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Crown rabbis
#galicia
Suzan Wynne <srwynne@...>
Avrohom Krauss has raised some interesting questions about the nature of
the Russian Crown rabbi vs the Austrian Kehilla rabbis. While there may have been ome similarities in the selection process of the Chief Rabbi of the Galician Kehilla, the real power in Galicia lay in the local or district Kehilla. It was the local Kehilla rabbi that affected the daily lives of individuals and families. Matters of kashrut and other religious issues were decided locally by the Rabbi, Bet Din and the elders or scholars. Frankly, I would have to research more deeply to establish the differences between Russia and Austria. Rather than thinking in comparative terms. I think I would rather focus on learning more about the Austro-Hungarian system. As Avrohom suggests, some of the local Kehilla rabbis were, indeed, out of step with the people in their districts. I noted in my remarks that in one town, Rzeszow to be specific, a memoir I have read, described how, for a time, a non-Chassidic rabbi became the official rabbi. He was ignored. Each of the Chassidic groups simply proceeded as though he weren't in office. He finally resigned and the Kehilla selected someone more in tune with the majority of the community. If you read the yizkor books for the general background that they usually contain, there is invariably some material about the Kehilla and the local rabbis who were well known. Buried in this kind of material is usually some explanation of how things worked locally. On the other hand, the records themselves would speak volumes about the organization of the Kehillot. It would be interesting to hear >from anyone who has actually read through some of the material in the Lviv Archives. Suzan Wynne Kensington, MD
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Crown rabbis
#galicia
Suzan Wynne <srwynne@...>
Avrohom Krauss has raised some interesting questions about the nature of
the Russian Crown rabbi vs the Austrian Kehilla rabbis. While there may have been ome similarities in the selection process of the Chief Rabbi of the Galician Kehilla, the real power in Galicia lay in the local or district Kehilla. It was the local Kehilla rabbi that affected the daily lives of individuals and families. Matters of kashrut and other religious issues were decided locally by the Rabbi, Bet Din and the elders or scholars. Frankly, I would have to research more deeply to establish the differences between Russia and Austria. Rather than thinking in comparative terms. I think I would rather focus on learning more about the Austro-Hungarian system. As Avrohom suggests, some of the local Kehilla rabbis were, indeed, out of step with the people in their districts. I noted in my remarks that in one town, Rzeszow to be specific, a memoir I have read, described how, for a time, a non-Chassidic rabbi became the official rabbi. He was ignored. Each of the Chassidic groups simply proceeded as though he weren't in office. He finally resigned and the Kehilla selected someone more in tune with the majority of the community. If you read the yizkor books for the general background that they usually contain, there is invariably some material about the Kehilla and the local rabbis who were well known. Buried in this kind of material is usually some explanation of how things worked locally. On the other hand, the records themselves would speak volumes about the organization of the Kehillot. It would be interesting to hear >from anyone who has actually read through some of the material in the Lviv Archives. Suzan Wynne Kensington, MD
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February 2001 update for Yizkor Book Project
#galicia
Shelley K. Pollero <rkpollero@...>
February 2001 update for Yizkor Book Project
How do our wonderful volunteers do it month after month? On the one hand, we have our donors who contribute translations of yizkor books and on the other hand, we have our html staff who turn those translations into magnificent web pages. To all of them my heartiest congratulations for their amazing work and their dedication to unlocking the wonders of the yizkor books by translating them into English so they will accessible to a wider audience. February is always a short month. Nevertheless, we added 7 new books and updated 13 others, a great achievement. The first translated chapter >from the Pinkas HaKehillot, Sadagura, went online on the last day of February. We are still trying to determine the best way to list all the translated chapters >from this massive encyclopedia, so be sure to check under different categories until we post a message notifying you how these translations will be categorized