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Plashet Cemetery, London
#general
Miriam Margolyes <75342.3217@...>
A huge Jewish cemetery in the East End of London is
Plashet Cemetery, covering families who died in Ilford, East Ham, Whitechapel, Dulwich, etc. Actually, I think it's technically in the county of Essex. It's not "manned" but the details are kept by United Synagogue Ilford Burial Society, +44 208 518 2868. There is also a FAX: +44 208 451 0478. The lady I spoke to was extremely pleasant: to get information, someone has to visit the Cemetery: it's open M-F & Sunday: 9-4pm. Closes an hour earlier in the Winter. I don't know if the Index of graves is on-line, but that would be a terrifically useful undertaking for those of us with UK family. Miriam MARGOLYES Santa Monica e-mail: 75342.3217@compuserve.com
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Weissmark/Waismark Family/Argentina
#general
Joelle van den Berg-Lewkowicz <joellevandenberg@...>
Happy New Year to all!!
Is there anyone living in the Buenos Aires, Argentina area who can help me locate a relative? I am trying to contact a cousin in Argentina. Her name in Hebrew is Chana. We think it is Juanita in Spanish. Her unmarried name was Weissmark or Waismark. Her married name is Manosevitz. That could also be Manosewitz or Manosevicz or another small variation of the same name. She is an attorney-at-law and as far as we know lives in the Buenos Aires area. Anything, an address, a phone number or email address would be helpful. Thank you for your help. Joelle Lewkowicz van den Berg kring van Dorth, Netherlands (if you find her tell her my grandmother Lea was her father Nathan's sister) MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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Workmen's Circle, Arbeter Ring
#general
Lisa Dashman <ldashman@...>
Ruth, you could phone Workmen's Circle at 212-532-1545 (New York City)
and ask if they have records of your relatives. It will probably take several days because, as I recall, there is only one lady who does look-ups. If you are out of town and would like me to phone, please contact me privately. Best wishes, Lisa Dashman ldashman@bestweb.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Plashet Cemetery, London
#general
Miriam Margolyes <75342.3217@...>
A huge Jewish cemetery in the East End of London is
Plashet Cemetery, covering families who died in Ilford, East Ham, Whitechapel, Dulwich, etc. Actually, I think it's technically in the county of Essex. It's not "manned" but the details are kept by United Synagogue Ilford Burial Society, +44 208 518 2868. There is also a FAX: +44 208 451 0478. The lady I spoke to was extremely pleasant: to get information, someone has to visit the Cemetery: it's open M-F & Sunday: 9-4pm. Closes an hour earlier in the Winter. I don't know if the Index of graves is on-line, but that would be a terrifically useful undertaking for those of us with UK family. Miriam MARGOLYES Santa Monica e-mail: 75342.3217@compuserve.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Weissmark/Waismark Family/Argentina
#general
Joelle van den Berg-Lewkowicz <joellevandenberg@...>
Happy New Year to all!!
Is there anyone living in the Buenos Aires, Argentina area who can help me locate a relative? I am trying to contact a cousin in Argentina. Her name in Hebrew is Chana. We think it is Juanita in Spanish. Her unmarried name was Weissmark or Waismark. Her married name is Manosevitz. That could also be Manosewitz or Manosevicz or another small variation of the same name. She is an attorney-at-law and as far as we know lives in the Buenos Aires area. Anything, an address, a phone number or email address would be helpful. Thank you for your help. Joelle Lewkowicz van den Berg kring van Dorth, Netherlands (if you find her tell her my grandmother Lea was her father Nathan's sister) MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Workmen's Circle, Arbeter Ring
#general
Lisa Dashman <ldashman@...>
Ruth, you could phone Workmen's Circle at 212-532-1545 (New York City)
and ask if they have records of your relatives. It will probably take several days because, as I recall, there is only one lady who does look-ups. If you are out of town and would like me to phone, please contact me privately. Best wishes, Lisa Dashman ldashman@bestweb.net
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JewishGen's 2001 Odyssey - A Look Forward into the New Millennium
#lithuania
sking@...
