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STERLING and related names #poland

Celia Male <celiamale@...>
 

We recently had a query on the Austria-Czech SIG about
this name amongst Jewish families and its possible
origins in Austria; I researched it and posted a
reply; as the results are more relevant to JRI-Poland,
I present them here in modified form:

1. My strong suspicion is that the STERLING families
were not >from Austria, Bohemia or Moravia but from
Poland or perhaps Russia - this sadly can be confirmed
on Yad Vashem where you will find 22 STERLING entries,
mainly >from Poland [especially Warsaw] with Pages of
Testimony [one in France with an address] - which can
all be followed up. If however you enter the word
SHTERLING in an "advanced search with synonyms" on Yad
vashem you find 74 hits, many >from Lodz and Bialystock
as well: <http://www.yadvashem.org>;

SHTERLING SZTERLING SZTELING SZTRLING SCHTERLING

Here is a recent death in California {SSDI}:

Pessa K. SZTERLING dd mm year mm 1990 city, L.A.

2. It was suggested by the questioner that STERLING
was an ENGLISH name and had been changed >from an
original German name: I cannot comment on the
circumstances of the name change but if I were called
SILBER [or variants] - I can quite easily see how I
would change my name to Sterling! Sterling silver is
known the world over.

However there was a yiddish actor in London called L.
SHTERLING - who changed his name to L. STERLING so
that may be another clue [and see point 1 above for
other possible "original" names].

You can even see a Millja SHTERLING marrying in London
in 1896 on the free bmd records: Millja SHTERLING 1896
Jan-Feb-Mar London City London, Middlesex

3. Here is a confusing article about a catholic
STERLING family and WW2 [they may also have been
converts]:

http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/981016/alyce.shtml

4. The SIG message archives reveals Deborah L STERLING
who was a member of the Ukraine SIG in 2001.

5. Here is the story [The International Raoul
Wallenberg Foundation] of a STERLING family who was
saved in the war by a catholic family

http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/english/Saviors/POLONIA/lv.htm

6. And here is a SHTERLING who has written in an
Yizkor book >from the Ukraine: [search for his name in
the contents pages]:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Radekhov/Radekhov.html

7. There were definitely STERLING immigrants to
England - two each >from Russia and Germany can be
found in the 1901 census and 5 >from Russia and 3 from
German in the 1891 census. Sir Jeffrey STERLING was
Chairman of P & O, the shipping Co. in the UK and is
now Lord Sterling of Plaistow

There are no STERLING immigrants to be found in
England in the 1881 census. I have no free access to
the US censuses but the one free federal census of
1880 reveals no immigrants named STERLING.

Conclusion: There are quite a few Jewish STERLING in
this world - whether they are all related, I have no
idea, but again I doubt it.

Can anyone tell me if the Polish names I gave above at
the end of para 1, mean anything?

Celia Male [U.K.]
JRI Poland #Poland STERLING and related names #poland

Celia Male <celiamale@...>
 

We recently had a query on the Austria-Czech SIG about
this name amongst Jewish families and its possible
origins in Austria; I researched it and posted a
reply; as the results are more relevant to JRI-Poland,
I present them here in modified form:

1. My strong suspicion is that the STERLING families
were not >from Austria, Bohemia or Moravia but from
Poland or perhaps Russia - this sadly can be confirmed
on Yad Vashem where you will find 22 STERLING entries,
mainly >from Poland [especially Warsaw] with Pages of
Testimony [one in France with an address] - which can
all be followed up. If however you enter the word
SHTERLING in an "advanced search with synonyms" on Yad
vashem you find 74 hits, many >from Lodz and Bialystock
as well: <http://www.yadvashem.org>;

SHTERLING SZTERLING SZTELING SZTRLING SCHTERLING

Here is a recent death in California {SSDI}:

Pessa K. SZTERLING dd mm year mm 1990 city, L.A.

2. It was suggested by the questioner that STERLING
was an ENGLISH name and had been changed >from an
original German name: I cannot comment on the
circumstances of the name change but if I were called
SILBER [or variants] - I can quite easily see how I
would change my name to Sterling! Sterling silver is
known the world over.

However there was a yiddish actor in London called L.
SHTERLING - who changed his name to L. STERLING so
that may be another clue [and see point 1 above for
other possible "original" names].

