JewishGen.org Discussion Group FAQs
What is the JewishGen.org Discussion Group?
The JewishGen.org Discussion Group unites thousands of Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide as they research their family history, search for relatives, and share information, ideas, methods, tips, techniques, and resources. The JewishGen.org Discussion Group makes it easy, quick, and fun, to connect with others around the world.
Is it Secure?
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How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
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?
As we continue to modernize our platform, we are trying to ensure that everything meets contemporary security standards. In the future, we plan hope to have one single sign-in page.
I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
Yes. In terms of functionality, the group will operate the same for people who like to participate with email. People can still send a message to an email address (in this case, main@groups.JewishGen.org), and receive a daily digest of postings, or individual emails. In addition, Members can also receive a daily summary of topics, and then choose which topics they would like to read about it. However, in addition to email, there is the additional functionality of being able to read/post messages utilizing our online forum (https://groups.jewishgen.org).
Does this new system require plain-text?
No.
Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
Yes.
Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
Yes! Our new platform allows members to use “Hashtags.” Messages can then be sorted, and searched, based upon how they are categorized. Another advantage is that members can “mute” any conversations they are not interested in, by simply indicating they are not interested in a particular “hashtag.”
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Can I still search though old messages?
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Send your questions to: support@JewishGen.org
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Follow this link: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main
So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?
Correct!
Will there be any ads or annoying pop-ups?
No.
Will the current guidelines change?
Yes. While posts will be moderated to ensure civility, and that there is nothing posted that is inappropriate (or completely unrelated to genealogy), we will be trying to create an online community of people who regulate themselves, much as they do (very successfully) on Jewish Genealogy Portal on Facebook.
What are the new guidelines?
There are just a few simple rules & guidelines to follow, which you can read here:https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/guidelines
Thank you in advance for contributing to this amazing online community!
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Sincerely,
The JewishGen.org Team
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JGS of Maryland June 24 program
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Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland
Speaker: Tammy Hepps Title: "Technology for Cousin Bait That Works" Date and Time: Sunday, June 24, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Location: Pikesville Library's meeting room, 1301 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville, MD Please join us on Sunday, June 24, 2018, to hear Tammy Hepps present "Technology for Cousin Bait That Works." Cousin bait is the public information trail you leave for people researching the same ancestors as you to find you. Making connections to fellow researchers is every genealogist's dream, not only because it gives you a research buddy, but also because each new buddy can provide you with information you may have never found otherwise. But in the Internet age, creating that trail means understanding how search engines work. Content that may seem intriguing to you as a genealogist may fail to meet the criteria of content search engines. This talk will begin with a basic introduction to SEO, search engine optimization, to demonstrate the qualities your digital cousin bait will need to have. The bulk of the talk will cover specific examples from different, popular techniques for posting content online toevaluate the likelihood of their making your content findable. Finally, safety considerations around making your content findable will be discussed. Tammy A. Hepps is a technologist, genealogist, and storyteller. The creator of Treelines.com, a family story-sharing website and winner of the RootsTech Developer Challenge, she lectures internationally about combining creative research, cutting-edge technology, and meaningful storytelling to make family history more engaging. She is also conducting original research into the Jewish community of Homestead, PA, once the leading steel town in the United States. Professionally, she has nearly two decades of experience managing the entire product and software development life cycles in a diverse range of industries for companies ranging >from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 corporations. The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members (applied to membership fee when a visitor joins JGSMD) after their first meeting. Refreshments will be available. Please check our web site at www.jgsmd.org for late updates and for the time, location, and program of future meetings. Susan Steeble JGSMD Public Relations
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS of Maryland June 24 program
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Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland
Speaker: Tammy Hepps Title: "Technology for Cousin Bait That Works" Date and Time: Sunday, June 24, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Location: Pikesville Library's meeting room, 1301 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville, MD Please join us on Sunday, June 24, 2018, to hear Tammy Hepps present "Technology for Cousin Bait That Works." Cousin bait is the public information trail you leave for people researching the same ancestors as you to find you. Making connections to fellow researchers is every genealogist's dream, not only because it gives you a research buddy, but also because each new buddy can provide you with information you may have never found otherwise. But in the Internet age, creating that trail means understanding how search engines work. Content that may seem intriguing to you as a genealogist may fail to meet the criteria of content search engines. This talk will begin with a basic introduction to SEO, search engine optimization, to demonstrate the qualities your digital cousin bait will need to have. The bulk of the talk will cover specific examples from different, popular techniques for posting content online toevaluate the likelihood of their making your content findable. Finally, safety considerations around making your content findable will be discussed. Tammy A. Hepps is a technologist, genealogist, and storyteller. The creator of Treelines.com, a family story-sharing website and winner of the RootsTech Developer Challenge, she lectures internationally about combining creative research, cutting-edge technology, and meaningful storytelling to make family history more engaging. She is also conducting original research into the Jewish community of Homestead, PA, once the leading steel town in the United States. Professionally, she has nearly two decades of experience managing the entire product and software development life cycles in a diverse range of industries for companies ranging >from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 corporations. The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members (applied to membership fee when a visitor joins JGSMD) after their first meeting. Refreshments will be available. Please check our web site at www.jgsmd.org for late updates and for the time, location, and program of future meetings. Susan Steeble JGSMD Public Relations
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Memorial Plaques Update - Database Grows to More Than 177,500 Records. Please help us grow!
