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Re: General need for information on Boskovice
#austria-czech
Ronny Roberts <ronny@...>
My brother and I have always considered Jaroslav Klenovsky to be the diamond
among Moravian sources for Boskovice roots. Based in Brno, he has devoted many years to the research and preservation of Jewish heritage in the region, publishing several books on the subject. It was Jaroslav who painstakingly located the documentation outlined on my website at http://www.aufrichtigs.com/03-Other_Aufrichtigs/Boskovice_Archive_Records.htm. There is, of course, a good chance that these same headings will contain information on the Beran and Broch families. I'm not sure if the email address I have for him is still active, but he used to be at jaroslav.klenovsky@zob.cz. Ronny Roberts London Researching AUFRICHTIG, OFRICHTIG, AUFRIKHTIG, WODAK, HUSSERL and LOKSCHAN
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech RE: General need for information on Boskovice
#austria-czech
Ronny Roberts <ronny@...>
My brother and I have always considered Jaroslav Klenovsky to be the diamond
among Moravian sources for Boskovice roots. Based in Brno, he has devoted many years to the research and preservation of Jewish heritage in the region, publishing several books on the subject. It was Jaroslav who painstakingly located the documentation outlined on my website at http://www.aufrichtigs.com/03-Other_Aufrichtigs/Boskovice_Archive_Records.htm. There is, of course, a good chance that these same headings will contain information on the Beran and Broch families. I'm not sure if the email address I have for him is still active, but he used to be at jaroslav.klenovsky@zob.cz. Ronny Roberts London Researching AUFRICHTIG, OFRICHTIG, AUFRIKHTIG, WODAK, HUSSERL and LOKSCHAN
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RUSLANDERS in S. France
#general
Sally Bruckheimer <sallybru@...>
My cousin and I are trying to find out if there is any mid-19th century information
available >from southern France. I had written, many years ago for a birth record for a cousin who said he was born in Marseilles and got none, now I have found out that there was a 3rd g uncle who moved >from Suwalki gubernia to Sudan, France by about 1865-1870. Does anyone know what records (if any) are available there? Sally Bruckheimer & Sandy Zimmerman Princeton, NJ and LA, CA MODERATOR NOTE: The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are a great resource. There is one for France. It can be found at http://www.jewishgen.org/French/ The full list of SIGs is at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/sigs.htm
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RUSLANDERS in S. France
#general
Sally Bruckheimer <sallybru@...>
My cousin and I are trying to find out if there is any mid-19th century information
available >from southern France. I had written, many years ago for a birth record for a cousin who said he was born in Marseilles and got none, now I have found out that there was a 3rd g uncle who moved >from Suwalki gubernia to Sudan, France by about 1865-1870. Does anyone know what records (if any) are available there? Sally Bruckheimer & Sandy Zimmerman Princeton, NJ and LA, CA MODERATOR NOTE: The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are a great resource. There is one for France. It can be found at http://www.jewishgen.org/French/ The full list of SIGs is at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/sigs.htm
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BEIZMAN
#general
mark
Searching BEIZMAN in Boston.
Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@bezeqint.net MODERATOR NOTE: One of JewishGen's most heavily visited sites is the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF). If you have not already done so, please log onto www.jewishgen.org/jgff and using the enter/modify procedure enter and register all the towns and surnames of interest to your family research. As you learn about more names and places of origin, they can always be added, but only **you** can keep your own listings up to date.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen BEIZMAN
#general
mark
Searching BEIZMAN in Boston.
Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@bezeqint.net MODERATOR NOTE: One of JewishGen's most heavily visited sites is the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF). If you have not already done so, please log onto www.jewishgen.org/jgff and using the enter/modify procedure enter and register all the towns and surnames of interest to your family research. As you learn about more names and places of origin, they can always be added, but only **you** can keep your own listings up to date.
