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Leibovitch in searchable Directories of Merchants in St-Petersburg 1870-1916
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BERLINE Nicole <nicole.berline@...>
The directories of Merchants in St-Petersburg 1880-1916 have been made
serchable online by Logan Kleinwaks. One can enter names in Latin letters, the search engine does the transliteration. http://genealogyindexer.org/ I found my gggfather Yudel Berkovitch LEIBOVITCH and his son Isaac LEIBOVITCH, in the directories of every year 1870-1916. The records contain many information, the names of all relatives in the household and ages of the male relatives! They contain also some abbreviated professional information which I do not understand. I wondered if someone could explain the meaning of these abbreviations in the entry LEIBOVITCH on the link http://dlib.rsl.ru/viewer/01003836992#?page=362 Many thanks for your help Nicole BERLINE, Paris LEIBOVITCH, TREIVAS in St-Petersburg ROTENSTEIN, DYZENHAUS,STETYNER in Warszawa
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Leibovitch in searchable Directories of Merchants in St-Petersburg 1870-1916
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BERLINE Nicole <nicole.berline@...>
The directories of Merchants in St-Petersburg 1880-1916 have been made
serchable online by Logan Kleinwaks. One can enter names in Latin letters, the search engine does the transliteration. http://genealogyindexer.org/ I found my gggfather Yudel Berkovitch LEIBOVITCH and his son Isaac LEIBOVITCH, in the directories of every year 1870-1916. The records contain many information, the names of all relatives in the household and ages of the male relatives! They contain also some abbreviated professional information which I do not understand. I wondered if someone could explain the meaning of these abbreviations in the entry LEIBOVITCH on the link http://dlib.rsl.ru/viewer/01003836992#?page=362 Many thanks for your help Nicole BERLINE, Paris LEIBOVITCH, TREIVAS in St-Petersburg ROTENSTEIN, DYZENHAUS,STETYNER in Warszawa
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Spain Opens DoorTo Naturalization for Descendants of Sephardic Jews Who Fled Due to Inquisition
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Jan Meisels Allen
Five hundred and twenty years after the start of the Inquisition, Spain
opened the door to descendants of Sephardic Jews whose ancestors had fled the Iberian Peninsula, forced, in order to live in Spain or its colonies, to choose between exile or conversion to Christianity. Spain officials have promised to speed up the naturalization process for Sephardic Jews who spread through the Diaspora--however, the offer is not simple according to Genie Milgrom, president of the JGS of Greater Miami who is quoted in the article in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune on Sunday December 9. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain told the article's author, Doreen Carvajal, to be naturalized and become citizens, secular bnei anousim (descendants of anousim or crypto Jews) Jewish applicants whose families had maintained double lives as Catholics must seek religious training and undergo formal conversion to Judaism. The Federation will screen and certify the Sephardic Jewish backgrounds of those who submit applications to obtain Spanish citizenship. To read the article go to: http://tinyurl.com/aw6pl7o original url: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/sunday-review/a-tepid-welcome-back-for-spanish-jews.html?ref=global-home I don't know how long the article will be available at no cost past December 9. Jan Meisels Allen IAJGS Vice President Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Spain Opens DoorTo Naturalization for Descendants of Sephardic Jews Who Fled Due to Inquisition
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Jan Meisels Allen
Five hundred and twenty years after the start of the Inquisition, Spain
opened the door to descendants of Sephardic Jews whose ancestors had fled the Iberian Peninsula, forced, in order to live in Spain or its colonies, to choose between exile or conversion to Christianity. Spain officials have promised to speed up the naturalization process for Sephardic Jews who spread through the Diaspora--however, the offer is not simple according to Genie Milgrom, president of the JGS of Greater Miami who is quoted in the article in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune on Sunday December 9. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain told the article's author, Doreen Carvajal, to be naturalized and become citizens, secular bnei anousim (descendants of anousim or crypto Jews) Jewish applicants whose families had maintained double lives as Catholics must seek religious training and undergo formal conversion to Judaism. The Federation will screen and certify the Sephardic Jewish backgrounds of those who submit applications to obtain Spanish citizenship. To read the article go to: http://tinyurl.com/aw6pl7o original url: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/sunday-review/a-tepid-welcome-back-for-spanish-jews.html?ref=global-home I don't know how long the article will be available at no cost past December 9. Jan Meisels Allen IAJGS Vice President Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Odessa, Ukraine
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Rashi Rosenzweig <rashi67@...>
Hanukka Sameach Genners!
