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Name adoption Lists
#germany
Steven Emanuel <steven.emanuel@...>
You can use the link shown below to access a name adoption listing facility I
have used successfully for many years. http://www.a-h-b.de/AHB/links_e.htm Steven Emanuel ID 185680 steven.emanuel@...
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Jelgava death records
#latvia
Christine Usdin
All the death records have been translated.
http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/ Christine Usdin
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German SIG #Germany Name adoption Lists
#germany
Steven Emanuel <steven.emanuel@...>
You can use the link shown below to access a name adoption listing facility I
have used successfully for many years. http://www.a-h-b.de/AHB/links_e.htm Steven Emanuel ID 185680 steven.emanuel@...
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Jelgava death records
#latvia
Christine Usdin
All the death records have been translated.
http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords/ Christine Usdin
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Re: What is the status of the NALDEX project
#germany
Roger Lustig
Dear Barbara, dear everybody!
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
We're just days away >from announcing Phase 1 (the published Prussian lists) as part of the All-Germany database. Meanwhile we've been identifying other substantial sources. Just today I got permission >from a German society to use their list of about 600 names covering an entire province. My Viewmate query today was an effort to get the next phase rolling: handwritten lists >from the Napoleonic era. Not that other lists won't be given attention, mind you! Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA research co-ordinator, GerSIG
On 6/14/2011 10:34 PM, Barbara Algaze wrote:
The last posting I have found on the GerSig forum archives for NALDEX
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German SIG #Germany Re: What is the status of the NALDEX project
#germany
Roger Lustig
Dear Barbara, dear everybody!
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
We're just days away >from announcing Phase 1 (the published Prussian lists) as part of the All-Germany database. Meanwhile we've been identifying other substantial sources. Just today I got permission >from a German society to use their list of about 600 names covering an entire province. My Viewmate query today was an effort to get the next phase rolling: handwritten lists >from the Napoleonic era. Not that other lists won't be given attention, mind you! Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA research co-ordinator, GerSIG
On 6/14/2011 10:34 PM, Barbara Algaze wrote:
The last posting I have found on the GerSig forum archives for NALDEX
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finding Yad Vashem record submitter
#galicia
Steve Perlman <steve@...>
Several Holocaust victim records were submitted to Yad Vashem by
Tzvi Singer/Zenger in the 1950s. Here is a link to a PDF of one of the records (submitted 1956): http://www.visiblelight.com/stuff/steve/poland/yadvashem_pietnitzer.pdf Unfortunately, I cannot read the Hebrew script to locate an address. Does anyone have a suggestion for how to find this person? Thx Steve Perlman Melbourne FL NEUSTADT - Dabrowa Tarnowska, Krakow PERLMANN - Dabrowa Tarnowska, Tarnow MEYERHOFF - Dabrowa Tarnowska PIETNITZER - Dabrowa Tarnowska, Kroscienko GERSTEN, APPEL, GROSS, HYMAN - Ulanow GROSS - Glogow
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia finding Yad Vashem record submitter
#galicia
Steve Perlman <steve@...>
Several Holocaust victim records were submitted to Yad Vashem by
Tzvi Singer/Zenger in the 1950s. Here is a link to a PDF of one of the records (submitted 1956): http://www.visiblelight.com/stuff/steve/poland/yadvashem_pietnitzer.pdf Unfortunately, I cannot read the Hebrew script to locate an address. Does anyone have a suggestion for how to find this person? Thx Steve Perlman Melbourne FL NEUSTADT - Dabrowa Tarnowska, Krakow PERLMANN - Dabrowa Tarnowska, Tarnow MEYERHOFF - Dabrowa Tarnowska PIETNITZER - Dabrowa Tarnowska, Kroscienko GERSTEN, APPEL, GROSS, HYMAN - Ulanow GROSS - Glogow
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GAMBURG/Russan translation
#ukraine
Greetings to all. I have posted a document to be translated. It is on
Viewmate and can be found at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=19293. I would like an exact translation >from Russian to English. I would like to know if this document provides information about my grandfather's return to Russia in 1918. I would also like to know if I would be able to find any documentation in the Russian Archives which might have recorded this return visit to Russia. Thank you for your assistance. Paulette Bronstein GAMBURG - Lithuania, Ukraine, USA GAMUS - Lithuania, Belarus, USA BRONSTEIN - Ukraine, Poland, Israel, USA
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine GAMBURG/Russan translation
#ukraine
Greetings to all. I have posted a document to be translated. It is on
Viewmate and can be found at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=19293. I would like an exact translation >from Russian to English. I would like to know if this document provides information about my grandfather's return to Russia in 1918. I would also like to know if I would be able to find any documentation in the Russian Archives which might have recorded this return visit to Russia. Thank you for your assistance. Paulette Bronstein GAMBURG - Lithuania, Ukraine, USA GAMUS - Lithuania, Belarus, USA BRONSTEIN - Ukraine, Poland, Israel, USA
