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Re: Phone numbers #general

Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...>
 

Mr Zavos said: "In the 1920s to late 40s phones in the USA had 6 digits
and went to 7 around the 1950s."

This may have been true in NYC, but smaller towns had smaller numbers.
The small city (about 15,000 population) where my Aunt and Uncle lived
had a 4 digit number in the 50's, the earliest I remember, and didn't
get to the full 7 digits until area codes and direct dialing happened.
They lived in the same house all the time, but the phone number got
larger. And yes, they are one of the families who lived in the same
house for about 50 years and left the house to their kids.

Sally Bruckheimer
Princeton, NJ
Re: Need photo of a stone in Edmonton Federated cemetery in London #general

Hilary Henkin
 

Dear Bob,
Some years back, I had success with this very cemetery by mailing
them a one-use camera. They took the photos and sent the camera back
to me. This was a "film" camera in pre-digital days, but I think
one-use or cheap digital cameras are available now.

If you do this, use a reusable box/shipping container, include a
return label, and postage if you can (You could go to a
coin-and-stamp store to buy British stamps). Put your name on the camera.

Hilary Henkin

At 03:25 PM 7/1/2009, Bob Roudman wrote:
Dear JGeners,

Would someone in the London U.K. area be able to take a photo of a
stone in the Edmonton Federated cemetery in London. I have the name
and plot number. Any suggestions as how to obtain a photo at
Edmonton would be most welcome.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Phone numbers #general

Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...>
 

Mr Zavos said: "In the 1920s to late 40s phones in the USA had 6 digits
and went to 7 around the 1950s."

This may have been true in NYC, but smaller towns had smaller numbers.
The small city (about 15,000 population) where my Aunt and Uncle lived
had a 4 digit number in the 50's, the earliest I remember, and didn't
get to the full 7 digits until area codes and direct dialing happened.
They lived in the same house all the time, but the phone number got
larger. And yes, they are one of the families who lived in the same
house for about 50 years and left the house to their kids.

Sally Bruckheimer
Princeton, NJ
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Need photo of a stone in Edmonton Federated cemetery in London #general

Hilary Henkin
 

Dear Bob,
Some years back, I had success with this very cemetery by mailing
them a one-use camera. They took the photos and sent the camera back
to me. This was a "film" camera in pre-digital days, but I think
one-use or cheap digital cameras are available now.

If you do this, use a reusable box/shipping container, include a
return label, and postage if you can (You could go to a
coin-and-stamp store to buy British stamps). Put your name on the camera.

Hilary Henkin

At 03:25 PM 7/1/2009, Bob Roudman wrote:
Dear JGeners,

Would someone in the London U.K. area be able to take a photo of a
stone in the Edmonton Federated cemetery in London. I have the name
and plot number. Any suggestions as how to obtain a photo at
Edmonton would be most welcome.
Re: WULFF/GODCHAUX/MOREL: Lessons in name origins #general

Micheline GUTMANN
 

May I precise the information mentioned by Michael Bernet?
Godchaux is a first name used in Lorraine, the equivalent in Alsace is
Goetschel, Eliakim in Hebrew, yes.
The family GODCHAUX, several times studied in GenAmi review, arrived from
Bonn, Germany to Metz. Called Godchaux BONN then only GODCHAUX in Nancy.
MOREL was effectively Moyse, chose this name at Gent in 1808.
Joseph Moritz WULFF came >from Lübeck.

Micheline GUTMANN, Paris, France
Web site GenAmi www.genami.org
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: WULFF/GODCHAUX/MOREL: Lessons in name origins #general

Micheline GUTMANN
 

May I precise the information mentioned by Michael Bernet?
Godchaux is a first name used in Lorraine, the equivalent in Alsace is
Goetschel, Eliakim in Hebrew, yes.
The family GODCHAUX, several times studied in GenAmi review, arrived from
Bonn, Germany to Metz. Called Godchaux BONN then only GODCHAUX in Nancy.
MOREL was effectively Moyse, chose this name at Gent in 1808.
Joseph Moritz WULFF came >from Lübeck.