I've been having a difficult time researching family >from Odessa. I just find that Odessa Files aren't as complete as the information throughout Poland, for instance. My paternal grandmother's family, The Lichtenbergs were a prominent and wealthy family, yet I haven't found much information about them at all on Jewish Gen. Anyone out there have any advice on how/where to research? Thanks!! Rashi Rosenzweig Ra'anana, Israel
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KehilaLinks Project Report for October / November 2012
#ciechanow
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks.
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Camenca (Kamenka), Moldova Created by Marilyn Feingold and Yefim Kogan http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Camenca/Kamenka.html ~~~ Dumbraveni (Dombroveny, Dombroven)(B), Moldova Created by Peter Seltser http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dumbraveni/ ~~~ Monastyrishche (Monasterishtche), Ukraine Created by Barry Helfand Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Greg Meyer http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/monastyrishche/Index.html ~~~ Obodivka (Obodovka), Ukraine Created by Orit Barcay Webpage Design by Richard Baum http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/obodivka/default.asp ~~~ Olyka (Olik), Ukraine Created by Toby Brief Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Ronald Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/olyka ~~~ Sokal (Skohl, Sikal), Ukraine Created by Martin David Lentz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/sokal/default.html ~~~ KehilaLinks webpages recently updated: Balta (Balte), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/balta/ ~~~ Bender (Bendery, Tighina)(B), Moldova http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bender/bendery.html ~~~ Bocki (Bodki), Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bocki/Bocki.html ~~~ Chortkiv (Chortkov, Czortków) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_czortkow.htm ~~~ Dunilovichi (Dunilovitsh), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dunilovichi/ ~~~ Golynka (Holinka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/golynka/index.htm ~~~ Kamennyy Brod, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kamennyy_brod/ ~~~ Kovel, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kovel/kovel.htm ~~~ Podgaytsy (Podhajce) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Podhajce/ ~~~ Radom, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radom/ ~~~ Zolkiewka, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/zolkiewka/ ~~~ Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption. Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html ~~~ Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm ~~~ Borzna, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borzna/borzna.htm ~~~ Kolomea (Komomyja) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolomea/kolomad.htm ~~~ Rozdol, Ukraine (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/rozdol/rozdol.htm ~~~ Good News! The following webpage was adopted: Horodyshche (Gorodishche, Horodishtch), Ukraine Adopted by Joseph Bekinschtein http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Horodyshche/ ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an existing "orphaned" webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing all of you a very Happy Chanukah, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Odessa, Ukraine
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Rashi Rosenzweig <rashi67@...>
Hanukka Sameach Genners!
I've been having a difficult time researching family >from Odessa. I just find that Odessa Files aren't as complete as the information throughout Poland, for instance. My paternal grandmother's family, The Lichtenbergs were a prominent and wealthy family, yet I haven't found much information about them at all on Jewish Gen. Anyone out there have any advice on how/where to research? Thanks!! Rashi Rosenzweig Ra'anana, Israel
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#Ciechanow #Poland KehilaLinks Project Report for October / November 2012
#ciechanow
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks.
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Camenca (Kamenka), Moldova Created by Marilyn Feingold and Yefim Kogan http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Camenca/Kamenka.html ~~~ Dumbraveni (Dombroveny, Dombroven)(B), Moldova Created by Peter Seltser http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dumbraveni/ ~~~ Monastyrishche (Monasterishtche), Ukraine Created by Barry Helfand Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Greg Meyer http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/monastyrishche/Index.html ~~~ Obodivka (Obodovka), Ukraine Created by Orit Barcay Webpage Design by Richard Baum http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/obodivka/default.asp ~~~ Olyka (Olik), Ukraine Created by Toby Brief Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Ronald Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/olyka ~~~ Sokal (Skohl, Sikal), Ukraine Created by Martin David Lentz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/sokal/default.html ~~~ KehilaLinks webpages recently updated: Balta (Balte), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/balta/ ~~~ Bender (Bendery, Tighina)(B), Moldova http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bender/bendery.html ~~~ Bocki (Bodki), Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bocki/Bocki.html ~~~ Chortkiv (Chortkov, Czortków) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_czortkow.htm ~~~ Dunilovichi (Dunilovitsh), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dunilovichi/ ~~~ Golynka (Holinka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/golynka/index.htm ~~~ Kamennyy Brod, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kamennyy_brod/ ~~~ Kovel, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kovel/kovel.htm ~~~ Podgaytsy (Podhajce) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Podhajce/ ~~~ Radom, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radom/ ~~~ Zolkiewka, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/zolkiewka/ ~~~ Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption. Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html ~~~ Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm ~~~ Borzna, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borzna/borzna.htm ~~~ Kolomea (Komomyja) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolomea/kolomad.htm ~~~ Rozdol, Ukraine (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/rozdol/rozdol.htm ~~~ Good News! The following webpage was adopted: Horodyshche (Gorodishche, Horodishtch), Ukraine Adopted by Joseph Bekinschtein http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Horodyshche/ ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an existing "orphaned" webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing all of you a very Happy Chanukah, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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New Data on the JRI-Poland Database
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hadassahlipsius
Happy Chanukah everyone!
