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Jezierzany & Surroundings Yizkor Book - Please Help!
#galicia
Judy Brodkey
Dear Gesher Galicia SIG members -
It can leave a hole in your heart when you don't know where you came from. For most of her life, my mother never knew where her ancestors lived in Eastern Europe. At age 95, she finally learned the answer: Jezierzany, Poland, a little shtetl in Galicia with a rich history and a vibrant Jewish community. The residents of Jezierzany and surrounding areas were determined, creative, hard-working and generous. They cared about each other, their community and the well-being of others around them. Eventually, Jewish Jezierzany was destroyed. However, some of its residents and many of its descendants survived and have continued to live inspiring lives. Please help their spirit and stories live on through the Jezierzany & Surroundings Yizkor Book. We are launching a fundraising project to translate the Yizkor book for Jezierzany & Surroundings into English. It was originally published in Hebrew (and a little Yiddish) and includes writings by survivors. Once translated, it will be available free of charge at JewishGen.org. You can visit https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Ozeryany/Ozeryany.html to view the book's Table of Contents and a few sections that have already been translated. We need to raise approximately $18,000 to translate the remaining 450 pages of the book. Translation can begin after we receive $500 in contributions; additional pages will be translated as JewishGen receives more funds. Dr. Avraham Bedor, one of the book's authors, wrote that the Jezierzany & Surroundings Memorial Book "contains chapters about the vibrant life and dramatic struggles of a small Jewish community that aspired to live, open a window to the world and open the gates for human and national redemption. It contains a rich gallery of interesting characters. It includes a description of the fateful and tragic changes that occurred during and between the two Worlds Wars. It tells the story of the lives of generations of dreamers, fighters, pioneers and fence-breakers who paved new roads -- for them and for us." ** Please donate today so their stories will be heard.** Your tax deductible contribution can be made online at https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 Scroll down to Jezierzany and enter your donation amount there. JewishGen has numerous Yizkor Book funds so make sure you fill in the amount for Jezierzany. If you prefer, you can send a check to JewishGen, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280. Be sure to indicate that this is a donation for the Jezierzany Memorial book. In order to ensure that your donation is correctly credited to the Jezierzany fund, please also let me know the amount of your contribution. The minimum allowable contribution is $10. Your donation will make a difference. Every single dollar you contribute corresponds to the number of words and pages we will be able to translate and bring to life. ** In every generation, we tell the story. ** Each year on Passover, we are instructed to tell the story of our ancestors' journey out of Egypt, lest we forget where we came >from and the lessons learned along the way. Our ancestors >from Jezierzany and surrounding areas have another precious story that deserves to be fully shared. Your generosity can make this happen. Please share this message with friends and family members interested in Jezierzany and nearby towns. The success of this project depends on those of us with ancestors and relatives >from Jezierzany and other surrounding towns and villages in Galicia. Help spread the word! If you have any questions or ideas, please contact me at Jlistbrod@aol.com. Thank you very much. PS -"When our hearts turn toward our ancestors, something changes inside of us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves." - Russell M. Nelson. Shalom - Judy Brodkey Jlistbrod@aol.com Portland, Oregon USA MODERATOR NOTE: Nearby towns mentioned in the book's Table of Contents: Bil'che-Zlote, Kozachizna, Lanovtse (Lanovtsy), Leshkovitz (Ulashkivtsi), Libitshok (Glubochek), Pilatkowce (Pilatkovtsy), Shershinovitz (Shersheniovtse), Zhilinitz (Zelin'tse), Zwiahel (Zvihel).
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Jezierzany & Surroundings Yizkor Book - Please Help!
#galicia
Judy Brodkey
Dear Gesher Galicia SIG members -
It can leave a hole in your heart when you don't know where you came from. For most of her life, my mother never knew where her ancestors lived in Eastern Europe. At age 95, she finally learned the answer: Jezierzany, Poland, a little shtetl in Galicia with a rich history and a vibrant Jewish community. The residents of Jezierzany and surrounding areas were determined, creative, hard-working and generous. They cared about each other, their community and the well-being of others around them. Eventually, Jewish Jezierzany was destroyed. However, some of its residents and many of its descendants survived and have continued to live inspiring lives. Please help their spirit and stories live on through the Jezierzany & Surroundings Yizkor Book. We are launching a fundraising project to translate the Yizkor book for Jezierzany & Surroundings into English. It was originally published in Hebrew (and a little Yiddish) and includes writings by survivors. Once translated, it will be available free of charge at JewishGen.org. You can visit https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Ozeryany/Ozeryany.html to view the book's Table of Contents and a few sections that have already been translated. We need to raise approximately $18,000 to translate the remaining 450 pages of the book. Translation can begin after we receive $500 in contributions; additional pages will be translated as JewishGen receives more funds. Dr. Avraham Bedor, one of the book's authors, wrote that the Jezierzany & Surroundings Memorial Book "contains chapters about the vibrant life and dramatic struggles of a small Jewish community that aspired to live, open a window to the world and open the gates for human and national redemption. It contains a rich gallery of interesting characters. It includes a description of the fateful and tragic changes that occurred during and between the two Worlds Wars. It tells the story of the lives of generations of dreamers, fighters, pioneers and fence-breakers who paved new roads -- for them and for us." ** Please donate today so their stories will be heard.** Your tax deductible contribution can be made online at https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 Scroll down to Jezierzany and enter your donation amount there. JewishGen has numerous Yizkor Book funds so make sure you fill in the amount for Jezierzany. If you prefer, you can send a check to JewishGen, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280. Be sure to indicate that this is a donation for the Jezierzany Memorial book. In order to ensure that your donation is correctly credited to the Jezierzany fund, please also let me know the amount of your contribution. The minimum allowable contribution is $10. Your donation will make a difference. Every single dollar you contribute corresponds to the number of words and pages we will be able to translate and bring to life. ** In every generation, we tell the story. ** Each year on Passover, we are instructed to tell the story of our ancestors' journey out of Egypt, lest we forget where we came >from and the lessons learned along the way. Our ancestors >from Jezierzany and surrounding areas have another precious story that deserves to be fully shared. Your generosity can make this happen. Please share this message with friends and family members interested in Jezierzany and nearby towns. The success of this project depends on those of us with ancestors and relatives >from Jezierzany and other surrounding towns and villages in Galicia. Help spread the word! If you have any questions or ideas, please contact me at Jlistbrod@aol.com. Thank you very much. PS -"When our hearts turn toward our ancestors, something changes inside of us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves." - Russell M. Nelson. Shalom - Judy Brodkey Jlistbrod@aol.com Portland, Oregon USA MODERATOR NOTE: Nearby towns mentioned in the book's Table of Contents: Bil'che-Zlote, Kozachizna, Lanovtse (Lanovtsy), Leshkovitz (Ulashkivtsi), Libitshok (Glubochek), Pilatkowce (Pilatkovtsy), Shershinovitz (Shersheniovtse), Zhilinitz (Zelin'tse), Zwiahel (Zvihel).