#hungary
bounce-3533085-772961@...
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update for the
Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added approximately 8,400 records and 6,900 photos. This update brings the Memorial Plaques holdings to 177,500 records and 124,000 photos from 263 synagogues / institutions representing 11 countries.We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. For a complete listing of the institutions currently in the database, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Memorial Plaques Update - Database Grows to More Than 177,500 Records. Please help us grow!
#hungary
bounce-3533085-772961@...
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update for the
Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added approximately 8,400 records and 6,900 photos. This update brings the Memorial Plaques holdings to 177,500 records and 124,000 photos from 263 synagogues / institutions representing 11 countries.We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. For a complete listing of the institutions currently in the database, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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New material in the Hungarian Databases
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ethnoca@...
I am happy to announce another large upload into the Hungarian Databases, over twenty thousand entries.  Most of it is part of the Arad project, some 14,000 entries for now, although there is more to come. A big thank you to the Arad transcribers, the most active contributor among them being Robi Koren. Much appreciated!
An update on Henry Wellisch's Nyitra project: unfortunately we have to wait a bit because some of the FS images are still not available online, thus hampering the proofing process. On the other hand we have now the Deaths segment of Henryâ??s Szekesfehervar project, uploaded and searchable. He is a very productive transcriber, working on several new projects. Thank you, Henry! We also added new data >from Gyongyos, Szilagynagyfalu and Varmezo. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of the contributions of our H-SIG members. So many of you came forward with donations of privately transcribed material (including Slovakia, Serbia) which would not be obtainable otherwise. They are all in the process of being proofed and readied for inclusion into the Hungarian databases. But that does not diminish the importance of financial assistance. We need your donations because for example we just realized that there are missing segments >from our next big project, Nagyvarad, covering the years up to WWI. We would like to acquire those missing registers and we need your help to do so. Sarah Feuerstein Hungarian Vital Records Coordinator JewishGen Moderator: Sarah and her team of transcribers continue to do a marvelous job generating records to grow the astounding JewishGen Hungary database. Your support with donations of time and, of course, funds, is vital to continuing this important work.
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JOWBR Update - JOWBR Grows to Over 3.3 Million Records!
#hungary
bounce-3533084-772961@...
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR
(JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you visit our screencast page at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ and take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts. This update, adds approximately 100,000 new records and 34,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 510 cemeteries. This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 3.33 million records and 594,000 photos from approximately 7,750 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 128 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. Significant new and updated sets to the database include collections from Belarus, Czech Republic, Moldova, France, Germany, England, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, United States and Zimbabwe. We've also added a large number of Montreal, Canada headstone photos. For a complete listing please see www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for of all cemeteries in JOWBR. I want to particularly thank Eric Feinstein who has been helping me to find and gain permission to add many non-US records >from Germany, France and under-represented countries. Eric's group of volunteers includes Sandra Bennett, Lineke Bos, Malka Chosnek, George Goldschmied, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Cori Plucer, Deborah Ross, Marylin Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, a big thank you to our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery / cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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Hungary SIG #Hungary New material in the Hungarian Databases
#hungary
ethnoca@...
