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Re: Romanian dictionaries and translation for free
#romania
Rosanne Leeson <rdleeson@...>
Dear All, In addition to the dictionary site that Sarah Feuerstein
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mentions, this is a reminder that on the web site of the ROM-SIG there is an English-Romanian, Romanian-English dictionary that we have already made available to our members. If you go to our Home page at: < www.jewishgen.org/romsig > and click on Links, you will find that. Or you can go directly to: http://www.castingsnet.com/dictionaries/ Rosanne Leeson Co-Coordinator ROM-SIG =========================== SFeuerstein wrote:
Here is a very good website with several dictionaries
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Romania SIG #Romania Re: Romanian dictionaries and translation for free
#romania
Rosanne Leeson <rdleeson@...>
Dear All, In addition to the dictionary site that Sarah Feuerstein
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mentions, this is a reminder that on the web site of the ROM-SIG there is an English-Romanian, Romanian-English dictionary that we have already made available to our members. If you go to our Home page at: < www.jewishgen.org/romsig > and click on Links, you will find that. Or you can go directly to: http://www.castingsnet.com/dictionaries/ Rosanne Leeson Co-Coordinator ROM-SIG =========================== SFeuerstein wrote:
Here is a very good website with several dictionaries
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JewishGen Basic Genealogy Class (July1) is full
#general
phylliskramer1 <phylliskramer1@...>
Thank you for your response. We've been overwhelmed with requests for the class,
which is limited to 65 students. Anyone who has applied and is unable to get enrolled, will be notified before the Fall 2007 class is opened...we do not want to disappoint anyone. Phyllis phylliskramer1@... VP, Education, JewishGen, Inc.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JewishGen Basic Genealogy Class (July1) is full
#general
phylliskramer1 <phylliskramer1@...>
Thank you for your response. We've been overwhelmed with requests for the class,
which is limited to 65 students. Anyone who has applied and is unable to get enrolled, will be notified before the Fall 2007 class is opened...we do not want to disappoint anyone. Phyllis phylliskramer1@... VP, Education, JewishGen, Inc.
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Lord Edmil(?)
#hungary
Sam Vass <SVass@...>
The 1828 Trencsen census in Benyov & Urbanov (synagogue in Vag
Bestercze) 1828 Lajo(s) Vajder has the following note: "Arendator Edmilli dominalis" which translates as Tenant of Lord Edmil (?) An Italian gentleman has kindly offered the translation shown. My question is whether anyone knows if there was a Lord Edmil in the village shown. Sam Vass, Kent, Washington, USA
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Re: B/M/D records for Nagy-Kapos Synogogue Hungary
#hungary
Sandor Bacskai <bacskaisanyi@...>
Dear Ivan Greenhut
Yes I can. The 1862-1895 records are kept in Ungvar (Uzhhorod, Ukraine). Is very very difficult to have access to any records there. Regards, Sandor Bacskai Budapest, Hungary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: B/M/D records for Nagy-Kapos Synogogue Hungary From: "Ivan Greenhut" <igreenhut@...> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:42:16 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3 Can anyone tell me where I can find the B/M/D Jewish records early 1800's for NAGY-KAPOS, HUNGARY Ung County (now Velke Kapusany, Kosicky County, Slovakia). LDS church has no records so far. Ivan Greenhut Charleston, SC ____________________________________________________________________ Tavaszig, most minden féláron! ADSL Internet már 1 745 Ft/hó -tól. Keresse ajánlatunkat a http://www.freestart.hu oldalon!
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Lord Edmil(?)
#hungary
Sam Vass <SVass@...>
The 1828 Trencsen census in Benyov & Urbanov (synagogue in Vag
Bestercze) 1828 Lajo(s) Vajder has the following note: "Arendator Edmilli dominalis" which translates as Tenant of Lord Edmil (?) An Italian gentleman has kindly offered the translation shown. My question is whether anyone knows if there was a Lord Edmil in the village shown. Sam Vass, Kent, Washington, USA
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: B/M/D records for Nagy-Kapos Synogogue Hungary
#hungary
Sandor Bacskai <bacskaisanyi@...>
Dear Ivan Greenhut
Yes I can. The 1862-1895 records are kept in Ungvar (Uzhhorod, Ukraine). Is very very difficult to have access to any records there. Regards, Sandor Bacskai Budapest, Hungary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: B/M/D records for Nagy-Kapos Synogogue Hungary From: "Ivan Greenhut" <igreenhut@...> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:42:16 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3 Can anyone tell me where I can find the B/M/D Jewish records early 1800's for NAGY-KAPOS, HUNGARY Ung County (now Velke Kapusany, Kosicky County, Slovakia). LDS church has no records so far. Ivan Greenhut Charleston, SC ____________________________________________________________________ Tavaszig, most minden féláron! ADSL Internet már 1 745 Ft/hó -tól. Keresse ajánlatunkat a http://www.freestart.hu oldalon!
