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Attention Choroszcz, Poland Researchers
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Willie46@...
The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-PL) database has recently been
updated to incorporate Birth indices for Choroszcz for years 1882-1892. These 252 birth records were added as a result of the JRI-PL / Polish State Archives (PSA) initiative at the Bialystok Archives. These are the only records for Choroszcz that reside at the Bialystok Branch of the PSA. To learn more about the Bialystok Archive project go to < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psastat1.htm#Bialy >. Then click on "Project Details" for more information. The database can be searched by surname at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jriplweb.htm >. If the search is successful, you can order the original record directly >from the PSA. Special instructions for ordering documents >from PSA can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psainst.htm >. JRI-PL hopes that this data will be helpful to all Choroszcz researchers. Mark Halpern Archive Coordinator - Bialystok Archives
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Attention Ciechanowiec, Poland Researchers
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Willie46@...
The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-PL) database has recently been
updated to incorporate Birth, Marriage, and Death indices for Ciechanowiec. Births 1888,1890,1899 Marriages 1888,1890,1896,1899 Deaths 1888,1890,1899 These record indices were added as a result of the JRI-PL / Polish State Archives (PSA) initiative at the Bialystok Archives. These are the only records for Ciechanowiec that reside at the Bialystok Branch of the PSA and that have not previously been microfilmed by the LDS Church. To learn more about the Bialystok Archive project go to < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psastat1.htm#Bialy >. Then click on "Project Details" for more information. With the addition of these records, there are now 1299 Ciechanowiec records on the JRI-PL database. A surname list, containing those names in the JRI-PL database is available for Ciechanowiec. It can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jripldat.htm >. Scroll down to Ciechanowiec and click on the red dot next to the town's name. The database can be searched by surname at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jriplweb.htm >. If the search is successful, you can order the original record directly >from the PSA. Special instructions for ordering documents >from PSA can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psainst.htm >. JRI-PL hopes that this data will be helpful to all Ciechanowiec researchers. Mark Halpern Archive Coordinator - Bialystok Archives
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Attention Choroszcz, Poland Researchers
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Willie46@...
The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-PL) database has recently been
updated to incorporate Birth indices for Choroszcz for years 1882-1892. These 252 birth records were added as a result of the JRI-PL / Polish State Archives (PSA) initiative at the Bialystok Archives. These are the only records for Choroszcz that reside at the Bialystok Branch of the PSA. To learn more about the Bialystok Archive project go to < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psastat1.htm#Bialy >. Then click on "Project Details" for more information. The database can be searched by surname at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jriplweb.htm >. If the search is successful, you can order the original record directly >from the PSA. Special instructions for ordering documents >from PSA can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psainst.htm >. JRI-PL hopes that this data will be helpful to all Choroszcz researchers. Mark Halpern Archive Coordinator - Bialystok Archives
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Attention Ciechanowiec, Poland Researchers
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Willie46@...
The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-PL) database has recently been
updated to incorporate Birth, Marriage, and Death indices for Ciechanowiec. Births 1888,1890,1899 Marriages 1888,1890,1896,1899 Deaths 1888,1890,1899 These record indices were added as a result of the JRI-PL / Polish State Archives (PSA) initiative at the Bialystok Archives. These are the only records for Ciechanowiec that reside at the Bialystok Branch of the PSA and that have not previously been microfilmed by the LDS Church. To learn more about the Bialystok Archive project go to < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psastat1.htm#Bialy >. Then click on "Project Details" for more information. With the addition of these records, there are now 1299 Ciechanowiec records on the JRI-PL database. A surname list, containing those names in the JRI-PL database is available for Ciechanowiec. It can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jripldat.htm >. Scroll down to Ciechanowiec and click on the red dot next to the town's name. The database can be searched by surname at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jriplweb.htm >. If the search is successful, you can order the original record directly >from the PSA. Special instructions for ordering documents >from PSA can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psainst.htm >. JRI-PL hopes that this data will be helpful to all Ciechanowiec researchers. Mark Halpern Archive Coordinator - Bialystok Archives
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Attention Tykocin, Poland Researchers
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Willie46@...
