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FINKEL family from Torczyn
#general
Finkel Ruslan <finkelruslan@...>
Hi all
My grandfather was born in Torczyn (Torchin) in the Volhynia Gubernia; Lutsk (Luck) in 1907. This area was at one time Poland. His father name was Leib. My grandfather has a brother Rachmiel. Rachmiel`s family immigrated somewhere, i dont know exactly what country. May be somebody knows something about FINKEL family >from Torczyn. I am interested where Leib Finkel and his wife buried. What happened with Rachmiel`s family? If you see any names or information that may help in my search, or connect to yours, please let me know. Ruslan Finkel Ukraine
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen FINKEL family from Torczyn
#general
Finkel Ruslan <finkelruslan@...>
Hi all
My grandfather was born in Torczyn (Torchin) in the Volhynia Gubernia; Lutsk (Luck) in 1907. This area was at one time Poland. His father name was Leib. My grandfather has a brother Rachmiel. Rachmiel`s family immigrated somewhere, i dont know exactly what country. May be somebody knows something about FINKEL family >from Torczyn. I am interested where Leib Finkel and his wife buried. What happened with Rachmiel`s family? If you see any names or information that may help in my search, or connect to yours, please let me know. Ruslan Finkel Ukraine
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Re: Home congregation--19th Hungarian custom
#general
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
In response to Alex Miller's query, Tom Klein wrote: For government administrative
purposes, b/m/d registration was by religious group and settlement, so i believe it was the usual practice to record a person's death as a note on their birth registry. This would imply that their death was recorded in the place of their birth, even if they married and lived elsewhere. but ordinarily, i doubt that this would be considered as "membership". The word normally used in the Habsburg Empire was "zustandig" with umlaut "a". The subject of Zustandigkeit and its complexities is worthy of a few years' study. Celia Male - London, U.K.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Home congregation--19th Hungarian custom
#general
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
In response to Alex Miller's query, Tom Klein wrote: For government administrative
purposes, b/m/d registration was by religious group and settlement, so i believe it was the usual practice to record a person's death as a note on their birth registry. This would imply that their death was recorded in the place of their birth, even if they married and lived elsewhere. but ordinarily, i doubt that this would be considered as "membership". The word normally used in the Habsburg Empire was "zustandig" with umlaut "a". The subject of Zustandigkeit and its complexities is worthy of a few years' study. Celia Male - London, U.K.
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Re: Jewish register in East- and middle Germany before war
#germany
Roger Lustig
Ilan:
There's a set of those films at Beth Hatefutsoth, too. It's only the Eastern stuff, i.e., the Breslau Synagogue Archive materials. Films 1184378-1184461. (BH uses the Family History Library film numbers.) Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ Research co-ordinator, GerSIG " ....I found this interesting page at the Jewish museum in Frankfurt. http://www.juedischesmuseum.de/einrichtungen/psr.html If I understand it right [the museum has] paper(?) copies of Jewish registers >from East and middle Germany before war." Ilan Szekely wrote: "The explanation at the given site says these are FILMS that survived [the originals were lost]. The Museum has enlarged copies of the data on these films. **** Now I need a way to get these copies, as I found two locations relevant to my family.
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German SIG #Germany Re: Jewish register in East- and middle Germany before war
#germany
Roger Lustig
Ilan:
There's a set of those films at Beth Hatefutsoth, too. It's only the Eastern stuff, i.e., the Breslau Synagogue Archive materials. Films 1184378-1184461. (BH uses the Family History Library film numbers.) Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ Research co-ordinator, GerSIG " ....I found this interesting page at the Jewish museum in Frankfurt. http://www.juedischesmuseum.de/einrichtungen/psr.html If I understand it right [the museum has] paper(?) copies of Jewish registers >from East and middle Germany before war." Ilan Szekely wrote: "The explanation at the given site says these are FILMS that survived [the originals were lost]. The Museum has enlarged copies of the data on these films. **** Now I need a way to get these copies, as I found two locations relevant to my family.
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Fifth Annual IGS One Day Seminar
#france
martha@...
We are delighted to announce that registration for the
Fifth Annual Israel Genealogical Society One Day Seminar is now open. PRESERVING MEMORY: FAMILY and COMMUNITY Will take place on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 At the Museum of the Jewish People [Beit Hatefutzot], Tel Aviv University The one-day seminar 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM, will consist of 2 lecture tracks in Hebrew and English, instruction at Beit Hatfutsoth computers, Software workshops, Opening & Closing session in Hebrew. For the full program, abstracts, lecturers' bios and registration form, go to: http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/1/198/6361.asp Early registration ends on 15th November. Martha Lev-Zion IGS-Negev
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French SIG #France Fifth Annual IGS One Day Seminar
#france
martha@...
