I need to make a correction to the posting I made yesterday. The
revision lists I am looking for are for the town of Ilya in Grodno
Gubernia in the year 1858. I apologize for the error. Of course,any
assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Gary Kass
gman425@nyc.com
Staten Island,NY USA

I need to make a correction to the posting I made yesterday. The
revision lists I am looking for are for the town of Ilya in Grodno
Gubernia in the year 1858. I apologize for the error. Of course,any
assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Gary Kass
gman425@nyc.com
Staten Island,NY USA

I am new to site and hope that I am doing this right. Looking for location
of "Novo Bekov" or "Beekove," listed as my grandfather's birth place in the
Ukraine. It was in Chernigov Oblast. Any help will be most appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

Larry Berkson
larryberkson@comcast.net

I am new to site and hope that I am doing this right. Looking for location
of "Novo Bekov" or "Beekove," listed as my grandfather's birth place in the
Ukraine. It was in Chernigov Oblast. Any help will be most appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

Larry Berkson
larryberkson@comcast.net

Hi Genners,

Can anyone suggest where I can research the following:

1) Family lore indicates that a female ancestor whose given name I don't know, maiden surname BURSTEIN, married surname, MENACHIEL (or variation thereof) was an opera singer in Kyiv in the late 19th century. She died giving birth about 1901. Are there any books or related source material that provide lists of opera singers >from that period?

2) Another ancestor, BORIS/BERYL UDIN, was a high ranking officer in the Soviet military, probably during the 1930's and 1940's. How can I learn more about him? He was born around 1898, grew up in Kyiv, and died around 1982.

Please respond privately. Thanks.

Evan Fishman
Researching UDIN (Kyiv), BURSTEIN (Radomyshl, Kyiv)

Hi Genners,

Can anyone suggest where I can research the following:

1) Family lore indicates that a female ancestor whose given name I don't know, maiden surname BURSTEIN, married surname, MENACHIEL (or variation thereof) was an opera singer in Kyiv in the late 19th century. She died giving birth about 1901. Are there any books or related source material that provide lists of opera singers >from that period?

2) Another ancestor, BORIS/BERYL UDIN, was a high ranking officer in the Soviet military, probably during the 1930's and 1940's. How can I learn more about him? He was born around 1898, grew up in Kyiv, and died around 1982.

Please respond privately. Thanks.

Evan Fishman
Researching UDIN (Kyiv), BURSTEIN (Radomyshl, Kyiv)

The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 stayed in effect until 1965. When my
mother wanted to leave Canada in 1960 for the United States, she had
to wait years for approval >from the USA because permission was still
based on the small Polish quota in the Act and she was a Canadian
citizen born in what was then Poland (Belarus today). Yet at that
time, I was able to enter the US within months of applying because of
an open quota between Canada and the US because I was born in Canada.

--
Florence Schumacher
STEINBERG/SHTAYNBERG in Dubassari, Moldova, and Winnipeg, Canada
HOIZMAN/GROSSMAN in Drohichin, Belarus and Winnipeg, Canada

The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 stayed in effect until 1965. When my
mother wanted to leave Canada in 1960 for the United States, she had
to wait years for approval >from the USA because permission was still
based on the small Polish quota in the Act and she was a Canadian
citizen born in what was then Poland (Belarus today). Yet at that
time, I was able to enter the US within months of applying because of
an open quota between Canada and the US because I was born in Canada.

--
Florence Schumacher
STEINBERG/SHTAYNBERG in Dubassari, Moldova, and Winnipeg, Canada
HOIZMAN/GROSSMAN in Drohichin, Belarus and Winnipeg, Canada

JewishGen is proud to announce its 2012 year-end update to the JOWBR
(JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database
can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're
a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two
explanatory screencasts at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

This update adds approximately 94,000 new records and 40,000 new photos.
The database is adding 216 new cemeteries along with updates or additions to
an additional 129 cemeteries. This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 1.95
million records >from more than 3,800 cemeteries / cemetery sections >from 81
countries! (Cemetery Description files, maps and overview photos are being
processed and should be completed by the end of the month.)

I want to particularly thank Eric Feinstein who has been helping me to find
and gain permission to add many data sets >from around the world. In
addition, without our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, we
would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read
photos.

