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ViewMate translation request -- German
#germany
Alice
I have posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation.
It is in ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63251 Please respond on the form provided in the VewMate application. Thank you very much for your assistance. Alice Riley
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German SIG #Germany Fwd: ViewMate translation request -- German
#germany
Alice
I have posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation.
It is in ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63251 Please respond on the form provided in the VewMate application. Thank you very much for your assistance. Alice Riley
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Alsace-Lorraine researching grandfather
#germany
Carolyn Allen <rjazz1@...>
Hi -- I am a new member
I would like to find a birth certificate for my grandfather, David John (or Jacob) DORANZ or any information on the DORANZ family. I do not know in what city in Alsace-Lorraine he was born. The family did identify as German. David was born around 1854. His father's name was Jacob DORANZ . However, when Jacob died in a nursing home in New York City in 1911 it was spelled DORENS. It was spelled as DORANZ on his tombstone. I think David DORANZ' mother was Ruth KRUEGER. I have a lot more information but don't know if it is relevant. Thank you very much in advance. Carolyn DORANZ Allen Newton, Masschusetts USA rjazz1@...
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German SIG #Germany Alsace-Lorraine researching grandfather
#germany
Carolyn Allen <rjazz1@...>
Hi -- I am a new member
I would like to find a birth certificate for my grandfather, David John (or Jacob) DORANZ or any information on the DORANZ family. I do not know in what city in Alsace-Lorraine he was born. The family did identify as German. David was born around 1854. His father's name was Jacob DORANZ . However, when Jacob died in a nursing home in New York City in 1911 it was spelled DORENS. It was spelled as DORANZ on his tombstone. I think David DORANZ' mother was Ruth KRUEGER. I have a lot more information but don't know if it is relevant. Thank you very much in advance. Carolyn DORANZ Allen Newton, Masschusetts USA rjazz1@...
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Re: Advice on heritage tours in Bialystok region?
#poland
Tamara Edell Gottstein <tamama2e@...>
The Taube foundation specializes in this kind of thing so you might ask
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them. They also set up a genealogy center in the Jewish Historical Institute. People there were every helpful to us when we were going to Bialystock and Narewka with advice about where archives were and how to source information. Good luck and please share what you find out. I also want to get to the Lomza Gubernia region as well as Bialystock and Narewka again. All in Northern Poland. I would love tips for a good guide and also someone who can help access and translate information >from local archives. Thanks so much. Tamara MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with recommendations for guides and researchers.
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Subject: Advice on heritage tours in Bialystok region? From: Jade Brooks <jadembrooks@...> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:16:31 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1 Dear all, My name is Jade and I'm trying to plan a family trip to Poland to visit Sokolka, the hometown of my great-grandmother. Does anyone have advice on tour agencies that offer Jewish heritage tours? Any other tips or suggestions for a visit to the region? Should we rent a car? Should we take the train? Is it very necessary to have a guide (particularly as we do not speak Polish, sad to say)? Many thanks in advance for any advice! MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please send recommendations for tour agencies privately. Responses to other questions in this message may be shared with the list.
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland RE: Advice on heritage tours in Bialystok region?
#poland
Tamara Edell Gottstein <tamama2e@...>
The Taube foundation specializes in this kind of thing so you might ask
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them. They also set up a genealogy center in the Jewish Historical Institute. People there were every helpful to us when we were going to Bialystock and Narewka with advice about where archives were and how to source information. Good luck and please share what you find out. I also want to get to the Lomza Gubernia region as well as Bialystock and Narewka again. All in Northern Poland. I would love tips for a good guide and also someone who can help access and translate information >from local archives. Thanks so much. Tamara MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with recommendations for guides and researchers.
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Subject: Advice on heritage tours in Bialystok region? From: Jade Brooks <jadembrooks@...> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:16:31 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1 Dear all, My name is Jade and I'm trying to plan a family trip to Poland to visit Sokolka, the hometown of my great-grandmother. Does anyone have advice on tour agencies that offer Jewish heritage tours? Any other tips or suggestions for a visit to the region? Should we rent a car? Should we take the train? Is it very necessary to have a guide (particularly as we do not speak Polish, sad to say)? Many thanks in advance for any advice! MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please send recommendations for tour agencies privately. Responses to other questions in this message may be shared with the list.