You can even see a Millja SHTERLING marrying in London
in 1896 on the free bmd records: Millja SHTERLING 1896
Jan-Feb-Mar London City London, Middlesex

3. Here is a confusing article about a catholic
STERLING family and WW2 [they may also have been
converts]:

http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/981016/alyce.shtml

4. The SIG message archives reveals Deborah L STERLING
who was a member of the Ukraine SIG in 2001.

5. Here is the story [The International Raoul
Wallenberg Foundation] of a STERLING family who was
saved in the war by a catholic family

http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/english/Saviors/POLONIA/lv.htm

6. And here is a SHTERLING who has written in an
Yizkor book >from the Ukraine: [search for his name in
the contents pages]:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Radekhov/Radekhov.html

7. There were definitely STERLING immigrants to
England - two each >from Russia and Germany can be
found in the 1901 census and 5 >from Russia and 3 from
German in the 1891 census. Sir Jeffrey STERLING was
Chairman of P & O, the shipping Co. in the UK and is
now Lord Sterling of Plaistow

There are no STERLING immigrants to be found in
England in the 1881 census. I have no free access to
the US censuses but the one free federal census of
1880 reveals no immigrants named STERLING.

Conclusion: There are quite a few Jewish STERLING in
this world - whether they are all related, I have no
idea, but again I doubt it.

Can anyone tell me if the Polish names I gave above at
the end of para 1, mean anything?

Celia Male [U.K.]
Viewmate VM7751 #poland

Judy Goldstein <parant3@...>
 

Dear Fellow Researchers:

I've posted a certificate (of birth or death, I'm not sure) of a Daniel
Goldstayn >from Poland. This is my husband's ggf, we think,
and are very anxious to know what it says. I am not sure whether it is
clear enough to read and translate but am hoping
someone out there can help me and translate >from Polish to English.

Thank you so much.

Judy Goldstein
Toronto, Canada

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JRI Poland #Poland Viewmate VM7751 #poland

Judy Goldstein <parant3@...>
 

Dear Fellow Researchers:

I've posted a certificate (of birth or death, I'm not sure) of a Daniel
Goldstayn >from Poland. This is my husband's ggf, we think,
and are very anxious to know what it says. I am not sure whether it is
clear enough to read and translate but am hoping
someone out there can help me and translate >from Polish to English.

Thank you so much.

Judy Goldstein
Toronto, Canada

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Please respond privately.
Re: Wife of R' Abraham Tzvi Hirsch EISENSTADT, Lithuania/Russia #rabbinic

Assaf Urieli <assaf@...>
 

On 2006.04.18, Eric Friedman <radonc1970@hotmail.com> wrote:

I've found out that the Wife of Rabbi Abraham Tzvi Hirsch EISENSTADT,
the author of "Gates of Repentence" (c.1836), was the sister of my
maternal great-great-great-great grandfather Yaakov MATZ. I've traced
the MATZ family to Kovno and Utena.

The only information I have regarding the ancestry of Rabbi
EISENSTADT's wife is that her father's surname might have been JAFFE,
and that one of her brothers might have been named Mordechai JAFFE,
and another brother might have taken the surname RABINOWITZ.
Dear Eric Friedman,

I have a family tree (in Dorotree version) >from one of my mother's
cousins which seems to correspond exactly to much of the information
in your e-mail. Most of the information in this family tree is in
Hebrew, so my transliterations may not be exact.

However, I cannot find any mention of Rabbi Abraham Tzvi Hirsch
EISENSTADT.

Basically, this is what I have:
* Rabbi Dov-Ber Turitser JAFFE or YAFFE (1783-1828) was the father
of four sons and three daughters.
* He is the sixth generation descendent of a great rabbi, Mordekhai
ben Abraham JAFFE, Ba'al ha Levoushim.
* He was rabbi in Kerlits (?) and was known also as Bar Kerlitser.

His children were:
- Rabbi Yoseph Yehoshua *RABINOVITCH*(1846-1932), my own great-
great-great grandfather, who changed his name to RABINOVITCH to
avoid being conscripted into the Russian army (not sure why this
helped).
- Rabbi Chaim Zalman JAFFE (?-1890)
- Rabbi *Yaakov MATZ* (presumably your maternal great-great-great-
great grandfather) - he had a few sons, one of whom was called
Shneyer - I have a bit of info about Shneyer's sons as well
- Rabbi *Mordekhai Gimpl JAFFE*(I have quite a bit of info about
him)
- Miriam JAFFE, married Yona LORIAH (?)
- Batya Frida JAFFE, married Rabbi Ezriel Ab'd of Rezhitsa (first
husband). Married Nahum haCohen Kook of Lublin (2nd husband). She
was the grandmother of haRav KOOK, first chief Ashkenazi rabbi in
the British Mandate of Palestine
- ? (daughter) JAFFE, married Nathan Nate LORIAH

I'll try to collect all of the information I have into a document I
can send you.

