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This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
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I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
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Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
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FW: THORMANN
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monika Thormann
Hi!
I am looking for all kind of information about "Inge" INGEBORG THORMANN born in MINDEN, GERMANY 10/9 1930. Deported to Izbica ghetto 1942. Monika Thormann Stockholm Sweden monika_thormann@hotmail.com
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Chicago 2008 conference news
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ANNE LEE <information@...>
1. Conference discussion group.
The Chicago 2008 conference co-chairs are pleased to let you know that the conference discussion group has been set up and that all who are interested may subscribe. This is a list-serve where questions may be asked about the conference -- and answers provided. Subscribers may also suggest/discuss ways in which conference attendees can get the most out of a conference, what to bring or not to bring, and so forth. This is a moderated discussion group and inappropriate messages will be rejected. Instructions for subscribing can be found on the conference web site (www.Chicago2008.org) --- click on the left hand button that says "Conference discussion group." You can also find instructions for subscribing to all discussion groups at www.jewishgen.org. We very much appreciate that Jewishgen.org is once again hosting our conference discussion group. 2. Fantastic prize. In case some of you may not yet be aware, you could win a standard guest room at the conference hotel for up to five nights during the 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. This generous prize is being donated by the Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile. To be eligible, all you have to do is register for the conference AND the hotel BEFORE Saturday, March 15, 2008. The drawing for the winner will take place on March 28, 2008, during the IAJGS spring board meeting. The winner will be notified. Taxes, gratuities, and incidentals are not included. Speakers, exhibitors, IAJGS board members, and board members of the JGS of Illinois and the Illiana JGS (co-hosts of the conference with IAJGS) are ineligible. The prize will be withdrawn if the winner cancels his/her conference registration and will be awarded to another registrant chosen >from the same prize pool. See you all in Chicago! Conference co-chairs: Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, HI Mike Posnick, Minneapolis, MN Joel Spector, Cherry Hill, NJ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen FW: THORMANN
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monika Thormann
Hi!
I am looking for all kind of information about "Inge" INGEBORG THORMANN born in MINDEN, GERMANY 10/9 1930. Deported to Izbica ghetto 1942. Monika Thormann Stockholm Sweden monika_thormann@hotmail.com
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Chicago 2008 conference news
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ANNE LEE <information@...>
1. Conference discussion group.
The Chicago 2008 conference co-chairs are pleased to let you know that the conference discussion group has been set up and that all who are interested may subscribe. This is a list-serve where questions may be asked about the conference -- and answers provided. Subscribers may also suggest/discuss ways in which conference attendees can get the most out of a conference, what to bring or not to bring, and so forth. This is a moderated discussion group and inappropriate messages will be rejected. Instructions for subscribing can be found on the conference web site (www.Chicago2008.org) --- click on the left hand button that says "Conference discussion group." You can also find instructions for subscribing to all discussion groups at www.jewishgen.org. We very much appreciate that Jewishgen.org is once again hosting our conference discussion group. 2. Fantastic prize. In case some of you may not yet be aware, you could win a standard guest room at the conference hotel for up to five nights during the 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. This generous prize is being donated by the Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile. To be eligible, all you have to do is register for the conference AND the hotel BEFORE Saturday, March 15, 2008. The drawing for the winner will take place on March 28, 2008, during the IAJGS spring board meeting. The winner will be notified. Taxes, gratuities, and incidentals are not included. Speakers, exhibitors, IAJGS board members, and board members of the JGS of Illinois and the Illiana JGS (co-hosts of the conference with IAJGS) are ineligible. The prize will be withdrawn if the winner cancels his/her conference registration and will be awarded to another registrant chosen >from the same prize pool. See you all in Chicago! Conference co-chairs: Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, HI Mike Posnick, Minneapolis, MN Joel Spector, Cherry Hill, NJ
