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German SIG #Germany HECKSCHER in Hamburg
#germany
HHHeilbut@...
Auditorium,
Sarah Ferguson >from Auckland, New Zealand, asked for information about the HECKSCHER family >from Hamburg. I will answer her questions off list becase it would be tooooooo much for this forum. I informed myself about this Hamburg family during my research about my own. There were marriages between our two families so I have a lot of information! The name HECKSCHER is believed to come >from the city of Hoexter on the river Weser. The family was in Hamburg already shortly after 1600. Helga Heilbut, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany hhheilbut@...
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HECKSCHER in Hamburg
#germany
HHHeilbut@...
Auditorium,
Sarah Ferguson >from Auckland, New Zealand, asked for information about the HECKSCHER family >from Hamburg. I will answer her questions off list becase it would be tooooooo much for this forum. I informed myself about this Hamburg family during my research about my own. There were marriages between our two families so I have a lot of information! The name HECKSCHER is believed to come >from the city of Hoexter on the river Weser. The family was in Hamburg already shortly after 1600. Helga Heilbut, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany hhheilbut@...
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GASSMANN/KLEIN from BERLIN
#germany
Carolyn Simon <cgsimon17@...>
I've inquired in the past about a ggf who was forced to flee Prussia, change
his name >from KLEIN to GASSMANN and move to KONIGSBURG (now Kalingrad) when he found himself on the losing side of a coup in about 1848. I have found a little more information: he was born in BERLIN in 1808. Is a nyone missing a relative who matches this information? Carolyn Gassman Simon, Tucson, AZ cgsimon17@... Also researching; NATOWITZ >from JARDONOW, APFEL >from KRAKOW, GINCZLER >from ERDOBENYE and UJHELY, WEINGARTEN and SPANDORF >from SAMBOR and MOSS from JACKSONVILLE, Texas
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German SIG #Germany GASSMANN/KLEIN from BERLIN
#germany
Carolyn Simon <cgsimon17@...>
I've inquired in the past about a ggf who was forced to flee Prussia, change
his name >from KLEIN to GASSMANN and move to KONIGSBURG (now Kalingrad) when he found himself on the losing side of a coup in about 1848. I have found a little more information: he was born in BERLIN in 1808. Is a nyone missing a relative who matches this information? Carolyn Gassman Simon, Tucson, AZ cgsimon17@... Also researching; NATOWITZ >from JARDONOW, APFEL >from KRAKOW, GINCZLER >from ERDOBENYE and UJHELY, WEINGARTEN and SPANDORF >from SAMBOR and MOSS from JACKSONVILLE, Texas
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Thanks [to volunteers for community data entry]
#germany
Lande
I want to thank so many of you, in Canada, Germany, Israel and the United
States, who volunteered to enter German Jewish community names into Excel spreadsheets. This is a tribute to GerSig readers. I have written some of you and will wrote others as I prepare the paper lists. No more volunteers needed right now. Peter Lande Washington, D.C. pdlande@...
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German SIG #Germany Thanks [to volunteers for community data entry]
#germany
Lande
I want to thank so many of you, in Canada, Germany, Israel and the United
States, who volunteered to enter German Jewish community names into Excel spreadsheets. This is a tribute to GerSig readers. I have written some of you and will wrote others as I prepare the paper lists. No more volunteers needed right now. Peter Lande Washington, D.C. pdlande@...
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CORRECTED - IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles Conference Registration is now LIVE!