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Re: INTRO - Seeking: FUSS, HERZ, KRAUTER et al
#germany
Lutz:
Good morning. I have a number of names that might match yours. HERZ is a very common name in my tree. Many >from N=FCmbrecht, some >from the Pfalz and others >from Luxembourg. HIRSCH is also a common surname >from the Pfalz and other areas of Germany and the USA. You can check my LOBBENBERG family tree on Ancestry. My father was Walter LOBBENBERG b. 1910. My mother was Betty Gr=FCnhut b. 1912. Please let me know how our paths connect. Henry Lobbenberg, Toronto, Canada hank.lobben@... lutz petzold <lutzhpetzold@...> wrote: Subject: INTRO - Seeking: FUSS, HERZ, KRAUTER, ORBACH, LATTIG, FIEBIG My primary research goals now are to find out my maternal ancestry back to Mitochondrial Eve. My JGFF ID number is 300075. The family names and ancestral towns are: FUSS Bavaria, Saar-Pfalz/Homburg/Reiskirchen/Erbach Germany 1780's. HERZ Bavaria, Saar-Pfalz/Homburg/Reiskirchen/Erbach Germany, Metz France Heinrich and Louise HIRSCH Bavaria/Saar-Pfalz/Homburg/Reiskirchen/Erbach Germany, Metz France KRAUTER Bavaria/Saar-Pfalz/Homburg Germany ORBACH Metz France, Trier Germany LATTIG Metz, FIEBIG Metz Warm wishes for success, Lutz Petzold, Newport, RI lutzhpetzold@...
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Intro -Researching HELD Family from Berlin, Breslau & Silesia
#germany
wkelly61
Hello GerSig, I just joined the group. I have been doing genealogy
research off and on for a few years. I consider myself to be a novice in doing German Jewish Genealogy research. I live in Teaneck, NJ , US . My native language is English. I consider myself an expert in using a computer. My experience in using the Internet is extensive. I have identified the names and birth and death dates of ____ of my grandparents. My primary research goals now are to find out if there are other relatives that survived the holocaust. Also were rumors my Grandfather had a son outside marriage. My JGFF Researcher ID number is 379188. I was lucky enough to be able to retrieve my mother's dna >from a stalled research project. Her DNA is up on Geni.com and FTDNA ,please contact me for that info> My DNA is up on Ancestry which I have also uploaded to Jewish gen. Cheers, Wendy Kelly, Teaneck,NJ <kellyww@...>
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German SIG #Germany Re: INTRO - Seeking: FUSS, HERZ, KRAUTER et al
#germany
Lutz:
Good morning. I have a number of names that might match yours. HERZ is a very common name in my tree. Many >from N=FCmbrecht, some >from the Pfalz and others >from Luxembourg. HIRSCH is also a common surname >from the Pfalz and other areas of Germany and the USA. You can check my LOBBENBERG family tree on Ancestry. My father was Walter LOBBENBERG b. 1910. My mother was Betty Gr=FCnhut b. 1912. Please let me know how our paths connect. Henry Lobbenberg, Toronto, Canada hank.lobben@... lutz petzold <lutzhpetzold@...> wrote: Subject: INTRO - Seeking: FUSS, HERZ, KRAUTER, ORBACH, LATTIG, FIEBIG My primary research goals now are to find out my maternal ancestry back to Mitochondrial Eve. My JGFF ID number is 300075. The family names and ancestral towns are: FUSS Bavaria, Saar-Pfalz/Homburg/Reiskirchen/Erbach Germany 1780's. HERZ Bavaria, Saar-Pfalz/Homburg/Reiskirchen/Erbach Germany, Metz France Heinrich and Louise HIRSCH Bavaria/Saar-Pfalz/Homburg/Reiskirchen/Erbach Germany, Metz France KRAUTER Bavaria/Saar-Pfalz/Homburg Germany ORBACH Metz France, Trier Germany LATTIG Metz, FIEBIG Metz Warm wishes for success, Lutz Petzold, Newport, RI lutzhpetzold@...