The numbers are in... and by the looks of it... the year 2000 has
been another banner year for JewishGen, once again, no exception. - Over 42,000 submitters in the JGFF and over 3.3 million searches performed in 2000 - Over 1457 submitters to the Family Tree of the Jewish People representing nearly 2,000,000 names - Over 32,000 messages posted to JewishGen and the SIG and Research Group mailing lists in the year 2000 - Over 36 million hits this past year to the JewishGen site with an additional 5 million searches executed on nearly 5 million records all powered by JewishGen's servers - 255 Yizkor Book Translations Online up >from 155 this time last year for a total of 100 new translations - 422 ShtetLinks pages (up >from 319 last year) with nearly 1193 localities spoken for Truely, an impressive set of statistics! One has only to look at the accomplishments of this organization over the last year to realize what can really happen when diverse people >from all corners of this earth--numbering in the thousands-- come together with a common mission and purpose, participating and sharing in what we believe is one of the largest grass roots efforts ever undertaken to preserve our history for future generations. And what's in store for 2001? Here are some highlights... Data collection and indexing: 1) Through our ongoing partnerships with Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum there are over 55 million records awaiting us all. 2) Through JewishGen's OWBR Project, effort is well underway to index and record millions of burials in Jewish cemeteries throughout the world. 3) JewishGen is busily engaged in establishing and solidifying contacts and partnerships with other organizations, institutions, museums and with our counterparts currently living in the Eastern European Jewish communities. 4) JewishGen has developed a plan for our database infrastructure (All Country, All Topic, All Holocaust) which is going to take an effort far beyond the capabilities of our current database team's volunteer time. This means the pressing need for both full time professional technical staff and volunteers with technical skills. 5) JewishGen will be continuing to pursue avenues and costs for implementing a document management and retrieval system to link to our award winning website. Education: 1) JewishGen has been recognized throughout the world for the educational value of so many of our projects, including the Yizkor Book Translation Project, ShtetLinks, ShtetlSchleppers, to name a few. These projects are being expanded as we speak and we look forward to everyone's participation. 2) We are developing a host of Youth Projects to educate the younger generation and bring them into our grass roots efforts. You'll be hearing a lot more on this throughout the new year. 3.) JewishGen has software to offer real time Chat Rooms where we can hold ongoing lectures and classroom instruction on a host of topics of interest to us all. Fundraising: 1) JewishGen is in final preparations of both a strategic plan and fundraising outline to present to funding organizations all over the world. 2) JewishGen has just launched the JewishGenMall and is continuing to expand the products and resource materials available. 3) JewishGen must increase the number of financial supporters among the tens of thousands who use our services. We improved this year and are now up to 2,146 contributors which is progress, but still represents only a very tiny fraction of those who use JewishGen daily. We do want to thank all of you who have come forward this past year in sharing your knowledge, your skills and your financial resources. To insure this is a 2001 Odyssey for all of us, we can only lay the groundwork to achieve the project goals and to just maintain the current level of usage. We must all begin to ask some very serious questions of ourselves: Where can I best get involved? What skills can I bring to this table? What project is most interesting to me so that I can feel a part of this worthy effort? How can I help, individually and through contacts, to assist JewishGen reach the financial level it must to properly staff and manage all these projects for me and my family, today and into the future? Please let us know your interests by reading and answering the requests we will be making for volunteers in the near future. Please share your ideas and your skills so we can find a place for you on this team. And please, help us get a jump start into the new millennium with a tax deductible contribution so we can all begin to concentrate on these invaluable projects rather than on "Imagining the World..."