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Seeking Records from Palestine (Ukraine>Palestine>US)
#general
Eric Ellman <eellman@...>
Friends:
I am trying to locate information on several family members during their time in Mandate Palestine. These family members left >from Minkovitz, Ukraine around 1918-1920 to Jaffa, Palestine. In 1923 one family member left from Jaffa to the U.S. and in 1925 three others followed suit. Might there be any records of their immigration in to Palestine >from Minkovitz? Might there be any records about their stay in Jaffa? Might there be passport or visa information related to their departure >from Jaffa to the U.S. I seek Fishel Dick, born in 1906, who left Jaffa on the S.S. Madonna on Oct. 2, 1923 arriving Providence, RI and then to Brooklyn. I also seek Rachel Dick, born c. 1877 who departed Jaffa on the S.S. Canada on Nov. 11, 1925 arriving Providence and then to Brooklyn. Rachel had two children with her, Zusel (b. 1910) and Asron (b. 1912). Eric J. Ellman N. Bethesda,MD USA Searching: COHEN (London), COIRA, (Minkovsty, Ukr.), ELLMAN (Minkovsty, Ukraine), FAGIN (Dvinsk, Latvia), GREENBERG (Rzeszow, Galicia), GRUDMAN/ GRUBMAN (Kedainiai, Lit./Riga, Lat.), KOTZEN (Riga, Lat./Birzhay, Lit.), KREIGER (Riga, Lat./Kedainiai, Lith.), LUFFER, ((Riga, Lat./Birzhay, Lit.), MAIDMAN (Minkovsty, Ukr),ROSENBERG (Lomza/Nowogrod, Poland), STORCH/STOCK (Rzeszow, Galacia), STERN (Narajow/Narayiv, Galicia), SZRENZIL (Narajow/ Narayiv, Galicia), WYSZYNSKI (Mlawa, Poland)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking Records from Palestine (Ukraine>Palestine>US)
#general
Eric Ellman <eellman@...>
Friends:
I am trying to locate information on several family members during their time in Mandate Palestine. These family members left >from Minkovitz, Ukraine around 1918-1920 to Jaffa, Palestine. In 1923 one family member left from Jaffa to the U.S. and in 1925 three others followed suit. Might there be any records of their immigration in to Palestine >from Minkovitz? Might there be any records about their stay in Jaffa? Might there be passport or visa information related to their departure >from Jaffa to the U.S. I seek Fishel Dick, born in 1906, who left Jaffa on the S.S. Madonna on Oct. 2, 1923 arriving Providence, RI and then to Brooklyn. I also seek Rachel Dick, born c. 1877 who departed Jaffa on the S.S. Canada on Nov. 11, 1925 arriving Providence and then to Brooklyn. Rachel had two children with her, Zusel (b. 1910) and Asron (b. 1912). Eric J. Ellman N. Bethesda,MD USA Searching: COHEN (London), COIRA, (Minkovsty, Ukr.), ELLMAN (Minkovsty, Ukraine), FAGIN (Dvinsk, Latvia), GREENBERG (Rzeszow, Galicia), GRUDMAN/ GRUBMAN (Kedainiai, Lit./Riga, Lat.), KOTZEN (Riga, Lat./Birzhay, Lit.), KREIGER (Riga, Lat./Kedainiai, Lith.), LUFFER, ((Riga, Lat./Birzhay, Lit.), MAIDMAN (Minkovsty, Ukr),ROSENBERG (Lomza/Nowogrod, Poland), STORCH/STOCK (Rzeszow, Galacia), STERN (Narajow/Narayiv, Galicia), SZRENZIL (Narajow/ Narayiv, Galicia), WYSZYNSKI (Mlawa, Poland)
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1989 Miami Herald Obituary
#general
Diane Jacobs
Looking to the find the obituary of
Jean Leffeld, The Miami Herald , 2/24/1989. If anyone has access to The Miami Herald, I would greatly appreciate a copy of this obituary. This has been a brickwall in my family tree for many years which I just solved and was able to find her grandson in NY. Sigmund Leffeld was her second husband, after her first husband Albert Solomon Montlake deserted her in NY c. 1920 and left to marry my relative in Chicago. Thanks for any help you can give me. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 1989 Miami Herald Obituary
#general
Diane Jacobs
Looking to the find the obituary of
Jean Leffeld, The Miami Herald , 2/24/1989. If anyone has access to The Miami Herald, I would greatly appreciate a copy of this obituary. This has been a brickwall in my family tree for many years which I just solved and was able to find her grandson in NY. Sigmund Leffeld was her second husband, after her first husband Albert Solomon Montlake deserted her in NY c. 1920 and left to marry my relative in Chicago. Thanks for any help you can give me. Diane Jacobs Somerset, NJ
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Koidanovo Rebbe
#general
Neil@...
