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PELSOZ
#hungary
re_koffler@...
Hello,
Does anybody have any information about a possible Kehila or Jewish life in Pelsoz which was at the end of the 19th. century in Hungary? Many thanks for your important help. Reuven Koffler
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Hungary SIG #Hungary PELSOZ
#hungary
re_koffler@...
Hello,
Does anybody have any information about a possible Kehila or Jewish life in Pelsoz which was at the end of the 19th. century in Hungary? Many thanks for your important help. Reuven Koffler
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rlipitz@...
In July 1903, according to copy of Ellis Island ship manifest, my 18 year old Grandmother (Fanny Shore) along with her father and younger sister, left Jaffa, Palestine via ship our of La Havre, France. What I am researching is to find any travel papers they might have needed for this journey. Some information I have is that she was born in either Jaffa or Libau, Latvia. According to research done with Israel, these documents, if available, might be in Ottoman Turkish. Any help along these lines would be most appreciated. Sincerely, Roberta
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Re: 23andMe Blog Gives Information on BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene and Lack of Family History of Cancer
#dna
Odeda Zlotnick
The first link - " Do You Speak BRCA" doesn't work. If you copy the text from Jan's letter, (or from the blog) you get switched to a promo page for buying a kit.
You can to get to the "do youi speak" page by clicking on the link at the end of the blog post:  . An altenative is to make sure you type (or copy paste) the following: 23andme.com/brca/ Just that. No https or www before it this text. Odeda Zotnick
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Albán
#galicia
Hi Mi name is Juan Fernández ,my family ALbán, is from Sephardic Jews, who left Galicia for Ecuador, 400 years ago, does anyone know the origin of the surname Albán and its Genealogy in SPAIN?
Thank you Juan Fernández jugafer@...
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Brest-Litovsk Yizkor Book Now Indexed and Available on Line
#yizkorbooks
Joel Alpert
We are pleased to announce the addition of Indexes to one more of our
publications: Brest-Litovsk - Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Belarus) - Volume II Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot This is the 70th of the total of 84 titles we have published. Additionally we have placed on the web links to printable files for those who have already purchased this title. A new edition of the book with the index included is now available >from Amazon with the index added at the end of the book. Please find these words in the announcement of the book on the YBIP page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html "Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book." You can then print the index pages and insert into the back of your book. New orders for our books will have these pages already included. The remaining books without indices will have them included in the near future. The indexing work was carried out by a team of 20 volunteers led by Susan Rosin. Even if you have not purchased the Yizkor Book of your ancestral shtetl, look over the index to see if any of your family names appear. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks Brest-Litovsk Yizkor Book Now Indexed and Available on Line
#yizkorbooks
Joel Alpert
We are pleased to announce the addition of Indexes to one more of our
publications: Brest-Litovsk - Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Belarus) - Volume II Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot This is the 70th of the total of 84 titles we have published. Additionally we have placed on the web links to printable files for those who have already purchased this title. A new edition of the book with the index included is now available >from Amazon with the index added at the end of the book. Please find these words in the announcement of the book on the YBIP page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html "Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book." You can then print the index pages and insert into the back of your book. New orders for our books will have these pages already included. The remaining books without indices will have them included in the near future. The indexing work was carried out by a team of 20 volunteers led by Susan Rosin. Even if you have not purchased the Yizkor Book of your ancestral shtetl, look over the index to see if any of your family names appear. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project
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Research
Olivier Neuman
Hi
I have two questions. My Maternal grandparents were married both a First Time with other People before the war. They had both kids. Two sons for my grandfather and two girls for My grandmother. I have the Name of My grandmother’s first husband but Nothing for My grandfather’s first family except a photo of his first wedding (the bride and him on thé photo). Is it possible to find something about all those first families who died during the Shoah (husband, wife, Kids) knowing that the different acts of wedding are certainly less than 100 years. If someone could help me to find all those persons, please Thank you The names I know: - my grandmother Sack (König) Esther Chuve (Elsa) born in Schodnica, Poland (Ukraine) in 1905 married First Time with apparently Kleinberg Oskar - my grandfather Ernst Jozef Friedman born in Horodichsche, Poland (Ukraine) sept 15, 1904. Don’t know his first wife’s Name. Envoyé de mon iPhone. Olivier
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(Ukraine) Chernivtsi City of Architectural gems
#ukraine
Jan Meisels Allen
The Associated Press has an article on Chernivtsi, in the heart of Bukovina. Bukovina spans both the Ukraine and Romania. Its Jewish population was exterminated for all intents and purposes during World War ll, but there are remnants.
