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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.
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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.”
Will all posts be archived?
Yes.
Can I still search though old messages?
Yes. All the messages are accessible and searchable going back to 1998.
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Send your questions to: support@JewishGen.org
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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!
If you have any questions, or suggestions, please email support@JewishGen.org.
Sincerely,
The JewishGen.org Team
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Help Needed in South Africa
#general
TomHennie <tomhennie@...>
Anyone planning to go to the Archives who has the time and the
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inclination to do two look-ups for me please respond to me privately. Hennie Greenland Scottsdale, AZ Researching: >from Siauliai, Lithuania..SCHER, COOPER, GLASER, LOPATO, ALSCHWANGER, YANKELOWICH, KRIEGER
from Stryj, Ukraine..MOLDAUER, >from Lesko, Poland...GINSBURG
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Seflaum@...
Subject: Yizkor book Feb. report
From: JoyceField <jfield@...> Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:44:41 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1 Please feel free to post this report in whole or in part to your SIG or research group. February 2000 monthly update Yizkor Book Project <http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html> As often as we predict that our production will slow down, it never happens. In the month of February, we added 10 new translations and updated 14 sites. As of the end of February we have 191 different entries, compared with 148 at the end of February 1999. We are delighted that the Yizkor Book Project has been so well received by the genealogical community and we hope to move >from strength to strength. All translations are located at http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html. New translations: Soviet Union: The Black Book Bitola (Monastir), Macedonia Belchatow, Poland Rozwadow, Poland Chelm, Poland Gorokhov, Ukraine Ozeryany, Ukraine Rozyszcze, Ukraine Strels'k, Ukraine Olyka, Ukraine Expanded translations: Bedzin, Poland Dzialoszyce, Poland Opole-Lubelski, Poland Przemysl, Poland Pulawy, Poland Rzeszow, Poland Sochaczew, Poland Wolbrom, Poland Jurbarkas, Lithuania Rokiskis, Lithuania Molchad, Belarus Zheludok, Belarus Oradea/Nagyvarad, Romania Buchach, Ukraine Joyce Field Translations Manager JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Help Needed in South Africa
#general
TomHennie <tomhennie@...>
Anyone planning to go to the Archives who has the time and the
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
inclination to do two look-ups for me please respond to me privately. Hennie Greenland Scottsdale, AZ Researching: >from Siauliai, Lithuania..SCHER, COOPER, GLASER, LOPATO, ALSCHWANGER, YANKELOWICH, KRIEGER
from Stryj, Ukraine..MOLDAUER, >from Lesko, Poland...GINSBURG
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Seflaum@...
Subject: Yizkor book Feb. report
From: JoyceField <jfield@...> Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:44:41 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1 Please feel free to post this report in whole or in part to your SIG or research group. February 2000 monthly update Yizkor Book Project <http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html> As often as we predict that our production will slow down, it never happens. In the month of February, we added 10 new translations and updated 14 sites. As of the end of February we have 191 different entries, compared with 148 at the end of February 1999. We are delighted that the Yizkor Book Project has been so well received by the genealogical community and we hope to move >from strength to strength. All translations are located at http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html. New translations: Soviet Union: The Black Book Bitola (Monastir), Macedonia Belchatow, Poland Rozwadow, Poland Chelm, Poland Gorokhov, Ukraine Ozeryany, Ukraine Rozyszcze, Ukraine Strels'k, Ukraine Olyka, Ukraine Expanded translations: Bedzin, Poland Dzialoszyce, Poland Opole-Lubelski, Poland Przemysl, Poland Pulawy, Poland Rzeszow, Poland Sochaczew, Poland Wolbrom, Poland Jurbarkas, Lithuania Rokiskis, Lithuania Molchad, Belarus Zheludok, Belarus Oradea/Nagyvarad, Romania Buchach, Ukraine Joyce Field Translations Manager JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
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Re: given name Shea?
#general
Simon Barak
Joyce Weaver wrote:
"...My mother's katuba states that her father's name was Schmuel benShea=Shie=Shaye are all diminutives of Ishayahu (Isaiah, the biblical prophet). You'll find 16 previous answers to the same question in the JewishGen Archives http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~archives Shimon Barak ISRAEL
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: given name Shea?
