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Sarah ABRAMS-Mass. marriage records
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Yonatan Ben-Ari
I may have found something and wish your help.
Looking at Massachusetts marriage records I found a Sarah ABRAMS, born in Russia 1869 and married Sam COHEN , son of Julius and Bessie (COBRAIN) on June 24 1903. What excites me is that her father's name is Isaac and her mother is Gitel-same as "my" Sarah's parents. Her mother is listed as Gitel FREIDMAN. We are not sure of her maiden name but have some sources which state that she was married to LAZAROFF and or FRIEDBERG (this may be a variant on FREIDBERG). So my request is , if anyone on this list is aware or has any personal information as to the above Sarah and Sam COHEN (unfortunately very common Jewish names). As I mentioned in my previous posts , my mother met her great aunt Sarah (she doesn't mention her family name) in the 1930s when they were living on Coney Island, NYC. TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Sarah ABRAMS-Mass. marriage records
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Yonatan Ben-Ari
I may have found something and wish your help.
Looking at Massachusetts marriage records I found a Sarah ABRAMS, born in Russia 1869 and married Sam COHEN , son of Julius and Bessie (COBRAIN) on June 24 1903. What excites me is that her father's name is Isaac and her mother is Gitel-same as "my" Sarah's parents. Her mother is listed as Gitel FREIDMAN. We are not sure of her maiden name but have some sources which state that she was married to LAZAROFF and or FRIEDBERG (this may be a variant on FREIDBERG). So my request is , if anyone on this list is aware or has any personal information as to the above Sarah and Sam COHEN (unfortunately very common Jewish names). As I mentioned in my previous posts , my mother met her great aunt Sarah (she doesn't mention her family name) in the 1930s when they were living on Coney Island, NYC. TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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Translation requested Polish to English
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Errol Schneegurt
Would one of our members please translate ViewMate file 58164.
Thank you Errol Schneegurt LI NY ESLVIV@... MODERATOR: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=58164
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Translation requested Polish to English
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Errol Schneegurt
Would one of our members please translate ViewMate file 58164.
Thank you Errol Schneegurt LI NY ESLVIV@... MODERATOR: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/responselist.asp?key=58164
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13,210 Pictures of People in the Lodz Ghetto
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Moishe Miller
Dear JGD Group,
I hope my note finds you well. If you had a family member that was in the Lodz Ghetto, there may be a photo of them available via the USHMM. If you are interested, I have posted my experience in obtaining a photo of Chaja Hena (Heltcha) ZAND, who perished in the Lodz Ghetto in 1943. My wife's family had no pictures of any Pre-USA Zand family, and now, 74 years later, they do. To read more, you can review: http://www.jgsob.org/projects/LodzProtokolRecords.pdf (tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/ybzqbf68) Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 13,210 Pictures of People in the Lodz Ghetto
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Moishe Miller
Dear JGD Group,
I hope my note finds you well. If you had a family member that was in the Lodz Ghetto, there may be a photo of them available via the USHMM. If you are interested, I have posted my experience in obtaining a photo of Chaja Hena (Heltcha) ZAND, who perished in the Lodz Ghetto in 1943. My wife's family had no pictures of any Pre-USA Zand family, and now, 74 years later, they do. To read more, you can review: http://www.jgsob.org/projects/LodzProtokolRecords.pdf (tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/ybzqbf68) Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@...
