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Re: South African Migration
#southafrica
Colin Plen
How can this get done
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Do they want to know the proportions of polulace who went to each place or just that "my daughter went to Ra'ana and my brother went to London?" Can someone lay out a questionaire of sorts and we can get people to answer. I would offer to do this but I don't know the actual object of the question. Colin Plen
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From: "Beryl. B" <balden@zahav.net.il> To: "South Africa SIG" <safrica@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:19 PM Subject: [safrica] South African Migration In his President's message of the December 2005
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Latest SA-SIG Newsletter
#southafrica
Roger Shlomo Harris <rwsh@...>
Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy
http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/ Monday 23rd January 2006. London, U.K. Dear Group, The latest issue of the SA-SIG Newsletter, December 2005, is now on-line via http://www.jewishgen.org/SAfrica/newsletter/index.htm Also, noted in the "What's New" panel on the home page, there is an article; 10th Course Machon Lemadrichei Chutz Le'aretz 1952-2002 by Ziona Schaffer. http://www.jewishgen.org/SAfrica/youth-movements/groups/schafferz/index.htm Kind regards, Roger Harris.
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Re: South African Migration
#southafrica
Colin Plen
How can this get done
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Do they want to know the proportions of polulace who went to each place or just that "my daughter went to Ra'ana and my brother went to London?" Can someone lay out a questionaire of sorts and we can get people to answer. I would offer to do this but I don't know the actual object of the question. Colin Plen
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From: "Beryl. B" <balden@zahav.net.il> To: "South Africa SIG" <safrica@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:19 PM Subject: [safrica] South African Migration In his President's message of the December 2005
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Latest SA-SIG Newsletter
#southafrica
Roger Shlomo Harris <rwsh@...>
Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy
http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/ Monday 23rd January 2006. London, U.K. Dear Group, The latest issue of the SA-SIG Newsletter, December 2005, is now on-line via http://www.jewishgen.org/SAfrica/newsletter/index.htm Also, noted in the "What's New" panel on the home page, there is an article; 10th Course Machon Lemadrichei Chutz Le'aretz 1952-2002 by Ziona Schaffer. http://www.jewishgen.org/SAfrica/youth-movements/groups/schafferz/index.htm Kind regards, Roger Harris.
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Re: Cemetaries
#southafrica
Rosalind
WE checked in the Encyclopedia Hebraica and found no instructions on how
the grave or body should be placed whereas they did state that Moslems place the body on its right side with the face towards Mecca. The Aron Hakodesh in the Synagogue should face Jerusalem/East. Two different concepts. Ros Romem
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Re: Cemetaries
#southafrica
Rosalind
WE checked in the Encyclopedia Hebraica and found no instructions on how
the grave or body should be placed whereas they did state that Moslems place the body on its right side with the face towards Mecca. The Aron Hakodesh in the Synagogue should face Jerusalem/East. Two different concepts. Ros Romem
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Re: ABELES in Bohemia
#austria-czech
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Susan L. Lubow of Morristown, NJ writes: I have been
researching my ABELES ancestors for many years. Recently, I have received new information. If anyone knows anything about the following people, I would appreciate hearing >from him/her: I. Jehuda ABELES, Branntweinbrenner in H? bei Zedwitz - Probably born bet. 1760-1770 i. Meyer ABELES, Branntweinbrenner in Petrowitz bei Rakonitz. Probably born about 1800. Married to Rosa RUSS etc I have good news for Susan. Jehuda was one of the many distillers who took leases on properties and moved around. By 1793 he was no longer in H? by Zedwitz but was already settled in Petrowitz/Petrovice Rakonitzer Kreis as a "Bestand Jude in herrschaftlichen Haus", ie he had the distilling and potash concession >from the Lord of the Manor. His name is given as Juda and he is married to Anna. A footnote implies he has taken over this concession from Herschmann BORGES [Prague]. He is listed as beingzustandig [resident] in Hochlieben. [Vol 5 p347] Now here is the surprise for Susan. Mayer [Meyer] was already born in 1793 and he is the last of five brothers - there are also two sisters. 