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Re: WESOKY / Vysokoye
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vcharny@...
WESOKY (in my transliteration >from Ryssuan VYSOKY with meaning "tall")
was rare name in Minsk Gubernia. I am familiar with references to the name >from town of Minsk and Samokhvalovichi of Minsk uyezd (district). Samokhvalovichi is Minsk suburb now. Most possibly it is one extended family lived in both locations. Vitaly Charny Birmingham, AL In regards to Adar Belinkoff's question of May 8, I was told that my family name, Wesoky, means "long" or "tall" in some eastern European languages.
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: WESOKY / Vysokoye
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vcharny@...
WESOKY (in my transliteration >from Ryssuan VYSOKY with meaning "tall")
was rare name in Minsk Gubernia. I am familiar with references to the name >from town of Minsk and Samokhvalovichi of Minsk uyezd (district). Samokhvalovichi is Minsk suburb now. Most possibly it is one extended family lived in both locations. Vitaly Charny Birmingham, AL In regards to Adar Belinkoff's question of May 8, I was told that my family name, Wesoky, means "long" or "tall" in some eastern European languages.
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Missing Person
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Geoff Kaiser <geoff_kaiser@...>
Dear Researchers,
does anyone know how to Contact Naomi Sachs-Amrami in Los Angeles. She was a subscriber on either GerSig or JRI-Poland lists and seems to have "disappeared" She was assisting me in transcribing and translating LDS records for Unruhstadt (Kargowa). Any leads would be appreciated. Geoff Kaiser Melbourne MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately if you have contact info.
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JRI Poland #Poland Missing Person
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Geoff Kaiser <geoff_kaiser@...>
Dear Researchers,
does anyone know how to Contact Naomi Sachs-Amrami in Los Angeles. She was a subscriber on either GerSig or JRI-Poland lists and seems to have "disappeared" She was assisting me in transcribing and translating LDS records for Unruhstadt (Kargowa). Any leads would be appreciated. Geoff Kaiser Melbourne MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately if you have contact info.
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Re: Hebrew translation JOWBR-Slovakia grave please
#general
Rakoff125
Thank you to all who responded. Yocheved Klausner was able to provide the
translation. A number of writers could not access the link I provided. I am stumped by this and don't know what to say. Again let me raise the question for JOWBR, is there a particular reason that the photographed stones cannot be copied for viewmate or personal file purposes? It's great to see how many tried to help so quickly, happy research all. Linda Rakoff Newton, MAssachusetts, USA searching: ASCHNER-, Assakurte, Berko, Bratislava, Budapest , Hradiste, Katlo, Kosice, Breslau/Wroclaw,Brunovce, Danzig,Chorzow [Konigshutte], Kattowitz, LIFSITZ Galati GELLMAN-Kosice, GOLDMAN(N), LANGER -Kosice, Bolyar; Miskolc, Presov; LOW'Y Brezova, Hradiste, Spisska Nova Ves MELTZER, PERLBINDER, LADENHEIM Horodenka, Galicia, POLASCEK-Kosice, RAKOFF-Keilce,Russia, RIESENBERG- Bolygen, Horodenka, Kasperowicz, Zaleschicki, GORDON-Moletai, WATMAN, MILLER-Lithuania, Ponemunka
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Hebrew translation JOWBR-Slovakia grave please
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Rakoff125
Thank you to all who responded. Yocheved Klausner was able to provide the
translation. A number of writers could not access the link I provided. I am stumped by this and don't know what to say. Again let me raise the question for JOWBR, is there a particular reason that the photographed stones cannot be copied for viewmate or personal file purposes? It's great to see how many tried to help so quickly, happy research all. Linda Rakoff Newton, MAssachusetts, USA searching: ASCHNER-, Assakurte, Berko, Bratislava, Budapest , Hradiste, Katlo, Kosice, Breslau/Wroclaw,Brunovce, Danzig,Chorzow [Konigshutte], Kattowitz, LIFSITZ Galati GELLMAN-Kosice, GOLDMAN(N), LANGER -Kosice, Bolyar; Miskolc, Presov; LOW'Y Brezova, Hradiste, Spisska Nova Ves MELTZER, PERLBINDER, LADENHEIM Horodenka, Galicia, POLASCEK-Kosice, RAKOFF-Keilce,Russia, RIESENBERG- Bolygen, Horodenka, Kasperowicz, Zaleschicki, GORDON-Moletai, WATMAN, MILLER-Lithuania, Ponemunka
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Re: JUDINS or JUDINAS
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Jake Goldstein
On 2006.05.09, Ana_Perez<alperez@busqueda.com.uy> wrote:
> Hello!!! My great grandfather's name was aparently Rubinas Judins o > Judinas and he was born in Lithuania but i can't find anybody with that > last name. Can maybe spell in another way? Ana, A possibility to consider is that as a child you were being told that he was a Jewish rabbi ("rabino judio" in Spanish) by someone whose native tongue was Lithuanian. Jake Goldstein
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: JUDINS or JUDINAS
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Jake Goldstein
On 2006.05.09, Ana_Perez<alperez@busqueda.com.uy> wrote:
> Hello!!! My great grandfather's name was aparently Rubinas Judins o > Judinas and he was born in Lithuania but i can't find anybody with that > last name. Can maybe spell in another way? Ana, A possibility to consider is that as a child you were being told that he was a Jewish rabbi ("rabino judio" in Spanish) by someone whose native tongue was Lithuanian. Jake Goldstein
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Re: Intro and Searching SCHWARZ Burial in Berlin (Vienna / Wien)
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sfalk81162@...