Please send on any information you have.

Best regards,
Assaf Urieli
Toulouse, France

Researching:
RABINOVITCH: Mariampol (Marijampole, Lithuania); JAFFE/YAFFE: Prague
(Praha, Czech Republic), Karelichy (Belarus), Turets (Belarus);
MEVSOS: Mariampol (Marijampole, Lithuania); YOSELOVITCH: Shavl
(Siauliai, Lithuania), Mazheik (Mazeikiai); SCHUTZ or SCHULTZ: Shavl
(Siauliai, Lithuania), South Africa; ABRAMOV: Ange/Anje (Dagestan),
Petah Tikva (Israel); SVATITSKY: Petah Tikva (Israel);
Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Re: Wife of R' Abraham Tzvi Hirsch EISENSTADT, Lithuania/Russia #rabbinic

Assaf Urieli <assaf@...>
 

On 2006.04.18, Eric Friedman <radonc1970@hotmail.com> wrote:

I've found out that the Wife of Rabbi Abraham Tzvi Hirsch EISENSTADT,
the author of "Gates of Repentence" (c.1836), was the sister of my
maternal great-great-great-great grandfather Yaakov MATZ. I've traced
the MATZ family to Kovno and Utena.

The only information I have regarding the ancestry of Rabbi
EISENSTADT's wife is that her father's surname might have been JAFFE,
and that one of her brothers might have been named Mordechai JAFFE,
and another brother might have taken the surname RABINOWITZ.
Dear Eric Friedman,

I have a family tree (in Dorotree version) >from one of my mother's
cousins which seems to correspond exactly to much of the information
in your e-mail. Most of the information in this family tree is in
Hebrew, so my transliterations may not be exact.

However, I cannot find any mention of Rabbi Abraham Tzvi Hirsch
EISENSTADT.

Basically, this is what I have:
* Rabbi Dov-Ber Turitser JAFFE or YAFFE (1783-1828) was the father
of four sons and three daughters.
* He is the sixth generation descendent of a great rabbi, Mordekhai
ben Abraham JAFFE, Ba'al ha Levoushim.
* He was rabbi in Kerlits (?) and was known also as Bar Kerlitser.

His children were:
- Rabbi Yoseph Yehoshua *RABINOVITCH*(1846-1932), my own great-
great-great grandfather, who changed his name to RABINOVITCH to
avoid being conscripted into the Russian army (not sure why this
helped).
- Rabbi Chaim Zalman JAFFE (?-1890)
- Rabbi *Yaakov MATZ* (presumably your maternal great-great-great-
great grandfather) - he had a few sons, one of whom was called
Shneyer - I have a bit of info about Shneyer's sons as well
- Rabbi *Mordekhai Gimpl JAFFE*(I have quite a bit of info about
him)
- Miriam JAFFE, married Yona LORIAH (?)
- Batya Frida JAFFE, married Rabbi Ezriel Ab'd of Rezhitsa (first
husband). Married Nahum haCohen Kook of Lublin (2nd husband). She
was the grandmother of haRav KOOK, first chief Ashkenazi rabbi in
the British Mandate of Palestine
- ? (daughter) JAFFE, married Nathan Nate LORIAH

I'll try to collect all of the information I have into a document I
can send you.

Please send on any information you have.

Best regards,
Assaf Urieli
Toulouse, France

Researching:
RABINOVITCH: Mariampol (Marijampole, Lithuania); JAFFE/YAFFE: Prague
(Praha, Czech Republic), Karelichy (Belarus), Turets (Belarus);
MEVSOS: Mariampol (Marijampole, Lithuania); YOSELOVITCH: Shavl
(Siauliai, Lithuania), Mazheik (Mazeikiai); SCHUTZ or SCHULTZ: Shavl
(Siauliai, Lithuania), South Africa; ABRAMOV: Ange/Anje (Dagestan),
Petah Tikva (Israel); SVATITSKY: Petah Tikva (Israel);
Re: BONDI as a translation of YOM TOV (in Italy)? #general

Nardo Bonomi
 

BONDI is a Jewish surname.

