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The Kamieniecki cousins Brest Litovsk (Belarus)
#france
Lemberski Evelyne
The Kamieniecki cousins Brest Litovsk (Belarus)
I wish if Leon Kamieniecki is the cousin Mordko Max Kamieniecki Leon Kamieniecki born on 30/08/1909 in Brest Litovsk (Belarus) is the son of Moszek and Tauba Kamieniecki Max Mordko said Kamieniecki born on 22/10/1898 in Brest Litovsk (Belarus) is the son of Zelmann and chaya khaya sora Kamieniecki Leon Kamieniecki and Mordko Max Kamieniecki lived Paris. Leon Kamieniecki died in deportation. Max mordko Kamieniecki was my maternal grandfather. Feel free to contact me if you have information to the following email address: evelynelemberski@yahoo.fr Evelyne Lemberski SAINT MAURICE (FRANCE) Family Lemberski and Kamieniecki
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French SIG #France The Kamieniecki cousins Brest Litovsk (Belarus)
#france
Lemberski Evelyne
The Kamieniecki cousins Brest Litovsk (Belarus)
I wish if Leon Kamieniecki is the cousin Mordko Max Kamieniecki Leon Kamieniecki born on 30/08/1909 in Brest Litovsk (Belarus) is the son of Moszek and Tauba Kamieniecki Max Mordko said Kamieniecki born on 22/10/1898 in Brest Litovsk (Belarus) is the son of Zelmann and chaya khaya sora Kamieniecki Leon Kamieniecki and Mordko Max Kamieniecki lived Paris. Leon Kamieniecki died in deportation. Max mordko Kamieniecki was my maternal grandfather. Feel free to contact me if you have information to the following email address: evelynelemberski@yahoo.fr Evelyne Lemberski SAINT MAURICE (FRANCE) Family Lemberski and Kamieniecki
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Congressman Nathan FRANK
#germany
Neil Kominsky
Does anyone have a genealogical handle on Nathan FRANK (b. Peoria, IL,
1852; d. St.Louis. 1931)? He served one term in the US House of Representatives (1889-1891) representing St. Louis. The biographical information I have on him identifies his parents as Abraham FRANK and Branette WEIL. who immigrated >from Bavaria in 1849. Nathan's siblings were August, Louis, Joseph, and Amelia. He never married. I am trying to figure out if this FRANK family connects to the FRANKs on my tree, who originated in Altenschoenbach, Lower Franconia. Any thoughts would be appreciated. (Rabbi) Neil Kominsky, Brookline, Mass. nkominsky@gmail.com
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German SIG #Germany Congressman Nathan FRANK
#germany
Neil Kominsky
Does anyone have a genealogical handle on Nathan FRANK (b. Peoria, IL,
1852; d. St.Louis. 1931)? He served one term in the US House of Representatives (1889-1891) representing St. Louis. The biographical information I have on him identifies his parents as Abraham FRANK and Branette WEIL. who immigrated >from Bavaria in 1849. Nathan's siblings were August, Louis, Joseph, and Amelia. He never married. I am trying to figure out if this FRANK family connects to the FRANKs on my tree, who originated in Altenschoenbach, Lower Franconia. Any thoughts would be appreciated. (Rabbi) Neil Kominsky, Brookline, Mass. nkominsky@gmail.com
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LOBBENBERG and JACOBS
#germany
Hank Lobbenberg
Recently, I saw a possible connection to my family if the spelling is
correct. Regine JACOBS, born 1893 in LEIWEN, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and died in 1942 in the Shoah, married LOBBENBERG (first name unknown). If the spelling is correct, then he is almost certainly part of my family tree. Can anyone shed some light on this man. My LOBBENBERG families originally came >from BRAKEL in Kreis Ho(umlaut)xter. In the North Rhine. Thank you and Shana Tova. Henry Lobbenberg, Toronto, ON, Canada
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German SIG #Germany LOBBENBERG and JACOBS
#germany
Hank Lobbenberg
Recently, I saw a possible connection to my family if the spelling is
correct. Regine JACOBS, born 1893 in LEIWEN, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and died in 1942 in the Shoah, married LOBBENBERG (first name unknown). If the spelling is correct, then he is almost certainly part of my family tree. Can anyone shed some light on this man. My LOBBENBERG families originally came >from BRAKEL in Kreis Ho(umlaut)xter. In the North Rhine. Thank you and Shana Tova. Henry Lobbenberg, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Re: jcr-uk digest: September 26, 2016 Teacher Training Highbury
#unitedkingdom
jim.duggan@...
