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Re: Online phone book for Herzlia, Israel - research Pollak
#general
Beverly Shulster <gettingbttr@...>
Stan Goodman wrote:
Ooops! I meant Firefox of course. IME Hebrew sites don't seem to workMay I add that the last time I used it, it was possible only through IENot being a Windows user, IE, with its vulnerabilities, is unavailable to as well with Firefox as with IE and oft times not at all. Beverly Shulster Yehud, Israel MODERATOR NOTE: Further discussion of Internet browsers should take place privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Online phone book for Herzlia, Israel - research Pollak
#general
Beverly Shulster <gettingbttr@...>
Stan Goodman wrote:
Ooops! I meant Firefox of course. IME Hebrew sites don't seem to workMay I add that the last time I used it, it was possible only through IENot being a Windows user, IE, with its vulnerabilities, is unavailable to as well with Firefox as with IE and oft times not at all. Beverly Shulster Yehud, Israel MODERATOR NOTE: Further discussion of Internet browsers should take place privately.
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Auslander Family
#austria-czech
Henry <henry@...>
Hi All,
I came across an Auslander Family that is connected to my Benovics family. I have a list of names who came into the USA in 1945. They are Jozef, Ruzena, Ales, Teodor, Kornelia. If anyone has any info on them please e-mail me. Thank You Henry Schwartz Reaserching: SCHWARTZ-Nyiregyhaza[Hu]-Sarospatak[Hu] | MARKOVICS-Csabanyivka[Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Bacsava, Batchive, Chabanivka, Csabanyivka) - Kljacsanovo[Ukr](Klacsano, Klacana, Klitshanif) | BECKERMAN-Lublin[Po] | FRUCHTER-Borsa-Bukavina[Ro] | STEINBRECHER-Edeleny[Hu] | IZSAK-Bacsava [Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Chabanivka, Batchive, Csabanyivka) | POLACK-<Near Satmer> |
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Auslander Family
#austria-czech
Henry <henry@...>
Hi All,
I came across an Auslander Family that is connected to my Benovics family. I have a list of names who came into the USA in 1945. They are Jozef, Ruzena, Ales, Teodor, Kornelia. If anyone has any info on them please e-mail me. Thank You Henry Schwartz Reaserching: SCHWARTZ-Nyiregyhaza[Hu]-Sarospatak[Hu] | MARKOVICS-Csabanyivka[Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Bacsava, Batchive, Chabanivka, Csabanyivka) - Kljacsanovo[Ukr](Klacsano, Klacana, Klitshanif) | BECKERMAN-Lublin[Po] | FRUCHTER-Borsa-Bukavina[Ro] | STEINBRECHER-Edeleny[Hu] | IZSAK-Bacsava [Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Chabanivka, Batchive, Csabanyivka) | POLACK-<Near Satmer> |
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Need Help With some Translations
#austria-czech
Henry <henry@...>
Hi all,
I have posted a few postcards on my site http://www.glitterygifts.com/translationhome.html. Some of which were written in Hungarian, and some in Yiddish. Could someone please give me a translation on them. Thank You Henry Schwartz Reaserching: SCHWARTZ-Nyiregyhaza[Hu]-Sarospatak[Hu] | MARKOVICS-Csabanyivka[Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Bacsava, Batchive, Chabanivka, Csabanyivka) - Kljacsanovo[Ukr](Klacsano, Klacana, Klitshanif) | BECKERMAN-Lublin[Po] | FRUCHTER-Borsa-Bukavina[Ro] | STEINBRECHER-Edeleny[Hu] | IZSAK-Bacsava [Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Chabanivka, Batchive, Csabanyivka) | POLACK-<Near Satmer> | MARMORSTIEN- Cluj-Napoca[Ro](Klausenburg) | GLUCK-Kemecse[Hu]-Bokony[Hu]-Papa[Hu] | MODERATOR NOTE: Surname lists in the signature file can be up to six lines long. Please send translations privately.
