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Kremenets-district records indexed
#poland
Ellen Garshick
The Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Kremenets District Research Group is pleased
to announce the 2019 additions of names and towns to its master index, the Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/master-surnames.html>. (Major towns are Kremenets, Belozirka, Berezhtsy, Katerburg, Lanovtsy, Oleksinets,Pochayev, Radzivilov, Rokhmanov, Shumsk, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok, and Yampol. Many other towns and villages are also mentioned.) Kremenets Voter Lists, 1906, 1907, and 1912, including voters >from all Kremenets-district towns. List of Shumsk Religious School Taxpayers, 1877 Jews who perished in Lanovtsy, Vishnevets, and Vyshgorodok, 1941-1944 (via Yad Vashem) People >from Kremenets-district towns listed in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database Records of the Association for the Religious Education of Orphans and Poor Children "Chinuch Yeladim" in Kremenets, 1934-1937 Three new memoirs New entries on the Family Photos page Additional translations >from the /Kremenits, Vyshgorodek, un Potshayuv yizkor bukh/ The Concordance now includes 389,243 name-town combinations extracted from sources relating to the Jews of the Kremenets district:Vital records (births, marriages, deaths, and divorces): 179,399 Revision Lists (censuses): 141,270 Documents>from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, other than vital records and Revision Lists: 24,047 Yizkor books and booklets: 11,967 Ellis Island Database: 9,553 Other sources: 23,007 For a complete list, including links, see the "All Resources" <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/all-resources.html> page on our website. Proofed records are available to all via our website and JRI-Poland. Unproofed records are available on the KDRG Contributors Site <https://sites.google.com/site/kdrgcontributors/> (for those who have donated money or services during the previous two years). Names and towns >from all records are searchable in the Kremenets Concordance Database Index <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/database/krem_search_frm.html>. Please also consider supporting our work <http://jri-poland.org/support.htm> via JRI-Poland. Your tax-deductible contributions help us obtain records for Kremenets-district towns, and have them translated >from Polish, Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. We are lucky to have volunteers doing the rest of our work--such as editing and compiling data >from the records. Regards, Ellen Garshick Silver Spring, Maryland Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP an activity of the Kremenets District Research Group http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets KremenetsDRG@gmail.com <mailto:KremenetsDRG@gmail.com>
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JRI Poland #Poland Kremenets-district records indexed
#poland
Ellen Garshick
The Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Kremenets District Research Group is pleased
to announce the 2019 additions of names and towns to its master index, the Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/master-surnames.html>. (Major towns are Kremenets, Belozirka, Berezhtsy, Katerburg, Lanovtsy, Oleksinets,Pochayev, Radzivilov, Rokhmanov, Shumsk, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok, and Yampol. Many other towns and villages are also mentioned.) Kremenets Voter Lists, 1906, 1907, and 1912, including voters >from all Kremenets-district towns. List of Shumsk Religious School Taxpayers, 1877 Jews who perished in Lanovtsy, Vishnevets, and Vyshgorodok, 1941-1944 (via Yad Vashem) People >from Kremenets-district towns listed in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database Records of the Association for the Religious Education of Orphans and Poor Children "Chinuch Yeladim" in Kremenets, 1934-1937 Three new memoirs New entries on the Family Photos page Additional translations >from the /Kremenits, Vyshgorodek, un Potshayuv yizkor bukh/ The Concordance now includes 389,243 name-town combinations extracted from sources relating to the Jews of the Kremenets district:Vital records (births, marriages, deaths, and divorces): 179,399 Revision Lists (censuses): 141,270 Documents>from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, other than vital records and Revision Lists: 24,047 Yizkor books and booklets: 