Of particular note in this update are the following additions:
-- Hamburg, Germany. Thanks to Herr Gerold Helmts of the Jüdische
Gemeinde Hamburg (www.jfhh.org) for more than 14,500 records >from the
Hamburg cemetery. More records will be added to this collection in the
future.
-- Berlin, Germany. Thanks to Bert de Jong who has been working on
photographing and indexing the stones at the Weissensee Cemetery in Berlin.
This update includes 7,200 records and photos. Bert also submitted records
for other smaller German and Dutch cemeteries.
-- Brody, Ukraine. Thanks to Ami Elyasaf, Project Leader, Pam
Weisberger, Gesher Galicia Project Coordinator, and their team of volunteers
for submitting 6,200 photos and records >from Brody's new cemetery. An
entire list of volunteers can be found >from the Cemetery Description field
within JOWBR.
-- Miskolc, Hungary. Thanks to John Kovacs, Project Leader, and his
team of volunteer data entry and translators for submitting 6,100 records

from the Miskolc Chevra Kadisha register. An entire list of volunteers can

be found >from the Cemetery Description field within JOWBR.
-- Ontario, Canada. Thanks to Allen Halberstadt, coordinator for the
Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Toronto's Cemetery Project, for
submitting and updating approximately 4,200 records >from various cemeteries
along with 850 photos. We also than Robert Lubinski and Kevin Hanit for
their help with Ontario cemeteries.
-- Magdeburg and Halle, Germany. Thanks to Max Privorozki head of the
Jewish community of Halle/Salle who submitted approximately 3,800 records

from 3 cemeteries in the towns of Halle and Magdeburg.

-- Thessaloniki, Greece and Jamaica. Thanks to Michael Glatzer of the
Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem, publishers of two volumes whose records are
in this update. Isaac Samuel Emmanuel's, book "Matzevot Saloniki adding
approximately 1,900 records >from Thessaloniki and Richard D. Barnett and
Philip Wright?s book (edited by Oron Yoffe), "The Jews of Jamaica,
Tombstone inscriptions 1663 - 1880" added more than 1,450 records >from 19
cemeteries throughout the island of Jamaica.
-- Leeds, England. We wish to thank the Leeds UHC, BHH and Eitz Chaim
Synagogues for permitting us to include approximately 3,000 records and
photos >from the Gelderd Road cemetery. An entire list of volunteers can be
found >from the Cemetery Description field within JOWBR.
-- Algeria. Thanks to Bernard Haddad for submitting approximately
2,800 records >from 4 Algerian cemeteries. Mr. Haddad is the president and
founder of Mémoire Active d'Algérie (Active Memory of Algeria,) the
association to safeguard and preserve Jewish cemeteries in Algeria.
-- Bender, Moldova. Thanks to Yefim Kogan, Cemetery Project
Coordinator for the Bessarabia SIG for submitting more than 2,600 records
and photos >from the Zagorodnaya Street cemetery.
-- Passaic Cemetery, New Jersey. Thanks to Mark Pollack for adding an
additional 2,400 records >from the Passaic Junction cemetery in Saddle Brook,
New Jersey.
-- Trebic, Czech Republic. Thanks to Lubor Herzan of the municipality
of Trebic and the Mayor of Trebic, Mr. Pavel Herman. More than 2,300
records were submitted >from information on headstones and >from the burial
register >from the town.
-- Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Thanks to Jakob Finci, President of
the Jewish Community of Sarajevo for access to more than 2,000 records from
the Sarajevo Cemetery.
-- King David Cemetery, Putnam, New York. Thanks to Gene Baumwoll CSW
for adding an additional 1,800 records and photos >from various sections of
the King David Cemetery (Beth David Cemetery) which is part of the Rose
Hills Memorial Park.
-- Mishawaka, Indiana. Thanks to Mike Kring for submitting 1,600
records and photos >from the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery.
-- Harrisburg, PA. Thanks to Rabbi Akiva Males of Kesher Israel
Congregation in Harrisburg for submitting more than 1,500 records >from the
Kesher Israel Cemetery on 34th Street.
-- Whether your name or records are listed above, we appreciate all
your submissions! Thank you to all the donors that submitted information
for this update.