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Need Help With some Translations
#austria-czech
Henry <henry@...>
Hi all,
I have posted a few postcards on my site http://www.glitterygifts.com/translationhome.html. Some of which were written in Hungarian, and some in Yiddish. Could someone please give me a translation on them. Thank You Henry Schwartz Reaserching: SCHWARTZ-Nyiregyhaza[Hu]-Sarospatak[Hu] | MARKOVICS-Csabanyivka[Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Bacsava, Batchive, Chabanivka, Csabanyivka) - Kljacsanovo[Ukr](Klacsano, Klacana, Klitshanif) | BECKERMAN-Lublin[Po] | FRUCHTER-Borsa-Bukavina[Ro] | STEINBRECHER-Edeleny[Hu] | IZSAK-Bacsava [Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Chabanivka, Batchive, Csabanyivka) | POLACK-<Near Satmer> | MARMORSTIEN- Cluj-Napoca[Ro](Klausenburg) | GLUCK-Kemecse[Hu]-Bokony[Hu]-Papa[Hu] | MODERATOR NOTE: Surname lists in the signature file can be up to six lines long. Please send translations privately.
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Request for tombstone translation (ViewMate VM6190)
#austria-czech
Michael Gordy
Now on Viewmate as file VM6190 is the tombstone of Georg REISS
of Straznice (near Hodonin). Can someone perhaps translate for me? In particular: (1) How would Georg's Hebrew name be written/pronounced in English? (2) Would his father most likely have been Simon or Samuel in German? (3) Any indication of cause of death? Georg and two of his brothers all died young within a couple of months in 1899. Direct link is: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6190 Thanks! Michael Gordy Takoma Park, Maryland, USA FELBER, REISS and GLUECK in Straznice
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Request for tombstone translation (ViewMate VM6190)
#austria-czech
Michael Gordy
Now on Viewmate as file VM6190 is the tombstone of Georg REISS
of Straznice (near Hodonin). Can someone perhaps translate for me? In particular: (1) How would Georg's Hebrew name be written/pronounced in English? (2) Would his father most likely have been Simon or Samuel in German? (3) Any indication of cause of death? Georg and two of his brothers all died young within a couple of months in 1899. Direct link is: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6190 Thanks! Michael Gordy Takoma Park, Maryland, USA FELBER, REISS and GLUECK in Straznice
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Request for tombstone translation (ViewMate VM6188/9)
#austria-czech
Michael Gordy
Now on Viewmate as file VM6188 and VM6189 are photos of the
upper and lower halves of a tombstone in Straznice (near Hodonin). Can someone kindly translate for me? Direct links: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6188 http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6189 If these are difficult to read, I have four other views taken at different angles and with different lighting. Please contact me directly for those. Thanks! Michael Gordy Takoma Park, Maryland, USA FELBER, REISS and GLUECK in Straznice
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Request for tombstone translation (ViewMate VM6188/9)
#austria-czech
Michael Gordy
Now on Viewmate as file VM6188 and VM6189 are photos of the
upper and lower halves of a tombstone in Straznice (near Hodonin). Can someone kindly translate for me? Direct links: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6188 http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6189 If these are difficult to read, I have four other views taken at different angles and with different lighting. Please contact me directly for those. Thanks! Michael Gordy Takoma Park, Maryland, USA FELBER, REISS and GLUECK in Straznice
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Danzig end of 18th C?
#poland
Elsebeth Paikin
Does anyone know whether there are any possibility of finding the parents
of a Joseph Hirsch born about 1785 in Danzig (or Danzig area)? He moved to Denmark before 1815 and died 1861. Any help or ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, 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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JRI Poland #Poland Danzig end of 18th C?
