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I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
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I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
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Budapest Researcher Needed
#general
Gary Palgon <gmpalgon@...>
I am interested in having someone visit the Jewish Museum in Budapest.
I am interested in obtaining a photograph/copy and information about the 18th century Birkat Hamzon manuscript (no. 64.626) published by Helkon, printed by Kner in Hungary (ISBN-963-2082168). It has the name Gitel Leidersdorf in Hebrew on it which is of interest to me. Please reply by direct email to gmpalgon@yahoo.com Thanks, Gary Palgon Atlanta, GA
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Vienna Researcher
#general
Gary Palgon <gmpalgon@...>
I am interested in finding someone in Vienna to copy a few documents for
me >from the State Archives there. I have exact document information to provide. Please forward the contact info to me directly at GMPalgon@yahoo.com. Thanks, Gary Palgon
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Searching FEDCHENKO/Yugoslavia
#general
Naidia Woolf <rnwoolf@...>
I'm posting this message on behalf of Sofia FEDCHENKO, a survivor of the
Holocaust (now living in the U.S.A.), born in Yugoslavia circa 1930. As far as she knows, most of her family (parents/siblings) was killed by the Nazis during the 2nd World War. Would appreciate hearing >from anyone who may be even distantly related to Sofia. Please reply privately unless you think your response would be of general interest. Naidia Woolf rnwoolf@earhlink.net Researching: KIJAWSKI/KUJAWSKI, Lodz, Poland WOLF, Lodz, Poland DROZDIASZ/RAUS, Karczew, Poland SAFIRSTEIN (or variant), Karczew, Poland SHORN, Poland or Germany: ancestors of Morris & Yetta SHORN (nee SHERMAN), London, England ISAACS, Poland (town unknown): ancestors of Solomon & Sarah ISAACS (nee MORRIS)/Birmingham, England
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Budapest Researcher Needed
#general
Gary Palgon <gmpalgon@...>
I am interested in having someone visit the Jewish Museum in Budapest.
I am interested in obtaining a photograph/copy and information about the 18th century Birkat Hamzon manuscript (no. 64.626) published by Helkon, printed by Kner in Hungary (ISBN-963-2082168). It has the name Gitel Leidersdorf in Hebrew on it which is of interest to me. Please reply by direct email to gmpalgon@yahoo.com Thanks, Gary Palgon Atlanta, GA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Vienna Researcher
#general
Gary Palgon <gmpalgon@...>
I am interested in finding someone in Vienna to copy a few documents for
me >from the State Archives there. I have exact document information to provide. Please forward the contact info to me directly at GMPalgon@yahoo.com. Thanks, Gary Palgon
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching FEDCHENKO/Yugoslavia
#general
Naidia Woolf <rnwoolf@...>
I'm posting this message on behalf of Sofia FEDCHENKO, a survivor of the
Holocaust (now living in the U.S.A.), born in Yugoslavia circa 1930. As far as she knows, most of her family (parents/siblings) was killed by the Nazis during the 2nd World War. Would appreciate hearing >from anyone who may be even distantly related to Sofia. Please reply privately unless you think your response would be of general interest. Naidia Woolf rnwoolf@earhlink.net Researching: KIJAWSKI/KUJAWSKI, Lodz, Poland WOLF, Lodz, Poland DROZDIASZ/RAUS, Karczew, Poland SAFIRSTEIN (or variant), Karczew, Poland SHORN, Poland or Germany: ancestors of Morris & Yetta SHORN (nee SHERMAN), London, England ISAACS, Poland (town unknown): ancestors of Solomon & Sarah ISAACS (nee MORRIS)/Birmingham, England
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JGS of SW FL Jan. mtg
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Kim Sheintal
Dear Jewishgenners,
If you are going to be in the Sarasota Manatee area on Sunday, January 19, please join us at 1:00 PM to attend our meeting at the JCC, 582 S. McIntosh Rd. in Sarasota. For reservations, e-mail Kim Sheintal at klapshein@aol.com. Sue Davis will speak about Researching In Your Own Backyard. She will teach you how to do genealogical research in your home and very close to home. Kim Sheintal JGS of SW FL President