on the index page at http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html. New Books: Gostynin, Poland Meretch, Lithuania Pinsk, Belarus Radzyn Podlaski, Poland Sadagura, Romania/Ukraine: chapter >from Pinkas HaKehillot Turka, Ukraine Volozhin, Belarus Updated Books: Bedzin, Poland Bukowina, 2 entries : chapters on Vashkivtsi (Waschkoutz), Ukraine; Sereth, Ukraine) Chortkov, Ukraine Dokshitsy, Belarus Drohiczhn, Belarus Kolomyya, Ukraine Kurzeniac, Beklarus Oswiecim, Poland Radomsko, Poland Rzeszow, Poland Svencionys, Lithuania Zaglembia, Poland (check under REGIONS) As always I would like to call your attention to the yizkor book fundraising projects which need your support. Many of our yizkor books can be translated only by professional translators who are paid for their remarkable work. If you have been helped by these translations, please show your appreciation by providing financial support so that more can be translated and put online. Some of the projects are languishing because of a lack of funds. We know you are reading these translations as there were almost 111,000 hits on the yizkor book web site in February. Bolekhov, Ukraine Brest, Belarus Brzeziny, Poland Buchach, Ukraine Chelm, Poland Czyzew, Poland Dokshitsy, Belarus Drogichin, Belarus Gargzdai, Lithuania Goniadz, Poland Gorodenka, Ukraine Gorodok, Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Kremenets, Ukraine Krynki, Poland Lancut, Poland Maramures Region Moravia Przemysl, Poland Pulawy, Poland Rokiskis,Lithuania Rozhnyatov, Ukraine Rzeszow, Poland Slutsk, Belarus Sochaczew, Poland Stawiski, Poland Telekhany, Belarus Wolbrom, Poland Yedintsy, Moldova Zgierz, Poland Joyce Field Yizkor Book Project Manager jfield@... Submitted by Shelley Kellerman Pollero, Coordinator Gesher Galicia Severna Park, MD rkpollero@...
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia February 2001 update for Yizkor Book Project
#galicia
Shelley K. Pollero <rkpollero@...>
February 2001 update for Yizkor Book Project
How do our wonderful volunteers do it month after month? On the one hand, we have our donors who contribute translations of yizkor books and on the other hand, we have our html staff who turn those translations into magnificent web pages. To all of them my heartiest congratulations for their amazing work and their dedication to unlocking the wonders of the yizkor books by translating them into English so they will accessible to a wider audience. February is always a short month. Nevertheless, we added 7 new books and updated 13 others, a great achievement. The first translated chapter >from the Pinkas HaKehillot, Sadagura, went online on the last day of February. We are still trying to determine the best way to list all the translated chapters >from this massive encyclopedia, so be sure to check under different categories until we post a message notifying you how these translations will be categorized on the index page at http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html. New Books: Gostynin, Poland Meretch, Lithuania Pinsk, Belarus Radzyn Podlaski, Poland Sadagura, Romania/Ukraine: chapter >from Pinkas HaKehillot Turka, Ukraine Volozhin, Belarus Updated Books: Bedzin, Poland Bukowina, 2 entries : chapters on Vashkivtsi (Waschkoutz), Ukraine; Sereth, Ukraine) Chortkov, Ukraine Dokshitsy, Belarus Drohiczhn, Belarus Kolomyya, Ukraine Kurzeniac, Beklarus Oswiecim, Poland Radomsko, Poland Rzeszow, Poland Svencionys, Lithuania Zaglembia, Poland (check under REGIONS) As always I would like to call your attention to the yizkor book fundraising projects which need your support. Many of our yizkor books can be translated only by professional translators who are paid for their remarkable work. If you have been helped by these translations, please show your appreciation by providing financial support so that more can be translated and put online. Some of the projects are languishing because of a lack of funds. We know you are reading these translations as there were almost 111,000 hits on the yizkor book web site in February. Bolekhov, Ukraine Brest, Belarus Brzeziny, Poland Buchach, Ukraine Chelm, Poland Czyzew, Poland Dokshitsy, Belarus Drogichin, Belarus Gargzdai, Lithuania Goniadz, Poland Gorodenka, Ukraine Gorodok, Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Kremenets, Ukraine Krynki, Poland Lancut, Poland Maramures Region Moravia Przemysl, Poland Pulawy, Poland Rokiskis,Lithuania Rozhnyatov, Ukraine Rzeszow, Poland Slutsk, Belarus Sochaczew, Poland Stawiski, Poland Telekhany, Belarus Wolbrom, Poland Yedintsy, Moldova Zgierz, Poland Joyce Field Yizkor Book Project Manager jfield@... Submitted by Shelley Kellerman Pollero, Coordinator Gesher Galicia Severna Park, MD rkpollero@...