#general
Simon Barak
Joyce Weaver wrote:
"...My mother's katuba states that her father's name was Schmuel benShea=Shie=Shaye are all diminutives of Ishayahu (Isaiah, the biblical prophet). You'll find 16 previous answers to the same question in the JewishGen Archives http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~archives Shimon Barak ISRAEL
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Help with address in Israel
#general
Susanna Vendel <susanna.vendel@...>
My father,Gheorghe Feher, cameraman >from Bucharest, would like to get in
touch with Andrei Calarasu, film director >from Bucharest, living now in Israel. Could somebody >from Israel look up the address/phone number/e-mail in the phone directory? Please contact me directly. Thank you, Susanna Vendel, Stockholm
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Help with address in Israel
#general
Susanna Vendel <susanna.vendel@...>
My father,Gheorghe Feher, cameraman >from Bucharest, would like to get in
touch with Andrei Calarasu, film director >from Bucharest, living now in Israel. Could somebody >from Israel look up the address/phone number/e-mail in the phone directory? Please contact me directly. Thank you, Susanna Vendel, Stockholm
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Server problems
#latvia
Arlene Beare <arl@...>
A number of you have written asking about the lack of messages. The Lyris
server has been down and hopefully will now be in working order. I have not posted all the messages asking about the problem as I hope that this will clarify the position. Arlene Beare Moderator
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Server problems
#latvia
Arlene Beare <arl@...>
A number of you have written asking about the lack of messages. The Lyris
server has been down and hopefully will now be in working order. I have not posted all the messages asking about the problem as I hope that this will clarify the position. Arlene Beare Moderator
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No messages
#latvia
Judith Hamilton <edenland@...>
My apologies if I'm bothering you for no reason, but there haven't been any
messages for a few days (or >from the German group) and I am wondering if there is some sort of problem? with thanks. Judith Hamilton Colchester UK edenland@... Moderator Note: Lyris has been down and hopefully will now be back in action.
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Latvia SIG #Latvia No messages
#latvia
Judith Hamilton <edenland@...>
My apologies if I'm bothering you for no reason, but there haven't been any
messages for a few days (or >from the German group) and I am wondering if there is some sort of problem? with thanks. Judith Hamilton Colchester UK edenland@... Moderator Note: Lyris has been down and hopefully will now be back in action.
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Re: Memmel
#lithuania
JFIBEL@...
The current name of Memel is Klaipeda in Lithuania. There are quite a few
researchers listed in the JGFF for this community. When you list the surnames you are researching, it's a good idea to mention the communities (all of them) >from which each of them derives. That kind of information can help people make a real connection. Joe Fibel MODERATOR'S NOTE: JGFF stands for JewishGen Family Finder, at <http://www.jewishgen.org>
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Re: Memmel
#lithuania
JFIBEL@...
The current name of Memel is Klaipeda in Lithuania. There are quite a few
researchers listed in the JGFF for this community. When you list the surnames you are researching, it's a good idea to mention the communities (all of them) >from which each of them derives. That kind of information can help people make a real connection. Joe Fibel MODERATOR'S NOTE: JGFF stands for JewishGen Family Finder, at <http://www.jewishgen.org>
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Update on availability of Holocaust database at Yad Vashem
#general
Michael Steinore <msteinor@...>
In the Winter '99 edition of Avotaynu, there is a brief article entitled
"Yad Vashem to Post Database on Web in March". It discusses the availability of a database created by Yad Vashem that will contain information on 2-3 million Holocaust victims. I received a more recent update >from Mr. Zvi Bernhardt of Yad Vashem, in which he very much doubted the database will be available >on the web< anytime soon, though that was certainly the hope. It will, however, be available locally at Yad Vashem next week. I'm far removed >from the situation. If anyone will be at Yad Vashem in the near future, it would be nice to have an update on the web availability as well as any information what the database is like (e.g. how does the search engine work?) Michael Steinore Portland, OR
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Update on availability of Holocaust database at Yad Vashem
#general
Michael Steinore <msteinor@...>
In the Winter '99 edition of Avotaynu, there is a brief article entitled
"Yad Vashem to Post Database on Web in March". It discusses the availability of a database created by Yad Vashem that will contain information on 2-3 million Holocaust victims. I received a more recent update >from Mr. Zvi Bernhardt of Yad Vashem, in which he very much doubted the database will be available >on the web< anytime soon, though that was certainly the hope. It will, however, be available locally at Yad Vashem next week. I'm far removed >from the situation. If anyone will be at Yad Vashem in the near future, it would be nice to have an update on the web availability as well as any information what the database is like (e.g. how does the search engine work?) Michael Steinore Portland, OR
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Rav of Klausenberg
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W874 <w874@...>
Hello,
I am researching Rabbi Yitzchok Gronner, who was the Rosh Beis Din, (Head of the Court), in Klausenberg, or Cluj/Kalishvar. The time frame would have been between 1850-1900 or so. Any info would be appreciated. Thanx in advance Irving Wiener Oak Park, Mi
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rav of Klausenberg
#general
W874 <w874@...>
Hello,
I am researching Rabbi Yitzchok Gronner, who was the Rosh Beis Din, (Head of the Court), in Klausenberg, or Cluj/Kalishvar. The time frame would have been between 1850-1900 or so. Any info would be appreciated. Thanx in advance Irving Wiener Oak Park, Mi
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Cytrin Family Buenos Aires, Argentina
#general
lsmith6@...
I am trying to locate cousins of my father's who immigrated to Buenos
Aires during the later part of the 1950s. Anyone have information on Martin Cytrin or his family please contact me privately. Lynn Mayer Smith lsmith6@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Cytrin Family Buenos Aires, Argentina
#general
lsmith6@...
I am trying to locate cousins of my father's who immigrated to Buenos
Aires during the later part of the 1950s. Anyone have information on Martin Cytrin or his family please contact me privately. Lynn Mayer Smith lsmith6@...
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