In the past centuries this surname, very frequent among the Sfardim, was
written BONDI (with the accent on the last letter).
With this spelling Bon-dì is a verbatim translation of Yom Tov.
I don't think Sandro Bondi knows or care about this origin of his surname.

Nardo Bonomi
Greve - Firenze - Italy
email nbonomi@libero.it
Researching on:
GROBMAN Ukraine
BRAVERMAN Ukraine
LUFT Galizia

BONDI is a not entirely uncommon surname in Europe among Jews, both Sfardim
and Ashkenazim. In Romance languages it means "good day," and was used by
Jews who were named YomTov

I just read that one Sandro BONDI, is the national coordinator for the Forza
Italia Party headed by recently defeated Italian prime minister Silvio
Berlusconi. Is BONDI a known name among Italian gentiles?

I am descended >from a line of YomTovs. There are many traces of names
similar to my family name, BERNET, that are associated with YomTovs in the
Middle Ages, in Provence, Spain and Italy and whenever there is a prompt, like
this, my quixotic heart muscle twinges a little.

Information on Italian Jewish Bondis, anyone?.

Michael Bernet, New York
Re: BONDI, translation of YOM TOV (also Suesslein Alexander Jekusiel ) #general

MBernet@...
 

In a message dated 4/20/2006 4:54:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, =20
nbonomi@libero.it writes:

< In the past centuries this surname, very frequent among the Sfardim, was
written Bondi (with the accent on the last letter).
With this spelling Bon-di is a verbatim translation of Yom Tov.
I don't think Sandro Bondi knows or care about this origin of his surname. >

Yes, I know, I mentioned that in my original posting, and I did not expect
Sandro Bondi to have nibbled on matzah for all of last week. But I was
wondering whether there are Jewish Bondi families in Italy, and ultimately
whether these Italian Bondis are generally assumed to descend >from Jewish
YomTov.

As a curiosity, I assume Sandro (like Sander/Sender in Russian and
Yiddish) is derived >from the name Alexander. Coincidentally, my earliest known
direct male ancestors (>from ca 1650, Upper Franconia, Germany) were known as
Suesslein Alexander Jekusiel (Yekuti'el)--a combination that was popular in
the family for around 150 years.

Michael Bernet, New York
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: BONDI as a translation of YOM TOV (in Italy)? #general

Nardo Bonomi
 

BONDI is a Jewish surname.

In the past centuries this surname, very frequent among the Sfardim, was
written BONDI (with the accent on the last letter).
With this spelling Bon-dì is a verbatim translation of Yom Tov.
I don't think Sandro Bondi knows or care about this origin of his surname.

Nardo Bonomi
Greve - Firenze - Italy
email nbonomi@libero.it
Researching on:
GROBMAN Ukraine
BRAVERMAN Ukraine
LUFT Galizia

BONDI is a not entirely uncommon surname in Europe among Jews, both Sfardim
and Ashkenazim. In Romance languages it means "good day," and was used by
Jews who were named YomTov

I just read that one Sandro BONDI, is the national coordinator for the Forza
Italia Party headed by recently defeated Italian prime minister Silvio
Berlusconi. Is BONDI a known name among Italian gentiles?

I am descended >from a line of YomTovs. There are many traces of names
similar to my family name, BERNET, that are associated with YomTovs in the
Middle Ages, in Provence, Spain and Italy and whenever there is a prompt, like
this, my quixotic heart muscle twinges a little.

Information on Italian Jewish Bondis, anyone?.

Michael Bernet, New York
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: BONDI, translation of YOM TOV (also Suesslein Alexander Jekusiel ) #general

MBernet@...
 

In a message dated 4/20/2006 4:54:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, =20
nbonomi@libero.it writes:

< In the past centuries this surname, very frequent among the Sfardim, was
written Bondi (with the accent on the last letter).
With this spelling Bon-di is a verbatim translation of Yom Tov.
I don't think Sandro Bondi knows or care about this origin of his surname. >

Yes, I know, I mentioned that in my original posting, and I did not expect
Sandro Bondi to have nibbled on matzah for all of last week. But I was
wondering whether there are Jewish Bondi families in Italy, and ultimately
whether these Italian Bondis are generally assumed to descend >from Jewish
YomTov.

As a curiosity, I assume Sandro (like Sander/Sender in Russian and
Yiddish) is derived >from the name Alexander. Coincidentally, my earliest known
direct male ancestors (>from ca 1650, Upper Franconia, Germany) were known as
Suesslein Alexander Jekusiel (Yekuti'el)--a combination that was popular in
the family for around 150 years.

