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A New Year's Gift!
#general
Flo Elman
Dear Mitzvah Makers!
On Sept. 2nd, I wrote to our List & to the Jewishgen Digest in an effort to locate Bella SPEIER, (last seen just after the Holocaust). It was on the long, cold march >from Stutthof that Bella saved Mildred Greenspoon in a hay wagon when Mildred became too ill to walk. Mildred is now elderly & ailing. She remembered that Bella married a Rogers & moved to Australia after the war. She is hoping to find this very special person & speak to her again. In my message to the Lists, I mentioned how wonderful it would be if we could perform a new year's mitzvah, & reunite these women before Rosh Hashonah. I received a number of friendly suggestions, & to those writers, I say thank you for your responses. ** The exciting break-through came in a letter >from Nigel Meinrath who forwarded a family tree that "possibly" had the right information. I sent it on to Mildred's daughter, my friend, & passed on the suggestion that she call the Melbourne Chevra Kadisha. I was pretty sure Bella's husband was in their records, & that we could pinpoint her whereabouts. Today, only *four* days after beginning the search, I received an email >from my friend. It read: "YES!!! I'm waiting to hear back >from Bella's son Myron. He is a neuro-surgeon and currently in surgery. Hope I can talk to her as well! Will keep you posted." It appears that we really have performed our mitzvah!! (Many, many thanks Nigel!!) I will follow up with an account of how their reunion proceeds from here. L'shana tova to all of you - health, peace, & the warmth of friendship .... & not least, Happy Hunting Researchers! Best regards, Florence Elman Ukraine SIG Coordinator haflo@... MODERATOR'S NOTE: You may wish to mark this success by making a financial contribution to the work of JewishGen. For details of how you can support their work, please go to www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen A New Year's Gift!
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Flo Elman
Dear Mitzvah Makers!
On Sept. 2nd, I wrote to our List & to the Jewishgen Digest in an effort to locate Bella SPEIER, (last seen just after the Holocaust). It was on the long, cold march >from Stutthof that Bella saved Mildred Greenspoon in a hay wagon when Mildred became too ill to walk. Mildred is now elderly & ailing. She remembered that Bella married a Rogers & moved to Australia after the war. She is hoping to find this very special person & speak to her again. In my message to the Lists, I mentioned how wonderful it would be if we could perform a new year's mitzvah, & reunite these women before Rosh Hashonah. I received a number of friendly suggestions, & to those writers, I say thank you for your responses. ** The exciting break-through came in a letter >from Nigel Meinrath who forwarded a family tree that "possibly" had the right information. I sent it on to Mildred's daughter, my friend, & passed on the suggestion that she call the Melbourne Chevra Kadisha. I was pretty sure Bella's husband was in their records, & that we could pinpoint her whereabouts. Today, only *four* days after beginning the search, I received an email >from my friend. It read: "YES!!! I'm waiting to hear back >from Bella's son Myron. He is a neuro-surgeon and currently in surgery. Hope I can talk to her as well! Will keep you posted." It appears that we really have performed our mitzvah!! (Many, many thanks Nigel!!) I will follow up with an account of how their reunion proceeds from here. L'shana tova to all of you - health, peace, & the warmth of friendship .... & not least, Happy Hunting Researchers! Best regards, Florence Elman Ukraine SIG Coordinator haflo@... MODERATOR'S NOTE: You may wish to mark this success by making a financial contribution to the work of JewishGen. For details of how you can support their work, please go to www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity
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Re: For our Ontario and Quebec experts
#general
Robert Israel <israel@...>
Barry Spinner <bspinner@...> wrote:
Glen Eker of Hamilton, Ontario is publishing a series of books that detailSounds like this may be very useful. Any idea when volumes for Western Canada might appear? Robert Israel israel@... Vancouver, BC, Canada
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: For our Ontario and Quebec experts
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Robert Israel <israel@...>
Barry Spinner <bspinner@...> wrote:
Glen Eker of Hamilton, Ontario is publishing a series of books that detailSounds like this may be very useful. Any idea when volumes for Western Canada might appear? Robert Israel israel@... Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Yad Vashem Database
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Denise Azbill <famaz1@...>
Does anyone know when the Yad Vashem database will go live?
Thanks, Denise Weidenfeld Azbill Las Vegas, NV
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yad Vashem Database
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Denise Azbill <famaz1@...>
Does anyone know when the Yad Vashem database will go live?