We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make
additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery / cemetery section
individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or
other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and
make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they
otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be
affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would
consider having their records included in the JOWBR database.

We plan on updating JewishGen's Memorial Plaque project before the summer
conference. We currently have approximately 10,000 records online with an
additional 10,000 to add. We're still actively looking for additional files
for the launch. Please contact me to find out more about this project and
how you or your JGS can help.

Nolan Altman
NAltman@JewishGen.org
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR - Coordinator
January, 2013

JewishGen is proud to announce its 2012 year-end update to the JOWBR
(JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database
can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're
a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you take a look at the first two
explanatory screencasts at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

This update adds approximately 94,000 new records and 40,000 new photos.
The database is adding 216 new cemeteries along with updates or additions to
an additional 129 cemeteries. This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 1.95
million records >from more than 3,800 cemeteries / cemetery sections >from 81
countries! (Cemetery Description files, maps and overview photos are being
processed and should be completed by the end of the month.)

I want to particularly thank Eric Feinstein who has been helping me to find
and gain permission to add many data sets >from around the world. In
addition, without our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, we
would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read
photos.

Of particular note in this update are the following additions:
-- Hamburg, Germany. Thanks to Herr Gerold Helmts of the Jüdische
Gemeinde Hamburg (www.jfhh.org) for more than 14,500 records >from the
Hamburg cemetery. More records will be added to this collection in the
future.
-- Berlin, Germany. Thanks to Bert de Jong who has been working on
photographing and indexing the stones at the Weissensee Cemetery in Berlin.
This update includes 7,200 records and photos. Bert also submitted records
for other smaller German and Dutch cemeteries.
-- Brody, Ukraine. Thanks to Ami Elyasaf, Project Leader, Pam
Weisberger, Gesher Galicia Project Coordinator, and their team of volunteers
for submitting 6,200 photos and records >from Brody's new cemetery. An
entire list of volunteers can be found >from the Cemetery Description field
within JOWBR.
-- Miskolc, Hungary. Thanks to John Kovacs, Project Leader, and his
team of volunteer data entry and translators for submitting 6,100 records

from the Miskolc Chevra Kadisha register. An entire list of volunteers can

be found >from the Cemetery Description field within JOWBR.
-- Ontario, Canada. Thanks to Allen Halberstadt, coordinator for the
Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Toronto's Cemetery Project, for
submitting and updating approximately 4,200 records >from various cemeteries
along with 850 photos. We also than Robert Lubinski and Kevin Hanit for
their help with Ontario cemeteries.
-- Magdeburg and Halle, Germany. Thanks to Max Privorozki head of the
Jewish community of Halle/Salle who submitted approximately 3,800 records

from 3 cemeteries in the towns of Halle and Magdeburg.

-- Thessaloniki, Greece and Jamaica. Thanks to Michael Glatzer of the
Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem, publishers of two volumes whose records are
in this update. Isaac Samuel Emmanuel's, book "Matzevot Saloniki adding
approximately 1,900 records >from Thessaloniki and Richard D. Barnett and
Philip Wright?s book (edited by Oron Yoffe), "The Jews of Jamaica,
Tombstone inscriptions 1663 - 1880" added more than 1,450 records >from 19
cemeteries throughout the island of Jamaica.
-- Leeds, England. We wish to thank the Leeds UHC, BHH and Eitz Chaim
Synagogues for permitting us to include approximately 3,000 records and
photos >from the Gelderd Road cemetery. An entire list of volunteers can be
found >from the Cemetery Description field within JOWBR.
-- Algeria. Thanks to Bernard Haddad for submitting approximately
2,800 records >from 4 Algerian cemeteries. Mr. Haddad is the president and
founder of Mémoire Active d'Algérie (Active Memory of Algeria,) the
association to safeguard and preserve Jewish cemeteries in Algeria.
-- Bender, Moldova. Thanks to Yefim Kogan, Cemetery Project
Coordinator for the Bessarabia SIG for submitting more than 2,600 records
and photos >from the Zagorodnaya Street cemetery.
-- Passaic Cemetery, New Jersey. Thanks to Mark Pollack for adding an
additional 2,400 records >from the Passaic Junction cemetery in Saddle Brook,
New Jersey.
-- Trebic, Czech Republic. Thanks to Lubor Herzan of the municipality
of Trebic and the Mayor of Trebic, Mr. Pavel Herman. More than 2,300
records were submitted >from information on headstones and >from the burial
register >from the town.
-- Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Thanks to Jakob Finci, President of
the Jewish Community of Sarajevo for access to more than 2,000 records from
the Sarajevo Cemetery.
-- King David Cemetery, Putnam, New York. Thanks to Gene Baumwoll CSW
for adding an additional 1,800 records and photos >from various sections of
the King David Cemetery (Beth David Cemetery) which is part of the Rose
Hills Memorial Park.
-- Mishawaka, Indiana. Thanks to Mike Kring for submitting 1,600
records and photos >from the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery.
-- Harrisburg, PA. Thanks to Rabbi Akiva Males of Kesher Israel
Congregation in Harrisburg for submitting more than 1,500 records >from the
Kesher Israel Cemetery on 34th Street.
-- Whether your name or records are listed above, we appreciate all
your submissions! Thank you to all the donors that submitted information
for this update.

