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New translation of Ansky book about Galicia 1914-22
#galicia
lwwhitemd@...
For anyone interested in Galician history, there is a new translation of
Ansky's book written in 1922 "The Enemy At His Pleasure: A Journey through the Jewish Pale of Settlement Durnig WW 1", Publ by Metropolitan Books. This book describes the murder and deportations by Russian troops of Galician Jews. There is an excellent review in The New Republic, June 2, 2003. by Hillel Halkin. Lawrence W. White MD 60 Sunset Lane Berkeley CA 94708 email: lwwhitemd@aol.com
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two mohels?
#hungary
Margarita Lacko <mishpologia@...>
Dear H-siggers,
I received, via e-mail, my grandfather's birth record. The family lived in Dunajska Streda (was Dunaszerdahely), Slovakia. LEICHT Josef Jeno, born 28 May 1894 in Csecsen Patony, Slovakia. Parents: LEICHT Juda and WEISZ Netti. Godfather: WEISZ Herman. The "korulmetolo", which I understand is the circumciser has two names!!! KLEIN es WOZNES (or WOZNER) Anyone heard of something like this? Margarita Lackó from "the island" in MiamiGENEALOGY: © mishpologia@uzidog.com uzidog@the-beach.net uzidog2000@yahoo.com
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Create your own One-Step Search Applications
#hungary
Diane Jacobs <kingart@...>
Subject: Creating Your Own Search Applications
I just noticed that Steve Morse has added a new search tool to his repitoire. Unlike his previous tools, this one is not a search application. Rather it is a tool that lets other people build search applications for whatever data they might happen to have. Although I personally don't have a database to share, I can see how valuable this would be to genealogists if others with databases adopted Steve's tool to make their databases available to the masses. I'm sure that there are many of us who have such data (perhaps cemetery data for example) and want to make it available and searchable, but don't have the web expertise to do so. With Steve's tool, it's very simple to make this data available. So if you have a database that you'd like to share, check out Steve's new tool. It's at http://stevemorse.org/create and the instructions for using it are clearly described on his frequently-asked-questions page. At the end of the faq page he gives several demonstrations and examples of using the tool. As usual, if you have any questions about it, please direct them to Steve rather than to me. His e-mail address is at the top of the website. Diane Jacobs New York Researching Singman, Steinberg, Schimkov, Schmikow, Levy, Lesnie, Shaltakoff, Muller, Guslitzer, Stein, Dick, Dickovsky, Fradin, Bloom, Engelberg, Elisberg, Hymes, Haimowitz, Rosenberg, Begun, Newman.
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia New translation of Ansky book about Galicia 1914-22
#galicia
lwwhitemd@...
For anyone interested in Galician history, there is a new translation of
Ansky's book written in 1922 "The Enemy At His Pleasure: A Journey through the Jewish Pale of Settlement Durnig WW 1", Publ by Metropolitan Books. This book describes the murder and deportations by Russian troops of Galician Jews. There is an excellent review in The New Republic, June 2, 2003. by Hillel Halkin. Lawrence W. White MD 60 Sunset Lane Berkeley CA 94708 email: lwwhitemd@aol.com
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Hungary SIG #Hungary two mohels?
#hungary
Margarita Lacko <mishpologia@...>
Dear H-siggers,
I received, via e-mail, my grandfather's birth record. The family lived in Dunajska Streda (was Dunaszerdahely), Slovakia. LEICHT Josef Jeno, born 28 May 1894 in Csecsen Patony, Slovakia. Parents: LEICHT Juda and WEISZ Netti. Godfather: WEISZ Herman. The "korulmetolo", which I understand is the circumciser has two names!!! KLEIN es WOZNES (or WOZNER) Anyone heard of something like this? Margarita Lackó from "the island" in MiamiGENEALOGY: © mishpologia@uzidog.com uzidog@the-beach.net uzidog2000@yahoo.com
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Create your own One-Step Search Applications
#hungary
Diane Jacobs <kingart@...>
Subject: Creating Your Own Search Applications
I just noticed that Steve Morse has added a new search tool to his repitoire. Unlike his previous tools, this one is not a search application. Rather it is a tool that lets other people build search applications for whatever data they might happen to have. Although I personally don't have a database to share, I can see how valuable this would be to genealogists if others with databases adopted Steve's tool to make their databases available to the masses. I'm sure that there are many of us who have such data (perhaps cemetery data for example) and want to make it available and searchable, but don't have the web expertise to do so. With Steve's tool, it's very simple to make this data available. So if you have a database that you'd like to share, check out Steve's new tool. It's at http://stevemorse.org/create and the instructions for using it are clearly described on his frequently-asked-questions page. At the end of the faq page he gives several demonstrations and examples of using the tool. As usual, if you have any questions about it, please direct them to Steve rather than to me. His e-mail address is at the top of the website. Diane Jacobs New York Researching Singman, Steinberg, Schimkov, Schmikow, Levy, Lesnie, Shaltakoff, Muller, Guslitzer, Stein, Dick, Dickovsky, Fradin, Bloom, Engelberg, Elisberg, Hymes, Haimowitz, Rosenberg, Begun, Newman.
