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Miami newspaper
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Norman Brotman <NORMAN-BROTMAN@...>
A great uncle of mine died a few years ago in Miami. Because he was 98
years old, there was probably a story in the newspaper, giving the date and the place of interment, and the survivors. Could some Miami JewishGenner please contact me locally. TIA researching: BROTMAN >from Minsk HARTOGENSIS anywhere in the world ROSENBERG >from Vermont in the 1880's SAUNDERS >from the Netherlands Norman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Miami newspaper
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Norman Brotman <NORMAN-BROTMAN@...>
A great uncle of mine died a few years ago in Miami. Because he was 98
years old, there was probably a story in the newspaper, giving the date and the place of interment, and the survivors. Could some Miami JewishGenner please contact me locally. TIA researching: BROTMAN >from Minsk HARTOGENSIS anywhere in the world ROSENBERG >from Vermont in the 1880's SAUNDERS >from the Netherlands Norman
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Re: Dievenishki in Oshmiany district
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Carl Alpert <alpert@...>
On 4 Aug 1998, robertr wrote:
Would appreciate any information on the town of Dievenishki/DievenishokYou can find a short but very helpful item in Volume 4, page 549 of the Funk and Wagnalls Jewish Encyclopedia, published some 85-90 years ago . It is under "Devenishki" My family came >from there originally, and took the family name of Devenishky when they moved on to other villages (Eisheshok and Butrimantz). When they came to the U.S. at the turn of the century some took the name of Devins. Others became Alpert Carl Alpert e-mail: alpert@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Dievenishki in Oshmiany district
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Carl Alpert <alpert@...>
On 4 Aug 1998, robertr wrote:
Would appreciate any information on the town of Dievenishki/DievenishokYou can find a short but very helpful item in Volume 4, page 549 of the Funk and Wagnalls Jewish Encyclopedia, published some 85-90 years ago . It is under "Devenishki" My family came >from there originally, and took the family name of Devenishky when they moved on to other villages (Eisheshok and Butrimantz). When they came to the U.S. at the turn of the century some took the name of Devins. Others became Alpert Carl Alpert e-mail: alpert@...
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Re: People not found in the cemetery
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Lew Norman <lewnorman@...>
Subject: Re: People not found in the cemeteryDear Eric, you did not give us a location for yourself (city, Country) after your name as is requested on all posts to the JewishGen Discussion Group. You are probably new to this discussion group. Go to the JewishGen web site and click on Cemetery Project. This has been going on for years and and referred to at least once a day in the discussion group. It is amazing to me that so many people post to the JewishGen discussion group but have never seen the web site with its FAQ, which answers at least 50% of all the questions asked in the discussion group. Please check it out. Regards, Lew Norman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: People not found in the cemetery
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Lew Norman <lewnorman@...>
Subject: Re: People not found in the cemeteryDear Eric, you did not give us a location for yourself (city, Country) after your name as is requested on all posts to the JewishGen Discussion Group. You are probably new to this discussion group. Go to the JewishGen web site and click on Cemetery Project. This has been going on for years and and referred to at least once a day in the discussion group. It is amazing to me that so many people post to the JewishGen discussion group but have never seen the web site with its FAQ, which answers at least 50% of all the questions asked in the discussion group. Please check it out. Regards, Lew Norman
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Researching the Motion Picture Library
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Joan C. Brown <jcb2502@...>
Vicki,
Thanks for giving me a new line to follow, re the above. However, you make no mention if they will deal with mail requests. I am interested in tracing Irving/Irvin Ashkenazy, b 12/31/1910. He worked for J.Walter Thompson in NYC & London. After WWII went to CA. He is said to have been a Hollywood screen writer, appeared in 'Perry Mason' and a Daniel Boone movie. d. 1982, CA Any bells out there? Joan Brown, Virginia
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Researching the Motion Picture Library
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Joan C. Brown <jcb2502@...>
Vicki,
Thanks for giving me a new line to follow, re the above. However, you make no mention if they will deal with mail requests. I am interested in tracing Irving/Irvin Ashkenazy, b 12/31/1910. He worked for J.Walter Thompson in NYC & London. After WWII went to CA. He is said to have been a Hollywood screen writer, appeared in 'Perry Mason' and a Daniel Boone movie. d. 1982, CA Any bells out there? Joan Brown, Virginia
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Re: Kovna
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emott@...
Barbara C. Johnson wrote:
That's interesting. My grandmother was >from Kovno, too. She spoke of a pogrom during which she and one of her sisters hid under some hay for 3 days. I don't know if that event in and of itself precipitated her emigration to Chicago. Esther Mott
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Kovna
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emott@...