11,967 Ellis Island Database: 9,553 Other sources: 23,007 For a complete list, including links, see the "All Resources" <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/all-resources.html> page on our website. Proofed records are available to all via our website and JRI-Poland. Unproofed records are available on the KDRG Contributors Site <https://sites.google.com/site/kdrgcontributors/> (for those who have donated money or services during the previous two years). Names and towns >from all records are searchable in the Kremenets Concordance Database Index <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/database/krem_search_frm.html>. Please also consider supporting our work <http://jri-poland.org/support.htm> via JRI-Poland. Your tax-deductible contributions help us obtain records for Kremenets-district towns, and have them translated >from Polish, Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. We are lucky to have volunteers doing the rest of our work--such as editing and compiling data >from the records. Regards, Ellen Garshick Silver Spring, Maryland Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP an activity of the Kremenets District Research Group http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets KremenetsDRG@gmail.com <mailto:KremenetsDRG@gmail.com>
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Radun 1874 Residents' List has been translated
#lithuania
Jrbaston
I've just uploaded to the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group
site the translation of the 1874 Residents' List >from the town of Radun. There are 935 separate listings. Because this is a Residents' List, it is different >from the Revision n and Family Lists we have seen. While everyone in the list is living in Radun at the time of enumeration, many of those listed are >from other places, such as Lida, Eishishki, Voronovo and nearby villages. This list includes ages, occupation, and, in many cases, house numbers. This is the first of a group of new Lida District translations - several others are in the pipeline and I will be making them available in the coming weeks. While this list is currently accessible only to participants in the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group (DRG), after at least 18 months it will be publicly searchable in the All Lithuania Database (ALD) and JewishGen Belarus Database. A qualifying contribution of $100 US will guarantee you access to the Lida DRG site for five years. This will offer you not only new translations such as this one, but files containing all translations of records from the Lida District made in the last 20 years!To contribute, go to: https://www.litvaksig.org/membership-and-contributions/join-and-contribute/ and click on "Research Groups for Districts and Gubernias. Scroll down and choose "Lida". Below is a list of the surnames in this new list; I hope you find your family! Please let me know if you have any questions, Judy Baston, Coordinator, LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group jrbaston@aol.com Surnames =E2=80=93 Radun 1874 Residents List ABRAMOVICH ARIOVICH ARKIN BASNEKEVICH / [BASIUKEVICH] BELITZKI BERDOVSKI BERKOVICH BINYUNSKI BOYARSKI DAVIDOVICH DOLIMSKI / [DOLINSKI] DOLINSKI DOVIDOVICH DRUZGENITZKI / [DRUSKENITSKI ] ELIASHEVICH FRIDMAN GERBUDZIEVSKI GERSHANOVICH GERTZIKOVICH / GERSHOVICH GINZBURG GIRSHANOVICH GORODISH GURVICH INGEL KAMENETZKI KANTER KAPLAN KAPLAN / RYBAK KONYAVSKI KOPELIOVICH KOVALSKI KOVENSKI KRAVETZ / PORTNOY KRONIK KVAL LEIBOVICH LEVIN LEVITOVICH LEVKOVICH LINITZKI LIYNITZKI LOPAKHOVSKI MENDELEVA MIASNIK MISELIOVICH MOVSHOVICH NEVYADANSKI NISELIOVICH NOVOTOSTORSKI / [NOVOTATARSKI] OLKENITZKI / GORFUNK OSHMIANSKI OSHMYANSKI PEKAR / BASNEKEVICH / [BASIUKEVICH] PEKAR / KOPELIOVICH PELYAVSKI PETZULEVSKI PILIOVSKI PINKUSOVICH PIT PIT / LEVITOVIH PLOTNIK / ZESLYANSKI PODZITVIANSKI PUPKA PUPKIN PUPKO RABINOVICH RAKHMELIOVICH REZNIK REZNITZKI ROGOVSKI RYBAK RYBAK / BASNEKEVICH / [BASIUKEVICH] SAPOZHNIKOV SHALIUBSKI SHEVELIOVSKI SHIMANOVICH SHINKAR SHKLYAR SHMERKOVICH SHMERKOVICH / ABARANNIK SHMUYLOVICH SLENOVICH SLODOVNIK SOLTANISHSKI SOLTZ SROLIOVICH STEKOLSHIK STRELETZKI TANEVITZKI VANAGISHSKI VASILISHSKI VILOVSKI VISMANTSKI VOLK YANTZON YUZNENSKI / FISELIOVICH ZELMANOVICH ZHARSKI ZORUKHOVICH
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Radun 1874 Residents' List has been translated
#lithuania
Jrbaston
I've just uploaded to the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group
