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Re: Grinkiskis (Formerly Grinkishok)
#lithuania
Jonathan Feinberg <jffeinberg@...>
My father's father emigrated >from Grinkishok in 1883.
My wife and I just returned >from a trip around the shtetlah of Lithuania and visited the cemetery there. Many of the gravestones are surprisingly intact, though the inscriptions are so blurry as to make most of them illegible. Does anyone have a list of specific names of our ancestors who might be buried there. Thank you, Jonathan Feinberg San Mateo, California
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania RE: Grinkiskis (Formerly Grinkishok)
#lithuania
Jonathan Feinberg <jffeinberg@...>
My father's father emigrated >from Grinkishok in 1883.
My wife and I just returned >from a trip around the shtetlah of Lithuania and visited the cemetery there. Many of the gravestones are surprisingly intact, though the inscriptions are so blurry as to make most of them illegible. Does anyone have a list of specific names of our ancestors who might be buried there. Thank you, Jonathan Feinberg San Mateo, California
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Grodna (Grodno) - Augustow
#poland
Rony Golan
Shalom,
I would like to make contact with those researchers who have done research about families that moved >from Grodna to Augustow and hear about your experience about available resources for research. I am doing research about a family that most probably had part of its children born in Grodna circa 1865 and some children born in Augustow in the 1870s or later. Some members of this family immigrated to the US (New York) >from 1880 until the 1920s. Thabk you, Rony Golan Israel rony.golan@...
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JRI Poland #Poland Grodna (Grodno) - Augustow
#poland
Rony Golan
Shalom,
I would like to make contact with those researchers who have done research about families that moved >from Grodna to Augustow and hear about your experience about available resources for research. I am doing research about a family that most probably had part of its children born in Grodna circa 1865 and some children born in Augustow in the 1870s or later. Some members of this family immigrated to the US (New York) >from 1880 until the 1920s. Thabk you, Rony Golan Israel rony.golan@...
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gravestone search.
#general
Denis Nathan <dnathan@...>
I am looking for help in obtaining a photograph or at least a transcription
of a gravestone in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens, NY. I have the date of burial and memorial number. However no name is available in cemetery's online database. Denis Nathan MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses only please
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen gravestone search.
#general
Denis Nathan <dnathan@...>
I am looking for help in obtaining a photograph or at least a transcription
of a gravestone in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens, NY. I have the date of burial and memorial number. However no name is available in cemetery's online database. Denis Nathan MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses only please
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(Australia and New Zealand) Free Research Sites
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
Family History Daily has published a list of 12 free research sites for
Australia and New Zealand. For those researching those areas these databases may be help in your research. They did not include paid sites in this article but there is a link in the article to accessing the card catalogues of Ancestry, MyHeritage and Findmypast which all have databases covering the area. To read the article go to: https://tinyurl.com/yb9gjdrk Original url: https://familyhistorydaily.com/free-genealogy-resources/free-genealogy-sites-for-australia-and-new-zealand/ I have no affiliation with any of the sites mentioned nor Family History Daily and am sharing the information solely for the reader's information. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (Australia and New Zealand) Free Research Sites
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
Family History Daily has published a list of 12 free research sites for
Australia and New Zealand. For those researching those areas these databases may be help in your research. They did not include paid sites in this article but there is a link in the article to accessing the card catalogues of Ancestry, MyHeritage and Findmypast which all have databases covering the area. To read the article go to: https://tinyurl.com/yb9gjdrk Original url: https://familyhistorydaily.com/free-genealogy-resources/free-genealogy-sites-for-australia-and-new-zealand/ I have no affiliation with any of the sites mentioned nor Family History Daily and am sharing the information solely for the reader's information. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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(Germany) Stolpersteine Stones Begin Being Removed in Munich
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
Munich, Germany has begun installing new Holocaust memorials to replace the
brass Stolpersteine cobblestone reminders of the Nazi victims. The new memorials are being installed with new plaques and steles (upright slab or pillar serving as a monument). The memorial displays a picture of the person and the details of their lives and persecution they suffered by the Nazis. This follows a Bavarian Supreme Court ruling last December which backed the city's 2015 decision to replace the cobblestones over claims they were disrespectful. When completed there should be 10,000 people >from Munich who are commemorated. A petition calling for their removal garnered over 100,000 signatures. Stolpersteine "Stumbling Blocks" were placed in front of the homes where the victims lived or their workplace.. Some believe the stones are "disrespectful" because they get walked on and get dirty. Others believe it is a fitting memorial. Still others do not want plaques on their walls or in front of their homes. The Stolpersteine stones exist in more than 1,000 places in Europe. German artist Gunter Deming created the Stolpersteine and he has many supporters in Germany and outside of Germany. To read more see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44979359. There is a video of someone preserving the Stoplersteine embedded to this article. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (Germany) Stolpersteine Stones Begin Being Removed in Munich
