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Call for nominations
#latvia
martha <martha@...>
Shalom chaverim!
At the Jewish Genealogy Conference in Jerusalem in July, we will hold elections of officers for the next year. The Latvia SIG invites nominations for the positions of Treasurer and President for the coming year. Please provide full names, background and email address of the persons you wish to nominate. You can also nominate yourself. What we need are people who will be active and innovative. We also urgently need a group of people to volunteer who can work on Bylaws for the SIG. It has come to my attention that we do not have any! Please get in touch with me or with Mike Getz <mgetz@erols.com> as soon as you possibly can, because we should vote on the Bylaws at our annual meeting in Jerusalem! And speaking of Jerusalem, you will be happy to learn that the SIG has been honoured by Professor Dov Levin's accepting our invitation to join us for the SIG luncheon. Professor Levin, in case you have forgotten, is the editor of the Pinkas Hakehillot Latvia v'Estonia, published by Yad Vashem. He is looking forward to sharing his knowledge with you and having you share your experiences with him. We only have 40 days before the conference! Martha martha <martha@bgumail.bgu.ac.il> Martha Levinson Lev-Zion, Ph.D. The 24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Jerusalem, July 4-9, 2004 http://www.jewishgen.org/jerusalem2004
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Call for nominations
#latvia
martha <martha@...>
Shalom chaverim!
At the Jewish Genealogy Conference in Jerusalem in July, we will hold elections of officers for the next year. The Latvia SIG invites nominations for the positions of Treasurer and President for the coming year. Please provide full names, background and email address of the persons you wish to nominate. You can also nominate yourself. What we need are people who will be active and innovative. We also urgently need a group of people to volunteer who can work on Bylaws for the SIG. It has come to my attention that we do not have any! Please get in touch with me or with Mike Getz <mgetz@erols.com> as soon as you possibly can, because we should vote on the Bylaws at our annual meeting in Jerusalem! And speaking of Jerusalem, you will be happy to learn that the SIG has been honoured by Professor Dov Levin's accepting our invitation to join us for the SIG luncheon. Professor Levin, in case you have forgotten, is the editor of the Pinkas Hakehillot Latvia v'Estonia, published by Yad Vashem. He is looking forward to sharing his knowledge with you and having you share your experiences with him. We only have 40 days before the conference! Martha martha <martha@bgumail.bgu.ac.il> Martha Levinson Lev-Zion, Ph.D. The 24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Jerusalem, July 4-9, 2004 http://www.jewishgen.org/jerusalem2004
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Re: request AND REPLYS
#general
David Edelman <pappapeach@...>
Dear Group and Moderators;
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I think what Jackie is referring to, as I have seen this myself, is if it the kind of question with a "reply privately", then the moderator never sees the reply, only the person who posted the original question. Even if we have been working on genealogy for many years, it is hard to be an expert in the whole thing, if you are doing this only part time, occasionally, and things do change all the time - both technology and what is or is not available. It is the "private" replies where some people can get rather nasty, and the moderators have no control over. On the other hand, most Genner have gone out of their way to be more then helpful. I guess that with a group of this size, there will just be a few bad apples. David Edelman, San Francisco. Researching: EDELMAN; FEINSTEIN; STEIN: Riga, Latvia. ALLEN: London. Freidenberg, Lomza, Poland.
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From: Sara Lynns [mailto:saralynn7@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:28 PM To: JewishGen Discussion Group Subject: request I am making a request we all have different levels of knowledge, expertise, experience and live in different regions of the U.S. as well as abroad snip>>>>>>>>>> MODERATOR NOTE: David, your points are well made, but the List is not the place for discussing the practices of some Jewishgenners. Let's stay with genealogy!
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: request AND REPLYS
#general
David Edelman <pappapeach@...>
Dear Group and Moderators;
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I think what Jackie is referring to, as I have seen this myself, is if it the kind of question with a "reply privately", then the moderator never sees the reply, only the person who posted the original question. Even if we have been working on genealogy for many years, it is hard to be an expert in the whole thing, if you are doing this only part time, occasionally, and things do change all the time - both technology and what is or is not available. It is the "private" replies where some people can get rather nasty, and the moderators have no control over. On the other hand, most Genner have gone out of their way to be more then helpful. I guess that with a group of this size, there will just be a few bad apples. David Edelman, San Francisco. Researching: EDELMAN; FEINSTEIN; STEIN: Riga, Latvia. ALLEN: London. Freidenberg, Lomza, Poland.