I just want to thank Ed and also the forum (GerSIG) that brought his
message to me. I was not aware of the cemetery database made available by the Jewish community of Vienna <http://friedhof.ikg-wien.at/search.asp?lang=en> It is an amazing resource. In a couple hours last night, I was able to fill in many missing gaps in two parts of my family tree. I will do more data mining tonight! Thanks Ed and GerSIG. Best regards, Stephen Falk Wayne, PA, USA sfalk81162@aol.com
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German SIG #Germany Re: Intro and Searching SCHWARZ Burial in Berlin (Vienna / Wien)
#germany
sfalk81162@...
I just want to thank Ed and also the forum (GerSIG) that brought his
message to me. I was not aware of the cemetery database made available by the Jewish community of Vienna <http://friedhof.ikg-wien.at/search.asp?lang=en> It is an amazing resource. In a couple hours last night, I was able to fill in many missing gaps in two parts of my family tree. I will do more data mining tonight! Thanks Ed and GerSIG. Best regards, Stephen Falk Wayne, PA, USA sfalk81162@aol.com
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Re: Research Journal/To-Do Items/Excel sheet/Template??
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Diane Jacobs <thegenie@...>
Dear Jim,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
When I go to archives and/or get database entries online for possible fmily members and I am not sure they are related to me, I list the rcords under each family surname by year, and put in that entry all The information I have received on that record. Then , when I find New information I go through that list trying to find connections. Sometimes, I am very successful. For instance, I found I had a Webber - Sivivolas (orig. name) in St. John and Halifax and Maine, so I proceeded to find all the records I could at a cemetery in Halifax And online for Cemetery records, vital records and Canadian and Maine Censuses. Lo and behold I was able to piece together most of the Extended family of six brothers who had come >from Lithuania in the 1890s. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ
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From: Jim Bennett [mailto:bennett@coral.co.il] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:44 PM Like many of us, I'm drowning in little notes, torn pieces of paper, piles of extracted handwritten data, bulging file cabinets, etc. No way to keep track of sources, results, etc. Sometimes I find myself re-examining archival files that I forgot after seeing them 15-20 years ago! "Genealogical Alzheimer's" Let's say I plan a trip to Polish archives in, say, Poznan, Pila, Leszno, Gdansk, Kalisz, Konin, etc to search for material on Sepolno, Lobsens, Rawicz, Leszno, Kolo, and families LEWINSKI, DANCYGIER, ISRAELSKI, SALOMONSOHN, WARMBRUN, ETC, ETC. It occurred to me to make a simple Excel sortable database with columns like: Archive; Locality; My [paper] file; Family name; Subject; LDS Film; Date; Date done. Then jam in everything -weeks of work- and then be able to sort by up to three priorities any combination of those columns. Then add colors, flags, etc, for emphasis. Then it occurred to me that surely my wheel was already invented by smarter people than I. So, who can suggest the best existing programs or templates, either home-made or commercially available. I'll bet that many of you have developed and evolved an Excel database model that really works well.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Research Journal/To-Do Items/Excel sheet/Template??