site the translation of the 1874 Residents' List >from the town of Radun. There are 935 separate listings. Because this is a Residents' List, it is different >from the Revision n and Family Lists we have seen. While everyone in the list is living in Radun at the time of enumeration, many of those listed are >from other places, such as Lida, Eishishki, Voronovo and nearby villages. This list includes ages, occupation, and, in many cases, house numbers. This is the first of a group of new Lida District translations - several others are in the pipeline and I will be making them available in the coming weeks. While this list is currently accessible only to participants in the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group (DRG), after at least 18 months it will be publicly searchable in the All Lithuania Database (ALD) and JewishGen Belarus Database. A qualifying contribution of $100 US will guarantee you access to the Lida DRG site for five years. This will offer you not only new translations such as this one, but files containing all translations of records from the Lida District made in the last 20 years!To contribute, go to: https://www.litvaksig.org/membership-and-contributions/join-and-contribute/ and click on "Research Groups for Districts and Gubernias. Scroll down and choose "Lida". Below is a list of the surnames in this new list; I hope you find your family! Please let me know if you have any questions, Judy Baston, Coordinator, LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group jrbaston@aol.com Surnames =E2=80=93 Radun 1874 Residents List ABRAMOVICH ARIOVICH ARKIN BASNEKEVICH / [BASIUKEVICH] BELITZKI BERDOVSKI BERKOVICH BINYUNSKI BOYARSKI DAVIDOVICH DOLIMSKI / [DOLINSKI] DOLINSKI DOVIDOVICH DRUZGENITZKI / [DRUSKENITSKI ] ELIASHEVICH FRIDMAN GERBUDZIEVSKI GERSHANOVICH GERTZIKOVICH / GERSHOVICH GINZBURG GIRSHANOVICH GORODISH GURVICH INGEL KAMENETZKI KANTER KAPLAN KAPLAN / RYBAK KONYAVSKI KOPELIOVICH KOVALSKI KOVENSKI KRAVETZ / PORTNOY KRONIK KVAL LEIBOVICH LEVIN LEVITOVICH LEVKOVICH LINITZKI LIYNITZKI LOPAKHOVSKI MENDELEVA MIASNIK MISELIOVICH MOVSHOVICH NEVYADANSKI NISELIOVICH NOVOTOSTORSKI / [NOVOTATARSKI] OLKENITZKI / GORFUNK OSHMIANSKI OSHMYANSKI PEKAR / BASNEKEVICH / [BASIUKEVICH] PEKAR / KOPELIOVICH PELYAVSKI PETZULEVSKI PILIOVSKI PINKUSOVICH PIT PIT / LEVITOVIH PLOTNIK / ZESLYANSKI PODZITVIANSKI PUPKA PUPKIN PUPKO RABINOVICH RAKHMELIOVICH REZNIK REZNITZKI ROGOVSKI RYBAK RYBAK / BASNEKEVICH / [BASIUKEVICH] SAPOZHNIKOV SHALIUBSKI SHEVELIOVSKI SHIMANOVICH SHINKAR SHKLYAR SHMERKOVICH SHMERKOVICH / ABARANNIK SHMUYLOVICH SLENOVICH SLODOVNIK SOLTANISHSKI SOLTZ SROLIOVICH STEKOLSHIK STRELETZKI TANEVITZKI VANAGISHSKI VASILISHSKI VILOVSKI VISMANTSKI VOLK YANTZON YUZNENSKI / FISELIOVICH ZELMANOVICH ZHARSKI ZORUKHOVICH
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Kremenets-district records indexed
#ukraine
Ellen Garshick
The Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Kremenets District Research Group is pleased
to announce the 2019 additions of Kremenets-district, Ukraine, names and towns to its master index, the Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/master-surnames.html>. (Major towns are Kremenets, Belozirka, Berezhtsy, Katerburg, Lanovtsy, Oleksinets,Pochayev, Radzivilov, Rokhmanov, Shumsk, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok, and Yampol. Many other towns and villages are also mentioned.) Kremenets Voter Lists, 1906, 1907, and 1912, including voters >from all Kremenets-district towns. List of Shumsk Religious School Taxpayers, 1877 Jews who perished in Lanovtsy, Vishnevets, and Vyshgorodok, 1941-1944 (via Yad Vashem) People >from Kremenets-district towns listed in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database Records of the Association for the Religious Education of Orphans and Poor Children “Chinuch Yeladim" in Kremenets, 1934-1937 Three new memoirs New entries on the Family Photos page Additional translations >from the /Kremenits, Vyshgorodek, un Potshayuv yizkor bukh/ The Concordance now includes 389,243 name-town combinations extracted from sources relating to the Jews of the Kremenets district:Vital records (births, marriages, deaths, and divorces): 179,399 Revision Lists (censuses): 141,270 Documents >from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, other than vital records and Revision Lists: 24,047 Yizkor books and booklets: 11,967 Ellis Island Database: 9,553 Other sources: 23,007 For a complete list, including links, see the "All