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From: Sara Lynns [mailto:saralynn7@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:28 PM To: JewishGen Discussion Group Subject: request I am making a request we all have different levels of knowledge, expertise, experience and live in different regions of the U.S. as well as abroad snip>>>>>>>>>> MODERATOR NOTE: David, your points are well made, but the List is not the place for discussing the practices of some Jewishgenners. Let's stay with genealogy!
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Re Yad Vashem list of names from France
#general
Sally Goodman <sbgoody@...>
Richard Wenig posted the following message:
www.yad-vashem.org.il/download/remembrance/bycountry/FRANCEENGLISH.pdf - I found the above site when surfing the web, It contains a list of namesThe names of the Holocaust victims that appear on this list were taken fromfrom the Holocaust >from France.> Pages of Testimony submitted to Yad Vashem. There are nearly 600 names of victims. Where known, place of birth, date of birth, residence, date of death and place of death are also listed. Some of the birthplaces listed are: Germany, France, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, Russia etc. Sally Goodman Palm Springs/LA, CA Researching: ABELES Vienna, San Francisco; BROWN/GROSS Schenectady, NY; CARDOZO London, Rochester, NYC; GOITMAN Kishinev, Tiraspol; HAYS Germany, Rochester, NYC; KIRSCHBAUM Jaroslaw, Vienna; MANDELBERG Jaroslaw, Vienna, Berlin; MUHLSTEIN Rzeszow, Vienna; NEUSPIEL, Nikolsburg, Moravia; Vienna & Hollabrunn Austria; RESHOWER Austria, Germany, NYC; ROSENSTOCK Stryj, Rzeszow, Jaroslaw; SELIGMAN Germany, Rochester, NYC; STEIN Stryj, Vienna.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re Yad Vashem list of names from France
#general
Sally Goodman <sbgoody@...>
Richard Wenig posted the following message:
www.yad-vashem.org.il/download/remembrance/bycountry/FRANCEENGLISH.pdf - I found the above site when surfing the web, It contains a list of namesThe names of the Holocaust victims that appear on this list were taken fromfrom the Holocaust >from France.> Pages of Testimony submitted to Yad Vashem. There are nearly 600 names of victims. Where known, place of birth, date of birth, residence, date of death and place of death are also listed. Some of the birthplaces listed are: Germany, France, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, Russia etc. Sally Goodman Palm Springs/LA, CA Researching: ABELES Vienna, San Francisco; BROWN/GROSS Schenectady, NY; CARDOZO London, Rochester, NYC; GOITMAN Kishinev, Tiraspol; HAYS Germany, Rochester, NYC; KIRSCHBAUM Jaroslaw, Vienna; MANDELBERG Jaroslaw, Vienna, Berlin; MUHLSTEIN Rzeszow, Vienna; NEUSPIEL, Nikolsburg, Moravia; Vienna & Hollabrunn Austria; RESHOWER Austria, Germany, NYC; ROSENSTOCK Stryj, Rzeszow, Jaroslaw; SELIGMAN Germany, Rochester, NYC; STEIN Stryj, Vienna.
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Re: Help with translation - "dusznia piersiowa"
#general
Stan Goodman <SPAM_FOILER@...>
On Fri, 28 May 2004 01:41:09 UTC, pudpud@zahav.net.il (Alex Kerner) opined:
Hello,It sounds like Asthma. -- Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Dorohoi, and Mileanca, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better). the URL is: http://www.hashkedim.com For reasons connected with anti-spam/junk security, the return address is not valid. To communicate with me, please visit my website (see the URL above -- no Java required for this purpose) and fill in the email form there.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Help with translation - "dusznia piersiowa"
#general
Stan Goodman <SPAM_FOILER@...>
On Fri, 28 May 2004 01:41:09 UTC, pudpud@zahav.net.il (Alex Kerner) opined:
Hello,It sounds like Asthma. -- Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Dorohoi, and Mileanca, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better). the URL is: http://www.hashkedim.com For reasons connected with anti-spam/junk security, the return address is not valid. To communicate with me, please visit my website (see the URL above -- no Java required for this purpose) and fill in the email form there.