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Boskovice
#austria-czech
Gabriela Svatos
The 1799 familianten list appears in the Bransky book called "Zide v
Boskovicich" (starting p. 91) which was published in 1999. Bransky writes that the first COMPLETE numerical familianten list (including single men) can be found in "Sub-Reparatitions bei der Boskowitzer juden Gemeinde fur das Jahr (1)799. For example, the following Jellinek entries can be found in the 1799 list: 5. Isak Gellenk (Jelinek?) 43. Samuel Jellinek 98. Salomon Jellinek 121 Dawid Jellinek 141 Jakob Jellinek 197. Jakob Jellinek 220. David Jellinek from glancing through the book, it appears that most of the data comes >fromold land and tax records (rather than metrical records). Our own Henry WELLISCH wrote an English summary in this book (there is also a german summary). He cites the following sources for Boskovice information: Moravian Regional Archive (Brno) particularly in the Kunstat nad Mor branch. State Archive Blansko (Boskovice branch) Land Archive (Opava) in the Janovice u Rymarova branch Jewish Museum Prague (for later documents) There are many other sources, but Henry could best tell you about them. Good luck, Gabi Gabriela Svatos Richmond Hill, Ontario
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Judaica Bohemia
#austria-czech
Amira Kohn-Trattner <amira.kt5@...>
Jan O. Hellmann wrote about the "excellent article by Pavel Kocman" in
Judaica Bohemia. Does anyone know how to subscribe to it and how to find back issues? Thanks. Amira Kohn-Trattner New York, N.Y.
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Boskovice
#austria-czech
Gabriela Svatos
The 1799 familianten list appears in the Bransky book called "Zide v
Boskovicich" (starting p. 91) which was published in 1999. Bransky writes that the first COMPLETE numerical familianten list (including single men) can be found in "Sub-Reparatitions bei der Boskowitzer juden Gemeinde fur das Jahr (1)799. For example, the following Jellinek entries can be found in the 1799 list: 5. Isak Gellenk (Jelinek?) 43. Samuel Jellinek 98. Salomon Jellinek 121 Dawid Jellinek 141 Jakob Jellinek 197. Jakob Jellinek 220. David Jellinek from glancing through the book, it appears that most of the data comes >fromold land and tax records (rather than metrical records). Our own Henry WELLISCH wrote an English summary in this book (there is also a german summary). He cites the following sources for Boskovice information: Moravian Regional Archive (Brno) particularly in the Kunstat nad Mor branch. State Archive Blansko (Boskovice branch) Land Archive (Opava) in the Janovice u Rymarova branch Jewish Museum Prague (for later documents) There are many other sources, but Henry could best tell you about them. Good luck, Gabi Gabriela Svatos Richmond Hill, Ontario
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Judaica Bohemia
#austria-czech
Amira Kohn-Trattner <amira.kt5@...>
Jan O. Hellmann wrote about the "excellent article by Pavel Kocman" in
Judaica Bohemia. Does anyone know how to subscribe to it and how to find back issues? Thanks. Amira Kohn-Trattner New York, N.Y.
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Introduction
#austria-czech
Lilian Gajstut <lgajstut@...>
Dear group,
I am new to this group and would like to introduce myself. I've been doing genealogical research for almost 1 year, mainly in Germany, England and USA. This is my first time researching in Eastern Europe. I am proficient in the use of computers and the Internet. I am currently researching my mother's (Fanny Wagner Granierer) paternal and maternal families. My grandmother, Ana GRANIERER SUCHER, was probably born in Czernowitz on 2/29/1909. My grandfather, Aron WAGNER, was also probably born in Czernowitz on 3/31/1907. They married ~1925 and emigrated to Montevideo, Uruguay, where my mother and her siblings were born. Unfortunatelly, my mother already passed and my aunt doesn't remember much, so it is a bit of a challenge for me to do the research. I would like to get birth certificates for both of my grandparents. Has anybody gotten a birth certificate by mail >from there? What is the procedure? And how much does it cost? Can I write in English to them? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance and regards, Lilian Anspacher-Gajstut Researching - ANSPACHER (Achim-Germany, England, USA) HERTZ (Warendorf-Germany) WAGNER (Bukovina, Galizia) GRANIERER (Bukovina, Galizia) MODERATOR NOTE: The Austria-Czech SIG is perhaps not the best SIG for you since Czernowitz lies outside our geographic borders. You might want to look at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/sadgura/czernlistserv.html.
