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Help from the Israel Genealogical Society
#austria-czech
Austria-Czech Coordinator <bohmor@...>
Shalom friends! We in the Israel Genealogical Society [IGS] have
noticed that the vast majority of letters to Jewishgen of late regard help with finding Israeli submitters of Pages of Testimony. We would like to help you and are setting up a process whereby you can send us your queries and we will field them for you. They will stay on our website where everyone similarly wanting to find submitters of pages of testimony or their descendants will post their queries. We will then publicize the site around Israel so that people can check in from time to time to see if they know anyone or can help you in yoursearch. If you will go to http://www.isragen.org.ilhttp://www.isragen.org.il and look under "Projects" on the side bar, you will see a category called "Searching for Submitters of Pages of Testimony in Israel" Send us ALL the following information to: Rose Feldman rosef@post.tau.ac.il Testimony regarding: [Last name, First name] Country of origin or pre-war residence Name of submitter of Testimony Relationship to deceased Year of submission to YVS Address and telephone number of Pof Tsubmitter Your name Your email and phone number Date of posting your enquiry Martha Lev-Zion President, IGS-Negev martha@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Help from the Israel Genealogical Society
#austria-czech
Austria-Czech Coordinator <bohmor@...>
Shalom friends! We in the Israel Genealogical Society [IGS] have
noticed that the vast majority of letters to Jewishgen of late regard help with finding Israeli submitters of Pages of Testimony. We would like to help you and are setting up a process whereby you can send us your queries and we will field them for you. They will stay on our website where everyone similarly wanting to find submitters of pages of testimony or their descendants will post their queries. We will then publicize the site around Israel so that people can check in from time to time to see if they know anyone or can help you in yoursearch. If you will go to http://www.isragen.org.ilhttp://www.isragen.org.il and look under "Projects" on the side bar, you will see a category called "Searching for Submitters of Pages of Testimony in Israel" Send us ALL the following information to: Rose Feldman rosef@post.tau.ac.il Testimony regarding: [Last name, First name] Country of origin or pre-war residence Name of submitter of Testimony Relationship to deceased Year of submission to YVS Address and telephone number of Pof Tsubmitter Your name Your email and phone number Date of posting your enquiry Martha Lev-Zion President, IGS-Negev martha@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
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Legal Name Change - Palestine [1921-1948]
#austria-czech
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
One of the many problems genealogists have to contend
with is that of "name change". Many family names were/are changed by immigrants to Palestine/Israel and are thus not easily recognisable. During the British Mandate in Palestine [1921-1948], people who legally changed their name had their details officially posted in the "Palestine Gazette". Approx. 28,000 cases were published [to include old and new name & sometimes country of origin]. Remember however, that not everyone changed their names legally, so your family link may not be listed. Jean-Pierre Stroweis [President of the Jerusalem Branch of the Israel Genealogical Society] gave me permission to reproduce his recent posting to Jri-pl: The Projects CD-ROM prepared for the Jerusalem 2004 Conference includes the searchable database for the changes of names during the British Mandate over Palestine [1921-1948]. It is still available >from the Israel Genealogical Society. For details, see http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/forms/infForms.html You can also refer to: http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/index.html which lists all the databases in this CD and offers a brief introduction to each particular database. For example, on this database, the introduction is at: http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/namechanges.html Celia Male [UK]
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Legal Name Change - Palestine [1921-1948]
#austria-czech
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
One of the many problems genealogists have to contend
with is that of "name change". Many family names were/are changed by immigrants to Palestine/Israel and are thus not easily recognisable. During the British Mandate in Palestine [1921-1948], people who legally changed their name had their details officially posted in the "Palestine Gazette". Approx. 28,000 cases were published [to include old and new name & sometimes country of origin]. Remember however, that not everyone changed their names legally, so your family link may not be listed. Jean-Pierre Stroweis [President of the Jerusalem Branch of the Israel Genealogical Society] gave me permission to reproduce his recent posting to Jri-pl: The Projects CD-ROM prepared for the Jerusalem 2004 Conference includes the searchable database for the changes of names during the British Mandate over Palestine [1921-1948]. It is still available >from the Israel Genealogical Society. For details, see http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/forms/infForms.html You can also refer to: http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/index.html which lists all the databases in this CD and offers a brief introduction to each particular database. For example, on this database, the introduction is at: http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/namechanges.html Celia Male [UK]
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Re: Ellis Island
#belarus
Larry Gaum <lgaum@...>
Would someone be kind enough to give me a web address for Ellis Island so
that i can look for Pursor's lists around turn of the century. I'm researching the family tree of the late Al Jolson. Thanks for any help Larry Gaum
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: Ellis Island
#belarus
Larry Gaum <lgaum@...>
Would someone be kind enough to give me a web address for Ellis Island so
that i can look for Pursor's lists around turn of the century. I'm researching the family tree of the late Al Jolson. Thanks for any help Larry Gaum
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Bukovina's relavance
#romania
s_wiener@...
