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Thank you
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Lili Susser <Susserl@...>
A sincere thank you to Warren Blatt who came to my aid in translation of
names Lili Susser Susserl@ibm.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Thank you
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Lili Susser <Susserl@...>
A sincere thank you to Warren Blatt who came to my aid in translation of
names Lili Susser Susserl@ibm.net
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Rzeszow Group & Kolbuszowa Region Group To Meet in NY
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Marian Rubin
The Rzeszow Research Group and the Kolbuszowa Region Research
Group will hold consecutive Birds of a Feather meetings at the NY conference on: Tuesday, August 10 3:30 - 4:45 Kolbuszowa Region Group 5:00 - 6:15 Rzeszow Research Group The room will be announced in the Conference schedule and in a notice on the bulletin board. The Rzeszow Research Group focuses on the city of Rzeszow. The Kolbuszowa Region Research Group now includes towns within a 30 mile radius of Kolbuszowa. If you are researching families >from these towns, I hope you will try to attend both informal meetings. It will give you a chance to make contacts with the other researchers and to exchange information. So many of our families had branches in several of these towns. Susana Leistner Bloch, coordinator of the Kolbuszowa Region Group and I will attend both meetings. Learn about the Rzeszow Group's projects, and bring your suggestions for projects. Let others know about the work you have done. Or, let us help you get started. Marian Rubin Coordinator, Rzeszow Research Group San Francisco merubin@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rzeszow Group & Kolbuszowa Region Group To Meet in NY
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Marian Rubin
The Rzeszow Research Group and the Kolbuszowa Region Research
Group will hold consecutive Birds of a Feather meetings at the NY conference on: Tuesday, August 10 3:30 - 4:45 Kolbuszowa Region Group 5:00 - 6:15 Rzeszow Research Group The room will be announced in the Conference schedule and in a notice on the bulletin board. The Rzeszow Research Group focuses on the city of Rzeszow. The Kolbuszowa Region Research Group now includes towns within a 30 mile radius of Kolbuszowa. If you are researching families >from these towns, I hope you will try to attend both informal meetings. It will give you a chance to make contacts with the other researchers and to exchange information. So many of our families had branches in several of these towns. Susana Leistner Bloch, coordinator of the Kolbuszowa Region Group and I will attend both meetings. Learn about the Rzeszow Group's projects, and bring your suggestions for projects. Let others know about the work you have done. Or, let us help you get started. Marian Rubin Coordinator, Rzeszow Research Group San Francisco merubin@aol.com
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KASTENBAUM
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FChenin@...
In the Nowy Targ yizkor book there is a picture of a family group. My
interpretation of the Hebrew letters is that it is the KASTENBAUM Family. The man at the left end of the second row is Ignatz KASTENBAUM. When I first saw the picture, I was thought that it was a picture of my uncle, Simon Chenchinsky. My Father, Milton and my Uncle Joe have both seen the picture and said, "That's my brother Simon.". Their mother, My grandmother, Regina Buchbinder was >from Nowy Targ. Regina is the daughter of Solomon BUCHBINDER and Miriam KLAPHOLZ/KLAPATZ. No one in my family has ever heard of KASTENBAUM. Does any researching in Galicia know of a connection between KASTENBAUM and BUCHBINDER or KLAPHOLZ/KLAPATZ. TIA Fred Chenin Mayfield Hts, OH Fchenin@aol.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia KASTENBAUM
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FChenin@...
In the Nowy Targ yizkor book there is a picture of a family group. My
interpretation of the Hebrew letters is that it is the KASTENBAUM Family. The man at the left end of the second row is Ignatz KASTENBAUM. When I first saw the picture, I was thought that it was a picture of my uncle, Simon Chenchinsky. My Father, Milton and my Uncle Joe have both seen the picture and said, "That's my brother Simon.". Their mother, My grandmother, Regina Buchbinder was >from Nowy Targ. Regina is the daughter of Solomon BUCHBINDER and Miriam KLAPHOLZ/KLAPATZ. No one in my family has ever heard of KASTENBAUM. Does any researching in Galicia know of a connection between KASTENBAUM and BUCHBINDER or KLAPHOLZ/KLAPATZ. TIA Fred Chenin Mayfield Hts, OH Fchenin@aol.com
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YIVO
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Rose Hoffman <ARose10@...>
What do they offer-Do they have bank where the relatives could send
money to and hen in turn send money to have them come over! Were there other ways that they handled the money or were there other groups that did this too? Rose Hoffman Mesa, Arizona Searching Hoffman/Terry >from Belarus Weintraub/Weintraub/Wolf >from Poland/ Ukraine Stern/Frank/Wolf >from Germany
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Belarus SIG #Belarus YIVO
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Rose Hoffman <ARose10@...>
What do they offer-Do they have bank where the relatives could send
money to and hen in turn send money to have them come over! Were there other ways that they handled the money or were there other groups that did this too? Rose Hoffman Mesa, Arizona Searching Hoffman/Terry >from Belarus Weintraub/Weintraub/Wolf >from Poland/ Ukraine Stern/Frank/Wolf >from Germany
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In 1860, would you wed someone 87 mi away?
