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Need 1926 Philadelphia marriage record
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Dear JGenners,
Would someone be able to help me get a copy of the 1926 marriage record of Mania SILBERKASTEN with Matthew COMINS, in Philadelphia? There are very few SILBERKASTENs around the world (rare name) and this one is new to me, I found her on Familysearch.org. If this helps, they indicated the License number for this record: 532383 Thanks a lot. H. Daniel Wagner (Prof.) Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Need 1926 Philadelphia marriage record
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Dear JGenners,
Would someone be able to help me get a copy of the 1926 marriage record of Mania SILBERKASTEN with Matthew COMINS, in Philadelphia? There are very few SILBERKASTENs around the world (rare name) and this one is new to me, I found her on Familysearch.org. If this helps, they indicated the License number for this record: 532383 Thanks a lot. H. Daniel Wagner (Prof.) Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Questions about 1940 Census Record
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Todd Edelman <edelman@...>
Hi,
I have some questions about a 1940 Census form that a cousin of mine - also with paternal origins in Hanusovce nad Toplou, SK (Hanusfalu) - appears on. I accept that mistakes were and are made on Census forms and intentional obfuscation or deception happens as well, but this might just be a case of confusing or non-standard recording of the data. The cousin's family uses the name "SIESHOLTZ" as one of the many variations of "SZUSZHOLCZ" as it usually appeared in Hungarian on earlier family records. The cousin, Selma, first appears - as far as I found so far via Ancestry and others - at age 11 in the 1930 Census living with both her parents and her uncle and aunt at the top of this record http://bit.ly/1oZ468G (real url: http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4660895_00445) [MODERATOR: The ancestry.com record requires an ancestry.com registration in order to be viewed.] (The Family Search index listing indicates incorrectly that her parents are Martin and Anna; they are actually Morris and Rose - just match the birth countries of Selma's parents.) By 1940, when she is 21, her birth parents are listed as living alone, line 48, http://bit.ly/1swkW1Q (real url https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27903-3430-68) and Selma is listed here on line 10: http://bit.ly/1lQsXqN (real url https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27903-3536-65?cc=2000219). In the latter form Selma is listed as living on "Willoughby" - the same as her birth parents in 1940 - the number of the household is also "131", same as her parents. There is also a note which seems to be an abbreviation of "continued" in the "value of home" column which seems to have been added after the form was filled out. Another child, Arnold Paul, listed directly above her, also seems to be a continuation >from the form where Selma's parents appear, at the same address, 57 Willoughby. Is this just a typical if not exactly clear - e.g. in 1940 Selma is also in a different Ward then her parents though the addresses match up - way of adding supplemental information? Could she have some connection to the listed John family? (The Ancestry index also makes a mistake by listing Selma as being a daughter of John.) Thoughts? Thanks! Todd Edelman near Los Angeles edelman@greenidea.eu
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Questions about 1940 Census Record
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Todd Edelman <edelman@...>
Hi,
I have some questions about a 1940 Census form that a cousin of mine - also with paternal origins in Hanusovce nad Toplou, SK (Hanusfalu) - appears on. I accept that mistakes were and are made on Census forms and intentional obfuscation or deception happens as well, but this might just be a case of confusing or non-standard recording of the data. The cousin's family uses the name "SIESHOLTZ" as one of the many variations of "SZUSZHOLCZ" as it usually appeared in Hungarian on earlier family records. The cousin, Selma, first appears - as far as I found so far via Ancestry and others - at age 11 in the 1930 Census living with both her parents and her uncle and aunt at the top of this record http://bit.ly/1oZ468G (real url: http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4660895_00445) [MODERATOR: The ancestry.com record requires an ancestry.com registration in order to be viewed.] (The Family Search index listing indicates incorrectly that her parents are Martin and Anna; they are actually Morris and Rose - just match the birth countries of Selma's parents.) By 1940, when she is 21, her birth parents are listed as living alone, line 48, http://bit.ly/1swkW1Q (real url https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27903-3430-68) and Selma is listed here on line 10: http://bit.ly/1lQsXqN (real url https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27903-3536-65?cc=2000219). In the latter form Selma is listed as living on "Willoughby" - the same as her birth parents in 1940 - the number of the household is also "131", same as her parents. There is also a note which seems to be an abbreviation of "continued" in the "value of home" column which seems to have been added after the form was filled out. Another child, Arnold Paul, listed directly above her, also seems to be a continuation >from the form where Selma's parents appear, at the same address, 57 Willoughby. Is this just a typical if not exactly clear - e.g. in 1940 Selma is also in a different Ward then her parents though the addresses match up - way of adding supplemental information? Could she have some connection to the listed John family? (The Ancestry index also makes a mistake by listing Selma as being a daughter of John.) Thoughts? Thanks! Todd Edelman near Los Angeles edelman@greenidea.eu
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which Mogilev do I want?