1. The first born son Abraham is already married ie perhaps aged 24 and living in Chiesch/Cyse, Saatzer Kreis, working in the Ciesch textile factory. Indeed we find him in Chiesch, called Alexander, with two sons Samson and Joachim. He is denoted as a fabric dealer and is resident of Weiten Trebetitsch {Vol IV p313} 2. Then come sons all unmarried: Isak, Lebl, Josef and Mayer 3. The two daughters are called Regina and Martha 4. In the Rakonitzer kreis we find two RUSS families. They live in Geniowes Herrschaft/Gut which incidentally has a village in it called Weltruss/Veltrusy - could this be the origin of the name RUSS? The two RUSS families live side-by-side in neighbouring Wojkowiz/Vojkovice and are both dealers. Moises is married with four daughters - the third is called Rosalia - Could she be the future wife of Mayer? Josef Russ is also married and has a son Marek and three daughters [Vol V p319]. Mayer could have been a "late baby" and born in the 1880s. His oldest brother, Abraham [Alexander], must have been born ca 1768 -then we have three further brothers and perhaps two sisters before Mayer arrived ca 1780-1785. We know >from what Susan writes that Mayer's third-born son David ABELES was born in 1822, so Mayer probably married when he was in his late thirties. It may have taken that long to obtain a familiant licence. Celia Male [U.K.] Footnote: All the references are >from the 1793 Jewish Census of Bohemia.
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: ABELES in Bohemia
#austria-czech
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Susan L. Lubow of Morristown, NJ writes: I have been
researching my ABELES ancestors for many years. Recently, I have received new information. If anyone knows anything about the following people, I would appreciate hearing >from him/her: I. Jehuda ABELES, Branntweinbrenner in H? bei Zedwitz - Probably born bet. 1760-1770 i. Meyer ABELES, Branntweinbrenner in Petrowitz bei Rakonitz. Probably born about 1800. Married to Rosa RUSS etc I have good news for Susan. Jehuda was one of the many distillers who took leases on properties and moved around. By 1793 he was no longer in H? by Zedwitz but was already settled in Petrowitz/Petrovice Rakonitzer Kreis as a "Bestand Jude in herrschaftlichen Haus", ie he had the distilling and potash concession >from the Lord of the Manor. His name is given as Juda and he is married to Anna. A footnote implies he has taken over this concession from Herschmann BORGES [Prague]. He is listed as beingzustandig [resident] in Hochlieben. [Vol 5 p347] Now here is the surprise for Susan. Mayer [Meyer] was already born in 1793 and he is the last of five brothers - there are also two sisters. 1. The first born son Abraham is already married ie perhaps aged 24 and living in Chiesch/Cyse, Saatzer Kreis, working in the Ciesch textile factory. Indeed we find him in Chiesch, called Alexander, with two sons Samson and Joachim. He is denoted as a fabric dealer and is resident of Weiten Trebetitsch {Vol IV p313} 2. Then come sons all unmarried: Isak, Lebl, Josef and Mayer 3. The two daughters are called Regina and Martha 4. In the Rakonitzer kreis we find two RUSS families. They live in Geniowes Herrschaft/Gut which incidentally has a village in it called Weltruss/Veltrusy - could this be the origin of the name RUSS? The two RUSS families live side-by-side in neighbouring Wojkowiz/Vojkovice and are both dealers. Moises is married with four daughters - the third is called Rosalia - Could she be the future wife of Mayer? Josef Russ is also married and has a son Marek and three daughters [Vol V p319]. Mayer could have been a "late baby" and born in the 1880s. His oldest brother, Abraham [Alexander], must have been born ca 1768 -then we have three further brothers and perhaps two sisters before Mayer arrived ca 1780-1785. We know >from what Susan writes that Mayer's third-born son David ABELES was born in 1822, so Mayer probably married when he was in his late thirties. It may have taken that long to obtain a familiant licence. Celia Male [U.K.] Footnote: All the references are >from the 1793 Jewish Census of Bohemia.
