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Canadian research (was: looking for GOLDENZWEIG formerly from
#general
Alan Greenberg
Janette Silverman was looking for GOLDENZWEIGs >from Montreal. In my
reply yesterday, I forgot to remind folks that after waiting years for the release of the 1911 census, it is now out and completely indexed (and yes, there are GOLDENZWEIGs in Montreal in it). See http://jgs-montreal.org/census-1911.html for details. Alan Greenberg VP - JGS-Montreal Montreal, Canada
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Canadian research (was: looking for GOLDENZWEIG formerly from
#general
Alan Greenberg
Janette Silverman was looking for GOLDENZWEIGs >from Montreal. In my
reply yesterday, I forgot to remind folks that after waiting years for the release of the 1911 census, it is now out and completely indexed (and yes, there are GOLDENZWEIGs in Montreal in it). See http://jgs-montreal.org/census-1911.html for details. Alan Greenberg VP - JGS-Montreal Montreal, Canada
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Radom Books of Residents Project - UPDATE
#poland
Carol Isaak
I am pleased to share the latest news about the indexing of the
Jewish entries in the Books of Residents for the city of Radom. The indexing of these volumes is part of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Archives (JRI-Poland) project. The file now contains 21,000 entries - that's 4,000 more since the previous announcement one month ago. The final count will be between 35,000 - 40,000. Each entry includes Name, Surname, Father Name, Mother Name, Mother Maiden Name, Date and Place of Birth and Occupation. In some cases, the Date of Death or other notes are included. There are now 4,154 distinct surnames or variations of surnames in the database. That's 500 more since last month. A list of all surnames appearing 70 or more times is included below. A surname frequency list is available upon request. There are now 790 towns (in addition to Radom) listed as birth location. That's 70 more since last month. A list of all towns appearing 25 or more times is included below. A town frequency list is available upon request. The cost of indexing the Radom Books of Residents is expected to be approximately $8500 to $9000. Researchers making a Qualifying Contribution of no less than $150 will be eligible to obtain a copy of the Excel file with all 35,000 - 40,000 entries. A file with the currently available 21,000+ entries will be available immediately to Qualifying Contributors. Previously Qualified Contributors will receive the new file immediately. Contributions to "Jewish Records Indexing - Poland" may be made by check, bank draft, money order, or Visa or MasterCard. The web site for the credit card contribution form is www.jri-poland.org/visa.htm Canadian contributors: see special instructions below. Other contributors: please send your contributions to: Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, Inc. c/o Sheila Salo, Treasurer 5607 Greenleaf Road Cheverly, MD 20785 USA Tel: 1-301-341-1261 Fax: 1-810-592-1768 (24 hours) E-Mail: ssalo@capaccess.org Credit card contributions may also be telephoned to Sheila Salo. Mark your contributions "For the Radom Books of Residents Project" Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc. is an independent