! <grin> So, despite the continuing growth and despite the day to day challenges of the year 2000, here we go! We are off into 2001, into a new millennium...sharing all the thrills and joys of connecting and re-connecting family...of educating and bringing new meaning to our Jewish heritage, one we hope you will share with us... in peace, in health and with a new prosperity. Below you will find a message that came into JewishGen's Yizkor Book Project which verbalizes some of the meaning of the work everyone is doing to preserve our history for future generations. Perhaps, after the first reading it will give us all better insight into why JewishGen is engaged in the projects we hold so dear to our hearts. Knowledge of our history can indeed bridge gaps towards better understanding and mutual respect... and these qualities are indeed a precursor for PEACE! Please take a few moments to read it, to feel it and to look beyond the words to perhaps a new meaning and dimension to what we are all doing together in one of the greatest grass roots effort ever! from all of us at JewishGen, we wish you and your families a veryhappy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Susan Susan E. King President JewishGen, Inc. ****************************************** Dateline: Plock, Poland - December 24, 2000 To: JewishGen Yizkor Book Project I have just read your material and decided to write a few words to you. I am a young Pole (29) and I have been interested in the Yedwabne tragedy for a few weeks. The very first thing I came across about Yedwabne was a huge article published by a Polish daily newspaper "GAZETA" in November. It was a kind of public response after publishing a book by Gratz (I haven't read it yet). I have to admit that the Yedwabne tragedy really shocked me. It is extremely painful for me for two reasons. The first one is that I can't believe that such things had happened (though I am not doubtful at all) and the second is that almost nothing is being done to "reconcile" the two nations. All those murders should have been punished many years ago. I totally support your efforts towards revealing the truth about this mass murder. I often ask myself why it is so hard to understand, accept and respect, why it is far easier to hate, ignore and underestimate. I am a young man and I am trying to be as far objective as I can. I adore Isaac B. Singer literature and I find a lot about Jewish customs, living and history through reading his books. Nobody has ever forced me to do that. There are a lot of young people like me and of course many others who could be described as anti-semitic. Hate isn't born >from itself. It is born because of certain thoughtless actions >from some narrow-minded Poles and Jews. I think that the truth about Yedwabne must come to light and that light should be seen by everyone. At the same time I would really wish Jewish communities (especially in the US) made efforts towards reconciliation and creation of new relationships between Poles and Jews. Opening people's minds seems still difficult. I am writing this on Christmas Eve - one of the greatest holidays of Christianity and I think that it might shed a ray of hope and light on our relationships. These are just a few words that I wanted to say. They don't bring anything important but ...... with respect, understanding and hope for better future M.J.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania JewishGen's 2001 Odyssey - A Look Forward into the New Millennium
#lithuania
sking@...
The numbers are in... and by the looks of it... the year 2000 has
been another banner year for JewishGen, once again, no exception. - Over 42,000 submitters in the JGFF and over 3.3 million searches performed in 2000 - Over 1457 submitters to the Family Tree of the Jewish People representing nearly 2,000,000 names - Over 32,000 messages posted to JewishGen and the SIG and Research Group mailing lists in the year 2000 - Over 36 million hits this past year to the JewishGen site with an additional 5 million searches executed on nearly 5 million records all powered by JewishGen's servers - 255 Yizkor Book Translations Online up >from 155 this time last year for a total of 100 new translations - 422 ShtetLinks pages (up >from 319 last year) with nearly 1193 localities spoken for Truely, an impressive set of statistics! One has only to look at the accomplishments of this organization over the last year to realize what can really happen when diverse people >from all corners of this earth--numbering in the thousands-- come together with a common mission and purpose, participating and sharing in what we believe is one of the largest grass roots efforts ever undertaken to preserve our history for future generations. And what's in store for 2001? Here are some highlights... Data collection and indexing: 1) Through our ongoing partnerships with Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum there are over 55 million records awaiting us all. 2) Through JewishGen's OWBR Project, effort is well underway to index and record millions of burials in Jewish cemeteries throughout the world. 3) JewishGen is busily engaged in establishing and solidifying contacts and partnerships with other organizations, institutions, museums and with our counterparts currently living in the Eastern European Jewish communities. 4) JewishGen has developed a plan for our database infrastructure (All Country, All Topic, All Holocaust) which is going to take an effort far beyond the capabilities of our current database team's volunteer time. This means the pressing need for both full time professional technical staff and volunteers with technical skills. 5) JewishGen will be continuing to pursue avenues and costs for implementing a document management and retrieval system to link to our award winning website. Education: 1) JewishGen has been recognized throughout the world for the educational value of so many of our projects, including the Yizkor Book Translation Project, ShtetLinks, ShtetlSchleppers, to name a few. These projects are being expanded as we speak and we look forward to everyone's participation. 