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Baharier family in St. Albans, UK #general

Neil@...
 

Trying to make contact with the family of Linda Ruth Bahrier, who
posted a Page of Testimony for her great-grandfather, Jacob Baharier
in England in 1980. They had a famous rabbinic ancestry.

Neil Rosenstein

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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Baharier family in St. Albans, UK #general

Neil@...
 

Trying to make contact with the family of Linda Ruth Bahrier, who
posted a Page of Testimony for her great-grandfather, Jacob Baharier
in England in 1980. They had a famous rabbinic ancestry.

Neil Rosenstein

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Nuova Societa Israelitica-Corcerese #sephardic

Abuwasta Abuwasta
 

Dear Genners and Siggers,

A society of that name existed in Alexandria during the first half
of the 20th century. It was some how associated with "Union des Juifs
Orientaux". Surnames associated with it were RUSSI, CONEGLIANO, FORTE
and SARKIS. Any idea what it was?

Jacob Rosen
Jerusalem
Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Nuova Societa Israelitica-Corcerese #sephardic

Abuwasta Abuwasta
 

Dear Genners and Siggers,

A society of that name existed in Alexandria during the first half
of the 20th century. It was some how associated with "Union des Juifs
Orientaux". Surnames associated with it were RUSSI, CONEGLIANO, FORTE
and SARKIS. Any idea what it was?

Jacob Rosen
Jerusalem
Family lived in Rezekne. Is there a town near there called Ostrov? #latvia

Mark London <mrl@...>
 

Hi - I'm researching my brother-in-law's roots. His great
grandparents and descendants are listed in the Rezekne Family Lists
database. Their names were Manka & Temka Lifschitz. The immigration
records show them coming >from Rezekne, and Manka's death record states
that he was born in Rezekne.

However, Temka's maiden name was Spilka, and wuk her Spilka relatives
are listed in the Rezenke Family database, her death record, and the US
naturalization records of her relatives, show that they were born in the
town of "Ostrov".

The closest town that I can find with that name, is Ostrov, Pskov, which
is in Russia, not in Latvia. This is a fair distance away. In 1900,
there were about 980 Jews living there.

I know that Ostrov is a fairly common name (Jewishgen states that there
about 100 towns with that name). Does anybody else have Latvian
descendants, who came >from such a town? I did search for that town's
name in the Latvian database, but there was barely any mention of a town
with such a name.

Thanks for any help.

Mark London
Natick, MA
Latvia SIG #Latvia Family lived in Rezekne. Is there a town near there called Ostrov? #latvia

Mark London <mrl@...>
 

Hi - I'm researching my brother-in-law's roots. His great
grandparents and descendants are listed in the Rezekne Family Lists
database. Their names were Manka & Temka Lifschitz. The immigration
records show them coming >from Rezekne, and Manka's death record states
that he was born in Rezekne.

However, Temka's maiden name was Spilka, and wuk her Spilka relatives
are listed in the Rezenke Family database, her death record, and the US
naturalization records of her relatives, show that they were born in the
town of "Ostrov".

The closest town that I can find with that name, is Ostrov, Pskov, which
is in Russia, not in Latvia. This is a fair distance away. In 1900,
there were about 980 Jews living there.

I know that Ostrov is a fairly common name (Jewishgen states that there
about 100 towns with that name). Does anybody else have Latvian
descendants, who came >from such a town? I did search for that town's
name in the Latvian database, but there was barely any mention of a town
with such a name.

Thanks for any help.

Mark London
Natick, MA
How to use Google Translate to translate Page of Testimony? #general

Susan Goldsmith
 

Dear Genners,

Is there a way to paste the text of a Page of Testimony into Google Translate
to ascertain a submitter's address written in Hebrew or Russian?

