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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Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#lithuania
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#lithuania
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#poland
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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JRI Poland #Poland JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#poland
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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Viewmate Translation Request: Dawid Kirszenberg, Warsaw- Polish
#poland
Jeff Kronenberg <jeffkronenberg@...>
Dear Friends: Shalom aleichem!
I am trying to find out what happened to the Kirschenberg family who were living in Warsaw at the start of Hitler's occupation. One of the family was "Dawid Kirszenberg", who applied to the American Consular Service in Warsaw in 1930 for an immigration visa to the USA.Two of his children also immigrated to USA, while the other 5 remained behind in Warsaw. The page in Viewmate is one of the visa application pages. Please translate both the typed and handwritten text on this page. The image can be found at : ViewMate - Image 45553 - Translation - Polish - Poland - Warsaw - Kirszenberg - Thank you for your assistance in translating this record. Please respond through the form provided on the Viewmate image page. A shainem danke! Thank you kindly. Hananya Kronenberg
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JRI Poland #Poland Viewmate Translation Request: Dawid Kirszenberg, Warsaw- Polish
#poland
Jeff Kronenberg <jeffkronenberg@...>
Dear Friends: Shalom aleichem!
I am trying to find out what happened to the Kirschenberg family who were living in Warsaw at the start of Hitler's occupation. One of the family was "Dawid Kirszenberg", who applied to the American Consular Service in Warsaw in 1930 for an immigration visa to the USA.Two of his children also immigrated to USA, while the other 5 remained behind in Warsaw. The page in Viewmate is one of the visa application pages. Please translate both the typed and handwritten text on this page. The image can be found at : ViewMate - Image 45553 - Translation - Polish - Poland - Warsaw - Kirszenberg - Thank you for your assistance in translating this record. Please respond through the form provided on the Viewmate image page. A shainem danke! Thank you kindly. Hananya Kronenberg
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(US-NJ) New Archive to Preserve South Jersey Jewish History
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Jan Meisels Allen
The South Jersey Jewish Archives Collection is a collaboration between the
Jewish Federation and Stockton University which will house the center as part of their Special Collections and University Archives at Bjork Library. They are inviting people to add to the collection by providing information and artifacts that there was a vibrant Jewish community. All material will be on a loan agreement with Stockton, where the special collections librarian and university archivist will be responsible for cataloging, organizing, recording etc. If you are interested in participating or contributing to the project please contact the South Jersey Jewish Archive collect by contacting Dawn Stern at mailto:dstern@jfedsnj.org Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (US-NJ) New Archive to Preserve South Jersey Jewish History
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The South Jersey Jewish Archives Collection is a collaboration between the
Jewish Federation and Stockton University which will house the center as part of their Special Collections and University Archives at Bjork Library. They are inviting people to add to the collection by providing information and artifacts that there was a vibrant Jewish community. All material will be on a loan agreement with Stockton, where the special collections librarian and university archivist will be responsible for cataloging, organizing, recording etc. If you are interested in participating or contributing to the project please contact the South Jersey Jewish Archive collect by contacting Dawn Stern at mailto:dstern@jfedsnj.org Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#france
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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French SIG #France JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#france
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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Pierre HIRSCH
#france
Laurie Kimmelstiel <ljkimmelstiel@...>
Laurie Kimmelstiel <ljkimmelstiel@gmail.com>
We are trying to locate information on my mother-in law's brother Pierre (Anselm) HIRSCH who arrived in the US >from France on August 21, 1947 and returned to Paris a few years later. The last contact we have >from him was in the early 1960s. There has been no further contact. He was born Anselm HIRSCH in Frankfurt in 1923 to Camilla WERTHEIMER and Jacob HIRSCH. The family moved to France in late 1933 and settled in Paris until 1940 when the family moved frequently throughout France to keep ahead of the Nazis. They used the name lAMBERT during the war years and Anselm became Pierre. We have tried to obtain information over the years to no avail but, perhaps new materials may be available to tell us what happened to him.Merci, Thank you in advance. -- Laurie Kimmelstiel
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French SIG #France Pierre HIRSCH
#france
Laurie Kimmelstiel <ljkimmelstiel@...>
Laurie Kimmelstiel <ljkimmelstiel@gmail.com>
We are trying to locate information on my mother-in law's brother Pierre (Anselm) HIRSCH who arrived in the US >from France on August 21, 1947 and returned to Paris a few years later. The last contact we have >from him was in the early 1960s. There has been no further contact. He was born Anselm HIRSCH in Frankfurt in 1923 to Camilla WERTHEIMER and Jacob HIRSCH. The family moved to France in late 1933 and settled in Paris until 1940 when the family moved frequently throughout France to keep ahead of the Nazis. They used the name lAMBERT during the war years and Anselm became Pierre. We have tried to obtain information over the years to no avail but, perhaps new materials may be available to tell us what happened to him.Merci, Thank you in advance. -- Laurie Kimmelstiel
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JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#galicia
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#galicia
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#southafrica
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica JewishGen Education offers new class Research in Belarus Sept 6-27
#southafrica
Nancy Holden
JewishGen will offer a three week course Research in Belarus
September 6 - September 27. It covers the modern boundaries of Belarus and includes parts of the former Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. This is a personal mentoring class held on a private JewishGen Forum. Students work one-on-one with the instructor. Students should have 8-10 hours per week to read the lessons, search online and interact with the instructor. This class is open 24/7. Students must feel comfortable using the computer for database searches. Tuition is $150. To enroll: http://www.jewishgen.org/education Enrollment is limited and registration will close when the course is full. Send your questions to: nholden@interserv.com Nancy Holden Instructor
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