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London lookup for Michael Temchin
#belarus
David Gordon
Through the wonders of JewishGen, I was once in touch with a distant
cousin, Michael Temchin, in London. On my last visit there, we were even able to meet and spend sometime together. Unfortunately, as the years since 2002 have passed, we have lost touch. I can find, from the internet, that he is a senior executive with a firm called Threadneedle Investments, but try as I might, I cannot find his personal address or other contact information. The e-mail I have no longer works and the e-mail sent through JewishGen no longer works either. I wondered if I might ask a member in London to see whether he is in the London telephone directory. If so, would someone mind sending me a private message with his contact information? Thanks very much. David Gordon tiganeasca at gmail.com Chicago, IL Searching: HORWITZ: Smolevichi, Lapichi; GORDON: Butrimonys DRAZIN: Bobruisk; GEBALOVITCH: Borisov, Slavian BENENSON: Borisov,HURWITZ: Gomel GETZOV: Smolevichi? MODERATOR NOTE: David you may also want to search: http://www.whitepages.co.uk/
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Belarus SIG #Belarus London lookup for Michael Temchin
#belarus
David Gordon
Through the wonders of JewishGen, I was once in touch with a distant
cousin, Michael Temchin, in London. On my last visit there, we were even able to meet and spend sometime together. Unfortunately, as the years since 2002 have passed, we have lost touch. I can find, from the internet, that he is a senior executive with a firm called Threadneedle Investments, but try as I might, I cannot find his personal address or other contact information. The e-mail I have no longer works and the e-mail sent through JewishGen no longer works either. I wondered if I might ask a member in London to see whether he is in the London telephone directory. If so, would someone mind sending me a private message with his contact information? Thanks very much. David Gordon tiganeasca at gmail.com Chicago, IL Searching: HORWITZ: Smolevichi, Lapichi; GORDON: Butrimonys DRAZIN: Bobruisk; GEBALOVITCH: Borisov, Slavian BENENSON: Borisov,HURWITZ: Gomel GETZOV: Smolevichi? MODERATOR NOTE: David you may also want to search: http://www.whitepages.co.uk/
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Parnas in Wuerzburg or vicinity?
#germany
Alan Ehrlich
Hello,
I noted >from Ele Toldot (transcribed by Ettlinger and published on the Leo Beck Institute's web site) that my ancestor, Majer Wuerzburg born in the late 1500s or early 1600s, had the title "Parnas". Ele Toldot doesn't provide any further information regarding his origins or predecessors, nor is there any burial information for him in the Steinheim Institute's burials data base either; however, he is mentioned on the Steinheim site in relation to the year 1712 grave (No. 225) in the Battonnstrasse cemetery, Frankfurt am Main... that of his daughter Hendle bat Majer Wuerzburg, who was married to Rabbi Binjamin "Wolf" ben Alexander/Sender Traub. So, I'd be grateful for any suggestion or information concerning where/how I might find information about who were the Parnases of Wuerzburg and the surrounding locations during the 1600s... which I believe includes the following places: Acholshausen, Allersheim , Aub, Boettigheim, Buetthard, Eibelstadt, Estenfeld, Fuchsstadt, Gaukoenigshofen, Geroldshausen, Giebelstadt, Gossmannsdorf, Greussenheim, Hoechberg, Kirchheim, Oberaltertheim, Randersacker, Reichenberg, Remlingen, Rimpar, Roettingen, Sommerhausen, Tauberrettersheim, Unteraltertheim, Untereisenheim, Unterleinach, Veitshoechheim, Winterhausen, Zell. Thank you, Friendly regards, Alan Ehrlich, Geneva, Switzerland
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German SIG #Germany Parnas in Wuerzburg or vicinity?
#germany
Alan Ehrlich
Hello,
I noted >from Ele Toldot (transcribed by Ettlinger and published on the Leo Beck Institute's web site) that my ancestor, Majer Wuerzburg born in the late 1500s or early 1600s, had the title "Parnas". Ele Toldot doesn't provide any further information regarding his origins or predecessors, nor is there any burial information for him in the Steinheim Institute's burials data base either; however, he is mentioned on the Steinheim site in relation to the year 1712 grave (No. 225) in the Battonnstrasse cemetery, Frankfurt am Main... that of his daughter Hendle bat Majer Wuerzburg, who was married to Rabbi Binjamin "Wolf" ben Alexander/Sender Traub. So, I'd be grateful for any suggestion or information concerning where/how I might find information about who were the Parnases of Wuerzburg and the surrounding locations during the 1600s... which I believe includes the following places: Acholshausen, Allersheim , Aub, Boettigheim, Buetthard, Eibelstadt, Estenfeld, Fuchsstadt, Gaukoenigshofen, Geroldshausen, Giebelstadt, Gossmannsdorf, Greussenheim, Hoechberg, Kirchheim, Oberaltertheim, Randersacker, Reichenberg, Remlingen, Rimpar, Roettingen, Sommerhausen, Tauberrettersheim, Unteraltertheim, Untereisenheim, Unterleinach, Veitshoechheim, Winterhausen, Zell. Thank you, Friendly regards, Alan Ehrlich, Geneva, Switzerland
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Re: Embassy Visits at Conference
#ukraine
Lifshitz-Krams Anne
Only in Washington: Attend the Conference AND Visit Foreign Embassies!
