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SITE CITE - essay on German Jewish naming practices Re: BAMBERG
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My cousin by marriage, Herbert Kaufmann, has written a nice essay on
German Jewish naming practices which is published on my family website: http://www.kittymunson.com/Thannhauser/TheKaufmannName.html Kitty M. Cooper Albuquerque NM (new email) <kittymcooper@...> Researching: http://www.kittymunson.com/Thannhauser/ THANNHAUSER Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia>Munich,Bavaria>Boston (also Huerben>Munich and Fellheim>Philadelphia) KUTZ Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia WURZBERGER, ENGEL Munich,Bavaria LANGERMANN Floss,Bavaria (NYC,SouthAfrica,England) GUGENHEIMER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia>Regensberg,Bavaria GUNDELFINGER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia STEINHARDT Floss,Bavaria
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German SIG #Germany SITE CITE - essay on German Jewish naming practices Re: BAMBERG
#germany
My cousin by marriage, Herbert Kaufmann, has written a nice essay on
German Jewish naming practices which is published on my family website: http://www.kittymunson.com/Thannhauser/TheKaufmannName.html Kitty M. Cooper Albuquerque NM (new email) <kittymcooper@...> Researching: http://www.kittymunson.com/Thannhauser/ THANNHAUSER Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia>Munich,Bavaria>Boston (also Huerben>Munich and Fellheim>Philadelphia) KUTZ Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia WURZBERGER, ENGEL Munich,Bavaria LANGERMANN Floss,Bavaria (NYC,SouthAfrica,England) GUGENHEIMER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia>Regensberg,Bavaria GUNDELFINGER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia STEINHARDT Floss,Bavaria
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Finding information about burial in Zlochev, Ukraine
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ben-ari <yrcdi@...>
My grandmother, Riwka (ne DISTENFELD) EISEN died before WW2 in Zlotchev (now
Ukr.). Is there a data base with names of people who were buried in Zlotchev around this time. Would love to hear >from people who may be related to our family. Rivka Ben-Ari, Efrat, Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Finding information about burial in Zlochev, Ukraine
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ben-ari <yrcdi@...>
My grandmother, Riwka (ne DISTENFELD) EISEN died before WW2 in Zlotchev (now
Ukr.). Is there a data base with names of people who were buried in Zlotchev around this time. Would love to hear >from people who may be related to our family. Rivka Ben-Ari, Efrat, Israel
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Entry deciphered - Draft Card
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ilyaz <ilyaz@...>
For those, who attempted to help me and tried to decipher the entries on a
WWI Draft Card. I just got a clear copy of this card >from the NARA. The entries are as follows: Mother Mrs. Rose 2041 Fifth Ave. Again, thank you all. -- Ilya Zeldes Fort Myers, Florida
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Entry deciphered - Draft Card
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ilyaz <ilyaz@...>
For those, who attempted to help me and tried to decipher the entries on a
WWI Draft Card. I just got a clear copy of this card >from the NARA. The entries are as follows: Mother Mrs. Rose 2041 Fifth Ave. Again, thank you all. -- Ilya Zeldes Fort Myers, Florida
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Re: The name "Bunem"and its origins
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Nick <tulse04-news@...>
<MBernet@...> wrote
In a message dated 8/3/2005 1:29:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,I didn't understand Rabbi Susser's reference because he made mention of it being a translation of the Hebrew. As a rabbi he would obviously know of Shemtov, and I don't think that you would have to have a terribly good knowledge of French to know that bon nom and not bon homme means good name. I suspect that it was a slip in his otherwise amazingly erudite paper - and it has clearly slipped through the editing - but they would have to have a knowledge of Hebrew as well as French! -- 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: The name "Bunem"and its origins
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Nick <tulse04-news@...>
<MBernet@...> wrote
In a message dated 8/3/2005 1:29:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,I didn't understand Rabbi Susser's reference because he made mention of it being a translation of the Hebrew. As a rabbi he would obviously know of Shemtov, and I don't think that you would have to have a terribly good knowledge of French to know that bon nom and not bon homme means good name. I suspect that it was a slip in his otherwise amazingly erudite paper - and it has clearly slipped through the editing - but they would have to have a knowledge of Hebrew as well as French! -- 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: Wallerstein, Furth and Schwarzrheindorf
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Please have a look at the IAJGS cemetery entries for your towns and
take our survey with you: http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/instructions/index.html#survey Any updates on these cemeteries would be most appreciated. Kitty Cooper volunteer IAJGS cemetery project webmaster Researching: http://www.kittymunson.com/Thannhauser/ THANNHAUSER Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia>Munich,Bavaria>Boston (also Huerben>Munich and Fellheim>Philadelphia) KUTZ Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia WURZBERGER, ENGEL Munich,Bavaria LANGERMANN Floss,Bavaria (NYC,SouthAfrica, England) GUGENHEIMER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia>Regensberg,Bavaria GUNDELFINGER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia STEINHARDT Floss,Bavaria
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Wallerstein, Furth and Schwarzrheindorf
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Please have a look at the IAJGS cemetery entries for your towns and
take our survey with you: http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/instructions/index.html#survey Any updates on these cemeteries would be most appreciated. Kitty Cooper volunteer IAJGS cemetery project webmaster Researching: http://www.kittymunson.com/Thannhauser/ THANNHAUSER Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia>Munich,Bavaria>Boston (also Huerben>Munich and Fellheim>Philadelphia) KUTZ Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia WURZBERGER, ENGEL Munich,Bavaria LANGERMANN Floss,Bavaria (NYC,SouthAfrica, England) GUGENHEIMER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia>Regensberg,Bavaria GUNDELFINGER Huerben>Kleinerdlingen,Swabia STEINHARDT Floss,Bavaria
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Re: What is "nee" in Polish?