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"Neighbors , the destruction of a Jewish Community" now available
#galicia
Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
The book you've been hearing about, reading about, talking about
....originally published in Polish, soon to be released in English, is now available on the JewishGenMALL at a discounted pre-publication price of $18.95 plus shipping and handling. Jan Gross' "Neighbors", is the chilling tale of one summer day in 1941 when half the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half. 1,600 Jewish men, women and children murdered not by the Nazis as many believed, (and as many would have the world continue to believe) but by their Polish neighbors who destroyed all but seven of the town's Jews. The author puts together a shocking and brutal story >from eyewitness accounts remembered well by locals but forgotten by history. His investigation reads like a detective story, putting truth to the often told lie. "Neighbors, the Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne" will be available in April, but because of expected interest the JewishGenMALL is accepting advance orders. Please visit http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall/ and find "Neighbors" easily by clicking on the New Items button. If you click on the title you can read more about the book, and if you are ready to place your order click on the Add button to put it into your shopping cart. If this is your first time purchasing something >from the Jewishgenmall, the program will take you through setting up an account. Do not be fearful about accepting a cookie on your browser, it merely is there so the next time you visit you don't have to go through setting up your personal account all over again. If you have any difficulties, or questions, please click the Contact Us button. You don't need to limit your purchase to the recommendation above....take your time.....browse the bookstore and all the other sales sections. In case you haven't yet purchased gifts for the kids, grandkids, greatgrandkids anybody ? be sure to look over the Passover specials. All purchases help JewishGen's Operations budget and we thank you in advance for shopping with us. Carol Carol Skydell, Jewishgen Operations
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AOL subscribers
#galicia
Beverly <bev7@...>
This is copy of e-mail that has been distributed to subscribers of other
lists. I don't know if this is a problem for any of our Galicianers, but if it is, this information might be helpful. MODERATOR Gesher Galicia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---Begin attached--- o MAIL DELIVERY PROBLEM: Subscribers using AOL as their Internet Service Provider report that they do not receive all their maillist messages. It appears to be an AOL problem that AOL Tech Support has not addressed. o SOLUTIONS: One solution is to open a secondary free email account with HotMail, Yahoo, Juno or other free email provider of your choice. Then subscribe to the maillist >from the new address to insure reliable delivery. Another solution is to search the archives for missed mail. (But if its missing how do you know its missing?). See instructions below o LIST OF FREE E-MAIL PROVIDERS - MSN HotMail HotMail@... - Yahoo! Mail http://mail.yahoo.com/ - Juno http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/# - Directory of 1,100 free email services http://www.emailaddresses.com/guide_types.htm o TO MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION: Go to the JewishGen WebForm to manage your subscription. There you can easily subscribe/unsubscribe, digest/nodigest, mail/nomail. http://www.jewishgen.org/listserv/sigs.htm Subscribe >from your new address and when you see that it functions properly, unsubscribe >from your old address. o SEARCH ARCHIVES FOR MISSED MAIL Messages previously posted to the SIG mailing lists can be searched, using the JewishGen SIG Lists Message Archive. http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop Use the 'date range' to limit your searches to only recent messages, by specifying a different start date. And may your mail delivery problems be resolved! ---end attached---
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia "Neighbors , the destruction of a Jewish Community" now available
#galicia
Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
The book you've been hearing about, reading about, talking about
....originally published in Polish, soon to be released in English, is now available on the JewishGenMALL at a discounted pre-publication price of $18.95 plus shipping and handling. Jan Gross' "Neighbors", is the chilling tale of one summer day in 1941 when half the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half. 1,600 Jewish men, women and children murdered not by the Nazis as many believed, (and as many would have the world continue to believe) but by their Polish neighbors who destroyed all but seven of the town's Jews. The author puts together a shocking and brutal story >from eyewitness accounts remembered well by locals but forgotten by history. His investigation reads like a detective story, putting truth to the often told lie. "Neighbors, the Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne" will be available in April, but because of expected interest the JewishGenMALL is accepting advance orders. Please visit http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall/ and find "Neighbors" easily by clicking on the New Items button. If you click on the title you can read more about the book, and if you are ready to place your order click on the Add button to put it into your shopping cart. If this is your first time purchasing something >from the Jewishgenmall, the program will take you through setting up an account. Do not be fearful about accepting a cookie on your browser, it merely is there so the next time you visit you don't have to go through setting up your personal account all over again. If you have any difficulties, or questions, please click the Contact Us button. You don't need to limit your purchase to the recommendation above....take your time.....browse the bookstore and all the other sales sections. In case you haven't yet purchased gifts for the kids, grandkids, greatgrandkids anybody ? be sure to look over the Passover specials. All purchases help JewishGen's Operations budget and we thank you in advance for shopping with us. Carol Carol Skydell, Jewishgen Operations
