JewishGen.org Discussion Group FAQs
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Joyce Field
During the month of December 2008 the Yizkor Book Translation Project
added two new books, two new entries, and six updates. All additions have been flagged at <http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html>. New books: -Bender, Moldova -Glinyany, Ukraine, <http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Glinyany2/Glinyany2.html> New entries: -Kolki, Ukraine, Pinkas HaKehillot, POLIN, vol. V -Stod, Czech Republic Updates: -Bedzin, Poland -Czestochowa, Poland -Czyzew, Poland -Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland -Lita -Nowy Sacz, Poland This is the last yizkor book monthly report that I will be writing as I am leaving JewishGen at the end of this month. It is impossible for me to describe how much I have enjoyed seeing this project grow and prosper in the past decade. None of this success could have been possible without the dedication of all the donors,translators, and project coordinators who have contributed their talents to this project and without the tireless devotion of the staff of this project--Lance Ackerfeld, Israel; Osnat Ramaty, Germany; Max Heffler, U.S. Our stated goal was by translating these books into English to unlock the valuable information contained in yizkor books so that genealogists and others can learn more about their heritage. We have, I believe, succeeded in the past ten years but there is still much to be done. My best wishes to all for your future successes. Joyce Field
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Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworty additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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Joyce Field
During the month of December 2008 the Yizkor Book Translation Project
added two new books, two new entries, and six updates. All additions have been flagged at <http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html>. New books: -Bender, Moldova -Glinyany, Ukraine, <http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Glinyany2/Glinyany2.html> New entries: -Kolki, Ukraine, Pinkas HaKehillot, POLIN, vol. V -Stod, Czech Republic Updates: -Bedzin, Poland -Czestochowa, Poland -Czyzew, Poland -Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland -Lita -Nowy Sacz, Poland This is the last yizkor book monthly report that I will be writing as I am leaving JewishGen at the end of this month. It is impossible for me to describe how much I have enjoyed seeing this project grow and prosper in the past decade. None of this success could have been possible without the dedication of all the donors,translators, and project coordinators who have contributed their talents to this project and without the tireless devotion of the staff of this project--Lance Ackerfeld, Israel; Osnat Ramaty, Germany; Max Heffler, U.S. Our stated goal was by translating these books into English to unlock the valuable information contained in yizkor books so that genealogists and others can learn more about their heritage. We have, I believe, succeeded in the past ten years but there is still much to be done. My best wishes to all for your future successes. Joyce Field
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Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworty additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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searching for Cooper/Kuper clan from Lita
#lithuania
Howard Margol
<< From: Avigdor Ben-Dov <a.bendov@yahoo.com>
I have run into a blind alley tracking the COOPERS >from Kovno (Kaunus) region. What to do? Rav Pinchas Karpil Kuper or Cooper (name of record in USA), my wife's paternal gfather, was born about 1871 and died in Chicago, IL in 1941. >> As you stated, COOPER is a very common name in England and the USA but I do not think it existed in Lithuania. KUPER or some variation is more likely and that was not a common name in Lithuania. Your problem appears to be you do not know the exact town or village in the Kaunas region where your KUPER ancestors originated. Without that information, your search is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The ship manifest, or naturalization papers for Pinchas Karpil Kuper may provide a clue as to where he was born. Howard Margol Atlanta, Georgia www.pusalotas.org
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania searching for Cooper/Kuper clan from Lita
#lithuania
Howard Margol
<< From: Avigdor Ben-Dov <a.bendov@yahoo.com>
I have run into a blind alley tracking the COOPERS >from Kovno (Kaunus) region. What to do? Rav Pinchas Karpil Kuper or Cooper (name of record in USA), my wife's paternal gfather, was born about 1871 and died in Chicago, IL in 1941. >> As you stated, COOPER is a very common name in England and the USA but I do not think it existed in Lithuania. KUPER or some variation is more likely and that was not a common name in Lithuania. Your problem appears to be you do not know the exact town or village in the Kaunas region where your KUPER ancestors originated. Without that information, your search is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The ship manifest, or naturalization papers for Pinchas Karpil Kuper may provide a clue as to where he was born. Howard Margol Atlanta, Georgia www.pusalotas.org