Thanks, Denise Weidenfeld Azbill Las Vegas, NV
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Cemeteries
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ms nodrog
Dear Genners,
I am searching for my husband's grandmother Broche(Barbara)DRABKIN BAREN/BARRIN who I have been told died Feb. 29, 1928. What I need help with is the names of cemeteries in the Bronx / Brooklyn / Queens area that would have a computerized database of people who are buried there. I have been to the Mt. Carmel Cemetery (old) and they have checked but there is no one by that name. Lisa Dashman, a wonderful Genner, has checked Cypress Hills Cemetery for me. Unfortunately, they have not computerized their database. I would appreciate any help that anyone can provide. My e-mail is msnodrog@... Thanks in advance and a Happy, Healthy New Yeaar to all. Hope Gordon MODERATOR NOTE: A good place to look is the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. For NY they have documented 199 cemeteries most in NYC. Please go to: http://www2.jewishgen.org/databases/cemetery/
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Cemeteries
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ms nodrog
Dear Genners,
I am searching for my husband's grandmother Broche(Barbara)DRABKIN BAREN/BARRIN who I have been told died Feb. 29, 1928. What I need help with is the names of cemeteries in the Bronx / Brooklyn / Queens area that would have a computerized database of people who are buried there. I have been to the Mt. Carmel Cemetery (old) and they have checked but there is no one by that name. Lisa Dashman, a wonderful Genner, has checked Cypress Hills Cemetery for me. Unfortunately, they have not computerized their database. I would appreciate any help that anyone can provide. My e-mail is msnodrog@... Thanks in advance and a Happy, Healthy New Yeaar to all. Hope Gordon MODERATOR NOTE: A good place to look is the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. For NY they have documented 199 cemeteries most in NYC. Please go to: http://www2.jewishgen.org/databases/cemetery/
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Short Yiddish Translation Help Needed
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Vladimir Sinayuk <sinayukv@...>
Dear Yiddish Speakers,
My cousin in Israel discovered a handwritten Yiddish note of my grandmother's >from the last year of her life, by which point she had advanced Alzheimer Disease. Needless to say, we are anxious to know what it says. Would anyone be able to volunteer to translate it for me? The note is 8 lines long, and I could either fax a copy, or e-mail a 2.5 mb filejpeg scan of it. Please e-mail me your responses privately. Thanks, Vlad Vladimir Sinayuk | Bronx, NY | Email: sinayukv@... | Seeking: BANET >from Pabianice | BERMAN >from Cincinnati | BETIS >from Balta |BRONFMAN >from Sokiryany | BURDMAN >from Sokiryany | CHEJASNUWSKA >from Pabianice | CHERNYAK >from Chernovtsy | DOSICK >from Zhitomir | GORBACH >from Chernovtsy | HOCHBAUM >from Leszno | JOSEPH >from Karlsruhe | JOSEPH >from Untergrombach | LERNER >from Chernovtsy | MEERAPFEL >from Karlsuhe |MEERAPFEL >from Untergrombach | ROISMAN from Sokiryany | SCHWAGER >from Bucuresti | SHECHTER >from Falesti | SINAYUK >from Zhitomir | VIDMAN >from Chernovtsy | WEINSTEIN >from Sokiryany | ZALTSMAN >from Sokiryany |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Short Yiddish Translation Help Needed
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Vladimir Sinayuk <sinayukv@...>
Dear Yiddish Speakers,
My cousin in Israel discovered a handwritten Yiddish note of my grandmother's >from the last year of her life, by which point she had advanced Alzheimer Disease. Needless to say, we are anxious to know what it says. Would anyone be able to volunteer to translate it for me? The note is 8 lines long, and I could either fax a copy, or e-mail a 2.5 mb filejpeg scan of it. Please e-mail me your responses privately. Thanks, Vlad Vladimir Sinayuk | Bronx, NY | Email: sinayukv@... | Seeking: BANET >from Pabianice | BERMAN >from Cincinnati | BETIS >from Balta |BRONFMAN >from Sokiryany | BURDMAN >from Sokiryany | CHEJASNUWSKA >from Pabianice | CHERNYAK >from Chernovtsy | DOSICK >from Zhitomir | GORBACH >from Chernovtsy | HOCHBAUM >from Leszno | JOSEPH >from Karlsruhe | JOSEPH >from Untergrombach | LERNER >from Chernovtsy | MEERAPFEL >from Karlsuhe |MEERAPFEL >from Untergrombach | ROISMAN from Sokiryany | SCHWAGER >from Bucuresti | SHECHTER >from Falesti | SINAYUK >from Zhitomir | VIDMAN >from Chernovtsy | WEINSTEIN >from Sokiryany | ZALTSMAN >from Sokiryany |
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OPPENHEIM / SIMON / GOLDMAN(N) / CASSEL (CASSELLA)
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Hanna Goldmann
Dear Readers,
