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This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).

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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Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?

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Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?

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So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?

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Will the current guidelines change?

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Photography in shtetls #general Neiel and Joan Baronberg <njbaron@...> #172733 Dear genners, When did photography come into use in rural shtetls? Did most people have to go to larger towns to have their photo taken? Were there traveling photographers? Beginning in what year were people in a shtetl in Galicia likely to have their photo taken? Joan Baronberg, Denver, CO FRIEDMAN, WEISSER, MESTER Suchostaw, Slobodka bei Strusov, Ukraine
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Photography in shtetls #general Neiel and Joan Baronberg <njbaron@...> #493046 Dear genners, When did photography come into use in rural shtetls? Did most people have to go to larger towns to have their photo taken? Were there traveling photographers? Beginning in what year were people in a shtetl in Galicia likely to have their photo taken? Joan Baronberg, Denver, CO FRIEDMAN, WEISSER, MESTER Suchostaw, Slobodka bei Strusov, Ukraine
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Re: British-Jewish genealogy - addendum #general Nick <tulse04-news@...> #172732 Jews were expelled in 1290 - hence the title of this document http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/pre-1290/list_alpha.htm "Jewish communities prior to 1290" -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: British-Jewish genealogy - addendum #general Nick <tulse04-news@...> #493045 Jews were expelled in 1290 - hence the title of this document http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/pre-1290/list_alpha.htm "Jewish communities prior to 1290" -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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Seeking Family of YARCHOVER, SEGAL, STARASOLER of Zbarazh #general Carole Feinberg #172731 Dear Friends, In 1957, Chana YARCHOVER/IARCHOVER/JARCHOVER submitted two Pages of Testimony for cousin, Etyl SEGAL, nee ZOMERFLEK, and mother, Niesia STARASOLER, nee ZOMERFLEK, all >from Zbarazh. Nearest large city--Tarnopol. At that time, Chana's address was HaRoeh XX, Ramat Gan, Israel. Thirty-six years later, another YARCHOVER/IARCHOVER/JARCHOVER, Eliezer's, address was Lehi XX, Ramat Gan. The trail then ends for this family. If you have knowledge of Chana, Eliezer, Etyl SEGAL or Niesia STARASOLER's family please contact me privately. I am researching my deceased grandmother, Chaitsche, nee SOMERFLECK's, family. Best wishes, Carole Glick Feinberg Atlanta, Georgia, USA Researching SOMERFLECK, KATZ, MALKISCHER/Zbaraz, Kujdance, Romanowe Siolo (near Tarnopol) MODERATOR NOTE: House numbers were replaced by the moderator with X's, in order to protect the privacy of the people mentioned in the message.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking Family of YARCHOVER, SEGAL, STARASOLER of Zbarazh #general Carole Feinberg #493044 Dear Friends, In 1957, Chana YARCHOVER/IARCHOVER/JARCHOVER submitted two Pages of Testimony for cousin, Etyl SEGAL, nee ZOMERFLEK, and mother, Niesia STARASOLER, nee ZOMERFLEK, all >from Zbarazh. Nearest large city--Tarnopol. At that time, Chana's address was HaRoeh XX, Ramat Gan, Israel. Thirty-six years later, another YARCHOVER/IARCHOVER/JARCHOVER, Eliezer's, address was Lehi XX, Ramat Gan. The trail then ends for this family. If you have knowledge of Chana, Eliezer, Etyl SEGAL or Niesia STARASOLER's family please contact me privately. I am researching my deceased grandmother, Chaitsche, nee SOMERFLECK's, family. Best wishes, Carole Glick Feinberg Atlanta, Georgia, USA Researching SOMERFLECK, KATZ, MALKISCHER/Zbaraz, Kujdance, Romanowe Siolo (near Tarnopol) MODERATOR NOTE: House numbers were replaced by the moderator with X's, in order to protect the privacy of the people mentioned in the message.
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Re: British-Jewish genealogy #general Nick <tulse04-news@...> #172730 < yisraelasper@comcast.net > wrote: Jews did "arrive" in the Americas at least in the days of Bar Kochva. There are Bar Kochva coins in the Americas and even a stone saying for the land of Judah. http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/barkokhb.htm says that these coins were identified as modern replicas by a coin expert at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Similarly Romans "arrived" in the Americas too a Roman bust was discovered in Mexico. See http://andrewcollins.com/page/articles/romanbust.htm -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: British-Jewish genealogy #general Nick <tulse04-news@...