Michael Bernet, New York
Voter Records #general

rxbaum@...
 

Jewishgenners:

For general information:

Yesterday I spoke to someone at the Manhattan Election Board at 200 Varick
Street to find out how I might access the old voter records in the Election
Board Archives. I was told that the warehouse containing the archives has
recently moved and that the records will not be available until September 2006.
I did not see the need, at this time, to ask for the address and hours of
the new archives.

Richard Baum
Dunilovichi records #general

Howard Margol
 

<<< From: "Eilat Gordin Levitan" eilat.gordinlevitan@gmail.com
You will not find any ALPEROVITZes in the 1850 revision list for
Dunilovichi. They were all registered in the near by shtetl; Kurenets
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/kurenets.html. The name
ALPEROVICH/ TZ originated in Kurenets. >>>

While I agree with Eilat that many ALPEROVITZ families are listed in the
1850 Kurenets revision list, one family is listed in the same revision list for
Dunilovichi. Family #66 - ALPEROVICH, Meier son of Movsha. His wife, Khana
and his daughter, Reiza.

Howard Margol
Atlanta, Georgia
homargol@aol.com
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Voter Records #general

rxbaum@...
 

Jewishgenners:

For general information:

Yesterday I spoke to someone at the Manhattan Election Board at 200 Varick
Street to find out how I might access the old voter records in the Election
Board Archives. I was told that the warehouse containing the archives has
recently moved and that the records will not be available until September 2006.
I did not see the need, at this time, to ask for the address and hours of
the new archives.

Richard Baum
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Dunilovichi records #general

Howard Margol
 

<<< From: "Eilat Gordin Levitan" eilat.gordinlevitan@gmail.com
You will not find any ALPEROVITZes in the 1850 revision list for
Dunilovichi. They were all registered in the near by shtetl; Kurenets
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/kurenets.html. The name
ALPEROVICH/ TZ originated in Kurenets. >>>

While I agree with Eilat that many ALPEROVITZ families are listed in the
1850 Kurenets revision list, one family is listed in the same revision list for
Dunilovichi. Family #66 - ALPEROVICH, Meier son of Movsha. His wife, Khana
and his daughter, Reiza.

Howard Margol
Atlanta, Georgia
homargol@aol.com
Re: Elm St. & Walnut St. Synagogues, Chelsea, Ma. Help Needed #general

Susan&David
 

According to this web-site the Elm St. Shul and the Walnut St. Shul were
combined in the early 1980's.
http://personal.stevens.edu/~llevine/walnut_shul.pdf

David Rosen
Boston, MA

Redball62@aol.com wrote:

A relative who helped to bring my grandmother to America was once the
president of both the Elm St. Synagogue and the Walnut St. Synagogue in Chelsea,
Mass., sometime before his death in 1949.
I am wondering if he might have purchased yahrzeit plaques for his mother and
grandparents who never came to America. If so, they might have dates on them
as well as information regarding their father's names.
I heard that the Walnut St. Synagogue still exists but I have no information
about the Elm St. Synagogue. Is there anyone associated with either of these
two synagogues who would guide or help me on how to find this information about
these old yahrzeit plaques?
van Ruisdael's "Portuguese-Jewish Cemetery, Ouderkerk, nr Amsterdam. #general

Celia Male <celiamale@...>
 

I have just been on a busman's holiday. I planned to
visit the Jacob van Ruisdael exhibition at the Royal
Academy, London and to attend a short lecture, as a
break >from Jewish genealogy and housework. To my
surprise and delight, the lecture was mainly about
this picture [the one >from the Dresden Art Gallery]:
http://tinyurl.com/jy3qh

NB: the first lines of the text are misleading; the
famous cemetery, now a shadow of its former self, is
in the Netherlands. It was a real treat to see this
famous painting. Its near twin [not quite as
evocative?] is in Detroit: http://tinyurl.com/hyfan

Goethe was so impressed, that he wrote an essay about
the picture: < http://taimur.sarangi.info/archives/41 >
Constable also regarded the picture highly. It was
painted in 1655, some 40 years after the cemetery was
founded, and is largely allegorical and includes an
imaginary landscape.