U.S. non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions to JRI-Poland are tax-deductible in the U.S. and Canada to the extent permitted by law. Canadian contributors: to be eligible for a tax receipt, you must pay by cheque and use the form and follow the instructions at: www.jri-poland.org/canadianform.htm" For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me Carol Isaak Radom Books of Residents coordinator Radom Archives project SURNAMES - 70 or more entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KORMAN 795 FRIDMAN 681 GOLDBERG 645 GUTMAN 626 TENENBAUM 519 ROZENBERG 481 WAJSBORT 426 GROSFELD 399 FRYDMAN 356 FISZMAN 348 CUKIER 346 ROZENCWAJG 316 BIRENBAUM 303 ROZENBAUM 289 ZYLBERBERG 245 FLAMENBAUM 242 WERBER 241 FINKIELSZTAJN 229 ZAJDENWEBER 228 BANKIER 224 RUTMAN 223 WAJSMAN 220 MILCHIOR 203 WAJCMAN 195 KERSZENBAUM 194 RUBINSZTAJN 187 BORENSZTAJN 186 KAC 183 WAJNTRAUB 183 LANDAU 176 ROZENBLUM 176 WAJNBERG 170 WAJNTROB 170 SZERMAN 169 AJZENBERG 168 GLAT 160 WIZENBERG 158 GISER 155 MARGULES 154 GOLDMAN 152 MANDELMAN 152 GOLDFARB 150 GOLDSZTAJN 147 NAJMAN 141 MILMAN 138 KADYSIEWICZ 136 ROZENBLAT 136 FELDMAN 134 ADLER 131 AKERMAN 130 FUKS 129 MILLER 127 SZNAJDERMAN 127 BLAT 125 POMERANC 122 SZOTLAND 122 WARSZAUR 122 KURC 120 HAFTARCZYK 119 POTAZ.NIK 119 KESTENBERG 118 KIERSZENBAUM 117 GRINBERG 116 ROTENBERG 116 FRENKIEL 115 RAJCH 113 RYCHTMAN 113 LEWKOWICZ 110 ALTMAN 106 KAJLER 104 BRESLER 103 KLAJMAN 103 DANCYGIER 101 KAUFMAN 100 SZAJNFELD 100 ZYLBERSZLAK 100 CHWAT 99 ABRAMOWICZ 97 LIPSZIC 97 BERKOWICZ 95 AKIERMAN 94 ERLICH 94 MARKOWICZ 94 RUBINSZTEJN 94 ZYLBERSZPIC 91 WAJSELFISZ 90 BLEJWAS 89 WAKSBERG 88 BERGMAN 87 CUKIERMAN 86 GOLDWASER 84 ZYLBERSZTAJN 82 FINKIELSZTEJN 81 FLOMENBAUM 80 GLUZMAN 80 BLAJWAS 79 AJCHENBAUM 78 KON 78 LEWIN 77 SZTAJMAN 77 DIAMENT 75 GOLDSZTEJN 75 TAJTELBAUM 74 KOPER 73 RAKOCZ 73 KLINGIER 72 FERSZTENBERG 71 GLAJMAN 71 GOLDRAT 71 LUKSENBERG 71 Towns (places of birth) - 25 or more entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warszawa 990 Lódz 353 Szydlowiec 312 Lublin 239 Zwolen' 186 Kozienice 166 Ostrowiec 165 Kielce 158 Przytyk 156 Bialobrzegi 104 Opatów 84 Wolanów 76 Ilz.a 73 Kon'skie 67 Grójec 66 Lipsko 65 Kon'sk 58 Skaryszew 52 Przysucha 47 Zamos'c' 46 Opoczno 44 Warka 44 Piotrków 40 Sandomierz 39 Sienno 39 Dzierzków 35 Irena 32 Kazanów 32 Nowa Aleksandria 32 Checiny 31 Przedbórz 30 Ryczywól 30 Tomaszów 30 Wierzbica 30 Opole 29 Jedlin'sk 28 Kamienna 28 Mogielnica 28 Soltyków 28 Skierniewice 26 Staszów 26 Zawichost 26 Glowaczów 25
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JRI Poland #Poland Radom Books of Residents Project - UPDATE
#poland
Carol Isaak
I am pleased to share the latest news about the indexing of the
Jewish entries in the Books of Residents for the city of Radom. The indexing of these volumes is part of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Archives (JRI-Poland) project. The file now contains 21,000 entries - that's 4,000 more since the previous announcement one month ago. The final count will be between 35,000 - 40,000. Each entry includes Name, Surname, Father Name, Mother Name, Mother Maiden Name, Date and Place of Birth and Occupation. In some cases, the Date of Death or other notes are included. There are now 4,154 distinct surnames or variations of surnames in the