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One more message of gratitude
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Avraham Y. Kahana
This message is addressed to JewishGen as a whole, the genners community >from all
SIGs and Barbara Zimmer and Renee Steinig in particular, for all that has been done, is and, as it looks like, will be, in the future - in anything with regards to jewish genealogy, helping us jews re-establish broken family links >from the past (often as a result of immigration/escape >from persecution). I am today 34, and have been a member of this community as back as 2006, when I was in my 25s (I had some 5, 6 years hiatus but am starting again :). It's a shame people my age have no idea what goes on here. And even people the age of my mom, who do not grasp the extension of such wonderful work (and who can imagine how much effort, persistence, volunteer work has been put here, over all these years ?!). I exchanged so many warm emails over these years, took part indirectly or directly in a few fronts in giving my bits in restoring and preserving our history - such a treasurable and honored one. How many of us do really have a grasp on the people we come >from ? Their deeds ?! I urge everyone of you not to rest in this quest, in rescuing our ancestors honor, digging deep to reveal the truth of our past, and this way - revive ourselves. I am writing this message as a very small and symbolic gesture of gratitude to all the people engaged and related in JewishGen as a whole (and all related bodies, such as Jri-Poland, etc), and in particular to two (there are much more, do not be mistaken) of the most helpful and generous members of the community, Barbara Zimmer and Renee Steinig, who recently virtually developed the whole story of me reconnecting to our Tziperstein family via letters left with my grandfather z'l. I have collected a couple of success stories, thanks God, and people tend to think I must be, at this stage, some kind of expert or have lots of knowledge in the field. But this is not true. All I really did was send hundreds (really) of emails throughout these years. The only thing I had is perseverance and a urging call that spurs me to not let my ancestors, to whom I owe the being born (literally, like my grandparents surviving the Holocaust, under all circumstances) - be left behind. All the rest are really fruits of the work of JewishGen's community. In a short, thank you, very much, Barbara, Renee, and all the other volunteers (ViewMate translators, among others !!!) for being so much generous, helpful, offering your time without asking nothing in return, and - for being part in meticulously gluing scattered pieces of our endeared history, back together. Sincerely, Avraham Yehoshua Kahana Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen One more message of gratitude
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Avraham Y. Kahana
This message is addressed to JewishGen as a whole, the genners community >from all
SIGs and Barbara Zimmer and Renee Steinig in particular, for all that has been done, is and, as it looks like, will be, in the future - in anything with regards to jewish genealogy, helping us jews re-establish broken family links >from the past (often as a result of immigration/escape >from persecution). I am today 34, and have been a member of this community as back as 2006, when I was in my 25s (I had some 5, 6 years hiatus but am starting again :). It's a shame people my age have no idea what goes on here. And even people the age of my mom, who do not grasp the extension of such wonderful work (and who can imagine how much effort, persistence, volunteer work has been put here, over all these years ?!). I exchanged so many warm emails over these years, took part indirectly or directly in a few fronts in giving my bits in restoring and preserving our history - such a treasurable and honored one. How many of us do really have a grasp on the people we come >from ? Their deeds ?! I urge everyone of you not to rest in this quest, in rescuing our ancestors honor, digging deep to reveal the truth of our past, and this way - revive ourselves. I am writing this message as a very small and symbolic gesture of gratitude to all the people engaged and related in JewishGen as a whole (and all related bodies, such as Jri-Poland, etc), and in particular to two (there are much more, do not be mistaken) of the most helpful and generous members of the community, Barbara Zimmer and Renee Steinig, who recently virtually developed the whole story of me reconnecting to our Tziperstein family via letters left with my grandfather z'l. I have collected a couple of success stories, thanks God, and people tend to think I must be, at this stage, some kind of expert or have lots of knowledge in the field. But this is not true. All I really did was send hundreds (really) of emails throughout these years. The only thing I had is perseverance and a urging call that spurs me to not let my ancestors, to whom I owe the being born (literally, like my grandparents surviving the Holocaust, under all circumstances) - be left behind. All the rest are really fruits of the work of JewishGen's community. In a short, thank you, very much, Barbara, Renee, and all the other volunteers (ViewMate translators, among others !!!) for being so much generous, helpful, offering your time without asking nothing in return, and - for being part in meticulously gluing scattered pieces of our endeared history, back together. Sincerely, Avraham Yehoshua Kahana Israel
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Wednesday July 26 - GerSIG Day!