2) We are developing a host of Youth Projects to educate the younger generation and bring them into our grass roots efforts. You'll be hearing a lot more on this throughout the new year. 3.) JewishGen has software to offer real time Chat Rooms where we can hold ongoing lectures and classroom instruction on a host of topics of interest to us all. Fundraising: 1) JewishGen is in final preparations of both a strategic plan and fundraising outline to present to funding organizations all over the world. 2) JewishGen has just launched the JewishGenMall and is continuing to expand the products and resource materials available. 3) JewishGen must increase the number of financial supporters among the tens of thousands who use our services. We improved this year and are now up to 2,146 contributors which is progress, but still represents only a very tiny fraction of those who use JewishGen daily. We do want to thank all of you who have come forward this past year in sharing your knowledge, your skills and your financial resources. To insure this is a 2001 Odyssey for all of us, we can only lay the groundwork to achieve the project goals and to just maintain the current level of usage. We must all begin to ask some very serious questions of ourselves: Where can I best get involved? What skills can I bring to this table? What project is most interesting to me so that I can feel a part of this worthy effort? How can I help, individually and through contacts, to assist JewishGen reach the financial level it must to properly staff and manage all these projects for me and my family, today and into the future? Please let us know your interests by reading and answering the requests we will be making for volunteers in the near future. Please share your ideas and your skills so we can find a place for you on this team. And please, help us get a jump start into the new millennium with a tax deductible contribution so we can all begin to concentrate on these invaluable projects rather than on "Imagining the World..."! <grin> So, despite the continuing growth and despite the day to day challenges of the year 2000, here we go! We are off into 2001, into a new millennium...sharing all the thrills and joys of connecting and re-connecting family...of educating and bringing new meaning to our Jewish heritage, one we hope you will share with us... in peace, in health and with a new prosperity. Below you will find a message that came into JewishGen's Yizkor Book Project which verbalizes some of the meaning of the work everyone is doing to preserve our history for future generations. Perhaps, after the first reading it will give us all better insight into why JewishGen is engaged in the projects we hold so dear to our hearts. Knowledge of our history can indeed bridge gaps towards better understanding and mutual respect... and these qualities are indeed a precursor for PEACE! Please take a few moments to read it, to feel it and to look beyond the words to perhaps a new meaning and dimension to what we are all doing together in one of the greatest grass roots effort ever! from all of us at JewishGen, we wish you and your families a veryhappy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Susan Susan E. King President JewishGen, Inc. ****************************************** Dateline: Plock, Poland - December 24, 2000 To: JewishGen Yizkor Book Project I have just read your material and decided to write a few words to you. I am a young Pole (29) and I have been interested in the Yedwabne tragedy for a few weeks. The very first thing I came across about Yedwabne was a huge article published by a Polish daily newspaper "GAZETA" in November. It was a kind of public response after publishing a book by Gratz (I haven't read it yet). I have to admit that the Yedwabne tragedy really shocked me. It is extremely painful for me for two reasons. The first one is that I can't believe that such things had happened (though I am not doubtful at all) and the second is that almost nothing is being done to "reconcile" the two nations. All those murders should have been punished many years ago. I totally support your efforts towards revealing the truth about this mass murder. I often ask myself why it is so hard to understand, accept and respect, why it is far easier to hate, ignore and underestimate. I am a young man and I am trying to be as far objective as I can. I adore Isaac B. Singer literature and I find a lot about Jewish customs, living and history through reading his books. Nobody has ever forced me to do that. There are a lot of young people like me and of course many others who could be described as anti-semitic. Hate isn't born >from itself. It is born because of certain thoughtless actions >from some narrow-minded Poles and Jews. I think that the truth about Yedwabne must come to light and that light should be seen by everyone. At the same time I would really wish Jewish communities (especially in the US) made efforts towards reconciliation and creation of new relationships between Poles and Jews. Opening people's minds seems still difficult. I am writing this on Christmas Eve - one of the greatest holidays of Christianity and I think that it might shed a ray of hope and light on our relationships. These are just a few words that I wanted to say. They don't bring anything important but ...... with respect, understanding and hope for better future M.J.
