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Koller in Zawiercie Ghetto
#poland
Ruth Wilnai <ruth@...>
Dear Genners!
About a month ago I got an email >from the historian Dr. Christian Schölzel who is helping the Koller Family from Germany to research a story on a family member whowas in Zawiercie Ghetto. This member of the Koller family was a handcraft-painter and was managing the production of packaging material for shoe-polish. He was the subject of discussion concerning his behavior with fellow employees. If you have any information about this guy please let me know.ruth@wilnai.com Thanks, Ruthie Wilnai
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JRI Poland #Poland Koller in Zawiercie Ghetto
#poland
Ruth Wilnai <ruth@...>
Dear Genners!
About a month ago I got an email >from the historian Dr. Christian Schölzel who is helping the Koller Family from Germany to research a story on a family member whowas in Zawiercie Ghetto. This member of the Koller family was a handcraft-painter and was managing the production of packaging material for shoe-polish. He was the subject of discussion concerning his behavior with fellow employees. If you have any information about this guy please let me know.ruth@wilnai.com Thanks, Ruthie Wilnai
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Bejzman
#ukraine
mark
Dear genners. I am still searching without any progress Wajsenberg >from
Zelechow, Warsaw, Shevelev- Belorussia, Brandwajn >from Ostrog, Zdolbunov. Bejzman >from Novograd Volyskiy-Zvill. Any idea please. Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@bezeqint.net
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Bejzman
#ukraine
mark
Dear genners. I am still searching without any progress Wajsenberg >from
Zelechow, Warsaw, Shevelev- Belorussia, Brandwajn >from Ostrog, Zdolbunov. Bejzman >from Novograd Volyskiy-Zvill. Any idea please. Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@bezeqint.net
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Viewmate translation from Polish required
#belarus
I am looking for some assistance in translating the marriage document
listed in the two Viewmate files below. The document was A3 in size and hence I've done it in two A4 scans as I don't have an A3 scanner. The document relates, I believe, to my husband's ggrandfather's sister and I would appreciate as much information as possible. If you aren't able to read the first one clearly I may be able to send you directly a better scan. I also realise there is some Hebrew writing at the bottom right hand corner of the 2nd page. I will scan this separately at a later date and post a message on this list regarding translation. Any assistance gratefully appreciated. http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=11347 http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=11348 Please reply privately. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Viewmate translation from Polish required
#belarus
I am looking for some assistance in translating the marriage document
listed in the two Viewmate files below. The document was A3 in size and hence I've done it in two A4 scans as I don't have an A3 scanner. The document relates, I believe, to my husband's ggrandfather's sister and I would appreciate as much information as possible. If you aren't able to read the first one clearly I may be able to send you directly a better scan. I also realise there is some Hebrew writing at the bottom right hand corner of the 2nd page. I will scan this separately at a later date and post a message on this list regarding translation. Any assistance gratefully appreciated. http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=11347 http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=11348 Please reply privately. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia
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Meeting in Copenhagen 26. February 2008
#scandinavia
Elsebeth Paikin
Dear Scandinavia-genners,