I am happy to announce another large upload into the Hungarian Databases, over twenty thousand entries.  Most of it is part of the Arad project, some 14,000 entries for now, although there is more to come. A big thank you to the Arad transcribers, the most active contributor among them being Robi Koren. Much appreciated!
An update on Henry Wellisch's Nyitra project: unfortunately we have to wait a bit because some of the FS images are still not available online, thus hampering the proofing process. On the other hand we have now the Deaths segment of Henryâ??s Szekesfehervar project, uploaded and searchable. He is a very productive transcriber, working on several new projects. Thank you, Henry! We also added new data >from Gyongyos, Szilagynagyfalu and Varmezo. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of the contributions of our H-SIG members. So many of you came forward with donations of privately transcribed material (including Slovakia, Serbia) which would not be obtainable otherwise. They are all in the process of being proofed and readied for inclusion into the Hungarian databases. But that does not diminish the importance of financial assistance. We need your donations because for example we just realized that there are missing segments >from our next big project, Nagyvarad, covering the years up to WWI. We would like to acquire those missing registers and we need your help to do so. Sarah Feuerstein Hungarian Vital Records Coordinator JewishGen Moderator: Sarah and her team of transcribers continue to do a marvelous job generating records to grow the astounding JewishGen Hungary database. Your support with donations of time and, of course, funds, is vital to continuing this important work.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary JOWBR Update - JOWBR Grows to Over 3.3 Million Records!
#hungary
bounce-3533084-772961@...
JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR
(JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you visit our screencast page at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ and take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts. This update, adds approximately 100,000 new records and 34,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 510 cemeteries. This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 3.33 million records and 594,000 photos from approximately 7,750 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 128 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. Significant new and updated sets to the database include collections from Belarus, Czech Republic, Moldova, France, Germany, England, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, United States and Zimbabwe. We've also added a large number of Montreal, Canada headstone photos. For a complete listing please see www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for of all cemeteries in JOWBR. I want to particularly thank Eric Feinstein who has been helping me to find and gain permission to add many non-US records >from Germany, France and under-represented countries. Eric's group of volunteers includes Sandra Bennett, Lineke Bos, Malka Chosnek, George Goldschmied, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Cori Plucer, Deborah Ross, Marylin Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, a big thank you to our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery / cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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New York Genealogy course begins June 25th!
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Phyllis Kramer
Greetings fellow JewishGenners...
Just a note to say we have 3 seats available in the upcoming course. Students will comb New York's data bases online and in the Archives, researching a chosen family, with the assistance of the instructor, and enjoy a field trip to selected archives. Our JewishGen mentored courses are very special...you select one branch, set your goals, read and research and the instructor will personally assist you. This is an intermediate course; we assume you've gathered some census and vital records, perhaps found a manifest; we will guide you to organize what you've done and plan your next steps. The course features 8 online text lessons which you can read/download at your own pace and a unique conversational **forum** for Q&A. Our forum is open 24/7; there are no set times because our students are international. We strongly encourage you to look at the course details on the education page www.jewishgen.org/education or the course page https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40115 Registration is open. If you have some questions, please email Thankyou Phyllis Kramer, VP education, JewishGen
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New York Genealogy course begins June 25th!
#general
Phyllis Kramer
Greetings fellow JewishGenners...