Thank you,
Susan Goldsmith

MODERATOR NOTE: As an alternative, since you are just asking for a relative small
bit of handwritten text to be translated, why not post the Page of Testimony on
ViewMate and ask someone to decipher the address?
https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/
New Records on the All Galicia Database #poland

Gesher Galicia SIG
 

Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the addition of new records on
the All Galicia Database--a database that is free and available to
all. See: https://search.geshergalicia.org/.

This update refers to the Josephine and Franciscan Surveys Project, an
ongoing research initiative of Gesher Galicia, focused on early
population censuses. In the past four years, 52,900 records extracted
from the Josephine and Franciscan surveys were added to the database,
including 5,900 records uploaded this month. To learn more about the
project and to view the full list of 56 towns researched to date, please fo=
llow
the link: https://www.geshergalicia.org/projects/josephine-and-
franciscan-surveys-project/.

In addition, Gesher Galicia members can access complete indexes and
scans for each town after login via
https://www.geshergalicia.org/login/ to Members' Records.

The 2019 Josephine and Franciscan Surveys Project included archival
reviews of 11 towns (records held at TsDIAL, the Central
State Historical Archives of Ukraine, Lviv). The following indexes for
the corresponding years were completed:

** Bobrka 1787 and 1820
** Bolechow 1820
** Drohobycz 1787 and 1820, 1821
** Grzymalow 1787 and 1820
** Jezierzany 1787 and 1820
** Lancut 1788 and 1820
** Radziechow 1788 and 1820
** Rawa Ruska 1788
** Sokal 1787 and 1843
** Tarnow 1787
** Zydaczow 1787 and 1820

We wish to acknowledge the following individuals for their efforts:
Michal Majewski (indexing) and Logan Kleinwaks (Lancut records and
their indexing).

The list of towns planned for the 2020 Josephine and Franciscan
Surveys Project can be viewed at:
https://www.geshergalicia.org/projects/josephine-and-franciscan-
surveys-project/

Andrew Zalewski

Josephine and Franciscan Surveys Project Coordinator
Board Member, Gesher Galicia
https://www.geshergalicia.org/

For membership information, visit
https://www.geshergalicia.org/about-gesher-galicia/membership-benefits/.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen How to use Google Translate to translate Page of Testimony? #general

Susan Goldsmith
 

Dear Genners,

Is there a way to paste the text of a Page of Testimony into Google Translate
to ascertain a submitter's address written in Hebrew or Russian?

Thank you,
Susan Goldsmith

MODERATOR NOTE: As an alternative, since you are just asking for a relative small
bit of handwritten text to be translated, why not post the Page of Testimony on
ViewMate and ask someone to decipher the address?
https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/
JRI Poland #Poland New Records on the All Galicia Database #poland

Gesher Galicia SIG
 

Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the addition of new records on
the All Galicia Database--a database that is free and available to
all. See: https://search.geshergalicia.org/.

This update refers to the Josephine and Franciscan Surveys Project, an
ongoing research initiative of Gesher Galicia, focused on early
population censuses. In the past four years, 52,900 records extracted
from the Josephine and Franciscan surveys were added to the database,
including 5,900 records uploaded this month. To learn more about the
project and to view the full list of 56 towns researched to date, please fo=
llow
the link: https://www.geshergalicia.org/projects/josephine-and-
franciscan-surveys-project/.

In addition, Gesher Galicia members can access complete indexes and
scans for each town after login via
https://www.geshergalicia.org/login/ to Members' Records.

The 2019 Josephine and Franciscan Surveys Project included archival
reviews of 11 towns (records held at TsDIAL, the Central
State Historical Archives of Ukraine, Lviv). The following indexes for
the corresponding years were completed:

** Bobrka 1787 and 1820
** Bolechow 1820
** Drohobycz 1787 and 1820, 1821
** Grzymalow 1787 and 1820
** Jezierzany 1787 and 1820
** Lancut 1788 and 1820
** Radziechow 1788 and 1820
** Rawa Ruska 1788
** Sokal 1787 and 1843
** Tarnow 1787
** Zydaczow 1787 and 1820

We wish to acknowledge the following individuals for their efforts:
Michal Majewski (indexing) and Logan Kleinwaks (Lancut records and
their indexing).

