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Researcher Needed
#romania
Stanley Levine <stanlevine13@...>
Does anyone have a recommendation for a researcher in Romania to help me
research my relatives >from Galicia? Stan Levine Stanlevine13@...
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Romania SIG #Romania Researcher Needed
#romania
Stanley Levine <stanlevine13@...>
Does anyone have a recommendation for a researcher in Romania to help me
research my relatives >from Galicia? Stan Levine Stanlevine13@...
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KANTOR Family from Lyubar (Lubar)
#ukraine
neville lamdan
Dear Ukrainers,
Wonder whether any of you can assist in my quest for descendants of the KANTOR family >from Lyubar (Lubar), a shtetl which in the 19th century was in the Volhyn Gubernya, not far >from the small towns of Polonne, Ostropol and Starakonstantinov. I start relatively far back in time - with Shaye and Sura Malka KANTOR, both estimated to have been born ca. 1800. The couple had at least two sons, Meyer and Shloma Gersh KANTOR. Meyer remained in Lyubar, where he had at least 4 children (Shaye, Sura Malka, Chaim and Duvid). Shloma Gersh moved to Ostropol, where he had 13 known children (the oldest of whom were Duvid and Sura, the rest too many to list). Many of their offspring emigrated to the UK and the US. At the same time, it's clear that Meyer and Shloma Gersh KANTOR had other siblings or close relatives, who remained in Lyubar or the vicinity and had multiple descendants. Can anyone help me trace them? Neville LAMDAN, Mevasseret Zion, Israel.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine KANTOR Family from Lyubar (Lubar)
#ukraine
neville lamdan
Dear Ukrainers,
Wonder whether any of you can assist in my quest for descendants of the KANTOR family >from Lyubar (Lubar), a shtetl which in the 19th century was in the Volhyn Gubernya, not far >from the small towns of Polonne, Ostropol and Starakonstantinov. I start relatively far back in time - with Shaye and Sura Malka KANTOR, both estimated to have been born ca. 1800. The couple had at least two sons, Meyer and Shloma Gersh KANTOR. Meyer remained in Lyubar, where he had at least 4 children (Shaye, Sura Malka, Chaim and Duvid). Shloma Gersh moved to Ostropol, where he had 13 known children (the oldest of whom were Duvid and Sura, the rest too many to list). Many of their offspring emigrated to the UK and the US. At the same time, it's clear that Meyer and Shloma Gersh KANTOR had other siblings or close relatives, who remained in Lyubar or the vicinity and had multiple descendants. Can anyone help me trace them? Neville LAMDAN, Mevasseret Zion, Israel.
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Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
Cary
I read Yohanan's post:
"I am managing my cousin's family tree research by her request as she is not so involved in research methods. Recently I submitted her and her son's DNA sample to the Family Finder in FamilyTree DNA. As expected she came as 98% Ashkenazi Jew origin but to our surprise her son came as 100% Ashkenazi Jew. Why surprise? Her late husband family tree goes back to the 16-17 century in Holland and though the husband paternal grandfather's ancestors are Ashkenazi Jews mostly >from Germany, clearly some of the branches (e.g. all his paternal grandmother side and some of his maternal grandparents side) are Sephardic Jews, going all the way back to Portugal. My question is, why the Sephardic ancestors do not show in the Family finder origin. Is there a better test to pick up the Sephardic origin. " I have a similar story of my mother's early Sephardi heritage >from Hamburg, Germany, yet my origins on the Family Finder are also 100% Ashkenazi. Perhaps the Family Finder algorithm cannot distinguish between Ashkenazi and Sephardi heritage among Jews whose more recent heritage is Ashkenazi. Cary Aufseeser Newton, MA
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Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
Martin Davis (com)
Yohanan Loeffler wrote: why the Sephardic ancestors do not show in the
Family finder origin. Is there a better test to pick up the Sephardic origin. Or - is the family tree known to us - is wrong? Your family tree may be speculative but now that you have got this far it's definitely worth more research. The FTDNA myOrigins 2 was released last year (read https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/autosomal-ancestry/myorigins-2-0-update). It was the first time that FTDNA had included 'Sephardi' within its calculator and it hit the spot for some but definitely not all! A classic problem is that in many cases FTDNA designation does not correctly disambiguate Ashkenazi >from Sephardi and appears to provide contradictory indicators to its own Family Finder results. So, for instance, a kit may be described in the myOrigins result as 100% Ashkenazi and yet the Family Finder identifies many kits (and chromosome segments) which are clearly of Iberian or Sephardi origin. In that context it may be better (and definitely a cheaper option than retesting with another commercial company) to simply start reviewing the Family Finder matches for Sephardi linked kits. Another option would be to take up a membership in one of the online genealogy sites (Ancestry, myHeritage etc) and transfer you raw data to them and then use their tools to compare. Martin Davis London (UK)