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Introduction
#austria-czech
Lilian Gajstut <lgajstut@...>
Dear group,
I am new to this group and would like to introduce myself. I've been doing genealogical research for almost 1 year, mainly in Germany, England and USA. This is my first time researching in Eastern Europe. I am proficient in the use of computers and the Internet. I am currently researching my mother's (Fanny Wagner Granierer) paternal and maternal families. My grandmother, Ana GRANIERER SUCHER, was probably born in Czernowitz on 2/29/1909. My grandfather, Aron WAGNER, was also probably born in Czernowitz on 3/31/1907. They married ~1925 and emigrated to Montevideo, Uruguay, where my mother and her siblings were born. Unfortunatelly, my mother already passed and my aunt doesn't remember much, so it is a bit of a challenge for me to do the research. I would like to get birth certificates for both of my grandparents. Has anybody gotten a birth certificate by mail >from there? What is the procedure? And how much does it cost? Can I write in English to them? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance and regards, Lilian Anspacher-Gajstut Researching - ANSPACHER (Achim-Germany, England, USA) HERTZ (Warendorf-Germany) WAGNER (Bukovina, Galizia) GRANIERER (Bukovina, Galizia) MODERATOR NOTE: The Austria-Czech SIG is perhaps not the best SIG for you since Czernowitz lies outside our geographic borders. You might want to look at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/sadgura/czernlistserv.html.
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VS: Moravian records AGAIN...
#austria-czech
Jan O. hellmann <jan@...>
Celia wrote about the missing familianten data for Moravia. So far I could
find they dispersed in various local archives, where they are archived together with papers of relevant village owner. To bring a little bit light onto the matter. In Judaica Bohemiae 2005 is excellent article by Pavel Kocman: "Die juedische Besiedlung Maehrens im Jahre 1667" listing names >from the various villages on bases of txation documents. Jan O. Hellmann/DK Investigating: HELLMANN; EHRMANN;GUTH;HELLER; SCHULHOF
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Jihlava, CZ
#austria-czech
Ellie <ellie.carson@...>
Does anyone know the significance of the wall built around Jihlava
Czechoslavakia? In the 1930s were Jews allowed to live inside the walls? I know they could work and own businesses within the city proper because my parents and grandparents had a variety store and a restaurant respectively. Thank you for any help anyone can provide. Ellie (Geiduschek) Carson Monmouth, Oregon, USA
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech VS: Moravian records AGAIN...
#austria-czech
Jan O. hellmann <jan@...>
Celia wrote about the missing familianten data for Moravia. So far I could
find they dispersed in various local archives, where they are archived together with papers of relevant village owner. To bring a little bit light onto the matter. In Judaica Bohemiae 2005 is excellent article by Pavel Kocman: "Die juedische Besiedlung Maehrens im Jahre 1667" listing names >from the various villages on bases of txation documents. Jan O. Hellmann/DK Investigating: HELLMANN; EHRMANN;GUTH;HELLER; SCHULHOF
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Jihlava, CZ
#austria-czech
Ellie <ellie.carson@...>
Does anyone know the significance of the wall built around Jihlava
Czechoslavakia? In the 1930s were Jews allowed to live inside the walls? I know they could work and own businesses within the city proper because my parents and grandparents had a variety store and a restaurant respectively. Thank you for any help anyone can provide. Ellie (Geiduschek) Carson Monmouth, Oregon, USA
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Report-back from Prague - SF Bay Area
#austria-czech
Judith Berlowitz <judigenie@...>
The San Francisco Bay Area JGS would like to announce
