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Re: Need Guidence (SPOLANSKY): #general

marspol5@...
 

JewishGen ID #169578
Password MART

To whom it may concern:

It has been a year now, since I had discontinued my family history search,
and might add, had almost completed it with the aid of the great JewishGen
membership.

This laps after a death in my family, and now find I would like to continue
so that I may finish what I had started. .

My problem is, after all this time out of touch, I had lost contact with a great
deal of the members that had aided and directed me in the past

Do hope you will direct me as to the best way to get back into my search

Sincerely:
Martin Spolansky

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Need Guidence (SPOLANSKY): #general

marspol5@...
 

JewishGen ID #169578
Password MART

To whom it may concern:

It has been a year now, since I had discontinued my family history search,
and might add, had almost completed it with the aid of the great JewishGen
membership.

This laps after a death in my family, and now find I would like to continue
so that I may finish what I had started. .

My problem is, after all this time out of touch, I had lost contact with a great
deal of the members that had aided and directed me in the past

Do hope you will direct me as to the best way to get back into my search

Sincerely:
Martin Spolansky

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
Thank you for info on Russian emigration to U.S. #general

Sharon R. Korn <s.r.korn@...>
 

Thanks very much to all those who responded to my question about travel time
from Russia to the U.S. around 1900. A variety of types of experiences were
reported, as they were passed down >from various ancestors. I think I can
conclude that it probably took about a month to travel >from today's Ukraine
to New York, if one could go directly. However, there were various
circumstances that intervened, and the journey could sometimes be delayed
from a few months to a few years.
Sharon Block Korn
San Diego, CA
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Thank you for info on Russian emigration to U.S. #general

Sharon R. Korn <s.r.korn@...>
 

Thanks very much to all those who responded to my question about travel time
from Russia to the U.S. around 1900. A variety of types of experiences were
reported, as they were passed down >from various ancestors. I think I can
conclude that it probably took about a month to travel >from today's Ukraine
to New York, if one could go directly. However, there were various
circumstances that intervened, and the journey could sometimes be delayed
from a few months to a few years.
Sharon Block Korn
San Diego, CA
Embossed stamp on photograph and translation #general

bryansyl <bryansyl@...>
 

Dear genners

I've just posted a picture of my POTICHA relatives on viewmate and would like to
insight as to the embossed stamp on the top right hand corner of the picture -would
this be a stamp of authorisation for a passport or visa photograph

I'm also interested to know what the translation is on the photograph itself

the link to the picture is http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html

please reply privately to bryansyl@btinternet.com

Sylvia Seddon
(Manchester UK)

MODERATOR NOTE: The above link goes to the ViewMate site. Please go to VM 10735 for
the relevant photo.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Embossed stamp on photograph and translation #general

bryansyl <bryansyl@...>
 

Dear genners

I've just posted a picture of my POTICHA relatives on viewmate and would like to
insight as to the embossed stamp on the top right hand corner of the picture -would
this be a stamp of authorisation for a passport or visa photograph

I'm also interested to know what the translation is on the photograph itself

the link to the picture is http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html

please reply privately to bryansyl@btinternet.com

Sylvia Seddon
(Manchester UK)

MODERATOR NOTE: The above link goes to the ViewMate site. Please go to VM 10735 for
the relevant photo.
Jewish jails, jailers #general

shirley@...
 

In reply to Judith Wegner re: Alan Jailler's surname.

Were there Jewish jails in the 19th and 20th century European shtetlach?

Indeed there were Jewish jails and guards in the shtetl. The Yiskor book for the
Ukrainian-Polish border town Dubno shows the town jail. I asked my father in law,
who was born and raised there, which miscreants were incarcerated. He said that
the town drunk and a couple prostitutes were often put there, and a thief, >from
time to time.

This town was populated before WWII with many Jews. Over the centuries, the
Jewish population varied, but it was never less than half Jewish.

I do not know when circumstances would allow the court and justice system to be
'internal' to the Jewish part of town, and when matters were conducted by a civil
authority.

It is only our naivete that allows us to think that every Jew was law abiding. Or
that all government officials were non-Jews.