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BONDI family
#germany
Harriet Mayer
There is a book(spiral-bound) available at the Leo
Baeck Institute (I also have a copy) entitled "The Family BONDI and their Ancestors", assembled and edited by Reiner Auman in 1966, which covers many generations >from their arrival in Dresden, A portion of the family is listed on FTJP. It also mentions several books which discuss this family: one by Emil Lehman >from 1866 Dresden is ">from Old Documents and Pictures of the History of Origin of the Jewish Congregation in Dresden." There are translated excerpts >from "Zur Geschichte Der Familie Jom-Tob-Bondi in Prag, Dresden und Mainz", which suggests that the family moved >from Prague to Dresden. Harriet Mayer, New York NY
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German SIG #Germany BONDI family
#germany
Harriet Mayer
There is a book(spiral-bound) available at the Leo
Baeck Institute (I also have a copy) entitled "The Family BONDI and their Ancestors", assembled and edited by Reiner Auman in 1966, which covers many generations >from their arrival in Dresden, A portion of the family is listed on FTJP. It also mentions several books which discuss this family: one by Emil Lehman >from 1866 Dresden is ">from Old Documents and Pictures of the History of Origin of the Jewish Congregation in Dresden." There are translated excerpts >from "Zur Geschichte Der Familie Jom-Tob-Bondi in Prag, Dresden und Mainz", which suggests that the family moved >from Prague to Dresden. Harriet Mayer, New York NY
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Yid. translation of one word
#general
Bernard Kouchel <koosh@...>
I'd appreciate the translation of the Yiddish appellation
"zhulik". I belive it to have been the nickname of a teenager in Russia. -- Bernard Kouchel koosh@att.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yid. translation of one word
#general
Bernard Kouchel <koosh@...>
I'd appreciate the translation of the Yiddish appellation
"zhulik". I belive it to have been the nickname of a teenager in Russia. -- Bernard Kouchel koosh@att.net
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researching: PIKORSKI
#general
Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
I have a new family link to research in Ciechanow.
Wolf PIKORSKI married Ryfka BORDOWICZ in Ciechanow in 1901. I do not (yet) know the names of Wolf's parents. If this PIKORSKI sounds familiar, please contact me privately at meyers01@comcast.net Thanks, Marty Meyers
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen researching: PIKORSKI
#general
Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
I have a new family link to research in Ciechanow.
Wolf PIKORSKI married Ryfka BORDOWICZ in Ciechanow in 1901. I do not (yet) know the names of Wolf's parents. If this PIKORSKI sounds familiar, please contact me privately at meyers01@comcast.net Thanks, Marty Meyers
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The Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group (CRARG)
#general
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
In case you will be attending the IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Jerusalem (http://www.ortra.com/jgen2004/).... We hope that you will attend an informational and planning meeting for the Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group (CRARG), to be held: Thursday 8 July 2004 08:55-09:40 Here is information on CRARG: http://www.crarg.org And here is a (growing) list of towns of interest to us: Czestochowa (Czenstochov/Chenstochov) and nearby: Janow/Jan=F3w Klobuck Klomnice Krzepice Lelow/Lel=F3w Mstow/Mst=F3w Praszka Przyrow/Przyr=F3w Szczekociny Zarki Radomsko (Noworadomsk/Novoradomsk/Radomsk) and nearby: Gidle Kruszyna Nowa Brzeznica Plawno Rozprza Daniel Kazez <dkazez@wittenberg.edu> President, Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group Springfield, Ohio USA TALMAN/TELMAN, JURKIEWICZ, KIFER - www.kazez.com/~dan/talman/ ENGLENDER - www.kazez.com/~dan/englander/
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group (CRARG)
#general
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
In case you will be attending the IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Jerusalem (http://www.ortra.com/jgen2004/).... We hope that you will attend an informational and planning meeting for the Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group (CRARG), to be held: Thursday 8 July 2004 08:55-09:40 Here is information on CRARG: http://www.crarg.org And here is a (growing) list of towns of interest to us: Czestochowa (Czenstochov/Chenstochov) and nearby: Janow/Jan=F3w Klobuck Klomnice Krzepice Lelow/Lel=F3w Mstow/Mst=F3w Praszka Przyrow/Przyr=F3w Szczekociny Zarki Radomsko (Noworadomsk/Novoradomsk/Radomsk) and nearby: Gidle Kruszyna Nowa Brzeznica Plawno Rozprza Daniel Kazez <dkazez@wittenberg.edu> President, Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group Springfield, Ohio USA TALMAN/TELMAN, JURKIEWICZ, KIFER - www.kazez.com/~dan/talman/ ENGLENDER - www.kazez.com/~dan/englander/