We are delighted to announce that registration for the
Fifth Annual Israel Genealogical Society One Day Seminar is now open. PRESERVING MEMORY: FAMILY and COMMUNITY Will take place on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 At the Museum of the Jewish People [Beit Hatefutzot], Tel Aviv University The one-day seminar 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM, will consist of 2 lecture tracks in Hebrew and English, instruction at Beit Hatfutsoth computers, Software workshops, Opening & Closing session in Hebrew. For the full program, abstracts, lecturers' bios and registration form, go to: http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/1/198/6361.asp Early registration ends on 15th November. Martha Lev-Zion IGS-Negev
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5th annual one day seminar of IGS
#romania
msleag@...
Dear Friends
The 5th annual one day seminar by the Israeli Genealogical Society will focus this year on the subject of: Preserving Memory: Family and Community. It will take place on Tuesday, December 1,2009 at Beit Hatfusot,The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University. The seminar program, the lecture abstracts as well as the lecturers' biographies can be seen at http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/198/6380 The registration is now open , enter to pick up a registration form and be a part of the Jewish Genealogical event of the year in Israel Shalom Lea Haber Gedalia On behalf of the organizing committee
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Romania SIG #Romania 5th annual one day seminar of IGS
#romania
msleag@...
Dear Friends
The 5th annual one day seminar by the Israeli Genealogical Society will focus this year on the subject of: Preserving Memory: Family and Community. It will take place on Tuesday, December 1,2009 at Beit Hatfusot,The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University. The seminar program, the lecture abstracts as well as the lecturers' biographies can be seen at http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/198/6380 The registration is now open , enter to pick up a registration form and be a part of the Jewish Genealogical event of the year in Israel Shalom Lea Haber Gedalia On behalf of the organizing committee
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more FINBERG from Massachusetts/Texas (Elias)
#lithuania
MandJMeyers <mandjmeyers@...>
My GGGF was Eliyahu/Elyash ben Leib FINBERG who lived in Gelvan near
Vilna in the 1850s. I'm told that there are/were FINBERG relatives in Massachusetts where my grandmother and her siblings moved but no one remembers who they were. I've found one and only one Elias FINBERG in the US census records. Between the census and googling around, I've found the following: Simon (born c.1860) and Rosa Miriam (nee Birnbaum) FINBERG emigrated around 1873. In 1900, they were living in Boston and had 6 children, Bessie, Elias, Rachel/Ruth, Martha, Chester and Annie. Elias (b.1883 in Boston) went to Boston Latin School and Harvard, became a cotton broker in Dallas where he married Ophelia Hess TILLMAN and had 2 children, Francisca Robin and Elias Junior. Per SSDI records, Elias died in 1981 in Ormond Beach, Florida and Elias Junior died in Dallas in 2004. Also, Chester lived in Chelsea in 1917 when he registered for WWI (worked at Filene's) and lived in Waban with his wife Anne when he registered for the WWII draft, (worked for Gilchrist) and died in NY in 1981. Chester is listed among the 1913 Harvard Alumni. Simon, Rosa and Chester are found in the 1920 census living in Brookline, where the name is spelled FEINBERG. It is possible that Simon was a brother of my GGM Feiga (nee FINBERG) LANDSMAN and if I can find the burial place for Simon, I will be able to test that theory (he's not in JOBWR and post-1930 death indices don't exist online). If this sounds familiar, please contact me privately at <MandJMeyers@gmail.com> Marty Meyers Montclair, NJ
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania more FINBERG from Massachusetts/Texas (Elias)
#lithuania
MandJMeyers <mandjmeyers@...>
My GGGF was Eliyahu/Elyash ben Leib FINBERG who lived in Gelvan near
Vilna in the 1850s. I'm told that there are/were FINBERG relatives in Massachusetts where my grandmother and her siblings moved but no one remembers who they were. I've found one and only one Elias FINBERG in the US census records. Between the census and googling around, I've found the following: Simon (born c.1860) and Rosa Miriam (nee Birnbaum) FINBERG emigrated around 1873. In 1900, they were living in Boston and had 6 children, Bessie, Elias, Rachel/Ruth, Martha, Chester and Annie. Elias (b.1883 in Boston) went to Boston Latin School and Harvard, became a cotton broker in Dallas where he married Ophelia Hess TILLMAN and had 2 children, Francisca Robin and Elias Junior. Per SSDI records, Elias died in 1981 in Ormond Beach, Florida and Elias Junior died in Dallas in 2004. Also, Chester lived in Chelsea in 1917 when he registered for WWI (worked at Filene's) and lived in Waban with his wife Anne when he registered for the WWII draft, (worked for Gilchrist) and died in NY in 1981. Chester is listed among the 1913 Harvard Alumni. Simon, Rosa and Chester are found in the 1920 census living in Brookline, where the name is spelled FEINBERG. It is possible that Simon was a brother of my GGM Feiga (nee FINBERG) LANDSMAN and if I can find the burial place for Simon, I will be able to test that theory (he's not in JOBWR and post-1930 death indices don't exist online). If this sounds familiar, please contact me privately at <MandJMeyers@gmail.com> Marty Meyers Montclair, NJ