database. That's 500 more since last month. A list of all surnames appearing 70 or more times is included below. A surname frequency list is available upon request. There are now 790 towns (in addition to Radom) listed as birth location. That's 70 more since last month. A list of all towns appearing 25 or more times is included below. A town frequency list is available upon request. The cost of indexing the Radom Books of Residents is expected to be approximately $8500 to $9000. Researchers making a Qualifying Contribution of no less than $150 will be eligible to obtain a copy of the Excel file with all 35,000 - 40,000 entries. A file with the currently available 21,000+ entries will be available immediately to Qualifying Contributors. Previously Qualified Contributors will receive the new file immediately. Contributions to "Jewish Records Indexing - Poland" may be made by check, bank draft, money order, or Visa or MasterCard. The web site for the credit card contribution form is www.jri-poland.org/visa.htm Canadian contributors: see special instructions below. Other contributors: please send your contributions to: Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, Inc. c/o Sheila Salo, Treasurer 5607 Greenleaf Road Cheverly, MD 20785 USA Tel: 1-301-341-1261 Fax: 1-810-592-1768 (24 hours) E-Mail: ssalo@capaccess.org Credit card contributions may also be telephoned to Sheila Salo. Mark your contributions "For the Radom Books of Residents Project" Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc. is an independent U.S. non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Contributions to JRI-Poland are tax-deductible in the U.S. and Canada to the extent permitted by law. Canadian contributors: to be eligible for a tax receipt, you must pay by cheque and use the form and follow the instructions at: www.jri-poland.org/canadianform.htm" For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me Carol Isaak Radom Books of Residents coordinator Radom Archives project SURNAMES - 70 or more entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KORMAN 795 FRIDMAN 681 GOLDBERG 645 GUTMAN 626 TENENBAUM 519 ROZENBERG 481 WAJSBORT 426 GROSFELD 399 FRYDMAN 356 FISZMAN 348 CUKIER 346 ROZENCWAJG 316 BIRENBAUM 303 ROZENBAUM 289 ZYLBERBERG 245 FLAMENBAUM 242 WERBER 241 FINKIELSZTAJN 229 ZAJDENWEBER 228 BANKIER 224 RUTMAN 223 WAJSMAN 220 MILCHIOR 203 WAJCMAN 195 KERSZENBAUM 194 RUBINSZTAJN 187 BORENSZTAJN 186 KAC 183 WAJNTRAUB 183 LANDAU 176 ROZENBLUM 176 WAJNBERG 170 WAJNTROB 170 SZERMAN 169 AJZENBERG 168 GLAT 160 WIZENBERG 158 GISER 155 MARGULES 154 GOLDMAN 152 MANDELMAN 152 GOLDFARB 150 GOLDSZTAJN 147 NAJMAN 141 MILMAN 138 KADYSIEWICZ 136 ROZENBLAT 136 FELDMAN 134 ADLER 131 AKERMAN 130 FUKS 129 MILLER 127 SZNAJDERMAN 127 BLAT 125 POMERANC 122 SZOTLAND 122 WARSZAUR 122 KURC 120 HAFTARCZYK 119 POTAZ.NIK 119 KESTENBERG 118 KIERSZENBAUM 117 GRINBERG 116 ROTENBERG 116 FRENKIEL 115 RAJCH 113 RYCHTMAN 113 LEWKOWICZ 110 ALTMAN 106 KAJLER 104 BRESLER 103 KLAJMAN 103 DANCYGIER 101 KAUFMAN 100 SZAJNFELD 100 ZYLBERSZLAK 100 CHWAT 99 ABRAMOWICZ 97 LIPSZIC 97 BERKOWICZ 95 AKIERMAN 94 ERLICH 94 MARKOWICZ 94 RUBINSZTEJN 94 ZYLBERSZPIC 91 WAJSELFISZ 90 BLEJWAS 89 WAKSBERG 88 BERGMAN 87 CUKIERMAN 86 GOLDWASER 84 ZYLBERSZTAJN 82 FINKIELSZTEJN 81 FLOMENBAUM 80 GLUZMAN 80 BLAJWAS 79 AJCHENBAUM 78 KON 78 LEWIN 