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Translation from Yiddish to Hebrew or English
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Hanna Shvo
I have posted 3 parts of a letters(?) in Yiddish to which I need translation to
Hebrew or English 1: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM42353 2: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM42356 3: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM42355 No 3 begins in polish and continues in Yiddish. If you can translate both parts - it will be fantastic! But if you can translate just the Yiddish - It will be also fine. Please reply using the ViewMate response form. Thanks for the effort Hanna Dr Hanna Shvo hannashvo@gmail.com hshvo@me.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Translation from Yiddish to Hebrew or English
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Hanna Shvo
I have posted 3 parts of a letters(?) in Yiddish to which I need translation to
Hebrew or English 1: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM42353 2: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM42356 3: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM42355 No 3 begins in polish and continues in Yiddish. If you can translate both parts - it will be fantastic! But if you can translate just the Yiddish - It will be also fine. Please reply using the ViewMate response form. Thanks for the effort Hanna Dr Hanna Shvo hannashvo@gmail.com hshvo@me.com
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Shtetl vs. Dorf
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Paul Berman
Messages to this discussion group often use the term "shtetl" when
apparently referring to villages rather than towns in Eastern Europe. The author Irving Stone addressed this term in his introduction to his magnificent history of the Jewish socialist movement in early twentieth century in New York City, "The World of Our Fathers", published in the 1950's. He wrote that the term "shtetl" was (and still is) commonly used erroneously for smallish villages when the correct term was "dorf". The word "shtetl" properly referred to larger communities such as towns. Irene Berman Israel Researching: EPSTEIN (LEVITES) Kossov Poleski and Slonim; STOLLER, FINKEL (FRANKLIN) Kossov Poleski, New York and Ellington in Connecticut, U.S.A.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Shtetl vs. Dorf
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Paul Berman
Messages to this discussion group often use the term "shtetl" when
apparently referring to villages rather than towns in Eastern Europe. The author Irving Stone addressed this term in his introduction to his magnificent history of the Jewish socialist movement in early twentieth century in New York City, "The World of Our Fathers", published in the 1950's. He wrote that the term "shtetl" was (and still is) commonly used erroneously for smallish villages when the correct term was "dorf". The word "shtetl" properly referred to larger communities such as towns. Irene Berman Israel Researching: EPSTEIN (LEVITES) Kossov Poleski and Slonim; STOLLER, FINKEL (FRANKLIN) Kossov Poleski, New York and Ellington in Connecticut, U.S.A.
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Re: Have you heard of Polanyu?
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tom
Just one small correction: the term "dayan" means judge, almost certainly a
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rabbi and member of a beth din (rabbinic court). And as a surname, it indicates only that they are descended >from one, as the job is not considered hereditary (even though sons often did follow in their father's footsteps). A Kohen (priestly caste descended >from Aaron, who served in the temple in Jerusalem) is not allowed to enter a cemetery, but there is no such restriction on rabbis (otherwise they wouldn't be able to officiate at funerals). You will probably also find that their Hebrew name includes "haKohen" at the end. Entering a cemetery has nothing to do with being a "dayan". ....... tom klein, toronto
<Susan Gordon> Sjgwed@aol.com wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Have you heard of Polanyu?
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tom
Just one small correction: the term "dayan" means judge, almost certainly a
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
rabbi and member of a beth din (rabbinic court). And as a surname, it indicates only that they are descended >from one, as the job is not considered hereditary (even though sons often did follow in their father's footsteps). A Kohen (priestly caste descended >from Aaron, who served in the temple in Jerusalem) is not allowed to enter a cemetery, but there is no such restriction on rabbis (otherwise they wouldn't be able to officiate at funerals). You will probably also find that their Hebrew name includes "haKohen" at the end. Entering a cemetery has nothing to do with being a "dayan". ....... tom klein, toronto
<Susan Gordon> Sjgwed@aol.com wrote:
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Yad Vashem New Online Exhibit: Last Letters From the Holocaust:1941
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Jan Meisels Allen
Yad Vashem has placed thousands of personal letters >from their archives
-some viewable for the first time-on their website. This is the first in a series of exhibits featuring last letters. The exhibit presents 9 letters written by children and adults written in 1941 to their loved ones during the Holocaust. The letters are >from Poland, Latvia, France, Austria, Ukraine, Yugoslavia and Romania. They were written while in their homes, ghettos, in hiding or fleeing. There are photos of the people in the exhibit 9 letters. To view the exhibit see: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/last-letters/1941/index.asp#/overview To search the archives for the 1,000 plus personal letters go to: http://collections1.yadvashem.org/search.asp?lang=ENG&;rsvr=8 This is the online catalogue of the Yad Vashem archive. It only includes 20 percent of the archival collection. (You can also access this area of the website >from the Yad Vashem home page by clicking on "Documents Archive" under Digital Collections.) This will open a search page. For "Search