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Re: Kaplan family
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Judy Simon
If Jean has a brother who can have his Y-DNA tested, she would be
able to see if he matches my Kaplan line. My maternal grandmother's father was a Kaplan >from Rezekne, Latvia. Their name was originally Kapelushnik, changed to Kaplan i n the early 1900's. Please e-mail me privately if Jean is interested in using DNA to trace her paternal grandfather's line. Judy Simon Stony Brook, NY researching: KAPELUSHNIK, KAPLAN, BROZGOL, MIRANSK, RAPOPORT, BAILENSON (BALENOV), SKUTELSKI >from Rezekne, Latvia; LEFKOWITZ, KELMER, MEZELSOR, OLSTEIN, CHOINA, AKERMAN, PLANCZNER >from the Lodz area, Poland. I have been asked by a relative in the USA if I can help her find the family
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: Kaplan family
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Judy Simon
If Jean has a brother who can have his Y-DNA tested, she would be
able to see if he matches my Kaplan line. My maternal grandmother's father was a Kaplan >from Rezekne, Latvia. Their name was originally Kapelushnik, changed to Kaplan i n the early 1900's. Please e-mail me privately if Jean is interested in using DNA to trace her paternal grandfather's line. Judy Simon Stony Brook, NY researching: KAPELUSHNIK, KAPLAN, BROZGOL, MIRANSK, RAPOPORT, BAILENSON (BALENOV), SKUTELSKI >from Rezekne, Latvia; LEFKOWITZ, KELMER, MEZELSOR, OLSTEIN, CHOINA, AKERMAN, PLANCZNER >from the Lodz area, Poland. I have been asked by a relative in the USA if I can help her find the family
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Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
Chase Community Giving is donating $5 million to worthy non-profit organizations and they have invited anyone with a Facebook account to vote and determine where the money is sent. The organization with the most votes at the end of the program will receive $1 million, the top five runners-up will each receive $100,000, and the top one hundred finalists will receive $25,000 each. The first round of voting (which will determine the top one hundred finalists) ends at midnight on December 11th. This is an incredible opportunity for you to help JewishGen receive urgently needed funds to support our important cause. Please follow the link below and vote for JewishGen right now: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/127270 Once you have voted, please forward this message to anyone whom you feel would be interested in voting for our worthy organization. Thank you, Avraham Groll Administrator of JewishGen Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust 36 Battery Place New York, NY 10280 T 646.437.4326 F 646.437.4328 www.mjhnyc.org agroll@mjhnyc.org
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Steven Lasky <steve725@...>
Hello all,
The Museum of Family History would like to announce the presence on its site of an important report and a table of pogroms committed between 1903 and 1906. First, you will be able to read the introduction and commentary to all of this as published by the American Jewish Committee in their American Jewish Year Book, Volume 8 (1906-1907). Secondly, you will be able to peruse a table of more than two hundred and fifty towns and cities in Europe where pogroms occurred. Within this table is a listing of the damage caused in these locations (when available), as well as some general remarks made about each pogrom. You will also find for each pogrom event listed, the date of occurrence, the name of the town or city, the gubernia, the overall population of the location and the Jewish population, though numbers are not given for every town or city. There is also a supplemental table of pogroms in other locations in November 1905 not included in this larger table. To make your town search easier, there is also included a table that lists alphabetically all the locations with a reference made with each to the entry number in the large table. There is also a table that lists the gubernias in which pogroms occurred, and their overall and Jewish populations. Most interestingly, though thoroughly depressing, is the Report of the Duma Commission of the Bialystok Massacre that occurred in June 1906. A goodly report is presented to you here as it reviews in detail many incidents that occurred during the pogrom, especially to the Jewish population. Those of you who might have had families that lived in Bialystok may wish to read the report thoroughly to see if any family names are mentioned. For those of you who have an interest in a particular town, this report and its included tables are for you. Lastly, the debates that occurred in the Duma as the report was being presented is interesting to read too. You can also read of the resolutions proposed and passed within the U. S. Congress >from 1905-1906. It should be mentioned that all this is being presented to you at the Museum courtesy of the American Jewish Committee Archives. All of the aforementioned information can be found at www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/ajc-yb-v08-pogroms.htm . Regards, Steve Lasky steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com blog: http://museumoffamilyhistory.blogspot.com
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Groll, Avraham
Dear Friends,
Chase Community Giving is donating $5 million to worthy non-profit organizations and they have invited anyone with a Facebook account to vote and determine where the money is sent. The organization with the most votes at the end of the program will receive $1 million, the top five runners-up will each receive $100,000, and the top one hundred finalists will receive $25,000 each. The first round of voting (which will determine the top one hundred finalists) ends at midnight on December 11th. This is an incredible opportunity for you to help JewishGen receive urgently needed funds to support our important cause. Please follow the link below and vote for JewishGen right now: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/127270 Once you have voted, please forward this message to anyone whom you feel would be interested in voting for our worthy organization. Thank you, Avraham Groll Administrator of JewishGen Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust 36 Battery Place New York, NY 10280 T 646.437.4326 F 646.437.4328 www.mjhnyc.org agroll@mjhnyc.org