Just a note to say we have 3 seats available in the upcoming course. Students will comb New York's data bases online and in the Archives, researching a chosen family, with the assistance of the instructor, and enjoy a field trip to selected archives. Our JewishGen mentored courses are very special...you select one branch, set your goals, read and research and the instructor will personally assist you. This is an intermediate course; we assume you've gathered some census and vital records, perhaps found a manifest; we will guide you to organize what you've done and plan your next steps. The course features 8 online text lessons which you can read/download at your own pace and a unique conversational **forum** for Q&A. Our forum is open 24/7; there are no set times because our students are international. We strongly encourage you to look at the course details on the education page www.jewishgen.org/education or the course page https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40115 Registration is open. If you have some questions, please email Thankyou Phyllis Kramer, VP education, JewishGen
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Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - research assistance
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lesliegut
Dear Genners,
It's often we see requests for cemetery photos and other research assistance coming through this forum. I keep meaning to draw to the attention of everyone a volunteer group which offers this and other types of assistance to researchers in the U.S.. You might try this organization, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (https://www.raogk.org/ ) for help. Go to "State Guides" for a listing of individuals offering their services. I used them quite successfully in the past and my cost was only what the researcher incurred on my behalf for copying a record and mailing it to me. In fact, my "volunteer researcher" had access to some local sites which helped me find online records I couldn't locate elsewhere. I hope this resource is of assistance to some of you who need extra eyes or arms in the U.S.. Good luck! Leslie Gut-Reiken Zurich, Switzerland Searching: SOLOMIANSKY/SALAMANSKY (Lida and Eisiskis), RASKIN/REIKEN/RAIKIN (Polotsk, Vitebsk)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - research assistance
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lesliegut
Dear Genners,
It's often we see requests for cemetery photos and other research assistance coming through this forum. I keep meaning to draw to the attention of everyone a volunteer group which offers this and other types of assistance to researchers in the U.S.. You might try this organization, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (https://www.raogk.org/ ) for help. Go to "State Guides" for a listing of individuals offering their services. I used them quite successfully in the past and my cost was only what the researcher incurred on my behalf for copying a record and mailing it to me. In fact, my "volunteer researcher" had access to some local sites which helped me find online records I couldn't locate elsewhere. I hope this resource is of assistance to some of you who need extra eyes or arms in the U.S.. Good luck! Leslie Gut-Reiken Zurich, Switzerland Searching: SOLOMIANSKY/SALAMANSKY (Lida and Eisiskis), RASKIN/REIKEN/RAIKIN (Polotsk, Vitebsk)
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ViewMate Translations, Russian (ERDSZNEKER, FLEK, GRYNTLYCH, Opole Lubelskie)
#poland
Genealogy BLW
I have posted 4 vital records for translation >from Russian to English.
They are located at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68294 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68295 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68296 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68297 All are for ERDSZNEK/ERDZNEKE/ ERDSZNEKER branch of my family >from Lublin gubernia. Please reply using the form in the ViewMate application so that answers are archived. Thank you! Barbara Weintraub Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Researching in congress Poland: KATZ/KAC, SZNAJDER, WAKSMAN, FINKIELSZTAJN, MELNIK, and spouses >from towns near Ostrowiec and Opole Lubelskie And, in Galicia: WEINTRAUB, BRODE, HAMMER/KAMER, SPINDEL, BLEIBERG
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate Translations, Russian (ERDSZNEKER, FLEK, GRYNTLYCH, Opole Lubelskie)
#poland
Genealogy BLW
I have posted 4 vital records for translation >from Russian to English.
They are located at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68294 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68295 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68296 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68297 All are for ERDSZNEK/ERDZNEKE/ ERDSZNEKER branch of my family >from Lublin gubernia. Please reply using the form in the ViewMate application so that answers are archived. Thank you! Barbara Weintraub Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Researching in congress Poland: KATZ/KAC, SZNAJDER, WAKSMAN, FINKIELSZTAJN, MELNIK, and spouses >from towns near Ostrowiec and Opole Lubelskie And, in Galicia: WEINTRAUB, BRODE, HAMMER/KAMER, SPINDEL, BLEIBERG
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ViewMate Translation, Polish (ERDSZNEKER, Kazimierz Dolny)
#poland
Genealogy BLW
I have posted a birth record for translation >from Polish to English.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68293 Since my 3x great grandmother was named Masia and all of the ERDSZNEK/ERDSZNEKE/ERDSZNEKER >from Lublin province are part of the same family, I'm fairly certain that the child is related. Her parents names will confirm her identify within the family. Please translate the record completely, or extract all information including information regarding witnesses. Please also respond via the form in the ViewMate application so that it is archived. Thank you! Barbara Weintraub Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Researching in congress Poland:=20 KATZ/KAC, SZNAJDER, WAKSMAN, FINKIELSZTAJN, MELNIK, and spouses >from towns near Ostrowiec and Opole Lubelskie And, in Galicia: WEINTRAUB, BRODE, HAMMER/KAMER, SPINDEL, BLEIBERG
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate Translation, Polish (ERDSZNEKER, Kazimierz Dolny)
#poland
Genealogy BLW