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German SIG #Germany Intro -Researching HELD Family from Berlin, Breslau & Silesia
#germany
wkelly61
Hello GerSig, I just joined the group. I have been doing genealogy
research off and on for a few years. I consider myself to be a novice in doing German Jewish Genealogy research. I live in Teaneck, NJ , US . My native language is English. I consider myself an expert in using a computer. My experience in using the Internet is extensive. I have identified the names and birth and death dates of ____ of my grandparents. My primary research goals now are to find out if there are other relatives that survived the holocaust. Also were rumors my Grandfather had a son outside marriage. My JGFF Researcher ID number is 379188. I was lucky enough to be able to retrieve my mother's dna >from a stalled research project. Her DNA is up on Geni.com and FTDNA ,please contact me for that info> My DNA is up on Ancestry which I have also uploaded to Jewish gen. Cheers, Wendy Kelly, Teaneck,NJ <kellyww@...>
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Re: WEINBERG in Dortmond, Germany
#germany
Phyllis Kramer
Dina Hill asked.......... if there is any information on the town of
Dortmond, Germany? Has information been extracted for the Jewish people who were born there? I would begin with the JewishGen Communities Page for the town; it is at https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1761123 Lots of interesting information on this Prussian town...including the Jewish population of 1,924 (in 1900), 3,820 (in 1925). Also look at the nearby towns to become familiar, so that when you research Weinberg you'll find the ones >from Dortmond and the towns nearby. I would start with the JGFF link on the page...and contact the other researcher interested in Weinberg. Then go to the German country database (there's a link on the page) to see what information it might contain. Of course join the German Jewish Special Interest Group GerSIG (there's also a link on the page). If you are really serious, I'd go to the archives of the GerSIG Email list and see if anyone else has posted about your surname and town. Happy Hunting and Happy New Year...Dina Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm
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German SIG #Germany re:WEINBERG in Dortmond, Germany
#germany
Phyllis Kramer
Dina Hill asked.......... if there is any information on the town of
Dortmond, Germany? Has information been extracted for the Jewish people who were born there? I would begin with the JewishGen Communities Page for the town; it is at https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1761123 Lots of interesting information on this Prussian town...including the Jewish population of 1,924 (in 1900), 3,820 (in 1925). Also look at the nearby towns to become familiar, so that when you research Weinberg you'll find the ones >from Dortmond and the towns nearby. I would start with the JGFF link on the page...and contact the other researcher interested in Weinberg. Then go to the German country database (there's a link on the page) to see what information it might contain. Of course join the German Jewish Special Interest Group GerSIG (there's also a link on the page). If you are really serious, I'd go to the archives of the GerSIG Email list and see if anyone else has posted about your surname and town. Happy Hunting and Happy New Year...Dina Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm
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WITTGENSTEINER. SCHACHTEL, KAISER and BACH France WWII
#general
George J. Fogelson
Searching for information about these friends of my aunt in France during WWII:
Hans WITTGENSTEINER born 11-10-1913 Berlin Curt SCHACHTEL b 21-04-1908 Berlin Ismar KAISER b 14-11-1898 Ratibor Ralph BACH b 10-05-1895 Mulhouse in Alsace Please reply privately to: George FOGELSON GJFogelson@... Redondo Beach, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen WITTGENSTEINER. SCHACHTEL, KAISER and BACH France WWII
#general
George J. Fogelson
Searching for information about these friends of my aunt in France during WWII:
Hans WITTGENSTEINER born 11-10-1913 Berlin Curt SCHACHTEL b 21-04-1908 Berlin Ismar KAISER b 14-11-1898 Ratibor Ralph BACH b 10-05-1895 Mulhouse in Alsace Please reply privately to: George FOGELSON GJFogelson@... Redondo Beach, CA
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Dorothy/Devora SALL (married to Gelbtuch)
#general
Moishe Miller
Dear Group,
Would anyone know detail on a Dorothy/Devorah SALL married in Manhattan in 1953 to Moshe GELBTUCH (of Skalat, Ukraine). Devorah was born in 1926 and passed away in 1986. She is buried in NJ in New Mt Lebanon. I am looking for detail on her ancestry. She is not the Dorothy SALL from Syracuse who passed away 2005 (but was also born 1926).Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Dorothy/Devora SALL (married to Gelbtuch)
#general
Moishe Miller
Dear Group,
Would anyone know detail on a Dorothy/Devorah SALL married in Manhattan in 1953 to Moshe GELBTUCH (of Skalat, Ukraine). Devorah was born in 1926 and passed away in 1986. She is buried in NJ in New Mt Lebanon. I am looking for detail on her ancestry. She is not the Dorothy SALL from Syracuse who passed away 2005 (but was also born 1926).Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@...