#poland
Elsebeth Paikin
Does anyone know whether there are any possibility of finding the parents
of a Joseph Hirsch born about 1785 in Danzig (or Danzig area)? He moved to Denmark before 1815 and died 1861. Any help or ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, 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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Need Help With some Translations
#general
Henry <henry@...>
Hi all,
I have posted a few postcards on my site http://www.glitterygifts.com/translationhome.html. Some of which were written in Hungarian, and some in Yiddish. Could someone please give me a translation on them. Thank You Henry Schwartz Reaserching: SCHWARTZ-Nyiregyhaza[Hu]-Sarospatak[Hu] | MARKOVICS- Csabanyivka[Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Bacsava, Batchive, Chabanivka, Csabanyivka) - Kljacsanovo[Ukr](Klacsano, Klacana, Klitshanif) | BECKERMAN-Lublin[Po] | FRUCHTER-Borsa-Bukavina[Ro] | STEINBRECHER-Edeleny[Hu] | IZSAK-Bacsava [Ukr] (Bacso, Bacovo, Chabanivka, Batchive, Csabanyivka) | POLACK-<Near Satmer> | MARMORSTIEN- Cluj-Napoca[Ro](Klausenburg) | GLUCK-Kemecse[Hu]-Bokony[Hu]-Papa[Hu] MODERATOR NOTE: Surname lists in the signature file can be up to six lines long. Please send translations privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Need Help With some Translations
#general
Henry <henry@...>
Hi all,
I have posted a few postcards on my site http://www.glitterygifts.com/translationhome.html. Some of which were written in Hungarian, and some in Yiddish. Could someone please give me a translation on them. Thank You Henry Schwartz Reaserching: SCHWARTZ-Nyiregyhaza[Hu]-Sarospatak[Hu] | MARKOVICS- Csabanyivka[Ukr](Bacso, Bacovo, Bacsava, Batchive, Chabanivka, Csabanyivka) - Kljacsanovo[Ukr](Klacsano, Klacana, Klitshanif) | BECKERMAN-Lublin[Po] | FRUCHTER-Borsa-Bukavina[Ro] | STEINBRECHER-Edeleny[Hu] | IZSAK-Bacsava [Ukr] (Bacso, Bacovo, Chabanivka, Batchive, Csabanyivka) | POLACK-<Near Satmer> | MARMORSTIEN- Cluj-Napoca[Ro](Klausenburg) | GLUCK-Kemecse[Hu]-Bokony[Hu]-Papa[Hu] MODERATOR NOTE: Surname lists in the signature file can be up to six lines long. Please send translations privately.
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Re: Were they from Poland or Russia?
#general
Yisrael Asper
When borders changed sometimes ethnicities changed with them. For instance
I was told that Rav Meir Arak and so naturally my mother's mother's sister Hinda (Renke) Arak were Eastern Galitzianers (Ukrainian Galitzianers) I amusingly can claim myself then in a larger sense as partially Romanian since I learned that it is true but only because borders switched and in this case so did ethnic identities but in some instances like in the Lublin area peoples ethnic identities stuck with Polish. People move and ethnic identities don't always switch. Yisrael Asper Pittsburgh PA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Were they from Poland or Russia?
#general
Yisrael Asper
When borders changed sometimes ethnicities changed with them. For instance
I was told that Rav Meir Arak and so naturally my mother's mother's sister Hinda (Renke) Arak were Eastern Galitzianers (Ukrainian Galitzianers) I amusingly can claim myself then in a larger sense as partially Romanian since I learned that it is true but only because borders switched and in this case so did ethnic identities but in some instances like in the Lublin area peoples ethnic identities stuck with Polish. People move and ethnic identities don't always switch. Yisrael Asper Pittsburgh PA
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Druzhkopol,Pinsk Reg
#general
Gary Gershfield <gmgkpc@...>
My paternal ancestors emigrated >from the town of Druzhkopol,which was in the
Volhynia gubernia of present day Ukraine. I noticed,however,on the Ellis Island database,that there are passengers whose town was listed as Druzhkopol,Pinsk Reg.While I am aware that Druzhkopol shifted borders,and at one time,as part of Poland,I am puzzled as to how it got listed with Pinsk. Your comments and guidance would be most appreciated. Sincerely, Gary Gershfield New York City gmgkpc@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Druzhkopol,Pinsk Reg
#general
Gary Gershfield <gmgkpc@...>
My paternal ancestors emigrated >from the town of Druzhkopol,which was in the
Volhynia gubernia of present day Ukraine. I noticed,however,on the Ellis Island database,that there are passengers whose town was listed as Druzhkopol,Pinsk Reg.While I am aware that Druzhkopol shifted borders,and at one time,as part of Poland,I am puzzled as to how it got listed with Pinsk. Your comments and guidance would be most appreciated. Sincerely, Gary Gershfield New York City gmgkpc@aol.com
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IGS Tel-Aviv Branch: How a Good Genealogy Program Helps You in Your Research - Monday, June 6, 2005
#general
Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