#southafrica
JGSLA2010 Info
Registration for the 30th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy is now open! Go to our website: http://www.jgsla2010.com and click on the "Registration" tab to begin or go directly to this link: https://www.goeshow.com/jgsla/IAJGS/2010/Registration.cfm The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles looks forward to welcoming you to Los Angeles >from July 11 - 16 for an extraordinary series of presentations by renowned scholars, archivists and research specialists >from around the world. We'll also offer enlightening films, methodology workshops, evening musical and dramatic performances, and opportunities to network and schmooze with a friendly, global community of Jewish genealogists. Our resource room will be staffed by representatives >from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Shoah Foundation, the Steven Spielberg Visual History Archive, the Jewish Genealogy Learning Center in Warsaw, and Yad Vashem, ready to provide you with one-one-one assistance with your research. Right now you can sign up for SIG lunches and dinners. Breakfast-with-the-Experts, Midnight with the Mavens, computer lab and tour schedules coming soon. JW Marriott reservations are also open. Anyone planning to arrive early can join us for two pre-conference, all kosher, welcome dinners, with thought-provoking speakers and a special Shabbat-friendly learning session on Kabbalah with author, Arthur Kurzweil, on Saturday afternoon, July 10. At the gala IAJGS awards banquet on Thursday, July 15, Canadian singer Mitch Smolkin will perform "Rexite on the Radio: Live >from the Golden Age of New York's Yiddish Broadcasts." He'll croon the songs of the "Yiddish Frank Sinatra," accompanied by Russian concert pianist, Nina Shapilksy. You'll experience classic Yiddish tunes along with the great Broadway hits of the 20th century as they were heard on thousands of radios across the country (in Yiddish!). You'll never listen to Oklahoma the same way again. The Call for Papers has just ended and we will announce the full conference program and schedule in March, but until then there will be sneak previews and coming attractions on website and via our "Announcements Newsletter." If you haven't signed up for it yet, you don't know what you're missing! Here's the link: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ And remember to also subscribe to our newly-opened JewishGen discussion group: Los Angeles 2010, where you can ask questions, get answers, kvetch and kvell about what's in store for July: http://www.lyris.jewishgen.org/listmanager See you this summer! Pamela Weisberger Program Chair IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles info@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica CORRECTED - IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles Conference Registration is now LIVE!
#southafrica
JGSLA2010 Info
Registration for the 30th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy is now open! Go to our website: http://www.jgsla2010.com and click on the "Registration" tab to begin or go directly to this link: https://www.goeshow.com/jgsla/IAJGS/2010/Registration.cfm The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles looks forward to welcoming you to Los Angeles >from July 11 - 16 for an extraordinary series of presentations by renowned scholars, archivists and research specialists >from around the world. We'll also offer enlightening films, methodology workshops, evening musical and dramatic performances, and opportunities to network and schmooze with a friendly, global community of Jewish genealogists. Our resource room will be staffed by representatives >from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Shoah Foundation, the Steven Spielberg Visual History Archive, the Jewish Genealogy Learning Center in Warsaw, and Yad Vashem, ready to provide you with one-one-one assistance with your research. Right now you can sign up for SIG lunches and dinners. Breakfast-with-the-Experts, Midnight with the Mavens, computer lab and tour schedules coming soon. JW Marriott reservations are also open. Anyone planning to arrive early can join us for two pre-conference, all kosher, welcome dinners, with thought-provoking speakers and a special Shabbat-friendly learning session on Kabbalah with author, Arthur Kurzweil, on Saturday afternoon, July 10. At the gala IAJGS awards banquet on Thursday, July 15, Canadian singer Mitch Smolkin will perform "Rexite on the Radio: Live >from the Golden Age of New York's Yiddish Broadcasts." He'll croon the songs of the "Yiddish Frank Sinatra," accompanied by Russian concert pianist, Nina Shapilksy. You'll experience classic Yiddish tunes along with the great Broadway hits of the 20th century as they were heard on thousands of radios across the country (in Yiddish!). You'll never listen to Oklahoma the same way again. The Call for Papers has just ended and we will announce the full conference program and schedule in March, but until then there will be sneak previews and coming attractions on website and via our "Announcements Newsletter." If you haven't signed up for it yet, you don't know what you're missing! Here's the link: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ And remember to also subscribe to our newly-opened JewishGen discussion group: Los Angeles 2010, where you can ask questions, get answers, kvetch and kvell about what's in store for July: http://www.lyris.jewishgen.org/listmanager See you this summer! Pamela Weisberger Program Chair IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles info@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