Resources" <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/all-resources.html> page on our website. Proofed records are available to all via our website. Unproofed records are available on the KDRG Contributors Site <https://sites.google.com/site/kdrgcontributors/> (for those who have donated money or services during the previous two years). Please also consider supporting our work <https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22> Via JewishGen. Your tax-deductible contributions help us obtain records for Kremenets-district towns, and have them translated >from Polish, Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. We are lucky to have volunteers doing the rest of our work--such as editing and compiling data >from the records. Regards, Ellen Garshick Silver Spring, Maryland Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP an activity of the Kremenets District Research Group http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets KremenetsDRG@gmail.com <mailto:KremenetsDRG@gmail.com>
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Kremenets-district records indexed
#ukraine
Ellen Garshick
The Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Kremenets District Research Group is pleased
to announce the 2019 additions of Kremenets-district, Ukraine, names and towns to its master index, the Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/master-surnames.html>. (Major towns are Kremenets, Belozirka, Berezhtsy, Katerburg, Lanovtsy, Oleksinets,Pochayev, Radzivilov, Rokhmanov, Shumsk, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok, and Yampol. Many other towns and villages are also mentioned.) Kremenets Voter Lists, 1906, 1907, and 1912, including voters >from all Kremenets-district towns. List of Shumsk Religious School Taxpayers, 1877 Jews who perished in Lanovtsy, Vishnevets, and Vyshgorodok, 1941-1944 (via Yad Vashem) People >from Kremenets-district towns listed in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database Records of the Association for the Religious Education of Orphans and Poor Children “Chinuch Yeladim" in Kremenets, 1934-1937 Three new memoirs New entries on the Family Photos page Additional translations >from the /Kremenits, Vyshgorodek, un Potshayuv yizkor bukh/ The Concordance now includes 389,243 name-town combinations extracted from sources relating to the Jews of the Kremenets district:Vital records (births, marriages, deaths, and divorces): 179,399 Revision Lists (censuses): 141,270 Documents >from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, other than vital records and Revision Lists: 24,047 Yizkor books and booklets: 11,967 Ellis Island Database: 9,553 Other sources: 23,007 For a complete list, including links, see the "All Resources" <https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/all-resources.html> page on our website. Proofed records are available to all via our website. Unproofed records are available on the KDRG Contributors Site <https://sites.google.com/site/kdrgcontributors/> (for those who have donated money or services during the previous two years). Please also consider supporting our work <https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22> Via JewishGen. Your tax-deductible contributions help us obtain records for Kremenets-district towns, and have them translated >from Polish, Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. We are lucky to have volunteers doing the rest of our work--such as editing and compiling data >from the records. Regards, Ellen Garshick Silver Spring, Maryland Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP an activity of the Kremenets District Research Group http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets KremenetsDRG@gmail.com <mailto:KremenetsDRG@gmail.com>
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USCIS Fee Increases--More
Jan Meisels Allen
Hi
It is vitally important to have an avalanche of comments opposing the obscene proposed fees by the United States Citizenship and Information Services (USCIS). There have been previous postings on this forum. It is still not to late to go to the coalition website: https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/ to read about it and send in your comments to the USCIS portal online “under make your voice heard”. The deadline is December 16! Please share with your members to also go to the portal and send in a message. Many comment opposing this is necessary if we have a chance of defeating this.