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Re: Dresden
#germany
David Lewin <davidlewin@...>
The material is available in abridged form at:
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www.Gedenkbuch-Dresden.de A book-format of the Dresden Yizkor Book is now in its last stage of preparation, and will hopefully be printed in the not too distant future. Anyone with any Dresden information is requested to send it to CJZGedenkbuch@t-online.de in German. If you have no German, please email via me, I will translate it and forward it. David Lewin London <davidlewin@btinternet.com>
Someone recently posted a question regarding Dresden Holocaust
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German SIG #Germany Re: Dresden
#germany
David Lewin <davidlewin@...>
The material is available in abridged form at:
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www.Gedenkbuch-Dresden.de A book-format of the Dresden Yizkor Book is now in its last stage of preparation, and will hopefully be printed in the not too distant future. Anyone with any Dresden information is requested to send it to CJZGedenkbuch@t-online.de in German. If you have no German, please email via me, I will translate it and forward it. David Lewin London <davidlewin@btinternet.com>
Someone recently posted a question regarding Dresden Holocaust
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Fieldgate Street Buildings
#unitedkingdom
Sylvia Kaye <sylk@...>
".....29,30,31 only appeared in Fieldgate Street Buildings and not as
separate house entries and again not Grodzinski....." On reading Rosemary Wenzerul's comment about Fieldgate Street Buildings vs. Fieldgate Street, I just had to add my two pence worth. Fieldgate Street Buildings are, in fact, three (or more) terrace blocks which stand at right angles to the street (end on), along a stretch of one side of Fieldgate Street itself. Each block is made up of several apartments, and the apartment numbers run through the whole set of buildings, sequentially. These buildings do not stand on their own individual streets - access is >from Fieldgate Street. Some of the buildings, although somewhat dilapidated, are still standing. The Family History Centre at Bancroft Road Library (Mile End Road, East London) has detailed maps of the area going back 200 years or so. The resident archivist is very helpful, and can be reached on "localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk". =20 Good luck, Sylvia Kaye (originally Kosakofski) Israel (formerly >from London) Searching: DRUKER, DUDELSAK: Galicia/USA; KOSAKOFSKI, Kiev HYAMS: Kilburn, London BITTAN, HARRIS: London, East End BUCHHALTER: Siret, Austria FEITELSON: Romania ROZMANN/ROSENMAN: Mihaileni, Roumania
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Fieldgate Street Buildings
#unitedkingdom
Sylvia Kaye <sylk@...>
".....29,30,31 only appeared in Fieldgate Street Buildings and not as
separate house entries and again not Grodzinski....." On reading Rosemary Wenzerul's comment about Fieldgate Street Buildings vs. Fieldgate Street, I just had to add my two pence worth. Fieldgate Street Buildings are, in fact, three (or more) terrace blocks which stand at right angles to the street (end on), along a stretch of one side of Fieldgate Street itself. Each block is made up of several apartments, and the apartment numbers run through the whole set of buildings, sequentially. These buildings do not stand on their own individual streets - access is >from Fieldgate Street. Some of the buildings, although somewhat dilapidated, are still standing. The Family History Centre at Bancroft Road Library (Mile End Road, East London) has detailed maps of the area going back 200 years or so. The resident archivist is very helpful, and can be reached on "localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk". =20 Good luck, Sylvia Kaye (originally Kosakofski) Israel (formerly >from London) Searching: DRUKER, DUDELSAK: Galicia/USA; KOSAKOFSKI, Kiev HYAMS: Kilburn, London BITTAN, HARRIS: London, East End BUCHHALTER: Siret, Austria FEITELSON: Romania ROZMANN/ROSENMAN: Mihaileni, Roumania
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Confused about the Yaakov Koppels
#rabbinic
Todd Brody
I am very confused about the various Yaakov Koppels who lived in the
1700s. I have the following names: Yaakov Koppel Hasid Yaakov Koppel Likover Yaakov Koppel Charif Yaakov Koppel of Mezhirech Are any of these the same people? Which was the BESHT's disciple and chazan? Which claimed descendancy >from Judah HaChasid of Regensburg? Thanks. Your help is appreciated. Todd Brody Englewood, NJ Searching: BRAUDE (Telz, Alsiad, Plotel), GLASS (Sandomierz, Montreal), ROSENBERG (Skaryszew, Montreal), GROSSER (Sieniawa, Przemysl, Jaroslaw), LAMM (Sieniawa, Przemysl, Jaroslaw), FRANKFORT (Sieniawa), ARFA (Biezun, Zuromin, Sierpc, Plock), MAJ ((Biezun, Zuromin, Sierpc, Plock).
