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How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
As we continue to modernize our platform, we are trying to ensure that everything meets contemporary security standards. In the future, we plan hope to have one single sign-in page.
I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
Yes. In terms of functionality, the group will operate the same for people who like to participate with email. People can still send a message to an email address (in this case, main@groups.JewishGen.org), and receive a daily digest of postings, or individual emails. In addition, Members can also receive a daily summary of topics, and then choose which topics they would like to read about it. However, in addition to email, there is the additional functionality of being able to read/post messages utilizing our online forum (https://groups.jewishgen.org).
Does this new system require plain-text?
No.
Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
Yes.
Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
Yes! Our new platform allows members to use “Hashtags.” Messages can then be sorted, and searched, based upon how they are categorized. Another advantage is that members can “mute” any conversations they are not interested in, by simply indicating they are not interested in a particular “hashtag.”
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So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?
Correct!
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Will the current guidelines change?
Yes. While posts will be moderated to ensure civility, and that there is nothing posted that is inappropriate (or completely unrelated to genealogy), we will be trying to create an online community of people who regulate themselves, much as they do (very successfully) on Jewish Genealogy Portal on Facebook.
What are the new guidelines?
There are just a few simple rules & guidelines to follow, which you can read here:https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/guidelines
Thank you in advance for contributing to this amazing online community!
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The JewishGen.org Team
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SITE CITE: Fuzzy Gazetter
#general
Ganot <o_ganot@...>
The Fuzzy Gazetter enables you to find geographic features even when you do
not know their exact names. A list of similar names is returned, web-linked to the JRC Digital Map Archive of the European Commission. Searching 7,205,433 place names world-wide. http://tomcat-dmaweb1.jrc.it/fuzzyg/query/ The Fuzzy Gazetter may serve as an aid to the ShtetlSeeker of the JewishGen. http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ Ilan Ganot, Holon, Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen SITE CITE: Fuzzy Gazetter
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Ganot <o_ganot@...>
The Fuzzy Gazetter enables you to find geographic features even when you do
not know their exact names. A list of similar names is returned, web-linked to the JRC Digital Map Archive of the European Commission. Searching 7,205,433 place names world-wide. http://tomcat-dmaweb1.jrc.it/fuzzyg/query/ The Fuzzy Gazetter may serve as an aid to the ShtetlSeeker of the JewishGen. http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ Ilan Ganot, Holon, Israel
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Jewish Scientists, Philosophers and Academics
#poland
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
While searching the internet for a scientist relative, I came upon this
website which may be of interest to some of you. It lists Jewish scientists, philosophers and other academicians and is searchable in several different ways. http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/List_of_Jewish_scientists_and_philosophers Eden Joachim Pomona, New York
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JRI Poland #Poland Jewish Scientists, Philosophers and Academics
#poland
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
While searching the internet for a scientist relative, I came upon this
website which may be of interest to some of you. It lists Jewish scientists, philosophers and other academicians and is searchable in several different ways. http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/List_of_Jewish_scientists_and_philosophers Eden Joachim Pomona, New York
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Frankists in Poland
#poland
philapple@...
Does anyone know if communities or groups of the secretive Frankist
sect still survive in Poland? Phillip Applebaum Oak Park, Michigan, USA
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JRI Poland #Poland Frankists in Poland
#poland
philapple@...
Does anyone know if communities or groups of the secretive Frankist
sect still survive in Poland? Phillip Applebaum Oak Park, Michigan, USA
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Jewish Scientists, Philosophers and Academics
#general
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
While searching the internet for a scientist relative, I came upon this
website which may be of interest to some of you. It lists Jewish scientists, philosophers and other academicians and is searchable in several different ways. http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/List_of_Jewish_scientists_and_philosophers Eden Joachim Pomona, New York
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ILYA, Belarus records
#lithuania
Howard Margol
I hate to disagree with Judy because, usually, she is right on target.