Micheline GUTMANN, Paris, France
Web site GenAmi www.genami.org
Re: Jewish sounding Surnames #general

Diane Jacobs
 

Lucinda,

I certainly second the motion as I had an Annie Webber b. 1897 >from Halifax
marrying into my Singman/Rosenberg family who I assumed was not Jewish
And after researching her for a year was told by her descendents that she
did not marry a Rosenberg. So I threw out all I had researched and started
from square one finding the correct Annie Webber and a large Jewish family
of Webber brothers that has led me to her family in Halfiax, St. John and
Boston.

Diane Jacobs
Somerset, NJ

---
So many Jews are misinformed when it comes to what "sounds Jewish" and
well-meaning statements such as, "that surname doesn't really sound
Jewish" is a potential stumbling block to those who are researching
our roots. Had I listened to naysayers who offered such responses
when I first came to this listserve to find links to my Jewish roots,
I never would have found the pieces of a big historical puzzle I was
missing. But, Thank God I persevered, despite the negative comments
because there were a few astute people on here who knew a surname
doesn't have to "sound Jewish" to be the surname of a member of the
Tribe.
...
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Jewish sounding Surnames #general

Diane Jacobs
 

Lucinda,

I certainly second the motion as I had an Annie Webber b. 1897 >from Halifax
marrying into my Singman/Rosenberg family who I assumed was not Jewish
And after researching her for a year was told by her descendents that she
did not marry a Rosenberg. So I threw out all I had researched and started
from square one finding the correct Annie Webber and a large Jewish family
of Webber brothers that has led me to her family in Halfiax, St. John and
Boston.

Diane Jacobs
Somerset, NJ

---
So many Jews are misinformed when it comes to what "sounds Jewish" and
well-meaning statements such as, "that surname doesn't really sound
Jewish" is a potential stumbling block to those who are researching
our roots. Had I listened to naysayers who offered such responses
when I first came to this listserve to find links to my Jewish roots,
I never would have found the pieces of a big historical puzzle I was
missing. But, Thank God I persevered, despite the negative comments
because there were a few astute people on here who knew a surname
doesn't have to "sound Jewish" to be the surname of a member of the
Tribe.
...
Re: jcr-uk digest: June 30, 2009 - 3. WULFF, GODCHAUX and MOREL #unitedkingdom

mbenedict51@...
 

I believe that one of the two major sites for UK migration records has
outbound passenger lists, including the one for the Titanic. One has
inbound, and one outbound records so, as soon as you look at which
records are held by each, it will be obvious which is the relevant
site, if you are looking for a record of the husband's outbound trip on
the Titanic.

Mary Benedict
London





Subject: WULFF, GODCHAUX and MOREL
From: lachaus@...
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:07:34 +0000
X-Message-Number: 3

I am assisting Fabien GODCHAUX, who is a French-speaker, in finding out some
information on his relatives as follows:

He is seeking to find out the name of Angèle WULLF's husband.
She moved (around 1900) with her husband to England, who was probably
English. It is Fabien's understanding that her husband was a passenger
on the Titanic and did not survive.

...

Paula HAUSER
Brussels
JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Re: jcr-uk digest: June 30, 2009 - 3. WULFF, GODCHAUX and MOREL #unitedkingdom

mbenedict51@...
 

I believe that one of the two major sites for UK migration records has
outbound passenger lists, including the one for the Titanic. One has
inbound, and one outbound records so, as soon as you look at which
records are held by each, it will be obvious which is the relevant
site, if you are looking for a record of the husband's outbound trip on
the Titanic.

Mary Benedict
London





Subject: WULFF, GODCHAUX and MOREL
From: lachaus@...
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:07:34 +0000
X-Message-Number: 3

I am assisting Fabien GODCHAUX, who is a French-speaker, in finding out some
information on his relatives as follows:

He is seeking to find out the name of Angèle WULLF's husband.
She moved (around 1900) with her husband to England, who was probably
English. It is Fabien's understanding that her husband was a passenger
on the Titanic and did not survive.

...