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
Munich, Germany has begun installing new Holocaust memorials to replace the
brass Stolpersteine cobblestone reminders of the Nazi victims. The new memorials are being installed with new plaques and steles (upright slab or pillar serving as a monument). The memorial displays a picture of the person and the details of their lives and persecution they suffered by the Nazis. This follows a Bavarian Supreme Court ruling last December which backed the city's 2015 decision to replace the cobblestones over claims they were disrespectful. When completed there should be 10,000 people >from Munich who are commemorated. A petition calling for their removal garnered over 100,000 signatures. Stolpersteine "Stumbling Blocks" were placed in front of the homes where the victims lived or their workplace.. Some believe the stones are "disrespectful" because they get walked on and get dirty. Others believe it is a fitting memorial. Still others do not want plaques on their walls or in front of their homes. The Stolpersteine stones exist in more than 1,000 places in Europe. German artist Gunter Deming created the Stolpersteine and he has many supporters in Germany and outside of Germany. To read more see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44979359. There is a video of someone preserving the Stoplersteine embedded to this article. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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(Lithuania) Archaeologists Unearthed the Bimah of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
An International team of archeologists unearthed the bimah of the Great
Synagogue of Vilnius. The bimah is the synagogue's central prayer platform. The Great Synagogue of Vilnius was a 17th-century building that was destroyed by the Nazis and Soviets during World War II. The synagogue was built in 1630 on a site that has been used as a synagogue beginning in 1440. A school was built by the Soviets' over the Grand Synagogue in 1950's. They were tearing down the school when they found it under the office of the principal of a kindergarten. The Nazis burned down the synagogue and the remains were later demolished by the Soviet regime that built a kindergarten, later turned into the primary school, on the property. Before the war, Jews accounted for around one-third of the city's then 60,000 residents, but most of them perished under Nazi Germany's 1941-1944 occupation. To read more see: https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/lithuania/archeologists-find-bimah-of-historic-synagogue-in-vilnius-destroyed-by-nazis-and-soviets/ (MODERATOR: https://tinyurl.com/ya7zfqlz ) Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (Lithuania) Archaeologists Unearthed the Bimah of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
An International team of archeologists unearthed the bimah of the Great
Synagogue of Vilnius. The bimah is the synagogue's central prayer platform. The Great Synagogue of Vilnius was a 17th-century building that was destroyed by the Nazis and Soviets during World War II. The synagogue was built in 1630 on a site that has been used as a synagogue beginning in 1440. A school was built by the Soviets' over the Grand Synagogue in 1950's. They were tearing down the school when they found it under the office of the principal of a kindergarten. The Nazis burned down the synagogue and the remains were later demolished by the Soviet regime that built a kindergarten, later turned into the primary school, on the property. Before the war, Jews accounted for around one-third of the city's then 60,000 residents, but most of them perished under Nazi Germany's 1941-1944 occupation. To read more see: https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/lithuania/archeologists-find-bimah-of-historic-synagogue-in-vilnius-destroyed-by-nazis-and-soviets/ (MODERATOR: https://tinyurl.com/ya7zfqlz ) Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Miriam Wollstein -Jerusalem
#general
Karen Catania
Dear Genners,
Miriam Wollstein was born in Jerusalem 14 July 1925 to woman with the last name of Bukas. She dropped her off at the WIZO baby home in Jerusalem and was adopted by Sister Rosa Wollstein. Supposedly, the birth Mother Bukas left and went to Aleppo. We would live to find out her name if possible. She also married Eliyahu Morag and lived on a Kubbitz in Nitsanim. I would also like to find the birth date of Eliyahu. Thank you to all Best Regards, Karen Catania
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Miriam Wollstein -Jerusalem
#general
Karen Catania
Dear Genners,
Miriam Wollstein was born in Jerusalem 14 July 1925 to woman with the last name of Bukas. She dropped her off at the WIZO baby home in Jerusalem and was adopted by Sister Rosa Wollstein. Supposedly, the birth Mother Bukas left and went to Aleppo. We would live to find out her name if possible. She also married Eliyahu Morag and lived on a Kubbitz in Nitsanim. I would also like to find the birth date of Eliyahu. Thank you to all Best Regards, Karen Catania
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on JewishGen's Facebook page
#general
Bruce Drake <BDrake@...>
This week's excerpt >from the Yizkor book of Ciechanowiec, Poland is a little hard
to sum up. It is titled "Ciechanowiec Humor" and some of the anecdotes in it fit that bill - like the Hasidic who had played cards late into the night and when he dozed off in shul the next day and a neighbor had to nudge him when he was called to Torah, awakened with a start and shouted "I pass, I pass." But other items are more like pages >from life in the town, describing the arrival of gas street lamps (before their arrival "if there were no moon, you could see little" at night), the advent of electricity ("Who does not recall the thrill of that first night when electricity invaded our homes?) and the first appearance of a radio (to listen, you got in line for the privilege of paying ten groschen to use an earphone for half an hour). URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1856173821071431 Bruce Drake Silver Spring MD Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen This week's Yizkor book excerpt on JewishGen's Facebook page
#general
Bruce Drake <BDrake@...>
This week's excerpt >from the Yizkor book of Ciechanowiec, Poland is a little hard
