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Vienna to Budapest in 1938 - records?
#hungary
Joseph Lonstein
Dear SIG members,=20
Two family members with Hungarian roots left their long-time home of Vienna= for Budapest in late 1938.=A0 Both later died in Budapest (one in early 19= 39 soon after arriving, the other in the ghetto in 1945).=A0 I've seen thei= r death records=A0in the civil registration books on the LDS website, which= included the names of their=A0parents, age at death, and last home address= es in Budapest. =A0What, if any, other records in Budapest might I find for= them?=A0 Was there anything like Viennese Meldezettel in Budapest at that = time?=A0 Would they have had to fill out any civil forms in Budapest or reg= ister with the local Jewish Community after they arrived in 1938?=A0 Were t= here full death certificates issued that might have more information than w= hat's in the civil registration books on the LDS films? I'm most intereste= d in their birthplaces, if there were relatives in Budapest (which compelle= d them to go there), and next of kin at the time of death. I'm also curiou= s - was it common for Jews in Vienna to flee for Budapest in 1938? Thanks for any suggestions,=20 Joe Lonstein East Lansing, Michigan, USA=20 joelonstein@hotmail.com =
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JewishGen's JOWBR Update - June 2016
#hungary
bounce-3163817-772961@...
JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
#hungary
bounce-3163818-772961@...
Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference Update for the Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Vienna to Budapest in 1938 - records?
#hungary
Joseph Lonstein
Dear SIG members,=20
Two family members with Hungarian roots left their long-time home of Vienna= for Budapest in late 1938.=A0 Both later died in Budapest (one in early 19= 39 soon after arriving, the other in the ghetto in 1945).=A0 I've seen thei= r death records=A0in the civil registration books on the LDS website, which= included the names of their=A0parents, age at death, and last home address= es in Budapest. =A0What, if any, other records in Budapest might I find for= them?=A0 Was there anything like Viennese Meldezettel in Budapest at that = time?=A0 Would they have had to fill out any civil forms in Budapest or reg= ister with the local Jewish Community after they arrived in 1938?=A0 Were t= here full death certificates issued that might have more information than w= hat's in the civil registration books on the LDS films? I'm most intereste= d in their birthplaces, if there were relatives in Budapest (which compelle= d them to go there), and next of kin at the time of death. I'm also curiou= s - was it common for Jews in Vienna to flee for Budapest in 1938? Thanks for any suggestions,=20 Joe Lonstein East Lansing, Michigan, USA=20 joelonstein@hotmail.com =
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Hungary SIG #Hungary JewishGen's JOWBR Update - June 2016
#hungary
bounce-3163817-772961@...
JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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Hungary SIG #Hungary JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
#hungary
bounce-3163818-772961@...
Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference Update for the Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JewishGen's JOWBR Update - June 2016
#lithuania
JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
#lithuania
Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference Update for the Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania JewishGen's JOWBR Update - June 2016
#lithuania
JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
#lithuania
Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference Update for the Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JGS (NY) Meeting, June 26, 2016
#general
Harriet Mayer
JGS (NY) Meeting Sunday, June 26
at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St., New York at 2 PM Program: "You've Found the Town Name - Now What?" Speaker: Phyllis Kramer Phyllis Kramer will review Eastern European historical geography and then cover all aspects of researching one's ancestral town. Topics will include how to locate one's town, even if it is not recognizable, what kinds of information might exist, where it might be found, how to find others researching the same town or area, and how to organize the information. She will demonstrate the use of JewishGen.org's town pages, maps and gazetteers, Routes to Roots, Jewish Records Indexing-Poland and other key websites, which will all be listed on the handout. The talk is targeted to beginning and intermediate genealogists and is an excellent review for all. Phyllis Kramer, Vice President, Education and Special Projects at JewishGen.org, is a practicing genealogist, with primary interest in Eastern European Jewish research. She received her B.S. >from Cornell University, and an M.B.A >from Fordham University. Phyllis retired >from IBM as a Business Consultant. At JewishGen Phyllis has been active in many areas as a leader and contributor. In 2011, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award >from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) for her online genealogy education program at JewishGen. at 12:30 PM Join us before the meeting in the Kovno Room and bring your lunch. Steve Stein, JGS Webmaster and EC member, will give a tour of the new JGS website, including databases, resources, archives and membership functions. The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at CJH is open on Sundays starting at 11:00 AM with access to research materials and computer resources. Admission is free for members: guests welcome, $5 at the door. For more information, visit our website at www.jgsny.org or see our Facebook page. Submitted by Harriet Mayer JGS NY VP Communications, New York NY
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JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
#poland
Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference Update for the Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS (NY) Meeting, June 26, 2016
#general
Harriet Mayer
JGS (NY) Meeting Sunday, June 26
at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St., New York at 2 PM Program: "You've Found the Town Name - Now What?" Speaker: Phyllis Kramer Phyllis Kramer will review Eastern European historical geography and then cover all aspects of researching one's ancestral town. Topics will include how to locate one's town, even if it is not recognizable, what kinds of information might exist, where it might be found, how to find others researching the same town or area, and how to organize the information. She will demonstrate the use of JewishGen.org's town pages, maps and gazetteers, Routes to Roots, Jewish Records Indexing-Poland and other key websites, which will all be listed on the handout. The talk is targeted to beginning and intermediate genealogists and is an excellent review for all. Phyllis Kramer, Vice President, Education and Special Projects at JewishGen.org, is a practicing genealogist, with primary interest in Eastern European Jewish research. She received her B.S. >from Cornell University, and an M.B.A >from Fordham University. Phyllis retired >from IBM as a Business Consultant. At JewishGen Phyllis has been active in many areas as a leader and contributor. In 2011, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award >from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) for her online genealogy education program at JewishGen. at 12:30 PM Join us before the meeting in the Kovno Room and bring your lunch. Steve Stein, JGS Webmaster and EC member, will give a tour of the new JGS website, including databases, resources, archives and membership functions. The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at CJH is open on Sundays starting at 11:00 AM with access to research materials and computer resources. Admission is free for members: guests welcome, $5 at the door. For more information, visit our website at www.jgsny.org or see our Facebook page. Submitted by Harriet Mayer JGS NY VP Communications, New York NY
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JRI Poland #Poland JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
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Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference Update for the Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JewishGen's JOWBR Update - June 2016
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JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JRI Poland #Poland JewishGen's JOWBR Update - June 2016
#poland
JOWBR Grows to Over 2.8 Million Records!
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ This update adds approximately 103,000 new records and 28,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 540 cemeteries. JOWBR now includes 2.8 million records >from 6,400 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 123 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies, synagogues, cemeteries and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. JewishGen wants to thank Eric Feinstein who has been instrumental in sourcing and coordinating foreign records, especially >from France and Germany. JewishGen would also like to thank Eric's team of data entry volunteers; Sandra Bennett, Sharon Duckman, George Jiri Goldschmied, Henry Graupner, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Adina Schwartz, Marilyn Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, JewishGen thanks our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. Significant additions to the database include collections from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area), France, Germany, Italy (Milan and Torino), Moldova, Romania (Timisoara), Slovakia (Neologicky Cintorin), Ukraine (Chernivtsi) and the United States. Check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery/cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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ViewMate Request Cyrillic Russian, Death Record for Szolim Perla, Lomza,Poland
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Jan Meisels Allen
I've posted a death record #143 1887, Lomza, Poland for Szolim Perla,
son of Izrael Wigdor Perla in Cyrillic Russian for which I need a full translation. I am most interested in both parents names, age, and if given cause of death and any survivors. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM48029 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Jan Meisels Allen Agoura Hills, CA , USA SEARCHING: KLAJNMAN, MICHELBERG, SYK, SZLANG, TYKULSKIER Sochaczew, Chorzele, and Zakroczym Poland FREJER, IMJAK, WILAMOWSKY, KREPLAK,-Stawiski, Poland SZAPIRA, SOBOTKO, PIATKOWSKA, PERLA, ASZ, WAPNIARZ -Lomza ,Poland GUTFARB --Zambrow, Poland ASZ, Nasielsk, Poland ELION, Suwalki Lithuania REICH, WALD, ZUPNIK, Presov, Mestiszko, Szivdnik; Salgo, Sebes Kellemes,Slovakia MEISELS, SEGALLA/SIGALL, LIEBERMAN --Brody, Ukraine
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate Request Cyrillic Russian, Death Record for Szolim Perla, Lomza,Poland
#poland
Jan Meisels Allen
I've posted a death record #143 1887, Lomza, Poland for Szolim Perla,
son of Izrael Wigdor Perla in Cyrillic Russian for which I need a full translation. I am most interested in both parents names, age, and if given cause of death and any survivors. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM48029 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Jan Meisels Allen Agoura Hills, CA , USA SEARCHING: KLAJNMAN, MICHELBERG, SYK, SZLANG, TYKULSKIER Sochaczew, Chorzele, and Zakroczym Poland FREJER, IMJAK, WILAMOWSKY, KREPLAK,-Stawiski, Poland SZAPIRA, SOBOTKO, PIATKOWSKA, PERLA, ASZ, WAPNIARZ -Lomza ,Poland GUTFARB --Zambrow, Poland ASZ, Nasielsk, Poland ELION, Suwalki Lithuania REICH, WALD, ZUPNIK, Presov, Mestiszko, Szivdnik; Salgo, Sebes Kellemes,Slovakia MEISELS, SEGALLA/SIGALL, LIEBERMAN --Brody, Ukraine
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