The following announcement of the meeting will be in Danish/Swedish, because the presentation will be in Swedish and therefore not of interest for those who do not understand Swedish/Danish: Tirsdag den 26. feb. 2008 kl. 19:30 Gunnar Ståhl, Stockholm, vil fortælle om "Judisk bosättning i Sverige 1774-1838 - "Judereglementets tid" *************************************************************** Øget frihed for at drive næring og forretninger, behov for investeringer samt oplysningstan-kerne i slutningen af 1700-tallet - det er nogle af de grunde der førte til at jødisk bosættelse i Sverige blev tilladt. Indtil da var det i Sverige bestemt ved lov, at svenske borgere skulle tilhøre den evangelisk-lutherske kirke. Aron Isaac fra Brandenburg blev af svenske officerer i Pommern opfordret til at flyttet til Sverige. Han rejste fra Stralsund og kom senere til Stockholm. Ifølge Aron Isaacs beretnin-ger gav Gustaf III i 1774 tilladelse til at han måtte bosætte sig i Stockholm. Snart kunne Aron Isaac udvide sin virksomhed og hente sin familie til Sverige. Flere jøder fulgte efter hovedsageligt fra nordtyskland. I 1838 boede der ca. 1000 jøder i Sverige. I sin afhandling til "fil.cand." eksamen ved Stockholms Universitet undersøger Gunnar Ståhl jødernes mu-ligheder og begrænsninger for at arbejde i Sverige. Tidligere litteratur og forskning har påvist de mange vanskeligheder, Gunnar Ståhl har un-dersøgt og sammenlignet vilkårene for jøder med regler og forordninger som gjaldt for svenske borgere, og kommer til det interessante resultat, at reglerne var meget ens og at den svenske stat ønskede indvandring af jøder, der kunne bidrage til udvikling af industriel virksomhed og som kunne opbygge kapital og forretninger på et højere niveau. Jødiske forretningsfolk fik bedre forhold en svenske! Men også andre virksomheder fik mere fordel-agtige vilkår. Dette førte til kritik og klager. For jødiske håndværkere var forudsætningerne ikke helt så gode. Og en jøde, som ikke kunne forsørge sig selv uden at tigge eller ved ulovligheder var ikke velkommen i Sverige. Lokale myndigheder og de jødiske forsamlinger samarbejdede om at holde jøder, som ikke opfyldte kravene i "Judereglementet" og svensk lov, ude. "Judereglementet" var inspireret af tilsvarende regler i Danmark og Hamburg. Fra 1810 fik fremgangsrige jødiske forretningsfolk statsborgerskab med ret til fortsat at være medlem af en jødisk menighed. Forskellige regler for jøder med eller uden statsbor-gerskab og svenskere fungerede ikke i længden, derfor ophævedes "Judereglementet" i 1838 - et vigtigt skridt for emancipation af jøder i Sverige med ret til egen religion. Gunnar Ståhl er født 1942 og er nu pensioneret. Efter sin pensionering læste han til "fil.cand." i historie (idéhistorie og nordiske sprog) ved Stockholms Universitet og læser videre til en højere eksamen. I foreningen "G-gruppen" leder Gunnar Ståhl projektet med kortlægning af rejsende over Østersøen (Øresund), hvilket foreløbig har resulteret i en CD med en database over rejsende Ystad-Pommern i perioden 1830-1860, som nok kan have interesse for jødiske slægtsforskere i Skandinavien. Forskningen i "judisk bosättning" var et arbejde i forbindelse med "kandidatuppsatsen" og som medførte digitalfotografering af en betydelig del af materialet i det Svenske Rigsarkiv. Fotografierne vil blive gjort tilgængelige gennem "G-gruppen". Mødested: Danasvej 30 B, Frederiksberg, foredragssalen Deltagergebyr: Medlemmer 20 kr. - Gæster 40 kr. Tilmelding: jgsdenmark@gmail.com eller tlf. 39 27 24 33 Best regards Elsebeth Paikin, President Jewish Genealogical Society of Denmark: http://www.jewishgen.org/jgs-denmark/ & SIG Coordinator and webmaster: JewishGen's Scandinavia SIG http://www.jewishgen.org/scandinavia/ mailto:elsebeth@paikin.dk
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia Meeting in Copenhagen 26. February 2008
#scandinavia
Elsebeth Paikin
Dear Scandinavia-genners,