Rav Jacob Zvi Meir Ehrlich, eleventh Admur Koidanovo - trying to find
biographical information on him, who is parents, wife and chidlren are. Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses please
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Koidanovo Rebbe
#general
Neil@...
Rav Jacob Zvi Meir Ehrlich, eleventh Admur Koidanovo - trying to find
biographical information on him, who is parents, wife and chidlren are. Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses please
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Avi Solomon <aviesolomon@...>
I've posted two vital records, marriage certificates, in Russian for
which I need translations, please. I'd greatly appreciate an exact and full translation, in English. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38792 2) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38793 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Avi Solomon (Researching Szymczak, Kirsztejn, Charach, Charon, Pekarsky) email: aviesolomon@gmail.com
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Avi Solomon <aviesolomon@...>
I've posted two vital records, marriage certificates, in Russian for
which I need translations, please. I'd greatly appreciate an exact and full translation, in English. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38792 2) http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38793 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Avi Solomon (Researching Szymczak, Kirsztejn, Charach, Charon, Pekarsky) email: aviesolomon@gmail.com
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Tomasz Jerzy Nowak email?
#poland
Genealogy BLW
I cannot find the email for Tomasz Jerzy Nowak who is a member of
this email list. May I find it on the JewishGen website? Alternately, Tomasz, please send me an email. Barbara Weintraub Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA MODERATOR'S NOTE: If you know that someone has sent a message to this or another discussion group, you can search for their name in the JewishGen SIG Lists Message Archives at the following address: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~sigspop The search result should contain the person's e-mail address.
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JRI Poland #Poland Tomasz Jerzy Nowak email?
#poland
Genealogy BLW
I cannot find the email for Tomasz Jerzy Nowak who is a member of
this email list. May I find it on the JewishGen website? Alternately, Tomasz, please send me an email. Barbara Weintraub Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA MODERATOR'S NOTE: If you know that someone has sent a message to this or another discussion group, you can search for their name in the JewishGen SIG Lists Message Archives at the following address: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~sigspop The search result should contain the person's e-mail address.