EMBASSY OF FRANCE: Tuesday, August 16===== A very good idea! And if you plan to come next year to Paris Conference, visiting the French Embassy on Tuesday august 16, could be an excellent opportunity to prepare for it. (You will find soon more informations concerning the 2012 conference on our new Website www.Paris2012.eu which will open before the end of June or by writing to Congresparis2012_genealoj@...) Anne Lifshitz-Krams President of the committee for Paris 2012 Conference CGJ - Paris www.genealoj.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join us at the 31st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy "A Capital Conference" Washington, DC USA http://www.DC2011.org August 14-19, 2011 Grand Hyatt Washington
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Re: Embassy Visits at Conference
#ukraine
Lifshitz-Krams Anne
Only in Washington: Attend the Conference AND Visit Foreign Embassies!
EMBASSY OF FRANCE: Tuesday, August 16===== A very good idea! And if you plan to come next year to Paris Conference, visiting the French Embassy on Tuesday august 16, could be an excellent opportunity to prepare for it. (You will find soon more informations concerning the 2012 conference on our new Website www.Paris2012.eu which will open before the end of June or by writing to Congresparis2012_genealoj@...) Anne Lifshitz-Krams President of the committee for Paris 2012 Conference CGJ - Paris www.genealoj.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join us at the 31st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy "A Capital Conference" Washington, DC USA http://www.DC2011.org August 14-19, 2011 Grand Hyatt Washington
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Can someone read my families headstones for me?
#general
Lesnick, Bethann A <bethann.lesnick@...>
Hello All,
I have located 8 family burials - 7 in Mount Carmel (Queens, NY) and 1 in Mount Judah. The information that I have gives me the name, location and date of death. I would like to know if there is any other information on the headstones, but I am not likely to make it to NY. I was directed to the Discussion Group by a fellow researcher who said someone here might be able to help me. Is this something that I might be able to get some help with? Thank you for your consideration, Bethann Lesnick Email: lesnicba@...
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Los Angeles California marriage certificate (1965) and divorce certificate (1976)
#general
Amichai Ma'oz <amimaoz@...>
I am trying to help a friend in Israel who needs to obtain copies of a 1965
marriage certificate (Los Angeles, CA) and a 1976 divorce certificate (Los Angeles, CA) of her first cousin who passed away in 2009 leaving no descendants. Could someone please direct her to the correct address to get this documentation and if possible, the approximate cost? Thanks in advance for any help! Laura Ma'oz Beer Sheva, Israel
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Re: Storage of oversized documents
#general
Peter Lebensold
Some ideas:
In the U.S., take a look at http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/ In the U.K., http://www.preservationequipment.com/ In Canada, http://www.carrmclean.ca/index.aspx In Canada and the USA, http://globalgenealogy.com/ Peter Lebensold Toronto Seeking: LEBENSOLD/LIBENSCHULD (anywhere), GELBFISZ/FISH/GOLDWYN (Warsaw, Los Angeles), SZAFIR (Warsaw), KORN (Poland, Philippines, San Francisco), BAUMEISTER (Warsaw), BORENSTEIN (Warsaw, U.S., Canada), GUTLIEZER (Poland), OPOSDOWER (Poland), WERNER (Poland, Glasgow), ZEMSZ (Poland) From: Stephen Cohen <drstevecohen@...> Most of us know how to store documents archivally (in polypropylene sleeves). My question is how to store odd-sized and oversized documents... What options are available for storage--and easy access and viewing? Where can I get such storage-aids?
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Can someone read my families headstones for me?
#general
Lesnick, Bethann A <bethann.lesnick@...>
Hello All,
I have located 8 family burials - 7 in Mount Carmel (Queens, NY) and 1 in Mount Judah. The information that I have gives me the name, location and date of death. I would like to know if there is any other information on the headstones, but I am not likely to make it to NY. I was directed to the Discussion Group by a fellow researcher who said someone here might be able to help me. Is this something that I might be able to get some help with? Thank you for your consideration, Bethann Lesnick Email: lesnicba@...
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