The Washington Post had an article on this today, see: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/05/genealogy-boom-has-hit-roadblock-trump-administration-plans-huge-fee-hikes-immigration-records/ I had better luck reading it on Chrome than Firefox browsers.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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ViewMate Translation Request - Polish - Birth Record Ewa FELD BEUTEL
Selma Sheridan
I have posted 2 pages of the birth record of my paternal aunt, Ewa FELD
BEUTEL. Ewa was known in Vienna as Eva SIGAL. She married Manes ERLICHMAN and moved to Lodz. Kindly provide a translation of both pages. They are at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76050 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76051 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Many thanks, Selma J Sheridan Oswego NY
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Re: frenchsig digest: December 01, 2019
#france
joelle meyer <joelle.meyer24@...>
Hello,
This is certainly disappointing. Let me answer please as a French women active on Gersig with half of my ancestors being German and the other one Alsatian 1. First going to San Diego is very far >from France 2. I suppose that many of the French speaking people are not so good at English and do not imagine going to a conference fully in English 3. it is true that I never saw an interesting message on this forum. Because we use other routes probably such as the French Jewish genealogical societies or because French genealogy is so much easier than in Germany because all is digitalized ? But perhaps you were targeting the American audience potentially interested in their French roots (not so frequent I would say in my modest opinion) Have a great day, Joelle >from Paris
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French SIG #France RE: frenchsig digest: December 01, 2019
#france
joelle meyer <joelle.meyer24@...>
Hello,
This is certainly disappointing. Let me answer please as a French women active on Gersig with half of my ancestors being German and the other one Alsatian 1. First going to San Diego is very far >from France 2. I suppose that many of the French speaking people are not so good at English and do not imagine going to a conference fully in English 3. it is true that I never saw an interesting message on this forum. Because we use other routes probably such as the French Jewish genealogical societies or because French genealogy is so much easier than in Germany because all is digitalized ? But perhaps you were targeting the American audience potentially interested in their French roots (not so frequent I would say in my modest opinion) Have a great day, Joelle >from Paris
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Re: frenchsig digest: December 01, 2019
#france
Abraham Blum <abraham.blum@...>
Dear Rosanne and Pierre,
First of all, thousand thanks for the dedicated work you two have put into the French SIG for years and years! I was thinking what could have contributed to the decline in the once so active SIG. Knowing Pierre's age (like mine), one reason could be the retirement of older hobby-genealogists and the lack of young people joining our community. Furthermore: I assume that many, perhaps most, French SIGgers are not living in the USA and therefore not so able to attend IAJGS Conferences. I remember the times, when more people were asking for help and were also given advice. It would be a pity to let the French SIG die "due to natural causes". Is this ageing process occurring also in other SIGs? Unable to help, I can only hope you will find after all members able and ready to take up responsibilities. Abraham Blum, Israel From: French SIG [mailto:frenchsig@lyris.jewishgen.org] Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 9:04 AM To: frenchsig digest recipients Subject: frenchsig digest: December 01, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Has JewishGen helped you connect with your family? We want to hear your story! Please email us at info@JewishGen.org today." FRENCHSIG Digest for Sunday, December 01, 2019. 1. 2020 IAJGS Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 2020 IAJGS Conference From: Rosanne Leeson <rdleeson@comcast.net> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:18:38 -0800 X-Message-Number: 1 Dear FrenchSIG members, The time is growing closer for any possible papers, thoughts for meetings,=C2=A0 >from FrenchSIG members at this coming year's IAJGS Conferen= ce in San Diego CA. We have close to 1000 members, and it is very discouraging to your Coordinators to have no responses >from anyone on our list! How many of you are considering attending?=C2=A0 Is there any reason for us to even schedule a Meeting, Luncheon? We would love to have some of you willing to step up to learn the ropes for taking over as Coordinators, Moderators! We have not had a Webmaster in a few years, because no one is volunteering. If interest in French research is so low perhaps we should just let this SIG die.=C2=A0 Is that what you would all like? Please let us know your thoughts on these matters?