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DNA Research #DNA Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
Cary
I read Yohanan's post:
"I am managing my cousin's family tree research by her request as she is not so involved in research methods. Recently I submitted her and her son's DNA sample to the Family Finder in FamilyTree DNA. As expected she came as 98% Ashkenazi Jew origin but to our surprise her son came as 100% Ashkenazi Jew. Why surprise? Her late husband family tree goes back to the 16-17 century in Holland and though the husband paternal grandfather's ancestors are Ashkenazi Jews mostly >from Germany, clearly some of the branches (e.g. all his paternal grandmother side and some of his maternal grandparents side) are Sephardic Jews, going all the way back to Portugal. My question is, why the Sephardic ancestors do not show in the Family finder origin. Is there a better test to pick up the Sephardic origin. " I have a similar story of my mother's early Sephardi heritage >from Hamburg, Germany, yet my origins on the Family Finder are also 100% Ashkenazi. Perhaps the Family Finder algorithm cannot distinguish between Ashkenazi and Sephardi heritage among Jews whose more recent heritage is Ashkenazi. Cary Aufseeser Newton, MA
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DNA Research #DNA Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
Martin Davis (com)
Yohanan Loeffler wrote: why the Sephardic ancestors do not show in the
Family finder origin. Is there a better test to pick up the Sephardic origin. Or - is the family tree known to us - is wrong? Your family tree may be speculative but now that you have got this far it's definitely worth more research. The FTDNA myOrigins 2 was released last year (read https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/autosomal-ancestry/myorigins-2-0-update). It was the first time that FTDNA had included 'Sephardi' within its calculator and it hit the spot for some but definitely not all! A classic problem is that in many cases FTDNA designation does not correctly disambiguate Ashkenazi >from Sephardi and appears to provide contradictory indicators to its own Family Finder results. So, for instance, a kit may be described in the myOrigins result as 100% Ashkenazi and yet the Family Finder identifies many kits (and chromosome segments) which are clearly of Iberian or Sephardi origin. In that context it may be better (and definitely a cheaper option than retesting with another commercial company) to simply start reviewing the Family Finder matches for Sephardi linked kits. Another option would be to take up a membership in one of the online genealogy sites (Ancestry, myHeritage etc) and transfer you raw data to them and then use their tools to compare. Martin Davis London (UK)
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Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
R Jaffer
In response to Yohanan Loeffler's question as to why his cousin's DNA
results did not show any Sephardic results >from his Dutch ancestors, there are two possible answers. The one he is seeking is scientific, and the short answer is 1) there is currently no "Sephardic" test, 2) luck of the draw as to which genes your cousin inherited from ancestors who lived 200+ years ago, and 3, his results might be slightly different if sent to a different testing company. Others will probably give a more detailed response to this question. The second possible answer is that his Dutch ancestors were not Sephardic. You have taken over a tree created by another person who "was no so involved in research methods". There were separate Ashkenazic and Sephardic synagogues, cemeteries, and records in Amsterdam. You did not state where in Holland his ancestors lived or when they left, so it is difficult to give exact advice. I suggest that you try to find his ancestors in the excellent online Ashkenazic databases found at: https://www.dutchjewry.org . The Portuguese records there are fewer. The key to tracing his family is to learn the surname the family adopted in 1811 if they were Ashkenazi. The Portuguese mostly had surnames >from the 16th century. I paid an Amsterdam archivist to help me find my husband's family in the records. When most families left Holland to go to English speaking countries, they dropped their adopted surname and went back to a patronymic type surname. His Posnanki, meaning >from Posen, family in Amsterdam, became Ezekiels in the US and his Richter family in Amsterdam uses Levy here. Once I had the correct family, I was able to trace back many generations in Amsterdam through the databases mentioned above. The other thing to keep in mind is that while the Sephardi and Ashkenazi did not usually intermarry in Amsterdam, that isn't true when they left their country. Moses Ezekiel, 1844-1917, the first Jewish American sculptor, wrote in his memoir assembled in "Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian" that his family was Sephardic. He hasbeen widely quoted and assumed to be correct. While his mother