77 SZTAJMAN 77 DIAMENT 75 GOLDSZTEJN 75 TAJTELBAUM 74 KOPER 73 RAKOCZ 73 KLINGIER 72 FERSZTENBERG 71 GLAJMAN 71 GOLDRAT 71 LUKSENBERG 71 Towns (places of birth) - 25 or more entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warszawa 990 Lódz 353 Szydlowiec 312 Lublin 239 Zwolen' 186 Kozienice 166 Ostrowiec 165 Kielce 158 Przytyk 156 Bialobrzegi 104 Opatów 84 Wolanów 76 Ilz.a 73 Kon'skie 67 Grójec 66 Lipsko 65 Kon'sk 58 Skaryszew 52 Przysucha 47 Zamos'c' 46 Opoczno 44 Warka 44 Piotrków 40 Sandomierz 39 Sienno 39 Dzierzków 35 Irena 32 Kazanów 32 Nowa Aleksandria 32 Checiny 31 Przedbórz 30 Ryczywól 30 Tomaszów 30 Wierzbica 30 Opole 29 Jedlin'sk 28 Kamienna 28 Mogielnica 28 Soltyków 28 Skierniewice 26 Staszów 26 Zawichost 26 Glowaczów 25
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List of Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies
#ukraine
David & Monique Gordon <dmgordonnj@...>
Where can I find a list of all the Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies,
associated with particular towns? I am looking for these pertaining to Ruzhin, Ukraine; & Jalowka, Poland. Thanks David Gordon
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine List of Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies
#ukraine
David & Monique Gordon <dmgordonnj@...>
Where can I find a list of all the Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies,
associated with particular towns? I am looking for these pertaining to Ruzhin, Ukraine; & Jalowka, Poland. Thanks David Gordon
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Former President of Brazil's Family
#latinamerica
Marcia Kuusisto <DynamoPortuguese@...>
Good Day!
Could you please help me with my search on sugar cane Land Lords in Pernambuco, Brazil? Last name (usually together): Affonso de Mello The former President of Brazil, Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello, is descendent >from those Land Lords. Did Manuel Affonso de Mello, Collor de Mello's grandfather, a Land Lord in the 1800s or late 1700s go to Brazil >from Holland or Portugal? I've heard Manuel's wife was Dutch. Any luck for me? Thank you so much. Sincerely, Marcia Affonso de Mello Kuusisto, MSCE Arlington, TX MODERATOR NOTE: Welcome to the LatamSIG list Marcia. In future postings it would help if you would tell what research you have already done in an attempt to get answers to the questions you raise above.
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Latin America #LatinAmerica Former President of Brazil's Family
#latinamerica
Marcia Kuusisto <DynamoPortuguese@...>
Good Day!
Could you please help me with my search on sugar cane Land Lords in Pernambuco, Brazil? Last name (usually together): Affonso de Mello The former President of Brazil, Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello, is descendent >from those Land Lords. Did Manuel Affonso de Mello, Collor de Mello's grandfather, a Land Lord in the 1800s or late 1700s go to Brazil >from Holland or Portugal? I've heard Manuel's wife was Dutch. Any luck for me? Thank you so much. Sincerely, Marcia Affonso de Mello Kuusisto, MSCE Arlington, TX MODERATOR NOTE: Welcome to the LatamSIG list Marcia. In future postings it would help if you would tell what research you have already done in an attempt to get answers to the questions you raise above.