My grandmother, Rachel Silverstone, resident in Stepney, was trained as a
teacher in London about that time as well. I won't have access to my notes For a month, but I believe that there was a city or county sponsored programme Was aimed at training local residents to teach in the local schools. I've seen rosters of teachers >from the program. I suspect they were encountered on. the City of London library in Finsbury during my visit there. I will send An update. Not sure that this program was explicitly aimed at Jewish neighb= orhoods. Regards, Jim Duggan Sent >from my iPad On Sep 27, 2016, at 02:04, JCR-UK SIG digest <jcr-uk@lyris.jewishgen.org> w=rote: =20909 ??? =20ark, 1909 ??? From: Guyleslie@aol.com 1909 ??? New Park, London in the early 20th Century? A relative supposedly receiv=ed=20 her Teacher-Training there, and was also "Honorary Teacher of Religion"=20= there, all between 1908-1911, but I can't find an record of the place. Sh=e was=20 already 20, and had already taken University-level exams in Music, so its==20 unlikely this was just one of the 'Pupil-Teacher Training Centres' that w=ere=20 being set up in the 1890's to concentrate & improve 'pupil-teacher'=20ained=20 internally). It might have been a stand-alone Teacher-Training College=20= (either 'associated' with a University after 1890, or a completely indepe=ndent=20 LEA-created one after 1902), but I've never heard of a Jewish one, and=20= Dr.Gerry Black specifically found that "no satisfactory Jewish teachers'=20= training college was established then nor since". Any thoughts might be h=elpful. =20;=20 OWSEOWITZ/OVSEYIOVICH (Silale); BRUKH/BRUCH (Plunge); MILNER (Silale);=20= HART (London); DAVIDS (Amsterdam, London); BERMAN (Siauliai); LIPSCHITZ=20= (Kursenai); PRESS/SILVERSTONE (Manchester/Liverpool); KLEINMAN/KLEYNMAN=20= (Kraziai, USA, SA), LEVERSON/LEVINSON (Kovno, London)
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Re: jcr-uk digest: September 26, 2016 Teacher Training Highbury
#unitedkingdom
jim.duggan@...
My grandmother, Rachel Silverstone, resident in Stepney, was trained as a
teacher in London about that time as well. I won't have access to my notes For a month, but I believe that there was a city or county sponsored programme Was aimed at training local residents to teach in the local schools. I've seen rosters of teachers >from the program. I suspect they were encountered on. the City of London library in Finsbury during my visit there. I will send An update. Not sure that this program was explicitly aimed at Jewish neighb= orhoods. Regards, Jim Duggan Sent >from my iPad On Sep 27, 2016, at 02:04, JCR-UK SIG digest <jcr-uk@lyris.jewishgen.org> w=rote: =20909 ??? =20ark, 1909 ??? From: Guyleslie@aol.com 1909 ??? New Park, London in the early 20th Century? A relative supposedly receiv=ed=20 her Teacher-Training there, and was also "Honorary Teacher of Religion"=20= there, all between 1908-1911, but I can't find an record of the place. Sh=e was=20 already 20, and had already taken University-level exams in Music, so its==20 unlikely this was just one of the 'Pupil-Teacher Training Centres' that w=ere=20 being set up in the 1890's to concentrate & improve 'pupil-teacher'=20ained=20 internally). It might have been a stand-alone Teacher-Training College=20= (either 'associated' with a University after 1890, or a completely indepe=ndent=20 LEA-created one after 1902), but I've never heard of a Jewish one, and=20= Dr.Gerry Black specifically found that "no satisfactory Jewish teachers'=20= training college was established then nor since". Any thoughts might be h=elpful. =20;=20 OWSEOWITZ/OVSEYIOVICH (Silale); BRUKH/BRUCH (Plunge); MILNER (Silale);=20= HART (London); DAVIDS (Amsterdam, London); BERMAN (Siauliai); LIPSCHITZ=20= (Kursenai); PRESS/SILVERSTONE (Manchester/Liverpool); KLEINMAN/KLEYNMAN=20= (Kraziai, USA, SA), LEVERSON/LEVINSON (Kovno, London)
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Re: Birlad Romania Archive?
#romania
Sorin Goldenberg <soring0412@...>
Hi Herb and all
This is a page of the Romanian National archives that forwards to the different county branches: <http://www.arhivelenationale.ro/index.php?page=3D44&;lan=3D0> One needs to figure out in which modern county the location is today, and choose the respective branch >from the combo box. Barlad is now in Vaslui county. Regards Sorin Goldenberg Israel On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Herbert Weisberg herb.weisberg@gmail.com <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MODERATOR NOTE: The address, etc. for the Vaslui Archives is: Şef serviciu: Ancuţa-Maria TRUICĂ Adresa: Vaslui, Str. Mihail Kogălniceanu nr. 2, jud. Vaslui Telefon: 0235/303.258 Fax: 0235/303.258 E-mail: vaslui@arhivelenationale.ro
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Romania SIG #Romania Re: Birlad Romania Archive?