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Steven Lasky <steve725@...>
Hello all,
The Museum of Family History would like to announce the presence on its site of an important report and a table of pogroms committed between 1903 and 1906. First, you will be able to read the introduction and commentary to all of this as published by the American Jewish Committee in their American Jewish Year Book, Volume 8 (1906-1907). Secondly, you will be able to peruse a table of more than two hundred and fifty towns and cities in Europe where pogroms occurred. Within this table is a listing of the damage caused in these locations (when available), as well as some general remarks made about each pogrom. You will also find for each pogrom event listed, the date of occurrence, the name of the town or city, the gubernia, the overall population of the location and the Jewish population, though numbers are not given for every town or city. There is also a supplemental table of pogroms in other locations in November 1905 not included in this larger table. To make your town search easier, there is also included a table that lists alphabetically all the locations with a reference made with each to the entry number in the large table. There is also a table that lists the gubernias in which pogroms occurred, and their overall and Jewish populations. Most interestingly, though thoroughly depressing, is the Report of the Duma Commission of the Bialystok Massacre that occurred in June 1906. A goodly report is presented to you here as it reviews in detail many incidents that occurred during the pogrom, especially to the Jewish population. Those of you who might have had families that lived in Bialystok may wish to read the report thoroughly to see if any family names are mentioned. For those of you who have an interest in a particular town, this report and its included tables are for you. Lastly, the debates that occurred in the Duma as the report was being presented is interesting to read too. You can also read of the resolutions proposed and passed within the U. S. Congress >from 1905-1906. It should be mentioned that all this is being presented to you at the Museum courtesy of the American Jewish Committee Archives. All of the aforementioned information can be found at www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/ajc-yb-v08-pogroms.htm . Regards, Steve Lasky steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com blog: http://museumoffamilyhistory.blogspot.com
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
Whilst 2009 is winding down, we certainly aren't and during this November we saw a hubbub of activity in the JewishGen Project. We saw the addition of some brand new projects and the first sparks of projects that are on their way. As always, the figures speak out for themselves: During this last month we have added these 4 new projects: Bielsko Biala, Poland Cluj-Napoca, Romania Ratno, Ukraine* (the "kickoff" of a very new Translations Project) Tasnad, Romania Added 4 new entries: Anyksciai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita) Hajdusamson, Hungary (Pinkas Hungary) Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary (Pinkas Hungary) Narayev, Ukraine (Berezhany Yizkor Book) And finally, we have updated 19 existing projects: Bedzin, Poland Berezhany, Ukraine (revival of a long dormant project) Brzeziny, Poland Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa) Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland Dembitz, Poland (Polish pages) Dusetos, Lithuania Goniadz, Poland Kaluszyn, Poland Katowice, Poland Kutno, Poland Lithuania (Lite) Lubartow, Poland (addition of necrology) Nowy Sacz, Poland (Sandzer Memorial Journal) Ruzhany, Belarus Ryki, Poland (Polish pages) Svencionys, Lithuania Tighina (Bendery), Moldova Zelechow, Poland (Polish pages) Please remember that all this month's additions and updates have been flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. *Note that Ratno is included in the Yizkor Book Translation Projects at: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 and your financial assistance to this or any of the other growing projects there would be most welcome. I look forward to even busier December and am always glad to receive feedback and new initiatives for our Yizkor Book project. All the very best, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
Whilst 2009 is winding down, we certainly aren't and during this November we saw a hubbub of activity in the JewishGen Project. We saw the addition of some brand new projects and the first sparks of projects that are on their way. As always, the figures speak out for themselves: During this last month we have added these 4 new projects: Bielsko Biala, Poland Cluj-Napoca, Romania Ratno, Ukraine* (the "kickoff" of a very new Translations Project) Tasnad, Romania Added 4 new entries: Anyksciai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita) Hajdusamson, Hungary (Pinkas Hungary) Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary (Pinkas Hungary) Narayev, Ukraine (Berezhany Yizkor Book) And finally, we have updated 19 existing projects: Bedzin, Poland Berezhany, Ukraine (revival of a long dormant project) Brzeziny, Poland Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa) Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland Dembitz, Poland (Polish pages) Dusetos, Lithuania Goniadz, Poland Kaluszyn, Poland Katowice, Poland Kutno, Poland Lithuania (Lite) Lubartow, Poland (addition of necrology) Nowy Sacz, Poland (Sandzer Memorial Journal) Ruzhany, Belarus Ryki, Poland (Polish pages) Svencionys, Lithuania Tighina (Bendery), Moldova Zelechow, Poland (Polish pages) Please remember that all this month's additions and updates have been flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. *Note that Ratno is included in the Yizkor Book Translation Projects at: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 and your financial assistance to this or any of the other growing projects there would be most welcome. I look forward to even busier December and am always glad to receive feedback and new initiatives for our Yizkor Book project. All the very best, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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Grodno census records
#general
AREACO@...
