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This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
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I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
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Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
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Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
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What are the new guidelines?
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avraham <avraham997@...>
I've posted a few records >from my family lapa in nowy kortzcin, Poland
in Cyrillic Russian for which I need a translation. I am most interested in both parents names, age, and if given cause of death and any survivors. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47935 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47934 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47933 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47931 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47927 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Avraham Lapa Isreal avraham997@gmail.com
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avraham <avraham997@...>
I've posted a few records >from my family lapa in nowy kortzcin, Poland
in Cyrillic Russian for which I need a translation. I am most interested in both parents names, age, and if given cause of death and any survivors. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47935 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47934 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47933 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47931 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47927 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Avraham Lapa Isreal avraham997@gmail.com
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ViewMate translation request - Cyrillic Russian
#poland
avraham <avraham997@...>
I've posted a few records >from my family lapa in nowy kortzcin, Poland
in Cyrillic Russian for which I need a translation. I am most interested in both parents names, age, and if given cause of death and any survivors. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47935 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47934 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47933 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47931 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47927 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Avraham Lapa Isreal avraham997@gmail.com
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate translation request - Cyrillic Russian
#poland
avraham <avraham997@...>
I've posted a few records >from my family lapa in nowy kortzcin, Poland
in Cyrillic Russian for which I need a translation. I am most interested in both parents names, age, and if given cause of death and any survivors. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47935 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47934 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47933 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47931 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM47927 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Avraham Lapa Isreal avraham997@gmail.com
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Descendants of Malle Dobra Alexandrovich (Faintuch) from Klimontow or Ostrowiec.
#poland
amickam@...
Malle Dobra Alexandrovich was born in Klimontow to the Faintuch family.
She lived in Ostrowiec and was killed in the holocaust. Some of her descendants survived. I will be happy to get family details >from them, to add to my family tree. Amickam Goldwasser MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information
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JRI Poland #Poland Descendants of Malle Dobra Alexandrovich (Faintuch) from Klimontow or Ostrowiec.
#poland
amickam@...
Malle Dobra Alexandrovich was born in Klimontow to the Faintuch family.
She lived in Ostrowiec and was killed in the holocaust. Some of her descendants survived. I will be happy to get family details >from them, to add to my family tree. Amickam Goldwasser MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information
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Subject: ViewMate translation request - Yiddish nr. 48049
#romania
Orr Sela <orr.liechtenstein@...>
Subject: ViewMate translation request - Yiddish nr. 48049
Hello everyone! I recently got a postcard >from an uncle with Yiddish inscription. It was sent to my gg grandfather Burah DAVIDESCU (also known as Burah FERARIU) who died in 1936 in Falticeni, Romania. Family members say that he was born circa 1856 around Lviv to David Ber and Miriam KLEINROCK. ViewMate Posting nr. 48049 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM48049 On the other side there is a picture of a husband and his wife in their 30's, and their approximately 4 years old daughter. I will extremely appreciate full (word-for-word) translation of the text. Any other tips and information are most welcome! Thank you very much in advance! Orr Sela Israel orr.liechtenstein@gmail.com
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Romania SIG #Romania Subject: ViewMate translation request - Yiddish nr. 48049
#romania
Orr Sela <orr.liechtenstein@...>
Subject: ViewMate translation request - Yiddish nr. 48049
Hello everyone! I recently got a postcard >from an uncle with Yiddish inscription. It was sent to my gg grandfather Burah DAVIDESCU (also known as Burah FERARIU) who died in 1936 in Falticeni, Romania. Family members say that he was born circa 1856 around Lviv to David Ber and Miriam KLEINROCK. ViewMate Posting nr. 48049 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM48049 On the other side there is a picture of a husband and his wife in their 30's, and their approximately 4 years old daughter. I will extremely appreciate full (word-for-word) translation of the text. Any other tips and information are most welcome! Thank you very much in advance! Orr Sela Israel orr.liechtenstein@gmail.com
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Tiraspol KehilaLinks website
#romania
Inna Vayner <innanes@...>
Hello everybody,
I am glad to announce that the Tiraspol KehilaLinks website is up and running. http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tiraspol There is still a lot of work to do and I am hopeful that all Tiraspol researchers will collaborate and contribute to our website. You can share your memoirs, photographs, and stories. This will allow our website to grow and will provide our researchers with useful information. Your insight and comments on what can be added and changed, and how to improve our website are welcomed. Inna Vayner JewishGen, Tiraspol KehilaLinks website ************************************************** Researching Vayner/Wainer/Weiner, Studinovskiy, Sheinfeld , Maizler, Dekhtyar/Dechtyar/Dechter, Sobol >from Tiraspol, Nezavertailvoka, Kishinev, and Odessa. *************************************************** Please join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bessarabian.Moldavian.Jewishroots/
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Romania SIG #Romania Tiraspol KehilaLinks website
#romania
Inna Vayner <innanes@...>
Hello everybody,
I am glad to announce that the Tiraspol KehilaLinks website is up and running. http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tiraspol There is still a lot of work to do and I am hopeful that all Tiraspol researchers will collaborate and contribute to our website. You can share your memoirs, photographs, and stories. This will allow our website to grow and will provide our researchers with useful information. Your insight and comments on what can be added and changed, and how to improve our website are welcomed. Inna Vayner JewishGen, Tiraspol KehilaLinks website ************************************************** Researching Vayner/Wainer/Weiner, Studinovskiy, Sheinfeld , Maizler, Dekhtyar/Dechtyar/Dechter, Sobol >from Tiraspol, Nezavertailvoka, Kishinev, and Odessa. *************************************************** Please join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bessarabian.Moldavian.Jewishroots/
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Rabbi Moshe COHEN/KATZ/ASHKENAZI
#germany
davidmdubin@...