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JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database update
#general
Warren Blatt <wblatt@...>
The JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database has been updated
with over 12,000 additional entries >from 27 Yizkor Books: Belarus: Byten (190 entries), Lakhva (432), Naliboki (190). Lithuania: Skuodas (288). Moldova: Marculesti (272). Poland: Baranow Sandomierski (161), Bielsko-Biala (61), Brzeziny (868), Chorzele (248), Czyzew-Osada (62), Golub-Dobrzyn (43), Kutno (510), Lomazy (979), Lubartow (75), Sierpc (747), Strzegowo (34), Tyszowce (614), Wieleczka (327), Wielun (1,897). Romania: Tasnad (32). Ukraine: Berestechko (474), Dobromil (65), Kamyanets-Podilskyy (57), Komarno (151), Ozerna (392), Tovste (702), Vladimirets (1,124). The Necrology Database may be searched at: < http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Yizkor >. The JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database indexes the names of persons in the necrologies -- the lists of Holocaust martyrs -- published in the Yizkor Books appearing on the Yizkor Book Project site at < http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html >. This database is only an index of names; it directs researchers back to the Yizkor Book itself, where more complete information may be available. This database currently contains over 215,000 entries from the necrologies of 241 different Yizkor Books. Thanks to Michael Tobias, Max Heffler, Lance Ackerfeld, and all of our Yizkor Book donors and translators. Our special thanks to Yad Vashem for contributing many of these necrologies to JewishGen. We could use additional volunteers to continue the project. If you have HTML or database programming skills, or would like to help transliterate necrologies into English, please contact me. The JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database can be found at: < http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Yizkor >. Warren Warren Blatt Managing Director, JewishGen <wblatt@...>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database update
#general
Warren Blatt <wblatt@...>
The JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database has been updated
with over 12,000 additional entries >from 27 Yizkor Books: Belarus: Byten (190 entries), Lakhva (432), Naliboki (190). Lithuania: Skuodas (288). Moldova: Marculesti (272). Poland: Baranow Sandomierski (161), Bielsko-Biala (61), Brzeziny (868), Chorzele (248), Czyzew-Osada (62), Golub-Dobrzyn (43), Kutno (510), Lomazy (979), Lubartow (75), Sierpc (747), Strzegowo (34), Tyszowce (614), Wieleczka (327), Wielun (1,897). Romania: Tasnad (32). Ukraine: Berestechko (474), Dobromil (65), Kamyanets-Podilskyy (57), Komarno (151), Ozerna (392), Tovste (702), Vladimirets (1,124). The Necrology Database may be searched at: < http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Yizkor >. The JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database indexes the names of persons in the necrologies -- the lists of Holocaust martyrs -- published in the Yizkor Books appearing on the Yizkor Book Project site at < http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html >. This database is only an index of names; it directs researchers back to the Yizkor Book itself, where more complete information may be available. This database currently contains over 215,000 entries from the necrologies of 241 different Yizkor Books. Thanks to Michael Tobias, Max Heffler, Lance Ackerfeld, and all of our Yizkor Book donors and translators. Our special thanks to Yad Vashem for contributing many of these necrologies to JewishGen. We could use additional volunteers to continue the project. If you have HTML or database programming skills, or would like to help transliterate necrologies into English, please contact me. The JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database can be found at: < http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Yizkor >. Warren Warren Blatt Managing Director, JewishGen <wblatt@...>
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Valerie T - Hoop Lane Cemetery
#unitedkingdom
mpwaddell@...
Thank you so much all you helpful people. I received a great response
to my request and, having spent some hours on the computer today, have added another 35 descendants to my great-uncle Jacob Posner's branch of my maternal family....all >from a cousin's gravestone and, following that, her death notices in the JC. I've also written to a person I think is a wife of one of the descendants, on a well-known social site. I am truly grateful that you are all so generous with your time and effort. All the best, Myra.