The article talks of the story’s author visit to Cernivitsi. The article includes several photos including several from the Jewish cemetery.
To read the article and see the photos go to: https://tinyurl.com/yy8hy4dp Original url: https://www.apnews.com/bf3dcfa6ddf14b6caebcf45d58710df6
Thank you to randy Herschaft, Associate Press for sharing the article with us.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Fate/Source of BMD Records for Tysmenitsa
#galicia
Yaron Wolfsthal
Dear Group,
Tysmenitsa is a small town, just near Stanislawow (less than 15 kilometers apart). I know of no vital record books for this town (where, I know, there were roots of my family). In consulting with colleagues, I learned that those records are considered lost, possibly during the 1939 town capture by the Red Army. But, thinking about it, I started thinking that the B/M/D events of Tysmenitsa may have been recorded in Stanislawow. And if that was the case, perhaps the Stanislawow books would be the place to look for Tysmenitsa B/M/D events. Insights appreciated on this theory. Yaron Wolfsthal Israel yaron.wolfsthal@gmail.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Fate/Source of BMD Records for Tysmenitsa
#galicia
Yaron Wolfsthal
Dear Group,
Tysmenitsa is a small town, just near Stanislawow (less than 15 kilometers apart). I know of no vital record books for this town (where, I know, there were roots of my family). In consulting with colleagues, I learned that those records are considered lost, possibly during the 1939 town capture by the Red Army. But, thinking about it, I started thinking that the B/M/D events of Tysmenitsa may have been recorded in Stanislawow. And if that was the case, perhaps the Stanislawow books would be the place to look for Tysmenitsa B/M/D events. Insights appreciated on this theory. Yaron Wolfsthal Israel yaron.wolfsthal@gmail.com
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Address Books for Stanislawow
#galicia
Yaron Wolfsthal
Dear Group,
I am looking for address books ("ksiega adresowa") for Stanislawow, both pre-WW1 and interwar. The one book I found is 1935-1936. Other than that, the Stanislawow books seem far harder to find than those of other towns (eg Lwow, Krakow). Here and there, I managed to find single page(s) >from some books, but no more. Any advice about the availability and whereabouts of these books (in digital form) will be highly appreciated. Thank you. Yaron Wolfsthal Israel Yaron.Wolfsthal@gmail.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Address Books for Stanislawow
#galicia
Yaron Wolfsthal
Dear Group,
I am looking for address books ("ksiega adresowa") for Stanislawow, both pre-WW1 and interwar. The one book I found is 1935-1936. Other than that, the Stanislawow books seem far harder to find than those of other towns (eg Lwow, Krakow). Here and there, I managed to find single page(s) >from some books, but no more. Any advice about the availability and whereabouts of these books (in digital form) will be highly appreciated. Thank you. Yaron Wolfsthal Israel Yaron.Wolfsthal@gmail.com
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Freya Blitstein Maslov z'l
#ukraine
It is with a sense of deep sadness I report the death of Freya Blitstein Maslov, long time coordinator of Ukraine SIG and a moderator of this Discussion Group right up to her death. She died Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. Freya was a Past President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois and a board member of IAJGS for several years. She was one of the original organizers of the Ukraine Special Interest Group in 1995, and became coordinator of the SIG. As her health declined, she gave up most of her other duties, but continued on as a moderator.
She will be laid to rest at 1:30, Friday afternoon, October 11, at Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, IL An online obituary will be posted in the Chicago Sun-Times when all of the arrangements are complete. Her family has requested donations be made in her memory to Hadassah Chicago, North Shore. May her memory be for a blessing. Chuck Weinstein Towns Director, Ukraine SIG Chuck1@outlook.com
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Freya Blitstein Maslov z'l
#ukraine
It is with a sense of deep sadness I report the death of Freya Blitstein Maslov, long time coordinator of Ukraine SIG and a moderator of this Discussion Group right up to her death. She died Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. Freya was a Past President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois and a board member of IAJGS for several years. She was one of the original organizers of the Ukraine Special Interest Group in 1995, and became coordinator of the SIG. As her health declined, she gave up most of her other duties, but continued on as a moderator.