The following announcement of the meeting will be in Danish/Swedish, because the presentation will be in Swedish and therefore not of interest for those who do not understand Swedish/Danish: Tirsdag den 26. feb. 2008 kl. 19:30 Gunnar Ståhl, Stockholm, vil fortælle om "Judisk bosättning i Sverige 1774-1838 - "Judereglementets tid" *************************************************************** Øget frihed for at drive næring og forretninger, behov for investeringer samt oplysningstan-kerne i slutningen af 1700-tallet - det er nogle af de grunde der førte til at jødisk bosættelse i Sverige blev tilladt. Indtil da var det i Sverige bestemt ved lov, at svenske borgere skulle tilhøre den evangelisk-lutherske kirke. Aron Isaac fra Brandenburg blev af svenske officerer i Pommern opfordret til at flyttet til Sverige. Han rejste fra Stralsund og kom senere til Stockholm. Ifølge Aron Isaacs beretnin-ger gav Gustaf III i 1774 tilladelse til at han måtte bosætte sig i Stockholm. Snart kunne Aron Isaac udvide sin virksomhed og hente sin familie til Sverige. Flere jøder fulgte efter hovedsageligt fra nordtyskland. I 1838 boede der ca. 1000 jøder i Sverige. I sin afhandling til "fil.cand." eksamen ved Stockholms Universitet undersøger Gunnar Ståhl jødernes mu-ligheder og begrænsninger for at arbejde i Sverige. Tidligere litteratur og forskning har påvist de mange vanskeligheder, Gunnar Ståhl har un-dersøgt og sammenlignet vilkårene for jøder med regler og forordninger som gjaldt for svenske borgere, og kommer til det interessante resultat, at reglerne var meget ens og at den svenske stat ønskede indvandring af jøder, der kunne bidrage til udvikling af industriel virksomhed og som kunne opbygge kapital og forretninger på et højere niveau. Jødiske forretningsfolk fik bedre forhold en svenske! Men også andre virksomheder fik mere fordel-agtige vilkår. Dette førte til kritik og klager. For jødiske håndværkere var forudsætningerne ikke helt så gode. Og en jøde, som ikke kunne forsørge sig selv uden at tigge eller ved ulovligheder var ikke velkommen i Sverige. Lokale myndigheder og de jødiske forsamlinger samarbejdede om at holde jøder, som ikke opfyldte kravene i "Judereglementet" og svensk lov, ude. "Judereglementet" var inspireret af tilsvarende regler i Danmark og Hamburg. Fra 1810 fik fremgangsrige jødiske forretningsfolk statsborgerskab med ret til fortsat at være medlem af en jødisk menighed. Forskellige regler for jøder med eller uden statsbor-gerskab og svenskere fungerede ikke i længden, derfor ophævedes "Judereglementet" i 1838 - et vigtigt skridt for emancipation af jøder i Sverige med ret til egen religion. Gunnar Ståhl er født 1942 og er nu pensioneret. Efter sin pensionering læste han til "fil.cand." i historie (idéhistorie og nordiske sprog) ved Stockholms Universitet og læser videre til en højere eksamen. I foreningen "G-gruppen" leder Gunnar Ståhl projektet med kortlægning af rejsende over Østersøen (Øresund), hvilket foreløbig har resulteret i en CD med en database over rejsende Ystad-Pommern i perioden 1830-1860, som nok kan have interesse for jødiske slægtsforskere i Skandinavien. Forskningen i "judisk bosättning" var et arbejde i forbindelse med "kandidatuppsatsen" og som medførte digitalfotografering af en betydelig del af materialet i det Svenske Rigsarkiv. Fotografierne vil blive gjort tilgængelige gennem "G-gruppen". Mødested: Danasvej 30 B, Frederiksberg, foredragssalen Deltagergebyr: Medlemmer 20 kr. - Gæster 40 kr. Tilmelding: jgsdenmark@gmail.com eller tlf. 39 27 24 33 Best regards Elsebeth Paikin, President Jewish Genealogical Society of Denmark: http://www.jewishgen.org/jgs-denmark/ & SIG Coordinator and webmaster: JewishGen's Scandinavia SIG http://www.jewishgen.org/scandinavia/ mailto:elsebeth@paikin.dk
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Re: Mormons Lviv microfilms
#galicia
Mark Halpern <willie46@...>
Yes, the LDS microfilms of the Jewish holdings of the Ukraine State
