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Grave photos in Akron Ohio
#general
Shelly Crane
Hello,
Is there someone in the Akron, Ohio area willing to take grave photos at Rose Hill Burial Park and Sand Hill (also known as Hillside) cemeteries? If so, please reply privately. Thank you! Shelly Levin USA crzprncess@aol.com Names I am researching: Gabin, Poland BOL; Lomza Gubernia of Poland: DANOWSKI, FAJNTUCH, FAJNSTEIN, FROMSON, GABELMAN, GUROWSKI, GROSSMAN, IDZKOWSKI, LANGANS, LANGUS, LIPOWICZ, MILEWICZ, MILEWSKI PRESZMAN, WYTRIOL; Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Poland FLASZTERSZTEIN; Warsaw, Poland: AJZENSZTEIN; Gorodkovka, Myastkovka and Tomoshpol Ukraine: AJZENSZTEIN, COHEN, GARBER, PODOLSKI Various shetls near Kiev, Ukraine: BERKA, BERMAN, BLAZ, KVACHINSKIJ, KWAIT, LEFELMAN, LIPOVETSKY, SHIFFMAN, ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Grave photos in Akron Ohio
#general
Shelly Crane
Hello,
Is there someone in the Akron, Ohio area willing to take grave photos at Rose Hill Burial Park and Sand Hill (also known as Hillside) cemeteries? If so, please reply privately. Thank you! Shelly Levin USA crzprncess@aol.com Names I am researching: Gabin, Poland BOL; Lomza Gubernia of Poland: DANOWSKI, FAJNTUCH, FAJNSTEIN, FROMSON, GABELMAN, GUROWSKI, GROSSMAN, IDZKOWSKI, LANGANS, LANGUS, LIPOWICZ, MILEWICZ, MILEWSKI PRESZMAN, WYTRIOL; Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Poland FLASZTERSZTEIN; Warsaw, Poland: AJZENSZTEIN; Gorodkovka, Myastkovka and Tomoshpol Ukraine: AJZENSZTEIN, COHEN, GARBER, PODOLSKI Various shetls near Kiev, Ukraine: BERKA, BERMAN, BLAZ, KVACHINSKIJ, KWAIT, LEFELMAN, LIPOVETSKY, SHIFFMAN, ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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Re: Brussels newspaper archive look-up -- Big Mystery
#france
bbaum
Hello, again. I should have added below that this person was
identified in the newspaper article as someone by the name of "Ross," not Reinhold. "Ross" was his alias name while working for British intelligence and the Haganah during the kidnapping incident in Brussels in 1947. Thanks again. Eva Berlin Sent earlier: I would greatly appreciate it if someone in Belgium (Brussels) can track down a newspaper article about a Jewish Brigade veteran by the name of Reinhold who was kidnapped off the streets of Brussels around May 14 (or 17), 1947. Yes, 1947! A newspaper reporter spotted the kidnapping and quickly got the police to give chase. The kidnappers were caught, put on trial and sent to jail. Reinhold, who was injured and sent to the hospital, suddenly disappeared >from Brussels a short time later with the help of British Secret Service. Big mystery. The kidnapping incident was written up in a one or more newspapers in Brussels near the dates mentioned above. I hope someone has access to an electronic archive of newspaper articles that can search for this 1947 story. Thank you very much. Eva Berlin Princeton, New Jersey
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French SIG #France Re: Brussels newspaper archive look-up -- Big Mystery
#france
bbaum
Hello, again. I should have added below that this person was
identified in the newspaper article as someone by the name of "Ross," not Reinhold. "Ross" was his alias name while working for British intelligence and the Haganah during the kidnapping incident in Brussels in 1947. Thanks again. Eva Berlin Sent earlier: I would greatly appreciate it if someone in Belgium (Brussels) can track down a newspaper article about a Jewish Brigade veteran by the name of Reinhold who was kidnapped off the streets of Brussels around May 14 (or 17), 1947. Yes, 1947! A newspaper reporter spotted the kidnapping and quickly got the police to give chase. The kidnappers were caught, put on trial and sent to jail. Reinhold, who was injured and sent to the hospital, suddenly disappeared >from Brussels a short time later with the help of British Secret Service. Big mystery. The kidnapping incident was written up in a one or more newspapers in Brussels near the dates mentioned above. I hope someone has access to an electronic archive of newspaper articles that can search for this 1947 story. Thank you very much. Eva Berlin Princeton, New Jersey
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Descendants of SCHWERIN - Pharmacist in Teheran
#germany
SiebenSachen - Daniel Simon
Hi Genners,
I am searching for descendants of SCHWERIN. The only thing I know about him is that he was German and owned and run a pharmacy in Teheran during the reign of Reza Schah Pahlavi. He is an uncle or great uncle of my mother Susana SIMON (née PAUL) and I remember she was very proud saying people rememberd him when she visited Teheran in the early 60s. So please contact me privately if you have some information about him. Daniel Simon Ludwigsburg Germany info@siebensachen.org Reseaching SIMON >from Mainz/Mannheim, PAUL >from Berlin, KIRSCH >from Berlin
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German SIG #Germany Descendants of SCHWERIN - Pharmacist in Teheran
#germany
SiebenSachen - Daniel Simon
Hi Genners,
I am searching for descendants of SCHWERIN. The only thing I know about him is that he was German and owned and run a pharmacy in Teheran during the reign of Reza Schah Pahlavi. He is an uncle or great uncle of my mother Susana SIMON (née PAUL) and I remember she was very proud saying people rememberd him when she visited Teheran in the early 60s. So please contact me privately if you have some information about him. Daniel Simon Ludwigsburg Germany info@siebensachen.org Reseaching SIMON >from Mainz/Mannheim, PAUL >from Berlin, KIRSCH >from Berlin
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author Willi BUSCHHOFF writings published in Germany?