#general
Diane Jacobs <thegenie@...>
Dear Jim,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
When I go to archives and/or get database entries online for possible fmily members and I am not sure they are related to me, I list the rcords under each family surname by year, and put in that entry all The information I have received on that record. Then , when I find New information I go through that list trying to find connections. Sometimes, I am very successful. For instance, I found I had a Webber - Sivivolas (orig. name) in St. John and Halifax and Maine, so I proceeded to find all the records I could at a cemetery in Halifax And online for Cemetery records, vital records and Canadian and Maine Censuses. Lo and behold I was able to piece together most of the Extended family of six brothers who had come >from Lithuania in the 1890s. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Bennett [mailto:bennett@coral.co.il] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:44 PM Like many of us, I'm drowning in little notes, torn pieces of paper, piles of extracted handwritten data, bulging file cabinets, etc. No way to keep track of sources, results, etc. Sometimes I find myself re-examining archival files that I forgot after seeing them 15-20 years ago! "Genealogical Alzheimer's" Let's say I plan a trip to Polish archives in, say, Poznan, Pila, Leszno, Gdansk, Kalisz, Konin, etc to search for material on Sepolno, Lobsens, Rawicz, Leszno, Kolo, and families LEWINSKI, DANCYGIER, ISRAELSKI, SALOMONSOHN, WARMBRUN, ETC, ETC. It occurred to me to make a simple Excel sortable database with columns like: Archive; Locality; My [paper] file; Family name; Subject; LDS Film; Date; Date done. Then jam in everything -weeks of work- and then be able to sort by up to three priorities any combination of those columns. Then add colors, flags, etc, for emphasis. Then it occurred to me that surely my wheel was already invented by smarter people than I. So, who can suggest the best existing programs or templates, either home-made or commercially available. I'll bet that many of you have developed and evolved an Excel database model that really works well.
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Shirley Rotbein Flaum <sfemail-gen@...>
[NOTE: The following is a forwarded message >from Roni Seibel Liebowitz.]
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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Shirley Rotbein Flaum <sfemail-gen@...>
[NOTE: The following is a forwarded message >from Roni Seibel Liebowitz.]
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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Article: Reconnection story Ynetnews
#general
Micha Reisel <micha@...>
Another good article:
A cousins' quest in the US and the UK reunites the descendants of two brothers. It's All Relative: A riddle of roots by Schelly Talalay Dardashti http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3249081,00.html Micha Reisel Hod Hasharon, Israel Vice president of JFRA the Jewish Family Research Association of Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Article: Reconnection story Ynetnews
#general
Micha Reisel <micha@...>
Another good article:
A cousins' quest in the US and the UK reunites the descendants of two brothers. It's All Relative: A riddle of roots by Schelly Talalay Dardashti http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3249081,00.html Micha Reisel Hod Hasharon, Israel Vice president of JFRA the Jewish Family Research Association of Israel
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Polish Translator Referral
#general
Aaron M Fink <aaronfink@...>
Hi All:
I have a few pages of Polish documents I want translated in to English - too much, I think to ask the group for help with. Can anyone recommend some translators? Thanks, Aaron Fink aaronfink@ycgonline.com Researching: FINKELSTEIN (Lomza), SHEER/PISERAFSKY, GREENSPON, ATLAS MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Polish Translator Referral
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Aaron M Fink <aaronfink@...>
Hi All:
I have a few pages of Polish documents I want translated in to English - too much, I think to ask the group for help with. Can anyone recommend some translators? Thanks, Aaron Fink aaronfink@ycgonline.com Researching: FINKELSTEIN (Lomza), SHEER/PISERAFSKY, GREENSPON, ATLAS MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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Re: JUDINS or JUDINAS
#general
Ida & Joseph Schwarcz
The last name was probably Rubin and the first name was Judah.
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Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel
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From: Ana_Perez [mailto:alperez@busqueda.com.uy] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 8:00 PM To: JewishGen Discussion Group Subject: JUDINS or JUDINAS Hello!!! My great grandfather's name was aparently Rubinas Judins o Judinas and he was born in Lithuania but i can't find anybody with that last name. Can maybe spell in another way?
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: JUDINS or JUDINAS
#general
Ida & Joseph Schwarcz
The last name was probably Rubin and the first name was Judah.
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Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel
-----Original Message-----
From: Ana_Perez [mailto:alperez@busqueda.com.uy] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 8:00 PM To: JewishGen Discussion Group Subject: JUDINS or JUDINAS Hello!!! My great grandfather's name was aparently Rubinas Judins o Judinas and he was born in Lithuania but i can't find anybody with that last name. Can maybe spell in another way?
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