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ANNE LEE <information@...>
1. Conference discussion group.
The Chicago 2008 conference co-chairs are pleased to let you know that the conference discussion group has been set up and that all who are interested may subscribe. This is a list-serve where questions may be asked about the conference -- and answers provided. Subscribers may also suggest/discuss ways in which conference attendees can get the most out of a conference, what to bring or not to bring, and so forth. This is a moderated discussion group and inappropriate messages will be rejected. Instructions for subscribing can be found on the conference web site (www.Chicago2008.org) --- click on the left hand button that says "Conference discussion group." You can also find instructions for subscribing to all discussion groups at www.jewishgen.org. We very much appreciate that Jewishgen.org is once again hosting our conference discussion group. 2. Fantastic prize. In case some of you may not yet be aware, you could win a standard guest room at the conference hotel for up to five nights during the 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. This generous prize is being donated by the Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile. To be eligible, all you have to do is register for the conference AND the hotel BEFORE Saturday, March 15, 2008. The drawing for the winner will take place on March 28, 2008, during the IAJGS spring board meeting. The winner will be notified. Taxes, gratuities, and incidentals are not included. Speakers, exhibitors, IAJGS board members, and board members of the JGS of Illinois and the Illiana JGS (co-hosts of the conference with IAJGS) are ineligible. The prize will be withdrawn if the winner cancels his/her conference registration and will be awarded to another registrant chosen >from the same prize pool. See you all in Chicago! Conference co-chairs: Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, HI Mike Posnick, Minneapolis, MN Joel Spector, Cherry Hill, NJ
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Re: WW1 British Cemeteries in Eretz Israel
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HPOLLINS@...
The Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission) published separate registers for each First World War cemetery and memorial. This was done mainly in the 1920s. They have now of course been incorporated in the online website. Harold Pollins
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ANNE LEE <information@...>
1. Conference discussion group.
The Chicago 2008 conference co-chairs are pleased to let you know that the conference discussion group has been set up and that all who are interested may subscribe. This is a list-serve where questions may be asked about the conference -- and answers provided. Subscribers may also suggest/discuss ways in which conference attendees can get the most out of a conference, what to bring or not to bring, and so forth. This is a moderated discussion group and inappropriate messages will be rejected. Instructions for subscribing can be found on the conference web site (www.Chicago2008.org) --- click on the left hand button that says "Conference discussion group." You can also find instructions for subscribing to all discussion groups at www.jewishgen.org. We very much appreciate that Jewishgen.org is once again hosting our conference discussion group. 2. Fantastic prize. In case some of you may not yet be aware, you could win a standard guest room at the conference hotel for up to five nights during the 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. This generous prize is being donated by the Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile. To be eligible, all you have to do is register for the conference AND the hotel BEFORE Saturday, March 15, 2008. The drawing for the winner will take place on March 28, 2008, during the IAJGS spring board meeting. The winner will be notified. Taxes, gratuities, and incidentals are not included. Speakers, exhibitors, IAJGS board members, and board members of the JGS of Illinois and the Illiana JGS (co-hosts of the conference with IAJGS) are ineligible. The prize will be withdrawn if the winner cancels his/her conference registration and will be awarded to another registrant chosen >from the same prize pool. See you all in Chicago! Conference co-chairs: Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, HI Mike Posnick, Minneapolis, MN Joel Spector, Cherry Hill, NJ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: WW1 British Cemeteries in Eretz Israel
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HPOLLINS@...
The Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission) published separate registers for each First World War cemetery and memorial. This was done mainly in the 1920s. They have now of course been incorporated in the online website. Harold Pollins
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Re: WW1 British Cemeteries in Eretz Israel
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Michael Hoffman
Mathilde,
You should make enquiries with the Commonwealth War Graves Commision whose website is at www.cwgc.org and the enquiries e-mail address is general.enq@cwgc.org Michael Hoffman Great Britain Researching, SCHAMROTH/SHAMROCK-Krakow, London and USA BERGER-Grabawo, Poland HOFFMAN/OCHMAN-Beleya Tserkov and Kiev, Ukraine. OSTROFSKY-Beleya Tserkov and Kiev, Ukraine.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: WW1 British Cemeteries in Eretz Israel
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Michael Hoffman
Mathilde,
You should make enquiries with the Commonwealth War Graves Commision whose website is at www.cwgc.org and the enquiries e-mail address is general.enq@cwgc.org Michael Hoffman Great Britain Researching, SCHAMROTH/SHAMROCK-Krakow, London and USA BERGER-Grabawo, Poland HOFFMAN/OCHMAN-Beleya Tserkov and Kiev, Ukraine. OSTROFSKY-Beleya Tserkov and Kiev, Ukraine.