#germany
Hanna Grossman <hannakg@...>
Willi BUSCHHOFF was an uncle of a relative whose papers have come
into my hands. He was born about 1890 , probably in Worms, Hesse, was last heard of in 1938 in Berlin. He was an actor and apparently writer. In 1938 he sent his niece(in th US) a number of short stories, suggesting that she get them translated and published. I would like to know how to find out whether writings by Willi BUSCHHOFF had been published in Germany . Suggestions for sources? Hanna Grossman, Cornwall CT <hannakg@optonline.net>
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German SIG #Germany author Willi BUSCHHOFF writings published in Germany?
#germany
Hanna Grossman <hannakg@...>
Willi BUSCHHOFF was an uncle of a relative whose papers have come
into my hands. He was born about 1890 , probably in Worms, Hesse, was last heard of in 1938 in Berlin. He was an actor and apparently writer. In 1938 he sent his niece(in th US) a number of short stories, suggesting that she get them translated and published. I would like to know how to find out whether writings by Willi BUSCHHOFF had been published in Germany . Suggestions for sources? Hanna Grossman, Cornwall CT <hannakg@optonline.net>
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Re: INTRO - Seek BEHLE from Lissa / Leszno, Posen
#germany
Martha Lev-Zion <martha@...>
Shalom, Benny!
On 08 Aug 2007 "Benyamin Behle <behle1@netvision.net.il> wrote: 1. the name BEHLE sources ?According to Lars Menk's magnificent book, "A Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames", BEHLER comes >from the female given name Behla. I would assume your name probably comes >from the same source. 2. how this name came to my family ?Probably a surname taken >from a female ancestor. 3. is it possible to find out, if there are more JewishYou should register your name[s] in the JGFF so that other people can find you should they be looking for like names. I couldn't get in there to check for you. Martha Lev-Zion Israel Genealogical Society - Negev <martha@bgu.ac.il>
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German SIG #Germany Re: INTRO - Seek BEHLE from Lissa / Leszno, Posen
#germany
Martha Lev-Zion <martha@...>
Shalom, Benny!
On 08 Aug 2007 "Benyamin Behle <behle1@netvision.net.il> wrote: 1. the name BEHLE sources ?According to Lars Menk's magnificent book, "A Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames", BEHLER comes >from the female given name Behla. I would assume your name probably comes >from the same source. 2. how this name came to my family ?Probably a surname taken >from a female ancestor. 3. is it possible to find out, if there are more JewishYou should register your name[s] in the JGFF so that other people can find you should they be looking for like names. I couldn't get in there to check for you. Martha Lev-Zion Israel Genealogical Society - Negev <martha@bgu.ac.il>
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Re: The family name BEHLE
#germany
Ury Link
Dear genners, Benyamin Behle asked:
"1. the name BEHLE sources ? 2. how this name came to my family ?" My answer is: You have 2 explanations, the first explanation is that this name derives from the feminim Yiddish name Bella. Bella is a very common name in the Jewish name culture and for this name are 2 sources, one >from the Latin meaning Beautiful, or >from the Biblical name Bilha. The second option is that this name is a Toponim (a place name). I look into the Internet and find this site: http://www.netzekreis.de/ortschaften/behle/behle.html This place was in district Czarnikau ,Posen. Perhaps >from this place we have the family name Behle. In the book : Duden, Familiennamen, Dudenverlag Mannheim 2000 on page 114 I read that the name BEHLE derives >from the place names Beel in Niedersachsen, Beelen in Westfalia, Behl in Holstein, Behla in Baden-Wurtemberg, Behle in Brandenburg, Bela in Bohemia. Mt opinion is that the best solution is the place name Behle in Posen. To the question how the name came in the family I cannot give a answer. You must to do a lot of research to find it. Best regards Ury Link Amsterdam Holland <uryl@xs4all.nl>
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German SIG #Germany Re: The family name BEHLE
#germany
Ury Link
Dear genners, Benyamin Behle asked:
"1. the name BEHLE sources ? 2. how this name came to my family ?" My answer is: You have 2 explanations, the first explanation is that this name derives from the feminim Yiddish name Bella. Bella is a very common name in the Jewish name culture and for this name are 2 sources, one >from the Latin meaning Beautiful, or >from the Biblical name Bilha. The second option is that this name is a Toponim (a place name). I look into the Internet and find this site: http://www.netzekreis.de/ortschaften/behle/behle.html This place was in district Czarnikau ,Posen. Perhaps >from this place we have the family name Behle. In the book : Duden, Familiennamen, Dudenverlag Mannheim 2000 on page 114 I read that the name BEHLE derives >from the place names Beel in Niedersachsen, Beelen in Westfalia, Behl in Holstein, Behla in Baden-Wurtemberg, Behle in Brandenburg, Bela in Bohemia. Mt opinion is that the best solution is the place name Behle in Posen. To the question how the name came in the family I cannot give a answer. You must to do a lot of research to find it. Best regards Ury Link Amsterdam Holland <uryl@xs4all.nl>
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Rusow
#galicia
Kenneth Berger <Kbergernyc@...>
I'm trying to locate the town where my EISENKRAFT ancestors came
from. It is Rusow (or Rusov) and is near Chernovitz. Has anyone heard of this town and do you know how I might obtain birth and death records? (Also researching WEINER and MEHLER [MILLER]- Horodenka.) Thank you. Kenneth Berger New York, NY
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Rusow
#galicia
Kenneth Berger <Kbergernyc@...>
I'm trying to locate the town where my EISENKRAFT ancestors came
from. It is Rusow (or Rusov) and is near Chernovitz. Has anyone heard of this town and do you know how I might obtain birth and death records? (Also researching WEINER and MEHLER [MILLER]- Horodenka.) Thank you. Kenneth Berger New York, NY
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Assistance in Sheffield
#unitedkingdom
Justin Consor
Hi,
My great-great-aunt is buried at Sheffield Jewish Cemetery (Colley Road). Is there a kind person in that area who can take a photograph of her tombstone for me? (The cemetery only has a caretaker, and he will not take photographs of tombstones). I can do research in Israel in return. Please contact me privately. Thanks, Justin Consor jmc69@cornell.edu Jerusalem
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Assistance in Sheffield
#unitedkingdom
Justin Consor
Hi,
My great-great-aunt is buried at Sheffield Jewish Cemetery (Colley Road). Is there a kind person in that area who can take a photograph of her tombstone for me? (The cemetery only has a caretaker, and he will not take photographs of tombstones). I can do research in Israel in return. Please contact me privately. Thanks, Justin Consor jmc69@cornell.edu Jerusalem
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Waszylow
#romania
Kbergernyc@...
Does anyone know how I can obtain vital records for Waszylow(near
Verencanka)? I'm researching Mehler(Miller,Melnomyk,Morocznik) and Dorf ancestors. Ken Berger New York, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please capitalize all surnames
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Romania SIG #Romania Waszylow
#romania
Kbergernyc@...
Does anyone know how I can obtain vital records for Waszylow(near
Verencanka)? I'm researching Mehler(Miller,Melnomyk,Morocznik) and Dorf ancestors. Ken Berger New York, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please capitalize all surnames
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Re: Marrying at Age 13
#general
Lin Mor
Yes, young women did get married quite young! Both of
my maternal great grandmothers had early marriages, my maternal grandmother's parents were 13 and 15 when they married. My maternal grandfather's mother died at age 30 >from complications after her 6th child, the oldest was in his mid teens at the time. Once girls reached puberty it was considered time for them to marry. Linda Morzillo Saratoga Springs, NY Genealogynewsgal@yahoo.com Researching: PRESS and SCHNEIDER in Vidukle and other Raseiniai towns AMCHISLAVSKY and ERLICHMAN in Rostov-on-Don and previously Kozelsk and Oster, Chernigov Gubernia COHEN/KAGAN and BORNSTEIN in Oshmiany and France KOSOFSKY in Stuchin/Szczuczyn/Shchuchyn/Scucyn SWOTINSKY in Grodno Gubernia Poland/Russia/Belarus
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Marrying at Age 13
#general
Lin Mor
Yes, young women did get married quite young! Both of
my maternal great grandmothers had early marriages, my maternal grandmother's parents were 13 and 15 when they married. My maternal grandfather's mother died at age 30 >from complications after her 6th child, the oldest was in his mid teens at the time. Once girls reached puberty it was considered time for them to marry. Linda Morzillo Saratoga Springs, NY Genealogynewsgal@yahoo.com Researching: PRESS and SCHNEIDER in Vidukle and other Raseiniai towns AMCHISLAVSKY and ERLICHMAN in Rostov-on-Don and previously Kozelsk and Oster, Chernigov Gubernia COHEN/KAGAN and BORNSTEIN in Oshmiany and France KOSOFSKY in Stuchin/Szczuczyn/Shchuchyn/Scucyn SWOTINSKY in Grodno Gubernia Poland/Russia/Belarus
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