#romania
Sorin Goldenberg <soring0412@...>
Hi Herb and all
This is a page of the Romanian National archives that forwards to the different county branches: <http://www.arhivelenationale.ro/index.php?page=3D44&;lan=3D0> One needs to figure out in which modern county the location is today, and choose the respective branch >from the combo box. Barlad is now in Vaslui county. Regards Sorin Goldenberg Israel On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Herbert Weisberg herb.weisberg@gmail.com <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MODERATOR NOTE: The address, etc. for the Vaslui Archives is: Şef serviciu: Ancuţa-Maria TRUICĂ Adresa: Vaslui, Str. Mihail Kogălniceanu nr. 2, jud. Vaslui Telefon: 0235/303.258 Fax: 0235/303.258 E-mail: vaslui@arhivelenationale.ro
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Re: Death records for Stillborns 1890 - 1900 NYC
#general
A. E. Jordan
Paula Sharon Langer wrote:
Were there birth/death records kept for stillborns and/or babies who died soon after birth? My great grandparents, Richard Langer and Fannie Peterfreund, lost 2 -3 babies between 1893-1895. I have found their other 8 children - including one who only lived for 11 months. We have discussed this before I believe (you can check the Discussion Group Archives). No it was not until the 20th century that NYC started keeping independent records of stillborns. Remember in the 1890s most children are born at home with a midwife and in fact that Archives they estimate as many as a quarter of all births went unreported in this era. If there was going to be any death record it would be in with the normal death certificates but those normally were not issued unless the child was alive for a period of time. Allan Jordan
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Death records for Stillborns 1890 - 1900 NYC
#general
A. E. Jordan
Paula Sharon Langer wrote:
Were there birth/death records kept for stillborns and/or babies who died soon after birth? My great grandparents, Richard Langer and Fannie Peterfreund, lost 2 -3 babies between 1893-1895. I have found their other 8 children - including one who only lived for 11 months. We have discussed this before I believe (you can check the Discussion Group Archives). No it was not until the 20th century that NYC started keeping independent records of stillborns. Remember in the 1890s most children are born at home with a midwife and in fact that Archives they estimate as many as a quarter of all births went unreported in this era. If there was going to be any death record it would be in with the normal death certificates but those normally were not issued unless the child was alive for a period of time. Allan Jordan
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old Kovno cheder photo posted to viewmate
#lithuania
David Marinoff <david.marinoff@...>
I posted a section of a photo that I believe was taken in ~1895 in
Kovno of an ancestor's cheder class. Link is here: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50355 Would be happy to email or dropbox a high resolution shot of the full picture to anyone interested. (I have no idea how uncommon these pictures are.) Would also love confirmation or any information on the school if someone could point me in the right direction. (I'm new to this.) Family name was Ettiss - Myer, Tzippe, Charles and Sophie. In the US by the early 1900s. Sincerely, David Marinoff New York email to: david.marinoff@gmail.com
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania old Kovno cheder photo posted to viewmate
#lithuania
David Marinoff <david.marinoff@...>
I posted a section of a photo that I believe was taken in ~1895 in
Kovno of an ancestor's cheder class. Link is here: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50355 Would be happy to email or dropbox a high resolution shot of the full picture to anyone interested. (I have no idea how uncommon these pictures are.) Would also love confirmation or any information on the school if someone could point me in the right direction. (I'm new to this.) Family name was Ettiss - Myer, Tzippe, Charles and Sophie. In the US by the early 1900s. Sincerely, David Marinoff New York email to: david.marinoff@gmail.com
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Russian translation ViewMate request
#poland
Steven A. Zedeck <steven@...>
Hi,
I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I'd like a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50367 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Steve
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JRI Poland #Poland Russian translation ViewMate request
#poland
Steven A. Zedeck <steven@...>
Hi,
I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I'd like a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50367 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Steve
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Cifer (Slovakia) - community book
#hungary
Tomer Brunner
Shalom H-Siggers,
Cifer is a village in Slovakia, in Trnava area. I happen to notice that a handwritten community book >from Cifer, from the mid-late 19th century, and maybe even >from earlier years,is on auction later **today**, in an Israeli auction house If anyone has an interest or wants more details - please let me know Some of my relatives, of the LANDSTEIN family, used to live there. I do not know who is the owner of this book and have no personal benefit of= this sale Thanks, Tomer Brunner, Israel Moderator: Please contact Tomer off-list if this is of interest to you.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Cifer (Slovakia) - community book
#hungary
Tomer Brunner
Shalom H-Siggers,
Cifer is a village in Slovakia, in Trnava area. I happen to notice that a handwritten community book >from Cifer, from the mid-late 19th century, and maybe even >from earlier years,is on auction later **today**, in an Israeli auction house If anyone has an interest or wants more details - please let me know Some of my relatives, of the LANDSTEIN family, used to live there. I do not know who is the owner of this book and have no personal benefit of= this sale Thanks, Tomer Brunner, Israel Moderator: Please contact Tomer off-list if this is of interest to you.
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Barbados Genealogy
#sephardic
Carol Rombro Rider
Is anyone researching family that lived on the island of Barbados in the
Caribbean Sea? Please e-mail me if you are. Have a Good Shabbos, Carol Rombro Rider Baltimore, Maryland USA
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Barbados Genealogy
#sephardic
Carol Rombro Rider
Is anyone researching family that lived on the island of Barbados in the
Caribbean Sea? Please e-mail me if you are. Have a Good Shabbos, Carol Rombro Rider Baltimore, Maryland USA
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