was a De Castro and obviously Sephardic, his father was an Ezekiel/Posnanki, a family that needed to adopt a surname because they didn't have one. His paternal grandparents had died before he was born, and he therefor only knew his Sephardic grandparents. Moses Ezekiel stated that his father told him his family was Sephardic because the groups never intermarried. However, while Moses Ezekiel's mother was born in Amsterdam. his father was born in Philadelphia in 1812 and married his Sephardic wife in Virginia in 1835. They shared their Dutch background, and Ashkenazi/Sephardi heritage was not as important in this country. So, your family assumptions should be tested and documents located. I have been able to trace the Ezekiel/Posnanki family back through a distant maternal grandmother to the first cantor of the Great Synagogue (Ashkenazi) of Amsterdam in the 17th century, and all of the Ezekiel/Posnanki line are buried in Askenazi cemeteries. Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel was only half Sephardic! For further background information see: https://www.bh.org.il/ashkenazi-jews-amsterdam/ Roberta Jaffer Massachusetts, USA
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Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
Arline and Sidney Sachs
The lead article in today Health & Science section of the Washington Post
"Was I part British, part Dutch, a little bit Jewish? The oddness of DNA tests." may answer Yohanan Loeffler's question. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/was-i-part-british-part-dutch-a-little-bit-jewish-the-oddness-of-dna-tests/2018/11/02/ed51b4c0-d090-11e8-83d6-291fcead2ab1_story.html [or https://tinyurl.com/y9aqopq3 --Mod.] Sidney Sachs Lorton, VA, USA
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DNA Research #DNA Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
R Jaffer
In response to Yohanan Loeffler's question as to why his cousin's DNA
results did not show any Sephardic results >from his Dutch ancestors, there are two possible answers. The one he is seeking is scientific, and the short answer is 1) there is currently no "Sephardic" test, 2) luck of the draw as to which genes your cousin inherited from ancestors who lived 200+ years ago, and 3, his results might be slightly different if sent to a different testing company. Others will probably give a more detailed response to this question. The second possible answer is that his Dutch ancestors were not Sephardic. You have taken over a tree created by another person who "was no so involved in research methods". There were separate Ashkenazic and Sephardic synagogues, cemeteries, and records in Amsterdam. You did not state where in Holland his ancestors lived or when they left, so it is difficult to give exact advice. I suggest that you try to find his ancestors in the excellent online Ashkenazic databases found at: https://www.dutchjewry.org . The Portuguese records there are fewer. The key to tracing his family is to learn the surname the family adopted in 1811 if they were Ashkenazi. The Portuguese mostly had surnames >from the 16th century. I paid an Amsterdam archivist to help me find my husband's family in the records. When most families left Holland to go to English speaking countries, they dropped their adopted surname and went back to a patronymic type surname. His Posnanki, meaning >from Posen, family in Amsterdam, became Ezekiels in the US and his Richter family in Amsterdam uses Levy here. Once I had the correct family, I was able to trace back many generations in Amsterdam through the databases mentioned above. The other thing to keep in mind is that while the Sephardi and Ashkenazi did not usually intermarry in Amsterdam, that isn't true when they left their country. Moses Ezekiel, 1844-1917, the first Jewish American sculptor, wrote in his memoir assembled in "Memoirs from the Baths of Diocletian" that his family was Sephardic. He hasbeen widely quoted and assumed to be correct. While his mother was a De Castro and obviously Sephardic, his father was an Ezekiel/Posnanki, a family that needed to adopt a surname because they didn't have one. His paternal grandparents had died before he was born, and he therefor only knew his Sephardic grandparents. Moses Ezekiel stated that his father told him his family was Sephardic because the groups never intermarried. However, while Moses Ezekiel's mother was born in Amsterdam. his father was born in Philadelphia in 1812 and married his Sephardic wife in Virginia in 1835. They shared their Dutch background, and Ashkenazi/Sephardi heritage was not as important in this country. So, your family assumptions should be tested and documents located. I have been able to trace the Ezekiel/Posnanki family back through a distant maternal grandmother to the first cantor of the Great Synagogue (Ashkenazi) of Amsterdam in the 17th century, and all of the Ezekiel/Posnanki line are buried in Askenazi cemeteries. Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel was only half Sephardic! For further background information see: https://www.bh.org.il/ashkenazi-jews-amsterdam/ Roberta Jaffer Massachusetts, USA
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DNA Research #DNA Re: Sephardic or Ashkenazi?
