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You can search on any word(s). Search on "Hohens Strasse 84"
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/LodzGhetto.html In type of search, scroll down to "Global Text search of all fields." Fay Bussgang Dedham, MA
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You can search on any word(s). Search on "Hohens Strasse 84"
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/LodzGhetto.html In type of search, scroll down to "Global Text search of all fields." Fay Bussgang Dedham, MA
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Polish, translation viewmate 12607
#general
marga wingstedt <marga.wingstedt@...>
subject: translation viewmate 12607
Dear friend, We received some cards >from the archive in Kalish, could somebody tell us what is written on the cards. 1. the printed words , 2. also what is the meaning of the word P.O.H , Fifth line. Thanks beforehand. Marga Wingsted Family Sieradzki Wingstedt Belgium email: marga.wingstedt@skynet.be s.pini@skynet.be MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately. The direct url is http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=12607
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Polish, translation viewmate 12607
#general
marga wingstedt <marga.wingstedt@...>
subject: translation viewmate 12607
Dear friend, We received some cards >from the archive in Kalish, could somebody tell us what is written on the cards. 1. the printed words , 2. also what is the meaning of the word P.O.H , Fifth line. Thanks beforehand. Marga Wingsted Family Sieradzki Wingstedt Belgium email: marga.wingstedt@skynet.be s.pini@skynet.be MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately. The direct url is http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=12607
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Welcome back Celia!
#austria-czech
Adding my voice of welcome to the many messages to Celia. It's great to
hear your health is improving Celia and I look forward to many future postings >from you, Claire Bruell. Auckland, New Zealand Researching: BRIESS, Olmutz, Prerau; SCHIMMERLING, Holitz, Kanitz and Vienna; LOEWY, Uhersky Brod; BERGER, Vallachisch Meseritsch; BRUELL, Znaim, Gewitsch; HOFMANN, Lomnitz
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Welcome back Celia!
#austria-czech
Adding my voice of welcome to the many messages to Celia. It's great to
hear your health is improving Celia and I look forward to many future postings >from you, Claire Bruell. Auckland, New Zealand Researching: BRIESS, Olmutz, Prerau; SCHIMMERLING, Holitz, Kanitz and Vienna; LOEWY, Uhersky Brod; BERGER, Vallachisch Meseritsch; BRUELL, Znaim, Gewitsch; HOFMANN, Lomnitz
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Celia
#austria-czech
susanbuyer@...
Dear Celia,
What a wonderful surprise to read your postings! Welcome back and all best wishes-- Susan Buyer Potomac, Maryland
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Celia
#austria-czech
susanbuyer@...
Dear Celia,
What a wonderful surprise to read your postings! Welcome back and all best wishes-- Susan Buyer Potomac, Maryland
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Attn: FARBMAN Researchers
#belarus
mljaron49@...
FARBMAN was my GM's maiden name. I recently discovered a branch in
Michigan. If this means anything to any other FARBMAN researcher, please contact me directly. Thank you Michael Jaron MLJARON@VERIZON.NET
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Attn: FARBMAN Researchers
#belarus
mljaron49@...
FARBMAN was my GM's maiden name. I recently discovered a branch in
Michigan. If this means anything to any other FARBMAN researcher, please contact me directly. Thank you Michael Jaron MLJARON@VERIZON.NET
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Six more short films that may be of interest to you....
#belarus
steve725@...
There are now a total of ten short films of Tomek Wisniewski being shown at
the Museum of Family History. I have announced four so far, and six new ones are ready for you to view. Most of them have interesting instrumental music to go along with the film's scenes. These new films include: 1. Of Bialystok, Poland: --"The Kaufman Brothers", one of whom was Boris Kaufman, the cinematographer for "Twelve Angry Men" and others. The brothers were all natives of Bialystok. --"A Yiddish Song in Bialystok." A large group gathers in Bialystok in 1940 to hear a couple sing what seems to be a Yiddish song. Can anyone identify the song by name? If so, please contact me privately. More films of Bialystok are to come, including a film about the Warner Brothers (also >from Bialystok). 2. Of Zabludow, Poland: --Two films of the Zabludow Synagogue, scans of photos of the interior and exterior of the synagogue, cir 1927. 3. Of Kossovo, Belarus (pre-1939, Kosow Poleski, Poland): --"Berteza Kartuzka: The Street That is No More, 1916" 4. Of Minsk, Belarus: --"Jewish Minsk." While watching this film, you can imagine you are walking or in a horse and buggy down the streets of Minsk as Tomek scans across a few of his very old photographs of Minsk. Also photographs of the synagogue complex and the Choral Synagogue. You can access these films, as well as the previous films announced, on the webpage I've created listing Tomek Wisniewski's films at www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/tomek/films.htm . Enjoy! Regards, Steven Lasky www.museumoffamilyhistory.com blog: http://museumoffamilyhistory.blogspot.com steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Six more short films that may be of interest to you....
#belarus
steve725@...
