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Re: laws mandating inherited name adoption by German Jews
#germany
Sandi Goldsmith
MODERATOR NOTE: If anyone recognizes the list quoted here it would
be useful to know it's source. MOD 1 I'm sorry, I don't remember where I found this list but it has been very useful. Sandi Goldsmith - Alpharetta, GA Sand3410@aol.com Exhibit 1: Laws Mandating Jewish Family Names from a 1935 compilation:Austrian Galizia 1774 Austria 23 Jul 1787 South Prussia and New East Prussia (formerly Polish) 17 Apr 1797 City of Frankfurt [Main] 30 Nov 1807 Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 26 Nov 1811 French possessions on the Rhine and in North West Germany 20 Jul 1808 and 12 Jan 1813 Kingdom of Westphalia 31 Mar 1808 and 04 Jul 1811 Oberhessen-Starkenburg 15 Dec 1808 Baden 13 Jan 1809 Lippe 16 Dec 1809 Sachsen-Altenburg 20 Jun 1811 Prussia proper (east of Elbe) 11 Mar 1811 Mecklenburg-Schwerin 22 Feb 1813 Bavaria, Vorarlberg, Tyrol and Salzburg 16 Jun 1813 Schleswig-Holstein (Danish) 29 Mar 1814 Mecklenburg-Strelitz 01 Jun 1814 Kingdom of Wuerttemberg 1828, Grand Duchy of Posen (Prussian)1833 Anhalt-Dessau 1822, Sachsen-Weimar 1823, Sachsen (Saxonia) 1834, Oldenburg 1852
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German SIG #Germany Re: laws mandating inherited name adoption by German Jews
#germany
Sandi Goldsmith
MODERATOR NOTE: If anyone recognizes the list quoted here it would
be useful to know it's source. MOD 1 I'm sorry, I don't remember where I found this list but it has been very useful. Sandi Goldsmith - Alpharetta, GA Sand3410@aol.com Exhibit 1: Laws Mandating Jewish Family Names from a 1935 compilation:Austrian Galizia 1774 Austria 23 Jul 1787 South Prussia and New East Prussia (formerly Polish) 17 Apr 1797 City of Frankfurt [Main] 30 Nov 1807 Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 26 Nov 1811 French possessions on the Rhine and in North West Germany 20 Jul 1808 and 12 Jan 1813 Kingdom of Westphalia 31 Mar 1808 and 04 Jul 1811 Oberhessen-Starkenburg 15 Dec 1808 Baden 13 Jan 1809 Lippe 16 Dec 1809 Sachsen-Altenburg 20 Jun 1811 Prussia proper (east of Elbe) 11 Mar 1811 Mecklenburg-Schwerin 22 Feb 1813 Bavaria, Vorarlberg, Tyrol and Salzburg 16 Jun 1813 Schleswig-Holstein (Danish) 29 Mar 1814 Mecklenburg-Strelitz 01 Jun 1814 Kingdom of Wuerttemberg 1828, Grand Duchy of Posen (Prussian)1833 Anhalt-Dessau 1822, Sachsen-Weimar 1823, Sachsen (Saxonia) 1834, Oldenburg 1852
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Logan J. Kleinwaks
I am pleased to announce that you can now find in the Articles section of
our SIG website some recollections of Danzig submitted by Kurt ANKER. In particular, Kurt describes activities he participated in as a member of the Jung Juedischer Bund. If you would like to have published on our website informal recollections like this one, scholarly research articles about aspects of Danzig Jewish life, or anything in between, please contact me. Best regards, Logan Kleinwaks Coordinator, JewishGen Danzig/Gdansk SIG kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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Logan J. Kleinwaks
I am pleased to announce that you can now find in the Articles section of
our SIG website some recollections of Danzig submitted by Kurt ANKER. In particular, Kurt describes activities he participated in as a member of the Jung Juedischer Bund. If you would like to have published on our website informal recollections like this one, scholarly research articles about aspects of Danzig Jewish life, or anything in between, please contact me. Best regards, Logan Kleinwaks Coordinator, JewishGen Danzig/Gdansk SIG kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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Gary Katz <katzgary@...>
I recently located the following April 7, 1921 newspaper article