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June Genis
Recently I posted a request on the Belarus SIG asking for information
on my Okun family which was identified on the 1920 census as being from "Mogilov". At that time I was assuming the family was fromBelarus. Since then a number of things have pointed to Ukraine. For instance the first two of Simon and Rebecca (Ettingaer) Okun's children were born in Poltava in the the early 1900's before they emigrated. Its possible Poltava was where Rebecca was >from but I haven't been able to find anything else to connect her, or her mother Annie Ettingaer) there as I don't have an international membership right now. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can determine which Mogilev I should be focusing on? I plan to get in international membership as soon as I have enough idea to pursue with it. June Genis (currently in) Aguanga, CA MODERATOR'S NOTE: To our knowledge, there are no Mogilev Podilsky records online. See the Mogilev Town Page at http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=265 for more information. Not sure what you mean by an international membership, but it does not apply to JewishGen. All of our records are available to anyone.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine which Mogilev do I want?
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June Genis
Recently I posted a request on the Belarus SIG asking for information
on my Okun family which was identified on the 1920 census as being from "Mogilov". At that time I was assuming the family was fromBelarus. Since then a number of things have pointed to Ukraine. For instance the first two of Simon and Rebecca (Ettingaer) Okun's children were born in Poltava in the the early 1900's before they emigrated. Its possible Poltava was where Rebecca was >from but I haven't been able to find anything else to connect her, or her mother Annie Ettingaer) there as I don't have an international membership right now. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can determine which Mogilev I should be focusing on? I plan to get in international membership as soon as I have enough idea to pursue with it. June Genis (currently in) Aguanga, CA MODERATOR'S NOTE: To our knowledge, there are no Mogilev Podilsky records online. See the Mogilev Town Page at http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=265 for more information. Not sure what you mean by an international membership, but it does not apply to JewishGen. All of our records are available to anyone.
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Dabrowa Tarnowska Records
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Rusty Wilson
I saw in a recent post that Moishe Miller is researching the KORN
family >from Dabrowa Tarnowska. My NAGOSHINER and GOLDSTEIN families lived in Dabrowa Tarnowska. We visited there in 2003 and while there, we took photos of birth records in several local archives. The records are in books, with several records to a page. As a result, the photos contain multiple individuals. I just looked and the first photo contains a record for Hirz CELNIK, son of Alter CELNIK and Sxeindel (?) KORN. There are 37 photos, each containing multiple individuals (as well as some photos of the synagogue, cemetery, etc.). The records date from about the 1880's, and are in Polish, but with Google translate, you should be able to puzzle out most of the key information. I thought it might be helpful to post the link to the album for others researching families >from that area. Following is a link to the photos. If you have any problem accessing them or have questions about the formats, please feel free to contact me directly. https://plus.google.com/photos/113966821172642309537/albums/5306184932224117537 [http://tinyurl.com/p8oyhbk - MODERATOR] Rusty Wilson Rusty.Wilson1@gmail.com
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Roziver = Rozhev ??