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia AOL subscribers
#galicia
Beverly <bev7@...>
This is copy of e-mail that has been distributed to subscribers of other
lists. I don't know if this is a problem for any of our Galicianers, but if it is, this information might be helpful. MODERATOR Gesher Galicia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---Begin attached--- o MAIL DELIVERY PROBLEM: Subscribers using AOL as their Internet Service Provider report that they do not receive all their maillist messages. It appears to be an AOL problem that AOL Tech Support has not addressed. o SOLUTIONS: One solution is to open a secondary free email account with HotMail, Yahoo, Juno or other free email provider of your choice. Then subscribe to the maillist >from the new address to insure reliable delivery. Another solution is to search the archives for missed mail. (But if its missing how do you know its missing?). See instructions below o LIST OF FREE E-MAIL PROVIDERS - MSN HotMail HotMail@... - Yahoo! Mail http://mail.yahoo.com/ - Juno http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/# - Directory of 1,100 free email services http://www.emailaddresses.com/guide_types.htm o TO MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION: Go to the JewishGen WebForm to manage your subscription. There you can easily subscribe/unsubscribe, digest/nodigest, mail/nomail. http://www.jewishgen.org/listserv/sigs.htm Subscribe >from your new address and when you see that it functions properly, unsubscribe >from your old address. o SEARCH ARCHIVES FOR MISSED MAIL Messages previously posted to the SIG mailing lists can be searched, using the JewishGen SIG Lists Message Archive. http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop Use the 'date range' to limit your searches to only recent messages, by specifying a different start date. And may your mail delivery problems be resolved! ---end attached---
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suggestions for Pinkas HaKehillot
#yizkorbooks
Joyce Field <jfield@...>
Thanks to Beverly Shulster and Warren Blatt for their suggestions
regarding the translation of Polish/Hebrew terms for governmental levels. We shall try to ensure that there is a consistency in the translation of these terms. Joyce Field Yizkor Book Project Manager jfield@...
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks suggestions for Pinkas HaKehillot
#yizkorbooks
Joyce Field <jfield@...>
Thanks to Beverly Shulster and Warren Blatt for their suggestions
regarding the translation of Polish/Hebrew terms for governmental levels. We shall try to ensure that there is a consistency in the translation of these terms. Joyce Field Yizkor Book Project Manager jfield@...
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"Neighbors , the destruction of a Jewish Community" now
#general
Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
The book you've been hearing about, reading about, talking about
....originally published in Polish, soon to be released in English, is now available on the JewishGenMall at a discounted pre-publication price of $18.95 plus shipping and handling. Jan Gross' "Neighbors", is the chilling tale of one summer day in 1941 when half the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half. 1,600 Jewish men, women and children murdered not by the Nazis as many believed, (and as many would have the world continue to believe) but by their Polish neighbors who destroyed all but seven of the town's Jews. The author puts together a shocking and brutal story >from eyewitness accounts remembered well by locals but forgotten by history. His investigation reads like a detective story, putting truth to the often told lie. "Neighbors, the Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne" will be available in April, but because of expected interest the JewishGenMall is accepting advance orders. Please visit http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall/ and find "Neighbors" easily by clicking on the New Items button. If you click on the title you can read more about the book, and if you are ready to place your order click on the Add button to put it into your shopping cart. If this is your first time purchasing something >from the Jewishgenmall, the program will take you through setting up an account. Do not be fearful about accepting a cookie on your browser, it merely is there so the next time you visit you don't have to go through setting up your personal account all over again. If you have any difficulties, or questions, please click the Contact Us button. You don't need to limit your purchase to the recommendation above....take your time.....browse the bookstore and all the other sales sections. In case you haven't yet purchased gifts for the kids, grandkids, greatgrandkids anybody ? be sure to look over the Passover specials. All purchases help JewishGen's Operations budget and we thank you in advance for shopping with us. Carol Carol Skydell, Jewishgen Operations
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen "Neighbors , the destruction of a Jewish Community" now
#general
Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
The book you've been hearing about, reading about, talking about