This article discusses some of the famous people
buried there, the present state of this once glorious
cemetery and attempts to restore it. The documentation
of the graves by David Henriques de Castro is also
discussed: < http://www.bethhaim.com >

This Jewishgen site also discusses the cemetery under
"Amsterdam": < http://tinyurl.com/h53mj >

You will note the impressive tomb in the centre of the
picture - here is the amazing story behind it and it
is **definitely worth reading**! It is that of Doctor
Philotheus Eliahu de Luna MONTALTO [aka as Felipe
Rodrigues de Castelo Branco.] Maria de Medici in
Florence, where Dr MONTALTO was a respected practising
physician, arranged for his body to be embalmed after
his death in 1616 and sent to Ouderkerk for burial:

http://www.medici.org/news/dom/dom042002.html

Our young lecturer, however, did not know this most
fascinating part of the story.

Celia Male [U.K.]
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Elm St. & Walnut St. Synagogues, Chelsea, Ma. Help Needed #general

Susan&David
 

According to this web-site the Elm St. Shul and the Walnut St. Shul were
combined in the early 1980's.
http://personal.stevens.edu/~llevine/walnut_shul.pdf

David Rosen
Boston, MA

Redball62@aol.com wrote:

A relative who helped to bring my grandmother to America was once the
president of both the Elm St. Synagogue and the Walnut St. Synagogue in Chelsea,
Mass., sometime before his death in 1949.
I am wondering if he might have purchased yahrzeit plaques for his mother and
grandparents who never came to America. If so, they might have dates on them
as well as information regarding their father's names.
I heard that the Walnut St. Synagogue still exists but I have no information
about the Elm St. Synagogue. Is there anyone associated with either of these
two synagogues who would guide or help me on how to find this information about
these old yahrzeit plaques?
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen van Ruisdael's "Portuguese-Jewish Cemetery, Ouderkerk, nr Amsterdam. #general

Celia Male <celiamale@...>
 

I have just been on a busman's holiday. I planned to
visit the Jacob van Ruisdael exhibition at the Royal
Academy, London and to attend a short lecture, as a
break >from Jewish genealogy and housework. To my
surprise and delight, the lecture was mainly about
this picture [the one >from the Dresden Art Gallery]:
http://tinyurl.com/jy3qh

NB: the first lines of the text are misleading; the
famous cemetery, now a shadow of its former self, is
in the Netherlands. It was a real treat to see this
famous painting. Its near twin [not quite as
evocative?] is in Detroit: http://tinyurl.com/hyfan

Goethe was so impressed, that he wrote an essay about
the picture: < http://taimur.sarangi.info/archives/41 >
Constable also regarded the picture highly. It was
painted in 1655, some 40 years after the cemetery was
founded, and is largely allegorical and includes an
imaginary landscape.

This article discusses some of the famous people
buried there, the present state of this once glorious
cemetery and attempts to restore it. The documentation
of the graves by David Henriques de Castro is also
discussed: < http://www.bethhaim.com >

This Jewishgen site also discusses the cemetery under
"Amsterdam": < http://tinyurl.com/h53mj >

You will note the impressive tomb in the centre of the
picture - here is the amazing story behind it and it
is **definitely worth reading**! It is that of Doctor
Philotheus Eliahu de Luna MONTALTO [aka as Felipe
Rodrigues de Castelo Branco.] Maria de Medici in
Florence, where Dr MONTALTO was a respected practising
physician, arranged for his body to be embalmed after
his death in 1616 and sent to Ouderkerk for burial:

http://www.medici.org/news/dom/dom042002.html

Our young lecturer, however, did not know this most
fascinating part of the story.

Celia Male [U.K.]
Land purchase records in Israel in the 1930s #general

Shoshana L. Boublil
 

Members of my family purchased land in Israel in the 1930s.

The purchases were done >from the States.

I'm not interested in the land (back taxes < g >) but I'm interested in
the information available in the documents.

Is there any way to track these documents?

Thank you,

Shoshana L. Boublil, Ramat Gan, Israel
Researching:
KORB; SKAIST; RABIN; RUBNICH; EPSTEIN; SHERESHEVSKY; OSHEROVITZ; JOFFE;
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Land purchase records in Israel in the 1930s #general

Shoshana L. Boublil
 

Members of my family purchased land in Israel in the 1930s.

The purchases were done >from the States.

I'm not interested in the land (back taxes < g >) but I'm interested in
the information available in the documents.

Is there any way to track these documents?

Thank you,

Shoshana L. Boublil, Ramat Gan, Israel
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SEGAL; LEVINE; SHAPIRO; BOUBLIL; ARBIB(ARBIV); KISH.
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