Michael Goldstein, veteran genealogist and IGS member will explain to us how
a good Genealogy Program can be a help with your research by letting you see your information >from different perspectives, be selectively used to examine questions that you are looking to answer and getting responses family members who have information. He does not recommend one program but will be sharing his experience of how he has been helped. The meeting will take place on Monday June 6, 2005 at Beit Hatanach, 16 Rothschild Blvd. Tel-Aviv, at 19:00. The meeting will be in Hebrew. 20 shekel entrance fee for non-members. You are cordially invited to use our library which is open >from 18:00-19:00, and consult other members about your genealogy quests. Volunteers are needed to help translate the 1922-3 census of Tel Aviv from Hebrew to English. If you are interested in volunteering please contact rosef@post.tau.ac.il Our effort of help to all those >from abroad looking for submitters from Israel of Pages of Testimonies at Yad Vashem is a very exciting project. We have received many emotional letters telling us of families (usually second and third cousins) we have succeeded in reuniting. We update our list continually. Please help us help others. Those lines that are white are the lines that may you can help us with. http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/Research/VY-search-Israel.pdf If you are a member of IGS and have written a book dealing with genealogy or have a homepage, please let us know so we can add you to our website. http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/BIB/BksMembers.html http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/INF/MemberPg.html For further information you can contact: Rose Feldman at: rosef@post.tau.ac.il or at: 03- 641 3856 in the evenings. The Israel Genealogy Society igs@isragen.org.il www.isragen.org.il P.O.Box 4270 Jerusalem 91041 Chana Furman ehfurman@netvision.net.il Phone: (972) (8) 688 0884 * * Upcoming meetings * * * July 11, 2005: IGS Tel-Aviv Branch & SIG Sepharadim - "Behmoiras: A Jewish Family Name That Will Soon Disappear" August, 2005: No Meeting Sept. 12, 2005: IGS Tel-Aviv Branch & SIG Germany & Eretz Israel - " The Missing Identity of Hildegard Dondorf" Oct. 10, 2005: IGS Tel-Aviv Branch & SIG Eretz Israel - "There are no stories of places -- There are stories of people"
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen IGS Tel-Aviv Branch: How a Good Genealogy Program Helps You in Your Research - Monday, June 6, 2005
#general
Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
Michael Goldstein, veteran genealogist and IGS member will explain to us how
a good Genealogy Program can be a help with your research by letting you see your information >from different perspectives, be selectively used to examine questions that you are looking to answer and getting responses family members who have information. He does not recommend one program but will be sharing his experience of how he has been helped. The meeting will take place on Monday June 6, 2005 at Beit Hatanach, 16 Rothschild Blvd. Tel-Aviv, at 19:00. The meeting will be in Hebrew. 20 shekel entrance fee for non-members. You are cordially invited to use our library which is open >from 18:00-19:00, and consult other members about your genealogy quests. Volunteers are needed to help translate the 1922-3 census of Tel Aviv from Hebrew to English. If you are interested in volunteering please contact rosef@post.tau.ac.il Our effort of help to all those >from abroad looking for submitters from Israel of Pages of Testimonies at Yad Vashem is a very exciting project. We have received many emotional letters telling us of families (usually second and third cousins) we have succeeded in reuniting. We update our list continually. Please help us help others. Those lines that are white are the lines that may you can help us with. http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/Research/VY-search-Israel.pdf If you are a member of IGS and have written a book dealing with genealogy or have a homepage, please let us know so we can add you to our website. http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/BIB/BksMembers.html http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/INF/MemberPg.html For further information you can contact: Rose Feldman at: rosef@post.tau.ac.il or at: 03- 641 3856 in the evenings. The Israel Genealogy Society igs@isragen.org.il www.isragen.org.il P.O.Box 4270 Jerusalem 91041 Chana Furman ehfurman@netvision.net.il Phone: (972) (8) 688 0884 * * Upcoming meetings * * * July 11, 2005: IGS Tel-Aviv Branch & SIG Sepharadim - "Behmoiras: A Jewish Family Name That Will Soon Disappear" August, 2005: No Meeting Sept. 12, 2005: IGS Tel-Aviv Branch & SIG Germany & Eretz Israel - " The Missing Identity of Hildegard Dondorf" Oct. 10, 2005: IGS Tel-Aviv Branch & SIG Eretz Israel - "There are no stories of places -- There are stories of people"
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