....originally published in Polish, soon to be released in English, is now available on the JewishGenMall at a discounted pre-publication price of $18.95 plus shipping and handling. Jan Gross' "Neighbors", is the chilling tale of one summer day in 1941 when half the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half. 1,600 Jewish men, women and children murdered not by the Nazis as many believed, (and as many would have the world continue to believe) but by their Polish neighbors who destroyed all but seven of the town's Jews. The author puts together a shocking and brutal story >from eyewitness accounts remembered well by locals but forgotten by history. His investigation reads like a detective story, putting truth to the often told lie. "Neighbors, the Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne" will be available in April, but because of expected interest the JewishGenMall is accepting advance orders. Please visit http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall/ and find "Neighbors" easily by clicking on the New Items button. If you click on the title you can read more about the book, and if you are ready to place your order click on the Add button to put it into your shopping cart. If this is your first time purchasing something >from the Jewishgenmall, the program will take you through setting up an account. Do not be fearful about accepting a cookie on your browser, it merely is there so the next time you visit you don't have to go through setting up your personal account all over again. If you have any difficulties, or questions, please click the Contact Us button. You don't need to limit your purchase to the recommendation above....take your time.....browse the bookstore and all the other sales sections. In case you haven't yet purchased gifts for the kids, grandkids, greatgrandkids anybody ? be sure to look over the Passover specials. All purchases help JewishGen's Operations budget and we thank you in advance for shopping with us. Carol Carol Skydell, Jewishgen Operations
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Fox on Belarus Records\Grodno
#belarus
Paul_A
David Fox reports:
Mr. Mehr said there were two FHL cameras in Belarus at this time. OneGood for you David! It is appalling that such a large Gubernia as Grodno has so little available and so little on the horizon (esp. no vital records whatsoever). The 1897 Census (and the earlier Revision List) are the only truly major prospects and both are being held almost incommunicado. Almost all Grodno researchers are awaiting its opening - whether they know it or not. The list may not be the place to discuss this fully, but we really need a strategy that presses all sides to cooperate and prioritize this list (something I know you have stressed). I suppose this means positive and less positive incentives. Paul Alt.
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Fox on Belarus Records\Grodno
#belarus
Paul_A
David Fox reports:
Mr. Mehr said there were two FHL cameras in Belarus at this time. OneGood for you David! It is appalling that such a large Gubernia as Grodno has so little available and so little on the horizon (esp. no vital records whatsoever). The 1897 Census (and the earlier Revision List) are the only truly major prospects and both are being held almost incommunicado. Almost all Grodno researchers are awaiting its opening - whether they know it or not. The list may not be the place to discuss this fully, but we really need a strategy that presses all sides to cooperate and prioritize this list (something I know you have stressed). I suppose this means positive and less positive incentives. Paul Alt.
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"Neighbors , the destruction of a Jewish Community" now available
#belarus
Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
The book you've been hearing about, reading about, talking about
....originally published in Polish, soon to be released in English, is now available on the JewishGenMALL at a discounted pre-publication price of $18.95 plus shipping and handling. Jan Gross' "Neighbors", is the chilling tale of one summer day in 1941 when half the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half. 1,600 Jewish men, women and children murdered not by the Nazis as many believed, (and as many would have the world continue to believe) but by their Polish neighbors who destroyed all but seven of the town's Jews. The author puts together a shocking and brutal story >from eyewitness accounts remembered well by locals but forgotten by history. His investigation reads like a detective story, putting truth to the often told lie. "Neighbors, the Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne" will be available in April, but because of expected interest the JewishGenMALL is accepting advance orders. Please visit http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall/ and find "Neighbors" easily by clicking on the New Items button. If you click on the title you can read more about the book, and if you are ready to place your order click on the Add button to put it into your shopping cart. If this is your first time purchasing something >from the Jewishgenmall, the program will take you through setting up an account. Do not be fearful about accepting a cookie on your browser, it merely is there so the next time you visit you don't have to go through setting up your personal account all over again. If you have any difficulties, or questions, please click the Contact Us button. You don't need to limit your purchase to the recommendation above....take your time.....browse the bookstore and all the other sales sections. In case you haven't yet purchased gifts for the kids, grandkids, greatgrandkids anybody ? be sure to look over the Passover specials. All purchases help JewishGen's Operations budget and we thank you in advance for shopping with us. Carol Carol Skydell, Jewishgen Operations
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First name Alitcha?