The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-PL) database has recently been
updated to incorporate Birth, Marriage, and Death indices for Tykocin. Births 1880,1881,1883,1884,1885,1890 Marriages 1880,1881,1883,1884,1885 Deaths 1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1890 These 850 record indices were added as a result of the JRI-PL / Polish State Archives (PSA) initiative at the Bialystok Archives. These are the only records for Tykocin that reside at the Bialystok Branch of the PSA and that have not previously been microfilmed by the LDS Church. To learn more about the Bialystok Archive project go to < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psastat1.htm#Bialy >. Then click on "Project Details" for more information. The database can be searched by surname at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jriplweb.htm > . If the search is successful, you can order the original record directly >from the PSA. Special instructions for ordering documents >from PSA can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psainst.htm >. In addition to these records, there are ten (10) microfilms available from the LDS Family History Library that contain records for Tykocin. Many Shtetl CO-OPs for other towns have been successful in transliterating and indexing records available >from LDS microfilms. Tykocin has a Shtetl CO-OP, but needs help to get these ten microfilms processed for inclusion in the JRI-PL database. Please contact Richard Hoffman, Tykocin Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator, if you are interested. You can find Richard's contact information at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jri-plin.htm > by scrolling down to Tykocin. JRI-PL hopes that this data will be helpful to all Tykocin researchers. Mark Halpern Archive Coordinator - Bialystok Archives
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Attention Tykocin, Poland Researchers
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Willie46@...
The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland (JRI-PL) database has recently been
updated to incorporate Birth, Marriage, and Death indices for Tykocin. Births 1880,1881,1883,1884,1885,1890 Marriages 1880,1881,1883,1884,1885 Deaths 1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1890 These 850 record indices were added as a result of the JRI-PL / Polish State Archives (PSA) initiative at the Bialystok Archives. These are the only records for Tykocin that reside at the Bialystok Branch of the PSA and that have not previously been microfilmed by the LDS Church. To learn more about the Bialystok Archive project go to < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psastat1.htm#Bialy >. Then click on "Project Details" for more information. The database can be searched by surname at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jriplweb.htm > . If the search is successful, you can order the original record directly >from the PSA. Special instructions for ordering documents >from PSA can be accessed at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/psainst.htm >. In addition to these records, there are ten (10) microfilms available from the LDS Family History Library that contain records for Tykocin. Many Shtetl CO-OPs for other towns have been successful in transliterating and indexing records available >from LDS microfilms. Tykocin has a Shtetl CO-OP, but needs help to get these ten microfilms processed for inclusion in the JRI-PL database. Please contact Richard Hoffman, Tykocin Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator, if you are interested. You can find Richard's contact information at < http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/jri-plin.htm > by scrolling down to Tykocin. JRI-PL hopes that this data will be helpful to all Tykocin researchers. Mark Halpern Archive Coordinator - Bialystok Archives
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New Dolj County and Craiova shtetlinks sites
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rokoco1@...
Dear Genners:
I am very happy to announce that new ROM-SIG shtetlinks sites for Dolj County and Craiova are now online. I hope you find these sites both informative and enjoyable. If you have not already entered your surnames in the JewishGen Family Finder or the ROM-SIG Family Finder, please take this opportunity to enter them so that others researching the same areas may find you. You may access these new sites at the following URLs: Dolj County page - http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlinks/dolj/Dolj.html Craiova page - http://jewishgen.org/shtetlinks/dolj/Craiova.html Roberta "Bobbi" Cohen Dolj County Coordinator
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New Dolj County and Craiova shtetlinks sites
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rokoco1@...
Dear Genners:
I am very happy to announce that new ROM-SIG shtetlinks sites for Dolj County and Craiova are now online. I hope you find these sites both informative and enjoyable. If you have not already entered your surnames in the JewishGen Family Finder or the ROM-SIG Family Finder, please take this opportunity to enter them so that others researching the same areas may find you. You may access these new sites at the following URLs: Dolj County page - http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlinks/dolj/Dolj.html Craiova page - http://jewishgen.org/shtetlinks/dolj/Craiova.html Roberta "Bobbi" Cohen Dolj County Coordinator
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Re: MONDINO
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chizz@...
MONDINO is a name listed in the Consolidated Jewish Surname Index. To
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see this and other variants go to: http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.html and place the name to search. You will see a few other names with the same soundex code. You can then follow to the links provided below the names. Does that make it a jewish name? No it does not; But it was a name used by some jews. In the U.S. the third most popular surname of jews is MILLER and certainly is not an exclusively "jewish name". Good luck, Myron Myron Chijner "alessandra casula" <ale777@...> wrote:
Is Mondino a jewish name?
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: MONDINO
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chizz@...
MONDINO is a name listed in the Consolidated Jewish Surname Index. To
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see this and other variants go to: http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.html and place the name to search. You will see a few other names with the same soundex code. You can then follow to the links provided below the names. Does that make it a jewish name? No it does not; But it was a name used by some jews. In the U.S. the third most popular surname of jews is MILLER and certainly is not an exclusively "jewish name". Good luck, Myron Myron Chijner "alessandra casula" <ale777@...> wrote:
Is Mondino a jewish name?