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Peter Zavon <pzavon@...>
"Dr. Steven B. Tesser" <stesser@...> wrote
A second question: the 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary,Quite correct and that is basically the case. Prior to the early 20th century international agreement that settled on the Greenwich Meridian as the Prime Meridian for everyone, each country selected its own Prime Meridian. The British Empire and the US used the Greenwich Meridian. The French Empire used the Paris Meridian, of course. The Austrian Empire used the Ferro Meridian, which passes through Hierro (or Ferro) Island, the western-most of the Canary Islands. This makes sense for a European land power, as everything in Europe would have an East Longitude. Very little opportunity for that messy math connected with comparing points on both sides of the Prime Meridian. The Ferro Meridian is 17 degrees 40 minutes East of the Greenwich Meridian. Hence the difference you noted. -- Peter Zavon Penfield, NY
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: What is "nee" in Polish?
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Peter Zavon <pzavon@...>
"Dr. Steven B. Tesser" <stesser@...> wrote
A second question: the 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary,Quite correct and that is basically the case. Prior to the early 20th century international agreement that settled on the Greenwich Meridian as the Prime Meridian for everyone, each country selected its own Prime Meridian. The British Empire and the US used the Greenwich Meridian. The French Empire used the Paris Meridian, of course. The Austrian Empire used the Ferro Meridian, which passes through Hierro (or Ferro) Island, the western-most of the Canary Islands. This makes sense for a European land power, as everything in Europe would have an East Longitude. Very little opportunity for that messy math connected with comparing points on both sides of the Prime Meridian. The Ferro Meridian is 17 degrees 40 minutes East of the Greenwich Meridian. Hence the difference you noted. -- Peter Zavon Penfield, NY
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Feliks BEJMAN
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Marko <marko@...>
Dear Cousins,
When reviewing some papers of my ancestors, I've found a very small piece of paper which was somehow between these documents. On this very small paper, a Polish stamp and a name is shown only: "Wytwornia Galanterii Pamjatkarskiel Feliks Bejman Sczecin, ul. Mieszko I-go 102/5" Does anyone know what that means? And does anyone have this name (Feliks BEJMAN) on the list?? It's strange, I never heard this name before, and haven't any connection to Sczecin as yet.. Thanks a lot in advance, all the best! Marko Kupas Germany / living in Duesseldorf, >from Brandenburg/Berlin Researching my family names : IRRGANG: Nowa Sol / Neusalz; Zaborowo; Berlin (Poland/Silesia and Germany) -- ANDERS: Lippen / Nowa Sol (Poland, Silesia) -- BELIG (Belich): Leszno / Lissa, Lublin (Poland) -- BERNHARDT: Zaborowo (Poland/Silesia) -- ANDERSCH: Dambecz (Poland/Silesia) -- ROZYNA, born KUCIN, unknown -- KUPAS: Greifswald; Ipolysag / Sahy; Lodz (Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland)
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Dr. Nathan Adler Lodge
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Shari Kantrow
Hello Genners,
Does the name Dr. Nathan Adler Lodge (associated with Mt. Carmel cemetery in Queens, NY) sound familiar to any of you? I wonder if, like the landsmanschaftn, there is an ancestral town associated with it. The lodge was disbanded in the late 1950s. My g-grandparents Max SCHNEIDER b. abt. 1870 and Dora MEYER SCHNEIDER b. abt. 1874 are associated with this lodge, and I have been unable to find which town from Austria they are from. I thought perhaps, this may provide a lead. Thanks in advance. Shari Kantrow Bloomfield, NJ researching: MEYER, KAFKA, KUPFER, SCHAFF -Russian/Poland>NY BLITZER,KARPET,JACOBSON,LANDSMAN, BLITZMAN,BLAZER PLATZMAN, REYITTS (REIZ)Kamenets-Podolskiy, Podolia > NY HABERMAN,DICKMAN,SZWARZ- Bukaczowce,Siemikowce>NY SCHNEIDER, MILBAUER, MEYER - Austria SCHWARTZ,,SHAPIRO- Bursztyn,Kuropatniki-Galicia>NY
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Feliks BEJMAN
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Marko <marko@...>
Dear Cousins,
When reviewing some papers of my ancestors, I've found a very small piece of paper which was somehow between these documents. On this very small paper, a Polish stamp and a name is shown only: "Wytwornia Galanterii Pamjatkarskiel Feliks Bejman Sczecin, ul. Mieszko I-go 102/5" Does anyone know what that means? And does anyone have this name (Feliks BEJMAN) on the list?? It's strange, I never heard this name before, and haven't any connection to Sczecin as yet.. Thanks a lot in advance, all the best! Marko Kupas Germany / living in Duesseldorf, >from Brandenburg/Berlin Researching my family names : IRRGANG: Nowa Sol / Neusalz; Zaborowo; Berlin (Poland/Silesia and Germany) -- ANDERS: Lippen / Nowa Sol (Poland, Silesia) -- BELIG (Belich): Leszno / Lissa, Lublin (Poland) -- BERNHARDT: Zaborowo (Poland/Silesia) -- ANDERSCH: Dambecz (Poland/Silesia) -- ROZYNA, born KUCIN, unknown -- KUPAS: Greifswald; Ipolysag / Sahy; Lodz (Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Dr. Nathan Adler Lodge