> #493043 < yisraelasper@comcast.net > wrote: Jews did "arrive" in the Americas at least in the days of Bar Kochva. There are Bar Kochva coins in the Americas and even a stone saying for the land of Judah. http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/barkokhb.htm says that these coins were identified as modern replicas by a coin expert at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Similarly Romans "arrived" in the Americas too a Roman bust was discovered in Mexico. See http://andrewcollins.com/page/articles/romanbust.htm -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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Re: British-Jewish genealogy #general Nick <tulse04-news@...> #172729 "Evertjan." < exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net > wrote on 16 jul 2005 in soc.genealogy.jewish: The American Jewish Archives website has a great genealogical resource on the first Jewish American families. Does anyone know if their is something similar for British Jewry? The first Jewish families arived in Britain perhaps with the Phoenicians, far more tha 2000 years ago, as Simon Goulden of the United Synagogue writes here: Daf Hashavua 23/9/2000 < http://tinyurl.com/7ts5n > Or else they surely came with the Roman conquest, but even if they did arrive with William the conqueror as late as 1066, your expectation of great genealogical resources is not very reasonable. ;-} Any suggestion in Simon Goulden's article is speculation - he is not a historian. It is only with the arrival of William Conqueror that there is a definite record of rabbis and therefore an organised Jewish community. See, for instance, http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/pre-1290/list_alpha.htm "Jewish communities prior to 1290" -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: British-Jewish genealogy #general Nick <tulse04-news@...> #493042 "Evertjan." < exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net > wrote on 16 jul 2005 in soc.genealogy.jewish: The American Jewish Archives website has a great genealogical resource on the first Jewish American families. Does anyone know if their is something similar for British Jewry? The first Jewish families arived in Britain perhaps with the Phoenicians, far more tha 2000 years ago, as Simon Goulden of the United Synagogue writes here: Daf Hashavua 23/9/2000 < http://tinyurl.com/7ts5n > Or else they surely came with the Roman conquest, but even if they did arrive with William the conqueror as late as 1066, your expectation of great genealogical resources is not very reasonable. ;-} Any suggestion in Simon Goulden's article is speculation - he is not a historian. It is only with the arrival of William Conqueror that there is a definite record of rabbis and therefore an organised Jewish community. See, for instance, http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/pre-1290/list_alpha.htm "Jewish communities prior to 1290" -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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Re: How to get a book? #hungary Nick <tulse04-news@...> #172728 "KSL" < resume@lipworth.com.au > wrote Stan Libraries do sell books. Culling is a common practice in almost every library in the world. A library is not a black-hole into which books get sucked never to emerge again. They are dynamic repositories, that buy sell and swop books on a regular basis. Of course, there are certain books and documents that a library will never part with, but for a book of the type I understand Tom's uncle's book to be, there is a good chance it will be culled some day. This is the Retention and Disposal Policy of the State Library of New South Wales, Australia. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/policies/pdf/retentiondisposalpolicy.pdf According to this, the NSW Library permanently retains material that has been accessioned to it. The exceptions to this are: 1 Missing items, 2 Faulty or damaged items, 3 Items not in a suitable condition for lending, 4 Items in poor and deteriorating condition, 5 Items outside or marginal to the Library's Development Policy, 7 Incomplete Multi-part Works, 8 Superceded Material, 9 Duplicates, 10 Items Accessioned in Error. I suggest that you actually refer to the webpage before querying the above which is just a summary. I might add that as a recent UK Freedom of Information Officer, that every public organisation all of which are bound by the FoI Act should have a Retention and Disposal Schedule. They cannot arbitrarily get rid of any document but must have a Schedule governing the disposal of documents. If a request is made for a document, they must know whether they still have the document and ideally be able to show that there is some Policy for releasing or disposing of any document. -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: How to get a book? #general Nick <tulse04-news@...> #493041 "KSL" < resume@lipworth.com.au > wrote Stan Libraries do sell books. Culling is a common practice in almost every library in the world. A library is not a black-hole into which books get sucked never to emerge again. They are dynamic repositories, that buy sell and swop books on a regular basis. Of course, there are certain books and documents that a library will never part with, but for a book of the type I understand Tom's uncle's book to be, there is a good chance it will be culled some day. This is the Retention and Disposal Policy of the State Library of New South Wales, Australia. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/policies/pdf/retentiondisposalpolicy.pdf According to this, the NSW Library permanently retains material that has been accessioned to it. The exceptions to this are: 1 Missing items, 2 Faulty or damaged items, 3 Items not in a suitable condition for lending, 4 Items in poor and deteriorating condition, 5 Items outside or marginal to the Library's Development Policy, 7 Incomplete Multi-part Works, 8 Superceded Material, 9 Duplicates, 10 Items Accessioned in Error. I suggest that you actually refer to the webpage before querying the above which is just a summary. I might add that as a recent UK Freedom of Information Officer, that every public organisation all of which are bound by the FoI Act should have a Retention and Disposal Schedule. They cannot arbitrarily get rid of any document but must have a Schedule governing the disposal of documents. If a request is made for a document, they must know whether they still have the document and ideally be able to show that there is some Policy for releasing or disposing of any document. -- Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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Saratov #belarus TE <tome1111@...> #18272 Can someone tell me where Saratov is? I looked on the Belarus Shtetl locator, but couldn't find it. Is it in Belarus? Thank you, Tom Erribe CA MODERATOR NOTE: Don't forget JewishGen's ShtetlSeeker at www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker
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Saratov? #belarus TE <tome1111@...> #18273 Would anyone happen to be researching the town of Saratov? Is Saratov in Belarus? Does anyone know where it is in relation to Minsk gubernia? Thank you Tom Erribe CA
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Kudos: New JewishGen dropdown menu is tops! #general brendajf@... #172727 I agree with Bernie! This is a wonderful timesaving improvement! Brenda Freedland Pangborn Bingham Farms, MI Searching: FREEDLAND, FAXSTEIN, SHATZKIN (Zhitomir and Radomyshl) MILINSKY and WOLFSON (Anapol) toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Congratulations to the JewishGen team that developed the NEW menu that resides within the JewishGen logo at the top of the page. The new categories of \| Learn \| Databases \| Discussion \| Projects \| Contribute \| SIGs \| Hosted Orgs \|JewishGen \| make it a snap to browse the entire site. What a great timesaver! See it at: http://www.jewishgen.org/
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Saratov #belarus TE <tome1111@...> #338712 Can someone tell me where Saratov is? I looked on the Belarus Shtetl locator, but couldn't find it. Is it in Belarus? Thank you, Tom Erribe CA MODERATOR NOTE: Don't forget JewishGen's ShtetlSeeker at www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Saratov? #belarus TE <tome1111@...> #338713 Would anyone happen to be researching the town of Saratov? Is Saratov in Belarus? Does anyone know where it is in relation to Minsk gubernia? Thank you Tom Erribe CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Kudos: New JewishGen dropdown menu is tops! #general brendajf@... #493040 I agree with Bernie! This is a wonderful timesaving improvement! Brenda Freedland Pangborn Bingham Farms, MI Searching: FREEDLAND, FAXSTEIN, SHATZKIN (Zhitomir and Radomyshl) MILINSKY and WOLFSON (Anapol) toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Congratulations to the JewishGen team that developed the NEW menu that resides within the JewishGen logo at the top of the page. The new categories of \| Learn \| Databases \| Discussion \| Projects \| Contribute \| SIGs \| Hosted Orgs \|JewishGen \| make it a snap to browse the entire site. What a great timesaver! See it at: http://www.jewishgen.org/
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lithuania info #general ben.forman <ben.forman@...> #172726 Hi Genners I really like the new drop down on the home page it does make everything easier to use, and the drop downs too taking me to the ALD simplified the use of that. I have found a reference in the tax and voter list which may be to my ancestors in Ylakai the ref is KRA/I-49/1/17526 and it refers to an Eliash BERENSTEIN, my ancestor was called Elihaya according to my GGM (who was his daughter) what can I now do with this to find out if it does refer to my family? Thanks Ben Forman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen lithuania info #general ben.forman <ben.forman@...> #493039 Hi Genners I really like the new drop down on the home page it does make everything easier to use, and the drop downs too taking me to the ALD simplified the use of that. I have found a reference in the tax and voter list which may be to my ancestors in Ylakai the ref is KRA/I-49/1/17526 and it refers to an Eliash BERENSTEIN, my ancestor was called Elihaya according to my GGM (who was his daughter) what can I now do with this to find out if it does refer to my family? Thanks Ben Forman
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