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Len Hardy ADAMS (born Leonhardt ARENDAR)and Charlotte ARENDAR
#general
Joyce Eastman
Below is information that was recently provided to me regarding Len Hardy
ADAMS (deceased). According to a POT at Yad Vashem, he was the nephew of Max HELFER >from Brody, Poland. I am seeking information on the lineage of Len Hardy ADAMS to determine the exact connection to Max HELFER in the hopes of finding more possible HELFER relatives >from Brody, Poland, and particularly more living relatives on that side of the family. NOTICE is hereby given that by a deed poll dated 21st March, 1951, and enrolled in the Supreme Court of Judicature on 2nd May, 1951, Len Hardy ADAMS, 52, New Buildings, Dura Den, Cupar, in the county of Fife, Staff Sergeant Major in the Royal Army Service Corps a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by naturalisation abandoned the name of Leonhardt ARENDAR known as Hardy ARENDAR.-Dated the 2nd day of May, 1951. ROBINSON and ALLFREE, 23, Cavendish Street, Ramsgate, Solicitors for the said Len (263) Hardy ADAMS. England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 about Len Hardy ADAMS Birth Date:14 Dec 1927 Death Registration Month/Year:Nov 1990 Age at death (estimated):62 Registration district:New Forest Inferred County:Hampshire, New Forest It is also suspected that Charlotte ARENDAR of Edinburgh is either the sister or cousin of Len Hardy ADAMS (Leonhardt ARENDAR). Any information on her lineage is also appreciated. Please reply privately to wildwoman@... Joyce Eastman Orange City, FL USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Len Hardy ADAMS (born Leonhardt ARENDAR)and Charlotte ARENDAR
#general
Joyce Eastman
Below is information that was recently provided to me regarding Len Hardy
ADAMS (deceased). According to a POT at Yad Vashem, he was the nephew of Max HELFER >from Brody, Poland. I am seeking information on the lineage of Len Hardy ADAMS to determine the exact connection to Max HELFER in the hopes of finding more possible HELFER relatives >from Brody, Poland, and particularly more living relatives on that side of the family. NOTICE is hereby given that by a deed poll dated 21st March, 1951, and enrolled in the Supreme Court of Judicature on 2nd May, 1951, Len Hardy ADAMS, 52, New Buildings, Dura Den, Cupar, in the county of Fife, Staff Sergeant Major in the Royal Army Service Corps a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by naturalisation abandoned the name of Leonhardt ARENDAR known as Hardy ARENDAR.-Dated the 2nd day of May, 1951. ROBINSON and ALLFREE, 23, Cavendish Street, Ramsgate, Solicitors for the said Len (263) Hardy ADAMS. England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 about Len Hardy ADAMS Birth Date:14 Dec 1927 Death Registration Month/Year:Nov 1990 Age at death (estimated):62 Registration district:New Forest Inferred County:Hampshire, New Forest It is also suspected that Charlotte ARENDAR of Edinburgh is either the sister or cousin of Len Hardy ADAMS (Leonhardt ARENDAR). Any information on her lineage is also appreciated. Please reply privately to wildwoman@... Joyce Eastman Orange City, FL USA
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THE DESTRUCTION OF SLONIM JEWRY
#belarus
markhaverhill@...
I have just received a second hand copy of this book written in the
1940s and added to in the 80s. Lots of very interesting, useful and tragic material. MIKE LEVY KELVIN CLOSE CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom Yizkor Bookers,
I'm taking the opportunity to wish the many people involved in the JewishGen Project* and their families a very sweet and fruitful New Year. Hoping that our project will continue to grow in this coming year and will help you learn and understand more about your past. As someone once said: "There is no future without the past..." * I have allusions that this is most of the world's Jewish population .;-) Shana Tova, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@...
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Belarus SIG #Belarus THE DESTRUCTION OF SLONIM JEWRY
#belarus
markhaverhill@...
I have just received a second hand copy of this book written in the
1940s and added to in the 80s. Lots of very interesting, useful and tragic material. MIKE LEVY KELVIN CLOSE CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom Yizkor Bookers,
I'm taking the opportunity to wish the many people involved in the JewishGen Project* and their families a very sweet and fruitful New Year. Hoping that our project will continue to grow in this coming year and will help you learn and understand more about your past. As someone once said: "There is no future without the past..." * I have allusions that this is most of the world's Jewish population .;-) Shana Tova, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@...