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Re: Glinyany
#galicia
Peter Zavon <PZavon@...>
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 Wayne Roth <The2thdkdr@aol.com> asked
Would the town of Glinyany be in the Bobrka district? Or the Prszemsyla=ny district? Under the Austrians, Glinyany, then called Gliniany was the center of a subdistrict in the Prszemsylany district. It may be of interest to some that there was also a place called Gliniany= (no doubt a much smaller place) in the Kamionka Strumlowa district, Busk subdistrict. This locality is not included in Suzan Wynne's listing of Galician Administrative Districts, so probably had no Jewish residents in= 1872. Peter Zavon, Editor Gesher Galicia Family Finder Penfield, NY PZAVON@Compuserve.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Glinyany
#galicia
Peter Zavon <PZavon@...>
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 Wayne Roth <The2thdkdr@aol.com> asked
Would the town of Glinyany be in the Bobrka district? Or the Prszemsyla=ny district? Under the Austrians, Glinyany, then called Gliniany was the center of a subdistrict in the Prszemsylany district. It may be of interest to some that there was also a place called Gliniany= (no doubt a much smaller place) in the Kamionka Strumlowa district, Busk subdistrict. This locality is not included in Suzan Wynne's listing of Galician Administrative Districts, so probably had no Jewish residents in= 1872. Peter Zavon, Editor Gesher Galicia Family Finder Penfield, NY PZAVON@Compuserve.com
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Re: FW: DNA Meeting
#dna
Muriel Selling <mselling@...>
I have tried to get through to the web sites given below. " Website
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
cannot be displayed" is all I get. JGS Buffalo is trying to arrange the same program. I was hoping Dr. Ostrer would be able to refer us to someone at the UN. Buffalo who would be capable of presenting such a program. Any suggestions ???? Thank You Muriel Selling
-----Original Message-----<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< SNIP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For further information or to contact Dr. Ostrer go to the following
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DNA Research #DNA Re: FW: DNA Meeting
#dna
Muriel Selling <mselling@...>
I have tried to get through to the web sites given below. " Website
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
cannot be displayed" is all I get. JGS Buffalo is trying to arrange the same program. I was hoping Dr. Ostrer would be able to refer us to someone at the UN. Buffalo who would be capable of presenting such a program. Any suggestions ???? Thank You Muriel Selling
-----Original Message-----<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< SNIP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For further information or to contact Dr. Ostrer go to the following
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Report from Yizkor Book Project
#general
Joyce Field <jfield@...>
To JewishGenners:
Yizkor Book Update, December 2000 and Year 2000 As we enter 2001, it is the time to reflect on the accomplishments of the Yizkor Book Project for the year, and they are considerable, because of all the people who translated and donated material to us and because of the dedicated volunteers of the html group under John Berman. We now have 255 entries and there were updates to 122 books during the year. They are available at http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html. One of our notable achievements was announced last week -- the Necrology Index at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/yizkor/. This project was implemented by Ernie Fine, project manager, and his talented volunteers; Michael Tobias, the JewishGen database guru; Warren Blatt, who coordinated the myriad of technical details to get the index online; and John Berman, who worked on the yizkor book database. Another remarkable achievement, although invisible, is the tune up that Michael Tobias has done on the yizkor book database. Complex projects such as the necrology index are always a team effort and we are indeed fortunate to have talented people working on these projects. New Entries for December 2000 -Galician Jewish Celebrities (check under Regions) -Borislav, Ukraine -Gorodek Jagiellonski, Ukraine -Kobylnik, Belarus -Wysockie-Mazowieckie, Poland -Zareby Koscielne, Poland Updates for December 2000 -Gorodets, Belarus -Oswiecim, Poland -Pochayev, Ukraine -Pushelat, Lithuania -Rokiskis, Lithuania -Rozniatow, Ukraine -Stawiski, Poland -Tarnobrzeg, Poland The list of yizkor book fundraising projects keeps growing. Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to one or more of these projects at http://www.JewishGen.org/JewishGen-erosity/YizkorTrans.html Bolekhov, Ukraine Brzeziny, Poland Buchach, Ukraine Chelm, Poland Czyzew, Poland Dokshitsy, Belarus Drogichin, Belarus Gargzdai, Lithuania Goniadz, Poland Gorodenka, Ukraine Gorodok, Ukraine Grodno, Belarus Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Kremenets, Ukraine Krynki, Poland Lancut, Poland Maramures Region Moravia Przemysl, Poland Pulawy, Poland Rozhnyatov, Ukraine Rzeszow, Poland Slutsk, Belarus Sochaczew, Poland Stawiski, Poland Telekhany, Belarus Wolbrom, Poland Yedintsy, Moldova Zgierz, Poland We now are looking forward to another busy year. Our queue is long but we are always accepting new translations. Please be sure to check our web site at http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html for new and updated entries. Joyce Field Yizkor Book Project Manager jfield@jewishgen.org