The Jewish Records Indexing-Poland database was updated recently in honor of Chanukah. As usual, the data comes >from many sources. from the Polish State Archives, new data was added for the towns ofPajeczno and Wojnicz. from the LDS Microfilms, Patronymic files were added or updated for thetowns of Drwalew, Goszczyn, Jazgarzew and Warka. Patronymic files come from the Civil registration records for the years prior to 1826 whereChristian and Jewish records were kept together. Researchers sort through the records to identify the Jewish records and document them in extended indices. from the LDS Microfilms, Jewish records files were added or updated forthe towns of Kamiensk, Kremenets, Przytyk, Radom, Strykow, Tarlow, Warszawa, Zloczew and Zlotow. from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Kremenetsregion records were added for towns of Oleksinets, Belozerka, Katerinovka, Velikiye Berezhtsy and Vyshgorodok. I would like to thank our wonderful team of volunteers who worked tirelessly to make JRI-Poland such a success. Over 31,000 records were added to the JRI-Poland database during this update. Many thanks to: Ron Doctor, Howard Fink, Sarah Greenwald, Roger Lustig, Madeleine Okladek, David Price, Michael Tobias and Jeff Wexler A special thank you to Haim Ghiuzeli at Beit Hatfutsot for the Radom data and to Daniel Kazez and the Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group for the Kamiensk data Search Away! Hadassah Lipsius On Behalf of the Board of JRI-Poland.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New Data on the JRI-Poland Database
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hadassahlipsius
Happy Chanukah everyone!
The Jewish Records Indexing-Poland database was updated recently in honor of Chanukah. As usual, the data comes >from many sources. from the Polish State Archives, new data was added for the towns ofPajeczno and Wojnicz. from the LDS Microfilms, Patronymic files were added or updated for thetowns of Drwalew, Goszczyn, Jazgarzew and Warka. Patronymic files come from the Civil registration records for the years prior to 1826 whereChristian and Jewish records were kept together. Researchers sort through the records to identify the Jewish records and document them in extended indices. from the LDS Microfilms, Jewish records files were added or updated forthe towns of Kamiensk, Kremenets, Przytyk, Radom, Strykow, Tarlow, Warszawa, Zloczew and Zlotow. from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Kremenetsregion records were added for towns of Oleksinets, Belozerka, Katerinovka, Velikiye Berezhtsy and Vyshgorodok. I would like to thank our wonderful team of volunteers who worked tirelessly to make JRI-Poland such a success. Over 31,000 records were added to the JRI-Poland database during this update. Many thanks to: Ron Doctor, Howard Fink, Sarah Greenwald, Roger Lustig, Madeleine Okladek, David Price, Michael Tobias and Jeff Wexler A special thank you to Haim Ghiuzeli at Beit Hatfutsot for the Radom data and to Daniel Kazez and the Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group for the Kamiensk data Search Away! Hadassah Lipsius On Behalf of the Board of JRI-Poland.
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Re: Karlovy Vary Connections
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hpgrab@...
The address of kehila Karlovy Vary is: jewishkv@...