Dear Romanian Researchers,
When this group speaks of Romania - how much of the time is the crown state of Bukovina included? My family hails >from Czernowitz, Kosow, Vizhnitsa, Kotsman, Miliye, Putila, Gura Humorului, and Dorna Vatra. I have NO family >from the Bucharest, Cluj, Dej areas except for a few who were relocated by the Romanians after the war - and who made aliyah as soon as possible. Some relatives drifted north towards the area of Kolomyya, Galicia [Autro-Hungarian Empire] during the years 1870-1910. I read the e-mails faithfully every day there is a posting, but I seldom see any references to this sub-Galician area. Was the Jewish population from this region very small compared to the rest of Romania? Are there few members interested in this region? I had the impression that Czernowitz was considered a "Little Vienna" and that Vizhnitsa was the center of Chasidism. Yad Vashem list many, many Bukovinians in the Pages of Testimony. For just three of my surnames of interest, [RUBINGER, FESSLER and WEIGEL] there were some 600 entries. OF course, some were duplicate enties and some were relatives who had moved to Vien & Berlin but still.. Fellow SIG members - your thoughts please. Many thanks, Shellie Wiener San Francisco, CA Researching [among other] in the Bukovina: RUBINGER, HOCHSTADT, FESSLER, WEIGEL, KLIPPER, PACHT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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Romania SIG #Romania Bukovina's relavance
#romania
s_wiener@...
Dear Romanian Researchers,
When this group speaks of Romania - how much of the time is the crown state of Bukovina included? My family hails >from Czernowitz, Kosow, Vizhnitsa, Kotsman, Miliye, Putila, Gura Humorului, and Dorna Vatra. I have NO family >from the Bucharest, Cluj, Dej areas except for a few who were relocated by the Romanians after the war - and who made aliyah as soon as possible. Some relatives drifted north towards the area of Kolomyya, Galicia [Autro-Hungarian Empire] during the years 1870-1910. I read the e-mails faithfully every day there is a posting, but I seldom see any references to this sub-Galician area. Was the Jewish population from this region very small compared to the rest of Romania? Are there few members interested in this region? I had the impression that Czernowitz was considered a "Little Vienna" and that Vizhnitsa was the center of Chasidism. Yad Vashem list many, many Bukovinians in the Pages of Testimony. For just three of my surnames of interest, [RUBINGER, FESSLER and WEIGEL] there were some 600 entries. OF course, some were duplicate enties and some were relatives who had moved to Vien & Berlin but still.. Fellow SIG members - your thoughts please. Many thanks, Shellie Wiener San Francisco, CA Researching [among other] in the Bukovina: RUBINGER, HOCHSTADT, FESSLER, WEIGEL, KLIPPER, PACHT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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Krakow Census
#galicia
michaelbrenner@juno.com <michaelbrenner@...>
The Family History Library now has available "Census of the City of Krakow and
environs" for 1870. Listed under Krakow Census on the Place Name search option. Michael Brenner
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Krakow Census
#galicia
michaelbrenner@juno.com <michaelbrenner@...>
The Family History Library now has available "Census of the City of Krakow and
environs" for 1870. Listed under Krakow Census on the Place Name search option. Michael Brenner
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List of Births - Lemberg 1830's?
#galicia
Peter Garas <pgaras@...>
I wonder if anyone has a list of the births in Lemberg for the 1830's or
knows where I can obtain specific information on a relative who was born there in that decade? Look forward to hearing >from anyone who can assist TIA -- Peter Garas B.A. B. Soc. Stud. MSW 3 Blinkhorn Place Gordon, ACT 2906 Australia pgaras@ozemail.com.au <mailto:pgaras@ozemail.com.au>Phone:+61-2-62942170
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia List of Births - Lemberg 1830's?