Historical Archive in Lviv is reported to include the following Brody vital records: Births: 1815-71 Marriages: 1815-26, 1829-61 Deaths: 1815-71 A number of fellow Galician researchers have rented other films >from this "Lviv" collection and have found that the inventories available from the LDS are incorrect. The most glaring example of this hasbeen reported in this forum. Mark Jacobson recently reported that films #2405338 and #2405339 were identified by LDS to include Sambor birth and death records, when the films actually include Drohobycz birth and death records. Therefore, Gesher Galicia and JRI-Poland are working together to develop an accurate inventory of the LDS Lviv Jewish collection as an aid to Galician researchers. If you have rented one of these microfilms or plan to rent one, you can help our efforts by agreeing to inventory the contents of the film. This inventory will provide a list of the contents of the film by town, by type of record (birth, marriage, death), and by year. Please contact me at mark@halpern.com if you are willing to help. As for Brody, the above records are contained in films #2405310 through #2405315. Volunteers are needed to create inventories for these films. A summary by town of the LDS inventory (not corrected) can be found at www.jri-poland.org/agad/lviv.htm. Mark Halpern JRI-Poland Eastern Galicia Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
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a giant digital family tree
#galicia
Murray Sperber
An interesting article in the Jerusalem Post about a project of the
Famillion company which is trying to build a giant digital family tree that will eventually link every Jew, their non-Jewish relatives and - if things go as planned - all of humanity. They have two sites, one in English, the other in Hebrew. The English one is a beta site and the short time I was on it I had some problems. However, it may well be worth visiting. <http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1203605157651> Murray Sperber eyedoc11@verizon.net MODERATOR'S NOTE: The English-language version of the site is at jworld.famillion.com/. The Hebrew version is at jworld.famillion.co.il/.
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Mormons Lviv microfilms
#galicia
Mark Halpern <willie46@...>
Yes, the LDS microfilms of the Jewish holdings of the Ukraine State
Historical Archive in Lviv is reported to include the following Brody vital records: Births: 1815-71 Marriages: 1815-26, 1829-61 Deaths: 1815-71 A number of fellow Galician researchers have rented other films >from this "Lviv" collection and have found that the inventories available from the LDS are incorrect. The most glaring example of this hasbeen reported in this forum. Mark Jacobson recently reported that films #2405338 and #2405339 were identified by LDS to include Sambor birth and death records, when the films actually include Drohobycz birth and death records. Therefore, Gesher Galicia and JRI-Poland are working together to develop an accurate inventory of the LDS Lviv Jewish collection as an aid to Galician researchers. If you have rented one of these microfilms or plan to rent one, you can help our efforts by agreeing to inventory the contents of the film. This inventory will provide a list of the contents of the film by town, by type of record (birth, marriage, death), and by year. Please contact me at mark@halpern.com if you are willing to help. As for Brody, the above records are contained in films #2405310 through #2405315. Volunteers are needed to create inventories for these films. A summary by town of the LDS inventory (not corrected) can be found at www.jri-poland.org/agad/lviv.htm. Mark Halpern JRI-Poland Eastern Galicia Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia a giant digital family tree
#galicia
Murray Sperber
An interesting article in the Jerusalem Post about a project of the
Famillion company which is trying to build a giant digital family tree that will eventually link every Jew, their non-Jewish relatives and - if things go as planned - all of humanity. They have two sites, one in English, the other in Hebrew. The English one is a beta site and the short time I was on it I had some problems. However, it may well be worth visiting. <http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1203605157651> Murray Sperber eyedoc11@verizon.net MODERATOR'S NOTE: The English-language version of the site is at jworld.famillion.com/. The Hebrew version is at jworld.famillion.co.il/.
