinski Families in Warsaw
#general
I am researching a Weis(s)man family who were born in Luck Poland, now
Lutsk, Ukraine. Anschel Weisman son of Moses Weissman was born around 1871 and married a Mindel Steinberg. They had 5 children, one of who emigrated to England and I have all that family's information. The remaining four, 2 boys and 2 girls remained in Poland and we know that the two girls married and went to live in Warsaw. Sabina Weisman married Senia Litvak and Macia Weisman married someone of the last name Kempinski. We believe that all four perished in the Holocaust, however Macia and Mr Kempinski had a son Maurice Kempinski who was able to jump >from the transport taking them to Auschwitz and hid in the woods. He was taken in by a lady whom he subsequently married and was sheltered for the entire war period. We know this because he made contact with and visited the English family in 1971. We also know that Mr. Kempinski Sr. and Mr Litvak were an architect and a Dentist, but we are not certain which was which. We have to assume that Maurice Kempinski's wife was not Jewish since she had sheltered him during the war. We do not know if they had any children, but we know they were living in Warsaw in 1971 We do not know anything about the two male siblings who were named Israel and Abraham Weisman. It could be that they also lived in Warsaw before the war, but we have no knowledge of that. I would be interested if anyone could point me in the right direction to try to research the Kempinski family and perhaps how to find out information from the Warsaw records. If anyone knows of a reliable researcher who couldresearch these people in Warsaw, I would appreciate any information. Please reply privately. ronald@... Thank You Ronald Wallace Apollo Beach, FL
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