#dna
Arline and Sidney Sachs
The lead article in today Health & Science section of the Washington Post
"Was I part British, part Dutch, a little bit Jewish? The oddness of DNA tests." may answer Yohanan Loeffler's question. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/was-i-part-british-part-dutch-a-little-bit-jewish-the-oddness-of-dna-tests/2018/11/02/ed51b4c0-d090-11e8-83d6-291fcead2ab1_story.html [or https://tinyurl.com/y9aqopq3 --Mod.] Sidney Sachs Lorton, VA, USA
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(Lithuania) Study Presented at The Geological Society of America Locates Unmarked, Potential Mass Grave in Rokiskis Region
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
A study announced at the Geological Society of America's 2018 Annual Meeting
on November 4 says evidence pints to likely locations of mass graves from Holocaust era->from the Rokiskis region. The researcher >from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire says every small and large town in Lithuania has a mass gravesite. The researchers used ground-penetrating radar to narrow the search by looking below the surface for signs that indicate human-caused "disturbances". There are about 28 victims in the execution and burial site. To read more see: https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/11/ground-penetrating-radar-reveals-potential-mass-grave-sites-holocaust [MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - https://goo.gl/isiYsR ] Thank you to Janice Sellers for informing of about this article. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (Lithuania) Study Presented at The Geological Society of America Locates Unmarked, Potential Mass Grave in Rokiskis Region
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
A study announced at the Geological Society of America's 2018 Annual Meeting
on November 4 says evidence pints to likely locations of mass graves from Holocaust era->from the Rokiskis region. The researcher >from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire says every small and large town in Lithuania has a mass gravesite. The researchers used ground-penetrating radar to narrow the search by looking below the surface for signs that indicate human-caused "disturbances". There are about 28 victims in the execution and burial site. To read more see: https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/11/ground-penetrating-radar-reveals-potential-mass-grave-sites-holocaust [MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - https://goo.gl/isiYsR ] Thank you to Janice Sellers for informing of about this article. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Vilnius household registers - a new LitvakSIG project, new data available
#general
Russ Maurer
During the period between WWI and WWII, Vilnius and adjoining
areas (that today are within eastern Lithuania and western Belarus) were under Polish control. In Vilnius, the Poland imposed its system of household registration for population registration and mobility control >from 1919 to 1940. More than 13,000 household registers have survived. They contain a treasure trove of information about people who lived in or visited Vilnius. Typical records may include the first and last name, maiden name, names of the parents including the mother's maiden name, marital status, nationality and religion, place and date of birth (or age), place of previous residence, date of arrival to the lodgings, date of leaving the lodgings and next destination. We estimate that the collection, in all, contains several million entries, perhaps a third of them for Jews. Of particular note, because of the shifting national boundaries, the Vilnius household registers (VHR) will be of interest to a wider audience than one might imagine. There was no border between Vilnius and the rest of interwar Poland. People flowed freely between Vilnius and such other cities as Warsaw, Bialystok, Lida, Disna, Oshmiany, Minsk, and others. If your ancestors were anywhere in that area between the wars, they could have stopped in Vilnius and made an appearance in a household register. LitvakSIG has begun the long-term project of indexing the VHR record set. We are releasing data 5,000 lines at a time. The first batch was released during the IAJGS conference in Warsaw in August. This batch is available free of charge, thanks to a Rabbi Malcolm Stern grant awarded to the project We are pleased to announce that Batch 2 has just become available to qualified donors. In about 18 months, the data of this batch will be added to the All-Lithuania database, where it will be searchable free of charge. All necessary information about these data releases can be found on our VHR home page, https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-registers (or tinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/yab5ojnv ). Specifically, there one can 1. Download the free batch 1 2. Download a surname list for the new batch 2 3. Download a list of the addresses included in the new batch 2 4. Learn how to become a qualified donor and receive the new batch 2. Any questions should be directed to me. Russ Maurer VHR project coordinator
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Vilnius household registers - a new LitvakSIG project, new data available
#general
Russ Maurer