Hi all,
An ancestor, Rabbi Moshe COHEN or KATZ or ASHKENAZI, grandfather of Rabbi Shabtai COHEN ('the Shach") was rabbi in Frankfurt and died in 1620 according to family lore and partially confirmed by the book Daat Kedoshim. I could not find him mentioned in Ettlinger's Ele Toldot. Doers anyone know the source of the information about him? David Dubin, Teaneck, NJ davidmdubin@gmail.com
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German SIG #Germany Rabbi Moshe COHEN/KATZ/ASHKENAZI
#germany
davidmdubin@...
Hi all,
An ancestor, Rabbi Moshe COHEN or KATZ or ASHKENAZI, grandfather of Rabbi Shabtai COHEN ('the Shach") was rabbi in Frankfurt and died in 1620 according to family lore and partially confirmed by the book Daat Kedoshim. I could not find him mentioned in Ettlinger's Ele Toldot. Doers anyone know the source of the information about him? David Dubin, Teaneck, NJ davidmdubin@gmail.com
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1. RE: News Release: Announcement of Miriam Weiner Agreement with JewishGen SIG
#belarus
Michelle Sandler
Thank you Miriam Weiner.
Michelle Sandler Westminster California
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Belarus SIG #Belarus 1. RE: News Release: Announcement of Miriam Weiner Agreement with JewishGen SIG
#belarus
Michelle Sandler
Thank you Miriam Weiner.
Michelle Sandler Westminster California
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26th June EESIG Reminder
#unitedkingdom
Raymond Montanjees
Dear interested Members,
Please send in your RSVPs for this coming Sunday's Eastern European Special Interest Group meeting and Workshop session, by mid afternoon on Thursday. I need to provide WLS' Security with a list of names. The meeting will be held at 33, Seymour Place W1 in the Council Room, on the 1st floor. Members free - Guests £5.00 including a library visit. (A reduced 1 year Membership will be given for those Guests who join on the day). Refreshments and use of the library for all. Assistance on hand. Thank You Raymond Montanjees
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Mixed marriage 1820s
#unitedkingdom
Sue Levy
Can anyone suggest where a Jew and a Christian might have married in England
in the mid-late 1820s? Mark Levy was >from Plymouth (Devon, England) and Mary Lambert was from Christchurch (Dorset - then Hampshire, England). They made their home in the Channel Islands so it's possible they married there. Mark retained his Jewishness, so it's extremely unlikely they married in a church, even supposing it were possible. Sue Levy Perth, Australia
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom 26th June EESIG Reminder
#unitedkingdom
Raymond Montanjees
Dear interested Members,
Please send in your RSVPs for this coming Sunday's Eastern European Special Interest Group meeting and Workshop session, by mid afternoon on Thursday. I need to provide WLS' Security with a list of names. The meeting will be held at 33, Seymour Place W1 in the Council Room, on the 1st floor. Members free - Guests £5.00 including a library visit. (A reduced 1 year Membership will be given for those Guests who join on the day). Refreshments and use of the library for all. Assistance on hand. Thank You Raymond Montanjees
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Mixed marriage 1820s
#unitedkingdom
Sue Levy
Can anyone suggest where a Jew and a Christian might have married in England
in the mid-late 1820s? Mark Levy was >from Plymouth (Devon, England) and Mary Lambert was from Christchurch (Dorset - then Hampshire, England). They made their home in the Channel Islands so it's possible they married there. Mark retained his Jewishness, so it's extremely unlikely they married in a church, even supposing it were possible. Sue Levy Perth, Australia
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JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
#unitedkingdom
bounce-3163818-785714@...
Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 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 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. 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. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom JewishGen's Memorial Plaques Database Update - June 2016
#unitedkingdom
bounce-3163818-785714@...
Memorial Plaques Database Grows to More Than 125,000 Records. Please help
us grow! JewishGen is proud to announce its 2016 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 23,000 records and 20,800 photos >from Argentina, Israel, Slovakia, the US. These records come >from 46 different synagogues and other institutions. The MPD database now includes 128,800 records and 89,000 photos >from more than 200 organizations covering 6 countries. Significant additions to the database include collections from Argentina and Slovakia as well as Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in the US. For details on the contents of the database, please check http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/tree/MemList.htm for a complete listing of our inventory by location. 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. Nolan Altman nta@pipeline.com
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