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Valerie T - Hoop Lane Cemetery
#unitedkingdom
mpwaddell@...
Thank you so much all you helpful people. I received a great response
to my request and, having spent some hours on the computer today, have added another 35 descendants to my great-uncle Jacob Posner's branch of my maternal family....all >from a cousin's gravestone and, following that, her death notices in the JC. I've also written to a person I think is a wife of one of the descendants, on a well-known social site. I am truly grateful that you are all so generous with your time and effort. All the best, Myra.
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IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles Conference Registration is now LIVE!
#unitedkingdom
JGSLA2010 Info
Registration for the 30th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy is now open! Go to our website: http://www.jgsla2010.com and click on the "Registration" tab to begin or go directly to this link: https://www.goeshow.com/jgsla/IAJGS/2010/Registration.cfm The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles looks forward to welcoming you to Los Angeles >from July 11 - 16 for an extraordinary series of presentations by renowned scholars, archivists and research specialists >from around the world. We'll also offer enlightening films, methodology workshops, evening musical and dramatic performances, and opportunities to network and schmooze with a friendly, global community of Jewish genealogists. Our resource room will be staffed by representatives >from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Shoah Foundation, the Steven Spielberg Visual History Archive, the Jewish Genealogy Learning Center in Warsaw, and Yad Vashem, ready to provide you with one-one-one assistance with your research. Right now you can sign up for SIG lunches and dinners. Breakfast-with-the-Experts, Midnight with the Mavens, computer lab and tour schedules coming soon. JW Marriott reservations are also open. Anyone planning to arrive early can join us for two pre-conference, all kosher, welcome dinners, with thought-provoking speakers and a special Shabbat-friendly learning session on Kabbalah with author, Arthur Kurzweil, on Saturday afternoon, July 10. At the gala IAJGS awards banquet on Thursday, July 15, Canadian singer Mitch Smolkin will perform "Rexite on the Radio: Live >from the Golden Age of New York's Yiddish Broadcasts." He'll croon the songs of the "Yiddish Frank Sinatra," accompanied by Russian concert pianist, Nina Shapilksy. You'll experience classic Yiddish tunes along with the great Broadway hits of the 20th century as they were heard on thousands of radios across the country (in Yiddish!). You'll never listen to Oklahoma the same way again. The Call for Papers has just ended and we will announce the full conference program and schedule in March, but until then there will be sneak previews and coming attractions on website and via our "Announcements Newsletter." If you haven't signed up for it yet, you don't know what you're missing! Here's the link: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ And remember to also subscribe to our newly-opened JewishGen discussion group: Los Angeles 2010, where you can ask questions, get answers, kvetch and kvell about what's in store for July: http://www.lyris.jewishgen.org/listmanager See you this summer! Pamela Weisberger Program Chair IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles info@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles Conference Registration is now LIVE!