Henriette Oppenheim b: 1786 in Frankfurt/Main, d: 1876 in Fauerbach?, married to Gottschalk Simon (1780 - 1857). Their son: Louis (Loew, Ludwig) Simon (1818-1859) married to Henriette Goldman(n) (1819-1881), daughter of M.L. Goldman(n). I'm looking for the parents/origin of Mayer (Meyer, Meier, Majer) Lazarus Goldman(n), b: 1788/1792?, d: 1879 in Friedberg (Hessen) married to Bella Rachel Cassel (Cassella) in 1814 and the parents of Henriette Oppenheim in Frankfurt/Main, b: 1786. I'll be glad to share my info. Any help is greatly appreciated. Hanna Searching also for Cahn. MODERATOR NOTE: Chances of success in your research will be greatly enhanced if you register the name(s) you are searching for in the JewishGen Family Finder. Go to www.jewishgen.org/jgff
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen OPPENHEIM / SIMON / GOLDMAN(N) / CASSEL (CASSELLA)
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Hanna Goldmann
Dear Readers,
Henriette Oppenheim b: 1786 in Frankfurt/Main, d: 1876 in Fauerbach?, married to Gottschalk Simon (1780 - 1857). Their son: Louis (Loew, Ludwig) Simon (1818-1859) married to Henriette Goldman(n) (1819-1881), daughter of M.L. Goldman(n). I'm looking for the parents/origin of Mayer (Meyer, Meier, Majer) Lazarus Goldman(n), b: 1788/1792?, d: 1879 in Friedberg (Hessen) married to Bella Rachel Cassel (Cassella) in 1814 and the parents of Henriette Oppenheim in Frankfurt/Main, b: 1786. I'll be glad to share my info. Any help is greatly appreciated. Hanna Searching also for Cahn. MODERATOR NOTE: Chances of success in your research will be greatly enhanced if you register the name(s) you are searching for in the JewishGen Family Finder. Go to www.jewishgen.org/jgff
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WWI Alien Registration: Russian immigrants
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scperkins <SPerkins@...>
Hello:
Russia required all male Russian immigrants in USA and Canada to register at a Russian Consulate during WWI. Not sure if they did the same during the Russo-Japanese War. These can be located through the American Society of Germans >from Russia Historical Society. Under Russian law you were elligible for Russian military service if a grandparent had been a Russian citizen. This was the same rule for eligibility to vote in some recent Russian elections. Not sure if it is still the law. Regards, Steven C. Perkins
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen WWI Alien Registration: Russian immigrants
#general
scperkins <SPerkins@...>
Hello:
Russia required all male Russian immigrants in USA and Canada to register at a Russian Consulate during WWI. Not sure if they did the same during the Russo-Japanese War. These can be located through the American Society of Germans >from Russia Historical Society. Under Russian law you were elligible for Russian military service if a grandparent had been a Russian citizen. This was the same rule for eligibility to vote in some recent Russian elections. Not sure if it is still the law. Regards, Steven C. Perkins
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Breaking News - Mitzvah for the New Year!!
#ukraine
Flo Elman
Dear Mitzvah Makers!
On Sept. 2nd, I wrote our List in an effort to locate Bella Speier, (last seen just after the Holocaust). It was on the long, cold march >from Stutthof that Bella saved Mildred Greenspoon in a hay wagon when Mildred became too ill to walk. Mildred is now elderly & ailing. She remembered that Bella married a Rogers & moved to Australia after the war. She is hoping to find this very special person & speak to her again. In my message to the Ukraine SIG, I mentioned how wonderful it would be if we could perform a new year's mitzvah, & reunite these women before Rosh Hashonah. I received a number of friendly suggestions, & to those writers, I say thank you for your responses. ** The exciting break-through came in a letter >from Nigel Meinrath who forwarded a family tree that "possibly" had the right information. I sent it on to Mildred's daughter, my friend, & passed on the suggestion that she call the Melbourne Chevra Kadisha. I was pretty sure Bella's husband was in their records, & that we could pinpoint her whereabouts. Today, only FOUR days after beginning the search, I received an email >from my friend. It read: "YES!!! I'm waiting to hear back >from Bella's son Myron. He is a neuro-surgeon and currently in surgery. Hope I can talk to her as well! Will keep you posted." It appears that we really have performed our mitzvah!! (Many, many thanks Nigel!!) I will follow up with an account of how their reunion proceeds from here. L'shana tova to all of you - health, peace, & the warmth of friendship .... & not least, Happy Hunting Researchers! Best regards, Florence Elman Ukraine SIG Coordinator haflo@...
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Breaking News - Mitzvah for the New Year!!
#ukraine
Flo Elman
Dear Mitzvah Makers!