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Steven D. Bloom <sbloom@...>
I sent a private reply to Fred, but I thought others might like to
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know that I think this is likely to be Rozhev, a small town near Sitniaki, and roughly speaking, between Kiev and Zhitomir, and also near the town of Radomszyl. In Yiddish, a person >from Rozhev would be called a "rozhever", so I think this might have led to confusion with the town name (a mistake that I have seen a few times before). Steve Bloom Central Virginia
I am helping my wife locate her grandmother's town near Kiev. Her
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Dabrowa Tarnowska Records
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Rusty Wilson
I saw in a recent post that Moishe Miller is researching the KORN
family >from Dabrowa Tarnowska. My NAGOSHINER and GOLDSTEIN families lived in Dabrowa Tarnowska. We visited there in 2003 and while there, we took photos of birth records in several local archives. The records are in books, with several records to a page. As a result, the photos contain multiple individuals. I just looked and the first photo contains a record for Hirz CELNIK, son of Alter CELNIK and Sxeindel (?) KORN. There are 37 photos, each containing multiple individuals (as well as some photos of the synagogue, cemetery, etc.). The records date from about the 1880's, and are in Polish, but with Google translate, you should be able to puzzle out most of the key information. I thought it might be helpful to post the link to the album for others researching families >from that area. Following is a link to the photos. If you have any problem accessing them or have questions about the formats, please feel free to contact me directly. https://plus.google.com/photos/113966821172642309537/albums/5306184932224117537 [http://tinyurl.com/p8oyhbk - MODERATOR] Rusty Wilson Rusty.Wilson1@gmail.com
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Roziver = Rozhev ??
#ukraine
Steven D. Bloom <sbloom@...>
I sent a private reply to Fred, but I thought others might like to
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know that I think this is likely to be Rozhev, a small town near Sitniaki, and roughly speaking, between Kiev and Zhitomir, and also near the town of Radomszyl. In Yiddish, a person >from Rozhev would be called a "rozhever", so I think this might have led to confusion with the town name (a mistake that I have seen a few times before). Steve Bloom Central Virginia
I am helping my wife locate her grandmother's town near Kiev. Her
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SCHECHTER - Kupichev
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Bennie Penzik <benzipen@...>
I am looking to connect with my maternal great-great grandmother's
family. The family name is SCHECHTER. Other related branches of this family were >from Kupichev, so I am assuming that any towns not too distant >from Kupichev/Kovel might be a possible match. I have photos of a Jacob Schechter, circa 1917; Eva Schechter, circa 1917; Esther Schechter, circa 1917, and Dora Schehter, Eva's sister. I also have another unidentified photo of a Shechter male that was taken in Brooklyn, NY. If your tree has any of these names, I would be very interested in hearing >from you. Posted on behalf of - Barbara KOHLER USA Regards Bennie Penzik Ramat Hasharon ISRAEL 47205
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine SCHECHTER - Kupichev
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Bennie Penzik <benzipen@...>
I am looking to connect with my maternal great-great grandmother's
family. The family name is SCHECHTER. Other related branches of this family were >from Kupichev, so I am assuming that any towns not too distant >from Kupichev/Kovel might be a possible match. I have photos of a Jacob Schechter, circa 1917; Eva Schechter, circa 1917; Esther Schechter, circa 1917, and Dora Schehter, Eva's sister. I also have another unidentified photo of a Shechter male that was taken in Brooklyn, NY. If your tree has any of these names, I would be very interested in hearing >from you. Posted on behalf of - Barbara KOHLER USA Regards Bennie Penzik Ramat Hasharon ISRAEL 47205
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JGSLA: IAJGS Conference Highlights & SIG Roundtables - Sunday, August 17
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Pamela Weisberger
Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles at our next program:
Sunday, August 17 1:30PM Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue 15739 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436 IAJGS 2014 Conference Highlights + SIG Roundtables + Ask the Experts + IAJGS 2015 Conference Preview We'll offer a short summaries on the best talks of the IAJGS Salt Lake City conference and updates on regional special interest group activities, followed by an hour for you to visit SIG round tables representing Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Latvia, Galicia, Bessarabia, Romania, Germany, Austria and Lithuania. We'll end the day with an "Ask the Experts" session, along with a short preview of the Jerusalem July 2015 IAJGS Conference. JGSLA members free, guests $5.00. The JGSLA traveling library will be available starting at 1:00PM. Pamela Weisberger Program Chair, JGSLA pweisberger@gmail.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGSLA: IAJGS Conference Highlights & SIG Roundtables - Sunday, August 17
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Pamela Weisberger
Join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles at our next program:
Sunday, August 17 1:30PM Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue 15739 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436 IAJGS 2014 Conference Highlights + SIG Roundtables + Ask the Experts + IAJGS 2015 Conference Preview We'll offer a short summaries on the best talks of the IAJGS Salt Lake City conference and updates on regional special interest group activities, followed by an hour for you to visit SIG round tables representing Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Latvia, Galicia, Bessarabia, Romania, Germany, Austria and Lithuania. We'll end the day with an "Ask the Experts" session, along with a short preview of the Jerusalem July 2015 IAJGS Conference. JGSLA members free, guests $5.00. The JGSLA traveling library will be available starting at 1:00PM. Pamela Weisberger Program Chair, JGSLA pweisberger@gmail.com
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Re: Distance between Kamenets Litovsk and Zhabinka
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tom
The jewishgen communities database,
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<http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/search.asp>, will calculate the distance for you. If you're looking for the distance >from a major city, you can select it in the 3rd panel ("show the distance and direction from"), and then all the hits will be shown with their distance >from that city. (if you don't specify a city, it defaults to the capital of each country.) But if you want the distance >from a smaller town that's not listed, all you have to do is look it up, note its latitude and longitude (e.g. kamenets-litovsk is 52° 24 n, 23° 49 e), and enter that directly in the "show distance" panel when looking for the second one. tom klein, toronto ps. It calculated zhabinka to kamenets-litovsk as 16 miles.