Dear Moderator,
Will the census be broken down as to include towns and familial relationships? Thank you, Anita Arkin
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Grodno census records
#general
AREACO@...
Dear Moderator,
Will the census be broken down as to include towns and familial relationships? Thank you, Anita Arkin
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Kissing cousins
#general
AUBREY JACOBUS <aajacobus@...>
I was intrigued by Jeff Arkin's post - my parents too were first cousins
once removed, I always knew there was a vague relationship but it needed a Polish researcher to clarify it.They even had different surnames ie Jacobs and Jacobus but I found they were both Jakubowicz in fact. More remarkable was the fact I discovered that my mothers parents were first cousins and both were first cousins to my father. Instead of 16 great great grandparents - I have only 10. There is no insanity in my family - unless genealogy can be classified as an aberration. Aubrey Jacobus London
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Kissing cousins
#general
AUBREY JACOBUS <aajacobus@...>
I was intrigued by Jeff Arkin's post - my parents too were first cousins
once removed, I always knew there was a vague relationship but it needed a Polish researcher to clarify it.They even had different surnames ie Jacobs and Jacobus but I found they were both Jakubowicz in fact. More remarkable was the fact I discovered that my mothers parents were first cousins and both were first cousins to my father. Instead of 16 great great grandparents - I have only 10. There is no insanity in my family - unless genealogy can be classified as an aberration. Aubrey Jacobus London
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Jhb cemetry photos wanted
#southafrica
Michelle Essers
Hi Siggers
Is there sks who is possibly going to Jhb cemetry and can take a photo of a tombstone. I have an image which has very kindly been sent to me but it is missing the Hebrew text - which I need for the Hebrew name. The tombstone is for Chone Meyer Kramer, number 5324. He died in Dec. 1960. If possible also Isaac Katz number BB1511 who died in May 1958 5154 - Hermie Evans who died in June 1960 Many thanks Michelle Essers Netanya, Israel
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Jhb cemetry photos wanted
#southafrica
Michelle Essers
Hi Siggers
Is there sks who is possibly going to Jhb cemetry and can take a photo of a tombstone. I have an image which has very kindly been sent to me but it is missing the Hebrew text - which I need for the Hebrew name. The tombstone is for Chone Meyer Kramer, number 5324. He died in Dec. 1960. If possible also Isaac Katz number BB1511 who died in May 1958 5154 - Hermie Evans who died in June 1960 Many thanks Michelle Essers Netanya, Israel
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Best wishes
#austria-czech
Lucie.Friedlaenderova@...
...refua shlema, Celia.
Lucie F.
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Best wishes
#austria-czech
Lucie.Friedlaenderova@...
...refua shlema, Celia.
Lucie F.
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Celia's well being.
#austria-czech
georgelav@...
Celia is a persdonified wonder of our world, and as she looks out of her
window at the hospital I hope and wish that she has a beautiful view of the garden, which i'm sure is now quite as hers is on face book. Her strength through all our adversities have made us the recipients of her knowledge , kidness and thoughtfulness a better place to live. I wish Celia a speedy recovery and a soon home going, her family needs her, bis hundert und twanzig und ein tag. George Lavecky Sydney Australia
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Celia Male's Contact Info
#hungary
viviankahn@...
Please send me a message off-list if you would like Celia's contact
information to send her a get-well message. Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Celia's well being.
#austria-czech
georgelav@...
Celia is a persdonified wonder of our world, and as she looks out of her
window at the hospital I hope and wish that she has a beautiful view of the garden, which i'm sure is now quite as hers is on face book. Her strength through all our adversities have made us the recipients of her knowledge , kidness and thoughtfulness a better place to live. I wish Celia a speedy recovery and a soon home going, her family needs her, bis hundert und twanzig und ein tag. George Lavecky Sydney Australia
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Celia Male's Contact Info
#hungary
viviankahn@...
Please send me a message off-list if you would like Celia's contact
information to send her a get-well message. Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA
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