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Tabula registers in Lviv archives
#galicia
Miriam Bulwar David-Hay
For years I have been up against a complete brick wall in finding
information about my grandmother's family in the town of Belz, which, as far as I know, has no surviving Jewish BMD records. However, recently I read an article in the Gesher Galicia website, written by Alexander Dunai in 2006, discussing the tabula registers held in the Lviv archives. Belz appears in the list of towns with such registers, and in fact there is a notation that there are 15 volumes for Belz (which seems a lot for a small town!). I am hoping someone knowledgeable will be able to advise me how to go about searching for information in those registers. What years are covered in those 15 volumes for Belz? Are they indexed (in the Lviv archives if not online)? Would the archivists in Lviv respond to a search request (for a fee of course), or would I need to hire a private researcher? To whom should I write with any request? I'd be very grateful for any advice on what to do >from here. Thanking you in advance, Miriam Bulwar David-Hay Raanana, Israel P.S. In Belz I am researching the names FRENKIEL, VERLIEBTER and MEIZELES, or any variations on those names.
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Tabula registers in Lviv archives
#galicia
Miriam Bulwar David-Hay
For years I have been up against a complete brick wall in finding
information about my grandmother's family in the town of Belz, which, as far as I know, has no surviving Jewish BMD records. However, recently I read an article in the Gesher Galicia website, written by Alexander Dunai in 2006, discussing the tabula registers held in the Lviv archives. Belz appears in the list of towns with such registers, and in fact there is a notation that there are 15 volumes for Belz (which seems a lot for a small town!). I am hoping someone knowledgeable will be able to advise me how to go about searching for information in those registers. What years are covered in those 15 volumes for Belz? Are they indexed (in the Lviv archives if not online)? Would the archivists in Lviv respond to a search request (for a fee of course), or would I need to hire a private researcher? To whom should I write with any request? I'd be very grateful for any advice on what to do >from here. Thanking you in advance, Miriam Bulwar David-Hay Raanana, Israel P.S. In Belz I am researching the names FRENKIEL, VERLIEBTER and MEIZELES, or any variations on those names.
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JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#hungary
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#hungary
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#southafrica
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#southafrica
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#germany
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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German SIG #Germany JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#germany
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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ViewMate translation request - German
#germany
Linda P. Cohn <lpc@...>
I've posted three records in German for which I need a translation.
(Much of the issue is actually reading the handwriting.) They are on ViewMate at the following links: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM66965 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM66966 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM66967 Please respond via the forms provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. "Linda P. Cohn" <lpc@cohnarlington.net>
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German SIG #Germany ViewMate translation request - German
#germany
Linda P. Cohn <lpc@...>
I've posted three records in German for which I need a translation.
(Much of the issue is actually reading the handwriting.) They are on ViewMate at the following links: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM66965 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM66966 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM66967 Please respond via the forms provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. "Linda P. Cohn" <lpc@cohnarlington.net>
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JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#latvia
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#scandinavia
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#sephardic
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#yizkorbooks
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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Latvia SIG #Latvia JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
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Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia JewishGen's Success! Stories -- The New Edition June 2018
#scandinavia
Phyllis Kramer
We invite you to read the inspiring success stories recently published
to our website. You can access these accounts >from the "About Us" button on the website or by following this link: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/ ** Gary Koeppel only knew that the young girl in the photos had been transported >from Prague to England around 1939, her name was Alexandra, she was the daughter of his paternal grandfather's sister, and she had been placed in the home of a British family. He then began his long search. ** Michael Diamant was searching for any living relatives on his father's maternal side of the family. The search had gone cold when he received an email >from a man in Poland who had read his family description in the JewishGen Discussion Group and recognized the name Norbert Aleksandrowicz. ** Sherry Levy-Reiner tries to unravel the mystery of her great-grandfather's death on a voyage to Palestine in the 1920s. The only fact was that there were no facts: no dates, no documents, no clues. We repost this moving story >from our Archives. JewishGen volunteers (Editor - Nancy Siegel and Webmaster - Colin Mathias Justin) collect and post these stories. We encourage you to submit your own success stories to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org . Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
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