We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make
additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery / cemetery section
individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or
other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and
make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they
otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be
affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would
consider having their records included in the JOWBR database.

We plan on updating JewishGen's Memorial Plaque project before the summer
conference. We currently have approximately 10,000 records online with an
additional 10,000 to add. We're still actively looking for additional files
for the launch. Please contact me to find out more about this project and
how you or your JGS can help.

Nolan Altman
NAltman@JewishGen.org
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR - Coordinator
January, 2013

Dear Lisa,
Please reply privately
Thank you for your cooperation
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BELARUS Digest for Sunday, January 13, 2013.
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1. Murowchick/Murowtchik/Murawczyk/Murawzik family in David-Horodok and Lu=

ninyets

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Subject: Murowchick/Murowtchik/Murawczyk/Murawzik family in David-Horodok a=

nd Luninyets

From: remurow@bu.edu
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:39:49 +0000
X-Message-Number: 1
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Hi everyone! I'm hoping to find additional information about my
grandfather's family >from the Minsk area, as I have very incomplete (and
sometimes contradictory) family notes.
=20
Great grandfather Morris Murowchick (Murowtchik/Murawczyk/Murawzik) was
born ca. 1870 or so in David-Horodok. I'm not sure of Morris' Hebrew name,=

but it was perhaps Moische or Abram. He was a joiner/carpenter. He married=

Sarah (Sura, Sore) Kunek (Konik, Kolnik) about 1891 (she was born ca. 1870=

in Kozhan-Gorodok).
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At some point, they moved to Luninyets, Brest, Belarus, where all of their=

children were born: Aisik ("Ike") Murawczyk (born 17 Nov 1893?); Abram
Mendel ("Max") Murawczyk (my grandfather), born 27 May 1894 (?), Jankel
(Jack, Jacob) Murawczyk, born 10 Apr 1896; Soscha (Shirley Anna), born ca.=

1902, Dora, born ca. 1903; and Mayasche, born ca. 1910; and another
daughter Celia, birth date unclear.
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I believe that Morris arrived in NY on Feb 21, 1906 on the SS Ryndam,
settling in Passaic, New Jersey. He was joined by his son Aisik, who
arrived Dec 17, 1910, on the SS Russia. Sarah and their other children
arrived in NY on Feb 7, 1912, on the SS Kursk, joining Morris and Aisik in=

Passaic. At some point soon thereafter (and certainly by 1914 or 1915)
they moved to Chicago, where most of their children remained. Morris died
in Chicago in 1939; Sarah died in South Haven, Michigan, in 1943.
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I would very much appreciate any help or information you might have about
Morris and Sarah's families in David-Horodok, Kozhan-Gorodok, or
Luninyets. If you are related or are interested in more details about
their children in the US, please contact me and we can swap notes and
photos.
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Many thanks,
Robert Murowchick
Needham, Massachusetts USA
MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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1. Murowchick/Murowtchik/Murawczyk/Murawzik family in David-Horodok and Lu=

ninyets

=20
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=20
Subject: Murowchick/Murowtchik/Murawczyk/Murawzik family in David-Horodok a=