#galicia
Peter Garas <pgaras@...>
I wonder if anyone has a list of the births in Lemberg for the 1830's or
knows where I can obtain specific information on a relative who was born there in that decade? Look forward to hearing >from anyone who can assist TIA -- Peter Garas B.A. B. Soc. Stud. MSW 3 Blinkhorn Place Gordon, ACT 2906 Australia pgaras@ozemail.com.au <mailto:pgaras@ozemail.com.au>Phone:+61-2-62942170
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Boston Ship Arrival - 1903
#general
SelmaN@...
Dave Berg wrote . . . >>One of my ancestors wrote on his naturalization
papers that he arrived on 9/20/03 on the Bovic into Boston. I live in Boston and went over the National Archives to get his ship manifest, but it seems that the Bovic did not come to Boston in September (or even October), 1903. . . << Our ancestors did not always remember exactly the name of the ship, the port, the date, etc. A ship named "Canopic" (Dominion Line - Mediterranean port to Boston) arrived on 9/16/1903. The White Star Line ships "Romantic", "Cretic", "Cymric" and "Republic" arrived in December 1903 to the port of Boston. This information comes >from "Adler's Directory" which is similar to "Morton Allen", but has ship info >from 1899 to other east coast ports. It would be wonderful if "Adler's Directory" could be online like "Morton Allen". Selma Selma Neubauer Jenkintown, PA USA (outside of Philadelphia) SelmaN@aol.com Researching: WAGMAN, PEPPER, GALOON, SCHMOISH, DEUTSCH, ZUCK (Kolki, Turiysk, Krichilsk, Olyka, Ludmir - Volhynia Gubernia); NEUBAUER, BERGER (Radziechowie/Radekhov - Galicia); HOROWITZ (Oshmyany - Belarus); SINGER, NEWMAN (possibly Kishinev); BRODSKY (possibly Tirashpol)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Boston Ship Arrival - 1903
#general
SelmaN@...
Dave Berg wrote . . . >>One of my ancestors wrote on his naturalization
papers that he arrived on 9/20/03 on the Bovic into Boston. I live in Boston and went over the National Archives to get his ship manifest, but it seems that the Bovic did not come to Boston in September (or even October), 1903. . . << Our ancestors did not always remember exactly the name of the ship, the port, the date, etc. A ship named "Canopic" (Dominion Line - Mediterranean port to Boston) arrived on 9/16/1903. The White Star Line ships "Romantic", "Cretic", "Cymric" and "Republic" arrived in December 1903 to the port of Boston. This information comes >from "Adler's Directory" which is similar to "Morton Allen", but has ship info >from 1899 to other east coast ports. It would be wonderful if "Adler's Directory" could be online like "Morton Allen". Selma Selma Neubauer Jenkintown, PA USA (outside of Philadelphia) SelmaN@aol.com Researching: WAGMAN, PEPPER, GALOON, SCHMOISH, DEUTSCH, ZUCK (Kolki, Turiysk, Krichilsk, Olyka, Ludmir - Volhynia Gubernia); NEUBAUER, BERGER (Radziechowie/Radekhov - Galicia); HOROWITZ (Oshmyany - Belarus); SINGER, NEWMAN (possibly Kishinev); BRODSKY (possibly Tirashpol)
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Yad Vashem Database - Hall of Names
#general
SelmaN@...
Yad Vashem Database - Hall of Names
From: Sherry Kisos <smwwk770@yahoo.com> Thank you to Sherry for the excellent description of the various ways to search, and for the explanation and examples of the information in the Pages of Testimony. I printed Sherry's message and will keep it next to me whenever I'm doing a search. Selma Selma Neubauer Jenkintown, PA USA (outside of Philadelphia) SelmaN@aol.com Researching: WAGMAN, PEPPER, GALOON, SCHMOISH, DEUTSCH, ZUCK (Kolki, Turiysk, Krichilsk, Olyka, Ludmir - Volhynia Gubernia); NEUBAUER, BERGER (Radziechowie/Radekhov - Galicia); HOROWITZ (Oshmyany - Belarus); SINGER, NEWMAN (possibly Kishinev); BRODSKY (possibly Tirashpol)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yad Vashem Database - Hall of Names
#general
SelmaN@...