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Dr. Erno Schwarcz, Miskolc
#hungary
Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners
I read a couple of days ago that the topic was set to the deportataion of Jews >from Miskolc. Therefore I would kindly ask if there is somebody who survived the deportation of June 12, 1944 - or knows anything about it or could tell me something about the following persons: Dr. Ernö Schwarcz, Miskolc, lawyer, 59 years of age; his son, Endre Schwarcz, 17 years old at that time. Both were deported that day - and under not know circumstances they managed to take refuge to Budapest. Both were killed in Budapest in December 1944. Dr. Schwarcz' wife, Erzsebet Schwarcz, was also deported in June 12, 1944 and finally transported to Lichtenau. She died there in 1945. Is there anybody who might tell me something about her? Dr. Ernö Schwarz was my grandfather. Thank you very much for your help. Giselle Bodziony, Zürich
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Dr. Erno Schwarcz, Miskolc
#hungary
Giselle Bodziony
Dear Genners
I read a couple of days ago that the topic was set to the deportataion of Jews >from Miskolc. Therefore I would kindly ask if there is somebody who survived the deportation of June 12, 1944 - or knows anything about it or could tell me something about the following persons: Dr. Ernö Schwarcz, Miskolc, lawyer, 59 years of age; his son, Endre Schwarcz, 17 years old at that time. Both were deported that day - and under not know circumstances they managed to take refuge to Budapest. Both were killed in Budapest in December 1944. Dr. Schwarcz' wife, Erzsebet Schwarcz, was also deported in June 12, 1944 and finally transported to Lichtenau. She died there in 1945. Is there anybody who might tell me something about her? Dr. Ernö Schwarz was my grandfather. Thank you very much for your help. Giselle Bodziony, Zürich
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phylliskramer1 <phylliskramer1@...>
New to genealogy? Not sure how to begin? How to organize? What JewishGen has to
offer? Best websites?...well consider JewishGen’s Basic Jewish Genealogy course, which consists of 8 lessons, delivered online twice weekly. Lessons are PDFs or, upon request, Word documents, and can be downloaded or read online. The lessons will cover using genealogy formats, assembling trees, organizing and tracking information, interviewing, Jewish naming conventions, Internet Genealogy Resources, U.S. Vital Records, U.S. Census and U.S. passenger manifests (Ellis Island) and two lessons will be devoted to JewishGen's web site and its many databases. It will also contain hints and tips on how to best use your computer and the Internet. We feature an online Forum where students can post their ancestral information, documents and photographs, and get answers and suggestions >from the instructor and fellow students. The tuition for Basic Genealogy is $36, however, if you qualify for the value added services by virtue of a $100 annual donation, you are welcome to enroll at no additional charge (to get the waiver don't enroll just yet, instead send a note, with your JewishGen ID, to Jewishgen-Education-Support@...). For more information and to enroll online, go to www.jewishgen.org/education and read the description. Students should be comfortable browsing the internet and have 3-5 hours per week available to read the lessons, sample the websites, and interact with the Forum. This is our fourth class and has been very well received. Registration is limited to 60 and once the class is full, registration will be closed. Hope you can join us Phyllis Kramer, VicePresident JewishGen Education
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Next Basic Jewish Genealogy Course beginning July 1, 2007
#southafrica
phylliskramer1 <phylliskramer1@...>
New to genealogy? Not sure how to begin? How to organize? What JewishGen has to
offer? Best websites?...well consider JewishGen’s Basic Jewish Genealogy course, which consists of 8 lessons, delivered online twice weekly. Lessons are PDFs or, upon request, Word documents, and can be downloaded or read online. The lessons will cover using genealogy formats, assembling trees, organizing and tracking information, interviewing, Jewish naming conventions, Internet Genealogy Resources, U.S. Vital Records, U.S. Census and U.S. passenger manifests (Ellis Island) and two lessons will be devoted to JewishGen's web site and its many databases. It will also contain hints and tips on how to best use your computer and the Internet. We feature an online Forum where students can post their ancestral information, documents and photographs, and get answers and suggestions >from the instructor and fellow students. The tuition for Basic Genealogy is $36, however, if you qualify for the value added services by virtue of a $100 annual donation, you are welcome to enroll at no additional charge (to get the waiver don't enroll just yet, instead send a note, with your JewishGen ID, to Jewishgen-Education-Support@...). For more information and to enroll online, go to www.jewishgen.org/education and read the description. Students should be comfortable browsing the internet and have 3-5 hours per week available to read the lessons, sample the websites, and interact with the Forum. This is our fourth class and has been very well received. Registration is limited to 60 and once the class is full, registration will be closed. Hope you can join us Phyllis Kramer, VicePresident JewishGen Education