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IAJGS 2006 - Resource Room
#dna
Gloria Berkenstat Freund <resources@...>
The Resource Room at the 26th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy will provide a wide range of electronic, print, microfilm, and human resources to assist attendees with their research. Computer services and databases will include.... * access to Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest census records, the New York Times(1857-2000) and newspaper archives and Godfrey Library's collection of online databases * U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Database - (three million records normally available only at the Museum) and the Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive search tool and testimony catalog * Manhattan Brides Index (the data entered so far in the Genealogy Federation of Long Island project to index 1,400,000 marriage licenses by bride's name) * Memorial Database of Jewish Soldiers, Partisans and Workers Killed in Action during Nazism (a searchable database of Jews in the Russian army killed and missing in action during WWII) Among the 100+ books and other print materials on hand will be... * dozens of reference books on general and Jewish genealogy, Jewish and New York history, immigration, translation, cemetery research, rabbinic research, the Holocaust and a large collection of volumes on Jewish Bialystok * large scale insurance maps of New York's old Lower East Side and a variety of historical and modern maps of Europe * the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute Fact Sheets * individual research projects We are also delighted to offer... * a large microfilm collection of Jewish interest usually housed at the Woodside (Queens) Family History Center - including the Hamburg Emigration Lists - and 10 microfilm readers on which to view them Plus we welcome the participation in the Resource Room of... * translators to interpret documents in Russian, Polish, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, and other languages * representatives of Ancestry.com in the Resource Room to assist in using that site and representatives of the Shoah Foundation, available for consultation Please check the Resource Room page on the Conference website <http://www.jgsny2006.org/resource_room.cfm>; for details, additional items, and updates. If you have material to share, please contact us at <resources@jgsny2006.org>. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 26th Annual IAJGS Conference Program Committee Chair
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DNA Research #DNA IAJGS 2006 - Resource Room
#dna
Gloria Berkenstat Freund <resources@...>
The Resource Room at the 26th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy will provide a wide range of electronic, print, microfilm, and human resources to assist attendees with their research. Computer services and databases will include.... * access to Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest census records, the New York Times(1857-2000) and newspaper archives and Godfrey Library's collection of online databases * U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Database - (three million records normally available only at the Museum) and the Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive search tool and testimony catalog * Manhattan Brides Index (the data entered so far in the Genealogy Federation of Long Island project to index 1,400,000 marriage licenses by bride's name) * Memorial Database of Jewish Soldiers, Partisans and Workers Killed in Action during Nazism (a searchable database of Jews in the Russian army killed and missing in action during WWII) Among the 100+ books and other print materials on hand will be... * dozens of reference books on general and Jewish genealogy, Jewish and New York history, immigration, translation, cemetery research, rabbinic research, the Holocaust and a large collection of volumes on Jewish Bialystok * large scale insurance maps of New York's old Lower East Side and a variety of historical and modern maps of Europe * the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute Fact Sheets * individual research projects We are also delighted to offer... * a large microfilm collection of Jewish interest usually housed at the Woodside (Queens) Family History Center - including the Hamburg Emigration Lists - and 10 microfilm readers on which to view them Plus we welcome the participation in the Resource Room of... * translators to interpret documents in Russian, Polish, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, and other languages * representatives of Ancestry.com in the Resource Room to assist in using that site and representatives of the Shoah Foundation, available for consultation Please check the Resource Room page on the Conference website <http://www.jgsny2006.org/resource_room.cfm>; for details, additional items, and updates. If you have material to share, please contact us at <resources@jgsny2006.org>. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 26th Annual IAJGS Conference Program Committee Chair
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IAJGS 2006 - Resource Room
#rabbinic
Gloria Berkenstat Freund <resources@...>