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Joseph GRANER
#hungary
georges <georges.graner@...>
Dear siggers,
My father Joseph Graner, born at Budapest, Hungary, in 1901, got the french citizenship in 1948. But yesterday I found that there was another Joseph GRANER, born 18/5/1902 at Nakykapos (Hungary) who obtained the french citizenship on December 6, 1932. If I were courageous, I would go and look in the naturalization files for this unknown person, but (who knows?) somebody in French-Sig or in H-Sig might have met him somewhere. Who knows this Joseph GRANER ? I must add that there is no Nagykaros in the book "Where once we walked" but there is a Nagykapos. Thank you for any suggestion for further resaerch. georges.graner@wanadoo.fr Webmaster of the Website of "Cercle de Généalogie Juive" www.genealoj.org
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Joseph GRANER
#hungary
georges <georges.graner@...>
Dear siggers,
My father Joseph Graner, born at Budapest, Hungary, in 1901, got the french citizenship in 1948. But yesterday I found that there was another Joseph GRANER, born 18/5/1902 at Nakykapos (Hungary) who obtained the french citizenship on December 6, 1932. If I were courageous, I would go and look in the naturalization files for this unknown person, but (who knows?) somebody in French-Sig or in H-Sig might have met him somewhere. Who knows this Joseph GRANER ? I must add that there is no Nagykaros in the book "Where once we walked" but there is a Nagykapos. Thank you for any suggestion for further resaerch. georges.graner@wanadoo.fr Webmaster of the Website of "Cercle de Généalogie Juive" www.genealoj.org
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Ungvar cemetary book
#hungary
Judy Petersen
Dear Norman,
Are you still giving out the e-mail address for the Mr. Reisman who has the Ungvar Jewish cemetary book? My STOSSEL relatives listed Uzhgorod/Ungvar as their last place of residence prior to coming to the US in 1891/93 and I thought it might be worthwhile to find out if there were any STOSSEL's in the cemetary book as they might be related to me. Thank you for whatever help you can provide. Sincerely, Judy Petersen Ft. Collins, CO
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Ungvar cemetary book
#hungary
Judy Petersen
Dear Norman,
Are you still giving out the e-mail address for the Mr. Reisman who has the Ungvar Jewish cemetary book? My STOSSEL relatives listed Uzhgorod/Ungvar as their last place of residence prior to coming to the US in 1891/93 and I thought it might be worthwhile to find out if there were any STOSSEL's in the cemetary book as they might be related to me. Thank you for whatever help you can provide. Sincerely, Judy Petersen Ft. Collins, CO
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Create your own One-Step Search Applications
#lithuania
Diane Jacobs <kingart@...>
I just noticed that Steve Morse has added a new search tool to his
repitoire. Unlike his previous tools, this one is not a search application. Rather it is a tool that lets other people build search applications for whatever data they might happen to have. Although I personally don't have a database to share, I can see how valuable this would be to genealogists if others with databases adopted Steve's tool to make their databases available to the masses. I'm sure that there are many of us who have such data (perhaps cemetery data for example) and want to make it available and searchable, but don't have the web expertise to do so. With Steve's tool, it's very simple to make this data available. So if you have a database that you'd like to share, check out Steve's new tool. It's at http://stevemorse.org/create and the instructions for using it are clearly described on his frequently-asked-questions page. At the end of the faq page he gives several demonstrations and examples of using the tool. As usual, if you have any questions about it, please direct them to Steve rather than to me. His e-mail address is at the top of the website. Diane Jacobs New York Researching Singman, Steinberg, Schimkov, Schmikow, Levy, Lesnie, Shaltakoff, Muller, Guslitzer, Stein, Dick, Dickovsky, Fradin, Bloom, Engelberg, Elisberg, Hymes, Haimowitz, Rosenberg, Begun, Newman.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Create your own One-Step Search Applications
#lithuania
Diane Jacobs <kingart@...>
I just noticed that Steve Morse has added a new search tool to his
repitoire. Unlike his previous tools, this one is not a search application. Rather it is a tool that lets other people build search applications for whatever data they might happen to have. Although I personally don't have a database to share, I can see how valuable this would be to genealogists if others with databases adopted Steve's tool to make their databases available to the masses. I'm sure that there are many of us who have such data (perhaps cemetery data for example) and want to make it available and searchable, but don't have the web expertise to do so. With Steve's tool, it's very simple to make this data available. So if you have a database that you'd like to share, check out Steve's new tool. It's at http://stevemorse.org/create and the instructions for using it are clearly described on his frequently-asked-questions page. At the end of the faq page he gives several demonstrations and examples of using the tool. As usual, if you have any questions about it, please direct them to Steve rather than to me. His e-mail address is at the top of the website. Diane Jacobs New York Researching Singman, Steinberg, Schimkov, Schmikow, Levy, Lesnie, Shaltakoff, Muller, Guslitzer, Stein, Dick, Dickovsky, Fradin, Bloom, Engelberg, Elisberg, Hymes, Haimowitz, Rosenberg, Begun, Newman.