Shirley Ginzburg
California

Seeking GENIRBARG >from Dubno, Rovno; BOKSER and SHLYUGER >from
Shepetovka, Zaslav area; SHLAGER/SHLUGER >from Boston area.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish jails, jailers #general

shirley@...
 

In reply to Judith Wegner re: Alan Jailler's surname.

Were there Jewish jails in the 19th and 20th century European shtetlach?

Indeed there were Jewish jails and guards in the shtetl. The Yiskor book for the
Ukrainian-Polish border town Dubno shows the town jail. I asked my father in law,
who was born and raised there, which miscreants were incarcerated. He said that
the town drunk and a couple prostitutes were often put there, and a thief, >from
time to time.

This town was populated before WWII with many Jews. Over the centuries, the
Jewish population varied, but it was never less than half Jewish.

I do not know when circumstances would allow the court and justice system to be
'internal' to the Jewish part of town, and when matters were conducted by a civil
authority.

It is only our naivete that allows us to think that every Jew was law abiding. Or
that all government officials were non-Jews.

Shirley Ginzburg
California

Seeking GENIRBARG >from Dubno, Rovno; BOKSER and SHLYUGER >from
Shepetovka, Zaslav area; SHLAGER/SHLUGER >from Boston area.
Meeting of JGS of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on October 28, 2007 #general

HamiltonJewishGen <jgsh@...>
 

Subject: Meeting of JGS of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on October 28, 2007

Place: Temple Anshe Sholom, 215 Cline Ave. N, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Time: 1PM Meet & Greet - 1:30PM Program
Speaker: Merle Kastner
Topic: Rebirth of the Jewish Community in Vilnius, Lithuania & Visiting
Jewish Sites in Eastern Europe

For further information about this and future JGSH programs, visit
http://www.jgsh.org/Events.php or email jgsh@cogeco.ca.

Hazel Boon
President, JGS - Hamilton & Area
www.jgsh.org
jgsh@cogeco.ca
president@jgsh.org
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Meeting of JGS of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on October 28, 2007 #general

HamiltonJewishGen <jgsh@...>
 

Subject: Meeting of JGS of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on October 28, 2007

Place: Temple Anshe Sholom, 215 Cline Ave. N, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Time: 1PM Meet & Greet - 1:30PM Program
Speaker: Merle Kastner
Topic: Rebirth of the Jewish Community in Vilnius, Lithuania & Visiting
Jewish Sites in Eastern Europe

For further information about this and future JGSH programs, visit
http://www.jgsh.org/Events.php or email jgsh@cogeco.ca.

Hazel Boon
President, JGS - Hamilton & Area
www.jgsh.org
jgsh@cogeco.ca
president@jgsh.org
Information on the CHERMINSKY family in Israel #general

Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
 

If you check out the pdf file on this site,
http://www.isragen.org.il/EIRI/1929/introduction.html
you will find some information on the family.

Rose Feldman
Secretary, Tel-Aviv Branch of the Israel Genealogical Society & webmaster
http://www.isragen.org.il
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Information on the CHERMINSKY family in Israel #general

Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
 

If you check out the pdf file on this site,
http://www.isragen.org.il/EIRI/1929/introduction.html
you will find some information on the family.

Rose Feldman
Secretary, Tel-Aviv Branch of the Israel Genealogical Society & webmaster
http://www.isragen.org.il
Thanks to all who helped decipher messages of VM 10715 & 10717 #general

Lois Sernoff
 

I'd like to publicly thank all those who responded to my postings on Viewmate. I
tried to respond to each privately but a few of you have spamblockers that prevent
a reply.

Viewmate is a wonderful service and those who respond are so kind to take the time
to look.

Stay tuned; I have a few more to post.

Much appreciation,
Lois Sernoff [Philadelphia, PA, USA]

MODERATOR NOTE: As there can never be enough thanks to those that help it is worth
stating that appreciation is always appreciated.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Thanks to all who helped decipher messages of VM 10715 & 10717 #general

Lois Sernoff
 

I'd like to publicly thank all those who responded to my postings on Viewmate. I
tried to respond to each privately but a few of you have spamblockers that prevent
a reply.

Viewmate is a wonderful service and those who respond are so kind to take the time
to look.

Stay tuned; I have a few more to post.