Best Hanus Grab y.cz
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quick gifts for chanukah
#austria-czech
Helen Epstein
A good and quick gift for chanukah might be one of our ebooks by
Jewish authors >from Central Europe, including Egon Erwin Kisch's memoir of early 20th century Prague, Stefan Zweig's memoir of Vienna, Vlasta Schoenova's memoir of performing theater in Terezin, or Heda Kovaly's memoir of life under Stalinism. Please check out our titles at: www.plunkettlakepress. You can now read them on iTunes as well as Kindle and Nook. Enjoy your Lights and Latkes, Helen -- www.helenepstein.com Reviewer-at-Large, TheArtsFuse
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Reply to Gene Jensen re Feiss to Deker name change
#austria-czech
Paul King
I am replying to Gene Jansen through the SIG because my private response has
been impeded twice because of "failure of recipient server". Elements of my response have already been addressed by others. Gene, You may want to check on the following possibilities for name change: a) the family converted to Christianity. b) Deker - the Hebrew root is DKR which means to stab or pierce. If you know the trade of the household head, perhaps there is a connection. c) Roger Lustig's suggestion also may hold; with the 1815 return of territories west of the Rhine to Prussia and the German states, people probably would have to declare or renew their status and this might provide the opportunity for a name change. d) Rahel is the Hebrew name; Regina is the 'given' or Christian name. She may have been registered with both names at birth but only one appeared. I might add, parenthetically, that names were not important in those days - no social security existed - and often a person would be registered each time under a different name so that some people had as many as seven first names ascribed to them at different times. I have a documented ancestor with 5 first names and 2 surnames - each document giving one first name and one surname. It does make genealogy a bit more difficult. Paul King Jerusalem
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KehilaLinks Project Report for October / November 2012
#austria-czech
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks.
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Camenca (Kamenka), Moldova Created by Marilyn Feingold and Yefim Kogan http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Camenca/Kamenka.html ~~~ Dumbraveni (Dombroveny, Dombroven)(B), Moldova Created by Peter Seltser http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dumbraveni/ ~~~ Monastyrishche (Monasterishtche), Ukraine Created by Barry Helfand Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Greg Meyer http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/monastyrishche/Index.html ~~~ Obodivka (Obodovka), Ukraine Created by Orit Barcay Webpage Design by Richard Baum http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/obodivka/default.asp ~~~ Olyka (Olik), Ukraine Created by Toby Brief Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Ronald Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/olyka ~~~ Sokal (Skohl, Sikal), Ukraine Created by Martin David Lentz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/sokal/default.html ~~~ KehilaLinks webpages recently updated: Balta (Balte), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/balta/ ~~~ Bender (Bendery, Tighina)(B), Moldova http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bender/bendery.html ~~~ Bocki (Bodki), Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bocki/Bocki.html ~~~ Chortkiv (Chortkov, Czortków) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_czortkow.htm ~~~ Dunilovichi (Dunilovitsh), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dunilovichi/ ~~~ Golynka (Holinka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/golynka/index.htm ~~~ Kamennyy Brod, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kamennyy_brod/ ~~~ Kovel, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kovel/kovel.htm ~~~ Podgaytsy (Podhajce) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Podhajce/ ~~~ Radom, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radom/ ~~~ Zolkiewka, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/zolkiewka/ ~~~ Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption. Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html ~~~ Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm ~~~ Borzna, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borzna/borzna.htm ~~~ Kolomea (Komomyja) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolomea/kolomad.htm ~~~ Rozdol, Ukraine (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/rozdol/rozdol.htm ~~~ Good News! The following webpage was adopted: Horodyshche (Gorodishche, Horodishtch), Ukraine Adopted by Joseph Bekinschtein http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Horodyshche/ ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an existing "orphaned" webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing all of you a very Happy Chanukah, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: Karlovy Vary Connections
#austria-czech
hpgrab@...
The address of kehila Karlovy Vary is: jewishkv@...
Best Hanus Grab y.cz
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech quick gifts for chanukah
#austria-czech
Helen Epstein
A good and quick gift for chanukah might be one of our ebooks by
Jewish authors >from Central Europe, including Egon Erwin Kisch's memoir of early 20th century Prague, Stefan Zweig's memoir of Vienna, Vlasta Schoenova's memoir of performing theater in Terezin, or Heda Kovaly's memoir of life under Stalinism. Please check out our titles at: www.plunkettlakepress. You can now read them on iTunes as well as Kindle and Nook. Enjoy your Lights and Latkes, Helen -- www.helenepstein.com Reviewer-at-Large, TheArtsFuse
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Reply to Gene Jensen re Feiss to Deker name change
#austria-czech
Paul King
I am replying to Gene Jansen through the SIG because my private response has
been impeded twice because of "failure of recipient server". Elements of my response have already been addressed by others. Gene, You may want to check on the following possibilities for name change: a) the family converted to Christianity. b) Deker - the Hebrew root is DKR which means to stab or pierce. If you know the trade of the household head, perhaps there is a connection. c) Roger Lustig's suggestion also may hold; with the 1815 return of territories west of the Rhine to Prussia and the German states, people probably would have to declare or renew their status and this might provide the opportunity for a name change. d) Rahel is the Hebrew name; Regina is the 'given' or Christian name. She may have been registered with both names at birth but only one appeared. I might add, parenthetically, that names were not important in those days - no social security existed - and often a person would be registered each time under a different name so that some people had as many as seven first names ascribed to them at different times. I have a documented ancestor with 5 first names and 2 surnames - each document giving one first name and one surname. It does make genealogy a bit more difficult. Paul King Jerusalem
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech KehilaLinks Project Report for October / November 2012
#austria-czech
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks.