related to my KATZ family in the Bismarck (North Dakota) Tribune. I'd greatly appreciate if anyone can help me identify the Polish city that is described. FAMILY WIPED OUT IN WORLD WAR, SAYS NIECE Joe Katz after Six Years Without Letters Receive News of Deaths Joe Katz received word today >from a niece in Poland that three brothers and two sisters were killed during the World war. Mr. Katz has been trying for six years to get in communications with some of his relatives in Poland, but today message of death was the first once which he has received. His niece said that she did not know whether they had been shot or starved to death. They lived about 150 miles west of Warsaw in a small city in which the Russians and Germans clashed 16 times during the war. The writer declared that the brothers and sisters had been driven out of their homes and everything which they had had been taken. They were all well to do. In the mid-1800s, the family had lived in the Vilna area. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Gary Katz Santa Clara, CA 95051 SEARCHING: KATZ, GOLEMBA, BLUMENFELD, BOHRER, BENNETT, HERTZ, BERKOWITZ, SCHOENFELD, SPINNER, TEITELBAUM, SCHNEIDER, ADOLF, RABINOWITZ, MORDOHOVICH, CHERNIAK, MOSHEVITZKY
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Gary Katz <katzgary@...>
I recently located the following April 7, 1921 newspaper article
related to my KATZ family in the Bismarck (North Dakota) Tribune. I'd greatly appreciate if anyone can help me identify the Polish city that is described. FAMILY WIPED OUT IN WORLD WAR, SAYS NIECE Joe Katz after Six Years Without Letters Receive News of Deaths Joe Katz received word today >from a niece in Poland that three brothers and two sisters were killed during the World war. Mr. Katz has been trying for six years to get in communications with some of his relatives in Poland, but today message of death was the first once which he has received. His niece said that she did not know whether they had been shot or starved to death. They lived about 150 miles west of Warsaw in a small city in which the Russians and Germans clashed 16 times during the war. The writer declared that the brothers and sisters had been driven out of their homes and everything which they had had been taken. They were all well to do. In the mid-1800s, the family had lived in the Vilna area. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Gary Katz Santa Clara, CA 95051 SEARCHING: KATZ, GOLEMBA, BLUMENFELD, BOHRER, BENNETT, HERTZ, BERKOWITZ, SCHOENFELD, SPINNER, TEITELBAUM, SCHNEIDER, ADOLF, RABINOWITZ, MORDOHOVICH, CHERNIAK, MOSHEVITZKY
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paul <sharonat@...>
My name is Yacov PYTKOWICZ the son of MY father JOSEF PYTKOWICZ (His
parents came >from SOBIENIE JEZIORY) and my mother GINA KOZIROG (Her parents came >from GORA KALWARIA) I am looking for relatives and information about my family. thanks YACOV PYTKOWICZ my e. mail is: sharonat@zahav.net.il
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paul <sharonat@...>
My name is Yacov PYTKOWICZ the son of MY father JOSEF PYTKOWICZ (His
parents came >from SOBIENIE JEZIORY) and my mother GINA KOZIROG (Her parents came >from GORA KALWARIA) I am looking for relatives and information about my family. thanks YACOV PYTKOWICZ my e. mail is: sharonat@zahav.net.il
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Jolti Name or Zolty Name
#ukraine
franck
I'm searching the Jolti name or the Zolty name, in Jolti Vody
(Yellow waters) in Dniepropetrovsk Region. In the past, Jolti Vody before 1648 was a Polish city. In the past, there was family under the name Jolti as in Poland : Zolty. The name Zolty or Jolti came >from the adjective which mean yellow. The yellow color was derogatory which means the treacherous Jews. All the best, Franck d'Almeida-Zolty. franck.d-almeida@wanadoo.fr