The Resource Room at the 26th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy will provide a wide range of electronic, print, microfilm, and human resources to assist attendees with their research. Computer services and databases will include.... * access to Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest census records, the New York Times(1857-2000) and newspaper archives and Godfrey Library's collection of online databases * U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Database - (three million records normally available only at the Museum) and the Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive search tool and testimony catalog * Manhattan Brides Index (the data entered so far in the Genealogy Federation of Long Island project to index 1,400,000 marriage licenses by bride's name) * Memorial Database of Jewish Soldiers, Partisans and Workers Killed in Action during Nazism (a searchable database of Jews in the Russian army killed and missing in action during WWII) Among the 100+ books and other print materials on hand will be... * dozens of reference books on general and Jewish genealogy, Jewish and New York history, immigration, translation, cemetery research, rabbinic research, the Holocaust and a large collection of volumes on Jewish Bialystok * large scale insurance maps of New York's old Lower East Side and a variety of historical and modern maps of Europe * the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute Fact Sheets * individual research projects We are also delighted to offer... * a large microfilm collection of Jewish interest usually housed at the Woodside (Queens) Family History Center - including the Hamburg Emigration Lists - and 10 microfilm readers on which to view them Plus we welcome the participation in the Resource Room of... * translators to interpret documents in Russian, Polish, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, and other languages * representatives of Ancestry.com in the Resource Room to assist in using that site and representatives of the Shoah Foundation, available for consultation Please check the Resource Room page on the Conference website <http://www.jgsny2006.org/resource_room.cfm>; for details, additional items, and updates. If you have material to share, please contact us at <resources@jgsny2006.org>. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 26th Annual IAJGS Conference Program Committee Chair
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic IAJGS 2006 - Resource Room
#rabbinic
Gloria Berkenstat Freund <resources@...>
The Resource Room at the 26th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy will provide a wide range of electronic, print, microfilm, and human resources to assist attendees with their research. Computer services and databases will include.... * access to Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest census records, the New York Times(1857-2000) and newspaper archives and Godfrey Library's collection of online databases * U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Database - (three million records normally available only at the Museum) and the Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive search tool and testimony catalog * Manhattan Brides Index (the data entered so far in the Genealogy Federation of Long Island project to index 1,400,000 marriage licenses by bride's name) * Memorial Database of Jewish Soldiers, Partisans and Workers Killed in Action during Nazism (a searchable database of Jews in the Russian army killed and missing in action during WWII) Among the 100+ books and other print materials on hand will be... * dozens of reference books on general and Jewish genealogy, Jewish and New York history, immigration, translation, cemetery research, rabbinic research, the Holocaust and a large collection of volumes on Jewish Bialystok * large scale insurance maps of New York's old Lower East Side and a variety of historical and modern maps of Europe * the Center for Jewish History Genealogy Institute Fact Sheets * individual research projects We are also delighted to offer... * a large microfilm collection of Jewish interest usually housed at the Woodside (Queens) Family History Center - including the Hamburg Emigration Lists - and 10 microfilm readers on which to view them Plus we welcome the participation in the Resource Room of... * translators to interpret documents in Russian, Polish, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, and other languages * representatives of Ancestry.com in the Resource Room to assist in using that site and representatives of the Shoah Foundation, available for consultation Please check the Resource Room page on the Conference website <http://www.jgsny2006.org/resource_room.cfm>; for details, additional items, and updates. If you have material to share, please contact us at <resources@jgsny2006.org>. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 26th Annual IAJGS Conference Program Committee Chair
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Rav Eliyahu ROMM Z"TZL, A"BD Yerushalayim
#rabbinic
shimonsporn
Does anyone have any information on the Rav Eliyahu ROMM Z"TZL? Was
he the head of any Yeshiva? Did he have a connection to Rav Zvi Pesach FRANK Z"TZL? Which Beis Din was he the head of? When? etc... Thank you Shimon Sporn Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Rav Eliyahu ROMM Z"TZL, A"BD Yerushalayim
#rabbinic
shimonsporn
Does anyone have any information on the Rav Eliyahu ROMM Z"TZL? Was
he the head of any Yeshiva? Did he have a connection to Rav Zvi Pesach FRANK Z"TZL? Which Beis Din was he the head of? When? etc... Thank you Shimon Sporn Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel
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Re: Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies
#poland
Bialystoker
As the Moderator pointed out the JGS of New York has some
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lists of Landsmanschaften. They also have a searchable database of Burial Societies in the New York area at http://www.jgsny.org/searchcity.htm. Although New York City was not the only city with these Jewish beneficial societies, these collections are the only source I know for tracking down such information. Also, you may want to contact the Museum of Family History (see http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/main.htm). Steve Lasky has created a very useful website with a Cemetery project that has information about landsmanschaften plots in the New York area as well as some other locations. Mark Halpern BialyGen Coordinator