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Charles Koby <koby@...>
I found somebody looking for the same name that I am...Bibergala.
Their Bibergala relatives come >from a town 10 miles N.W. of Warsaw, and my Bibergala relatives come >from a town 77 miles S.W. of Warsaw. Could it be somewhat possible that my gggf married a Bibergala girl >from 87 miles away in approx 1860 Poland?
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen In 1860, would you wed someone 87 mi away?
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Charles Koby <koby@...>
I found somebody looking for the same name that I am...Bibergala.
Their Bibergala relatives come >from a town 10 miles N.W. of Warsaw, and my Bibergala relatives come >from a town 77 miles S.W. of Warsaw. Could it be somewhat possible that my gggf married a Bibergala girl >from 87 miles away in approx 1860 Poland?
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Lissa (Leszno) Records 1750-1810?
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SFalk81162 <sfalk81162@...>
This is a 2 part question:
1. Has anyone found Jewish records >from the town of Lissa in Posen province (now Leszno, Poland) >from the time period >from 1750 to 1810? I am looking for a birth record >from 1760 or 1767, and a death record >from 1807. The Mormon archives contain later records, but not Jewish records >from this period. 2. I have heard that one can find records of Jewish births and deaths among the Church records for the time period before about 1810 or so. Does anyone have experience finding such Jewish records? Do they stand out for any reason in the Church records? Has anyone looked at Church records for Lissa? Thank you, Stephen T. Falk Stephen Falk Wayne, PA sfalk81162@aol.com Searching: all in Breslau (and in) FALK (Lissa) FREUND (Schmiegel) BACH (Inowroclaw-Tarnowitz-Myslowitz) PERL (Kieferstadtel) IMMERWAHR (Brieg-Kreuzberg) SILBERSTEIN (Brieg) KALISCHER (Lissa-Thorn-Kalisch)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Lissa (Leszno) Records 1750-1810?
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SFalk81162 <sfalk81162@...>
This is a 2 part question:
1. Has anyone found Jewish records >from the town of Lissa in Posen province (now Leszno, Poland) >from the time period >from 1750 to 1810? I am looking for a birth record >from 1760 or 1767, and a death record >from 1807. The Mormon archives contain later records, but not Jewish records >from this period. 2. I have heard that one can find records of Jewish births and deaths among the Church records for the time period before about 1810 or so. Does anyone have experience finding such Jewish records? Do they stand out for any reason in the Church records? Has anyone looked at Church records for Lissa? Thank you, Stephen T. Falk Stephen Falk Wayne, PA sfalk81162@aol.com Searching: all in Breslau (and in) FALK (Lissa) FREUND (Schmiegel) BACH (Inowroclaw-Tarnowitz-Myslowitz) PERL (Kieferstadtel) IMMERWAHR (Brieg-Kreuzberg) SILBERSTEIN (Brieg) KALISCHER (Lissa-Thorn-Kalisch)
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Brooklyn NY naturalization
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Steven A. Zedeck <saz@...>
Hi all:
Is it true that naturalization records for Brooklyn after 1906 are at the Varrick Street (Manhattan) Federal archives ? Were they transferred recently from the US District court in Brooklyn.If anyone knows, please post a reply here or email me directly. Thanks in advance. Steven A. Zedeck saz@JLC.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Brooklyn NY naturalization
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Steven A. Zedeck <saz@...>
Hi all:
Is it true that naturalization records for Brooklyn after 1906 are at the Varrick Street (Manhattan) Federal archives ? Were they transferred recently from the US District court in Brooklyn.If anyone knows, please post a reply here or email me directly. Thanks in advance. Steven A. Zedeck saz@JLC.net
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Re: GENERATIONS - the book
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RZedek5200@...
