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Registration is OPEN for the 2018 IAJGS Warsaw Conference #usa

IAJGS 2018 Listserv Communications <iajgs2018@...>
 

The IAJGS is delighted to announce that the 2018 Warsaw Conference to
be held Sunday, August 5, 2018 through noon on Friday, August 10, 2018
at the Hilton Warsaw Hotel & Convention Centre is now open for
full-paying conference attendees to register at an early bird price.
The conference website is for more information and a link to the
registration form. Please read the Registration Overview and Terms of
Conditions before registering. The early-bird price will be in effect
until April 28, 2018 for full-paying attendees and their significant
others.

The official conference language will be English. The program will
include over 150 presentations on a variety of subjects including
available archival material, research methodology, and the history of
Jewish communities throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Presentations will be aimed at everyone, >from "first-time" conference
attendees to veterans of IAJGS conferences, and >from beginner to
expert level genealogists.

The conference will begin officially on Sunday with an opening
reception and program at 5 pm, but prior to that there will be morning
lectures on local archival resources and how to use the conference
mobile device app, walking tours of Warsaw, and an afternoon
"ShareFair" including experts >from all over Central & Eastern Europe.
More to come about programming at a later date, but we realize that
the starting times might be of use to planning your arrival into
Warsaw.

All official conference events (lectures, panels, receptions and
workshops) will be held at the Hilton Warsaw Hotel which is located at
63 Grzybowska Street for the convenience of our attendees. We have
reserved all regular hotel rooms at the Hilton and they are blocked
for only IAJGS conference use at the present time. We will soon open
hotel registration through a link to a special webpage provided by
Hilton. We will only guarantee rooms in the conference hotel with
proof of conference registration to be sure that the hotel will be
filled by conference attendees. The special conference price will
include: free wifi, access to the Holmes Place exercise club, and an
amazing breakfast buffet - all at a very reasonable price. So stay
tuned, and if you are ready to sign up for the conference and pay for
registration, please do... and tell all your friends to join us too!

Looking forward to seeing you in Warsaw!

Dan Oren Woodbridge, Connecticut USA
2018 IAJGS Warsaw Conference Listserv Communications Liaison
Early American SIG #USA Registration is OPEN for the 2018 IAJGS Warsaw Conference #usa

IAJGS 2018 Listserv Communications <iajgs2018@...>
 

The IAJGS is delighted to announce that the 2018 Warsaw Conference to
be held Sunday, August 5, 2018 through noon on Friday, August 10, 2018
at the Hilton Warsaw Hotel & Convention Centre is now open for
full-paying conference attendees to register at an early bird price.
The conference website is for more information and a link to the
registration form. Please read the Registration Overview and Terms of
Conditions before registering. The early-bird price will be in effect
until April 28, 2018 for full-paying attendees and their significant
others.

The official conference language will be English. The program will
include over 150 presentations on a variety of subjects including
available archival material, research methodology, and the history of
Jewish communities throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Presentations will be aimed at everyone, >from "first-time" conference
attendees to veterans of IAJGS conferences, and >from beginner to
expert level genealogists.

The conference will begin officially on Sunday with an opening
reception and program at 5 pm, but prior to that there will be morning
lectures on local archival resources and how to use the conference
mobile device app, walking tours of Warsaw, and an afternoon
"ShareFair" including experts >from all over Central & Eastern Europe.
More to come about programming at a later date, but we realize that
the starting times might be of use to planning your arrival into
Warsaw.

All official conference events (lectures, panels, receptions and
workshops) will be held at the Hilton Warsaw Hotel which is located at
63 Grzybowska Street for the convenience of our attendees. We have
reserved all regular hotel rooms at the Hilton and they are blocked
for only IAJGS conference use at the present time. We will soon open
hotel registration through a link to a special webpage provided by
Hilton. We will only guarantee rooms in the conference hotel with
proof of conference registration to be sure that the hotel will be
filled by conference attendees. The special conference price will
include: free wifi, access to the Holmes Place exercise club, and an
amazing breakfast buffet - all at a very reasonable price. So stay
tuned, and if you are ready to sign up for the conference and pay for
registration, please do... and tell all your friends to join us too!

Looking forward to seeing you in Warsaw!

Dan Oren Woodbridge, Connecticut USA
2018 IAJGS Warsaw Conference Listserv Communications Liaison
New February Classes offered by JewishGen/Education #unitedkingdom

Nancy Holden
 

Open for Registration at JewishGen/Education
www.jewishgen.org/education

FREE -
Basic 2: Search Strategies - Using Google for Genealogy
January 29 - February 11

JewishGen Education offers Free Value-Added 2 week workbook class
Free to contributors to General Fund in past 12 months
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/ValueAdded.asp)
$18. for members who do not have value added status.