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Re: WW1 British Cemeteries in Eretz Israel
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Saul Issroff <saul@...>
Mathilde Tagger <tagger@actcom.co.il> on 31 Jan 2008 asked about WW1 British
Cemeteries in Eretz Israel. <<The War Dead of the British Commonwealth. Dir el-Balach, Beer-Sheva , Gaza, Jerusalem and Haifa War Cemeteries Register. Is that register online? If so, can someone give me its url?>> The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has a searchable database <www.cwgc.org/> with The "Debt of Honour Register" listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. Saul Issroff <saul@issroff.com>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: WW1 British Cemeteries in Eretz Israel
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Saul Issroff <saul@...>
Mathilde Tagger <tagger@actcom.co.il> on 31 Jan 2008 asked about WW1 British
Cemeteries in Eretz Israel. <<The War Dead of the British Commonwealth. Dir el-Balach, Beer-Sheva , Gaza, Jerusalem and Haifa War Cemeteries Register. Is that register online? If so, can someone give me its url?>> The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has a searchable database <www.cwgc.org/> with The "Debt of Honour Register" listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. Saul Issroff <saul@issroff.com>
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EHRLICHMANN
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Annette Stolberg <annettes@...>
Genners,
I mispelled the above surname in my January 31st email. The surname is not ERLICHMANN - it is EHRLICHMANN. Ruben EHRLICHMANN was born 06-11-1899, Siedlowice. He is listed on the Displaced Person list, card number 6422. The link was in the UKR-Chernigov Digest of January 29th and 30th. I would like to know what happened to him after WWII, if there is a record somewhere to access. Annette Stolberg, Rochester, NY
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Chatham Jewish Center 217 Park Row NYC 10038
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susiestree@...
Can anyone give me information about this synagogue Chatham Jewish Center.
In 1970 Al Rosenbaum was President of that Congregation. Thanks Susan Boyer Los Angeles, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen EHRLICHMANN
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Annette Stolberg <annettes@...>
Genners,
I mispelled the above surname in my January 31st email. The surname is not ERLICHMANN - it is EHRLICHMANN. Ruben EHRLICHMANN was born 06-11-1899, Siedlowice. He is listed on the Displaced Person list, card number 6422. The link was in the UKR-Chernigov Digest of January 29th and 30th. I would like to know what happened to him after WWII, if there is a record somewhere to access. Annette Stolberg, Rochester, NY
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Chatham Jewish Center 217 Park Row NYC 10038
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susiestree@...
Can anyone give me information about this synagogue Chatham Jewish Center.
In 1970 Al Rosenbaum was President of that Congregation. Thanks Susan Boyer Los Angeles, CA
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Looking for Someone to Photograph Tombstone in King Solomon Cemetery, Clifton, NJ
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Cindy g
I am looking for some brave and very kind person to
photograph a tombstone in the King Solomon Cemetery of Clifton, NJ. I have one missing piece to the puzzle that could reunite the families of four brothers. What I need is the name of Max' Rutblatt's father, which I am hoping will be on Max's tombstone. The New Jersey laws governing access to death certificates, besides being very expense, are such that I have to wait a year until I can apply for his death certificate. Additionally, if anyone knows anything of the Max's family, I would appreciate their contacting me privately. Max owned a sporting goods in Passaic, NJ and had three daughters whose married names where, Jacobson, Berr and Eiseman. I believe his grandsons are Robert A. and Richard H. Eiseman (married to Patricia) and that they still live in NJ, but I have exhausted all my resources for finding contact information for them. Thanks, Cindy Gallard Denver, CO
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for Someone to Photograph Tombstone in King Solomon Cemetery, Clifton, NJ
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Cindy g
I am looking for some brave and very kind person to
photograph a tombstone in the King Solomon Cemetery of Clifton, NJ. I have one missing piece to the puzzle that could reunite the families of four brothers. What I need is the name of Max' Rutblatt's father, which I am hoping will be on Max's tombstone. The New Jersey laws governing access to death certificates, besides being very expense, are such that I have to wait a year until I can apply for his death certificate. Additionally, if anyone knows anything of the Max's family, I would appreciate their contacting me privately. Max owned a sporting goods in Passaic, NJ and had three daughters whose married names where, Jacobson, Berr and Eiseman. I believe his grandsons are Robert A. and Richard H. Eiseman (married to Patricia) and that they still live in NJ, but I have exhausted all my resources for finding contact information for them. Thanks, Cindy Gallard Denver, CO