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Re: Jewish woman descended from a Polish queen
#poland
antopolski <mantopolski1@...>
I agree with Nicole Haymans that in the most of cases the name by itself
does not indicate that the person is/was or is not a Jew. Nadia Woolf wrote "and Estera DOBROCZYCKICH/POZANSKA. Estera is always (or at least usually) considered Jewish - but what about those two last names - would they be considered "Jewish?". 1. Most likely " Z Dobroczyskich" where "z" = >from and indicates maiden name. For example Dr. Julian Dobroszycki ( note "s" not "c" ) was a Jew, survived Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz and became a historian of the Holocaust 2. POZANSKI I do not know but Izrael Poznanski, certainly a Jew, was one of the creators of the textile empire in Lodz. You may Google his name to find more. Here you can see his "house" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrael_Pozna%C5%84ski_Palace BTW Jadwiga was officially the King of Poland because "queen" designated the wife of a king and she was the King. Six hundred years after she died she was elevated to sainthood - Vatican is very deliberate with such decisions. Mike Antopolski mantopolski1@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Jewish woman descended >from a Polish queen? From: Nicole Heymans <Nicole.Heymans@skynet.be> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:32:48 +0200 X-Message-Number: 1 "Where and when" would help in interpreting the choice of given name. Jadwiga is simply the Polish equivalent of the German given name Hedwig, which was quite fashionable as >from the late 19th century, also among Jews. I wouldn't jump to conclusions regarding mixed parentage. Nicole Heymans, near Brussels, Belgium At 08:04 30/03/2015, Naidia Woolf wrote: Subject: Jewish woman descended >from a Polish queen?. . . I'm wondering whether Ita's mother was of mixed parentage. Otherwise ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Jewish woman descended >from a Polish queen? From: Martin Davis <martindavis@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:57:40 +0100 X-Message-Number: 2 Naidia Woolf wrote: I just came across the record of a married woman whose given name was originally Jadwiga. Was amazed to discover that Jadwiga was a 14th century Polish monarch!...Her name was Ita/Jadwiga FRUMER (with an umlaut over the "U") (I'm assuming that FRUMER is a variant of FRYMER, her husband's surname, even though it sounds Germanic.) Ita's parents were Moszek Zysel (unmistakably Jewish!) and Estera DOBROCZYCKICH/POZANSKA. Estera is always (or at least usually) considered Jewish - but what about those two last names - would they be considered "Jewish?" from research, it seems to have been fashionable in parts of my owntraditional Polish/Jewish family, for female children to be given 'public' Polish first names. A classic in my records is Kunegunda (named after a 13th-century Catholic princess/saint, the daughter of Bela IV, King of Hungary who married Boleslaus V of Poland). The record reads "Cert 3/1828 - birth record of Kunegunda HUBERMAN. This occurred in Szczercow on 30 January, year 1828 at 8 in the morning when the Jews Mosiek Huberman, a baker, 45 years old, residing in Szczercow personally came forward in presence of witnesses Herszlik CIENCHANOWSKI, a merchant, 48 years old and Dawid LADA, a worker, 42 years old, both residing in Szczercow and presented us a female baby and declared it was born in Szczercow on 29th January current year at 7 p.m. >from his lawful wife Salomea, 35 years old. That baby was named Kunegunda. That certificate was read to the father and the witnesses and signed by Herszlik CIENCHANOWSKI and Dawid LADA". By the way, my ancestor Salomea (not an obviously popular choice for a Jewish female name) seems to have become Chana in later life!! Martin Davis London (UK)
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JRI Poland #Poland RE: Jewish woman descended from a Polish queen
#poland
antopolski <mantopolski1@...>
I agree with Nicole Haymans that in the most of cases the name by itself