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Shari Kantrow
Hello Genners,
Does the name Dr. Nathan Adler Lodge (associated with Mt. Carmel cemetery in Queens, NY) sound familiar to any of you? I wonder if, like the landsmanschaftn, there is an ancestral town associated with it. The lodge was disbanded in the late 1950s. My g-grandparents Max SCHNEIDER b. abt. 1870 and Dora MEYER SCHNEIDER b. abt. 1874 are associated with this lodge, and I have been unable to find which town from Austria they are from. I thought perhaps, this may provide a lead. Thanks in advance. Shari Kantrow Bloomfield, NJ researching: MEYER, KAFKA, KUPFER, SCHAFF -Russian/Poland>NY BLITZER,KARPET,JACOBSON,LANDSMAN, BLITZMAN,BLAZER PLATZMAN, REYITTS (REIZ)Kamenets-Podolskiy, Podolia > NY HABERMAN,DICKMAN,SZWARZ- Bukaczowce,Siemikowce>NY SCHNEIDER, MILBAUER, MEYER - Austria SCHWARTZ,,SHAPIRO- Bursztyn,Kuropatniki-Galicia>NY
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Putting Yiskor book into Word format
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Joyce Oshrin <joshrin@...>
Putting Yiskor book into WORD format
I wrote the Yiskor book ( Koden,a Shtetl No More) for Koden, Lublin, Poland/Russia . It is 294 pages long. I have it in hard copy, on a microfiche and the 294 pages in individual tif. pages. Most of the text portion which I did in Word form is online in the Yiskor book section. However, many of the pages are my notes indexing the entire 3 films ( >from FHC) of Koden. And pictures. They are not accepted by the Yiskor book unless they are in Word format. Is there anyone who knows how to do this and will do it for me so I can have the entire Yiskor book online? There are about 120 pages of the indexes which include names, parents', occupations, ages,spouses names and ages, causes of deaths on some, etc. and some pictures of the town and holocaust victims. Thanks , Joyce Oshrin Joshrin@... MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Putting Yiskor book into Word format
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Joyce Oshrin <joshrin@...>
Putting Yiskor book into WORD format
I wrote the Yiskor book ( Koden,a Shtetl No More) for Koden, Lublin, Poland/Russia . It is 294 pages long. I have it in hard copy, on a microfiche and the 294 pages in individual tif. pages. Most of the text portion which I did in Word form is online in the Yiskor book section. However, many of the pages are my notes indexing the entire 3 films ( >from FHC) of Koden. And pictures. They are not accepted by the Yiskor book unless they are in Word format. Is there anyone who knows how to do this and will do it for me so I can have the entire Yiskor book online? There are about 120 pages of the indexes which include names, parents', occupations, ages,spouses names and ages, causes of deaths on some, etc. and some pictures of the town and holocaust victims. Thanks , Joyce Oshrin Joshrin@... MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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PEPPERMAN
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A S Goldberg
I seek information on a PEPPERMAN family who lived in the Bialystock area
late 19th century. Shlomo Zalman PEPPERMAN, a Talmudic scholar who probably held Rabbinic qualification, married Chana/Annie MARCUS in Leeds, England, around the year 1890, and they lived the rest of their lives in Leeds. I would greatly appreciate hearing >from anyone who could elaborate on the above sparse data and provide information on this PEPPERMAN family. Please respond to me direct on alancomm@.... Many thanks. Abraham Goldberg Jerusalem MODERATOR NOTE: To increase your chances of success, don't forget to list your surnames of interest in the JewishGen Family Finder, http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen PEPPERMAN
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A S Goldberg
I seek information on a PEPPERMAN family who lived in the Bialystock area
late 19th century. Shlomo Zalman PEPPERMAN, a Talmudic scholar who probably held Rabbinic qualification, married Chana/Annie MARCUS in Leeds, England, around the year 1890, and they lived the rest of their lives in Leeds. I would greatly appreciate hearing >from anyone who could elaborate on the above sparse data and provide information on this PEPPERMAN family. Please respond to me direct on alancomm@.... Many thanks. Abraham Goldberg Jerusalem MODERATOR NOTE: To increase your chances of success, don't forget to list your surnames of interest in the JewishGen Family Finder, http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
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