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Shana Tova from JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
#belarus
bounce-1896186-772948@...
Shalom Yizkor Bookers,
I'm taking the opportunity to wish the many people involved in the JewishGen Project* and their families a very sweet and fruitful New Year. Hoping that our project will continue to grow in this coming year and will help you learn and understand more about your past. As someone once said: "There is no future without the past..." * I have allusions that this is most of the world's Jewish population .;-) Shana Tova, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@...
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Shana Tova from JewishGen Yizkor Book Project
#belarus
bounce-1896186-772948@...
Shalom Yizkor Bookers,
I'm taking the opportunity to wish the many people involved in the JewishGen Project* and their families a very sweet and fruitful New Year. Hoping that our project will continue to grow in this coming year and will help you learn and understand more about your past. As someone once said: "There is no future without the past..." * I have allusions that this is most of the world's Jewish population .;-) Shana Tova, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@...
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Shana Tova from the ShtetLinks Project
#general
bounce-1896780-792487@...
Dear friends,
We are taking this opportunity to thank the many people involved who have been involved in the ShtetLinks Project . All of us are dedicated to memorialize and commemorate our common heritage and to preserve it for future generations. By doing what we do we make sure the lives of our ancestors and their communities are recorded and remembered. Our work is much more than personal genealogy. We give voice to those who were silenced. We give "life" to those no longer with us. To you. your families and loved ones we wish a Sweet, Happy and Healthy New Year - Shana Tova Umetuka! Shana Tova Tikatevu - May you be inscribed in the Book of Life Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Shana Tova from the ShtetLinks Project
#general
bounce-1896780-792487@...
Dear friends,
We are taking this opportunity to thank the many people involved who have been involved in the ShtetLinks Project . All of us are dedicated to memorialize and commemorate our common heritage and to preserve it for future generations. By doing what we do we make sure the lives of our ancestors and their communities are recorded and remembered. Our work is much more than personal genealogy. We give voice to those who were silenced. We give "life" to those no longer with us. To you. your families and loved ones we wish a Sweet, Happy and Healthy New Year - Shana Tova Umetuka! Shana Tova Tikatevu - May you be inscribed in the Book of Life Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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Marijampole, Lithuania internal Passport Records
#general
Howard Margol
One of my translators at the Central Archive in Vilnius has just started
to translate the Marijampole, Lithuania internal passport records. If you have any interest in Marijampole, or the surrounding area, these records could be very important to your personal research. Just because your family left Lithuania prior to 1919, it does not mean the entire family left. Many researchers have found records of additional family members in the internal passport files. If your ancestors lived in the vicinity of Marijampole, they probably applied for their internal passport there and not in the village where they lived. Most of the internal passport records include where the person was born. Usually, 30 - 40 percent of the applicants were born somewhere else other than in the town where they applied for their internal passport. Consequently, these lists are very comprehensive in the areas covered. Marijampole Fond. These are just lists, but there are quite a number of them. It is organized according to years and shtetlach. For instance: Sasnava shtetl internal passport lists 1928 - 1929, etc. The information consists of Name, Surname, Passport number, passport issuing Date and the Place (shtetl or town) where the person lived. For a minimum contribution of $100, designated for the Marijampole internal passport records, you will receive all of the records as they are translated. After receipt of your contribution, you will receive all of the translated records plus the records translated in the future. Just because your family left Lithuania prior to 1919, it does not mean the entire family left. Many researchers have found records of additional family members in the internal passport files. In addition to extensive information, a photograph of the applicant is usually available by contacting the archive. To learn all about internal passports, please go to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/InternalPassports.htm To contribute, please go to http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity Key in $100 designated for the internal passports.You can use your credit card as the site is secure. Please let me know about your contribution, and mention it is for Marijampole internal passport records, so I can send you the records as soon as they are translated. Howard Margol Coordinator, Internal Passport Project homargol@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Marijampole, Lithuania internal Passport Records
#general
Howard Margol
One of my translators at the Central Archive in Vilnius has just started