The list of towns planned for the 2020 Josephine and Franciscan
Surveys Project can be viewed at:
https://www.geshergalicia.org/projects/josephine-and-franciscan-
surveys-project/

Andrew Zalewski

Josephine and Franciscan Surveys Project Coordinator
Board Member, Gesher Galicia
https://www.geshergalicia.org/

For membership information, visit
https://www.geshergalicia.org/about-gesher-galicia/membership-benefits/.
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Same person listed on two passenger manifests within ten days #general

Yaakov Saxon
 

In researching my ggrandmother's family, the Taitelbaum's and
Berzhansky's, I came across something quite strange: two passenger
manifests, both listing a Mendel Bersansky, both 34 years old,
married, shoemakers, >from Utien (one says Zian but presumably a
spelling mistake). Both records are >from November 1904:

One sailed >from Hamburg, Nov 5th - 16th.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNSW-SPK - line 9 in manifest

The other sailed >from Rotterdam, Nov 11th - 25th.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNSC-WWL - line 2 in manifest

The dates (seemingly) make it impossible for it to be the same person
on both boats.

On the other hand, it seems incredibly improbable that there were two
people with such exact same stats, and in fact I can only find records
of one such person, a Mendel Berzhansky, shoemaker, son of Ezra, born
1871, >from Utien/Utena.

I wonder if anyone has run into something like this before and/or has any ideas.

I have a somewhat fanciful idea, that perhaps Mendel bought two
different tickets, and then someone else, perhaps his cousin's
husband, my gggrandfather Max Teitelbaum, travelled under his name.
Perhaps evading the draft or something similar.

I've also considered the possibility that it was the same person, and
he was rejected the first time, and "snuck back into another line",
but that also seems improbably, as the ship ought to have records of
who was supposed to be on. Also, on the earlier manifest, next to his
name is stamped "admitted", so I assume that means he wasn't rejected.

Can anybody think of a better idea? Is my idea of someone else
traveling under Mendel's name plausible?

Yaakov Saxon

Ps. Thanks for the responses to my earlier post. No resolution of the
mystery yet, but I did get a couple of nice responses, including some
very good info on the Taitelbaum's in Odessa.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Same person listed on two passenger manifests within ten days #general

Yaakov Saxon
 

In researching my ggrandmother's family, the Taitelbaum's and
Berzhansky's, I came across something quite strange: two passenger
manifests, both listing a Mendel Bersansky, both 34 years old,
married, shoemakers, >from Utien (one says Zian but presumably a
spelling mistake). Both records are >from November 1904:

One sailed >from Hamburg, Nov 5th - 16th.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNSW-SPK - line 9 in manifest

The other sailed >from Rotterdam, Nov 11th - 25th.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNSC-WWL - line 2 in manifest

The dates (seemingly) make it impossible for it to be the same person
on both boats.

On the other hand, it seems incredibly improbable that there were two
people with such exact same stats, and in fact I can only find records
of one such person, a Mendel Berzhansky, shoemaker, son of Ezra, born
1871, >from Utien/Utena.

I wonder if anyone has run into something like this before and/or has any ideas.

I have a somewhat fanciful idea, that perhaps Mendel bought two
different tickets, and then someone else, perhaps his cousin's
husband, my gggrandfather Max Teitelbaum, travelled under his name.
Perhaps evading the draft or something similar.

I've also considered the possibility that it was the same person, and
he was rejected the first time, and "snuck back into another line",
but that also seems improbably, as the ship ought to have records of
who was supposed to be on. Also, on the earlier manifest, next to his
name is stamped "admitted", so I assume that means he wasn't rejected.

Can anybody think of a better idea? Is my idea of someone else
traveling under Mendel's name plausible?