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Dear GerSIG members
A Tuesday recap: Two talks were delivered today on behalf of Gerhard Buck, who was unwell and unable to join us at conference, one by Roger Lustig, and one by Karen Franklin. Gerhard-- on behalf of all of us, thank you for your talks and for all the work you put into them. We all missed you, and hope you will soon be well again. For those of you reading this who don't know Gerhard, he is a previous winner of the Obermayer German Jewish History Award, see http://obermayer.us/award/awardees/buck-eng.htm The other German Jewish interest talk was my own. The handout for my talk will soon appear on my blog, but has not yet been posted - this may take a day or so and will be on the following link: https://round2itgenealogy.wordpress.com/ It may take a day or so to get posted due to conference - see below: Our day has finally arrived. Wednesday July 26 is GerSIG day! Our day will start early (at 7am) - with Breakfast Q&A with the German Research Experts. This is a paid for session where attendees are asked to bring their research questions with them. Alex, Roger and I will do our best to answer. Like last year, we will in due course post a summary of the questions on my blog - same address as above. Next up is our invited guest speaker Dr Bettina Joergens >from the State Archives of North-Rhine-Westphalia, who will give the first of her two presentations "How to Find Ancestors in German Archives- and Why?" This will - also be available over IAJGS Live! http://iajgs2017.org/iajgs-live/ Then GerSIG Director Roger Lustig will present The Gatermann and RSA Films: A Tragic Treasure. This will also be live! After this - the GerSIG Business Meeting - I wrote about this in detail a couple of days ago. Please do try to attend if you can. We will post a meeting summary hopefully over the next few days, after the conference. This will be followed by the GerSIG luncheon - where Bettina will give her second talk. She will go deeper into the history of archival documents and holdings concerning the Jewish population and discuss the reasons and backgrounds of the existence of records, knowledge and narrations of Jewish family's histories. The last GerSIG interest talk of the day is mid afternoon- when Leo Baeck Institute (NY) archivist Michael Simonson will speak about Ensuring Against Forgetting: the Arthur Obermayer Awards of 2017. He will be joined in his presentation by Rolf Schmitt >from Bruchsal who won the award this year - see: http://obermayer.us/award/awardees/Schmitt-eng.htm I hope you have been enjoying my conference emails, maybe they will inspire you to join us at conference next year in Warsaw. We are already making plans for an exciting invited GerSIG Guest speaker! More tomorrow, Jeanette Jeanette R Rosenberg OBE, GerSIG Director for Conference Arrangements now in Orlando, usually London UK, Jeanette.R.Rosenberg@...
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German SIG #Germany Wednesday July 26 - GerSIG Day!
#germany
Dear GerSIG members
A Tuesday recap: Two talks were delivered today on behalf of Gerhard Buck, who was unwell and unable to join us at conference, one by Roger Lustig, and one by Karen Franklin. Gerhard-- on behalf of all of us, thank you for your talks and for all the work you put into them. We all missed you, and hope you will soon be well again. For those of you reading this who don't know Gerhard, he is a previous winner of the Obermayer German Jewish History Award, see http://obermayer.us/award/awardees/buck-eng.htm The other German Jewish interest talk was my own. The handout for my talk will soon appear on my blog, but has not yet been posted - this may take a day or so and will be on the following link: https://round2itgenealogy.wordpress.com/ It may take a day or so to get posted due to conference - see below: Our day has finally arrived. Wednesday July 26 is GerSIG day! Our day will start early (at 7am) - with Breakfast Q&A with the German Research Experts. This is a paid for session where attendees are asked to bring their research questions with them. Alex, Roger and I will do our best to answer. Like last year, we will in due course post a summary of the questions on my blog - same address as above. Next up is our invited guest speaker Dr Bettina Joergens >from the State Archives of North-Rhine-Westphalia, who will give the first of her two presentations "How to Find Ancestors in German Archives- and Why?" This will - also be available over IAJGS Live! http://iajgs2017.org/iajgs-live/ Then GerSIG Director Roger Lustig will present The Gatermann and RSA Films: A Tragic Treasure. This will also be live! After this - the GerSIG Business Meeting - I wrote about this in detail a couple of days ago. Please do try to attend if you can. We will post a meeting summary hopefully over the next few days, after the conference. This will be followed by the GerSIG luncheon - where Bettina will give her second talk. She will go deeper into the history of archival documents and holdings concerning the Jewish population and discuss the reasons and backgrounds of the existence of records, knowledge and narrations of Jewish family's histories. The last GerSIG interest talk of the day is mid afternoon- when Leo Baeck Institute (NY) archivist Michael Simonson will speak about Ensuring Against Forgetting: the Arthur Obermayer Awards of 2017. He will be joined in his presentation by Rolf Schmitt >from Bruchsal who won the award this year - see: http://obermayer.us/award/awardees/Schmitt-eng.htm I hope you have been enjoying my conference emails, maybe they will inspire you to join us at conference next year in Warsaw. We are already making plans for an exciting invited GerSIG Guest speaker! More tomorrow, Jeanette Jeanette R Rosenberg OBE, GerSIG Director for Conference Arrangements now in Orlando, usually London UK, Jeanette.R.Rosenberg@...
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Old German Translation
#germany
I am looking for a translation >from an old German document that I have found
on line that contains genealogical details for a LEVY family that I am working on. I have tried before to put a similar document on viewmate, but not been successful as it seems that only part of the document gets uploaded. By providing a link here I am hoping that someone who can translate the old German will be able to give me the information I need >from this document. https://books.google.com/books?id=zvZEAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA813&lpg=PA813&dq=%22regi na+Levy%22+Busenburg&source=bl&ots=eN2Zz8wmIr&sig=5mp5i0dbOch6B28Kfq-Q44_pb_ A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS2OiRvKPVAhUFNSYKHUdkAFcQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=%22re gina%20Levy%22%20Busenburg&f=false I am looking for translation of the section that begins at the bottom right column on page 812 and ends at the top of the right column of page 813 with the signature of H. Neuer. Notar Thanks in advance Ronald Wallace, ronald@...