Barbara C. Johnson wrote:
That's interesting. My grandmother was >from Kovno, too. She spoke of a pogrom during which she and one of her sisters hid under some hay for 3 days. I don't know if that event in and of itself precipitated her emigration to Chicago. Esther Mott
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Allen County Chief Genealogical to Speak
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Jim Borman <jborman@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Indiana and the Indiana Genealogical
Society will co-sponsor a meeting on Thursday, September 10, 1998 >from 7 pm to 9 pm at the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, 6501 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. The featured speaker will be Curt Witcher, Director, Historical Genealogical Department, Allen County Public Library. For more information, contact Jim Borman President Jewish Genealogical Society of Indiana jborman@... 317/571-8728
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Allen County Chief Genealogical to Speak
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Jim Borman <jborman@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Indiana and the Indiana Genealogical
Society will co-sponsor a meeting on Thursday, September 10, 1998 >from 7 pm to 9 pm at the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, 6501 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. The featured speaker will be Curt Witcher, Director, Historical Genealogical Department, Allen County Public Library. For more information, contact Jim Borman President Jewish Genealogical Society of Indiana jborman@... 317/571-8728
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LA Syllabus
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MNewman714@...
From: MNewman714@... (Marilyn Newman)
Not withstanding the fact that the Seminar in LA was the work of a VERY diligent group of LA JGS members, it is the Syllabus that I feel is worthy of mention. It is outstanding and most informative. In addition to details of genealogical research information, it contains excellent overviews of most of the speakers' lectures, the appended surname family finder, reference information sources, the inclusion of contact information of over 70 JGSs and 10 SIGs plus updates >from several liaison groups and a statement >from the Center for Jewish History in New York on its planned Jewish Genealogical Institute to be established in the near future. I plan to incorporate using the Syllabus as part of the program for our Pittsburgh JGS meeting on September 14th. Since I don't want to leave out the names of specific people involved with the compilation of this book and the Seminar, in general, I will just say many thanks to ALL for an excellent job. Marilyn Newman Researching: Geler - Kovno Gubernia, Lith. Eber - Kovno Gubernia, Lith. Sussman - Tirgu Ocna, Romania Greenberg - Moinesti, Romania
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen LA Syllabus
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MNewman714@...
From: MNewman714@... (Marilyn Newman)
Not withstanding the fact that the Seminar in LA was the work of a VERY diligent group of LA JGS members, it is the Syllabus that I feel is worthy of mention. It is outstanding and most informative. In addition to details of genealogical research information, it contains excellent overviews of most of the speakers' lectures, the appended surname family finder, reference information sources, the inclusion of contact information of over 70 JGSs and 10 SIGs plus updates >from several liaison groups and a statement >from the Center for Jewish History in New York on its planned Jewish Genealogical Institute to be established in the near future. I plan to incorporate using the Syllabus as part of the program for our Pittsburgh JGS meeting on September 14th. Since I don't want to leave out the names of specific people involved with the compilation of this book and the Seminar, in general, I will just say many thanks to ALL for an excellent job. Marilyn Newman Researching: Geler - Kovno Gubernia, Lith. Eber - Kovno Gubernia, Lith. Sussman - Tirgu Ocna, Romania Greenberg - Moinesti, Romania
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Boxer/Boscka
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David Gardner <dgard@...>
I have recently acquired a death certificate for my GGGmother. Her name
is listed as Sophina Boscka (Boxer). The writing is difficult to read. She was born c1861 and married David Becker in 1882. They were married in "Russia" and moved to France and then somehow came to the U.S. in the 1880s. I spoke with a distant cousin who said they were "Litvaks". Does that mean they were >from Lithuania or Latvia or either ? Any information on this Becker/Boxer/Boscka connection would be appreciated. Thanks to all, David Gardner M.D. Ph.D. dgard@... K6LPL
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Boxer/Boscka
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David Gardner <dgard@...>
I have recently acquired a death certificate for my GGGmother. Her name
is listed as Sophina Boscka (Boxer). The writing is difficult to read. She was born c1861 and married David Becker in 1882. They were married in "Russia" and moved to France and then somehow came to the U.S. in the 1880s. I spoke with a distant cousin who said they were "Litvaks". Does that mean they were >from Lithuania or Latvia or either ? Any information on this Becker/Boxer/Boscka connection would be appreciated. Thanks to all, David Gardner M.D. Ph.D. dgard@... K6LPL
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PA Death Index? -- Also "Searching for..."