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FINBERG/FINEBERG naturalized in Massachusetts
#lithuania
MandJMeyers <mandjmeyers@...>
I've gone through the Massachusetts naturalization microfilms looking
for FINBERG/FINEBERG family >from Lithuania. I know they were living in Gelvonai (Gelvan) in the 1850s and later lived in Vilna (and probably elsewhere). My GGM Feiga FINBERG (bat Eliyahyu/Eliasz ben Leib FAJNBERG) married Abram LANDSMAN and lived in Paberze before moving to Vilna. She and most of my grandmother's siblings emigrated to the Boston area. I'm told there are FINBERG relatives in Massachusetts but nobody remembers who/where they are now. I have copies of the naturalization cards for the following. Please contact me privately if you would like a copy of one of these. Daniel Finberg, b.1862 Olita, living in Roxbury Harry Daniel Finberg, b.1887 Zager, living in Roxbury Joseph Benjamin Finberg, b.1885, born Sventzian, living Boston Arthur Jacob Feinberg, b.1886 Kiev, living Chelsea Barnet Feinberg, b.1889 Kovno, living Chelsea David Feinberg, b.1880 Cheroy, living Boston Frank Feinberg, b. 1892 Shitzk, living Camp Devens (>from Saco, Maine) Harry Feinberg, b.1884 Stutzin, living Roxbury Jacob Feinberg, b.1896 Panashishak, living Brooklyn NY Louis Feinberg, b.1900 Vilna, living Boston Morris Feinberg, b.1885 Slavuta, living Boston Morris Isadore Feinberg, b.1896 Ponenevez, living Chelsea Nathan Samuel Feinberg, b.1866 Cheezelnick, living Roxbury Victor Feinberg, b.Krakinor 1888, living Boston William Abraham Feinberg, b.1870 Kiev, living Everett William Feinberg, b.1897 Kovno, living Dorchester I also found the following >from WW draft cards or census records: Benjamin Eliot Finberg, b.1892 Zagar/Kovno Julius and Bessie Finberg, children Louis, Hyman (wife Anna, son Martin), Fanny, Charles, Abraham (>from 'near Vilna')....living in Cambridge Jacob and Fannie (nee Lipshitz) Finberg, (living Andover, Lowell area), children Meyers, George, Gladys, Dan, William Bessie, Percy, Sarah Harry Daniel and Dora Finberg, children Edna, Frances (>from Zagar) Leizer/Lazarus Fineberg, living Providence, RI (>from Vilna) Please contact me privately if any of these names sound familiar. Marty Meyers Montclair, NJ
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania FINBERG/FINEBERG naturalized in Massachusetts
#lithuania
MandJMeyers <mandjmeyers@...>
I've gone through the Massachusetts naturalization microfilms looking
for FINBERG/FINEBERG family >from Lithuania. I know they were living in Gelvonai (Gelvan) in the 1850s and later lived in Vilna (and probably elsewhere). My GGM Feiga FINBERG (bat Eliyahyu/Eliasz ben Leib FAJNBERG) married Abram LANDSMAN and lived in Paberze before moving to Vilna. She and most of my grandmother's siblings emigrated to the Boston area. I'm told there are FINBERG relatives in Massachusetts but nobody remembers who/where they are now. I have copies of the naturalization cards for the following. Please contact me privately if you would like a copy of one of these. Daniel Finberg, b.1862 Olita, living in Roxbury Harry Daniel Finberg, b.1887 Zager, living in Roxbury Joseph Benjamin Finberg, b.1885, born Sventzian, living Boston Arthur Jacob Feinberg, b.1886 Kiev, living Chelsea Barnet Feinberg, b.1889 Kovno, living Chelsea David Feinberg, b.1880 Cheroy, living Boston Frank Feinberg, b. 1892 Shitzk, living Camp Devens (>from Saco, Maine) Harry Feinberg, b.1884 Stutzin, living Roxbury Jacob Feinberg, b.1896 Panashishak, living Brooklyn NY Louis Feinberg, b.1900 Vilna, living Boston Morris Feinberg, b.1885 Slavuta, living Boston Morris Isadore Feinberg, b.1896 Ponenevez, living Chelsea Nathan Samuel Feinberg, b.1866 Cheezelnick, living Roxbury Victor Feinberg, b.Krakinor 1888, living Boston William Abraham Feinberg, b.1870 Kiev, living Everett William Feinberg, b.1897 Kovno, living Dorchester I also found the following >from WW draft cards or census records: Benjamin Eliot Finberg, b.1892 Zagar/Kovno Julius and Bessie Finberg, children Louis, Hyman (wife Anna, son Martin), Fanny, Charles, Abraham (>from 'near Vilna')....living in Cambridge Jacob and Fannie (nee Lipshitz) Finberg, (living Andover, Lowell area), children Meyers, George, Gladys, Dan, William Bessie, Percy, Sarah Harry Daniel and Dora Finberg, children Edna, Frances (>from Zagar) Leizer/Lazarus Fineberg, living Providence, RI (>from Vilna) Please contact me privately if any of these names sound familiar. Marty Meyers Montclair, NJ
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Thank you!