that at its February 26 meeting at Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, at 7:30, long-time SFBAJGS member Jerry Delson will share his experiences >from a recent trip to Prague, including a video interview with Julius Muller, PhD, Czech genealogy specialist. In 2001, Dr. Muller established Toledot (Jewish Family History Center), a public interest institution to gather and develop genealogy databases and provide research tools for Jewish records dispersed in the state Archives of the Czech Republic. He is a Past-President of the Jewish progressive community Bejt Simcha, in Prague. Dr. Muller lectures on genealogy and he has written a series of articles for the magazine Maskil. He is also a former molecular biologist involved in cancer research. For further information, contact Judith Berlowitz (replying privately please): judigenie@yahoo.com
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Report-back from Prague - SF Bay Area
#austria-czech
Judith Berlowitz <judigenie@...>
The San Francisco Bay Area JGS would like to announce
that at its February 26 meeting at Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, at 7:30, long-time SFBAJGS member Jerry Delson will share his experiences >from a recent trip to Prague, including a video interview with Julius Muller, PhD, Czech genealogy specialist. In 2001, Dr. Muller established Toledot (Jewish Family History Center), a public interest institution to gather and develop genealogy databases and provide research tools for Jewish records dispersed in the state Archives of the Czech Republic. He is a Past-President of the Jewish progressive community Bejt Simcha, in Prague. Dr. Muller lectures on genealogy and he has written a series of articles for the magazine Maskil. He is also a former molecular biologist involved in cancer research. For further information, contact Judith Berlowitz (replying privately please): judigenie@yahoo.com
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Hazan Hanan Family Tree
#sephardic
Cristina & Martin <mp670thwife@...>
Hello,
I need help with Hazan Family Tree. We have the following surnames in our family: Alhodeff, Cohen, Esperanza, Gonzales Hanan, Hasson, Hazan, Jazan, Rosanes or Rozanes, Surmani. I'm having difficulty locating any records of my great-great grandfather, Nathan Hazan married with Matilde Cohen in Rodes and then immigrated to Buenos Aires Argentina 1890?. The surname may be Jazan also. A relative made a family tree with Perahia Hazan as the 1st cousin with Nathan Hazan. Perahia parents were, Hozdoi Hazan b. 1842 with Gracia Alhodeff b. 1847 Nathan's parents were Samuel Hazan b. 1840?. I've searched for 7 years and can't find any information to indicate Hozdoi and Samuel Hazan were brothers. Also, how long they were in Rodes and where they immigrated >from before that. Any ideas how we find Jewish cemetery records >from Argentina? There were about 1500 Sephardic Jews deported by the Germans in 1944 >from Rhodes. Has anyone attempted to research the records that were discovered in Germany recently? The ones that appeared on 60 Minutes? Does anyone know whether they are available to the public? Thank you, Cristina My maiden name is Cristina Amalia Jazan. I live near Los Angeles, CA MP670thwife@yahoo.com
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Hazan Hanan Family Tree
#sephardic
Cristina & Martin <mp670thwife@...>
Hello,
I need help with Hazan Family Tree. We have the following surnames in our family: Alhodeff, Cohen, Esperanza, Gonzales Hanan, Hasson, Hazan, Jazan, Rosanes or Rozanes, Surmani. I'm having difficulty locating any records of my great-great grandfather, Nathan Hazan married with Matilde Cohen in Rodes and then immigrated to Buenos Aires Argentina 1890?. The surname may be Jazan also. A relative made a family tree with Perahia Hazan as the 1st cousin with Nathan Hazan. Perahia parents were, Hozdoi Hazan b. 1842 with Gracia Alhodeff b. 1847 Nathan's parents were Samuel Hazan b. 1840?. I've searched for 7 years and can't find any information to indicate Hozdoi and Samuel Hazan were brothers. Also, how long they were in Rodes and where they immigrated >from before that. Any ideas how we find Jewish cemetery records >from Argentina? There were about 1500 Sephardic Jews deported by the Germans in 1944 >from Rhodes. Has anyone attempted to research the records that were discovered in Germany recently? The ones that appeared on 60 Minutes? Does anyone know whether they are available to the public? Thank you, Cristina My maiden name is Cristina Amalia Jazan. I live near Los Angeles, CA MP670thwife@yahoo.com
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