I have posted a birth record for translation >from Polish to English.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68293 Since my 3x great grandmother was named Masia and all of the ERDSZNEK/ERDSZNEKE/ERDSZNEKER >from Lublin province are part of the same family, I'm fairly certain that the child is related. Her parents names will confirm her identify within the family. Please translate the record completely, or extract all information including information regarding witnesses. Please also respond via the form in the ViewMate application so that it is archived. Thank you! Barbara Weintraub Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Researching in congress Poland:=20 KATZ/KAC, SZNAJDER, WAKSMAN, FINKIELSZTAJN, MELNIK, and spouses >from towns near Ostrowiec and Opole Lubelskie And, in Galicia: WEINTRAUB, BRODE, HAMMER/KAMER, SPINDEL, BLEIBERG
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JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR
(JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you visit our screencast page at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ and take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts. This update, adds approximately 100,000 new records and 34,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 510 cemeteries. This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 3.33 million records and 594,000 photos from approximately 7,750 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 128 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. Significant new and updated sets to the database include collections from Belarus, Czech Republic, Moldova, France, Germany, England, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, United States and Zimbabwe. We've also added a large number of Montreal, Canada headstone photos. For a complete listing please see www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for of all cemeteries in JOWBR. I want to particularly thank Eric Feinstein who has been helping me to find and gain permission to add many non-US records >from Germany, France and under-represented countries. Eric's group of volunteers includes Sandra Bennett, Lineke Bos, Malka Chosnek, George Goldschmied, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Cori Plucer, Deborah Ross, Marylin Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, a big thank you to our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery / cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update for the
Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added approximately 8,400 records and 6,900 photos. This update brings the Memorial Plaques holdings to 177,500 records and 124,000 photos from 263 synagogues / institutions representing 11 countries.We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. For a complete listing of the institutions currently in the database, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update to the JOWBR
(JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) database. The JOWBR database can be accessed at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ If you're a new JOWBR user, we recommend that you visit our screencast page at www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/ and take a look at the first two explanatory screencasts. This update, adds approximately 100,000 new records and 34,000 new photos. The database is adding and/or updating 510 cemeteries. This update brings JOWBR's holdings to 3.33 million records and 594,000 photos from approximately 7,750 cemeteries / cemetery sections representing 128 countries! Once again, donors for this update include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, historical societies and museums. We appreciate all our donor's submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group of JewishGen volunteers. Significant new and updated sets to the database include collections from Belarus, Czech Republic, Moldova, France, Germany, England, Poland, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, United States and Zimbabwe. We've also added a large number of Montreal, Canada headstone photos. For a complete listing please see www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm for of all cemeteries in JOWBR. I want to particularly thank Eric Feinstein who has been helping me to find and gain permission to add many non-US records >from Germany, France and under-represented countries. Eric's group of volunteers includes Sandra Bennett, Lineke Bos, Malka Chosnek, George Goldschmied, Ann Meddin Hellman, Maurice Kessler, Harriet Mayer, Hans Nord, Cori Plucer, Deborah Ross, Marylin Shalks, and Suzanne Tarica. In addition, a big thank you to our volunteer transliterators, led by Gilberto Jugend, without whom we would not be able to add the information >from some very difficult to read photos. We appreciate all the work our donors have done and encourage you to make additional submissions. Whether you work on a cemetery / cemetery section individually or consider a group project for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might not. Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider having their records included in the JOWBR database. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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JewishGen is proud to announce its 2018 pre-Conference update for the
Memorial Plaques Database (MPD). The MPD database can be accessed at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ The MPD database includes the data >from plaques and Yizkor lists >from synagogue and other organizations. Many of these sources include patronymic information. This update added approximately 8,400 records and 6,900 photos. This update brings the Memorial Plaques holdings to 177,500 records and 124,000 photos from 263 synagogues / institutions representing 11 countries.We believe that the MPD is a good example of how users of JewishGen's databases can "give back". If you are a member of a synagogue or other organization with memorial plaques or Yizkor lists, please consider helping us to grow this database. You can find more information on submitting data at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have additional questions, please contact me directly. For a complete listing of the institutions currently in the database, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition June, 2018
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