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Searching living Alzey descendants - KOCH, STRAUSS, BLUM, HIRSCH - more
#germany
Renate Rosenau <RenateRosenau@...>
Searching for living descendants >from Alzey families
Alzey, a country town in Rheinhessen/Germany not far >from Mainz and Worms, is preparing to lay STOLPERSTEINE (stumbling blocks) in memory of Nazi victims. We would like to get in contact with living descendants of the following persons: - Helene KOCH nee Wolf, called Lina, b. Dec 25, 1866 in Planig (now part of Bad Kreuznach), widow of August Koch, Alzey; - Johanna STRAUSS, b. Sept 22, 1883 in Alzey, daughter of Moses STRAUSS I and his second wife Barbara Mayer >from Nieder-Wiesen; - Sisters Louise KOCH b. Febr 6, 1880, and Bertha FRANKEN nee KOCH, b. Aug 6, 1881, their brother Albert had emigrated to the USA; - Jakob SIEGEL, b. Apr 17, 1869 Alzey, and his wife Bertha nee BERNHEIM, b. Jan 9, 1879 Neunkirchen/Saar; - Bruno BLANKENSEE, b. Feb 14, 1900 in Nuernberg, chief waiter; - Sisters Ida KAHN, teacher, b. May 8, 1885 Alzey, and Karoline called Karla, born July 2, 1893 Alzey; - Karoline HIRSCH nee BLUM, called Lina, b. Aug 7, 1886 Bodenheim, widow of Simon Hirsch, b. in Hillesheim, butcher in Alzey - Erna HIRSCH, b. May 9, 1902, niece of Karoline Hirsch, living with her mother's family WEIL in Landau, - Hermann HIRSCH, b. Nov, 29, 1888 in Alzey, and his wife Alice nee WACHENHEIMER, b. July 5, 1893 Worms. We will be grateful for any kind of information. Please contact me: RenateRosenau@t-online.de Renate Rosenau, Alzey, Germany
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German SIG #Germany Searching living Alzey descendants - KOCH, STRAUSS, BLUM, HIRSCH - more
#germany
Renate Rosenau <RenateRosenau@...>
Searching for living descendants >from Alzey families
Alzey, a country town in Rheinhessen/Germany not far >from Mainz and Worms, is preparing to lay STOLPERSTEINE (stumbling blocks) in memory of Nazi victims. We would like to get in contact with living descendants of the following persons: - Helene KOCH nee Wolf, called Lina, b. Dec 25, 1866 in Planig (now part of Bad Kreuznach), widow of August Koch, Alzey; - Johanna STRAUSS, b. Sept 22, 1883 in Alzey, daughter of Moses STRAUSS I and his second wife Barbara Mayer >from Nieder-Wiesen; - Sisters Louise KOCH b. Febr 6, 1880, and Bertha FRANKEN nee KOCH, b. Aug 6, 1881, their brother Albert had emigrated to the USA; - Jakob SIEGEL, b. Apr 17, 1869 Alzey, and his wife Bertha nee BERNHEIM, b. Jan 9, 1879 Neunkirchen/Saar; - Bruno BLANKENSEE, b. Feb 14, 1900 in Nuernberg, chief waiter; - Sisters Ida KAHN, teacher, b. May 8, 1885 Alzey, and Karoline called Karla, born July 2, 1893 Alzey; - Karoline HIRSCH nee BLUM, called Lina, b. Aug 7, 1886 Bodenheim, widow of Simon Hirsch, b. in Hillesheim, butcher in Alzey - Erna HIRSCH, b. May 9, 1902, niece of Karoline Hirsch, living with her mother's family WEIL in Landau, - Hermann HIRSCH, b. Nov, 29, 1888 in Alzey, and his wife Alice nee WACHENHEIMER, b. July 5, 1893 Worms. We will be grateful for any kind of information. Please contact me: RenateRosenau@t-online.de Renate Rosenau, Alzey, Germany
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Thank you
#poland
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Thank you
#poland
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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Ariel K <arielvfu@...>
we wish to know if it is possible to track down records about a woman
hospitalized in one of the Jewish hospitals in the year 1938 (we have the dates) did any of the records survive? kind regards Ariel Koby
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Ariel K <arielvfu@...>
we wish to know if it is possible to track down records about a woman
hospitalized in one of the Jewish hospitals in the year 1938 (we have the dates) did any of the records survive? kind regards Ariel Koby
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Thank you
#poland
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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JRI Poland #Poland Thank you
#poland
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations
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Georges ADLER born Hamburg
#germany
Micheline GUTMANN
I should be happy to know something more about a family ADLER of Hamburg:
Henriette married in 1920 in Paris in the GUTMANN family. Her father was Georg ADLER born Hamburg 1857, son of Meier ADLER and Gutschen MEYER. Thank you for your help! Micheline Gutmann, Paris - micheline.gutmann@genami.org <www.genami.org/en>
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New Brody Project - Translation of Brody Yizkor Book - Ner Tamid
#poland
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Booksee details - www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid - Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the holocaust, as the existing vital records ends in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=3B All data >from the two previous projects; transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you in the IAJGS 2013 - Boston, the Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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German SIG #Germany Georges ADLER born Hamburg
#germany
Micheline GUTMANN
I should be happy to know something more about a family ADLER of Hamburg:
Henriette married in 1920 in Paris in the GUTMANN family. Her father was Georg ADLER born Hamburg 1857, son of Meier ADLER and Gutschen MEYER. Thank you for your help! Micheline Gutmann, Paris - micheline.gutmann@genami.org <www.genami.org/en>
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JRI Poland #Poland New Brody Project - Translation of Brody Yizkor Book - Ner Tamid
#poland
Ami Elyasaf
I am pleased to announce our new Brody project, translation the Ner