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searching for Cooper/Kuper clan from Lita now in USA or South Africa or Australia
#lithuania
Marlene Bishow <mlbishow@...>
Avigdor Ben-Dov <a.bendov@yahoo.com> wrote:
"I have run into a blind alley tracking the COOPERS >from Kovno (Kaunus) region and would greatly appreciate any leads or sugggestions how to continue this family research. COOPER seems to be a common name and there are many I discovered in England and America who are totally unrelated--a common problem, I think, for genealogists. What to do?" My husband's family >from Lithuania was KULPE or KULPA. It seems that at least one branch of the family went to South Africa and US and changed the name to COOPER. Suggest that you try alternate spellings in the ALD. Use "Starts with" Regards, Marlene Bishow Immediate Past President, Co-Chair of DC2011: The 31st IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw Project Manager The Ken Poch Index of Jews Buried in Arlington National Cemetery http://www.cygnet.org/anc2008/ Rockville, MD Researching: KATZ, in Zhuravno, Galicia.(now Ukraine) DEUTSCHER & NUSSBAUM in Rozniatow, Galicia (now Ukraine) HANTMAN, GANTMAN and SINGER in Smilovichi and Koidanovo, BEL. SHOMER, SOMMERS, SOHMER & KULPE in Lithuania
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania searching for Cooper/Kuper clan from Lita now in USA or South Africa or Australia
#lithuania
Marlene Bishow <mlbishow@...>
Avigdor Ben-Dov <a.bendov@yahoo.com> wrote:
"I have run into a blind alley tracking the COOPERS >from Kovno (Kaunus) region and would greatly appreciate any leads or sugggestions how to continue this family research. COOPER seems to be a common name and there are many I discovered in England and America who are totally unrelated--a common problem, I think, for genealogists. What to do?" My husband's family >from Lithuania was KULPE or KULPA. It seems that at least one branch of the family went to South Africa and US and changed the name to COOPER. Suggest that you try alternate spellings in the ALD. Use "Starts with" Regards, Marlene Bishow Immediate Past President, Co-Chair of DC2011: The 31st IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw Project Manager The Ken Poch Index of Jews Buried in Arlington National Cemetery http://www.cygnet.org/anc2008/ Rockville, MD Researching: KATZ, in Zhuravno, Galicia.(now Ukraine) DEUTSCHER & NUSSBAUM in Rozniatow, Galicia (now Ukraine) HANTMAN, GANTMAN and SINGER in Smilovichi and Koidanovo, BEL. SHOMER, SOMMERS, SOHMER & KULPE in Lithuania
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ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#lithuania
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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JOWBR update
#lithuania
Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#lithuania
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania JOWBR update
#lithuania
Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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JOWBR update
#poland
Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland JOWBR update
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Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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Re: blocking point in my research in Tuszyn
#poland
wyzansky@netzero.net <wyzansky@...>
but there are discrepancies with agesThere almost always are discrepancies with ages in these records. My grandparents were >from Lithuania and their ages are all over the map >from record to record. It was not as important to them as it is to us - no Social Security or Medicare eligibility at 65 so once someone was past bar/ bas mitzvah they really didn't pay much attention to age. Even here in the U.S., one woman in my family aged only seven years every 10 year census cycle :). Harold Wyzansky Cherry Hill, NJ
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: blocking point in my research in Tuszyn
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wyzansky@netzero.net <wyzansky@...>
but there are discrepancies with agesThere almost always are discrepancies with ages in these records. My grandparents were >from Lithuania and their ages are all over the map >from record to record. It was not as important to them as it is to us - no Social Security or Medicare eligibility at 65 so once someone was past bar/ bas mitzvah they really didn't pay much attention to age. Even here in the U.S., one woman in my family aged only seven years every 10 year census cycle :). Harold Wyzansky Cherry Hill, NJ
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