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German SIG #Germany Old German Translation
#germany
I am looking for a translation >from an old German document that I have found
on line that contains genealogical details for a LEVY family that I am working on. I have tried before to put a similar document on viewmate, but not been successful as it seems that only part of the document gets uploaded. By providing a link here I am hoping that someone who can translate the old German will be able to give me the information I need >from this document. https://books.google.com/books?id=zvZEAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA813&lpg=PA813&dq=%22regi na+Levy%22+Busenburg&source=bl&ots=eN2Zz8wmIr&sig=5mp5i0dbOch6B28Kfq-Q44_pb_ A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS2OiRvKPVAhUFNSYKHUdkAFcQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=%22re gina%20Levy%22%20Busenburg&f=false I am looking for translation of the section that begins at the bottom right column on page 812 and ends at the top of the right column of page 813 with the signature of H. Neuer. Notar Thanks in advance Ronald Wallace, ronald@...
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ROSENBAUM -Tveria / Tzfat mid 19th cent.
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Yonatan Ben-Ari
Our family history has my greatgrandfather's grandfather, a R' Israel
of Ostrow ( a follower of R' Yehoshua HESCHEL of Apta) coming to Eretz Yisrael (Palestine) somewhere around 1830-1840. He lived for some years in Tveria &/or Tzfat and later (after the earthquake in Tzfat ?) moved to Jerusalem. He came on his own, his grandson (my greatgrandfather) R' Yacov Gedalia SCHECHTER came many years after him The family theory is that his family name was ROSENBAUM and his children in Europe changed their name to SCHECHTER as to their professions (Shochtim). In the book "Tveria" (in hebrew which came out I believe in the 1960s or 70s, there is a list of family names of people who lived in Tveria but unfortunately there is no mention of first names or when they lived there or >from what sources the author took the names. In the list there does appear a ROZENBAUM but as mentioned, gives no information regarding this person. Does anyone have any information regarding the above ROZENBAUM mentioned in the book "Tveria" . TIA. Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ROSENBAUM -Tveria / Tzfat mid 19th cent.
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Yonatan Ben-Ari
Our family history has my greatgrandfather's grandfather, a R' Israel
of Ostrow ( a follower of R' Yehoshua HESCHEL of Apta) coming to Eretz Yisrael (Palestine) somewhere around 1830-1840. He lived for some years in Tveria &/or Tzfat and later (after the earthquake in Tzfat ?) moved to Jerusalem. He came on his own, his grandson (my greatgrandfather) R' Yacov Gedalia SCHECHTER came many years after him The family theory is that his family name was ROSENBAUM and his children in Europe changed their name to SCHECHTER as to their professions (Shochtim). In the book "Tveria" (in hebrew which came out I believe in the 1960s or 70s, there is a list of family names of people who lived in Tveria but unfortunately there is no mention of first names or when they lived there or >from what sources the author took the names. In the list there does appear a ROZENBAUM but as mentioned, gives no information regarding this person. Does anyone have any information regarding the above ROZENBAUM mentioned in the book "Tveria" . TIA. Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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Researching SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW.
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Angie Elfassi
Good morning,
I have asked about this before, but maybe there is a new researcher out there who is also researching SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW. One of my relatives - Dina REICHZELIGMAN - married Itska SHAKOV, s/o Aron, in Kaunas on 21st October 1883. The groom was >from Vilnius. As we know so well, our families moved around so, even if you know that your family came >from Belarus or Ukraine,it's always worth checking out. I have sent emails to Family Finder JewishGen members, who have not yet replied. I look forward to hearing >from them. Regards, Angie Elfassi Israel Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Researching SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW.