JoanGR@aol.com wrote:
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Re: Distance between Kamenets Litovsk and Zhabinka
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Phyllis Kramer
Joan asked:
I would like to know the distance in miles or kilometers between Kamenets-Litovsk and Zhabinka, in Belarus. My searches on line have proved frustrating. Well, JewishGen can help heal your frustrations, Joan....our community pages query answers these questions easily. I went to the community pages query at http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/search.asp and put in kamyanyets and got this town: Kamyanyets, Belarus,52°24' N 23°49' E Then i returned to the query, put in zhabinka and asked for the distance >from 5224/2349 and got this: Zhabinka, Belarus 52°12' N 24°01' E 16 mi SSE of 52°24' N 23°49' E Isnt jewishgen wonderful ! - Phyllis Kramer, VP, Education, www.JewishGen.org/education NYC & Palm Beach Gardens, Fla
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Distance between Kamenets Litovsk and Zhabinka
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tom
The jewishgen communities database,
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<http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/search.asp>, will calculate the distance for you. If you're looking for the distance >from a major city, you can select it in the 3rd panel ("show the distance and direction from"), and then all the hits will be shown with their distance >from that city. (if you don't specify a city, it defaults to the capital of each country.) But if you want the distance >from a smaller town that's not listed, all you have to do is look it up, note its latitude and longitude (e.g. kamenets-litovsk is 52° 24 n, 23° 49 e), and enter that directly in the "show distance" panel when looking for the second one. tom klein, toronto ps. It calculated zhabinka to kamenets-litovsk as 16 miles.
JoanGR@aol.com wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: Distance between Kamenets Litovsk and Zhabinka
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Phyllis Kramer
Joan asked:
I would like to know the distance in miles or kilometers between Kamenets-Litovsk and Zhabinka, in Belarus. My searches on line have proved frustrating. Well, JewishGen can help heal your frustrations, Joan....our community pages query answers these questions easily. I went to the community pages query at http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/search.asp and put in kamyanyets and got this town: Kamyanyets, Belarus,52°24' N 23°49' E Then i returned to the query, put in zhabinka and asked for the distance >from 5224/2349 and got this: Zhabinka, Belarus 52°12' N 24°01' E 16 mi SSE of 52°24' N 23°49' E Isnt jewishgen wonderful ! - Phyllis Kramer, VP, Education, www.JewishGen.org/education NYC & Palm Beach Gardens, Fla
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Re: Viewmate: car in Vienna
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Robert Fraser
Many thanks to all those who responded.
The consensus of opinion is that the car is a mid-1920's Renault NN Torpedo. Robert Fraser Perth, Western Australia Snip....... I've posted a photo to ViewMate of my Mother 'driving' a car outside the family apartment in Vienna in 1934. Snip.......
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Viewmate: car in Vienna
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Robert Fraser
Many thanks to all those who responded.
The consensus of opinion is that the car is a mid-1920's Renault NN Torpedo. Robert Fraser Perth, Western Australia Snip....... I've posted a photo to ViewMate of my Mother 'driving' a car outside the family apartment in Vienna in 1934. Snip.......
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