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS of SW FL Jan. mtg
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Kim Sheintal
Dear Jewishgenners,
If you are going to be in the Sarasota Manatee area on Sunday, January 19, please join us at 1:00 PM to attend our meeting at the JCC, 582 S. McIntosh Rd. in Sarasota. For reservations, e-mail Kim Sheintal at klapshein@aol.com. Sue Davis will speak about Researching In Your Own Backyard. She will teach you how to do genealogical research in your home and very close to home. Kim Sheintal JGS of SW FL President
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JGS of Palm Springs California January Meeting
#general
Glynne
Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Springs California January Meeting
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2003 Place: 40111 Portulaca Court, Palm Desert Our January meeting will be a workshop on beginning Jewish Genealogy. Bring your information and we will help you get started. The meeting will be held at the home of Gay Lynne Kegan. For more informaiton please email glynne@dc.rr.com. Gay Lynne Kegan President of JGS Palm Springs Gay Lynne Kegan Searching:HOFFENBERG, Josvainiai, Lithuania OWSIANKA Nasielsk Poland, GOMER/GAMMER Chudnov, Urkaine KAGAN Novozlatopol Ukraine
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS of Palm Springs California January Meeting
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Glynne
Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Springs California January Meeting
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2003 Place: 40111 Portulaca Court, Palm Desert Our January meeting will be a workshop on beginning Jewish Genealogy. Bring your information and we will help you get started. The meeting will be held at the home of Gay Lynne Kegan. For more informaiton please email glynne@dc.rr.com. Gay Lynne Kegan President of JGS Palm Springs Gay Lynne Kegan Searching:HOFFENBERG, Josvainiai, Lithuania OWSIANKA Nasielsk Poland, GOMER/GAMMER Chudnov, Urkaine KAGAN Novozlatopol Ukraine
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Washington DC Conference - Important announcement!
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Rosanne D. Leeson <leeson1@...>
Dear fellow FrenchSIGgers,
As 2003 is dawning it is time for us to remind you all of the forthcoming 23rd Annual IAJGS Conference, in Washington DC, July 20-25, 2003! We hope to have a networking session for our SIG, and to have the opportunity to meet one another, and to share our experiences, knowledge and questions. We are working to create a site on our Home page: <www.jewishgen.org/french> where you can enter your intention to come to join us in Washington, and check to see who else in our group will be there, also. We will let you know as soon as it is up and running, and any glitches gotten rid of! For now you may send to me your name, and intention to come. There is currently a box on our Home Page: <www.jewishgen.org/french> that will permit to you to click and send your information directly to me. We will also be joined by Claudie Blamont, President of the Cercle de Genealogie Juive, of Paris, the French JGS, who will tell us of the interesting projects now being undertaken by them, and will help to answer any questions about research in France. Our host organization has requested that we let them know of at least the approximate number of members who will be attending the FrenchSIG meeting, in order to assign to us the appropriate size room. We need to send them this information as soon as possible, and certainly no later that March 1! So whether you have decided definitely, or it is only a "maybe" for now, please do let me know of your intentions as soon as you can! For the full announcements of the many plans of our host society, the JGSGW, you may go to: www.jewishgen.org/dc2003 We hope to see you there! Happy New Year to all! Rosanne Leeson Co-Coordinator ROM-SI -- Rosanne Leeson Los Altos, CA USA Leeson1@attglobal.net
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French SIG #France Washington DC Conference - Important announcement!
