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Slovakian settlement in hte 18th century
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alex.miller@juno.com <alex.miller@...>
Hello Friends,
Vivian's request for conference topics focused me on the stumbling block in my research. This may or may not warrant a dedicated session, however there has been no discussion in this area at all. Here is what I am referring to: The earliest Jewish settlement in NE Hungary dates back to the second half of the 18th century. MAD in Zemplen , NAGYKALLO in Szabolcs as examples. There were smaller villages as well such as Hotyka in Zemplen where Ignatz and Hana Muller lived at least >from 1790's. However the Jewish settlement in the Western Slovak counties(Saros, Arva etc)seems to have preceded these by a century if not more. Just looking at the new records in the all Hungarian database (AHD)there are numerous Mullers listed. It is likely therefore that these northern counties were the forerunners for the early settlements in Zemplen and Szabolcs. I'd like to find information about these northern counties and the Jewish history of the towns there Alex Miller Downingtown, PA
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Slovakian settlement in hte 18th century
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alex.miller@juno.com <alex.miller@...>
Hello Friends,
Vivian's request for conference topics focused me on the stumbling block in my research. This may or may not warrant a dedicated session, however there has been no discussion in this area at all. Here is what I am referring to: The earliest Jewish settlement in NE Hungary dates back to the second half of the 18th century. MAD in Zemplen , NAGYKALLO in Szabolcs as examples. There were smaller villages as well such as Hotyka in Zemplen where Ignatz and Hana Muller lived at least >from 1790's. However the Jewish settlement in the Western Slovak counties(Saros, Arva etc)seems to have preceded these by a century if not more. Just looking at the new records in the all Hungarian database (AHD)there are numerous Mullers listed. It is likely therefore that these northern counties were the forerunners for the early settlements in Zemplen and Szabolcs. I'd like to find information about these northern counties and the Jewish history of the towns there Alex Miller Downingtown, PA
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Re: austrian military records
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Tomer Brunner
Tom Klein <h-sig@ecologicaltech.com> wrote:
Has anyone successfully obtained records >from the military archives In 2000 I wrote to the Kriegsarchiv in Vienna, asking for details about my great-grandfathers and some cousins of my grandmother. Few of these people were born in Slovakia and living in Hungary, One was born and living in Galicia and one was born and living in Transylvania. The reply (in German, which arrived after less then 2 months >from sending my letter) had 3 lines with info about the relative >from Transylvania (born in 1892). It gave his year and place of birth, religion, rank, number of military unit and date and place of death (during WWI). He was an officer. There was more info about a certain Viktor Szekely SCHWARTZ (1877-1915), which is not the person I was looking for. At that time I was told that there is no info about my g-grandfathers and an uncle of my grandmother, all were surely in the Austrian military. Some time later (maybe a year, but I'm not sure) I received another letter, with many pages of info regarding my grandmother's uncle, rabbi Michael DUSCHINSKY (c. 1870 - 1939), who was the rabbi of Rakospalota and a military rabbi. This was very nice since I didn't send the archive any further mail, but still they followed up when they (for whatever reason) found more details! I was also suggested by the Kriegsarchiv direktor to contact the Hungarian military archives. I did so and received a reply, in English, saying that they don't have any documents regarding my relatives. They also wrote that the archives collect mainly data of the professional officers. The Hungarian military archive (address for 2000): Hadtortenelmi Leveltar Kapisztran ter 2-4 Budapest, H - 1250 The Austrian war archive: Osterreichisches Staatsarchiv - Kriegsarchiv 1030 Wien Nottendorfer Gasse 2 I hope it helps, Tomer Brunner, Israel
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Hungary SIG #Hungary RE: austrian military records
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Tomer Brunner
Tom Klein <h-sig@ecologicaltech.com> wrote:
Has anyone successfully obtained records >from the military archives In 2000 I wrote to the Kriegsarchiv in Vienna, asking for details about my great-grandfathers and some cousins of my grandmother. Few of these people were born in Slovakia and living in Hungary, One was born and living in Galicia and one was born and living in Transylvania. The reply (in German, which arrived after less then 2 months >from sending my letter) had 3 lines with info about the relative >from Transylvania (born in 1892). It gave his year and place of birth, religion, rank, number of military unit and date and place of death (during WWI). He was an officer. There was more info about a certain Viktor Szekely SCHWARTZ (1877-1915), which is not the person I was looking for. At that time I was told that there is no info about my g-grandfathers and an uncle of my grandmother, all were surely in the Austrian military. Some time later (maybe a year, but I'm not sure) I received another letter, with many pages of info regarding my grandmother's uncle, rabbi Michael DUSCHINSKY (c. 1870 - 1939), who was the rabbi of Rakospalota and a military rabbi. This was very nice since I didn't send the archive any further mail, but still they followed up when they (for whatever reason) found more details! I was also suggested by the Kriegsarchiv direktor to contact the Hungarian military archives. I did so and received a reply, in English, saying that they don't have any documents regarding my relatives. They also wrote that the archives collect mainly data of the professional officers. The Hungarian military archive (address for 2000): Hadtortenelmi Leveltar Kapisztran ter 2-4 Budapest, H - 1250 The Austrian war archive: Osterreichisches Staatsarchiv - Kriegsarchiv 1030 Wien Nottendorfer Gasse 2 I hope it helps, Tomer Brunner, Israel