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Report from Yizkor Book Project
#general
Joyce Field <jfield@...>
To JewishGenners:
Yizkor Book Update, December 2000 and Year 2000 As we enter 2001, it is the time to reflect on the accomplishments of the Yizkor Book Project for the year, and they are considerable, because of all the people who translated and donated material to us and because of the dedicated volunteers of the html group under John Berman. We now have 255 entries and there were updates to 122 books during the year. They are available at http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html. One of our notable achievements was announced last week -- the Necrology Index at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/yizkor/. This project was implemented by Ernie Fine, project manager, and his talented volunteers; Michael Tobias, the JewishGen database guru; Warren Blatt, who coordinated the myriad of technical details to get the index online; and John Berman, who worked on the yizkor book database. Another remarkable achievement, although invisible, is the tune up that Michael Tobias has done on the yizkor book database. Complex projects such as the necrology index are always a team effort and we are indeed fortunate to have talented people working on these projects. New Entries for December 2000 -Galician Jewish Celebrities (check under Regions) -Borislav, Ukraine -Gorodek Jagiellonski, Ukraine -Kobylnik, Belarus -Wysockie-Mazowieckie, Poland -Zareby Koscielne, Poland Updates for December 2000 -Gorodets, Belarus -Oswiecim, Poland -Pochayev, Ukraine -Pushelat, Lithuania -Rokiskis, Lithuania -Rozniatow, Ukraine -Stawiski, Poland -Tarnobrzeg, Poland The list of yizkor book fundraising projects keeps growing. Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to one or more of these projects at http://www.JewishGen.org/JewishGen-erosity/YizkorTrans.html Bolekhov, Ukraine Brzeziny, Poland Buchach, Ukraine Chelm, Poland Czyzew, Poland Dokshitsy, Belarus Drogichin, Belarus Gargzdai, Lithuania Goniadz, Poland Gorodenka, Ukraine Gorodok, Ukraine Grodno, Belarus Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Kremenets, Ukraine Krynki, Poland Lancut, Poland Maramures Region Moravia Przemysl, Poland Pulawy, Poland Rozhnyatov, Ukraine Rzeszow, Poland Slutsk, Belarus Sochaczew, Poland Stawiski, Poland Telekhany, Belarus Wolbrom, Poland Yedintsy, Moldova Zgierz, Poland We now are looking forward to another busy year. Our queue is long but we are always accepting new translations. Please be sure to check our web site at http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html for new and updated entries. Joyce Field Yizkor Book Project Manager jfield@jewishgen.org
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Sam COHEN search
#general
David Rundo <djar5@...>
I inadvertently deleted an email (>from jewishgen) that some one was
searching for info on a Sam Cohen. I have info on a Sam Cohen and reletives. so if the sender could contact me privately, I may beable to help (pls send your email to me, I was not able to find it in the jewishgen archives as it only went to Dec 25th thanks David Rundo
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Sam COHEN search
#general
David Rundo <djar5@...>
I inadvertently deleted an email (>from jewishgen) that some one was
searching for info on a Sam Cohen. I have info on a Sam Cohen and reletives. so if the sender could contact me privately, I may beable to help (pls send your email to me, I was not able to find it in the jewishgen archives as it only went to Dec 25th thanks David Rundo
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Various Genealogy Newsgroups
#general
Al Wirtzbaum <nycityal@...>
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Sender: news <news@bob.news.rcn.net> I discovered some genealogy newsgroups recently which I would like to find out if any of you fellow genners have used. They are the following: alt.binaries.cd.genealogy, alt.binaries.cd.genealogy.d, and alt.binaries.cd.genealogy.parts. Al Wirtzbaum MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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Re: Naturalization paper deciphering
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hennynow
Sorry, Michael, that's not a town name. I read the passage as:
"that he was born in Austria...." Henny Henriette Moed Roth Los Angeles, CA hennynow@pacbell.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Various Genealogy Newsgroups
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Al Wirtzbaum <nycityal@...>
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Sender: news <news@bob.news.rcn.net> I discovered some genealogy newsgroups recently which I would like to find out if any of you fellow genners have used. They are the following: alt.binaries.cd.genealogy, alt.binaries.cd.genealogy.d, and alt.binaries.cd.genealogy.parts. Al Wirtzbaum MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Naturalization paper deciphering
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hennynow
Sorry, Michael, that's not a town name. I read the passage as:
"that he was born in Austria...." Henny Henriette Moed Roth Los Angeles, CA hennynow@pacbell.net
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