FEE BASED-
Independent Study February 9 - March 1.

If you have a research problem you would love to work on with
individualized instruction...set up you own project and spend 3 weeks
with a personal mentor. The instructor will analyze your data and help
you set goals and objectives for solutions and success.

Independent Study is a way to get a helping hand. We offer a wide
range of problem solving solutions: techniques and resources.

The JewishGen Forum is a private Internet site through JewishGen/
Education that offers open 24/7.

Course Description: http://www.jewishgen.org/education
Tuition: $200.

Nancy Holden
Email Nancy Holden
nholden@...
JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom New February Classes offered by JewishGen/Education #unitedkingdom

Nancy Holden
 

Open for Registration at JewishGen/Education
www.jewishgen.org/education

FREE -
Basic 2: Search Strategies - Using Google for Genealogy
January 29 - February 11

JewishGen Education offers Free Value-Added 2 week workbook class
Free to contributors to General Fund in past 12 months
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/ValueAdded.asp)
$18. for members who do not have value added status.

FEE BASED-
Independent Study February 9 - March 1.

If you have a research problem you would love to work on with
individualized instruction...set up you own project and spend 3 weeks
with a personal mentor. The instructor will analyze your data and help
you set goals and objectives for solutions and success.

Independent Study is a way to get a helping hand. We offer a wide
range of problem solving solutions: techniques and resources.

The JewishGen Forum is a private Internet site through JewishGen/
Education that offers open 24/7.

Course Description: http://www.jewishgen.org/education
Tuition: $200.

Nancy Holden
Email Nancy Holden
nholden@...
USS Gen. Sturgis, Transport of Displaced Persons #germany

Alex Magocsi
 

The [ship] US General Sturgis transported numerous Displaced Persons
between Bremerhaven and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The transport I am interested in arrived Halifax on or about
14 February 1948.

How and where might I find when this ship departed Bremerhaven?

Thank you for your feedback

Alex Magocsi awmjr@...
German SIG #Germany USS Gen. Sturgis, Transport of Displaced Persons #germany

Alex Magocsi
 

The [ship] US General Sturgis transported numerous Displaced Persons
between Bremerhaven and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The transport I am interested in arrived Halifax on or about
14 February 1948.

How and where might I find when this ship departed Bremerhaven?

Thank you for your feedback

Alex Magocsi awmjr@...
Stuttgart Main Railroad Station: 1948 #germany

Alex Magocsi
 

Early in 1948, a group of "children" >from the Aglasterhausen Displaced
Children's Home traveled to Flandern Kaserne in Stuttgart in preparation
for their voyage to & resettlement in, Canada.
(Note: Flandern Kaserne became the US Army's Robinson Barracks)
They next traveled by train >from Stuttgart to Bremerhaven.

I assume the children departed Stuttgart >from the Main Station.
Was the Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof / Main Station operational
at that point? It was reportedly heavily damaged.
Or did the children depart >from an alternate US Military station?
If so, which one?

Perhaps someone can answer my questions or point me to
an applicable web site.

Thank you, Alex Magocsi awmjr@...
German SIG #Germany Stuttgart Main Railroad Station: 1948 #germany

Alex Magocsi
 

Early in 1948, a group of "children" >from the Aglasterhausen Displaced
Children's Home traveled to Flandern Kaserne in Stuttgart in preparation
for their voyage to & resettlement in, Canada.
(Note: Flandern Kaserne became the US Army's Robinson Barracks)
They next traveled by train >from Stuttgart to Bremerhaven.

I assume the children departed Stuttgart >from the Main Station.
Was the Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof / Main Station operational
at that point? It was reportedly heavily damaged.
Or did the children depart >from an alternate US Military station?
If so, which one?

Perhaps someone can answer my questions or point me to
an applicable web site.

Thank you, Alex Magocsi awmjr@...
Re: Name adoption/change conventions during Napoleonic occupation of the Rhineland #germany

Bert Fischel <bert@...>
 

In 1808 my generation 6 ancestor changed his name >from Nathan Anschel
to Napoleon Johnathan Roos, and tis is recoerded in the name change
book in the Speyer Stadtarchives. I visited the Speyer archives to
discover this information. They were extremely helpful in documenting
much of my family history.

