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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Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#scandinavia
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#sephardic
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#yizkorbooks
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#scandinavia
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#sephardic
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#yizkorbooks
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Reading sequential pages in Gvurot He'ari
#rabbinic
spdenker@...
I am interested in the Epstein genealogy published in Gvurot He'ari by
Efrayim Mordechai Epstein in 1888. He documented Epstein ancestry back to the mid-17th Century. According to the gentleman who translated the ViewMate Rashi Hebrew text on pages 23-24, the material on each page has three *entirely* separate sections -- one in large type, one in medium type and one in small type *and* to understand the text one must read the *same* size font text sections of each sequential page. Is he correct? Why is this custom used? Many thanks, Stephen Denker Brookline, MA Researching HaLevi Epsteins
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Reading sequential pages in Gvurot He'ari
#rabbinic
spdenker@...
I am interested in the Epstein genealogy published in Gvurot He'ari by
Efrayim Mordechai Epstein in 1888. He documented Epstein ancestry back to the mid-17th Century. According to the gentleman who translated the ViewMate Rashi Hebrew text on pages 23-24, the material on each page has three *entirely* separate sections -- one in large type, one in medium type and one in small type *and* to understand the text one must read the *same* size font text sections of each sequential page. Is he correct? Why is this custom used? Many thanks, Stephen Denker Brookline, MA Researching HaLevi Epsteins
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Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#unitedkingdom
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#latvia
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#unitedkingdom
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Jewish Gen Education offers Brick Walls Class October 6
#latvia
Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Re: Transferring results from iGENEA to Ancestry
#dna
Sarah L Meyer
Ancestry does not accept any transfers >from any other company. You may be
able to transfer to Gedmatch.com, DNALand.com (a research site) and MyHeritage.com Sarah L Meyer --- From: Claire WEILL <clairesuzannew@...> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:19:52 +0200 Can we transfer the results of DNA tests to Ancestry DNA ? And how ? I did my DNA tests with IGENEA who put the results in the Family Tree DNA
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DNA Research #DNA Re: Transferring results from iGENEA to Ancestry
#dna
Sarah L Meyer
Ancestry does not accept any transfers >from any other company. You may be
able to transfer to Gedmatch.com, DNALand.com (a research site) and MyHeritage.com Sarah L Meyer --- From: Claire WEILL <clairesuzannew@...> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:19:52 +0200 Can we transfer the results of DNA tests to Ancestry DNA ? And how ? I did my DNA tests with IGENEA who put the results in the Family Tree DNA
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Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Nancy Holden
For researchers who are at a standstill in their research and need new
ideas, JewishGen Education offers the popular class, Brick Wall or Dead End, starting October 6 - October 27 2017. Tuition $150 for three weeks. Frustrated and at a Loss ? Are you at a Dead End or just experiencing a Brick Wall? Are you stumped by a small detail or is there a major avenue you can't get passed? Take a class to help review and analyze your data with an personal instructor. If you feel you have you exhausted all approaches and want new solutions, this class offers one-on-one mentoring in a private educational Forum open 24/7. Requirements: Students must have done enough research to have reached a point where help is needed. Students should feel comfortable with computers and Internet searches. Details on the Education Page: check Requirements & Course Details www.JewishGen.org/education If you have further questions, please email Nancy Holden JewishGen-Education@... Nancy Holden, Instruction Manager
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Alliance Colony documentation
#general
Toby Gass <tgass@...>
Hello,
Does anyone know of lists of people who came to the Alliance Colonies that would have their names <before> they were Americanized? I am interested in 1899 and 1904-1905. 1899 is the most important year. I looked over the container list of the Baron de Hirsch archives, and nothing looked likely. The HIAS website says their archives date back only to 1909. I did see that they are working with AJHS on materials that are apparently older than that, but I don't know what the materials are, and the project isn't finished. Thank you very much for your help! Toby Gass
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Alliance Colony documentation
#general
Toby Gass <tgass@...>
Hello,
Does anyone know of lists of people who came to the Alliance Colonies that would have their names <before> they were Americanized? I am interested in 1899 and 1904-1905. 1899 is the most important year. I looked over the container list of the Baron de Hirsch archives, and nothing looked likely. The HIAS website says their archives date back only to 1909. I did see that they are working with AJHS on materials that are apparently older than that, but I don't know what the materials are, and the project isn't finished. Thank you very much for your help! Toby Gass
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Seeking George Donath in London
#general
Michael Gordy
I am hoping to contact Mr George Donath of Eaton Mews South, London.
Mr Donath submitted Pages of Testimony for several of my family members. I phoned the number provided on the Pages of Testimony, but it seems to no longer be in service. Please respond privately with leads. Michael Gordy <michael.gordy@...>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking George Donath in London
#general
Michael Gordy
I am hoping to contact Mr George Donath of Eaton Mews South, London.
Mr Donath submitted Pages of Testimony for several of my family members. I phoned the number provided on the Pages of Testimony, but it seems to no longer be in service. Please respond privately with leads. Michael Gordy <michael.gordy@...>
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