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Military Archives
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Joan and Sam Kraus <jnskraus@...>
Two messages in the last digest inquired about K und K archives. I
believe these archives are in the military museum in Budapest. The officers were listed in a yearly book, grouped by their organization, and with the date of promotion given. plus other information. The military record of the officer may be also available, I used a researcher who found and translated these for my grandfather. Samuel Kraus Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Military Archives
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Joan and Sam Kraus <jnskraus@...>
Two messages in the last digest inquired about K und K archives. I
believe these archives are in the military museum in Budapest. The officers were listed in a yearly book, grouped by their organization, and with the date of promotion given. plus other information. The military record of the officer may be also available, I used a researcher who found and translated these for my grandfather. Samuel Kraus Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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LEDERER, POPPER, KOHN etc from Bohemia on "Free" ships' passenger lists.
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Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Do make good use of the free passenger lists on the well-known genealogy site
[free till end of November]. I entered LEDERER and Bohemia as place of origin in "Refine your search" of the New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 and left all other field blank and these popped up: There were KOHN [162] LEDERER [104] POPPER [46] SCHULHOF [20] >from Bohemia. I have found rarer early Bohemian immigrants BRANDEIS [10]; BERNARD [9]; GRUNHUT [2]; KARPELES [1]; WACHTL [1 together with Emmanuel KURZ on the same boat - 24 Nov 188l. There are three LEMBERGER indexed >from Bohemia - Ottilie born 1867 in Budin and arriving alone aged 21 as well as Josef [dob 1849] and Catharina [dob 1847] but no place of origin. But then I entered Bohemian instead of Bohemia and different names popped up! So one has to experiment. If you enter "Moravia" and no family name you get 80 entries in all - only one can be identified as Jewish and he is Adolf KOHNSTEIN designated as a "white" waiter in 1949! But now enter "Moravian' into the same field and leave the name blank - you get 9,054. I followed some up - Leo BEINSTEIN and his wife - he was listed from Vienna so the Moravian entry is a bit of a mystery. I believe it was used mainly for on Jewish Czechs. It turns up for a US couple called BUTLER as well. If you enter "Moravia" into the "keywords" field, you find far more, because unfortunately there was a ship called SS Moravia. You can also enter Brunn, Prague, Pilsen, Teplitz, Pressburg and see what turns up. It is a hit and miss affair with these early records but we might as well see if we can find anything valuable. I already have! Celia Male [U.K.]
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech LEDERER, POPPER, KOHN etc from Bohemia on "Free" ships' passenger lists.
#austria-czech
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Do make good use of the free passenger lists on the well-known genealogy site
[free till end of November]. I entered LEDERER and Bohemia as place of origin in "Refine your search" of the New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 and left all other field blank and these popped up: There were KOHN [162] LEDERER [104] POPPER [46] SCHULHOF [20] >from Bohemia. I have found rarer early Bohemian immigrants BRANDEIS [10]; BERNARD [9]; GRUNHUT [2]; KARPELES [1]; WACHTL [1 together with Emmanuel KURZ on the same boat - 24 Nov 188l. There are three LEMBERGER indexed >from Bohemia - Ottilie born 1867 in Budin and arriving alone aged 21 as well as Josef [dob 1849] and Catharina [dob 1847] but no place of origin. But then I entered Bohemian instead of Bohemia and different names popped up! So one has to experiment. If you enter "Moravia" and no family name you get 80 entries in all - only one can be identified as Jewish and he is Adolf KOHNSTEIN designated as a "white" waiter in 1949! But now enter "Moravian' into the same field and leave the name blank - you get 9,054. I followed some up - Leo BEINSTEIN and his wife - he was listed from Vienna so the Moravian entry is a bit of a mystery. I believe it was used mainly for on Jewish Czechs. It turns up for a US couple called BUTLER as well. If you enter "Moravia" into the "keywords" field, you find far more, because unfortunately there was a ship called SS Moravia. You can also enter Brunn, Prague, Pilsen, Teplitz, Pressburg and see what turns up. It is a hit and miss affair with these early records but we might as well see if we can find anything valuable. I already have! Celia Male [U.K.]