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Ricki L. Zunk <rickiz@...>
Thanks to all of you who wrote to tell me that the State of Pennsylvania
did not have a State census. Now I have another question -- Is there a Death Index for the State of PA? My problem is quite simple: I know my mggparents' approximate years of death (+/- three years), but I cannot narrow down the time frame any more than that right now. That means that my mggf died sometime between the Summer of 1898 thru 1902, and my mggm died some time between 1928-1931. At least those are the times I think they died. I've tried just about every resource I can think of to find any records of them. I know they were in Philly in 1900, but I cannot find them in the 1900 US census. I tired to find them in City Directories for Philly in that era, but was not successful there either. I have a hunch that they were both buried in Har Nebo Cemetery in NE Philly, but the people in the cemetery office tell me that their records are not on computer, and they are not about to go searching through their old ledgers to find burials. So, what's next? I live in Miami, FL, so going to the various resource locations in Philly is out. All I want to know is where and when Hyman (Haskell) COHAN and his wife Ida Raizel Levinsky COHAN arrived in Philly (probably some time between 1891-1895)(they're not on the Phila., or Baltimore passenger lists). I want to know when they actually died, and where they are buried. I'm beginning to think that maybe they were "beamed up" by Scotty. They were there, they did exist. But why can't I find any records of these poor people. I know that they lived near 5th & Cross and 5th & Kater Sts. at one time or another. This is driving me batty. I've been looking for these people since 1976, and every avenue of research I've travelled has wound up as a dead end. Now what?!!!!!! TIA, Ricki Randall Zunk Miami, FL <rickiz@...> SEARCHING FOR: COHAN/COPLIN/COPELAND/COPLAND - Lithuania (?); Phila., PA FRIEDMAN - "Petrokov, near Kiev;" Brooklyn, NY GROSS - Kozova, Galicia (now Ukraine) KRAMER - The German speaking part of The Pale; Mt. Joy/Lancaster, PA; Phila., PA; Catskills in NY KURSON/CURSON/CARSON - Apa or Upa (near Riga), Latvia; Phila., PA; Oklahoma; Texas LEVINSKY/LEVINE/BIALAGORSKY - Minsk or Pinsk; Ontario Prov., CAN; Phila., PA; Pittsburgh, PA RENDELSTEIN/RANDALL - Kozova, Tarnopol, Dunayev, and Zborov, Galicia (now Ukraine); greater NYC area SCHNEIDERMAN - "Petrokov, near Kiev;" Brooklyn, NY --and-- EKMAN/FINKELSTEIN - Szumsk, Volhynia; Newark, NJ; Boston, MA FEIGEL/FINKLE - Szumsk, Volhynia; Newark, NJ; Boston, MA TROST - Hrubieszow, Poland; Newark, NJ; Brooklyn, NY; Israel ZUNK - Arudlo (Horodlo), Poland; Newark, NJ
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TABAK TABACK
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Mike Ross <nister@...>
I am interested in hearing >from those with the subject surname and more
importantly what their names may have been changed from. I search for the name TABACHOVITZ. Mike Ross
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen PA Death Index? -- Also "Searching for..."
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Ricki L. Zunk <rickiz@...>
Thanks to all of you who wrote to tell me that the State of Pennsylvania
did not have a State census. Now I have another question -- Is there a Death Index for the State of PA? My problem is quite simple: I know my mggparents' approximate years of death (+/- three years), but I cannot narrow down the time frame any more than that right now. That means that my mggf died sometime between the Summer of 1898 thru 1902, and my mggm died some time between 1928-1931. At least those are the times I think they died. I've tried just about every resource I can think of to find any records of them. I know they were in Philly in 1900, but I cannot find them in the 1900 US census. I tired to find them in City Directories for Philly in that era, but was not successful there either. I have a hunch that they were both buried in Har Nebo Cemetery in NE Philly, but the people in the cemetery office tell me that their records are not on computer, and they are not about to go searching through their old ledgers to find burials. So, what's next? I live in Miami, FL, so going to the various resource locations in Philly is out. All I want to know is where and when Hyman (Haskell) COHAN and his wife Ida Raizel Levinsky COHAN arrived in Philly (probably some time between 1891-1895)(they're not on the Phila., or Baltimore passenger lists). I want to know when they actually died, and where they are buried. I'm beginning to think that maybe they were "beamed up" by Scotty. They were there, they did exist. But why can't I find any records of these poor people. I know that they lived near 5th & Cross and 5th & Kater Sts. at one time or another. This is driving me batty. I've been looking for these people since 1976, and every avenue of research I've travelled has wound up as a dead end. Now what?!!!!!! TIA, Ricki Randall Zunk Miami, FL <rickiz@...> SEARCHING FOR: COHAN/COPLIN/COPELAND/COPLAND - Lithuania (?); Phila., PA FRIEDMAN - "Petrokov, near Kiev;" Brooklyn, NY GROSS - Kozova, Galicia (now Ukraine) KRAMER - The German speaking part of The Pale; Mt. Joy/Lancaster, PA; Phila., PA; Catskills in NY KURSON/CURSON/CARSON - Apa or Upa (near Riga), Latvia; Phila., PA; Oklahoma; Texas LEVINSKY/LEVINE/BIALAGORSKY - Minsk or Pinsk; Ontario Prov., CAN; Phila., PA; Pittsburgh, PA RENDELSTEIN/RANDALL - Kozova, Tarnopol, Dunayev, and Zborov, Galicia (now Ukraine); greater NYC area SCHNEIDERMAN - "Petrokov, near Kiev;" Brooklyn, NY --and-- EKMAN/FINKELSTEIN - Szumsk, Volhynia; Newark, NJ; Boston, MA FEIGEL/FINKLE - Szumsk, Volhynia; Newark, NJ; Boston, MA TROST - Hrubieszow, Poland; Newark, NJ; Brooklyn, NY; Israel ZUNK - Arudlo (Horodlo), Poland; Newark, NJ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen TABAK TABACK
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Mike Ross <nister@...>
I am interested in hearing >from those with the subject surname and more
importantly what their names may have been changed from. I search for the name TABACHOVITZ. Mike Ross
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