#france
Rosanne D. Leeson <leeson1@...>
Dear fellow FrenchSIGgers,
As 2003 is dawning it is time for us to remind you all of the forthcoming 23rd Annual IAJGS Conference, in Washington DC, July 20-25, 2003! We hope to have a networking session for our SIG, and to have the opportunity to meet one another, and to share our experiences, knowledge and questions. We are working to create a site on our Home page: <www.jewishgen.org/french> where you can enter your intention to come to join us in Washington, and check to see who else in our group will be there, also. We will let you know as soon as it is up and running, and any glitches gotten rid of! For now you may send to me your name, and intention to come. There is currently a box on our Home Page: <www.jewishgen.org/french> that will permit to you to click and send your information directly to me. We will also be joined by Claudie Blamont, President of the Cercle de Genealogie Juive, of Paris, the French JGS, who will tell us of the interesting projects now being undertaken by them, and will help to answer any questions about research in France. Our host organization has requested that we let them know of at least the approximate number of members who will be attending the FrenchSIG meeting, in order to assign to us the appropriate size room. We need to send them this information as soon as possible, and certainly no later that March 1! So whether you have decided definitely, or it is only a "maybe" for now, please do let me know of your intentions as soon as you can! For the full announcements of the many plans of our host society, the JGSGW, you may go to: www.jewishgen.org/dc2003 We hope to see you there! Happy New Year to all! Rosanne Leeson Co-Coordinator ROM-SI -- Rosanne Leeson Los Altos, CA USA Leeson1@attglobal.net
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Jacob LEVY, Bouxwiller
#france
Dottie Miller
Dear FrenchGenners,
I have Jacob LEVY b. Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin, France, October 29, 1821, d. New Orleans, Lousiana, USA May 15, 1891 husband of Mary ex Sara DREYFUS, b. Brumath, Bas-Rhin December 13, 1828, d. New Orleans, LA Oct. 10, 1920, sons Leopold, David, and Raphael., b. New Orleans, LA. Do any of you have any of these people in your database? Thank you in advance for any help that you may be able to provide, Dottie J. Miller, San Antonio, TX USA
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French SIG #France Jacob LEVY, Bouxwiller
#france
Dottie Miller
Dear FrenchGenners,
I have Jacob LEVY b. Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin, France, October 29, 1821, d. New Orleans, Lousiana, USA May 15, 1891 husband of Mary ex Sara DREYFUS, b. Brumath, Bas-Rhin December 13, 1828, d. New Orleans, LA Oct. 10, 1920, sons Leopold, David, and Raphael., b. New Orleans, LA. Do any of you have any of these people in your database? Thank you in advance for any help that you may be able to provide, Dottie J. Miller, San Antonio, TX USA
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JGS of Colorado, January Meeting
#general
Anne Fendrich <fendrich@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado will meet on January 14.
There will be a showing of the Part II of the the film '' They Came for Good." The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Temple Emanuel, 1st Ave and Forest St., Denver, CO. For further information contact Anne Fendrich, Program Chairman, 303-759-9824.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS of Colorado, January Meeting
#general
Anne Fendrich <fendrich@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado will meet on January 14.
There will be a showing of the Part II of the the film '' They Came for Good." The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Temple Emanuel, 1st Ave and Forest St., Denver, CO. For further information contact Anne Fendrich, Program Chairman, 303-759-9824.