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Jolti Name or Zolty Name
#ukraine
franck
I'm searching the Jolti name or the Zolty name, in Jolti Vody
(Yellow waters) in Dniepropetrovsk Region. In the past, Jolti Vody before 1648 was a Polish city. In the past, there was family under the name Jolti as in Poland : Zolty. The name Zolty or Jolti came >from the adjective which mean yellow. The yellow color was derogatory which means the treacherous Jews. All the best, Franck d'Almeida-Zolty. franck.d-almeida@wanadoo.fr
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Re: Yeshiva in Montreux
#rabbinic
Shlomo Katz <SKatz@...>
On 2006.05.07, Todd Brody <tbrody10@yahoo.com> wrote:
[...] If anyone has any information about the yeshiva inThroughout its history, the Slabodka Yeshiva regularly and actively helped smaller, start-up yeshivot by sending groups of students there. Shlomo Katz Silver Spring, Maryland
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Re: Yeshiva in Montreux
#rabbinic
Shlomo Katz <SKatz@...>
On 2006.05.07, Todd Brody <tbrody10@yahoo.com> wrote:
[...] If anyone has any information about the yeshiva inThroughout its history, the Slabodka Yeshiva regularly and actively helped smaller, start-up yeshivot by sending groups of students there. Shlomo Katz Silver Spring, Maryland
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Take a Look at Friday's Conference Schedule!
#france
Rosanne Leeson <rdleeson@...>
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to
your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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Re: The Name "Laca"
#galicia
Prof. G. L. Esterson <jerry@...>
Mike Sturm posted to the mailing list as follows:
"There is a given name that runs in my family, "Laca". This Polish spelling, it's pronounced "Lat-ze" in Yiddish. I haven't been able to find any information on it in the SIG archives. Is anyone familiar with the name and what it might be in either Yiddish or Hebrew? I can offer one clue: The "PASECH TZVE YUDIN" vowel, which in standard YIVO Yiddish is pronounced "AY" (Rhymes with "High"). In the Galicianer Yiddish my family spoke, this vowel is pronounced "AH" like "Car". Thus Latze might be be pronounced "LIGHT-tze" elsewhere. In looking up similiar Yiddish words in the dictionary, I come up with a word, LEIT-ZE-LIK (LAAT-ZE-LIK in Galicianer), meaning amiable, gracious, benign. This might be TOVA (Taube) or possibly CHANA (a variant of "Grace") in Hebrew - BUT THIS IS PURELY A WILD GUESS. I'd appreciate any information on "Laca"." The name "Laca" is a Galician secular way of transliterating the Yiddish name for a female "Laytse or Leytse" into Galician so that the "new secular" name sounds like the original Yiddish name. These Yiddish names were Yiddish kinuim (aliases) for the Hebrew name Leya (Genesis 29:16). Thus, if a woman had the two names Leya and Laytse, her legal Jewish name was Leya Laytse, and this name must be written in Jewish contracts (such as a Get -- divorce contract) as follows: Leya haMechuna Laytse (in Hebrew characters). the technical Hebrew word haMechuna means "who is called or known as". In Galicia, several different variants of the name Laca can be found, and these are shown on the JewishGen Given Names Data Base for Galicia, by visiting the web site: < http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/ > and searching the Galicia data base for the names "Leytse" or "Laytsha" or "Leya" (without the quotation marks). Thus, knowing that Laytsha was a kinui for the Hebrew name Leya, one should realize that when searching archival documents for this ancestor, one should watch for the name Leya as well as for the Yiddish name which is linked to it. Shabbat shalom Professor G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel
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French SIG #France Take a Look at Friday's Conference Schedule!