Paula HAUSER
Brussels
Facebook-- subject of JGS Conejo Valley and Ventura Meeting #general

Jan Meisels Allen <janmallen@...>
 

Meeting: JGS of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County (JGSCV)--California,
USA July 12, 2009 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Program: Facebook: The Ins and Outs of the On-Line Social Networking Utility
to Find Relatives and Others

Originally launched in 2004 at Harvard, Facebook grew to be the most popular
social networking web site in English-speaking countries today with over 200
million users. In minutes, with no prior experience you can find, those
elusive cousins (and maybe some others you did not know about).

Michael Gallop, will discuss his success on Facebook and demonstrate
how to make your family tree come alive and provide
invaluable knowledge about your family! Michael has been working on his
genealogy for almost 20 years and has collected a tremendous amount of
information about his family. However, it wasn't until he joined Facebook
that he actually developed a relationship with many of his relatives and
realized how useful those relationships were in helping him uncover
information on his relatives he never would have been able to obtain
otherwise. Imagine being able to use your computer to connect with your
relatives and have them help you with your research just as if you had
interviewed them all personally. Michael is an estate and charitable
planner. Following Michael's presentation, JGSCV Board Members will share
their successes with Facebook.

The meeting is open to all and there is no charge. The meeting is
co-sponsored with and held at Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA

For more information regarding the meeting, including directions to the
location, visit our website, www.JGSCV.org

Jan Meisels Allen
President, JGSCV
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Facebook-- subject of JGS Conejo Valley and Ventura Meeting #general

Jan Meisels Allen <janmallen@...>
 

Meeting: JGS of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County (JGSCV)--California,
USA July 12, 2009 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Program: Facebook: The Ins and Outs of the On-Line Social Networking Utility
to Find Relatives and Others

Originally launched in 2004 at Harvard, Facebook grew to be the most popular
social networking web site in English-speaking countries today with over 200
million users. In minutes, with no prior experience you can find, those
elusive cousins (and maybe some others you did not know about).

Michael Gallop, will discuss his success on Facebook and demonstrate
how to make your family tree come alive and provide
invaluable knowledge about your family! Michael has been working on his
genealogy for almost 20 years and has collected a tremendous amount of
information about his family. However, it wasn't until he joined Facebook
that he actually developed a relationship with many of his relatives and
realized how useful those relationships were in helping him uncover
information on his relatives he never would have been able to obtain
otherwise. Imagine being able to use your computer to connect with your
relatives and have them help you with your research just as if you had
interviewed them all personally. Michael is an estate and charitable
planner. Following Michael's presentation, JGSCV Board Members will share
their successes with Facebook.

The meeting is open to all and there is no charge. The meeting is
co-sponsored with and held at Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA

For more information regarding the meeting, including directions to the
location, visit our website, www.JGSCV.org

Jan Meisels Allen
President, JGSCV
Re: Bribing to get out of concentration camps #general

celiamale@...
 

I am indeed surprised at this correspondence - it was very well known
that wealthy Viennese Jews and their sons [>from late teens upwards]
were effectively taken hostage quite early in the National Socialist
era on trumped-up charges [ie well before the Kristallnacht] and sent
to Buchenwald and Dachau to be ransomed by their frantic families for
large amounts of money. I think ransom is a more suitable term than
bribing. The prison guards were hardly involved in these "high-profile"
cases.

If they were unfortunate to die there in "an incident", the families
could purchase *their*? ashes to be buried in Vienna. I have written
about this a number of times on the Austria-Czech SIG. Use keywords
"celia ashes" to search the SIG message archives. The victims can
often be identified in the IKG cemetery database if there is a big
discrepancy in the date of death [1938] and burial [of the ashes].

Other early Austrian prisoners included those who were deemed
politically or otherwise undesirable - ie they were not taken for
financial reasons. These may not have had enough money to be ransomed
and their fate was inevitable. Perhaps prison guards were bribable
for small amounts of money in these cases - I have no evidence.

See this picture: Fritz SCHLESINGER came >from a very wealthy and
influential Viennese family indireclty associated to my family - and
read my commentary: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cam37/646487558/

Two other much closer Viennese family members were captured for
ransom - one died trying to escape and one was indeed ransomed by his
very wealthy father. The family {father, mother and two sons} then
settled in the UK.