to translate the Marijampole, Lithuania internal passport records. If you have any interest in Marijampole, or the surrounding area, these records could be very important to your personal research. Just because your family left Lithuania prior to 1919, it does not mean the entire family left. Many researchers have found records of additional family members in the internal passport files. If your ancestors lived in the vicinity of Marijampole, they probably applied for their internal passport there and not in the village where they lived. Most of the internal passport records include where the person was born. Usually, 30 - 40 percent of the applicants were born somewhere else other than in the town where they applied for their internal passport. Consequently, these lists are very comprehensive in the areas covered. Marijampole Fond. These are just lists, but there are quite a number of them. It is organized according to years and shtetlach. For instance: Sasnava shtetl internal passport lists 1928 - 1929, etc. The information consists of Name, Surname, Passport number, passport issuing Date and the Place (shtetl or town) where the person lived. For a minimum contribution of $100, designated for the Marijampole internal passport records, you will receive all of the records as they are translated. After receipt of your contribution, you will receive all of the translated records plus the records translated in the future. Just because your family left Lithuania prior to 1919, it does not mean the entire family left. Many researchers have found records of additional family members in the internal passport files. In addition to extensive information, a photograph of the applicant is usually available by contacting the archive. To learn all about internal passports, please go to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/InternalPassports.htm To contribute, please go to http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity Key in $100 designated for the internal passports.You can use your credit card as the site is secure. Please let me know about your contribution, and mention it is for Marijampole internal passport records, so I can send you the records as soon as they are translated. Howard Margol Coordinator, Internal Passport Project homargol@...
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Shana Tova from the ShtetLinks Project
#romania
bounce-1896780-772976@...
Dear friends,
We are taking this opportunity to thank the many people involved who have been involved in the ShtetLinks Project . All of us are dedicated to memorialize and commemorate our common heritage and to preserve it for future generations. By doing what we do we make sure the lives of our ancestors and their communities are recorded and remembered. Our work is much more than personal genealogy. We give voice to those who were silenced. We give "life" to those no longer with us. To you. your families and loved ones we wish a Sweet, Happy and Healthy New Year - Shana Tova Umetuka! Shana Tova Tikatevu - May you be inscribed in the Book of Life Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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Romania SIG #Romania Shana Tova from the ShtetLinks Project
#romania
bounce-1896780-772976@...
Dear friends,
We are taking this opportunity to thank the many people involved who have been involved in the ShtetLinks Project . All of us are dedicated to memorialize and commemorate our common heritage and to preserve it for future generations. By doing what we do we make sure the lives of our ancestors and their communities are recorded and remembered. Our work is much more than personal genealogy. We give voice to those who were silenced. We give "life" to those no longer with us. To you. your families and loved ones we wish a Sweet, Happy and Healthy New Year - Shana Tova Umetuka! Shana Tova Tikatevu - May you be inscribed in the Book of Life Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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INTRO Jewish genealogy of the Synagogue of Eisleben
#germany
Sebastian Funk <funk@...>
Hello GerSig,
I just joined the group. I have been doing jewish-gen genealogy research for 2 years. I consider myself to be advanced in doing German Jewish Genealogy research. I live in Eisleben, Germany, since 10 years. It´s a small town with about 20,000 habitants in Saxony-Anhalt, East-Germany (some say "Middle-Germany"). My native language is German and I also know English and some other languages like Latin and Greek, but I do not have anybody here to us it. I consider myself advanced in using a computer. My experience in using the Internet is extensive and I am working with computers all day long, but there is every day something new. I am working with a society, which tries to conserve and rescue the old Synagogue. I think, that Martin Conitzer introduced that project some months ago here on this board. So I research for the history of the former jewish community of the Synagogue of Eisleben. Since I had some experiences with genealogy and genealogical software, I created a genealogical database for all the jewish people, who lived in Eisleben and the towns, which belonged to the Synagogue: Artern, Sangerhausen, Hettstedt, Mansfeld, Klostermansfeld, Alsleben, Rossla and others. There are some key-families like GOLDSTEIN, BRATEL, KOENIGSBERGER, ISENBERG, MOSES, BIEBER, BAUCHWITZ, BLUHM, CALMANN, DEMBER, MENDELSOHN, FRANK, HEILBRUN, KATZENSTEIN, LOEWENSTEIN, SCHUTZER and many more. The time range is ca 1800 to 1945. The first Jews settled in our region approximately in the 14th century, but were displaced during the Reformation and went to Poland. I do not have any idea how to trace them in these centuries and that is not my aim. So if you trace your family to this region, we hopefully can help you. I only work at night on this project, when all real work is done and my family sleeps. So I do not have the chance to visit archives. But we sometimes have some people doing this. Sebastian Funk Eisleben, Germany funk@...