#france
Rosanne Leeson <rdleeson@...>
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to
your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: The Name "Laca"
#galicia
Prof. G. L. Esterson <jerry@...>
Mike Sturm posted to the mailing list as follows:
"There is a given name that runs in my family, "Laca". This Polish spelling, it's pronounced "Lat-ze" in Yiddish. I haven't been able to find any information on it in the SIG archives. Is anyone familiar with the name and what it might be in either Yiddish or Hebrew? I can offer one clue: The "PASECH TZVE YUDIN" vowel, which in standard YIVO Yiddish is pronounced "AY" (Rhymes with "High"). In the Galicianer Yiddish my family spoke, this vowel is pronounced "AH" like "Car". Thus Latze might be be pronounced "LIGHT-tze" elsewhere. In looking up similiar Yiddish words in the dictionary, I come up with a word, LEIT-ZE-LIK (LAAT-ZE-LIK in Galicianer), meaning amiable, gracious, benign. This might be TOVA (Taube) or possibly CHANA (a variant of "Grace") in Hebrew - BUT THIS IS PURELY A WILD GUESS. I'd appreciate any information on "Laca"." The name "Laca" is a Galician secular way of transliterating the Yiddish name for a female "Laytse or Leytse" into Galician so that the "new secular" name sounds like the original Yiddish name. These Yiddish names were Yiddish kinuim (aliases) for the Hebrew name Leya (Genesis 29:16). Thus, if a woman had the two names Leya and Laytse, her legal Jewish name was Leya Laytse, and this name must be written in Jewish contracts (such as a Get -- divorce contract) as follows: Leya haMechuna Laytse (in Hebrew characters). the technical Hebrew word haMechuna means "who is called or known as". In Galicia, several different variants of the name Laca can be found, and these are shown on the JewishGen Given Names Data Base for Galicia, by visiting the web site: < http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/ > and searching the Galicia data base for the names "Leytse" or "Laytsha" or "Leya" (without the quotation marks). Thus, knowing that Laytsha was a kinui for the Hebrew name Leya, one should realize that when searching archival documents for this ancestor, one should watch for the name Leya as well as for the Yiddish name which is linked to it. Shabbat shalom Professor G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel
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Take a Look at Friday's Conference Schedule!
#yizkorbooks
Paula Zieselman <pzieselman@...>
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to
your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks Take a Look at Friday's Conference Schedule!
#yizkorbooks
Paula Zieselman <pzieselman@...>
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to
your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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Take a Look at Friday's Conference Schedule!
#scandinavia
Paula Zieselman <pzieselman@...>
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to
your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia Take a Look at Friday's Conference Schedule!
#scandinavia
Paula Zieselman <pzieselman@...>
Before you book that return plane ticket, or plan to hop on the train to
your summer home or to take off for the beach, please look at the Conference's Friday morning schedule. We have some very exciting talks and events planned that morning that you won't want to miss. We have been blessed with over 260 presentations. Rather than keeping everyone awake until midnight every night to attend them, we opted to schedule a full morning of sessions on Friday, Aug. 18, >from 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you're interested in Jews >from Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Transcarpathia, Scotland -- or New York... If you'd like to gain exposure on the Internet, unearth deep dark secrets about the criminals in your family's past, or find other "Jews in the news"... If you need advice on getting organized, publishing your research, or conserving your photos and documents... If you're searching for living relatives or trying to learn more about Shoah victims or survivors... If you hope to understand your "chochka" (or how a word comes to be spelled that way)... If you want to hear the story of a genealogist who became "suddenly Jewish"... ...Friday has something for you. I suggest that you read about Friday's sessions on the Conference web site www.jgsny2006.org/conference_program.cfm One of these programs requires some preparation. For "The Jewish Chochka and Ephemera Road Show" (Session 408), Rafi Guber requests that registrants bring family items, documents, photos, and ephemera to the conference. He and a panel will help determine when and >from where the items originated and any other secrets they may reveal about your family. Please remember to bring along items for this exciting session. Stay through the 18th and leave on a chai! EARLY REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 15, 2006 !!! Roni Seibel Liebowitz IAJGS 2006 Conference Registration Chair and Exhibit Coordinator www.jgsny2006.org registration@jgsny2006.org Roni@jgsny2006.org
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