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Where can I find a list of all the Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies, associated with particular towns?Jalowka, Poland.various landsmanshaft lists at http://home.att.net/%7Elandsmanshaft/
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Re: Tykocin Synagogue Records
#poland
Bialystoker
Dear George:
JRI-Poland has indexed all the available Tykocin records from 1868 through 1900. These are searchable at theJRI-Poland website at www.jri-poland.org and click on Search database. All available records >from 1826 through 1867 will soon be indexed and will be placed online in the future. I have personally visited the Tykocin Museum and asked the Museum director for historical information about the Jews of Tykocin. In return, they provided a 1905 Property Tax list for Jews, which is being translated, and a few other minor lists. Other than the records listed on Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation Archive Database at www.rtrfoundation.org, there just may not be any other Jewish records of Tykocin. Descendants of Tykocin Jews are fortunate to have a wealth of civil records available -- all of which are being indexed by JRI-Poland. Mark Halpern BialyGen Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- I've just started looking for records of the Avram
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Re: Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies
#poland
Bialystoker
As the Moderator pointed out the JGS of New York has some
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lists of Landsmanschaften. They also have a searchable database of Burial Societies in the New York area at http://www.jgsny.org/searchcity.htm. Although New York City was not the only city with these Jewish beneficial societies, these collections are the only source I know for tracking down such information. Also, you may want to contact the Museum of Family History (see http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/main.htm). Steve Lasky has created a very useful website with a Cemetery project that has information about landsmanschaften plots in the New York area as well as some other locations. Mark Halpern BialyGen Coordinator
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Where can I find a list of all the Landsmanshaften & Burial Societies, associated with particular towns?Jalowka, Poland.various landsmanshaft lists at http://home.att.net/%7Elandsmanshaft/
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Re: Tykocin Synagogue Records
#poland
Bialystoker
Dear George:
JRI-Poland has indexed all the available Tykocin records from 1868 through 1900. These are searchable at theJRI-Poland website at www.jri-poland.org and click on Search database. All available records >from 1826 through 1867 will soon be indexed and will be placed online in the future. I have personally visited the Tykocin Museum and asked the Museum director for historical information about the Jews of Tykocin. In return, they provided a 1905 Property Tax list for Jews, which is being translated, and a few other minor lists. Other than the records listed on Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation Archive Database at www.rtrfoundation.org, there just may not be any other Jewish records of Tykocin. Descendants of Tykocin Jews are fortunate to have a wealth of civil records available -- all of which are being indexed by JRI-Poland. Mark Halpern BialyGen Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- I've just started looking for records of the Avram
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Nicole BERLINE <nberline@...>
Zvi Bernhardt of Yad Vashem has asked me to post this message
regarding difficulties experienced by researchers using the Yad Vashem Database. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Data Acquisitions On Yom Hashoah, we [Yad Vashem] put up a whole new site. We did this in order to integrate a Russian interface for the site, a very important move as we have also started a project to collect Pages of Testimony among Russian speaking Jews. The project is currently being carried out in the Ukraine and in Israel. Like most new sites, the new site has bugs. We have sorted out most of the bugs, but the site is still not as stable as the site we had before Yom Hashoah. At this point, most of the time it works fine, but the problems described below happens every few days. Our computer people are working hard to solve the problem as quickly as possible. PLEASE write us at central.database@yadvashem.org.il if you encounter technical problems with our site. We usually aren't able to answer you quickly enough to help you, but you help us (and yourself in the long run) by making sure we know all the problems that exist. Zvi Bernhardt Yad Vashem
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Nicole BERLINE <nberline@...>
Zvi Bernhardt of Yad Vashem has asked me to post this message
regarding difficulties experienced by researchers using the Yad Vashem Database. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Data Acquisitions On Yom Hashoah, we [Yad Vashem] put up a whole new site. We did this in order to integrate a Russian interface for the site, a very important move as we have also started a project to collect Pages of Testimony among Russian speaking Jews. The project is currently being carried out in the Ukraine and in Israel. Like most new sites, the new site has bugs. We have sorted out most of the bugs, but the site is still not as stable as the site we had before Yom Hashoah. At this point, most of the time it works fine, but the problems described below happens every few days. Our computer people are working hard to solve the problem as quickly as possible. PLEASE write us at central.database@yadvashem.org.il if you encounter technical problems with our site. We usually aren't able to answer you quickly enough to help you, but you help us (and yourself in the long run) by making sure we know all the problems that exist. Zvi Bernhardt Yad Vashem
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