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Re: Slovakian town by name of Rajec
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Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Avigdor Ben-Dov Yad of the LeZehava Holocaust Research Institute
Kedumim, Israel has followed on his question on the river Vah [Waag] with this query: <..... another town I am unsure about is spelled in Hebrew resh-aleph-yud-yud-tzadek. Could this be Rajec in Slovakia?> Avigdor please look at this: http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/slov-m-z.html I have heard today that the cemetery was very overgrown. Please do make use of "search this website" field on the Jewishgen homepage: http://www.jewishgen.org/ Yes, Jewishgen does have a homepage [not just a General Discussion Group and SIGs!] and many do not make enough use of it. You may find many answers there to your future Slovakian [and other] questions: ie ie http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Pinkas_Slovakia/Slo065.html Celia Male [U.K.]
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: Slovakian town by name of Rajec
#general
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
Avigdor Ben-Dov Yad of the LeZehava Holocaust Research Institute
Kedumim, Israel has followed on his question on the river Vah [Waag] with this query: <..... another town I am unsure about is spelled in Hebrew resh-aleph-yud-yud-tzadek. Could this be Rajec in Slovakia?> Avigdor please look at this: http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/slov-m-z.html I have heard today that the cemetery was very overgrown. Please do make use of "search this website" field on the Jewishgen homepage: http://www.jewishgen.org/ Yes, Jewishgen does have a homepage [not just a General Discussion Group and SIGs!] and many do not make enough use of it. You may find many answers there to your future Slovakian [and other] questions: ie ie http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Pinkas_Slovakia/Slo065.html Celia Male [U.K.]
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Re: Crossing points US to Quebec circa 1910
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Peter Zavon <pzavon@...>
I believe the most direct rail connection >from New York City to Montreal
would have crossed the border at Rousses Point, NY. My grandfather went from Montreal to New York City along that route in 1899, and passengertrains still follow that route today. Peter Zavon Penfield, NY PZAVON@Rochester.rr.com "Donna Dinberg" <blacknus@rogers.com> wrote > On 22 Nov 2006, Joy Weaver wrote: If they did, indeed, travel by train >from NY to Montreal, where would theirOn another page at the Library and Archives Canada (formerly National
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Crossing points US to Quebec circa 1910
#general
Peter Zavon <pzavon@...>
I believe the most direct rail connection >from New York City to Montreal
would have crossed the border at Rousses Point, NY. My grandfather went from Montreal to New York City along that route in 1899, and passengertrains still follow that route today. Peter Zavon Penfield, NY PZAVON@Rochester.rr.com "Donna Dinberg" <blacknus@rogers.com> wrote > On 22 Nov 2006, Joy Weaver wrote: If they did, indeed, travel by train >from NY to Montreal, where would theirOn another page at the Library and Archives Canada (formerly National
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EMANUEL in 19th cent. Virginia
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Neil@...
Looking for someone called Loew EMANUEL (or Herman Loeb), born in 1825 and
was in Blacksburg, Virginia about 1860, and possibly later in Richmond. He had children - Rosalie (1826-29) and Caroline (Gutel) born 1829. Any help appreciated. Dr. Neil Rosenstein Elizabeth, N.J. neil@tali.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen EMANUEL in 19th cent. Virginia
#general
Neil@...
Looking for someone called Loew EMANUEL (or Herman Loeb), born in 1825 and
was in Blacksburg, Virginia about 1860, and possibly later in Richmond. He had children - Rosalie (1826-29) and Caroline (Gutel) born 1829. Any help appreciated. Dr. Neil Rosenstein Elizabeth, N.J. neil@tali.com
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Searching MERKIN family
#general
Mark Budman <budman@...>
Hello,
I am looking for my MERKIN family in Buenos Aires. My great uncle was Motie MERKIN (deceased) had a son. Apparently, his son has a family living in Buenos Aires and possibly Israel. My grandmother, Bryna Kovshoff, is the sister of Motie Merkin. She was born in 1889 and her family came >from Beish Navata outside of Kiev. Motie Merkin was younger and I believe he was a farmer there. If you have any information, please contact my cousin, Mark Budman at his e-mail address: budman@generation.net Warm regards, Judie Budman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching MERKIN family
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Mark Budman <budman@...>
Hello,