There are now a total of ten short films of Tomek Wisniewski being shown at
the Museum of Family History. I have announced four so far, and six new ones are ready for you to view. Most of them have interesting instrumental music to go along with the film's scenes. These new films include: 1. Of Bialystok, Poland: --"The Kaufman Brothers", one of whom was Boris Kaufman, the cinematographer for "Twelve Angry Men" and others. The brothers were all natives of Bialystok. --"A Yiddish Song in Bialystok." A large group gathers in Bialystok in 1940 to hear a couple sing what seems to be a Yiddish song. Can anyone identify the song by name? If so, please contact me privately. More films of Bialystok are to come, including a film about the Warner Brothers (also >from Bialystok). 2. Of Zabludow, Poland: --Two films of the Zabludow Synagogue, scans of photos of the interior and exterior of the synagogue, cir 1927. 3. Of Kossovo, Belarus (pre-1939, Kosow Poleski, Poland): --"Berteza Kartuzka: The Street That is No More, 1916" 4. Of Minsk, Belarus: --"Jewish Minsk." While watching this film, you can imagine you are walking or in a horse and buggy down the streets of Minsk as Tomek scans across a few of his very old photographs of Minsk. Also photographs of the synagogue complex and the Choral Synagogue. You can access these films, as well as the previous films announced, on the webpage I've created listing Tomek Wisniewski's films at www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/tomek/films.htm . Enjoy! Regards, Steven Lasky www.museumoffamilyhistory.com blog: http://museumoffamilyhistory.blogspot.com steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com
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Re: Searching: GARMISE/KLINGON/ELGART/LEVENE from Minsk area.
#belarus
nyprof@...
Searching for GARMISE/Garmiza, KLINGON/Kleingon, ELGART, LEVENE from
Minsk and Minsk area. Many Garmises and Garmizas are documented in Yad Vashem and in Yizkor books >from Rubezhvichi, Stolbce, Koidanov. (We are linked to Minsk and Koidanov, at least) These families were intermarried in several ways and I'm trying to link up the various family trees I've gotten >from supposed relatives with the same surnames in their trees. In one of these trees >from a person I've contacted: 1. Garmise and Klingon/Kleingon also appear 2 there is a naming practice also found in my family, changing Anshel to Archibald, something I've not run across before, 3. connections to Colchester, Connecticut Jewish farming community sponsored by Baron de Hirsch as had my grandfather and his Garmise uncles. (but in this fellow's tree, it's his Klingons that lived there) Peter Myers Brooklyn, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately Myers/Malzman/Maltman/Molthman and Kestleman >from Labun' Waxenberg, Echt, >from Medzhibezh Edelstein and Alper >from Iasi Garmise, Klingon,Levene, Elgart, >from Minsk gubernia and Colchester, Conn.
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: Searching: GARMISE/KLINGON/ELGART/LEVENE from Minsk area.
#belarus
nyprof@...
Searching for GARMISE/Garmiza, KLINGON/Kleingon, ELGART, LEVENE from
Minsk and Minsk area. Many Garmises and Garmizas are documented in Yad Vashem and in Yizkor books >from Rubezhvichi, Stolbce, Koidanov. (We are linked to Minsk and Koidanov, at least) These families were intermarried in several ways and I'm trying to link up the various family trees I've gotten >from supposed relatives with the same surnames in their trees. In one of these trees >from a person I've contacted: 1. Garmise and Klingon/Kleingon also appear 2 there is a naming practice also found in my family, changing Anshel to Archibald, something I've not run across before, 3. connections to Colchester, Connecticut Jewish farming community sponsored by Baron de Hirsch as had my grandfather and his Garmise uncles. (but in this fellow's tree, it's his Klingons that lived there) Peter Myers Brooklyn, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately Myers/Malzman/Maltman/Molthman and Kestleman >from Labun' Waxenberg, Echt, >from Medzhibezh Edelstein and Alper >from Iasi Garmise, Klingon,Levene, Elgart, >from Minsk gubernia and Colchester, Conn.
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Czechoslovakia Cadastral Maps (1824-1843)
#general
Ann Rabinowitz <annrab@...>
I came upon a reference to a collection of over 8,000 Czechoslovakian
cadastral maps, at high resolution, listed by place name in alphabetical order called: Czech Republic. 'Cisarske povinne otisky stabilního katastru Cech (1824-1843)' It can be found at: http://deskove-hry.110mb.com/cisarske-otisky.php?seznam=0/ You can also look at an associated site of archival maps located at: http://archivnimapy.cuzk.cz/. This can be read in English. Ann Rabinowitz annrab@bellsouth.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Czechoslovakia Cadastral Maps (1824-1843)
#general
Ann Rabinowitz <annrab@...>
I came upon a reference to a collection of over 8,000 Czechoslovakian
cadastral maps, at high resolution, listed by place name in alphabetical order called: Czech Republic. 'Cisarske povinne otisky stabilního katastru Cech (1824-1843)' It can be found at: http://deskove-hry.110mb.com/cisarske-otisky.php?seznam=0/ You can also look at an associated site of archival maps located at: http://archivnimapy.cuzk.cz/. This can be read in English. Ann Rabinowitz annrab@bellsouth.net
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Ar'hivele Nationale Iasi
#romania
saragal@...
Hello all,
Has anyone applied by E-mail for documents at the National Archives at Iasi and obtained them? Thank you for any information. Lisbethg Saraga 83058, Paris, France MODERATOR NOTE: Private replies
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Romania SIG #Romania Ar'hivele Nationale Iasi
#romania
saragal@...
Hello all,
Has anyone applied by E-mail for documents at the National Archives at Iasi and obtained them? Thank you for any information. Lisbethg Saraga 83058, Paris, France MODERATOR NOTE: Private replies
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30 th Annual IAJGS Conference Los Angeles
#unitedkingdom
saul65@...
Please could any attendees to the conference let me know privately. We
are considering holding a Uk SIG meeting. Saul Issroff London
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom 30 th Annual IAJGS Conference Los Angeles
#unitedkingdom
saul65@...
Please could any attendees to the conference let me know privately. We
are considering holding a Uk SIG meeting. Saul Issroff London
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