Much appreciation,
Lois Sernoff [Philadelphia, PA, USA]

MODERATOR NOTE: As there can never be enough thanks to those that help it is worth
stating that appreciation is always appreciated.
Montefiore Springfield Gardens Cemetery, New York U.S.A. - picture request #general

Yehudh bn Shlmo
 

Erev Tov,

Is there anyone that is going to Montefiore Springfield Gardens Cemetery in New
York, U.S.A, that could try and get a digital picture of a single grave and marker.

If so, please respond privately, and I can send all the information I got >from the
cemetery concerning the location of the grave. Todah Rabah!

Shalom Shalom,
Yehudah ben Shlomo
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Montefiore Springfield Gardens Cemetery, New York U.S.A. - picture request #general

Yehudh bn Shlmo
 

Erev Tov,

Is there anyone that is going to Montefiore Springfield Gardens Cemetery in New
York, U.S.A, that could try and get a digital picture of a single grave and marker.

If so, please respond privately, and I can send all the information I got >from the
cemetery concerning the location of the grave. Todah Rabah!

Shalom Shalom,
Yehudah ben Shlomo
meaning of double surnames (Passport Database ) #lithuania

Howard Margol
 

<< From: "Ried Nathalie" <nathalieried@free.fr>
I found in the Lithuania Passports Database (sept 1920) the wife of an
ancestor listed thus: RABINOVICH-VITKIND, Lidja (BARDIN)
I understand the name between brackets is the woman's maiden name, the one
listed before the woman's given name being her husband's name.
Her husband as I knew him >from other sources was Fishel WITKIND, son of
Yankel Sholom WITKIND. In short, I had never come across the name
RABINOVICH in this family before. Does it mean that Fishel had a double
surname including for example his mother's surname? >>

There is a very good chance the Lithuania Internal Passport files include
additional documents, as well as information, about your ancestor. I
suggest you contact the archive and obtain copies of everything in the
file for Lidja RABINOVICH-VITKIND. Be sure and send the information you
found in the database and also mention your family connection. This is
required because of the 100 year privacy law in effect.

You can find the instructions about contacting the archive at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/InternalPassports.htm

Howard Margol
Coordinator, Lithuanian Internal Passport Project
Lithuania SIG #Lithuania meaning of double surnames (Passport Database ) #lithuania

Howard Margol
 

<< From: "Ried Nathalie" <nathalieried@free.fr>
I found in the Lithuania Passports Database (sept 1920) the wife of an
ancestor listed thus: RABINOVICH-VITKIND, Lidja (BARDIN)
I understand the name between brackets is the woman's maiden name, the one
listed before the woman's given name being her husband's name.
Her husband as I knew him >from other sources was Fishel WITKIND, son of
Yankel Sholom WITKIND. In short, I had never come across the name
RABINOVICH in this family before. Does it mean that Fishel had a double
surname including for example his mother's surname? >>

There is a very good chance the Lithuania Internal Passport files include
additional documents, as well as information, about your ancestor. I
suggest you contact the archive and obtain copies of everything in the
file for Lidja RABINOVICH-VITKIND. Be sure and send the information you
found in the database and also mention your family connection. This is
required because of the 100 year privacy law in effect.

You can find the instructions about contacting the archive at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/InternalPassports.htm

Howard Margol
Coordinator, Lithuanian Internal Passport Project
marriage resistration #lithuania

Dr. Menahem Luz <mervyn1@...>
 

i found the official Latvian record of my gr.gr. grandparents marriage on
jewishgen.org but it was registered for 1889/90 --about 30 yrs after the
birth of their children and when they were no longer young - could anyone
tell me if i should presume that official records of marriages had no
connection at all with the actual huppa years earlier - or is their
something amiss here?

Dr. Menahem Luz
Lithuania SIG #Lithuania marriage resistration #lithuania

Dr. Menahem Luz <mervyn1@...>
 

i found the official Latvian record of my gr.gr. grandparents marriage on
jewishgen.org but it was registered for 1889/90 --about 30 yrs after the
birth of their children and when they were no longer young - could anyone
tell me if i should presume that official records of marriages had no
connection at all with the actual huppa years earlier - or is their
something amiss here?

Dr. Menahem Luz
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