nd Luninyets

From: remurow@bu.edu
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:39:49 +0000
X-Message-Number: 1
=20
Hi everyone! I'm hoping to find additional information about my
grandfather's family >from the Minsk area, as I have very incomplete (and
sometimes contradictory) family notes.
=20
Great grandfather Morris Murowchick (Murowtchik/Murawczyk/Murawzik) was
born ca. 1870 or so in David-Horodok. I'm not sure of Morris' Hebrew name,=

but it was perhaps Moische or Abram. He was a joiner/carpenter. He married=

Sarah (Sura, Sore) Kunek (Konik, Kolnik) about 1891 (she was born ca. 1870=

in Kozhan-Gorodok).
=20
At some point, they moved to Luninyets, Brest, Belarus, where all of their=

children were born: Aisik ("Ike") Murawczyk (born 17 Nov 1893?); Abram
Mendel ("Max") Murawczyk (my grandfather), born 27 May 1894 (?), Jankel
(Jack, Jacob) Murawczyk, born 10 Apr 1896; Soscha (Shirley Anna), born ca.=

1902, Dora, born ca. 1903; and Mayasche, born ca. 1910; and another
daughter Celia, birth date unclear.
=20
I believe that Morris arrived in NY on Feb 21, 1906 on the SS Ryndam,
settling in Passaic, New Jersey. He was joined by his son Aisik, who
arrived Dec 17, 1910, on the SS Russia. Sarah and their other children
arrived in NY on Feb 7, 1912, on the SS Kursk, joining Morris and Aisik in=

Passaic. At some point soon thereafter (and certainly by 1914 or 1915)
they moved to Chicago, where most of their children remained. Morris died
in Chicago in 1939; Sarah died in South Haven, Michigan, in 1943.
=20
I would very much appreciate any help or information you might have about
Morris and Sarah's families in David-Horodok, Kozhan-Gorodok, or
Luninyets. If you are related or are interested in more details about
their children in the US, please contact me and we can swap notes and
photos.
=20
Many thanks,
Robert Murowchick
Needham, Massachusetts USA
MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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I think an explanation of the detained aliens list would be helpful to
the whole group, not just me.
Marsha Epstein
Los Angeles
MODERATOR NOTE

I think an explanation of the detained aliens list would be helpful to
the whole group, not just me.
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Los Angeles
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I have posted part of a death record for Moses Mahrer (1860 -Tarnow,
Poland) on ViewMate. The fragment shown is >from a column headed "Surname
and Given name of the deceased, and where they are from".

Moses was apparently >from Jedlowa. What are the words in the middle line,
and their translation? The record is in German and may be viewed at
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM25629
Please respond on the viewmate form. Many thanks!

Russ Maurer
Pepper Pike, OH
Searching MAURER in Biecz, Jodlowa, and Tarnow; REISNER, STIEGER, and
STARK in Dobromil, Chyriv (Khyriv), Staryi Sambir, Nanczulka Mala, and
Rzeszow; RIEGER in Gorlice and Biecz; BLAU in Jodlowa

I have posted part of a death record for Moses Mahrer (1860 -Tarnow,
Poland) on ViewMate. The fragment shown is >from a column headed "Surname
and Given name of the deceased, and where they are from".

Moses was apparently >from Jedlowa. What are the words in the middle line,
and their translation? The record is in German and may be viewed at
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM25629
Please respond on the viewmate form. Many thanks!

Russ Maurer
Pepper Pike, OH
Searching MAURER in Biecz, Jodlowa, and Tarnow; REISNER, STIEGER, and
STARK in Dobromil, Chyriv (Khyriv), Staryi Sambir, Nanczulka Mala, and
Rzeszow; RIEGER in Gorlice and Biecz; BLAU in Jodlowa

Hello to all

Thanks to a recent posting, I checked the 1906 Canadian Western Provinces census.
I found an L. Silver, male, aged 22, >from Romania, living as a boarder in Neepawa
Manitoba, near Macgregor. He had only been in Canada since 1905. Does anyone
have him in their family tree? I am trying to determine if he might be
Leb Silver, a younger brother of my grandfather--he is the right age, and the
person I am looking for was not in the 1905 Minnesota census with the rest of the
family; plus, there is a brief family connection to Winnipeg. His parents were
Solomon and Sara Silver >from Birlad; several people in the family were dyers or
tinsmiths.