You may also wish to visit my growing pictorial holocaust site -
"Holocaust Memorials - public and private"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cam37/sets/72157603905805036/

In the next few weeks, many more pictures will be added following
my visit to Slovakia {Galanta, Trnva, Vrbove cemeteries}.

Celia Male, London, U.K.
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: Bribing to get out of concentration camps #general

celiamale@...
 

I am indeed surprised at this correspondence - it was very well known
that wealthy Viennese Jews and their sons [>from late teens upwards]
were effectively taken hostage quite early in the National Socialist
era on trumped-up charges [ie well before the Kristallnacht] and sent
to Buchenwald and Dachau to be ransomed by their frantic families for
large amounts of money. I think ransom is a more suitable term than
bribing. The prison guards were hardly involved in these "high-profile"
cases.

If they were unfortunate to die there in "an incident", the families
could purchase *their*? ashes to be buried in Vienna. I have written
about this a number of times on the Austria-Czech SIG. Use keywords
"celia ashes" to search the SIG message archives. The victims can
often be identified in the IKG cemetery database if there is a big
discrepancy in the date of death [1938] and burial [of the ashes].

Other early Austrian prisoners included those who were deemed
politically or otherwise undesirable - ie they were not taken for
financial reasons. These may not have had enough money to be ransomed
and their fate was inevitable. Perhaps prison guards were bribable
for small amounts of money in these cases - I have no evidence.

See this picture: Fritz SCHLESINGER came >from a very wealthy and
influential Viennese family indireclty associated to my family - and
read my commentary: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cam37/646487558/

Two other much closer Viennese family members were captured for
ransom - one died trying to escape and one was indeed ransomed by his
very wealthy father. The family {father, mother and two sons} then
settled in the UK.

You may also wish to visit my growing pictorial holocaust site -
"Holocaust Memorials - public and private"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cam37/sets/72157603905805036/

In the next few weeks, many more pictures will be added following
my visit to Slovakia {Galanta, Trnva, Vrbove cemeteries}.

Celia Male, London, U.K.
Bribing to get out of death camps #general

nigel wilson <wilsonettess@...>
 

A cousin of mine was 8 years old whilst living in a death camp with
his parents. One day a Nazi came up to his father and told him that
he knew where the parents were hiding their son each day in the camp
(underneath a wooden stage) - this had been going on for over 2
years - and as there was going to be an 'axtion' the following day
thereby removing all children, he, who didn't agree with the 'going
ons' in the camp would be prepared to save my cousin and 3 other
children the next morning by hiding them underneath hay and eggs in
a cart that was entering and leaving the camp - for a small fee!

What did my cousin's parents have to lose....so they and 3 other sets
of parents gave the Nazi all their hidden possessions - true to his
word the cart arrived the next morning, my cousin with the other
children were placed in it, it left the camp and the children were
taken to an orphanage which my cousin soon left and wandered around
until the end of WW2 - he arrived in Palestine alone in 1946. His
parents were murdered a few days after he left the camp.

Miracles do happen - as in this case my cousin believed he was the
only one to survive the Shoah until I started to research my family
and 'found' him some 8 years ago living but a 2hr train journey >from
my own home.

Patricia Wilson (Israel)
Bribing your way out of concentration camp #general

Dana Dimitriu
 

Good morning,

I have two questions regarding this topic:

1. would someone who was bribed out of a concentration camp still be
found in the concentration camp prisoner lists / documents?
2. does anyone know about any unsuccessful attempts to bribe someone out?