On Sept. 2nd, I wrote our List in an effort to locate Bella Speier, (last seen just after the Holocaust). It was on the long, cold march >from Stutthof that Bella saved Mildred Greenspoon in a hay wagon when Mildred became too ill to walk. Mildred is now elderly & ailing. She remembered that Bella married a Rogers & moved to Australia after the war. She is hoping to find this very special person & speak to her again. In my message to the Ukraine SIG, I mentioned how wonderful it would be if we could perform a new year's mitzvah, & reunite these women before Rosh Hashonah. I received a number of friendly suggestions, & to those writers, I say thank you for your responses. ** The exciting break-through came in a letter >from Nigel Meinrath who forwarded a family tree that "possibly" had the right information. I sent it on to Mildred's daughter, my friend, & passed on the suggestion that she call the Melbourne Chevra Kadisha. I was pretty sure Bella's husband was in their records, & that we could pinpoint her whereabouts. Today, only FOUR days after beginning the search, I received an email >from my friend. It read: "YES!!! I'm waiting to hear back >from Bella's son Myron. He is a neuro-surgeon and currently in surgery. Hope I can talk to her as well! Will keep you posted." It appears that we really have performed our mitzvah!! (Many, many thanks Nigel!!) I will follow up with an account of how their reunion proceeds from here. L'shana tova to all of you - health, peace, & the warmth of friendship .... & not least, Happy Hunting Researchers! Best regards, Florence Elman Ukraine SIG Coordinator haflo@...
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Mikhail Efimovich LEVIN
#ukraine
Lowell Nigoff <killshot@...>
Greetings,
I am looking for a "Mikhail Efimovich Levin" who emigrated to the US from the Ukraine in about 1970. I misposted this a couple of weeks ago. I didn't have his full name. I got replies about how to search, but have not been successful. Please reply privately is you know this person. Thanks to all for your patience and help. Lowell Nigoff Lexington, Kentucky USA Researching, ALTSHULER (Rogachev, Belarus) GORELICK (Rogachev, Belarus - Kiev, Ukraine) KACZE, KACHKA (Stepan - Poland-Russia) NIGOFF, NIEGOWSKY, NIGOWSKI (Rezicze or Rechitsa, Russia) MAISEL (Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine) ZUCKERMAN, TZUCKERMAN (Feodosia, Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine) To see my family tree go to: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/g/Lowell-Nigoff/index.html? Welcome=1065264103
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Mikhail Efimovich LEVIN
#ukraine
Lowell Nigoff <killshot@...>
Greetings,
I am looking for a "Mikhail Efimovich Levin" who emigrated to the US from the Ukraine in about 1970. I misposted this a couple of weeks ago. I didn't have his full name. I got replies about how to search, but have not been successful. Please reply privately is you know this person. Thanks to all for your patience and help. Lowell Nigoff Lexington, Kentucky USA Researching, ALTSHULER (Rogachev, Belarus) GORELICK (Rogachev, Belarus - Kiev, Ukraine) KACZE, KACHKA (Stepan - Poland-Russia) NIGOFF, NIEGOWSKY, NIGOWSKI (Rezicze or Rechitsa, Russia) MAISEL (Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine) ZUCKERMAN, TZUCKERMAN (Feodosia, Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine) To see my family tree go to: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/g/Lowell-Nigoff/index.html? Welcome=1065264103
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Gloria Berkenstat <gitl_leah@...>
On Sunday, September 12th at 2 pm, the Jewish
Genealogical Society of New York will present Stanley M. Diamond, founder of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland (JRI-Poland), a project to index all of the Jewish vital records in pre-World War Two Poland. He will discuss how he has combined genetic, medical and genealogical research in documenting the Beta-Thalassemia trait in his extended family and the different methods and special responsibilities involved in this research. Stanley Diamond began his genealogical research to document the incidence of the Beta-Thalassemia trait that causes an inherited blood disorder that can cause anemia. His interest in genealogical research related genetics was instrumental in the creation of JRI-Poland. The meetings of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York take place at the Center for Jewish History located at 15 West 16th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. The Center’s Genealogy Institute will be open >from 12:30 to 2:00 on September 12th for networking with other researchers and access to resource materials and computers. There is no entry fee for JGSNY members; the fee for non-members is $3. For more information contact the Jewish Genealogical Society at info@... or call 212-294-8326.
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Gloria Berkenstat <gitl_leah@...>
On Sunday, September 12th at 2 pm, the Jewish
Genealogical Society of New York will present Stanley M. Diamond, founder of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland (JRI-Poland), a project to index all of the Jewish vital records in pre-World War Two Poland. He will discuss how he has combined genetic, medical and genealogical research in documenting the Beta-Thalassemia trait in his extended family and the different methods and special responsibilities involved in this research. Stanley Diamond began his genealogical research to document the incidence of the Beta-Thalassemia trait that causes an inherited blood disorder that can cause anemia. His interest in genealogical research related genetics was instrumental in the creation of JRI-Poland. The meetings of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York take place at the Center for Jewish History located at 15 West 16th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. The Center’s Genealogy Institute will be open >from 12:30 to 2:00 on September 12th for networking with other researchers and access to resource materials and computers. There is no entry fee for JGSNY members; the fee for non-members is $3. For more information contact the Jewish Genealogical Society at info@... or call 212-294-8326.
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