I know it is a long shot, but worth a try. I have already contacted the Jewish
Heritage Centre of Western Canada. Thanks for your help.

Alaine Simpson
Hampshire, UK

Researching: SILVER/SILBER, Birlad, Romania; Minneapolis; LECHTMAN, Krasnoe,
Ukraine; Saint Paul MN; MOSKOWITZ/MOSCOVICI, Botosani, Romania; Minneapolis

Hello to all

Thanks to a recent posting, I checked the 1906 Canadian Western Provinces census.
I found an L. Silver, male, aged 22, >from Romania, living as a boarder in Neepawa
Manitoba, near Macgregor. He had only been in Canada since 1905. Does anyone
have him in their family tree? I am trying to determine if he might be
Leb Silver, a younger brother of my grandfather--he is the right age, and the
person I am looking for was not in the 1905 Minnesota census with the rest of the
family; plus, there is a brief family connection to Winnipeg. His parents were
Solomon and Sara Silver >from Birlad; several people in the family were dyers or
tinsmiths.

I know it is a long shot, but worth a try. I have already contacted the Jewish
Heritage Centre of Western Canada. Thanks for your help.

Alaine Simpson
Hampshire, UK

Researching: SILVER/SILBER, Birlad, Romania; Minneapolis; LECHTMAN, Krasnoe,
Ukraine; Saint Paul MN; MOSKOWITZ/MOSCOVICI, Botosani, Romania; Minneapolis

My 3 great grandfather Hyman LAZARUS was born in 1776 in Nieder-Olm in
the Rheinland (Palatinate) not far >from Mainz. He was the primary
subject of my Master's Thesis at Michigan State University. That was
in the 1970s.

After a career in the history museum field and success as a screenwriter
of kids' sitcoms, I've written a screenplay based on the life of my
German Jewish ancestor. I'm submitting this query to ask GerSIG members
if they know of anyone in the movie industry who might be interested
in producing it.

I would also welcome any information that members might have about
Hyman LAZARUS or his children: Caroline (1826-1899), my 2nd
great-grandmother who married Reuben WINCHELL; Mary Aurilla (1832-1895)
who married Solomon KONTNER; David William (1836-1917, who married
Mary Magdelena SWINGLE. There was another son, Peter Hyman, who died young.

The earliest record of my ancestor Hyman LAZARUS was a listing of Jews
in nearby Appenheim in 1808 where he is listed as a fruit peddler "without
settlement" meaning he could not pursue an occupation, own a home,
marry or enjoy other rights.

Records show that when he gained citizenship in Napoleon's empire he fought
in the Battle of Borodino and was on the retreat back to Paris after the
army abandoned Moscow. Interestingly enough, Napoleon allowed Jewish
soldiers to observe the Sabbath and selectively allowed them to observe
Jewish dietary laws, yet pushed them hard to assimilate.

After Napoleon's defeat, Hyman Lazarus' life slipped back to the old
ways, so, at the age of 40, he walked to Rotterdam, worked on a small
ship to Hull, walked to Liverpool, and then caught a ship, The John
Watson to America.

He landed at Philadelphia on November 29,1816 and soon received a
peddler's pack and stock >from a merchant in Philadelphia and walked to
the frontier of Ohio. Lazarus eventually settled in the new river town
of Malta, Ohio on the Muskingum River where he owned a rough and tumble
saloon that catered to the riverboat men.
He married a refugee >from Upper Canada, had four children, and died at
his home in Malta on February 25, 1851.

Rather than the stereotypical Jewish immigrant who is often portrayed
in movies, this is the story of a real man who was a hero in the
Battle of Borodino and came to North America after the defeat of
Napoleon with only his bag of clothing and bedding to his name.

The screenplay follows him >from his birth in Nieder-Olm to his death 75
years later in a small river town in Ohio surrounded by his children
and grandchildren, as promised to him by God many years before. Hyman
succeeded because he never abandoned his faith. I am a screenwriter
of kids' sitcoms, but "LAZARUS" is my first historical drama and my
readers claim it 's an exciting and inspiring story.