The mystery I am trying to elucidate goes like this: my grandfather's
sister, Else Rozsypalova, lived in Prague and worked in the company of
her uncle, Dr. Wilhelm Halpern. Dr. Halpern was deported to Dachau in
September 1940, where he died in January 1941. Else was *never*in KZ
Dachau - confirmed by both Gedenkstätte KZ Dachau and ITS Bad Arolsen -
*but* her last letter to the family back in Bucovina was written (or sent?)
in Dachau; as the family back home was also deported (to Transnistria) the
letter was read only in 1942 but it is unclear when it was sent / arrived.
On asking at the Gedenkstätte Dachau if it had been possible for family
members to visit (?!?) prisoners in the concentration camps or perhaps
even be informed of their death (and possibly asked to pick them up) I
was told that there is no such information available.
Seeing the messages about people who escaped >from KZs through bribing I
wonder if it is at all possible that Else was trying to get her uncle out
of Dachau - even though I really do not understand how she would be able
to move freely >from Prague to Dachau in 1940 / 1941 ... And then perhaps
he "died on them" in January 1941 so she went back to Prague ?!? Her
letter to the family (which we do not have anymore) doesn't mention
anything about this at all, it only says she is fine and the family
should not worry and she is asking for handwritten confirmation >from
her mother that all is well back home.

[ Else was deported >from Prague in February 1942 to Theresienstadt and
then further on to Izbica so Dachau just doesn't fit into the story
otherwise ... ]

Thank you for any ideas you might have.

All the best,

Dana Dimitriu

DE - Wiesbaden / RO - Bucuresti
Email dana.dimitriu@...

---
From: Steve Orlen <sorlen@...>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:36:37 -0700

Some years ago I did some research on the question of bribes regarding
men interned in Buchenwald following Kristallnacht, because my wife's
grandmother was able to get her husband out by trading a piece of
property in Zell am Mosel to the local government. I thought I had
put out the question on this list, or on the German SIG list, but wasn't
able to find it in the archives. I recall getting quite a number of
responses, saying that, yes, my relative was bribed out of a camp by
this and that method.
<snip>

---
From: Irene Newhouse <einew137@...>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:28:55 -0700 (PDT)

My father was also moved to Prague >from Germany, in 1936. Right after
the Germans annexed Czechoslovakia, he attempted to get to the
Netherlands illegally. He managed to cross Germany, but was arrested
just before he got to the Dutch border & sent to Dachau, where he
worked in the gravel pit for some months. He was released >from Dachau
when his sister, who lived in Switzerland, managed to get a visa for
him to go to Chile. He was never sure of the time frame, later.
However, I found a document my mother had kept indicating he was on
board a ship bound for Chile by March 1940.
<snip>
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Bribing to get out of death camps #general

nigel wilson <wilsonettess@...>
 

A cousin of mine was 8 years old whilst living in a death camp with
his parents. One day a Nazi came up to his father and told him that
he knew where the parents were hiding their son each day in the camp
(underneath a wooden stage) - this had been going on for over 2
years - and as there was going to be an 'axtion' the following day
thereby removing all children, he, who didn't agree with the 'going
ons' in the camp would be prepared to save my cousin and 3 other
children the next morning by hiding them underneath hay and eggs in
a cart that was entering and leaving the camp - for a small fee!

What did my cousin's parents have to lose....so they and 3 other sets
of parents gave the Nazi all their hidden possessions - true to his
word the cart arrived the next morning, my cousin with the other
children were placed in it, it left the camp and the children were
taken to an orphanage which my cousin soon left and wandered around
until the end of WW2 - he arrived in Palestine alone in 1946. His
parents were murdered a few days after he left the camp.

Miracles do happen - as in this case my cousin believed he was the
only one to survive the Shoah until I started to research my family
and 'found' him some 8 years ago living but a 2hr train journey >from
my own home.

Patricia Wilson (Israel)
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Bribing your way out of concentration camp #general

Dana Dimitriu
 

Good morning,

I have two questions regarding this topic:

1. would someone who was bribed out of a concentration camp still be
found in the concentration camp prisoner lists / documents?
2. does anyone know about any unsuccessful attempts to bribe someone out?