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Re: Rabbis of Stupava (Slovakia) - A Book
#rabbinic
Netvision <haringma@...>
On 2003.01.07, Tomer Brunner wrote:
[...] there's a book (Hebrew), written in 1917 (or 1918), namedThe book has many details about the community rabbis and inclueds details about many other community members. The book Korot Baytanu has biographical information on the rabbis of Stampi. Tomer Brunner mentioned some of them. Here is the full list: Jakob ESHKELESZ Urie Schrage Feiwel Jehiel Michel b. Schlomo Jizchok Eisaok KALISCH Moszen ARHOLZ Acholem ULLMANN Lewi POLLAK Arije Juda Leb TELTSCH Josef KULTENPLAN Moshe Mordechai BANETH Eliezer WINTER Meriam Haringman-Goitein Researching: GOITEIN (HOGYESZ, HUNGARY NITRA, SLOVAKIA) BANETH=BANET=BINET=BINNETTER=BENEDIKT (STAMPI,ST.MIKLOS,SLOVAKIA), HAHN (NEUGEDEIN,CZECH REP.) HECHT (GERMANY), BARNET=ZWEIGBAUM, (TRESBOLI,POLAND AND LONDON, ENGLAND) WALK, (VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, ANTWERP, BELGIUM) HARINGMAN (AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND), WAAS, SLAP, FURTH, VERDONER, KROONENBERG, VAN FRANK, WILLING (ALL OF AMSTERDAM)
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Re: Rabbis of Stupava (Slovakia) - A Book
#rabbinic
Netvision <haringma@...>
On 2003.01.07, Tomer Brunner wrote:
[...] there's a book (Hebrew), written in 1917 (or 1918), namedThe book has many details about the community rabbis and inclueds details about many other community members. The book Korot Baytanu has biographical information on the rabbis of Stampi. Tomer Brunner mentioned some of them. Here is the full list: Jakob ESHKELESZ Urie Schrage Feiwel Jehiel Michel b. Schlomo Jizchok Eisaok KALISCH Moszen ARHOLZ Acholem ULLMANN Lewi POLLAK Arije Juda Leb TELTSCH Josef KULTENPLAN Moshe Mordechai BANETH Eliezer WINTER Meriam Haringman-Goitein Researching: GOITEIN (HOGYESZ, HUNGARY NITRA, SLOVAKIA) BANETH=BANET=BINET=BINNETTER=BENEDIKT (STAMPI,ST.MIKLOS,SLOVAKIA), HAHN (NEUGEDEIN,CZECH REP.) HECHT (GERMANY), BARNET=ZWEIGBAUM, (TRESBOLI,POLAND AND LONDON, ENGLAND) WALK, (VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, ANTWERP, BELGIUM) HARINGMAN (AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND), WAAS, SLAP, FURTH, VERDONER, KROONENBERG, VAN FRANK, WILLING (ALL OF AMSTERDAM)
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The Skverer Rebbe [was: New York Jewish Press]
#rabbinic
Lainey Melnick <lmelnick@...>
On 2003.01.10, Larry Tauber" <Ltauber@ctswlaw.com> wrote:
[... This] week's Jewish Press "Machberes" column [...] lists theDoes anyone know if this is the same Jehiel Michal TWERSKY whose son, Benzion TWERSKY married Channah MEISELS, daughter of Rabbi Shabtai MEISELS of the TEITELBAUM dynasty line? I have a note that he was ABD of Milwaukee. Thanks, Lainey Melnick Austin, TX http://www.linktoaustin.com/movies/page3.html Searching BOOTZIN/HURWITZ/MYSLIS/MEISELS/MAYZLESH/TAXEY/TAKSA/HELLER/PITTELMAN/ MELNICK/MILLMAN/RABINOWITZ/SHLOMOWITZ/PESSELES/PREGER/BLOCH/RIVKES/ SOFER/ASHKENAZI/MANDEL/KHAVER/CHASID/REFKIN/FREEMAN/MEADE/VAN WERT/ WINKELMAN
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic The Skverer Rebbe [was: New York Jewish Press]
#rabbinic
Lainey Melnick <lmelnick@...>
On 2003.01.10, Larry Tauber" <Ltauber@ctswlaw.com> wrote:
[... This] week's Jewish Press "Machberes" column [...] lists theDoes anyone know if this is the same Jehiel Michal TWERSKY whose son, Benzion TWERSKY married Channah MEISELS, daughter of Rabbi Shabtai MEISELS of the TEITELBAUM dynasty line? I have a note that he was ABD of Milwaukee. Thanks, Lainey Melnick Austin, TX http://www.linktoaustin.com/movies/page3.html Searching BOOTZIN/HURWITZ/MYSLIS/MEISELS/MAYZLESH/TAXEY/TAKSA/HELLER/PITTELMAN/ MELNICK/MILLMAN/RABINOWITZ/SHLOMOWITZ/PESSELES/PREGER/BLOCH/RIVKES/ SOFER/ASHKENAZI/MANDEL/KHAVER/CHASID/REFKIN/FREEMAN/MEADE/VAN WERT/ WINKELMAN
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