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Re: 1897 Census
#latvia
Beryl.B <balden@...>
re: 1897 Census of the Russian Empire.
Many thanks to Howard Margol for putting this very important information on the web for all to see. Thank you beryl baleson balden@zahav.net.il
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Re:1897 Census
#lithuania
Beryl.B <balden@...>
re: 1897 Census of the Russian Empire.
Many thanks to Howard Margol for putting this very important information on the web for all to see. Thank you beryl baleson balden@zahav.net.il
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Rozalimas wooden synagogue
#lithuania
Kenneth Zucker <kenneth.zucker@...>
RED ALERT
Rozalimas has one of the few remaining wooden synagogues in Lithuania. I have just heard that the local authorities have sold it to two young businessmen who want to pull the building down and use the wood for the construction of a cafeteria. Two frequent Dutch visitors to Rozalimas Dora and Arnold Boom are seeking to buy the synagogue off the two businessmen and to then take steps to raise money to restore it. However it is by no means certain that on their own they will succeed in halting this act of vandalism. I know that there is a great deal of interest in the wooden synagogues of Lithuania and I shall be grateful for any suggestions as to immediate action that can be taken with the authorities to preserve this part of our heritage. I have previously been in contact with the Rabbi of Vilnius. If anyone has his e-mail or other address could they please let me have it. Kenneth Zucker MODERATOR'S NOTE: This is a one-time informational announcement. Please respond privately.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Rozalimas wooden synagogue
#lithuania
Kenneth Zucker <kenneth.zucker@...>
RED ALERT
Rozalimas has one of the few remaining wooden synagogues in Lithuania. I have just heard that the local authorities have sold it to two young businessmen who want to pull the building down and use the wood for the construction of a cafeteria. Two frequent Dutch visitors to Rozalimas Dora and Arnold Boom are seeking to buy the synagogue off the two businessmen and to then take steps to raise money to restore it. However it is by no means certain that on their own they will succeed in halting this act of vandalism. I know that there is a great deal of interest in the wooden synagogues of Lithuania and I shall be grateful for any suggestions as to immediate action that can be taken with the authorities to preserve this part of our heritage. I have previously been in contact with the Rabbi of Vilnius. If anyone has his e-mail or other address could they please let me have it. Kenneth Zucker MODERATOR'S NOTE: This is a one-time informational announcement. Please respond privately.
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Need Vilnius telephone number
#lithuania
GiltripM@...
I am searching for a Saulius Valdsteinas/Valdstein >from Vilnius, Lithuania. My previous email message to him was returned. If anyone has access to a directory there I would be most appreciative of information locating this person or any Valdstienas/Waldstein, etc. Many thanks in advance,
MARJORIE SHORT BOSTON, MA searching WALDSTEINS MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately to this request. If anyone has a working url for an Internet telephone directory for Lithuania, feel free to post it to this list.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Need Vilnius telephone number
#lithuania
GiltripM@...
I am searching for a Saulius Valdsteinas/Valdstein >from Vilnius, Lithuania. My previous email message to him was returned. If anyone has access to a directory there I would be most appreciative of information locating this person or any Valdstienas/Waldstein, etc. Many thanks in advance,
MARJORIE SHORT BOSTON, MA searching WALDSTEINS MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately to this request. If anyone has a working url for an Internet telephone directory for Lithuania, feel free to post it to this list.
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Pumple Village
#lithuania
Howard Margol <homargol@...>
Several months ago, someone posted a message asking if anyone knew where
PUMPLE was located in Lithuania. If that individual will do a town search for Pumple village in the 1897 Lithuania census database on Jewishgen, they will find Jews >from Pumple. Howard Margol homargol@aol.com (please do not respond to my bellsouth address)
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Pumple Village
#lithuania
Howard Margol <homargol@...>
Several months ago, someone posted a message asking if anyone knew where
PUMPLE was located in Lithuania. If that individual will do a town search for Pumple village in the 1897 Lithuania census database on Jewishgen, they will find Jews >from Pumple. Howard Margol homargol@aol.com (please do not respond to my bellsouth address)
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