However, she is a little off on her statement that the ILYA records are not in the Vilna archive. On behalf of the Belarus SIG, I obtained an English translation of the entire 1850 Vileika District revision list which included ILYA. I am presently working on the 1834 Vileika District revision list which also includes ILYA. All of these records are in the Historical Archive (LVIA) in Vilnius. If you have any questions about these revision lists please direct them to the Belarus SIG. Howard Margol Atlanta, Georgia homargol@aol.com <<From: HeyJudy123@aol.com My paternal grandmother came to New York >from the shtetl of "Ilya" in what then was the "Vilna Gubernyia," and she always told her children (including my father) that she was proud of having come >from "Vilna." Today, Ilya is in Belarus, and the proper archive to address for records pertaining to Ilya is not the Vilna archive but, rather, the one in Minsk.>>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish Scientists, Philosophers and Academics
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Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
While searching the internet for a scientist relative, I came upon this
website which may be of interest to some of you. It lists Jewish scientists, philosophers and other academicians and is searchable in several different ways. http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/List_of_Jewish_scientists_and_philosophers Eden Joachim Pomona, New York
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania ILYA, Belarus records
#lithuania
Howard Margol
I hate to disagree with Judy because, usually, she is right on target.
However, she is a little off on her statement that the ILYA records are not in the Vilna archive. On behalf of the Belarus SIG, I obtained an English translation of the entire 1850 Vileika District revision list which included ILYA. I am presently working on the 1834 Vileika District revision list which also includes ILYA. All of these records are in the Historical Archive (LVIA) in Vilnius. If you have any questions about these revision lists please direct them to the Belarus SIG. Howard Margol Atlanta, Georgia homargol@aol.com <<From: HeyJudy123@aol.com My paternal grandmother came to New York >from the shtetl of "Ilya" in what then was the "Vilna Gubernyia," and she always told her children (including my father) that she was proud of having come >from "Vilna." Today, Ilya is in Belarus, and the proper archive to address for records pertaining to Ilya is not the Vilna archive but, rather, the one in Minsk.>>
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Jewish Scientists, Philosophers and Academics
#lithuania
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
While searching the internet for a scientist relative, I came upon this
website which may be of interest to some of you. It lists Jewish scientists, philosophers and other academicians and is searchable in several different ways. http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/List_of_Jewish_scientists_and_philosophers Eden Joachim Pomona, New York
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Jewish Scientists, Philosophers and Academics
#lithuania
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
While searching the internet for a scientist relative, I came upon this
website which may be of interest to some of you. It lists Jewish scientists, philosophers and other academicians and is searchable in several different ways. http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/List_of_Jewish_scientists_and_philosophers Eden Joachim Pomona, New York
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Re: Movie on Ukraine Visit
#general
ANNE FENDRICH <AFENDRICH@...>
Yes, the film is "Everything is Illuminated." It is partially fantasy, but
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I found a good deal of truth in it and some inspiration. The hero of the story is a "collector" who accumulates mementos as he goes through life. Although some of his mementos are bizarre, I find that I'm a collector as well having my father's doggerel poetry, my mother-in-law's Pioneer Days costume, my aunt's oil portrait, etc. As genealogists we are all collector's in hopes of recapturing the lives of our forebears. The humor at the beginning of the movie contrasts starkly with the history of the grandfather's shtetl and of the final revelation of his guide's identity. The reviewers didn't like it nearly as well, but I hope this is helpful Anne Fendrich President, JGS of Colorado FENDRICH, PRAGER, PERCHONIK, Galicia CHASON, ...EN, ...IN, Ukraine GILBERG, ELBLING, DZIEGECKI, YELLEN, etc., Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
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From: < JOECYP@aol.com > To: "JewishGen Discussion Group" <jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:36 AM Subject: Movie on Ukraine Visit Could anyone please inform me of the recent movie about someone who is
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Land Records in 18th Century Lithuania/Prussia
#lithuania
ANURICK@...