I should very much like to receive a copy.
Please let us know the price and whether you want payment by credit card or if you need a cheque. DAVID CROOK 4800 SOUTH CHICAGO BEACH DRIVE APARTMENT 204 SOUTH CHICAGO, IL 60615, U.S.A. crookfamily@prodigy.net
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Re: GENERATIONS - the book
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RZedek5200@...
I should very much like to receive a copy.
Please let us know the price and whether you want payment by credit card or if you need a cheque. DAVID CROOK 4800 SOUTH CHICAGO BEACH DRIVE APARTMENT 204 SOUTH CHICAGO, IL 60615, U.S.A. crookfamily@prodigy.net
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Search information in Polish or Lithuanian Archives?
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stephen lubell
I have now ascertained that my Great-Grandfather Solomon Lubelski came
from the town of Lazdej in the former Russian province of Suwalki.It is now written Lazdijai and is in Lithuania. Before beginning any archival searches, I would welcome the opinion of other JewishGenners where best to apply. The dates would be 1800 (or earlier) to the 1880s. Would I best apply to the Lithuanian State archives or to the Polish National Archives? With thanks in advance! Stephen Lubell MODERATOR NOTE: For an expert guide to Genealogical Techniques, one of the topics in the JewishGen InfoFiles, see Warren Blatt's EEFAQ (Eastern Europe Frequently Asked Questions): http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/eefaq.html
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Search information in Polish or Lithuanian Archives?
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stephen lubell
I have now ascertained that my Great-Grandfather Solomon Lubelski came
from the town of Lazdej in the former Russian province of Suwalki.It is now written Lazdijai and is in Lithuania. Before beginning any archival searches, I would welcome the opinion of other JewishGenners where best to apply. The dates would be 1800 (or earlier) to the 1880s. Would I best apply to the Lithuanian State archives or to the Polish National Archives? With thanks in advance! Stephen Lubell MODERATOR NOTE: For an expert guide to Genealogical Techniques, one of the topics in the JewishGen InfoFiles, see Warren Blatt's EEFAQ (Eastern Europe Frequently Asked Questions): http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/eefaq.html
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locating a town named Ponechono
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nicole berline <nberline@...>
I would like to ask your help in locating a town named Ponechono as of
the following wedding record, >from Saint-Petersburg synagogue 1869: " Itska Yudelovitch LEIBOVITCH city resident (in russian: meshchanin) of Vilno married Chaia Ita Naftalievna, maiden of the town of Ponechono, 5 oct 1869" I have some reasons to believe that Ponechono was either in Lithuania or in present day Russia. from other sources I know that the bride's maiden name was HENDLER.Itska Yudelovitch LEIBOVITCH (my ggguncle) became a member of the guild of merchants of Saint-Petersburg. Nicole Berline, Paris BERLINE ISAAC ( Derechin & Slonim Belarus > Paris )OGUS ARONOVICH (Paberze Lithuania > St Petersburg >Paris ) LEIBOVICH (unknown & Vilnius StPetersburg >London) HENDLER (Ponechono)TREIVAS ( unknown, maybe Polotsk Belarus) ROTENSZTEJN ROCHMAN ( Warsaw)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen locating a town named Ponechono
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nicole berline <nberline@...>
I would like to ask your help in locating a town named Ponechono as of
the following wedding record, >from Saint-Petersburg synagogue 1869: " Itska Yudelovitch LEIBOVITCH city resident (in russian: meshchanin) of Vilno married Chaia Ita Naftalievna, maiden of the town of Ponechono, 5 oct 1869" I have some reasons to believe that Ponechono was either in Lithuania or in present day Russia. from other sources I know that the bride's maiden name was HENDLER.Itska Yudelovitch LEIBOVITCH (my ggguncle) became a member of the guild of merchants of Saint-Petersburg. Nicole Berline, Paris BERLINE ISAAC ( Derechin & Slonim Belarus > Paris )OGUS ARONOVICH (Paberze Lithuania > St Petersburg >Paris ) LEIBOVICH (unknown & Vilnius StPetersburg >London) HENDLER (Ponechono)TREIVAS ( unknown, maybe Polotsk Belarus) ROTENSZTEJN ROCHMAN ( Warsaw)
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