to sum up. It is titled "Ciechanowiec Humor" and some of the anecdotes in it fit that bill - like the Hasidic who had played cards late into the night and when he dozed off in shul the next day and a neighbor had to nudge him when he was called to Torah, awakened with a start and shouted "I pass, I pass." But other items are more like pages >from life in the town, describing the arrival of gas street lamps (before their arrival "if there were no moon, you could see little" at night), the advent of electricity ("Who does not recall the thrill of that first night when electricity invaded our homes?) and the first appearance of a radio (to listen, you got in line for the privilege of paying ten groschen to use an earphone for half an hour). URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/1856173821071431 Bruce Drake Silver Spring MD Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
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Re: My Grandparents Town
#general
Phyllis Kramer
Joyce posted:
"My grandparents (Weinstein-Malsman) came >from a small town in Russia (what is now Ukraine). The Russian name of the town is Krevye Ozero. The name I grew up knowing was Krevozer. Is there anyone out there who has some relatives that came from that town? If there is a list someplace, I would appreciate knowing aboutit so I can possibly trace some relatives. Is there a burial society list available? Any information will be much appreciated." Joyce: Indeed there is a list, and a JewishGen community page for Krevye Ozero, then in Podalia, now in the Ukraine, Go here: https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1043802 and follow all the links on the page; see the map, the history and governments of the town, the towns around it that had a significant Jewish presence, the databases that have information about this ancestral town; especially do click on the Family Finder link on the upper right corner and see the 76 surnames posted by your fellow JewishGenners. Email those seeking similar surnames/towns and then add your own surname and town to our JGFF. Really, JewishGen has the information you are seeking! Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education Researching (all Galicia) KRAMER, BEIM >from Jasienica Rosielna SCHEINER, KANDEL >from Strzyzow & Dubiecko LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn, Burstyn STECHER, TRACHMAN >from Nowy Zmigrod, Dukla family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: My Grandparents Town
#general
Phyllis Kramer
Joyce posted:
"My grandparents (Weinstein-Malsman) came >from a small town in Russia (what is now Ukraine). The Russian name of the town is Krevye Ozero. The name I grew up knowing was Krevozer. Is there anyone out there who has some relatives that came from that town? If there is a list someplace, I would appreciate knowing aboutit so I can possibly trace some relatives. Is there a burial society list available? Any information will be much appreciated." Joyce: Indeed there is a list, and a JewishGen community page for Krevye Ozero, then in Podalia, now in the Ukraine, Go here: https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1043802 and follow all the links on the page; see the map, the history and governments of the town, the towns around it that had a significant Jewish presence, the databases that have information about this ancestral town; especially do click on the Family Finder link on the upper right corner and see the 76 surnames posted by your fellow JewishGenners. Email those seeking similar surnames/towns and then add your own surname and town to our JGFF. Really, JewishGen has the information you are seeking! Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education Researching (all Galicia) KRAMER, BEIM >from Jasienica Rosielna SCHEINER, KANDEL >from Strzyzow & Dubiecko LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn, Burstyn STECHER, TRACHMAN >from Nowy Zmigrod, Dukla family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm
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Seeking Hartford Jewish community records, 1852-54
#usa
Michael Rubin
Moderator note: Please always be specific about place names.
This is especially true with names of towns in Europe but also applies to the USA. Must we assume you refer to Hartford CT? MOD 1 ---> I am seeking documents related to members of the Hartford Jewish community >from 1852 to 1854. I am aware of the Ararat Lodge and Cong. Beth Israel. Any recommendations on documents >from other institutions would be of interest. I am researching Jacob ROSENSTOCK, in Hartford during that period. Thank you. Michael Rubin, Boston, MA rubinmichaels@...
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JewishGen offers New Class: Jewish Genealogy in East Prussia and the Baltic States
#usa
Nancy Holden
JewishGen offers New Class: Jewish Genealogy in East Prussia and the
Baltic States August 3 - August 26. For the first time, JewishGen is offering a research class with focus on Jewish Genealogical research in East Prussia and the Baltic States. This course will focus on the modern countries of Lithuania (Kaunas), Latvia, Estonia and the western part of East Prussia that borders the Baltic Sea. This region was once inhabited by the Baltic Prussians and Jews where German language and culture dominated. Regional wars, famine, trade and treaties influenced Jews who were permitted to live there. The ports and the rivers that ran into the Baltic determined Jewish life. If your ancestral roots were in East Prussia, Northern Poland, Western Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia this class may help you break stumbling blocks in your research. We will work at records still in existence for these areas. Where records are sparse we will concentrate on finding alternate sources. JewishGen education classes are private, open for your posts 24/7. You post your family information and the instructor will help you set objectives to find the solutions for finding missing data. Tuition for this class is $125. for three weeks of instruction. If you are interested in this class, we encourage you to send the instructor a brief summary of your research information and your questions to see if your research project fits within the scope of this class. More information https://www.jewishgen.org/education/ For information about the Application click on Requirements and Course Details. Send your questions and application to nholden@... Nancy Holden Curriculum Moderator JewishGen Education
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