#belarus
Susan Goldsmith
Is anyone familiar with the first name Alitcha? What Hebrew and anglicized
names correspond to it? Thank you Susan Goldsmith Piedmont CA jcwsmg@... Researching TOBIAS, ROZANSKY, PROTAS, KAMINSKY, SLOTNICK Novyy Sverzhen, Stolbtsy, Mir (Minsk District) Belarus HOROWITZ, DROSNAN Dolginovo (Vileika and Minsk Districts) Belarus
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Belarus SIG #Belarus "Neighbors , the destruction of a Jewish Community" now available
#belarus
Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
The book you've been hearing about, reading about, talking about
....originally published in Polish, soon to be released in English, is now available on the JewishGenMALL at a discounted pre-publication price of $18.95 plus shipping and handling. Jan Gross' "Neighbors", is the chilling tale of one summer day in 1941 when half the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half. 1,600 Jewish men, women and children murdered not by the Nazis as many believed, (and as many would have the world continue to believe) but by their Polish neighbors who destroyed all but seven of the town's Jews. The author puts together a shocking and brutal story >from eyewitness accounts remembered well by locals but forgotten by history. His investigation reads like a detective story, putting truth to the often told lie. "Neighbors, the Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne" will be available in April, but because of expected interest the JewishGenMALL is accepting advance orders. Please visit http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall/ and find "Neighbors" easily by clicking on the New Items button. If you click on the title you can read more about the book, and if you are ready to place your order click on the Add button to put it into your shopping cart. If this is your first time purchasing something >from the Jewishgenmall, the program will take you through setting up an account. Do not be fearful about accepting a cookie on your browser, it merely is there so the next time you visit you don't have to go through setting up your personal account all over again. If you have any difficulties, or questions, please click the Contact Us button. You don't need to limit your purchase to the recommendation above....take your time.....browse the bookstore and all the other sales sections. In case you haven't yet purchased gifts for the kids, grandkids, greatgrandkids anybody ? be sure to look over the Passover specials. All purchases help JewishGen's Operations budget and we thank you in advance for shopping with us. Carol Carol Skydell, Jewishgen Operations
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Belarus SIG #Belarus First name Alitcha?
#belarus
Susan Goldsmith
Is anyone familiar with the first name Alitcha? What Hebrew and anglicized
names correspond to it? Thank you Susan Goldsmith Piedmont CA jcwsmg@... Researching TOBIAS, ROZANSKY, PROTAS, KAMINSKY, SLOTNICK Novyy Sverzhen, Stolbtsy, Mir (Minsk District) Belarus HOROWITZ, DROSNAN Dolginovo (Vileika and Minsk Districts) Belarus
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feedback/open question
#general
Sara Lynns
As a member of this discussion group, I want to thank
all who've been kind in responding to my emails about my family research. I live in Oregon and am searching family who lived in NY, with *no one* to ask/interview about the family. I began with a nucleus of information and am still learning. My goal? to perhaps find relatives on my father's side of the family. Who knows? I might actually find siblings, cousins, etc. I've never met. My point? I have written to or called NY agencies, cemeteries, etc. I have researched the Lerner family during trips to New York, at the National ARchives center in Seattle, via JGS of Oregon, my local library, and of course, LDS library as well. So... kinda wonderin' why so many of you write asking for information contained in NY city or other directories, etc.? Not knowing where most of you live, unless it is stated so in your email, it is good, I've found, to explore more than one option in gleaning information. Blessings, Jackie Lerner-Aderman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen feedback/open question
#general
Sara Lynns
As a member of this discussion group, I want to thank
all who've been kind in responding to my emails about my family research. I live in Oregon and am searching family who lived in NY, with *no one* to ask/interview about the family. I began with a nucleus of information and am still learning. My goal? to perhaps find relatives on my father's side of the family. Who knows? I might actually find siblings, cousins, etc. I've never met. My point? I have written to or called NY agencies, cemeteries, etc. I have researched the Lerner family during trips to New York, at the National ARchives center in Seattle, via JGS of Oregon, my local library, and of course, LDS library as well. So... kinda wonderin' why so many of you write asking for information contained in NY city or other directories, etc.? Not knowing where most of you live, unless it is stated so in your email, it is good, I've found, to explore more than one option in gleaning information. Blessings, Jackie Lerner-Aderman
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