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Re: (Belgium and Netherlands) Open Archives
#france
janbousse@...
Dear Friends,
This website looks very promising. It refers to records in Dutch and Belgian archives. The url is nl, meaning the source is The Netherlands. I tried it out with various names. I saw that it did not confine itself to Jewish names. I tried two Jewish names and some Belgian ones. >from the results I conclude: The site deals mainly with Dutch records. Very occasionally there is an event in Belgium, but it seems always to be one connected to a record in Nederland. For instance, someone born in Vlissingen, Zeeland, death recorded in Oostende, Belgium. The source is probably a Dutch record. I tried a few names >from my own family. Some of the names appear in Dutch records but they are not related to my family. Like my mother's name Van Parys, not one record >from Belgium. My own name Bousse, rare in Holland but for which I have records in Belgium >from the late 1500s, no results in that website. The website is useful but with these limitations. I wish you all a happy and healthy year 2018. Jan Bousse, janbousse@...
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French SIG #France Re: (Belgium and Netherlands) Open Archives
#france
janbousse@...
Dear Friends,
This website looks very promising. It refers to records in Dutch and Belgian archives. The url is nl, meaning the source is The Netherlands. I tried it out with various names. I saw that it did not confine itself to Jewish names. I tried two Jewish names and some Belgian ones. >from the results I conclude: The site deals mainly with Dutch records. Very occasionally there is an event in Belgium, but it seems always to be one connected to a record in Nederland. For instance, someone born in Vlissingen, Zeeland, death recorded in Oostende, Belgium. The source is probably a Dutch record. I tried a few names >from my own family. Some of the names appear in Dutch records but they are not related to my family. Like my mother's name Van Parys, not one record >from Belgium. My own name Bousse, rare in Holland but for which I have records in Belgium >from the late 1500s, no results in that website. The website is useful but with these limitations. I wish you all a happy and healthy year 2018. Jan Bousse, janbousse@...
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Re: (Belgium and Netherlands) Open Archives-Records on 174 Million People in Dutch and Belgian Archives
#general
Jan Bousse <janbousse@...>
"Jan Meisels Allen" <janmallen@...> wrote:
The Open Archives Provides records and additional information for 174Dear Friends, This website looks very promising. It refers to records in Dutch and Belgian archives. The url is nl, meaning the source is The Netherlands. I tried it out with various names. I saw that it did not confine itself to Jewish names. I tried two Jewish names and some Belgian ones. >from the results I conclude: The site deals mainly with Dutch records. Very occasionally there is an event in Belgium, but it seems always to be one connected to a record in Nederland. For instance, someone born in Vlissingen, Zeeland, death recorded in Oostende, Belgium. The source is probably a Dutch record. I tried a few names >from my own family. Some of the names appear in Dutch records but they are not related to my family. Like my mother's name Van Parys, not one record >from Belgium. My own name Bousse, rare in Holland but for which I have records in Belgium >from the late 1500s, no results in that website. The website is useful but with these limitations. I wish you all a happy and healthy year 2018. Jan Bousse, janbousse@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: (Belgium and Netherlands) Open Archives-Records on 174 Million People in Dutch and Belgian Archives
#general
Jan Bousse <janbousse@...>
"Jan Meisels Allen" <janmallen@...> wrote:
The Open Archives Provides records and additional information for 174Dear Friends, This website looks very promising. It refers to records in Dutch and Belgian archives. The url is nl, meaning the source is The Netherlands. I tried it out with various names. I saw that it did not confine itself to Jewish names. I tried two Jewish names and some Belgian ones. >from the results I conclude: The site deals mainly with Dutch records. Very occasionally there is an event in Belgium, but it seems always to be one connected to a record in Nederland. For instance, someone born in Vlissingen, Zeeland, death recorded in Oostende, Belgium. The source is probably a Dutch record. I tried a few names >from my own family. Some of the names appear in Dutch records but they are not related to my family. Like my mother's name Van Parys, not one record >from Belgium. My own name Bousse, rare in Holland but for which I have records in Belgium >from the late 1500s, no results in that website. The website is useful but with these limitations. I wish you all a happy and healthy year 2018. Jan Bousse, janbousse@...
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