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ROSEN/EDWARDS/HOROWITZ/SHALAND
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IRSWED <irswed@...>
Searching for any family members of Murray (or Morris) and Rose ROSEN.
I believe they had at least 2 daughters. Sandy married to Dave EDWARD. Children: Candy, Bonnie and Billy EDWARDS. Another daughter whose married name is/was HOROWITZ. Her son's name is Richie. Murray's parents were Rachel and Jacob ROSEN. Murray's siblings were/are: Mollie and Paula. Murray had an aunt named: Yetta SCHALAND or SHALAND. Murray was an owner of the Empire Discount Store on Long Island. Thank-you. Irene Swedroe, IRSWED@...
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Re: Is Shmuel Sender like Dov Ber?
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Ury Link <uryl@...>
Paul Fisher wrote:
In other words, if one document says someone is Sender and another saysIs Schmuel Sender a Hebrew/Yiddish name combination like Dov Ber? Shmuel, are they probably the same person? I searched the archives on this and couldn't find anything.>> Dear genners, Ber is the German word for the Hebrew name Dov (in English: a Bear). Shemuel is a Hebrew biblical name . Sender is a nickname to the Greek name Alexander a name that is adopted as a "Shem Kodesh" a holy name when you are calling to the Tora. So Dov-Ber is the same name , a name with his nickname and Shemuel and Sender are two separated names. It can be that it is the same person with the double name Shemuel Sender. But if you said that in the archives you find on different documents different names, one time Shemuel and one time Sender and you never find the double name Shemuel Sender than be careful with you conclusion that it is the same person. Best regards Ury Link Amsterdam Holland
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MICHAELS Rhodesia
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Dr Saul Issroff <saul@...>
RE: Re: MICHAELS Rhodesia
--- I am looking for a second cousin, Len MICHAELS from London, who emigrated to Rhodesia in the 1920s. His parents were Albert & Jessie MICHAELS, who had a dress shop in Stratford, East London for many years. His 6 siblings were: Dora, Rae, Renee, Harry, Mille & Vera I do NOT know which town he lived in. And I have no doubt he is not alive now. = Miriam Margolyes e-mail: 75342.3217@... Santa Monica -- Dr Saul Issroff
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ROSEN/EDWARDS/HOROWITZ/SHALAND
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IRSWED <irswed@...>
Searching for any family members of Murray (or Morris) and Rose ROSEN.
I believe they had at least 2 daughters. Sandy married to Dave EDWARD. Children: Candy, Bonnie and Billy EDWARDS. Another daughter whose married name is/was HOROWITZ. Her son's name is Richie. Murray's parents were Rachel and Jacob ROSEN. Murray's siblings were/are: Mollie and Paula. Murray had an aunt named: Yetta SCHALAND or SHALAND. Murray was an owner of the Empire Discount Store on Long Island. Thank-you. Irene Swedroe, IRSWED@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re:Is Shmuel Sender like Dov Ber?
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Ury Link <uryl@...>
Paul Fisher wrote:
In other words, if one document says someone is Sender and another saysIs Schmuel Sender a Hebrew/Yiddish name combination like Dov Ber? Shmuel, are they probably the same person? I searched the archives on this and couldn't find anything.>> Dear genners, Ber is the German word for the Hebrew name Dov (in English: a Bear). Shemuel is a Hebrew biblical name . Sender is a nickname to the Greek name Alexander a name that is adopted as a "Shem Kodesh" a holy name when you are calling to the Tora. So Dov-Ber is the same name , a name with his nickname and Shemuel and Sender are two separated names. It can be that it is the same person with the double name Shemuel Sender. But if you said that in the archives you find on different documents different names, one time Shemuel and one time Sender and you never find the double name Shemuel Sender than be careful with you conclusion that it is the same person. Best regards Ury Link Amsterdam Holland
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica MICHAELS Rhodesia
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Dr Saul Issroff <saul@...>
RE: Re: MICHAELS Rhodesia
--- I am looking for a second cousin, Len MICHAELS from London, who emigrated to Rhodesia in the 1920s. His parents were Albert & Jessie MICHAELS, who had a dress shop in Stratford, East London for many years. His 6 siblings were: Dora, Rae, Renee, Harry, Mille & Vera I do NOT know which town he lived in. And I have no doubt he is not alive now. = Miriam Margolyes e-mail: 75342.3217@... Santa Monica -- Dr Saul Issroff
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Links from metrical records?