Yad Vashem Database - Hall of Names
From: Sherry Kisos <smwwk770@yahoo.com> Thank you to Sherry for the excellent description of the various ways to search, and for the explanation and examples of the information in the Pages of Testimony. I printed Sherry's message and will keep it next to me whenever I'm doing a search. Selma Selma Neubauer Jenkintown, PA USA (outside of Philadelphia) SelmaN@aol.com Researching: WAGMAN, PEPPER, GALOON, SCHMOISH, DEUTSCH, ZUCK (Kolki, Turiysk, Krichilsk, Olyka, Ludmir - Volhynia Gubernia); NEUBAUER, BERGER (Radziechowie/Radekhov - Galicia); HOROWITZ (Oshmyany - Belarus); SINGER, NEWMAN (possibly Kishinev); BRODSKY (possibly Tirashpol)
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Baltimore resources
#general
SelmaN@...
to onsite researchers. <<Naturalization records -- Originals at Maryland State Archives, available The Mid-Atlantic branch of the National Archives, in Philadelphia, PA, has records for 5 mid-Atlantic states, i.e., Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia. Included are Naturalization records. Take a look at the website. Selma Selma Neubauer Jenkintown, PA USA (outside of Philadelphia) SelmaN@aol.com Researching: WAGMAN, PEPPER, GALOON, SCHMOISH, DEUTSCH, ZUCK (Kolki, Turiysk, Krichilsk, Olyka, Ludmir - Volhynia Gubernia); NEUBAUER, BERGER (Radziechowie/Radekhov - Galicia); HOROWITZ (Oshmyany - Belarus); SINGER, NEWMAN (possibly Kishinev); BRODSKY (possibly Tirashpol)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Baltimore resources
#general
SelmaN@...
to onsite researchers. <<Naturalization records -- Originals at Maryland State Archives, available The Mid-Atlantic branch of the National Archives, in Philadelphia, PA, has records for 5 mid-Atlantic states, i.e., Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia. Included are Naturalization records. Take a look at the website. Selma Selma Neubauer Jenkintown, PA USA (outside of Philadelphia) SelmaN@aol.com Researching: WAGMAN, PEPPER, GALOON, SCHMOISH, DEUTSCH, ZUCK (Kolki, Turiysk, Krichilsk, Olyka, Ludmir - Volhynia Gubernia); NEUBAUER, BERGER (Radziechowie/Radekhov - Galicia); HOROWITZ (Oshmyany - Belarus); SINGER, NEWMAN (possibly Kishinev); BRODSKY (possibly Tirashpol)
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Re: Chicago city directory look-up
#general
Mimi Katz <GeveretKatz@...>
For those not familiar with researching in Chicago, the following websites
are fantastic: Secretary of State's office with online databases including death and marriage: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html The Chicago Tribune Historical Archives which has a death notice database through 1998, I believe: http://www.infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_product=CTHA&;p_action=keyword&p_theme=ctha&p_nbid=Y55U5BPSMTA1OTg2MjI4Ni41Nzk3ODA6MTo1Omd1ZXN0&p_clear_search=&s_search_type=keyword&s_category=none A Look at Cook for records >from Cook County: http://www.alookatcook.com/ Cook County Assessor's Office for photos of residences: http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/search/search.asp Mimi Katz, Chicago
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Chicago city directory look-up
#general
Mimi Katz <GeveretKatz@...>
For those not familiar with researching in Chicago, the following websites
are fantastic: Secretary of State's office with online databases including death and marriage: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html The Chicago Tribune Historical Archives which has a death notice database through 1998, I believe: http://www.infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_product=CTHA&;p_action=keyword&p_theme=ctha&p_nbid=Y55U5BPSMTA1OTg2MjI4Ni41Nzk3ODA6MTo1Omd1ZXN0&p_clear_search=&s_search_type=keyword&s_category=none A Look at Cook for records >from Cook County: http://www.alookatcook.com/ Cook County Assessor's Office for photos of residences: http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/search/search.asp Mimi Katz, Chicago
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