Are the land records of Lithuania and Prussia >from the late 1700s still in
existence and have any been translated and placed in the internet? I'm researching a story in our family that an ancestor living in the Suwalk gubernia of Lithuania/Prussia in the late 1700s was given a land grant by Frederick the Great. Rick Ford West Palm Beach, FL (aka Wilma's playground)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Movie on Ukraine Visit
#general
ANNE FENDRICH <AFENDRICH@...>
Yes, the film is "Everything is Illuminated." It is partially fantasy, but
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
I found a good deal of truth in it and some inspiration. The hero of the story is a "collector" who accumulates mementos as he goes through life. Although some of his mementos are bizarre, I find that I'm a collector as well having my father's doggerel poetry, my mother-in-law's Pioneer Days costume, my aunt's oil portrait, etc. As genealogists we are all collector's in hopes of recapturing the lives of our forebears. The humor at the beginning of the movie contrasts starkly with the history of the grandfather's shtetl and of the final revelation of his guide's identity. The reviewers didn't like it nearly as well, but I hope this is helpful Anne Fendrich President, JGS of Colorado FENDRICH, PRAGER, PERCHONIK, Galicia CHASON, ...EN, ...IN, Ukraine GILBERG, ELBLING, DZIEGECKI, YELLEN, etc., Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
----- Original Message -----
From: < JOECYP@aol.com > To: "JewishGen Discussion Group" <jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:36 AM Subject: Movie on Ukraine Visit Could anyone please inform me of the recent movie about someone who is
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Land Records in 18th Century Lithuania/Prussia
#lithuania
ANURICK@...
Are the land records of Lithuania and Prussia >from the late 1700s still in
existence and have any been translated and placed in the internet? I'm researching a story in our family that an ancestor living in the Suwalk gubernia of Lithuania/Prussia in the late 1700s was given a land grant by Frederick the Great. Rick Ford West Palm Beach, FL (aka Wilma's playground)
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Brest Litovsk records
#lithuania
LJTRS@...
Can anyone tell me where I can find the old archival records for Brest
Litovsk and also Zelva? I have a college friend who lives in Minsk who is willing to search the archives for me but I am unsure if Brest or Zelva will be there. If they are, can anyone tell me how to help him look? I am sure it won't be easy. Rishy Ruran Savin Researching FIXEL, MINTZ, SEGALL in Mikulince, Tarnopol, Galicia PERELMUTER, KAPLAN, KREINES in Zelva, Brest Litovsk, Volkovysk,Lithuania MODERATOR'S NOTE: Search Miriam Weiner's Routes to Routes Foundation Archival Database at www.rtrfoundation.org to see what records exist for a town and in what archive they are held. Since both Brest and Zelva are in present-day Belarus, you should post your question about research in the Minsk Archive on the Discussion Group of Belarus SIG.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Brest Litovsk records
#lithuania
LJTRS@...
Can anyone tell me where I can find the old archival records for Brest
Litovsk and also Zelva? I have a college friend who lives in Minsk who is willing to search the archives for me but I am unsure if Brest or Zelva will be there. If they are, can anyone tell me how to help him look? I am sure it won't be easy. Rishy Ruran Savin Researching FIXEL, MINTZ, SEGALL in Mikulince, Tarnopol, Galicia PERELMUTER, KAPLAN, KREINES in Zelva, Brest Litovsk, Volkovysk,Lithuania MODERATOR'S NOTE: Search Miriam Weiner's Routes to Routes Foundation Archival Database at www.rtrfoundation.org to see what records exist for a town and in what archive they are held. Since both Brest and Zelva are in present-day Belarus, you should post your question about research in the Minsk Archive on the Discussion Group of Belarus SIG.
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Re: Race. Questions 6 and 12. USCensusBureau http://www.census.gov/acs
#general
Don Saklad <dsaklad@...>
I'm looking for what genealogical expertise would lend to a
question that I've not been able to get a good answer for anywhere else yet... For Jews what are the varied ways we might answer the USCensusBureau http://www.census.gov/acs questions 6 and 12 at http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.jewish/msg/2fa3eb5c854878b2
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Race. Questions 6 and 12. USCensusBureau http://www.census.gov/acs
#general
Don Saklad <dsaklad@...>
I'm looking for what genealogical expertise would lend to a
question that I've not been able to get a good answer for anywhere else yet... For Jews what are the varied ways we might answer the USCensusBureau http://www.census.gov/acs questions 6 and 12 at http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.jewish/msg/2fa3eb5c854878b2
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