#poland
Penny Herbst
Dear Friends:
Yesterday I posted a request for a Hebrew/English translation, and I already have the translation in-hand. So many kind people offered to help; I am overwhelmed and truly grateful. Thank you so much, Penny Herbst Chicago
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One day seminar in Tel Aviv "Preserving Memory:Family and Community."
#poland
Billie Stein <billie.stein@...>
Moadim Lesimcha - Happy Sukkot
We are very happy to announce that registration is now open for The 5th Annual One Day Seminar organized by the Israel Genealogical Society. This year's theme will be "Preserving Memory:Family and Community." There will be a full program of both Hebrew and English lectures and workshops. The seminar willl take place on Tuesday, December 1 at Beit Hatfusot,The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University campus, 8:30 AM. The registration form along with the full program, including lecture abstracts and the lecturers' biographies can be seen at http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/198/6380 Register now and be a part of the Jewish Genalogical event of the year in Israel. Billie Stein President, Tel Aviv Branch Israel Genealogical Society
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JRI Poland #Poland Thank you!
#poland
Penny Herbst
Dear Friends:
Yesterday I posted a request for a Hebrew/English translation, and I already have the translation in-hand. So many kind people offered to help; I am overwhelmed and truly grateful. Thank you so much, Penny Herbst Chicago
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JRI Poland #Poland One day seminar in Tel Aviv "Preserving Memory:Family and Community."
#poland
Billie Stein <billie.stein@...>
Moadim Lesimcha - Happy Sukkot
We are very happy to announce that registration is now open for The 5th Annual One Day Seminar organized by the Israel Genealogical Society. This year's theme will be "Preserving Memory:Family and Community." There will be a full program of both Hebrew and English lectures and workshops. The seminar willl take place on Tuesday, December 1 at Beit Hatfusot,The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University campus, 8:30 AM. The registration form along with the full program, including lecture abstracts and the lecturers' biographies can be seen at http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/198/6380 Register now and be a part of the Jewish Genalogical event of the year in Israel. Billie Stein President, Tel Aviv Branch Israel Genealogical Society
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5th annual one day seminar of IGS
#galicia
Lea Haber Gedalia <msleag@...>
Dear Friends,
The 5th annual one day seminar by the Israeli Genealogical Society will focus this year on the subject of Preserving Memory: Family and Community. It will take place on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Bait Hatfusot, The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University. The seminar program, the lecture abstracts as well as the lecturers' biographies can be seen at <http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/198/6380> The registration is now open, enter to pick up registration form and be a part of the Jewish Genealogical event of the year in Israel. Shalom Lea Haber Gedalia On behalf of the organizing committee
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia 5th annual one day seminar of IGS
#galicia
Lea Haber Gedalia <msleag@...>
Dear Friends,
The 5th annual one day seminar by the Israeli Genealogical Society will focus this year on the subject of Preserving Memory: Family and Community. It will take place on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Bait Hatfusot, The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University. The seminar program, the lecture abstracts as well as the lecturers' biographies can be seen at <http://www.isragen.org.il/siteFiles/13/198/6380> The registration is now open, enter to pick up registration form and be a part of the Jewish Genealogical event of the year in Israel. Shalom Lea Haber Gedalia On behalf of the organizing committee
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