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CHAMITA--CHANINTO and other misspelled surnames in Krasnik
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Dina Hill
Dear JewishGenners,
Thanks to a fellow JewishGenner, I was given information about my immediate family who lived in Krasnik, Poland after the war. How he figured to look at the spelling CHANINTO, for my mom's family who was most definitely without a doubt CHAMITA, I don't know, but there was my mom Szyfra, my maternal grandma Slawa (even her parents names Fejga & Meir without their last name MUSZKAT)and my uncle Chaim. It's them without question right down to their correct birth years. On that same database was my dad's side of the family -KLAJNKOFMAN was listed as Klajkofman and APTEKAR was Apteker which isn't as far off as my maternal side of the family, but again they are definitely my paternal grandmother, my dad, and even though his father was already diseased >from the war, his name was there too. How are we supposed to search when we have the correct spelling? Didn't the government care about how they recorded the information? Did they just feel that way about Jewish people or did they mess up the spelling for everyone? This has taught me that you really do have to use the soundex system because without it, you might be missing out on some important info. Danny, you are a gem for all the work you've done on this Krasnik database. I know that he wants to know of anyone else who is searching Krasnik. Also, while I'm at it, why is there a town in New Mexico called CHAMITA??? I've already figured out that there is a good possibility that my maternal side of the family could have been Sephardic somewhere along the line but am I believing that because of the name seemingly Spanish?? Also, at one time, someone >from JewishGen told me that CHAMITA is Aramaic meaning "I have seen". Also, I found someone with my maternal grandmother's maiden name MUSZKAT and she lives in the country of Mexico. I found her son by going through the Broward County Property Appraiser's site. Her son carries her maiden name. Sofia thinks we are related because there are so many similar names. She is obviously Sephardic as her family has been living in Mexico since before the war. It is possible that my great grandfather had siblings that left Lublim and Radom before the war. How to figure it out is a good question but interesting one. Best Regards, Dina Aptekar Hill in S. Florida Searching: MUSZKAT, CHAMITA, APTEKAR, APTEKARZ, APTEKER,KLAJNKOFMAN, KLEINKAUFMAN, HELFMAN, GABRIEL, CHILL, HILL, LIEBERMAN, FABRIKANT
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen CHAMITA--CHANINTO and other misspelled surnames in Krasnik
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Dina Hill
Dear JewishGenners,
Thanks to a fellow JewishGenner, I was given information about my immediate family who lived in Krasnik, Poland after the war. How he figured to look at the spelling CHANINTO, for my mom's family who was most definitely without a doubt CHAMITA, I don't know, but there was my mom Szyfra, my maternal grandma Slawa (even her parents names Fejga & Meir without their last name MUSZKAT)and my uncle Chaim. It's them without question right down to their correct birth years. On that same database was my dad's side of the family -KLAJNKOFMAN was listed as Klajkofman and APTEKAR was Apteker which isn't as far off as my maternal side of the family, but again they are definitely my paternal grandmother, my dad, and even though his father was already diseased >from the war, his name was there too. How are we supposed to search when we have the correct spelling? Didn't the government care about how they recorded the information? Did they just feel that way about Jewish people or did they mess up the spelling for everyone? This has taught me that you really do have to use the soundex system because without it, you might be missing out on some important info. Danny, you are a gem for all the work you've done on this Krasnik database. I know that he wants to know of anyone else who is searching Krasnik. Also, while I'm at it, why is there a town in New Mexico called CHAMITA??? I've already figured out that there is a good possibility that my maternal side of the family could have been Sephardic somewhere along the line but am I believing that because of the name seemingly Spanish?? Also, at one time, someone >from JewishGen told me that CHAMITA is Aramaic meaning "I have seen". Also, I found someone with my maternal grandmother's maiden name MUSZKAT and she lives in the country of Mexico. I found her son by going through the Broward County Property Appraiser's site. Her son carries her maiden name. Sofia thinks we are related because there are so many similar names. She is obviously Sephardic as her family has been living in Mexico since before the war. It is possible that my great grandfather had siblings that left Lublim and Radom before the war. How to figure it out is a good question but interesting one. Best Regards, Dina Aptekar Hill in S. Florida Searching: MUSZKAT, CHAMITA, APTEKAR, APTEKARZ, APTEKER,KLAJNKOFMAN, KLEINKAUFMAN, HELFMAN, GABRIEL, CHILL, HILL, LIEBERMAN, FABRIKANT
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