She will be laid to rest at 1:30, Friday afternoon, October 11, at Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, IL An online obituary will be posted in the Chicago Sun-Times when all of the arrangements are complete. Her family has requested donations be made in her memory to Hadassah Chicago, North Shore. May her memory be for a blessing. Chuck Weinstein Towns Director, Ukraine SIG Chuck1@outlook.com
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Re: Czernowitz records
#romania
Zev Cohen
Hi Edgar,
Good to hear >from you. My mother's surname was Wariten or it may have been spelled Veretena in Czernowitz. I found a man by the name of Mehel Veretena in the 1936 commercial directory that you posted long ago. The names seem very untypical of Jews at that time and I have not found anything similar anywhere (except the record of my mother and sister's stay at Landsberg am Lech DP camp after the war. Warmest regards, Zev On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 3:52 AM Edgar Hauster <bconcept@hotmail.com> wrote: confession ended in Romania in 1929, however all metrical books until WW2 = and even later are available with the Czernowitz Regional Archives: entory.html digest <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Monday, October 7, 2019 08:04t http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Support.htm~~~ "Has JewishGen helped you connect with your family? We want to hear
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Craiova Jewish Cemetery Register
#romania
Sam Wolff
After a significant delay, I report that the Craiova Jewish Cemetery
registry will be submitted to JOWBR within a month or so. It consists of 2449 names. Photographs will be added at a later stage. I do have some questions, however, based on what is written in the registry. Can anybody tell me what E.B. signifies? Under personal names, why is it that often there is a female name AND a male name (like Aron Mathilda, for example). Maybe the first name represents the deceased and the second the spouse's name? Also related to personal name, what is the significance of the letter that often precedes the name, like B. Reina, I. Sura, A. Iacob, M. Debora, E. Rebeca, D. Avram? Feel free to respond off-list. With thanks and best wishes for the New Year. G'mar hatima tova! Sam Wolff Jerusalem
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Romania SIG #Romania Re: Czernowitz records
#romania
Zev Cohen
Hi Edgar,
Good to hear >from you. My mother's surname was Wariten or it may have been spelled Veretena in Czernowitz. I found a man by the name of Mehel Veretena in the 1936 commercial directory that you posted long ago. The names seem very untypical of Jews at that time and I have not found anything similar anywhere (except the record of my mother and sister's stay at Landsberg am Lech DP camp after the war. Warmest regards, Zev On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 3:52 AM Edgar Hauster <bconcept@hotmail.com> wrote: confession ended in Romania in 1929, however all metrical books until WW2 = and even later are available with the Czernowitz Regional Archives: entory.html digest <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Monday, October 7, 2019 08:04t http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Support.htm~~~ "Has JewishGen helped you connect with your family? We want to hear
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Romania SIG #Romania Craiova Jewish Cemetery Register
#romania
Sam Wolff
After a significant delay, I report that the Craiova Jewish Cemetery
registry will be submitted to JOWBR within a month or so. It consists of 2449 names. Photographs will be added at a later stage. I do have some questions, however, based on what is written in the registry. Can anybody tell me what E.B. signifies? Under personal names, why is it that often there is a female name AND a male name (like Aron Mathilda, for example). Maybe the first name represents the deceased and the second the spouse's name? Also related to personal name, what is the significance of the letter that often precedes the name, like B. Reina, I. Sura, A. Iacob, M. Debora, E. Rebeca, D. Avram? Feel free to respond off-list. With thanks and best wishes for the New Year. G'mar hatima tova! Sam Wolff Jerusalem
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Re: Czernowitz records
#romania
Edgar Hauster <bconcept@...>
Hi Zev,
What was your late mother's surname? Keeping of metrical books divided by confession ended in Romania in 1929, however all metrical books until WW2 and even later are available with the Czernowitz Regional Archives: http://czernowitzbook.blogspot.com/2015/03/chernivtsi-oblast-archives-inventory.html Best wishes! Edgar Hauster Rheinberg/Germany ROM-SIG Digest for Sunday, October 06, 2019. 1. Czernowitz records ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Czernowitz records From: Zev Cohen <cohen.zev@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2019 09:01:56 -0600 X-Message-Number: 1 Shana Tova! I have been looking at the Metrical Books of the Czernowitz Jewish community through the Family Search site. My late mother Rosa was born in Czernowitz on December 31, 1920, but there is no record of the birth on the relevant pages of birth records. Could anyone with experience of these records advise me why this might be? I am certain about the date. Could it be that some families did not record births for some reason? Are there other sources for births in Czernowitz during those years? I'm also looking for marriage and birth records in Czernowitz in the 1930s. Many thanks. Zev Cohen --- END OF DIGEST
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