Yaakov Saxon

Ps. Thanks for the responses to my earlier post. No resolution of the
mystery yet, but I did get a couple of nice responses, including some
very good info on the Taitelbaum's in Odessa.
Yankee Publishing Acquires Family Tree Magazine #general

Jan Meisels Allen
 

Several months ago I posted about the imminent demise of Family Tree
Magazine. It has been announced that the US Family Tree Magazine has been
acquired by Yankee Publishing Inc. Yankee Publishing also publishes: Yankee,
The Old Farmer's Almanac, New Hampshire Magazine. While Yankee Publishing
is located in Dublin, New Hampshire, The editorial offices of Family Tree
will remain in the Cincinnati, Ohio area.

Yankee Publishing has a "great vision for Family Tree Magazine according to
the editor of the magazine, Andrea Koch. They plan to continue bringing
"the best genealogy advice and resources to their readers."

Thank you to Dick Eastman and the Eastman Online genealogy Newsletter for
sharing this information with us.
https://blog.eogn.com/2019/07/22/yankee-publishing-acquires-family-tree-magazine/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yankee Publishing Acquires Family Tree Magazine #general

Jan Meisels Allen
 

Several months ago I posted about the imminent demise of Family Tree
Magazine. It has been announced that the US Family Tree Magazine has been
acquired by Yankee Publishing Inc. Yankee Publishing also publishes: Yankee,
The Old Farmer's Almanac, New Hampshire Magazine. While Yankee Publishing
is located in Dublin, New Hampshire, The editorial offices of Family Tree
will remain in the Cincinnati, Ohio area.

Yankee Publishing has a "great vision for Family Tree Magazine according to
the editor of the magazine, Andrea Koch. They plan to continue bringing
"the best genealogy advice and resources to their readers."

Thank you to Dick Eastman and the Eastman Online genealogy Newsletter for
sharing this information with us.
https://blog.eogn.com/2019/07/22/yankee-publishing-acquires-family-tree-magazine/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Peninah MEIR (nee MALMUT) #general

Shlomo Katz
 

I am attempting to contact Peninah Meir (nee Malmut) (or her children
or family). In 1999, she was living on Arlozorov Street in Haifa. She
submitted a Page of Testimony for my wife's great-great-grandmother,
Devorah SCHEINER, >from which it appears that Peninah's husband is/was
my wife's relative.

Shlomo Katz
SCHOENER/SEINER - Nova Selitsa, Bessarabia

MODERATOR NOTE: Please provide contact information privately.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Peninah MEIR (nee MALMUT) #general

Shlomo Katz
 

I am attempting to contact Peninah Meir (nee Malmut) (or her children
or family). In 1999, she was living on Arlozorov Street in Haifa. She
submitted a Page of Testimony for my wife's great-great-grandmother,
Devorah SCHEINER, >from which it appears that Peninah's husband is/was
my wife's relative.

Shlomo Katz
SCHOENER/SEINER - Nova Selitsa, Bessarabia

MODERATOR NOTE: Please provide contact information privately.
Re: bessarabia digest: July 22, 2019 #bessarabia

Alan Levine <alevine@...>
 

Yefim:

I can be at the Share Fair for as long as you need me.

Alan

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Subject: Cleveland Conference (posted on behalf of Yefim Kogan)
From: Alan Levitt <alanmlevitt@...>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:49:20

Hello researchers who are coming to the conference in less than a week.

My offer for a personal consultation for matters related to
Bessarabia/Moldova is still in place. I already have a number of
people we already scheduled for the consultation, but if you did not,
you still can. Please send me an email.

Bessarabia SIG will participate at Share Fair, and if someone wants to
help at our Bessarabia SIG booth, to greet new comers, to let people
know about our presence at the conference, and more, please email me.
If you can spend 1-1.5 hour at our booth, that would be a very good
help.

All the best,
Yefim Kogan
JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Leader and Coordinator
37421 - 37440 of 670883