=C2=A0 Is there anything that you would like the SIG to do or participate in please let us know ASAP! Pierre has been very busy adding new database material. We are still hoping to hear >from some of you, so that we can make Conference arrangements before it is too late! Rosanne Leeson Pierre Hahn Co-Coordinators French SIG --- END OF DIGEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ Sign up now for value-added services! http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/ValueAdded.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o FrenchSIG: JewishGen website http://www.jewishgen.org/French o Search the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ o Search the Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP) http://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/ o Search for previously archived messages at: http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop o This list is supported by JewishGen. Become a contributor at http://www.jewishgen.org/Jewishgen-erosity/ o This message may contain pointers to outside resources. No endorsement is implied by their presence here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Planning to use Ancestry.com? Start by using the "Ancestry Search Box" on the JewishGen homepage. By doing this, any eventual subscription to Ancestry.com will result in Jewishgen receiving a commission. It's an easy way to help JewishGen! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ You are currently subscribed to frenchsig as: [abraham.blum@mail.huji.ac.il] To change the format of our mailings, to stop/resume delivery (vacation), or to unsubscribe, please go to http://www.Lyris.jewishgen.org/ListManager
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French SIG #France RE: frenchsig digest: December 01, 2019
#france
Abraham Blum <abraham.blum@...>
Dear Rosanne and Pierre,
First of all, thousand thanks for the dedicated work you two have put into the French SIG for years and years! I was thinking what could have contributed to the decline in the once so active SIG. Knowing Pierre's age (like mine), one reason could be the retirement of older hobby-genealogists and the lack of young people joining our community. Furthermore: I assume that many, perhaps most, French SIGgers are not living in the USA and therefore not so able to attend IAJGS Conferences. I remember the times, when more people were asking for help and were also given advice. It would be a pity to let the French SIG die "due to natural causes". Is this ageing process occurring also in other SIGs? Unable to help, I can only hope you will find after all members able and ready to take up responsibilities. Abraham Blum, Israel From: French SIG [mailto:frenchsig@lyris.jewishgen.org] Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 9:04 AM To: frenchsig digest recipients Subject: frenchsig digest: December 01, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Has JewishGen helped you connect with your family? We want to hear your story! Please email us at info@JewishGen.org today." FRENCHSIG Digest for Sunday, December 01, 2019. 1. 2020 IAJGS Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 2020 IAJGS Conference From: Rosanne Leeson <rdleeson@comcast.net> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 14:18:38 -0800 X-Message-Number: 1 Dear FrenchSIG members, The time is growing closer for any possible papers, thoughts for meetings,=C2=A0 >from FrenchSIG members at this coming year's IAJGS Conferen= ce in San Diego CA. We have close to 1000 members, and it is very discouraging to your Coordinators to have no responses >from anyone on our list! How many of you are considering attending?=C2=A0 Is there any reason for us to even schedule a Meeting, Luncheon? We would love to have some of you willing to step up to learn the ropes for taking over as Coordinators, Moderators! We have not had a Webmaster in a few years, because no one is volunteering. If interest in French research is so low perhaps we should just let this SIG die.=C2=A0 Is that what you would all like? Please let us know your thoughts on these matters?=C2=A0 Is there anything that you would like the SIG to do or participate in please let us know ASAP! Pierre has been very busy adding new database material. We are still hoping to hear >from some of you, so that we can make Conference arrangements before it is too late! Rosanne Leeson Pierre Hahn Co-Coordinators French SIG --- END OF DIGEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ Sign up now for value-added services! http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/ValueAdded.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o FrenchSIG: JewishGen website http://www.jewishgen.org/French o Search the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ o Search the Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP) http://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/ o Search for previously archived messages at: http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop o This list is supported by JewishGen. Become a contributor at http://www.jewishgen.org/Jewishgen-erosity/ o This message may contain pointers to outside resources. No endorsement is implied by their presence here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Planning to use Ancestry.com? Start by using the "Ancestry Search Box" on the JewishGen homepage. By doing this, any eventual subscription to Ancestry.com will result in Jewishgen receiving a commission. It's an easy way to help JewishGen! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ You are currently subscribed to frenchsig as: [abraham.blum@mail.huji.ac.il] To change the format of our mailings, to stop/resume delivery (vacation), or to unsubscribe, please go to http://www.Lyris.jewishgen.org/ListManager