During the period between WWI and WWII, Vilnius and adjoining
areas (that today are within eastern Lithuania and western Belarus) were under Polish control. In Vilnius, the Poland imposed its system of household registration for population registration and mobility control >from 1919 to 1940. More than 13,000 household registers have survived. They contain a treasure trove of information about people who lived in or visited Vilnius. Typical records may include the first and last name, maiden name, names of the parents including the mother's maiden name, marital status, nationality and religion, place and date of birth (or age), place of previous residence, date of arrival to the lodgings, date of leaving the lodgings and next destination. We estimate that the collection, in all, contains several million entries, perhaps a third of them for Jews. Of particular note, because of the shifting national boundaries, the Vilnius household registers (VHR) will be of interest to a wider audience than one might imagine. There was no border between Vilnius and the rest of interwar Poland. People flowed freely between Vilnius and such other cities as Warsaw, Bialystok, Lida, Disna, Oshmiany, Minsk, and others. If your ancestors were anywhere in that area between the wars, they could have stopped in Vilnius and made an appearance in a household register. LitvakSIG has begun the long-term project of indexing the VHR record set. We are releasing data 5,000 lines at a time. The first batch was released during the IAJGS conference in Warsaw in August. This batch is available free of charge, thanks to a Rabbi Malcolm Stern grant awarded to the project We are pleased to announce that Batch 2 has just become available to qualified donors. In about 18 months, the data of this batch will be added to the All-Lithuania database, where it will be searchable free of charge. All necessary information about these data releases can be found on our VHR home page, https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-registers (or tinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/yab5ojnv ). Specifically, there one can 1. Download the free batch 1 2. Download a surname list for the new batch 2 3. Download a list of the addresses included in the new batch 2 4. Learn how to become a qualified donor and receive the new batch 2. Any questions should be directed to me. Russ Maurer VHR project coordinator
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Short URL for Vilnius household registers (VHR) home page
#lithuania
Russ Maurer
The URL for the VHR home page in my post yesterday was ruined by
the introduction of a line break. You can put it together manually by removing the = at the end of the line and adding back the missing letters at the end of the word, registers. Or, this shortened URL will work as well: https://tinyurl.com/yab5ojnv My apologies for any frustrations. Russ Maurer VHR project coordinator
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Short URL for Vilnius household registers (VHR) home page
#lithuania
Russ Maurer
The URL for the VHR home page in my post yesterday was ruined by
the introduction of a line break. You can put it together manually by removing the = at the end of the line and adding back the missing letters at the end of the word, registers. Or, this shortened URL will work as well: https://tinyurl.com/yab5ojnv My apologies for any frustrations. Russ Maurer VHR project coordinator
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Yizkor Book Project, October 2018
#ciechanow
#poland
Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
I could not send out this Yizkor Book Project report without relating to the recent horrendous murders in Pittsburgh. In a project which deals intrinsically with the tragic consequences of Jewish hatred, it is always disturbing to see that this same senseless hatred continues to this very day. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families of the victims and, in fact, to all the Jewish community of Pittsburgh and pray that events of this kind don't reoccur there and anywhere else. And now to the report. Whilst this month we can't announce the completion of a Yizkor book translation, I can say that there are several that are just a whisker's way >from completion. I'm quite certain that I will be able to pass on good news about several books in coming reports. I am pleased, however, to announce that the Yizkor Books in Print Project recently published the "Book of Stryj" on Stryj, Ukraine. The book was coordinated over the years by Mike Kalt and its translation encouraged vigorously by Uriel Zur Shutzer z"l >from the Stryj organization in Israel who sadly passed away before the project was completed. In the final stages of this project, we were extremely fortunate that Susan Rosin stepped up and took on the considerable task of translating a major part of this book, enabling its completion and now, its publishing. Another published book made available recently by the YBIP Project is "We Remember Lest the World Forget" covering the Holocaust in Belarus and, in particular, the unique history of the Minsk Ghetto. The translation of the original Russian book was facilitated by The Together Plan, a UK Charity, and was kindly presented to the YB Project to be published. Last month, the book was also made available online and appears in our