I am looking for my MERKIN family in Buenos Aires. My great uncle was Motie MERKIN (deceased) had a son. Apparently, his son has a family living in Buenos Aires and possibly Israel. My grandmother, Bryna Kovshoff, is the sister of Motie Merkin. She was born in 1889 and her family came >from Beish Navata outside of Kiev. Motie Merkin was younger and I believe he was a farmer there. If you have any information, please contact my cousin, Mark Budman at his e-mail address: budman@generation.net Warm regards, Judie Budman
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Military/Genealogy question, Morris FRIEDMAN
#general
David Priever
Hi Fellow Jewishgenners,
I am trying to track down a person in the 1930 Federal census. I found someone who I believe is him as a few known facts about him >from the 1910 FC, 1920 FC and 1925 NYS Census match with the 1930 person. His name is Morris FRIEDMAN. He was born 1904-05 in Brooklyn, NY to Joseph and Sarah FRIEDMAN, who were both born in Russia. I found the FRIEDMAN family enumerated in the 1910 and 1920 Federal Census records and the 1925 NYS Census. I believe I found Joseph and Sarah in the 1930 FC. A brother, David, may have married after 1925 and possibly before 1930. I found eight (8) possibilities in the marriage databases of the Italiangen website. A brother, Israel, perished in World War 1. As for this Morris, his age was 25 in 1930, he was born in New York and both his parents were born in Russia. He was a soldier stationed at Fort Dupont in New Castle, Delaware at the US Military Reservation. What records might be available for soldiers stationed here? This was in between wars so I am not certain what I may be able to find or if I can ascertain if this is the correct Morris (Moses in 1910) FREIDMAN, son of Joseph and Sarah. Any help you can give will be, as usual, greatly appreciated. Sincerely, David J. Priever brooklyn1960@hotmail.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Military/Genealogy question, Morris FRIEDMAN
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David Priever
Hi Fellow Jewishgenners,
I am trying to track down a person in the 1930 Federal census. I found someone who I believe is him as a few known facts about him >from the 1910 FC, 1920 FC and 1925 NYS Census match with the 1930 person. His name is Morris FRIEDMAN. He was born 1904-05 in Brooklyn, NY to Joseph and Sarah FRIEDMAN, who were both born in Russia. I found the FRIEDMAN family enumerated in the 1910 and 1920 Federal Census records and the 1925 NYS Census. I believe I found Joseph and Sarah in the 1930 FC. A brother, David, may have married after 1925 and possibly before 1930. I found eight (8) possibilities in the marriage databases of the Italiangen website. A brother, Israel, perished in World War 1. As for this Morris, his age was 25 in 1930, he was born in New York and both his parents were born in Russia. He was a soldier stationed at Fort Dupont in New Castle, Delaware at the US Military Reservation. What records might be available for soldiers stationed here? This was in between wars so I am not certain what I may be able to find or if I can ascertain if this is the correct Morris (Moses in 1910) FREIDMAN, son of Joseph and Sarah. Any help you can give will be, as usual, greatly appreciated. Sincerely, David J. Priever brooklyn1960@hotmail.com
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Translation of Hebrew Writing on Headstone (ViewMate 8887 & 8888)
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Paul A. Auerbach
Genners,
I've recently posted on ViewMate a couple of photographs of the headstone of my second great-grandmother, Minnie Pelican: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8887 http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8888 As you can see, the stone is in very poor shape. The only Hebrew I can clearly make out is "Here Lies" at the top of the stone and the abbreviation for "May Her Soul Be Bound Up in the Bonds of Eternal Life." I'm hoping someone can translate at least some of the remaining Hebrew for me. Just in case, it's helpful, here's what the English portion of the stone says: "In Memory of Minnie, Beloved Wife of Alexander Pelican, Who Died 23rd July 1897, Aged 59." July 23, 1897 converts to 23 Tamuz 5657 in the Jewish calendar. Also, the Hebrew name of Minnie's husband was Yekutiel. Please reply directly to me at PAuerbach@yahoo.com. Thanks very much for your help. Paul Auerbach Boston, Massachusetts Researching: ARONSON (Podolia (Gubernia), Ukraine), AUERBACH / AVERBUKH (Chisinau, Moldova), BENJAMIN (Ostroleka, Poland), BLODEK (Krakow, Poland), CHAKUM (Maisiagala / Vilnius, Lithuania), KAPLAN (Minsk, Belarus), LEVINE (Vilnius, Lithuania), MINKIN (Rezekne / Kaunata, Latvia), NEEDLE / NUDELL (Odessa, Ukraine), PELICAN / PELIKAN (London, England / Krakow, Poland), ROSENLICHT (Krakow, Poland), TAFFET (Krakow, Poland)
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I Am Seeking The Aid Of A Philadelphian In Helping me Retrieve A Marriage Record
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sacredsisters3@aol.com <sacredsisters3@...>
Hello All
I need someone's aid in getting me a copy of a 1912 Philadelphia Marriage Record. I will gladly reimburse you for the copy fees. I have the names of the party and the certificate number. So, If you can help me please contact me and I will give you the information. Sarah Greeenberg(USA-CT) sacredsisters3@aol.com
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