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phylliskramer1 <phylliskramer1@...>
New to genealogy? Not sure how to begin? How to organize? What JewishGen has to
offer? Best websites?...well consider JewishGen’s Basic Jewish Genealogy course, which consists of 8 lessons, delivered online twice weekly. Lessons are PDFs or, upon request, Word documents, and can be downloaded or read online. The lessons will cover using genealogy formats, assembling trees, organizing and tracking information, interviewing, Jewish naming conventions, Internet Genealogy Resources, U.S. Vital Records, U.S. Census and U.S. passenger manifests (Ellis Island) and two lessons will be devoted to JewishGen's web site and its many databases. It will also contain hints and tips on how to best use your computer and the Internet. We feature an online Forum where students can post their ancestral information, documents and photographs, and get answers and suggestions >from the instructor and fellow students. The tuition for Basic Genealogy is $36, however, if you qualify for the value added services by virtue of a $100 annual donation, you are welcome to enroll at no additional charge (to get the waiver don't enroll just yet, instead send a note, with your JewishGen ID, to Jewishgen-Education-Support@...). For more information and to enroll online, go to www.jewishgen.org/education and read the description. Students should be comfortable browsing the internet and have 3-5 hours per week available to read the lessons, sample the websites, and interact with the Forum. This is our fourth class and has been very well received. Registration is limited to 60 and once the class is full, registration will be closed. Hope you can join us Phyllis Kramer, VicePresident JewishGen Education
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Next Basic Jewish Genealogy Course beginning July 1, 2007
#southafrica
phylliskramer1 <phylliskramer1@...>
New to genealogy? Not sure how to begin? How to organize? What JewishGen has to
offer? Best websites?...well consider JewishGen’s Basic Jewish Genealogy course, which consists of 8 lessons, delivered online twice weekly. Lessons are PDFs or, upon request, Word documents, and can be downloaded or read online. The lessons will cover using genealogy formats, assembling trees, organizing and tracking information, interviewing, Jewish naming conventions, Internet Genealogy Resources, U.S. Vital Records, U.S. Census and U.S. passenger manifests (Ellis Island) and two lessons will be devoted to JewishGen's web site and its many databases. It will also contain hints and tips on how to best use your computer and the Internet. We feature an online Forum where students can post their ancestral information, documents and photographs, and get answers and suggestions >from the instructor and fellow students. The tuition for Basic Genealogy is $36, however, if you qualify for the value added services by virtue of a $100 annual donation, you are welcome to enroll at no additional charge (to get the waiver don't enroll just yet, instead send a note, with your JewishGen ID, to Jewishgen-Education-Support@...). For more information and to enroll online, go to www.jewishgen.org/education and read the description. Students should be comfortable browsing the internet and have 3-5 hours per week available to read the lessons, sample the websites, and interact with the Forum. This is our fourth class and has been very well received. Registration is limited to 60 and once the class is full, registration will be closed. Hope you can join us Phyllis Kramer, VicePresident JewishGen Education
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Researching: NOWAK
#austria-czech
robert fraser <robertandginafraser@...>
Dear Friends -
This is another attempt (last posted in 2005 but unsuccessful) to ferret out some information on my great-great-grandfather's siblings. My gggf David NOWAK was born somewhere in Moravia, died in 1879 and is buried in Uhersky Brod in Czech Republic. He had a son Moritz, who was born in or near Uhersky Hradiste in 1835 and died in Vienna in 1916. Moritz married Amalie WOLF in Lostice and had four children: Oskar (my grandfather), Ernestine, who died young, Ida, who was probably murdered in Steinhof mental hospital by the nazis, and Hugo, who apparently became an actor and nothing more is known to me. So much I know, but David had two other sons, Jakob and Heinrich, about whom I know virtually nothing except for some family remembrances. Jakob married Marie ? and had children: Amalie, who married a man surnamed FLESCH, and Ernestine, who I know nothing about. There was also another son or daughter. Heinrich married, although I don't know his wife's name, and had a son Arthur. Arthur married Lotte KOHN. That's all I know. All these names are listed/registered in the usual places. Can anyone throw any light on the missing NOWAKS? Shalom Robert W Fraser Western Australia robertandginafraser@...