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Rabinowicz from Przysucha Poland, Translation of 5 Certificates from Russian Language is requested, Please
#poland
Meir G. Gover <mggover@...>
Dear Fellow Researchers,
Kindly help me with ViewMate translations of 5 Certificates from the Russian language, of my family >from Przysucha,Poland (40KM west of Radom) dating 1888 to 1898: Death Certificate of Jankel Rabinowicz 1888: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4145 Birth Certificate of Jocewed Rabinowicz 1898: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4146 Death Certificate of Judka Rachmil Majer Rabinowicz 1897: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4147 Marriage Certificate of Rachmil Juda Majer Rabinowicz to Chaia Szandla: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4148 Death Certificate of Dwojra Roiza Rabinowicz 1898: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4150 Please respond to my eMail address. I can help with Hebrew to English translations at your request. Meir Garbarz Gover mggover@bezeqint.net Savyon, Israel MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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JRI Poland #Poland Rabinowicz from Przysucha Poland, Translation of 5 Certificates from Russian Language is requested, Please
#poland
Meir G. Gover <mggover@...>
Dear Fellow Researchers,
Kindly help me with ViewMate translations of 5 Certificates from the Russian language, of my family >from Przysucha,Poland (40KM west of Radom) dating 1888 to 1898: Death Certificate of Jankel Rabinowicz 1888: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4145 Birth Certificate of Jocewed Rabinowicz 1898: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4146 Death Certificate of Judka Rachmil Majer Rabinowicz 1897: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4147 Marriage Certificate of Rachmil Juda Majer Rabinowicz to Chaia Szandla: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4148 Death Certificate of Dwojra Roiza Rabinowicz 1898: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4150 Please respond to my eMail address. I can help with Hebrew to English translations at your request. Meir Garbarz Gover mggover@bezeqint.net Savyon, Israel MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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pre marital agreements
#poland
Hadassah Lipsius <kesher@...>
It is interesting that Ruth asks about obtaining pre-marital agreements
from Warszawa, since just this week, I received in the mail a copy of apre-marital agreement for my family >from Warszawa. The pre-marital agreement was signed by the Kancelaria Aleksandra Dziewulski. There was a notary by the name of Kancelaria Antoni Kochanowski whose files are in the Archiwum Pa=F1stwowe m.st. Warszawy it is Fond : 710. Their address is Archiwum Panstwowe m.st. Warszawy ul. Krzywe Kolo 7 00-270 Warszawa He was a notary >from 1869 - 1876. BTW, I was able to find this information by searching the Sezam database on the Polish State Archives website. http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/index.eng.html Hadassah Lipsius <Does anyone know if premarital agreements >from 1872 could have survived and if so where might they be? from the translation of one of my family's certificates, we havereceived the following information "the before-marriage agreement (term) wasconcluded on Dec 19/31, 1872 # 1611 with .... .... Antona Kokhanovski in Warshaw">
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JRI Poland #Poland pre marital agreements
#poland
Hadassah Lipsius <kesher@...>
It is interesting that Ruth asks about obtaining pre-marital agreements
from Warszawa, since just this week, I received in the mail a copy of apre-marital agreement for my family >from Warszawa. The pre-marital agreement was signed by the Kancelaria Aleksandra Dziewulski. There was a notary by the name of Kancelaria Antoni Kochanowski whose files are in the Archiwum Pa=F1stwowe m.st. Warszawy it is Fond : 710. Their address is Archiwum Panstwowe m.st. Warszawy ul. Krzywe Kolo 7 00-270 Warszawa He was a notary >from 1869 - 1876. BTW, I was able to find this information by searching the Sezam database on the Polish State Archives website. http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/index.eng.html Hadassah Lipsius <Does anyone know if premarital agreements >from 1872 could have survived and if so where might they be? from the translation of one of my family's certificates, we havereceived the following information "the before-marriage agreement (term) wasconcluded on Dec 19/31, 1872 # 1611 with .... .... Antona Kokhanovski in Warshaw">
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