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San Diego
#france
Myra Waddell
Cher Rosanne et Pierre,
So sorry that I didn't reply. I thought your request was just for people submitting papers. Yes, I look forward to a meeting, possibly a luncheon, etc. It's always nice to meet other researchers with ancestors in France. Whilst I was in France earlier this year, I met a distant cousin who I found through JewishGen when she submitted a query and I recognized the names of people in whom she was interested. We walked around a part of Paris, had a good chat and some delicious food. It was great to meet her. I'm looking forward to being at the conference, although I'm not offering to be a Coordinator or Moderator and certainly not a Webmaster!! Too old for any of that!! I just like to be there. All the best. See you in San Diego. Myra Waddell
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French SIG #France San Diego
#france
Myra Waddell
Cher Rosanne et Pierre,
So sorry that I didn't reply. I thought your request was just for people submitting papers. Yes, I look forward to a meeting, possibly a luncheon, etc. It's always nice to meet other researchers with ancestors in France. Whilst I was in France earlier this year, I met a distant cousin who I found through JewishGen when she submitted a query and I recognized the names of people in whom she was interested. We walked around a part of Paris, had a good chat and some delicious food. It was great to meet her. I'm looking forward to being at the conference, although I'm not offering to be a Coordinator or Moderator and certainly not a Webmaster!! Too old for any of that!! I just like to be there. All the best. See you in San Diego. Myra Waddell
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Re: 2020 IAJGS Conference
#france
Rosanne,
Unfortunately we will be on a family vacation in Montreal during the beginning of the conference. Hopefully some young blood will surface to take over the group. Fred Fred Half fredhalf@stanfordalumni.org
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French SIG #France Re: 2020 IAJGS Conference
#france
Rosanne,
Unfortunately we will be on a family vacation in Montreal during the beginning of the conference. Hopefully some young blood will surface to take over the group. Fred Fred Half fredhalf@stanfordalumni.org
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Re: What is a "personal marriage certificate"?
#galicia
Helene Kenvin <hekenvin@...>
A "personal marriage certificate" might refer to the ketubah, the Jewish
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marriage contract that most Jewish couples sign at their weddings. Helene Kenvin Milton Koch <mjk1944@gmail.com> wrote:
I have just reviewed a translation of a birth entry >from Dabrowa
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: What is a "personal marriage certificate"?
#galicia
Helene Kenvin <hekenvin@...>
A "personal marriage certificate" might refer to the ketubah, the Jewish
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marriage contract that most Jewish couples sign at their weddings. Helene Kenvin Milton Koch <mjk1944@gmail.com> wrote:
I have just reviewed a translation of a birth entry >from Dabrowa
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Charlie Katz Appointed Treasurer of Gesher Galicia
#galicia
Gesher Galicia Board of Directors welcomes Charlie Katz as our new
Treasurer. After 15 years of dedicated service, Ann Harris has stepped down. We are grateful for her service as former treasurer and wish her the very best in future endeavors. Charlie is an information technology consultant with decades of experience delivering data management solutions for a global financial institution. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President of Enterprise Operations & Technology leading big data engineering and advanced analytics initiatives. Charlie holds a BA degree in Liberal Arts >from The New School in New York City. Charlie has been researching his family history for over 20 years, a journey spanning roots in Galicia, immigration to New York's Lower East Side, and adaptation to life in America in the early 20th century. His research reconnected family in the US and UK that had lost contact 60 years earlier. Please join us in welcoming Charlie to the Board and wishing him success in his new role. Dr. Steven Turner President, Gesher Galicia
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ViewMate translation request - German
#galicia
Jonathan Naor <jonathan.naor@...>
Hello,
I've posted a scan of a postcard sent >from an Austro-Hungarian army field post bureau in Passover of 1916. The writing is in German and I'd be grateful for help with the translation. The postcard could be related to the KUPFERSCHMIDT family form Dzikow Stary. It is on ViewMate at he following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76104 There's also a higher resolution scan here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1smHre7U9B44s2_dHAYVuDPPmhWHaHdD1 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much! Jonathan
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