The logline is: God promises a persecuted German-Jew in the Rheinland
freedom >from persecution, a home and occupation, a wife, children and
many descendants, but there is a catch -- he must gain strength from
adversity while battling seemingly overwhelming obstacles on a roller
coaster ride of prejudice, war, and perils, both natural and man-made.

I did not write the script LAZARUS for the money. This is a labor of
love that I want to get to a producer to get this important story to
the American people. I think many who would be amazed that so many
non-Jews were descended >from Jewish immigrants like Hyman Lazarus, yet
lost their Jewish heritage through assimilation.

Any help >from other members of this forum will be appreciated very much.
Watch for "LAZARUS" on the big screen in the not-too-distant future

Richard Welch, Tucson, Arizona <romanizedcelt@yahoo.com>

My 3 great grandfather Hyman LAZARUS was born in 1776 in Nieder-Olm in
the Rheinland (Palatinate) not far >from Mainz. He was the primary
subject of my Master's Thesis at Michigan State University. That was
in the 1970s.

After a career in the history museum field and success as a screenwriter
of kids' sitcoms, I've written a screenplay based on the life of my
German Jewish ancestor. I'm submitting this query to ask GerSIG members
if they know of anyone in the movie industry who might be interested
in producing it.

I would also welcome any information that members might have about
Hyman LAZARUS or his children: Caroline (1826-1899), my 2nd
great-grandmother who married Reuben WINCHELL; Mary Aurilla (1832-1895)
who married Solomon KONTNER; David William (1836-1917, who married
Mary Magdelena SWINGLE. There was another son, Peter Hyman, who died young.

The earliest record of my ancestor Hyman LAZARUS was a listing of Jews
in nearby Appenheim in 1808 where he is listed as a fruit peddler "without
settlement" meaning he could not pursue an occupation, own a home,
marry or enjoy other rights.

Records show that when he gained citizenship in Napoleon's empire he fought
in the Battle of Borodino and was on the retreat back to Paris after the
army abandoned Moscow. Interestingly enough, Napoleon allowed Jewish
soldiers to observe the Sabbath and selectively allowed them to observe
Jewish dietary laws, yet pushed them hard to assimilate.

After Napoleon's defeat, Hyman Lazarus' life slipped back to the old
ways, so, at the age of 40, he walked to Rotterdam, worked on a small
ship to Hull, walked to Liverpool, and then caught a ship, The John
Watson to America.

He landed at Philadelphia on November 29,1816 and soon received a
peddler's pack and stock >from a merchant in Philadelphia and walked to
the frontier of Ohio. Lazarus eventually settled in the new river town
of Malta, Ohio on the Muskingum River where he owned a rough and tumble
saloon that catered to the riverboat men.
He married a refugee >from Upper Canada, had four children, and died at
his home in Malta on February 25, 1851.

Rather than the stereotypical Jewish immigrant who is often portrayed
in movies, this is the story of a real man who was a hero in the
Battle of Borodino and came to North America after the defeat of
Napoleon with only his bag of clothing and bedding to his name.

The screenplay follows him >from his birth in Nieder-Olm to his death 75
years later in a small river town in Ohio surrounded by his children
and grandchildren, as promised to him by God many years before. Hyman
succeeded because he never abandoned his faith. I am a screenwriter
of kids' sitcoms, but "LAZARUS" is my first historical drama and my
readers claim it 's an exciting and inspiring story.

The logline is: God promises a persecuted German-Jew in the Rheinland
freedom >from persecution, a home and occupation, a wife, children and
many descendants, but there is a catch -- he must gain strength from
adversity while battling seemingly overwhelming obstacles on a roller
coaster ride of prejudice, war, and perils, both natural and man-made.

I did not write the script LAZARUS for the money. This is a labor of
love that I want to get to a producer to get this important story to
the American people. I think many who would be amazed that so many
non-Jews were descended >from Jewish immigrants like Hyman Lazarus, yet
lost their Jewish heritage through assimilation.

Any help >from other members of this forum will be appreciated very much.
Watch for "LAZARUS" on the big screen in the not-too-distant future

Richard Welch, Tucson, Arizona <romanizedcelt@yahoo.com>