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German SIG #Germany INTRO Jewish genealogy of the Synagogue of Eisleben
#germany
Sebastian Funk <funk@...>
Hello GerSig,
I just joined the group. I have been doing jewish-gen genealogy research for 2 years. I consider myself to be advanced in doing German Jewish Genealogy research. I live in Eisleben, Germany, since 10 years. It´s a small town with about 20,000 habitants in Saxony-Anhalt, East-Germany (some say "Middle-Germany"). My native language is German and I also know English and some other languages like Latin and Greek, but I do not have anybody here to us it. I consider myself advanced in using a computer. My experience in using the Internet is extensive and I am working with computers all day long, but there is every day something new. I am working with a society, which tries to conserve and rescue the old Synagogue. I think, that Martin Conitzer introduced that project some months ago here on this board. So I research for the history of the former jewish community of the Synagogue of Eisleben. Since I had some experiences with genealogy and genealogical software, I created a genealogical database for all the jewish people, who lived in Eisleben and the towns, which belonged to the Synagogue: Artern, Sangerhausen, Hettstedt, Mansfeld, Klostermansfeld, Alsleben, Rossla and others. There are some key-families like GOLDSTEIN, BRATEL, KOENIGSBERGER, ISENBERG, MOSES, BIEBER, BAUCHWITZ, BLUHM, CALMANN, DEMBER, MENDELSOHN, FRANK, HEILBRUN, KATZENSTEIN, LOEWENSTEIN, SCHUTZER and many more. The time range is ca 1800 to 1945. The first Jews settled in our region approximately in the 14th century, but were displaced during the Reformation and went to Poland. I do not have any idea how to trace them in these centuries and that is not my aim. So if you trace your family to this region, we hopefully can help you. I only work at night on this project, when all real work is done and my family sleeps. So I do not have the chance to visit archives. But we sometimes have some people doing this. Sebastian Funk Eisleben, Germany funk@...
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Shana Tova from the ShtetLinks Project
#ukraine
Susana Leistner Bloch
Dear friends,
We are taking this opportunity to thank the many people involved who have been involved in the ShtetLinks Project . All of us are dedicated to memorialize and commemorate our common heritage and to preserve it for future generations. By doing what we do we make sure the lives of our ancestors and their communities are recorded and remembered. Our work is much more than personal genealogy. We give voice to those who were silenced. We give "life" to those no longer with us. To you. your families and loved ones we wish a Sweet, Happy and Healthy New Year - Shana Tova Umetuka! Shana Tova Tikatevu - May you be inscribed in the Book of Life Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Shana Tova from the ShtetLinks Project
#ukraine
Susana Leistner Bloch
Dear friends,
We are taking this opportunity to thank the many people involved who have been involved in the ShtetLinks Project . All of us are dedicated to memorialize and commemorate our common heritage and to preserve it for future generations. By doing what we do we make sure the lives of our ancestors and their communities are recorded and remembered. Our work is much more than personal genealogy. We give voice to those who were silenced. We give "life" to those no longer with us. To you. your families and loved ones we wish a Sweet, Happy and Healthy New Year - Shana Tova Umetuka! Shana Tova Tikatevu - May you be inscribed in the Book of Life Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator bloch@...
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Kehila Tripolie,Ukraine
#ukraine
shanyronitayalanomi@...
My maternal line family (Kopelevich Noah and Hinda)came to Kiev in 1910 >from Shtetl Tripolie or Tripol'e situated on river Dnepr's bank, about 40 km to Kiev. I would like to have some data about this Kehila.
Inna Klein, Kfar Saba, Israel.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Kehila Tripolie,Ukraine
#ukraine
shanyronitayalanomi@...
My maternal line family (Kopelevich Noah and Hinda)came to Kiev in 1910 >from Shtetl Tripolie or Tripol'e situated on river Dnepr's bank, about 40 km to Kiev. I would like to have some data about this Kehila.
Inna Klein, Kfar Saba, Israel.
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