Tamid - Brody Yizkor Booksee details - www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/YB_Brody.html Project Description This project is being initiated to fund the translation of Ner-Tamid - Brody Yizkor Book >from Hebrew into English. The book has about 440 Hebrew pages (and about 65 in English and Polish). The resulting translations will be posted, as they are completed, in the Brody Yizkor book translation project at http://www.jewishgen.org//Yizkor/brody/Brody.html Key Audiences This project will allow Galician family history researchers to create or fill gaps in their family trees and learn something about their families' Jewish heritage. This book is the only source that describes those who were born after 1870 and were killed during the holocaust, as the existing vital records ends in 1870. The material has the potential to be of broader interest to scholars and educators specializing in Jewish history and the Holocaust and specifically in the history of eastern Galicia and the town of Brody. Project Importance Yizkor books are unique sources of information on once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe, whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Written after World War II by immigrants and Holocaust survivors, Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of a town, details of daily life, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and gripping stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or died in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. The book was recently uploaded to the NYPL Yizkor book website: http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=3B All data >from the two previous projects; transcribing Brody's vital records and mapping the Brody cemetery are open now at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ See you in the IAJGS 2013 - Boston, the Brody BOF will take place on August 7, 2:00-3:15 PM Ami Elyasaf
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Thank you
#lithuania
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations, JewishGen
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Thank you
#lithuania
Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success. On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld. The Tribute Journal is now available online at: http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php (Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate the pages.) Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or email agroll@JewishGen.org . Sincerely, Avraham Groll Director of Business Operations, JewishGen
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Re: Luthaft
#lithuania
ralph <Salinger@...>
Dear Eric,
Greetings >from Kfar Ruppin here in Israel. Could this be it ? Contemporary Name Alternative Names/Spellings Coordinates (e.g 54 57'/23 03') Uyezd (District) Guberniya (Province) Luksiai Lokshi, Lukshat, Luksche, Lokshud, Luszki 54 57 23 13 Kudirkos Naumiestis Suwalki Warmest regards, Ralph Salinger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Luthaft From: E Feinstein <ericfeinstein@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:51:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 1 I have come across the name of a town in Montreal Canadian Naturalization papers >from 1910 with the name Luthaft, Kovno Province, Russia. Does anyone recognize the name of that town? The family name was Volfowitch or Wolfovitch. Thank you in advance. Eric FEINSTEIN Clifton, New Jersey
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania RE: Luthaft
#lithuania
ralph <Salinger@...>
Dear Eric,
Greetings >from Kfar Ruppin here in Israel. Could this be it ? Contemporary Name Alternative Names/Spellings Coordinates (e.g 54 57'/23 03') Uyezd (District) Guberniya (Province) Luksiai Lokshi, Lukshat, Luksche, Lokshud, Luszki 54 57 23 13 Kudirkos Naumiestis Suwalki Warmest regards, Ralph Salinger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Luthaft From: E Feinstein <ericfeinstein@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:51:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 1 I have come across the name of a town in Montreal Canadian Naturalization papers >from 1910 with the name Luthaft, Kovno Province, Russia. Does anyone recognize the name of that town? The family name was Volfowitch or Wolfovitch. Thank you in advance. Eric FEINSTEIN Clifton, New Jersey
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Searching CHAZANOVITCH, Belarus
#belarus
Richard Z Chesnoff <rzc@...>
Dear Belarus Genners:
My grandfather immigrated to the US >from Belarus in around 1885. His name was Berl CHANZANOVITCH (my transliteration) but he changed it to Bernard "Barney" Chesnoff after he reached NY. His brothers who immigrated at earlier and later dates changed their names to a variety of versions of Chazanovitch: Chestnov, Chesney, Chessnoff, etc. When I was young and would ask my grandfather where he was born, he would say "Minsk Gebornya". I thought that was the name of his shtetl, and it was only when I was much later and he had died that I realized that that meant Minsk Governate, and was of course the region, not the village. Does anyone know what village our family came >from or how I can find out? Thank you. Richard Chesnoff (New York, NY) MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Searching CHAZANOVITCH, Belarus
#belarus
Richard Z Chesnoff <rzc@...>
Dear Belarus Genners:
My grandfather immigrated to the US >from Belarus in around 1885. His name was Berl CHANZANOVITCH (my transliteration) but he changed it to Bernard "Barney" Chesnoff after he reached NY. His brothers who immigrated at earlier and later dates changed their names to a variety of versions of Chazanovitch: Chestnov, Chesney, Chessnoff, etc. When I was young and would ask my grandfather where he was born, he would say "Minsk Gebornya". I thought that was the name of his shtetl, and it was only when I was much later and he had died that I realized that that meant Minsk Governate, and was of course the region, not the village. Does anyone know what village our family came >from or how I can find out? Thank you. Richard Chesnoff (New York, NY) MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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