Bert Fischel <bert@...>

On Jan. 17, Michael Rubin <rubinmichaels@...> wrote:

I am seeking input on naming practices during the Napoleonic-ordered
name adoption wave of 1808 in communities west of the Rhine.
In Hessen and elsewhere, it's my experience that only formal last names
were taken to replace patronymics. During the Napoleonic name-adoption,
however, I see evidence of wholesale name changes including first name
and adoption of formal new last/family name, such as Isaac Feist becoming
Elias STERN. I am interested in the experience of others with family
originating in this region.
German SIG #Germany Re: Name adoption/change conventions during Napoleonic occupation of the Rhineland #germany

Bert Fischel <bert@...>
 

In 1808 my generation 6 ancestor changed his name >from Nathan Anschel
to Napoleon Johnathan Roos, and tis is recoerded in the name change
book in the Speyer Stadtarchives. I visited the Speyer archives to
discover this information. They were extremely helpful in documenting
much of my family history.

Bert Fischel <bert@...>

On Jan. 17, Michael Rubin <rubinmichaels@...> wrote:

I am seeking input on naming practices during the Napoleonic-ordered
name adoption wave of 1808 in communities west of the Rhine.
In Hessen and elsewhere, it's my experience that only formal last names
were taken to replace patronymics. During the Napoleonic name-adoption,
however, I see evidence of wholesale name changes including first name
and adoption of formal new last/family name, such as Isaac Feist becoming
Elias STERN. I am interested in the experience of others with family
originating in this region.
Re: Name adoption/change conventions during Napoleonic occupation of the Rhineland #germany

Fran Luebke@wi.rr.com <franluebke@...>
 

This may be redundant of source cited but half of my paternal family
lived west of the Rhine and in every case both old patronymic and
new first and last names are listed.

Often first names were changed to more French names, I found this
more common among females.

In some cases the last names were hardly distinguishable as Jewish.
In my Loeb family there were several in the same town who chose
Jakob as a new first name so these Jakob Loebs were followed
by I, II or III to distinguish them.

My great grandfather was known as Jakob Loeb I. As you know, half
the fun is they were written in French using the French Republican calendar.

Fran Loeb Luebke Franluebke@...

Researching LOEB, HYMAN / HAIMAN / HEIMAN, MASS / MOSS, MANNHEIMER, LINDENTHAL
German SIG #Germany Re: Name adoption/change conventions during Napoleonic occupation of the Rhineland #germany

Fran Luebke@wi.rr.com <franluebke@...>
 

This may be redundant of source cited but half of my paternal family
lived west of the Rhine and in every case both old patronymic and
new first and last names are listed.

Often first names were changed to more French names, I found this
more common among females.

In some cases the last names were hardly distinguishable as Jewish.
In my Loeb family there were several in the same town who chose
Jakob as a new first name so these Jakob Loebs were followed
by I, II or III to distinguish them.

My great grandfather was known as Jakob Loeb I. As you know, half
the fun is they were written in French using the French Republican calendar.

Fran Loeb Luebke Franluebke@...

Researching LOEB, HYMAN / HAIMAN / HEIMAN, MASS / MOSS, MANNHEIMER, LINDENTHAL
A little more on Baden's on-line records #germany

Roger Lustig
 

Dear all:

Having used the Collection 390 (Karlsruhe) and L10 (Freiburg) on-line
Baden vital records quite a bit, let me add a few more points.

1) These are duplicate registers, i.e., annual copies handed in to the
local government. They are bound together year by year.

2) It was not necessarily a Christian clergyman keeping the Jewish records.

3) Universal civil registration began in Baden on Feb. 1, 1870 and
adopted the German Empire's standard forms on Jan. 1, 1876.

4) The whole "conversion" misunderstanding may have been exacerbated by
FamilySearch and Ancestry, which have indexed zillions of these records
and called many if not all the Jewish ones "Lutheran"--including the
9-volume Jewish-only set for Mannheim. I have pointed this out to the
organizations involved.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA  research coordinator, GerSIG
German SIG #Germany A little more on Baden's on-line records #germany

Roger Lustig
 

Dear all:

Having used the Collection 390 (Karlsruhe) and L10 (Freiburg) on-line
Baden vital records quite a bit, let me add a few more points.

1) These are duplicate registers, i.e., annual copies handed in to the
local government. They are bound together year by year.

2) It was not necessarily a Christian clergyman keeping the Jewish records.

3) Universal civil registration began in Baden on Feb. 1, 1870 and
adopted the German Empire's standard forms on Jan. 1, 1876.

4) The whole "conversion" misunderstanding may have been exacerbated by
FamilySearch and Ancestry, which have indexed zillions of these records
and called many if not all the Jewish ones "Lutheran"--including the
9-volume Jewish-only set for Mannheim. I have pointed this out to the
organizations involved.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA  research coordinator, GerSIG
Name adoption/change conventions during Napoleonic occupation of the Rhineland #germany

Michael Rubin
 

I am seeking input on naming practices during the Napoleonic-ordered
name adoption wave of 1808 in communities west of the Rhine.
In Hessen and elsewhere, it's my experience that only formal last names
were taken to replace patronymics. During the Napoleonic name-adoption,
however, I see evidence of wholesale name changes including first name
and adoption of formal new last/family name, such as Isaac Feist becoming
Elias STERN. I am interested in the experience of others with family
originating in this region.