Profile" make certain it lists "Documents Archive" If that is not what appears, then go to the drop down box and select "Documents Archive". Where it says "Search for" type in o.75. The first character is the letter "o" not the number zero. Under fields to search check off Record Group or title-the most important thing is to have o.75 in the "search for" block. Click on "search" Be patient it takes a brief while for the website to respond - it may be due to website traffic or my computer when I tried it out. In the search results, a list of over 1,000 titles/links come up. Click on the hypertext link you want to see, and then that particular post card and letter information will come up. If that document has been scanned an icon will appear to click below the narrative which is the scanned file. Click on the icon. When that opens and if there are multiple pages there will be arrows on the upper right to click to advance to the next document. Not all of the documents are scanned as yet. Thank you to Zvi Bernhardt, Yad Vashem for providing the instructions on how to find the documents. The article mentioned above focused solely on the 9 documents in the exhibit , which are well worth visiting, but if one wants to search the remaining documents, we needed the additional information. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yad Vashem New Online Exhibit: Last Letters From the Holocaust:1941
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Jan Meisels Allen
Yad Vashem has placed thousands of personal letters >from their archives
-some viewable for the first time-on their website. This is the first in a series of exhibits featuring last letters. The exhibit presents 9 letters written by children and adults written in 1941 to their loved ones during the Holocaust. The letters are >from Poland, Latvia, France, Austria, Ukraine, Yugoslavia and Romania. They were written while in their homes, ghettos, in hiding or fleeing. There are photos of the people in the exhibit 9 letters. To view the exhibit see: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/last-letters/1941/index.asp#/overview To search the archives for the 1,000 plus personal letters go to: http://collections1.yadvashem.org/search.asp?lang=ENG&;rsvr=8 This is the online catalogue of the Yad Vashem archive. It only includes 20 percent of the archival collection. (You can also access this area of the website >from the Yad Vashem home page by clicking on "Documents Archive" under Digital Collections.) This will open a search page. For "Search Profile" make certain it lists "Documents Archive" If that is not what appears, then go to the drop down box and select "Documents Archive". Where it says "Search for" type in o.75. The first character is the letter "o" not the number zero. Under fields to search check off Record Group or title-the most important thing is to have o.75 in the "search for" block. Click on "search" Be patient it takes a brief while for the website to respond - it may be due to website traffic or my computer when I tried it out. In the search results, a list of over 1,000 titles/links come up. Click on the hypertext link you want to see, and then that particular post card and letter information will come up. If that document has been scanned an icon will appear to click below the narrative which is the scanned file. Click on the icon. When that opens and if there are multiple pages there will be arrows on the upper right to click to advance to the next document. Not all of the documents are scanned as yet. Thank you to Zvi Bernhardt, Yad Vashem for providing the instructions on how to find the documents. The article mentioned above focused solely on the 9 documents in the exhibit , which are well worth visiting, but if one wants to search the remaining documents, we needed the additional information. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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IAJGS Records Access Alert Postings January 2017
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Jan Meisels Allen
As mentioned previously, every month I will be posting a listing of the
IAJGS Records Access Alert topics >from the previous month for you to see the variety of issues. some were posted on this discussion group as they were final edicts, but advocacy, and pending legislation and regulations- were not posted to the discussion group-all postings are included below. Any postings that had a time limit for access, such as free access that has expired are not included below. Many legislatures started to meet in their new sessions. . (Argentina) Data Protection Authority New Regulation on Personal Data Protection . (Canada) Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Canadian Confederation with the Library and Archives Canada . (Canada) Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies-University of Alberta Launches Digital Archive . (European Union) Commission Proposed Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications and Data Protection Rules for EU Institutions . (European Union) EU-US Privacy Shield May Be Invalidated by Presidential Executive Order . (European Union) The Irish Data Protection Commission; What is Happening to US-Based Multinational Companies in the EU . The International Tracing Service Places their General Inventory Online . (Ireland) First Court Case on Right to be Forgotten Decided Overturns Data Protection Commissioner . (UK) Update on General Register Office PDF Trial to Order Records . (UK) National Archives Places War Office Records Available Online . (US) 2017 Legislative Calendars and Websites--New Legislative Terms Begin . (US) CIA Releases 13 Million Pages of Declassified Documents Online . (US) Chronicling America-- Library of Congress Historic Newspapers Continued Free Access Threatened . (US-NY) A NY Student is Suing Google and She Wants to Have Right to be Forgotten Applied in the United States . (US-NY) New Law Amends Mental Hygiene Regarding Release of Information 50 Years After Death . (US-NYC) New York City Marriage Index 1930-1972 Partially Online . (US-NYC) Supreme Court of NY "Division of Ancient Records" Moving to Better Quarters . (US-OK) New Law Requiring Online Indexes of Birth and Death Records and More . (US-VA) Library of Virginia