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Camenca (Kamenka), Moldova Created by Marilyn Feingold and Yefim Kogan http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Camenca/Kamenka.html ~~~ Dumbraveni (Dombroveny, Dombroven)(B), Moldova Created by Peter Seltser http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dumbraveni/ ~~~ Monastyrishche (Monasterishtche), Ukraine Created by Barry Helfand Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Greg Meyer http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/monastyrishche/Index.html ~~~ Obodivka (Obodovka), Ukraine Created by Orit Barcay Webpage Design by Richard Baum http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/obodivka/default.asp ~~~ Olyka (Olik), Ukraine Created by Toby Brief Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Ronald Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/olyka ~~~ Sokal (Skohl, Sikal), Ukraine Created by Martin David Lentz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/sokal/default.html ~~~ KehilaLinks webpages recently updated: Balta (Balte), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/balta/ ~~~ Bender (Bendery, Tighina)(B), Moldova http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bender/bendery.html ~~~ Bocki (Bodki), Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bocki/Bocki.html ~~~ Chortkiv (Chortkov, Czortków) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_czortkow.htm ~~~ Dunilovichi (Dunilovitsh), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/dunilovichi/ ~~~ Golynka (Holinka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/golynka/index.htm ~~~ Kamennyy Brod, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kamennyy_brod/ ~~~ Kovel, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kovel/kovel.htm ~~~ Podgaytsy (Podhajce) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Podhajce/ ~~~ Radom, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radom/ ~~~ Zolkiewka, Poland http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/zolkiewka/ ~~~ Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption. Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html ~~~ Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm ~~~ Borzna, Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/borzna/borzna.htm ~~~ Kolomea (Komomyja) (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolomea/kolomad.htm ~~~ Rozdol, Ukraine (G) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/rozdol/rozdol.htm ~~~ Good News! The following webpage was adopted: Horodyshche (Gorodishche, Horodishtch), Ukraine Adopted by Joseph Bekinschtein http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Horodyshche/ ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an existing "orphaned" webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing all of you a very Happy Chanukah, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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A Chanukah Update from Ukraine SIG
#ukraine
cmw521@...
As of today, we now have 172 Town Leaders for towns in Ukraine. Many larger
towns, paradoxically, do not have anyone who has volunteered to step forward and help us to lead the effort to find and digitize records of people who lived there and died there. We continue to identify sources of both metrical (birth, marriage, death) and other records (business directories, tax lists, etc.). In order to get these records online, we still need Town Leaders, people who are willing to help organize researchers to enter data into spreadsheets, transliterate either printed or cursive Russian into English, and to contribute to KehilaLinks pages on JewishGen. For more information on the how part, please contact me and I will provide you with what we have for your town(s) and what is needed to accomplish the goal. You determine how much time you want to put into accomplishing it. All of our projects benefit researchers throughout the JewishGen world. Your contribution of time may make all the difference to someone in the future trying to put together the tangled strands of a long-lost family. Of course, you might also identify records that will help you fill your own tree. I hope to hear >from you soon. Have a joyous and happy Chanukah! Chuck Weinstein Towns and Districts Director, Ukraine SIG cmw521@...
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine A Chanukah Update from Ukraine SIG
#ukraine
cmw521@...
As of today, we now have 172 Town Leaders for towns in Ukraine. Many larger
towns, paradoxically, do not have anyone who has volunteered to step forward and help us to lead the effort to find and digitize records of people who lived there and died there. We continue to identify sources of both metrical (birth, marriage, death) and other records (business directories, tax lists, etc.). In order to get these records online, we still need Town Leaders, people who are willing to help organize researchers to enter data into spreadsheets, transliterate either printed or cursive Russian into English, and to contribute to KehilaLinks pages on JewishGen. For more information on the how part, please contact me and I will provide you with what we have for your town(s) and what is needed to accomplish the goal. You determine how much time you want to put into accomplishing it. All of our projects benefit researchers throughout the JewishGen world. Your contribution of time may make all the difference to someone in the future trying to put together the tangled strands of a long-lost family. Of course, you might also identify records that will help you fill your own tree. I hope to hear >from you soon. Have a joyous and happy Chanukah! Chuck Weinstein Towns and Districts Director, Ukraine SIG cmw521@...
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