does not indicate that the person is/was or is not a Jew. Nadia Woolf wrote "and Estera DOBROCZYCKICH/POZANSKA. Estera is always (or at least usually) considered Jewish - but what about those two last names - would they be considered "Jewish?". 1. Most likely " Z Dobroczyskich" where "z" = >from and indicates maiden name. For example Dr. Julian Dobroszycki ( note "s" not "c" ) was a Jew, survived Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz and became a historian of the Holocaust 2. POZANSKI I do not know but Izrael Poznanski, certainly a Jew, was one of the creators of the textile empire in Lodz. You may Google his name to find more. Here you can see his "house" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izrael_Pozna%C5%84ski_Palace BTW Jadwiga was officially the King of Poland because "queen" designated the wife of a king and she was the King. Six hundred years after she died she was elevated to sainthood - Vatican is very deliberate with such decisions. Mike Antopolski mantopolski1@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Jewish woman descended >from a Polish queen? From: Nicole Heymans <Nicole.Heymans@skynet.be> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:32:48 +0200 X-Message-Number: 1 "Where and when" would help in interpreting the choice of given name. Jadwiga is simply the Polish equivalent of the German given name Hedwig, which was quite fashionable as >from the late 19th century, also among Jews. I wouldn't jump to conclusions regarding mixed parentage. Nicole Heymans, near Brussels, Belgium At 08:04 30/03/2015, Naidia Woolf wrote: Subject: Jewish woman descended >from a Polish queen?. . . I'm wondering whether Ita's mother was of mixed parentage. Otherwise ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Jewish woman descended >from a Polish queen? From: Martin Davis <martindavis@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:57:40 +0100 X-Message-Number: 2 Naidia Woolf wrote: I just came across the record of a married woman whose given name was originally Jadwiga. Was amazed to discover that Jadwiga was a 14th century Polish monarch!...Her name was Ita/Jadwiga FRUMER (with an umlaut over the "U") (I'm assuming that FRUMER is a variant of FRYMER, her husband's surname, even though it sounds Germanic.) Ita's parents were Moszek Zysel (unmistakably Jewish!) and Estera DOBROCZYCKICH/POZANSKA. Estera is always (or at least usually) considered Jewish - but what about those two last names - would they be considered "Jewish?" from research, it seems to have been fashionable in parts of my owntraditional Polish/Jewish family, for female children to be given 'public' Polish first names. A classic in my records is Kunegunda (named after a 13th-century Catholic princess/saint, the daughter of Bela IV, King of Hungary who married Boleslaus V of Poland). The record reads "Cert 3/1828 - birth record of Kunegunda HUBERMAN. This occurred in Szczercow on 30 January, year 1828 at 8 in the morning when the Jews Mosiek Huberman, a baker, 45 years old, residing in Szczercow personally came forward in presence of witnesses Herszlik CIENCHANOWSKI, a merchant, 48 years old and Dawid LADA, a worker, 42 years old, both residing in Szczercow and presented us a female baby and declared it was born in Szczercow on 29th January current year at 7 p.m. >from his lawful wife Salomea, 35 years old. That baby was named Kunegunda. That certificate was read to the father and the witnesses and signed by Herszlik CIENCHANOWSKI and Dawid LADA". By the way, my ancestor Salomea (not an obviously popular choice for a Jewish female name) seems to have become Chana in later life!! Martin Davis London (UK)
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Re: Jewish woman descended from a Polish queen?
#poland
lehrer
Hello,
There is a legend about a Jewish Queen Esther (Esterka), a tailor's daughter of Opoczn married to Casimir III. the great. See http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4098-casimir-iii-the-great. Gershon Lehrer gershon.lehrer@gmail.com www.gershon-lehrer.be Antwerp, Belgium Searching: DORF, ETSIONI, FISZLOWICZ, GERSTNER, GOLDSTEEN, HART, KALLECH, LEHRER, PA(C)KTER, PAKTOR, S(Y)(I)LBERBERG, SAIL, SANDERS, SCENIZER, SCHEEN, SJENITZER,SCH(O)NITZER, STORK, TIMBERG, VAN STRATEN
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: Jewish woman descended from a Polish queen?
#poland
lehrer
Hello,
There is a legend about a Jewish Queen Esther (Esterka), a tailor's daughter of Opoczn married to Casimir III. the great. See http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4098-casimir-iii-the-great. Gershon Lehrer gershon.lehrer@gmail.com www.gershon-lehrer.be Antwerp, Belgium Searching: DORF, ETSIONI, FISZLOWICZ, GERSTNER, GOLDSTEEN, HART, KALLECH, LEHRER, PA(C)KTER, PAKTOR, S(Y)(I)LBERBERG, SAIL, SANDERS, SCENIZER, SCHEEN, SJENITZER,SCH(O)NITZER, STORK, TIMBERG, VAN STRATEN
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Deportation of Jews from Telz in WW1
#lithuania
Sidney Katzen
Hello all.