Budget Cuts and Closures IAJGS has opened its Records Access Alerts to anyone who is interested. This was announced previously. We now have subscribers >from many genealogical organizations not previously able to subscribe. To be on top of what is happening I encourage you to register for the Records Access Alerts to receive the information in a timely manner. If you are interested in any of the following items, please register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert and look at them in the archives. To register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which genealogical organization you belong to-a society, SIG or a subscriber of JewishGen, Avotaynu Online, Legal Genealogist etc. You will receive an email response that you have to reply to, or the subscription will not be finalized. The alerts are archived and once you register you may access the archives at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/ . The IAJGS Records Access Alert is not a daily announcement list. Depending on what happens worldwide, there may be no postings for several days and other times there may be several in one day. These are listed alphabetically not chronologically. Each month the locales covered differ. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen IAJGS Records Access Alert Postings January 2017
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Jan Meisels Allen
As mentioned previously, every month I will be posting a listing of the
IAJGS Records Access Alert topics >from the previous month for you to see the variety of issues. some were posted on this discussion group as they were final edicts, but advocacy, and pending legislation and regulations- were not posted to the discussion group-all postings are included below. Any postings that had a time limit for access, such as free access that has expired are not included below. Many legislatures started to meet in their new sessions. . (Argentina) Data Protection Authority New Regulation on Personal Data Protection . (Canada) Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Canadian Confederation with the Library and Archives Canada . (Canada) Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies-University of Alberta Launches Digital Archive . (European Union) Commission Proposed Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications and Data Protection Rules for EU Institutions . (European Union) EU-US Privacy Shield May Be Invalidated by Presidential Executive Order . (European Union) The Irish Data Protection Commission; What is Happening to US-Based Multinational Companies in the EU . The International Tracing Service Places their General Inventory Online . (Ireland) First Court Case on Right to be Forgotten Decided Overturns Data Protection Commissioner . (UK) Update on General Register Office PDF Trial to Order Records . (UK) National Archives Places War Office Records Available Online . (US) 2017 Legislative Calendars and Websites--New Legislative Terms Begin . (US) CIA Releases 13 Million Pages of Declassified Documents Online . (US) Chronicling America-- Library of Congress Historic Newspapers Continued Free Access Threatened . (US-NY) A NY Student is Suing Google and She Wants to Have Right to be Forgotten Applied in the United States . (US-NY) New Law Amends Mental Hygiene Regarding Release of Information 50 Years After Death . (US-NYC) New York City Marriage Index 1930-1972 Partially Online . (US-NYC) Supreme Court of NY "Division of Ancient Records" Moving to Better Quarters . (US-OK) New Law Requiring Online Indexes of Birth and Death Records and More . (US-VA) Library of Virginia Budget Cuts and Closures IAJGS has opened its Records Access Alerts to anyone who is interested. This was announced previously. We now have subscribers >from many genealogical organizations not previously able to subscribe. To be on top of what is happening I encourage you to register for the Records Access Alerts to receive the information in a timely manner. If you are interested in any of the following items, please register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert and look at them in the archives. To register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which genealogical organization you belong to-a society, SIG or a subscriber of JewishGen, Avotaynu Online, Legal Genealogist etc. You will receive an email response that you have to reply to, or the subscription will not be finalized. The alerts are archived and once you register you may access the archives at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/ . The IAJGS Records Access Alert is not a daily announcement list. Depending on what happens worldwide, there may be no postings for several days and other times there may be several in one day. These are listed alphabetically not chronologically. Each month the locales covered differ. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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WEITZ or KNAUF
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Jamie
Halo,
I'm searching for my ancestors on my mother's site. My over grandmother was Anna Sophia WEITZ, born in Oberaussem 1852.03.07. She was married to HAEKENS Gerardus (Belgium) She died in Belgium (Zichen-Zussen-Bolder) 1939.01.06 Her parents: WEITZ Christian: 1816.10.14 > 1890.06.29 KNAUF Odilia: 1820.08.17 > 1882.12.19 Can someone give me names of elder parents, brothers, sisters, children? Thanks RUTTEN Jean Marie Hasselt
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen WEITZ or KNAUF
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Jamie
Halo,
I'm searching for my ancestors on my mother's site. My over grandmother was Anna Sophia WEITZ, born in Oberaussem 1852.03.07. She was married to HAEKENS Gerardus (Belgium) She died in Belgium (Zichen-Zussen-Bolder) 1939.01.06 Her parents: WEITZ Christian: 1816.10.14 > 1890.06.29 KNAUF Odilia: 1820.08.17 > 1882.12.19 Can someone give me names of elder parents, brothers, sisters, children? Thanks RUTTEN Jean Marie Hasselt
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Re: ViewMate translation request - Russian
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Anne Schuman <anneschuman@...>
I've posted 4 vital records in Russian for which I need translations.