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Researching: NOWAK
#austria-czech
robert fraser <robertandginafraser@...>
Dear Friends -
This is another attempt (last posted in 2005 but unsuccessful) to ferret out some information on my great-great-grandfather's siblings. My gggf David NOWAK was born somewhere in Moravia, died in 1879 and is buried in Uhersky Brod in Czech Republic. He had a son Moritz, who was born in or near Uhersky Hradiste in 1835 and died in Vienna in 1916. Moritz married Amalie WOLF in Lostice and had four children: Oskar (my grandfather), Ernestine, who died young, Ida, who was probably murdered in Steinhof mental hospital by the nazis, and Hugo, who apparently became an actor and nothing more is known to me. So much I know, but David had two other sons, Jakob and Heinrich, about whom I know virtually nothing except for some family remembrances. Jakob married Marie ? and had children: Amalie, who married a man surnamed FLESCH, and Ernestine, who I know nothing about. There was also another son or daughter. Heinrich married, although I don't know his wife's name, and had a son Arthur. Arthur married Lotte KOHN. That's all I know. All these names are listed/registered in the usual places. Can anyone throw any light on the missing NOWAKS? Shalom Robert W Fraser Western Australia robertandginafraser@...
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Question about given name Ela Boruch
#poland
Elaine Farran
I recently reviewed the newest data posted by the Lodz
Area Research Group (LARG)searching for information about my CHENCHINSZKI and SZAMPANIER famiies from Lodz. Unfortunately, I could not connect the information I have with the documents. One name,however, ELA BORUCH CHENCINSKI, jumped off the page because the only person I've known with that given name was my great-uncle, ELA BORUCH SZAMPANIER/CHAMPANIER. The reference I found is as follows: D CHENCINSKI Ela Boruch When I went online, I discovered this person died in 1888 and child bearing the same name was born in 1895. This suggested a relationship between the Chencinski and Szampanier families. I'm not even sure what my questions are because this is so complex. I think I would like to know if anyone knows the meaning of the name Ela Boruch, and if anyone has a relative of that name, who might ultimately be related to these families. Do you have any suggestions about what I should research next? Thanks for your advice Elaine Farran Long Beach NY Researching SZAMPANIER/CHAMPANIER/CHENCHINSKA(& variations)- Konskie, Piotrkow,Lodz MIODOWICZ,PEYSACHOW, ELBINGER - Konskie and environs FRISCH/FRYSZ, CHENCHINSKAYA (& variations) - Piotrkow, Lodz
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JRI Poland #Poland Question about given name Ela Boruch
#poland
Elaine Farran
I recently reviewed the newest data posted by the Lodz
Area Research Group (LARG)searching for information about my CHENCHINSZKI and SZAMPANIER famiies from Lodz. Unfortunately, I could not connect the information I have with the documents. One name,however, ELA BORUCH CHENCINSKI, jumped off the page because the only person I've known with that given name was my great-uncle, ELA BORUCH SZAMPANIER/CHAMPANIER. The reference I found is as follows: D CHENCINSKI Ela Boruch When I went online, I discovered this person died in 1888 and child bearing the same name was born in 1895. This suggested a relationship between the Chencinski and Szampanier families. I'm not even sure what my questions are because this is so complex. I think I would like to know if anyone knows the meaning of the name Ela Boruch, and if anyone has a relative of that name, who might ultimately be related to these families. Do you have any suggestions about what I should research next? Thanks for your advice Elaine Farran Long Beach NY Researching SZAMPANIER/CHAMPANIER/CHENCHINSKA(& variations)- Konskie, Piotrkow,Lodz MIODOWICZ,PEYSACHOW, ELBINGER - Konskie and environs FRISCH/FRYSZ, CHENCHINSKAYA (& variations) - Piotrkow, Lodz
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I Know Where Garejoinne Is - Thank You
#galicia
Linda Shefler
Just to save anyone else who might be tempted to figure it out;
I've just received several responses to my request and they are unanimous. The town is Gorajowice and it's near Jaslo in Krakow province. The coordinates are: 4946 2130 and it's about 30 miles SE of Tarnow. Thank you all for your help! Linda Shefler
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia I Know Where Garejoinne Is - Thank You
#galicia
Linda Shefler
Just to save anyone else who might be tempted to figure it out;
I've just received several responses to my request and they are unanimous. The town is Gorajowice and it's near Jaslo in Krakow province. The coordinates are: 4946 2130 and it's about 30 miles SE of Tarnow. Thank you all for your help! Linda Shefler
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