The mystery I am trying to elucidate goes like this: my grandfather's
sister, Else Rozsypalova, lived in Prague and worked in the company of
her uncle, Dr. Wilhelm Halpern. Dr. Halpern was deported to Dachau in
September 1940, where he died in January 1941. Else was *never*in KZ
Dachau - confirmed by both Gedenkstätte KZ Dachau and ITS Bad Arolsen -
*but* her last letter to the family back in Bucovina was written (or sent?)
in Dachau; as the family back home was also deported (to Transnistria) the
letter was read only in 1942 but it is unclear when it was sent / arrived.
On asking at the Gedenkstätte Dachau if it had been possible for family
members to visit (?!?) prisoners in the concentration camps or perhaps
even be informed of their death (and possibly asked to pick them up) I
was told that there is no such information available.
Seeing the messages about people who escaped >from KZs through bribing I
wonder if it is at all possible that Else was trying to get her uncle out
of Dachau - even though I really do not understand how she would be able
to move freely >from Prague to Dachau in 1940 / 1941 ... And then perhaps
he "died on them" in January 1941 so she went back to Prague ?!? Her
letter to the family (which we do not have anymore) doesn't mention
anything about this at all, it only says she is fine and the family
should not worry and she is asking for handwritten confirmation >from
her mother that all is well back home.

[ Else was deported >from Prague in February 1942 to Theresienstadt and
then further on to Izbica so Dachau just doesn't fit into the story
otherwise ... ]

Thank you for any ideas you might have.

All the best,

Dana Dimitriu

DE - Wiesbaden / RO - Bucuresti
Email dana.dimitriu@...

---
From: Steve Orlen <sorlen@...>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:36:37 -0700

Some years ago I did some research on the question of bribes regarding
men interned in Buchenwald following Kristallnacht, because my wife's
grandmother was able to get her husband out by trading a piece of
property in Zell am Mosel to the local government. I thought I had
put out the question on this list, or on the German SIG list, but wasn't
able to find it in the archives. I recall getting quite a number of
responses, saying that, yes, my relative was bribed out of a camp by
this and that method.
<snip>

---
From: Irene Newhouse <einew137@...>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:28:55 -0700 (PDT)

My father was also moved to Prague >from Germany, in 1936. Right after
the Germans annexed Czechoslovakia, he attempted to get to the
Netherlands illegally. He managed to cross Germany, but was arrested
just before he got to the Dutch border & sent to Dachau, where he
worked in the gravel pit for some months. He was released >from Dachau
when his sister, who lived in Switzerland, managed to get a visa for
him to go to Chile. He was never sure of the time frame, later.
However, I found a document my mother had kept indicating he was on
board a ship bound for Chile by March 1940.
<snip>
Re: 40 year old phone numbers #general

Sarah L Meyer
 

Dear Genners,
I realize that a few families now live in the same house, that has
not been my experience (although I admit that I have never had the
courage to try an old number). But >from our discussion here, an avenue
of research has occurred to me. All 40 year old phone numbers were
"land lines". Therefore if the number is still in service and is not
unpublished or unlisted, a reverse lookup should do the trick. Go to
one or another of the phone book sites such as www.anywho.com (ATT)
www.switchboard.com and look for the reverse lookup box. After entering
the phone number in question, you will get back the name and address of
the person with that number, or a message stating that the number is
unlisted or out of service. This also works with land line current
phone numbers but not with cell numbers.
Sarah L. M. Christiansen
Georgetown, Texas

Is there some way to use a US phone number >from 40 years or more ago to
get more information about someone?
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: 40 year old phone numbers #general

Sarah L Meyer
 

Dear Genners,
I realize that a few families now live in the same house, that has
not been my experience (although I admit that I have never had the
courage to try an old number). But >from our discussion here, an avenue
of research has occurred to me. All 40 year old phone numbers were
"land lines". Therefore if the number is still in service and is not
unpublished or unlisted, a reverse lookup should do the trick. Go to
one or another of the phone book sites such as www.anywho.com (ATT)
www.switchboard.com and look for the reverse lookup box. After entering
the phone number in question, you will get back the name and address of
the person with that number, or a message stating that the number is
unlisted or out of service. This also works with land line current
phone numbers but not with cell numbers.
Sarah L. M. Christiansen
Georgetown, Texas

Is there some way to use a US phone number >from 40 years or more ago to
get more information about someone?
244581 - 244600 of 670639