#unitedkingdom
JGSLA2010 Info
Registration for the 30th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy is now open! Go to our website: http://www.jgsla2010.com and click on the "Registration" tab to begin or go directly to this link: https://www.goeshow.com/jgsla/IAJGS/2010/Registration.cfm The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles looks forward to welcoming you to Los Angeles >from July 11 - 16 for an extraordinary series of presentations by renowned scholars, archivists and research specialists >from around the world. We'll also offer enlightening films, methodology workshops, evening musical and dramatic performances, and opportunities to network and schmooze with a friendly, global community of Jewish genealogists. Our resource room will be staffed by representatives >from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Shoah Foundation, the Steven Spielberg Visual History Archive, the Jewish Genealogy Learning Center in Warsaw, and Yad Vashem, ready to provide you with one-one-one assistance with your research. Right now you can sign up for SIG lunches and dinners. Breakfast-with-the-Experts, Midnight with the Mavens, computer lab and tour schedules coming soon. JW Marriott reservations are also open. Anyone planning to arrive early can join us for two pre-conference, all kosher, welcome dinners, with thought-provoking speakers and a special Shabbat-friendly learning session on Kabbalah with author, Arthur Kurzweil, on Saturday afternoon, July 10. At the gala IAJGS awards banquet on Thursday, July 15, Canadian singer Mitch Smolkin will perform "Rexite on the Radio: Live >from the Golden Age of New York's Yiddish Broadcasts." He'll croon the songs of the "Yiddish Frank Sinatra," accompanied by Russian concert pianist, Nina Shapilksy. You'll experience classic Yiddish tunes along with the great Broadway hits of the 20th century as they were heard on thousands of radios across the country (in Yiddish!). You'll never listen to Oklahoma the same way again. The Call for Papers has just ended and we will announce the full conference program and schedule in March, but until then there will be sneak previews and coming attractions on website and via our "Announcements Newsletter." If you haven't signed up for it yet, you don't know what you're missing! Here's the link: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ And remember to also subscribe to our newly-opened JewishGen discussion group: Los Angeles 2010, where you can ask questions, get answers, kvetch and kvell about what's in store for July: http://www.lyris.jewishgen.org/listmanager See you this summer! Pamela Weisberger Program Chair IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles info@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
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Short trip to Gantsevichi
#belarus
rhode.bud@...
We are planning a two or three day trip to my wife's family's
ancestral shtetl Gansevich/Hansevich a couple of hours sw of Minsk in June. First time in Belarus for us. Obviously the selection of a guide is very important. I'll be contacting all the Jewishgen connected organizations but would appreciate any first hand tips >from individuals who have done this. David Davies Rhode.bud@... Barrington, RI Sent >from my iPhone
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Short trip to Gantsevichi
#belarus
rhode.bud@...
We are planning a two or three day trip to my wife's family's
ancestral shtetl Gansevich/Hansevich a couple of hours sw of Minsk in June. First time in Belarus for us. Obviously the selection of a guide is very important. I'll be contacting all the Jewishgen connected organizations but would appreciate any first hand tips >from individuals who have done this. David Davies Rhode.bud@... Barrington, RI Sent >from my iPhone
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IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles Conference Registration is now LIVE!
#belarus
bounce-1966174-772948@...
Registration for the 30th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy is now open! Go to our website: http://www.jgsla2010.com and click on the "Registration" tab to begin or go directly to this link: https://www.goeshow.com/jgsla/IAJGS/2010/Registration.cfm The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles looks forward to welcoming you to Los Angeles >from July 11 - 16 for an extraordinary series of presentations by renowned scholars, archivists and research specialists >from around the world. We'll also offer enlightening films, methodology workshops, evening musical and dramatic performances, and opportunities to network and schmooze with a friendly, global community of Jewish genealogists. Our resource room will be staffed by representatives >from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Shoah Foundation, the Steven Spielberg Visual History Archive, the Jewish Genealogy Learning Center in Warsaw, and Yad Vashem, ready to provide you with one-one-one assistance with your research. Right now you can sign up for SIG lunches and dinners. Breakfast-with-the-Experts, Midnight with the Mavens, computer lab and tour schedules coming soon. JW Marriott reservations are also open. Anyone planning to arrive early can join us for two pre-conference, all kosher, welcome dinners, with thought-provoking speakers and a special Shabbat-friendly learning session on Kabbalah with author, Arthur Kurzweil, on Saturday afternoon, July 10. At the gala IAJGS awards banquet on Thursday, July 15, Canadian singer Mitch Smolkin will perform "Rexite on the Radio: Live >from the Golden Age of New York's Yiddish Broadcasts." He'll croon the songs of the "Yiddish Frank Sinatra," accompanied by Russian concert pianist, Nina Shapilksy. You'll experience classic Yiddish tunes along with the great Broadway hits of the 20th century as they were heard on thousands of radios across the country (in Yiddish!). You'll never listen to Oklahoma the same way again. The Call for Papers has just ended and we will announce the full conference program and schedule in March, but until then there will be sneak previews and coming attractions on website and via our "Announcements Newsletter." If you haven't signed up for it yet, you don't know what you're missing! Here's the link: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ And remember to also subscribe to our newly-opened JewishGen discussion group: Los Angeles 2010, where you can ask questions, get answers, kvetch and kvell about what's in store for July: http://www.lyris.jewishgen.org/listmanager See you this summer! Pamela Weisberger Program Chair IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles info@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
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Belarus SIG #Belarus IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles Conference Registration is now LIVE!