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Confused about the Yaakov Koppels
#rabbinic
Todd Brody
I am very confused about the various Yaakov Koppels who lived in the
1700s. I have the following names: Yaakov Koppel Hasid Yaakov Koppel Likover Yaakov Koppel Charif Yaakov Koppel of Mezhirech Are any of these the same people? Which was the BESHT's disciple and chazan? Which claimed descendancy >from Judah HaChasid of Regensburg? Thanks. Your help is appreciated. Todd Brody Englewood, NJ Searching: BRAUDE (Telz, Alsiad, Plotel), GLASS (Sandomierz, Montreal), ROSENBERG (Skaryszew, Montreal), GROSSER (Sieniawa, Przemysl, Jaroslaw), LAMM (Sieniawa, Przemysl, Jaroslaw), FRANKFORT (Sieniawa), ARFA (Biezun, Zuromin, Sierpc, Plock), MAJ ((Biezun, Zuromin, Sierpc, Plock).
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Family SOUCHOTINSKY
#ukraine
Joseph Klayman <jdklayman@...>
They lived in Dnepopetrovsk 1880 thru 1940 trying to
find my family on my father's (SOUCHOTINSKY) side. He left home in 1917 . There were 11 siblings. 9 brothers and 2 sisters. The father owned a large hardware business. I beleive they were fairly well off financially. Dina Souchotinsky Klayman
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Family SOUCHOTINSKY
#ukraine
Joseph Klayman <jdklayman@...>
They lived in Dnepopetrovsk 1880 thru 1940 trying to
find my family on my father's (SOUCHOTINSKY) side. He left home in 1917 . There were 11 siblings. 9 brothers and 2 sisters. The father owned a large hardware business. I beleive they were fairly well off financially. Dina Souchotinsky Klayman
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searching Lionel Mincer
#germany
Ramayrassoc@...
I am looking for information on the children or grandchildren of Lionel
MINCER. He was born in Sterling Kansas prox. 1900-03. He was a lawyer and came to Chicago in the mid twenties and was associated with the law firm of Brown Fox and Blumberg. Dick Mayer Highland Park,Illinois ramayrassoc@aol.com REMINDER: This is the German Jewish SIG. You do not say how your subject is connected to Germanyh or Judiasm.
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German SIG #Germany searching Lionel Mincer
#germany
Ramayrassoc@...
I am looking for information on the children or grandchildren of Lionel
MINCER. He was born in Sterling Kansas prox. 1900-03. He was a lawyer and came to Chicago in the mid twenties and was associated with the law firm of Brown Fox and Blumberg. Dick Mayer Highland Park,Illinois ramayrassoc@aol.com REMINDER: This is the German Jewish SIG. You do not say how your subject is connected to Germanyh or Judiasm.
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Re: Dresden
#germany
Lande
Someone recently posted a question regarding Dresden Holocaust deaths and I
will reply to him direct. However, the following general information regarding Dresden may be of interest. In place of the traditional Gedenkbuch, there exists a Buch der Erinnerung issued by the Arbeitskreis Gedenkbuch der Gesellschaft fuer christlich-juedische Zusammenarbeit Dresden e.V. Unfortunately, this excellent reference source is only available in CD form. If readers find that their local libraries do not have this CD (and I hope they will order them )I would be prepared to search for specific names for them. Peter Lande Washington DC <pdlande@starpower.net>
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German SIG #Germany Re: Dresden
#germany
Lande
Someone recently posted a question regarding Dresden Holocaust deaths and I
will reply to him direct. However, the following general information regarding Dresden may be of interest. In place of the traditional Gedenkbuch, there exists a Buch der Erinnerung issued by the Arbeitskreis Gedenkbuch der Gesellschaft fuer christlich-juedische Zusammenarbeit Dresden e.V. Unfortunately, this excellent reference source is only available in CD form. If readers find that their local libraries do not have this CD (and I hope they will order them )I would be prepared to search for specific names for them. Peter Lande Washington DC <pdlande@starpower.net>
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