Michael Rubin, Boston rubinmichaels@...

Moderator note: Like all questions about German Jewish surnames,
a detailed answer can be found in the 125 page Introduction * to
"A Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames" by Obermayer Award winner
Lars Menk. Avotaynu Press, 2005
ISBN-10: 1886223203 ISBN-13: 978-1886223202
* The introduction includes a 20 page bibliography. Mod 1
German SIG #Germany Name adoption/change conventions during Napoleonic occupation of the Rhineland #germany

Michael Rubin
 

I am seeking input on naming practices during the Napoleonic-ordered
name adoption wave of 1808 in communities west of the Rhine.
In Hessen and elsewhere, it's my experience that only formal last names
were taken to replace patronymics. During the Napoleonic name-adoption,
however, I see evidence of wholesale name changes including first name
and adoption of formal new last/family name, such as Isaac Feist becoming
Elias STERN. I am interested in the experience of others with family
originating in this region.

Michael Rubin, Boston rubinmichaels@...

Moderator note: Like all questions about German Jewish surnames,
a detailed answer can be found in the 125 page Introduction * to
"A Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames" by Obermayer Award winner
Lars Menk. Avotaynu Press, 2005
ISBN-10: 1886223203 ISBN-13: 978-1886223202
* The introduction includes a 20 page bibliography. Mod 1
upcoming genealogy program at the Center for Jewish History in New York #general

Moriah Amit
 

The Ackman & Ziff Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History
is excited to revitalize its "Family History Today" series in 2018.
Beginning in January, this monthly series will feature lectures,
hands-on workshops, and more, each focused on different approach to
researching one's own family history. Please see below for more details
on the January program and stay tuned for future program announcements.

from Family History to Present Family - Finding Living Relatives You
Have Never Met!
Date: January 29, 6:30 PM
Place: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. (Btw. 5th and 6th
Aves.), New York, NY 10011
Description: Are you interested in reconnecting with your long-lost
cousins? Moriah Amit, the Center for Jewish History's Senior Genealogy
Reference Librarian, will cover major resources and strategies for
locating the living descendants of deceased individuals on your family
tree.
Free and open to the public; reservation required at
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=fam83E&ss=1

Moriah Amit
New York, NY
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen upcoming genealogy program at the Center for Jewish History in New York #general

Moriah Amit
 

The Ackman & Ziff Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History
is excited to revitalize its "Family History Today" series in 2018.
Beginning in January, this monthly series will feature lectures,
hands-on workshops, and more, each focused on different approach to
researching one's own family history. Please see below for more details
on the January program and stay tuned for future program announcements.

from Family History to Present Family - Finding Living Relatives You
Have Never Met!
Date: January 29, 6:30 PM
Place: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. (Btw. 5th and 6th
Aves.), New York, NY 10011
Description: Are you interested in reconnecting with your long-lost
cousins? Moriah Amit, the Center for Jewish History's Senior Genealogy
Reference Librarian, will cover major resources and strategies for
locating the living descendants of deceased individuals on your family
tree.
Free and open to the public; reservation required at
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=fam83E&ss=1

Moriah Amit
New York, NY
ViewMate translation request - Russian #poland

Sonny Putter <sonny_putter@...>
 

I would appreciate a translation of the Russian text of the 1881 Tarnogrod,
Poland marriage record of Mendel PUTER and Sura SZTOKMAN, Akta 7. The
record is in 2 parts. I would like a translation of the genealogically
significant information, especially names of the groom's and bride's
parents, the groom's and bride's names, ages and places of birth and the
actual date of the marriage.

It is on ViewMate at the following addresses:

Part 1: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63725

Part 2: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63726

Please respond using the online ViewMate form or directly to me at
sonny_putter@... .

Thank you very much.

Sinai (Sonny) PUTTER
Newcastle, Washington U.S.A.
JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate translation request - Russian #poland

Sonny Putter <sonny_putter@...>
 

I would appreciate a translation of the Russian text of the 1881 Tarnogrod,
Poland marriage record of Mendel PUTER and Sura SZTOKMAN, Akta 7. The
record is in 2 parts. I would like a translation of the genealogically
significant information, especially names of the groom's and bride's
parents, the groom's and bride's names, ages and places of birth and the
actual date of the marriage.

It is on ViewMate at the following addresses:

Part 1: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63725

Part 2: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63726

Please respond using the online ViewMate form or directly to me at
sonny_putter@... .

Thank you very much.

Sinai (Sonny) PUTTER
Newcastle, Washington U.S.A.
56321 - 56340 of 669799