#belarus
bounce-1966174-772948@...
Registration for the 30th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy is now open! Go to our website: http://www.jgsla2010.com and click on the "Registration" tab to begin or go directly to this link: https://www.goeshow.com/jgsla/IAJGS/2010/Registration.cfm The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles looks forward to welcoming you to Los Angeles >from July 11 - 16 for an extraordinary series of presentations by renowned scholars, archivists and research specialists >from around the world. We'll also offer enlightening films, methodology workshops, evening musical and dramatic performances, and opportunities to network and schmooze with a friendly, global community of Jewish genealogists. Our resource room will be staffed by representatives >from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Shoah Foundation, the Steven Spielberg Visual History Archive, the Jewish Genealogy Learning Center in Warsaw, and Yad Vashem, ready to provide you with one-one-one assistance with your research. Right now you can sign up for SIG lunches and dinners. Breakfast-with-the-Experts, Midnight with the Mavens, computer lab and tour schedules coming soon. JW Marriott reservations are also open. Anyone planning to arrive early can join us for two pre-conference, all kosher, welcome dinners, with thought-provoking speakers and a special Shabbat-friendly learning session on Kabbalah with author, Arthur Kurzweil, on Saturday afternoon, July 10. At the gala IAJGS awards banquet on Thursday, July 15, Canadian singer Mitch Smolkin will perform "Rexite on the Radio: Live >from the Golden Age of New York's Yiddish Broadcasts." He'll croon the songs of the "Yiddish Frank Sinatra," accompanied by Russian concert pianist, Nina Shapilksy. You'll experience classic Yiddish tunes along with the great Broadway hits of the 20th century as they were heard on thousands of radios across the country (in Yiddish!). You'll never listen to Oklahoma the same way again. The Call for Papers has just ended and we will announce the full conference program and schedule in March, but until then there will be sneak previews and coming attractions on website and via our "Announcements Newsletter." If you haven't signed up for it yet, you don't know what you're missing! Here's the link: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ And remember to also subscribe to our newly-opened JewishGen discussion group: Los Angeles 2010, where you can ask questions, get answers, kvetch and kvell about what's in store for July: http://www.lyris.jewishgen.org/listmanager See you this summer! Pamela Weisberger Program Chair IAJGS 2010 Los Angeles info@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
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What geographic area does Belarus cover?
#belarus
suewelsh@...
Is it just me?
I have difficulty in being sure of what geographic areas are included in "Belarus". Did the boundaries shift with time periods such as after the Russian Revolution? WWI? WWII? Or is this a modern overlay of a specific geographic area that doesn't change no matter what the time period? . Is there duplication with other SIGs because of this? Susan Welsh Santa Barbara, CA MODERATOR NOTE: The Belarus SIG at jewishgen.org/Belarus has excellent resources to explore. You may to check "Timeline Consequences of Border Changes" by Nancy Holden at: http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/resources.htm#Timelines
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Belarus SIG #Belarus What geographic area does Belarus cover?
#belarus
suewelsh@...
Is it just me?
I have difficulty in being sure of what geographic areas are included in "Belarus". Did the boundaries shift with time periods such as after the Russian Revolution? WWI? WWII? Or is this a modern overlay of a specific geographic area that doesn't change no matter what the time period? . Is there duplication with other SIGs because of this? Susan Welsh Santa Barbara, CA MODERATOR NOTE: The Belarus SIG at jewishgen.org/Belarus has excellent resources to explore. You may to check "Timeline Consequences of Border Changes" by Nancy Holden at: http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/resources.htm#Timelines
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