I have received internal passports >from the Lithuanian archives of my Katzin family who lived in Telsiai (Telz) at the time of Lithuania's independence. To obtain these identity documents you apparently had to prove that you had the right to live in the new state. I have posted page 2 of these passports of my great grandmother Zlata and her youngest daughter Khana (Hanna?) on ViewMate at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38794 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38795 in which in the third section down it appears to indicate that in October (September?) 1916 they were registered in the district of Oslo. Can anyone shine a light on where this might be? Thank You for your help. Sid Katzen MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Deportation of Jews from Telz in WW1
#lithuania
Sidney Katzen
Hello all.
I have received internal passports >from the Lithuanian archives of my Katzin family who lived in Telsiai (Telz) at the time of Lithuania's independence. To obtain these identity documents you apparently had to prove that you had the right to live in the new state. I have posted page 2 of these passports of my great grandmother Zlata and her youngest daughter Khana (Hanna?) on ViewMate at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38794 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM38795 in which in the third section down it appears to indicate that in October (September?) 1916 they were registered in the district of Oslo. Can anyone shine a light on where this might be? Thank You for your help. Sid Katzen MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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2015 LitvakSIG Nominating Committee
#lithuania
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
I'm pleased to announce the formation of the 2015 Nominating Committee for
this year's election of directors The committee consists of Howard Margol, Chair, Judy Baston, Amy Wachs, Donald Press and Saul Issroff. The Nominating Committee will entertain suggestions for potential candidates and then announce their slate of candidates in the future, according to our bylaws. The Election will be held predominantly by email and conclude during the IAJGS conference in Jerusalem in July. Eden Joachim President, LitvaksIG
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania 2015 LitvakSIG Nominating Committee
#lithuania
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
I'm pleased to announce the formation of the 2015 Nominating Committee for
this year's election of directors The committee consists of Howard Margol, Chair, Judy Baston, Amy Wachs, Donald Press and Saul Issroff. The Nominating Committee will entertain suggestions for potential candidates and then announce their slate of candidates in the future, according to our bylaws. The Election will be held predominantly by email and conclude during the IAJGS conference in Jerusalem in July. Eden Joachim President, LitvaksIG
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Moshe and Paula from Orla, Poland Update
#belarus
Hi All
My research on Moshe and Paula, both >from Orla, Poland took a dramatically turn this week, with updates >from both Canada and South Africa. The narrative originated in Orla and ended suddenly in South Africa. However, my research started 80 years later in Australia and has taken me to Poland, Belarus, the Baltics, Israel, the UK, Germany, South Africa and North America. I share my experiences about the challenges of travelling and researching in different archives and libraries. Top of the list was visiting Belarus and the State Archives in Grodno. This led me to start writing and managing KehilaLinks as a volunteer, beginning with the Orla KehilaLink and now extending to cities as diverse as Shanghai, Berlin, Kimberley and Perth, 24 in all: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/capetown/about.me.html Updates can be found at elirab.me with regular posts on Moshe and Paula's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mosheandpaula and the Orla KehilaLink: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/orla Regards, Chag Pesach Sameach and This Year In Jerusalem! Eli Rabinowitz Perth, Australia
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Moshe and Paula from Orla, Poland Update
#belarus
Hi All
My research on Moshe and Paula, both >from Orla, Poland took a dramatically turn this week, with updates >from both Canada and South Africa. The narrative originated in Orla and ended suddenly in South Africa. However, my research started 80 years later in Australia and has taken me to Poland, Belarus, the Baltics, Israel, the UK, Germany, South Africa and North America. I share my experiences about the challenges of travelling and researching in different archives and libraries. Top of the list was visiting Belarus and the State Archives in Grodno. This led me to start writing and managing KehilaLinks as a volunteer, beginning with the Orla KehilaLink and now extending to cities as diverse as Shanghai, Berlin, Kimberley and Perth, 24 in all: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/capetown/about.me.html Updates can be found at elirab.me with regular posts on Moshe and Paula's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mosheandpaula and the Orla KehilaLink: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/orla Regards, Chag Pesach Sameach and This Year In Jerusalem! Eli Rabinowitz Perth, Australia
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