They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: VM53201 - Birth of Hersz Hostyk (Gostyk) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53201 VM53202 - Birth of Kalman Berek Hostyk (Gostyk) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53202 VM53203 - Birth of Shulim Korn http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53203 VM53204 - Marriage of Mordko Josef Gostyk and Golda Korn http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53204 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Anne Schuman Anneschuman@optonline.net
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Anne Schuman <anneschuman@...>
I've posted 4 vital records in Russian for which I need translations.
They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: VM53201 - Birth of Hersz Hostyk (Gostyk) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53201 VM53202 - Birth of Kalman Berek Hostyk (Gostyk) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53202 VM53203 - Birth of Shulim Korn http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53203 VM53204 - Marriage of Mordko Josef Gostyk and Golda Korn http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53204 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Anne Schuman Anneschuman@optonline.net
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6 Forms of Unpublished Personal Writings to Consider for Your Family History (New JGSLI Video Announcement)
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The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island (JGSLI), winner of the IAJGS
2015 Outstanding Publication Award for its You Tube Channel, is pleased to announce its latest video, "6 Forms of Unpublished Personal Writings to Consider for Your Family History". Most of the videos in our library cover a wide range of official documents and forms that genealogist's use to construct their family history. We also prepared videos covering third party sources of help, such as newspapers, yearbooks, and social media. This video will focus on unpublished research sources, namely personal writings. Although we acknowledge that you have to be lucky to find these items, here are 6 forms of unpublished personal writings that could significantly advance your family research. You can access all 26 of our short instructional videos directly >from our You Tube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV8xttIn93AwJX2_I0AIAg/feed or >from our website http://jgsli.org/ If you have any comments or recommendations for other topics, please let me know at past_pres@jgsli.org Nolan Altman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 6 Forms of Unpublished Personal Writings to Consider for Your Family History (New JGSLI Video Announcement)
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The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island (JGSLI), winner of the IAJGS
2015 Outstanding Publication Award for its You Tube Channel, is pleased to announce its latest video, "6 Forms of Unpublished Personal Writings to Consider for Your Family History". Most of the videos in our library cover a wide range of official documents and forms that genealogist's use to construct their family history. We also prepared videos covering third party sources of help, such as newspapers, yearbooks, and social media. This video will focus on unpublished research sources, namely personal writings. Although we acknowledge that you have to be lucky to find these items, here are 6 forms of unpublished personal writings that could significantly advance your family research. You can access all 26 of our short instructional videos directly >from our You Tube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV8xttIn93AwJX2_I0AIAg/feed or >from our website http://jgsli.org/ If you have any comments or recommendations for other topics, please let me know at past_pres@jgsli.org Nolan Altman
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JGSGW February 2017 Meeting Announcement
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Robin Meltzer
JGSGW February 2017 Meeting Announcement
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington will host its February 2017 meeting on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Beth El Congregation, 3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304. Program: "Debunking the Three Myths of Jewish Genealogy" Speaker: Irene Goldstein Hantman For generations, three persistent myths have blocked people >from researching their Jewish ancestors: No one is left who knows anything about our family; all the records were destroyed in the Holocaust; our surname was changed at Ellis Island. Irene's light-hearted presentation puts these ideas to rest and illustrates some surprising findings waiting to be discovered. If you are just beginning your research, the talk will reinforce your decision, boost your confidence, and perhaps give you some ideas about the path you are taking. If you have some experience under your belt, you will enjoy this fresh look at how to think about your research. And if you have pondered giving talks to other organizations, consider stealing the template for this presentation. Irene Hantman has worked on her family tree intermittently for nearly 30 years. She has presented talks on today?s topic for Jewish and other organizations. Irene served on the board of directors of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, and on the board of governors of B'nai B'rith International, for which she co-chaired the Center for Jewish Identity with emphasis on Jewish genealogy. A professional writer and editor, she edited many resources published by Avotaynu, including Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust and A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Russian Empire. She also wrote the section on Caribbean research for the Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy. She has also conducted oral histories and