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Morton and Esther Cohen <cohenme@...>
The discussion in the Digest for Thursday, March 16, 2000. detailing the
format of metrical records was most informative. A follow on question: Are these several metrical records, in separate log books. linked in some fashion. i.e. does finding a specific individual in a Tax list make it possible for the archives to extend >from this record to other records such as birth, marriages, etc ? ~~~~~~~ I'll take a shot at metrical records, which were used in Litvakland under the Russian Empire. The records were kept in log books. For example, I obtained records >from the Lithuanian State Historical Archives (LVIA) that were copied >from separate books of births, marriages, deaths, for the Panevezys Jewish community. A stamp on the outside of the copy of one record has lines for Fondas, Aprasas, Metai, Byla, and Lapas, and underneath is written Panevezys. This corresponds to the Russian Empire's archival system which is different >from ours. They used fond (a record group), opus (an inventory number) and delo (item number) to file everything. If you have the fond, opus and delo numbers, any archivist can find the original document in the archives. The numbers on a particular record that I received were Fondas (fond)1226, Aprasas (opus) 1, Metai 1885 (the year of the record), Byla (delo)1309, Lapas 196 #86. The latter information tells what page and line my particular record is located. This is verifiable by looking on the copy of the log sheet itself, where the page number is stamped in the upper right corner and the line is numbered on the left side of each half of the log sheet. ~~~~~~~ Morton & Esther Cohen Rochester NY
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Links from metrical records?
#lithuania
Morton and Esther Cohen <cohenme@...>
The discussion in the Digest for Thursday, March 16, 2000. detailing the
format of metrical records was most informative. A follow on question: Are these several metrical records, in separate log books. linked in some fashion. i.e. does finding a specific individual in a Tax list make it possible for the archives to extend >from this record to other records such as birth, marriages, etc ? ~~~~~~~ I'll take a shot at metrical records, which were used in Litvakland under the Russian Empire. The records were kept in log books. For example, I obtained records >from the Lithuanian State Historical Archives (LVIA) that were copied >from separate books of births, marriages, deaths, for the Panevezys Jewish community. A stamp on the outside of the copy of one record has lines for Fondas, Aprasas, Metai, Byla, and Lapas, and underneath is written Panevezys. This corresponds to the Russian Empire's archival system which is different >from ours. They used fond (a record group), opus (an inventory number) and delo (item number) to file everything. If you have the fond, opus and delo numbers, any archivist can find the original document in the archives. The numbers on a particular record that I received were Fondas (fond)1226, Aprasas (opus) 1, Metai 1885 (the year of the record), Byla (delo)1309, Lapas 196 #86. The latter information tells what page and line my particular record is located. This is verifiable by looking on the copy of the log sheet itself, where the page number is stamped in the upper right corner and the line is numbered on the left side of each half of the log sheet. ~~~~~~~ Morton & Esther Cohen Rochester NY
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Re: Birthright
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Judith Romney Wegner
Dear members,The traditional rule (followed by Orthodox and Conservative branches) is that unless the mother has converted previously, the child is not considered a Jew. The Reform and Reconstructionist branches now accept the patrilineal as well as the matrilineal principle, provided the children are being raised as Jews and consider themselves Jews. Would the same apply to the Catholic,faith where the father's religion isIn Christianity and Islam, the ethnicity or religious beliefs of the parents are irrelevant. If the child is baptised at birth and confirmed in the Church when old enough to understand, that's all it takes. There's no specific ethnic element in Catholicism. In fact, there's no specific ethnic element, paternal or maternal, in Christianity or Islam, though there is in Zoroastrianism, which is the fourth member of the "western monotheistic" group of religions. (Yes, Zoroastrianism does still exist, though its numbers have dwindled to about 250,000 due to the fact that it never developed procedures for conversion, so that it has remained strictly ethnic, i.e. you have to be born into it. I think there are about 20,000 Zoroastrians living in the USA.) MODERATOR NOTE: While the cultural and ethnic transmission of Judaism does indeed relate to genealogy, discussions of Jewish law and the practices of other religions are not the focus of this group. Please continue this discussion privately.
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Re: Los Angeles Jewish Cemeteries?
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Paul Allen <paul@...>
I believe there are three major cemetaries in LA:
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Hillside Hollywood ??? (can't remember the third sorry) Oh yeah, there's also Forrest Lawn which isn't exclusively Jewish but heavily used. Hope that helps. Paul Allen Tilford Bartman wrote:
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