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Re: Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
#galicia
Jean Bisseliches <jean@...>
Concerning the Mormons microfilms in Brody, I am presently in the
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process of searching for all possible information on the BISSELICHES family. I already went through 3 of the 7 announced related micofilms. An informal inventory of their content is available on request. Although I found out some 58 entries concerning my family, I am not sure how to interpret some columns of information. I was also surprised by the abnormally small number of weddings reported. Help would be welcome, as well as exchanges with other people interested in this family. Jean Bisseliches (Jerusalem) Judy Floam <gfloam@netrax.net> wrote:
Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
#galicia
Jean Bisseliches <jean@...>
Concerning the Mormons microfilms in Brody, I am presently in the
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process of searching for all possible information on the BISSELICHES family. I already went through 3 of the 7 announced related micofilms. An informal inventory of their content is available on request. Although I found out some 58 entries concerning my family, I am not sure how to interpret some columns of information. I was also surprised by the abnormally small number of weddings reported. Help would be welcome, as well as exchanges with other people interested in this family. Jean Bisseliches (Jerusalem) Judy Floam <gfloam@netrax.net> wrote:
Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
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Re: Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
#galicia
Israel P
Yes. About ten reels of them. I am hoping that somewhere there
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someone will show up with the given name Isak-Fischel (or some variation). Israel Pickholtz
Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
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Re: Mormons Lviv microfilms
#galicia
Gary Mokotoff: <mokotoff@...>
Check with Beth Hatefutsoth in Tel Aviv. It is my understanding
that many years ago the Mormon Church gave them copies of many of the Jewish microfilms of Eastern Europe. Gary Mokotoff
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
#galicia
Israel P
Yes. About ten reels of them. I am hoping that somewhere there
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someone will show up with the given name Isak-Fischel (or some variation). Israel Pickholtz
Would the Lviv archives have the records for Brody?
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia RE: Mormons Lviv microfilms
#galicia
Gary Mokotoff: <mokotoff@...>
Check with Beth Hatefutsoth in Tel Aviv. It is my understanding
that many years ago the Mormon Church gave them copies of many of the Jewish microfilms of Eastern Europe. Gary Mokotoff
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The offspring of BRUELL
#austria-czech
Steckelmacher Claude <claude.steckelmacher@...>
Dear Siggers,
I am trying to find the offspring of some BRUELL (U with Umlaut) : Rosalie (Saly) STECKELMACHER (b. 08.03.1854) married Bedrich (Friedrich) BRUELL (b. 18.06.1855) They had 3 children 1. Daniel BRUELL (b.12.08.1886) who married Hedvika KLEIN (b. 13.04.1888). They had a child Felix BRUELL (b. 05.07.1924) 2. Dita (Marianna) BRUELL (b. 30.12.1892) 3. Bruno BRUELL (03.05.1890 - 30.03.1914) who married on 20.04.1921 Anna RYB (b.08.07.1893) and divorced on 21.10.1930 They were born and living in the area of Boskovice / Brno. Daniel BRUELL's family was living during the year 1947 in Brussels (Belgium) and later, their son Felix lived in Hamburg. Could someone help me ? Thank you beforehand. STECKELMACHER, Claude Strombeek-Bever (Belgium)
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech The offspring of BRUELL
#austria-czech
Steckelmacher Claude <claude.steckelmacher@...>
Dear Siggers,
I am trying to find the offspring of some BRUELL (U with Umlaut) : Rosalie (Saly) STECKELMACHER (b. 08.03.1854) married Bedrich (Friedrich) BRUELL (b. 18.06.1855) They had 3 children 1. Daniel BRUELL (b.12.08.1886) who married Hedvika KLEIN (b. 13.04.1888). They had a child Felix BRUELL (b. 05.07.1924) 2. Dita (Marianna) BRUELL (b. 30.12.1892) 3. Bruno BRUELL (03.05.1890 - 30.03.1914) who married on 20.04.1921 Anna RYB (b.08.07.1893) and divorced on 21.10.1930 They were born and living in the area of Boskovice / Brno. Daniel BRUELL's family was living during the year 1947 in Brussels (Belgium) and later, their son Felix lived in Hamburg. Could someone help me ? Thank you beforehand. STECKELMACHER, Claude Strombeek-Bever (Belgium)
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