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Angie Elfassi
Good morning,
I have asked about this before, but maybe there is a new researcher out there who is also researching SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW. One of my relatives - Dina REICHZELIGMAN - married Itska SHAKOV, s/o Aron, in Kaunas on 21st October 1883. The groom was >from Vilnius. As we know so well, our families moved around so, even if you know that your family came >from Belarus or Ukraine,it's always worth checking out. I have sent emails to Family Finder JewishGen members, who have not yet replied. I look forward to hearing >from them. Regards, Angie Elfassi Israel Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds
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SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW
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Angie Elfassi
Good morning,
I have asked about this before, but maybe there is a new researcher out there who is also researching SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW. One of my relatives - Dina REICHZELIGMAN - married Itska SHAKOV, s/o Aron, in Kaunas on 21st October 1883. The groom was >from Vilnius. As we know so well, our families moved around so, even if you know that your family came >from Belarus or Ukraine,it's always worth checking out. I have sent emails to Family Finder JewishGen members, who have not yet replied. Im hoping the delay in replying is because they are busy at the conference .... Regards, Angie Elfassi Israel Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW
#lithuania
Angie Elfassi
Good morning,
I have asked about this before, but maybe there is a new researcher out there who is also researching SHAKOW, SAKOF, SACOF, SAKOV, SEKOV, SAKOW. One of my relatives - Dina REICHZELIGMAN - married Itska SHAKOV, s/o Aron, in Kaunas on 21st October 1883. The groom was >from Vilnius. As we know so well, our families moved around so, even if you know that your family came >from Belarus or Ukraine,it's always worth checking out. I have sent emails to Family Finder JewishGen members, who have not yet replied. Im hoping the delay in replying is because they are busy at the conference .... Regards, Angie Elfassi Israel Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds
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Austria-Czech day at IAJGS 2017 in Orlando
#austria-czech
We had a terrific day today at the 2017 IAJGS Conference in Orlando.
Our guest speaker, Julius Mueller, gave two fabulous presentations. His first revealed details about essential information available >from records related to declarations of death, Todeserklaerungen, both after the war, and before. The second talk gave examples of records in various regional and local archives that reveal where people moved after 1867, when Jews were allowed to live wherever they wanted to. In between, I gave my annual "What's New" speech. The powerpoint presentation I made is at http://tinyurl.com/y9f4kl2o. (The new stuff is at the end.) I also had fun showing how some of our attendees were related to each other, using Geni.com's relationship finder, http://tinyurl.com/y8kedlro. We followed the talks with a SIG meeting. Julie Tucker Risedorf volunteered to become a SIG Moderator. We talked a lot about priorities in raising funds >from our SIG to use for scanning or cemetery projects. Members were encouraged to help create indices for the available vital records on Badatelna. Looking ahead to next year's conference in Warsaw, Poland, on August 6-10,2018, http://www.iajgs2018.org/, we announced that Georg Gaugusch, author of the incredible compendium of Viennese genealogies Wer einmal war, will be attending the conference as our guest speaker. Because of the proximity of Warsaw, we also discussed raising SIG funds to invite a number of people who have been active helping us in Bohemia and Moravia. Next year promises to be an exciting conference if all decide to attend. Please contribute to the JewishGen Austria Czech Speaker Bureau, account # JG0112005. http://tinyurl.com/3so5qol Randy Schoenberg Los Angeles, CA Austria-Czech SIG Coordinator
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Austria-Czech day at IAJGS 2017 in Orlando
#austria-czech
We had a terrific day today at the 2017 IAJGS Conference in Orlando.
Our guest speaker, Julius Mueller, gave two fabulous presentations. His first revealed details about essential information available >from records related to declarations of death, Todeserklaerungen, both after the war, and before. The second talk gave examples of records in various regional and local archives that reveal where people moved after 1867, when Jews were allowed to live wherever they wanted to. In between, I gave my annual "What's New" speech. The powerpoint presentation I made is at http://tinyurl.com/y9f4kl2o. (The new stuff is at the end.) I also had fun showing how some of our attendees were related to each other, using Geni.com's relationship finder, http://tinyurl.com/y8kedlro. We followed the talks with a SIG meeting. Julie Tucker Risedorf volunteered to become a SIG Moderator. We talked a lot about priorities in raising funds >from our SIG to use for scanning or cemetery projects. Members were encouraged to help create indices for the available vital records on Badatelna. Looking ahead to next year's conference in Warsaw, Poland, on August 6-10,2018, http://www.iajgs2018.org/, we announced that Georg Gaugusch, author of the incredible compendium of Viennese genealogies Wer einmal war, will be attending the conference as our guest speaker. Because of the proximity of Warsaw, we also discussed raising SIG funds to invite a number of people who have been active helping us in Bohemia and Moravia. Next year promises to be an exciting conference if all decide to attend. Please contribute to the JewishGen Austria Czech Speaker Bureau, account # JG0112005. http://tinyurl.com/3so5qol Randy Schoenberg Los Angeles, CA Austria-Czech SIG Coordinator
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