Translations Index under "Minsk, Belarus". Purchase details of both of these books may be found via the link the Yizkor books in Print link appearing at the end of this report, as does the link to our Translations Index. A recent addition to the list of our Translation Funds is the book "Memorial Book of the Community of Siedlce" covering Siedlce, Poland. This translation fund, like the many others, is our way of enabling those with family connections and interest in a particular community, to take part in a group effort to financially support the translation of the book relating to its history and people. A link list to this fund and all the other current funds appears at the end of this report and please see if you are able to contribute to one of these projects providing very unique information on our lost communities. And now for the additions and updates are what we've carried out during October: We have added in one new book: - Minsk, Belarus (We Remember Lest the World Forget) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/weremember/weremember.html We have added in 8 new entries: - Hanusovce nad Topl'ou, Slovakia (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Slovakia) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_slovakia/slo172.html - Jezor, Poland (Sosnowiec and the Surrounding Region in Zaglembie) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sosnowiec/Sos357.html - Marijampole, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_263.html - Pilviskiai, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_352.html - Sarata, Ukraine (Akkerman and the towns of its district; memorial book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/akkerman/akk337.html - Taurage, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_499.html - Utena, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_566.html - Virbalis, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_661.html And we have continued to update 19 of our existing projects: - Bialystok, Poland (The chronicle of Bialystok) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Bialystok/Bialystok.html - Budanov, Ukraine (Book of Budzanow) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Budanov/Budanov.html - Czyzew-Osada, Poland (Czyzewo Memorial Book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czyzew/Czyzew.html - Dubno, Ukraine (Dubno; a Memorial to the Jewish community of Dubno, Wolyn) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dubno/dubno.html - Dynow, Poland (The Memorial Book of Jewish Dinov) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dynow1/dynow1.html - Kamyanyets, Belarus (Memorial Book of Kamenets Litovsk, Zastavye, and Colonies) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Kamenets/Kamenets.html - Kovel, Ukraine (Kowel; Testimony and Memorial Book of Our Destroyed Community) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kovel1/kovel1.html - Kherson, Ukraine (Jewish Farmers in Russian Fields) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JewishFarmers/JewishFarmers.html - Monor, Hungary (Bound by Fate: In Memory of the Jewish Community of Monor) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Monor/Monor.html - Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland (Memories >from Nowy-Dwor) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/nowy_dwor1/nowy_dwor1.html - Przemysl, Poland (Przemysl memorial book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/przemysl/przemysl.html - Smarhon, Belarus (Smorgonie, District Vilna; memorial book and testimony) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/smorgon/smorgon.html - Staszow, Poland (The Staszow book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/staszow/staszowp.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - The Jacob Rassen Story www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JacobRassen/JacobRassen.html - Turobin, Poland (The Turobin book; in memory of the Jewish community) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Turobin/Turobin.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html - Wyszkow, Poland (Wyszkow Book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wyszkow/Wyszkow.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. All the best, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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#Ciechanow #Poland Yizkor Book Project, October 2018
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
I could not send out this Yizkor Book Project report without relating to the recent horrendous murders in Pittsburgh. In a project which deals intrinsically with the tragic consequences of Jewish hatred, it is always disturbing to see that this same senseless hatred continues to this very day. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families of the victims and, in fact, to all the Jewish community of Pittsburgh and pray that events of this kind don't reoccur there and anywhere else. And now to the report. Whilst this month we can't announce the completion of a Yizkor book translation, I can say that there are several that are just a whisker's way >from completion. I'm quite certain that I will be able to pass on good news about several books in coming reports. I am pleased, however, to announce that the Yizkor Books in Print Project recently published the "Book of Stryj" on Stryj, Ukraine. The book was coordinated over the years by Mike Kalt and its translation encouraged vigorously by Uriel Zur Shutzer z"l >from the Stryj organization in Israel who sadly passed away before the project was completed. In the final stages of this project, we were extremely fortunate that Susan Rosin stepped up and took on the considerable task of translating a major part of this book, enabling its completion and now, its publishing. Another published book made available recently by the YBIP Project is "We Remember Lest the World Forget" covering the Holocaust in Belarus and, in particular, the unique history of the Minsk Ghetto. The translation of the original Russian book was facilitated by The Together Plan, a UK Charity, and was kindly presented to the YB Project to be published. Last month, the book was also made available online and appears in our Translations Index under "Minsk, Belarus". Purchase details of both of these books may be found via the link the Yizkor books in Print link appearing at the end of this report, as does the link to our Translations Index. A recent addition to the list of our Translation Funds is the book "Memorial Book of the Community of Siedlce" covering Siedlce, Poland. This translation fund, like the many others, is our way of enabling those with family connections and interest in a particular community, to take part in a group effort to financially support the translation of the book relating to its history and people. A link list to this fund and all the other current funds appears at the end of this report and please see if you are able to contribute to one of these projects providing very unique information on our lost communities. And now for the additions and updates are what we've carried out during October: We have added in one new book: - Minsk, Belarus (We Remember Lest the World Forget) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/weremember/weremember.html We have added in 8 new entries: - Hanusovce nad Topl'ou, Slovakia (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Slovakia) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_slovakia/slo172.html - Jezor, Poland (Sosnowiec and the Surrounding Region in Zaglembie) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sosnowiec/Sos357.html - Marijampole, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_263.html - Pilviskiai, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_352.html - Sarata, Ukraine (Akkerman and the towns of its district; memorial book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/akkerman/akk337.html - Taurage, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_499.html - Utena, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_566.html - Virbalis, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume I) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania4/lit4_661.html And we have continued to update 19 of our existing projects: - Bialystok, Poland (The chronicle of Bialystok) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Bialystok/Bialystok.html - Budanov, Ukraine (Book of Budzanow) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Budanov/Budanov.html - Czyzew-Osada, Poland (Czyzewo Memorial Book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czyzew/Czyzew.html - Dubno, Ukraine (Dubno; a Memorial to the Jewish community of Dubno, Wolyn) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dubno/dubno.html - Dynow, Poland (The Memorial Book of Jewish Dinov) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dynow1/dynow1.html - Kamyanyets, Belarus (Memorial Book of Kamenets Litovsk, Zastavye, and Colonies) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Kamenets/Kamenets.html - Kovel, Ukraine (Kowel; Testimony and Memorial Book of Our Destroyed Community) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kovel1/kovel1.html - Kherson, Ukraine (Jewish Farmers in Russian Fields) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JewishFarmers/JewishFarmers.html - Monor, Hungary (Bound by Fate: In Memory of the Jewish Community of Monor) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Monor/Monor.html - Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland (Memories >from Nowy-Dwor) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/nowy_dwor1/nowy_dwor1.html - Przemysl, Poland (Przemysl memorial book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/przemysl/przemysl.html - Smarhon, Belarus (Smorgonie, District Vilna; memorial book and testimony) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/smorgon/smorgon.html - Staszow, Poland (The Staszow book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/staszow/staszowp.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - The Jacob Rassen Story www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JacobRassen/JacobRassen.html - Turobin, Poland (The Turobin book; in memory of the Jewish community) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Turobin/Turobin.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html - Wyszkow, Poland (Wyszkow Book) www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wyszkow/Wyszkow.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. All the best, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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