edited family history books for clients. After the meeting, there will be a members only Beginner's Workshop from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Membership information is available at: http://www.jgsgw.org/PayPalPayment.html Workshop registration is limited to 20 and needs to be done in advance by e-mail to Faith Klein at mailto:fklein3@verizon.net by February 7th. There is no charge for this workshop but you must be a member of JGSGW to take advantage of this opportunity. JGSGW Guest Attendance Policy A non-member may attend the monthly JGSGW meeting as a Guest for a $5.00 fee payable at the sign-in table. The $5.00 Guest fee may be applied toward payment of annual JGSGW membership dues if dues are paid at the same meeting at which the guest fee was paid. JGSGW members requiring personal assistance at a meeting due to a health condition or disability may bring someone to assist them free of charge. Robin Meltzer VP Communications, JGSGW http://www.jgsgw.org https://www.facebook.com/groups/jgsgw
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGSGW February 2017 Meeting Announcement
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Robin Meltzer
JGSGW February 2017 Meeting Announcement
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington will host its February 2017 meeting on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Beth El Congregation, 3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304. Program: "Debunking the Three Myths of Jewish Genealogy" Speaker: Irene Goldstein Hantman For generations, three persistent myths have blocked people >from researching their Jewish ancestors: No one is left who knows anything about our family; all the records were destroyed in the Holocaust; our surname was changed at Ellis Island. Irene's light-hearted presentation puts these ideas to rest and illustrates some surprising findings waiting to be discovered. If you are just beginning your research, the talk will reinforce your decision, boost your confidence, and perhaps give you some ideas about the path you are taking. If you have some experience under your belt, you will enjoy this fresh look at how to think about your research. And if you have pondered giving talks to other organizations, consider stealing the template for this presentation. Irene Hantman has worked on her family tree intermittently for nearly 30 years. She has presented talks on today?s topic for Jewish and other organizations. Irene served on the board of directors of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, and on the board of governors of B'nai B'rith International, for which she co-chaired the Center for Jewish Identity with emphasis on Jewish genealogy. A professional writer and editor, she edited many resources published by Avotaynu, including Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust and A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Russian Empire. She also wrote the section on Caribbean research for the Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy. She has also conducted oral histories and edited family history books for clients. After the meeting, there will be a members only Beginner's Workshop from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Membership information is available at: http://www.jgsgw.org/PayPalPayment.html Workshop registration is limited to 20 and needs to be done in advance by e-mail to Faith Klein at mailto:fklein3@verizon.net by February 7th. There is no charge for this workshop but you must be a member of JGSGW to take advantage of this opportunity. JGSGW Guest Attendance Policy A non-member may attend the monthly JGSGW meeting as a Guest for a $5.00 fee payable at the sign-in table. The $5.00 Guest fee may be applied toward payment of annual JGSGW membership dues if dues are paid at the same meeting at which the guest fee was paid. JGSGW members requiring personal assistance at a meeting due to a health condition or disability may bring someone to assist them free of charge. Robin Meltzer VP Communications, JGSGW http://www.jgsgw.org https://www.facebook.com/groups/jgsgw
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Re: Have you heard of Polanyu?
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sjgwed@...
Thanks to members' input and replies, I have reluctantly concluded that
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"Polanyu" refers, simply, to Poland, and nothing more specific. In addition, the family's "original" last name, "Dayan," is also very broad. In a letter to one of his cousins, he did recall being a small boy waiting with his father *outside the gates of a cemetery* in NYC, during a family funeral because they could not enter. This makes sense, if they were "dayans." As some of you may know, marital discord and divorces often lead to real breakdowns in family ties and history that can spin out for generations. Susan Gordon <Susan Gordon> Sjgwed@aol.com wrote:
When I visited my long-estranged father shortly before his death, I asked
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Have you heard of Polanyu?
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sjgwed@...
Thanks to members' input and replies, I have reluctantly concluded that
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"Polanyu" refers, simply, to Poland, and nothing more specific. In addition, the family's "original" last name, "Dayan," is also very broad. In a letter to one of his cousins, he did recall being a small boy waiting with his father *outside the gates of a cemetery* in NYC, during a family funeral because they could not enter. This makes sense, if they were "dayans." As some of you may know, marital discord and divorces often lead to real breakdowns in family ties and history that can spin out for generations. Susan Gordon <Susan Gordon> Sjgwed@aol.com wrote:
When I visited my long-estranged father shortly before his death, I asked
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