New Yorkers and New Jersey folk....

Trying to locate Gladys Kaplan (nee Klein born circa 1929-1930). She
attended Julia Richman? High School and graduated City College of NY circa
1952. Lester died in 1997.
Had two sons Jeffrey and Scott. At one time lived on Yellowstone Blvd in
Queens and perhaps Forest Hills. Gladys had a younger brother.........given
name unknown.

Surely someone remembers her and knows her present location.

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Cindy Potter Taylor
Boynton Beach, FL

From: Phyllis Blumenfeld <feigele1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 15:00:04 -0700 (PDT)

After suggesting that your aunt had called herself and was known as
'Jenny', I would like to add that she may well have had in mind the
bird's name of 'Jenny Wren' shortened as a suitable substitute for
'Zipporah'.

Felicity Bartak
Melbourne
Australia

New Yorkers and New Jersey folk....

Trying to locate Gladys Kaplan (nee Klein born circa 1929-1930). She
attended Julia Richman? High School and graduated City College of NY circa
1952. Lester died in 1997.
Had two sons Jeffrey and Scott. At one time lived on Yellowstone Blvd in
Queens and perhaps Forest Hills. Gladys had a younger brother.........given
name unknown.

Surely someone remembers her and knows her present location.

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Cindy Potter Taylor
Boynton Beach, FL

From: Phyllis Blumenfeld <feigele1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 15:00:04 -0700 (PDT)

After suggesting that your aunt had called herself and was known as
'Jenny', I would like to add that she may well have had in mind the
bird's name of 'Jenny Wren' shortened as a suitable substitute for
'Zipporah'.

Felicity Bartak
Melbourne
Australia

There is no such thing as a translation of a name. People may choose
names that sound similar, or have the same initial, but there is no
absolute rule that Jewish and secular names must "match" in any way.

Phyllis is no more Tziporrah than Jennie. and Tamas has no real
connection to Shlomo, but those are my given names. (and some people
have non-matching biblical names, too.)

Tzpa sounds to me like a misreading (or miswriting) of tzippa. some
rabbis advise against nicknames or yiddish on headstones, but the
family often does put the name by which they were known.

"tanta" is yiddish, so her jewish name was likely tzippa (tziporah),
as on the hebrew inscription of her stone, and her english name was
jennie.


....... tom klein, toronto


Phyllis Blumenfeld <feigele1@yahoo.com> wrote:
My great aunt was called Tanta Tzippa all of her life and to me
that meant she was Tzipporah as I am. But her headstone reads Tzpa
bas Yaccov in Hebrew and on the English engraving is says Jennie.
Is this a Yiddish translation? I know that I am Feigel in Yiddish
and Tzipporah in Hebrew but have never heard of it being translated
to Jennie. As far as I knew, Jennie was Sheindel.

There is no such thing as a translation of a name. People may choose
names that sound similar, or have the same initial, but there is no
absolute rule that Jewish and secular names must "match" in any way.

Phyllis is no more Tziporrah than Jennie. and Tamas has no real
connection to Shlomo, but those are my given names. (and some people
have non-matching biblical names, too.)

Tzpa sounds to me like a misreading (or miswriting) of tzippa. some
rabbis advise against nicknames or yiddish on headstones, but the
family often does put the name by which they were known.

"tanta" is yiddish, so her jewish name was likely tzippa (tziporah),
as on the hebrew inscription of her stone, and her english name was
jennie.


....... tom klein, toronto


Phyllis Blumenfeld <feigele1@yahoo.com> wrote:
My great aunt was called Tanta Tzippa all of her life and to me
that meant she was Tzipporah as I am. But her headstone reads Tzpa
bas Yaccov in Hebrew and on the English engraving is says Jennie.
Is this a Yiddish translation? I know that I am Feigel in Yiddish
and Tzipporah in Hebrew but have never heard of it being translated
to Jennie. As far as I knew, Jennie was Sheindel.

Hi,

Does anyone have knowledge of the Katowice community today? My aunt is
looking for her cousin Eva/Ewa Wassertheil who may still be living in
Katowice today. She would be about 64 or so.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Best,

Michael Waas
Miami, FL

Hi,

Does anyone have knowledge of the Katowice community today? My aunt is
looking for her cousin Eva/Ewa Wassertheil who may still be living in
Katowice today. She would be about 64 or so.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Best,

Michael Waas
Miami, FL

The story told around my grandmother's dinner table was that she and
the great Jewish philosopher Martin BUBER were cousins and had played
together as children. I am more interested in digging back into that
part of my family history than I am in claiming a famous relative.
However, research on him has provided a clue. He is the same age as my
grandmother Lilian (Regina in Jordanov) NATOWITZ and lived for a time in
Lemberg (Lvov, Lviv) lived for a time with his grandfather.

My grandmother talked about visits to see her grandparents and being
looked after on the train trip by her Uncle Emanuel. After her parents'
marriage and until the family moved to the Chicago (with a brief stop in
New York), they lived in Jordanow. Her mother's maiden name was Fannie
(Feigel) APPEL. Her father was Jakob APPEL (or APFEL) The first mention
of him is in the Weinstein family tree (Krakow Families) at the time of
his wedding to Reizel Beila WEINSTEIN in Krakow. Jordanow is 186 miles

from Lemberg, a relatively short trip. My grandmother frequently wrote

about visiting her relatives in NYC, but I have not found a connection.

So, on a whim, I tried looking in JewishGen for APPEL in Lemberg, and lo
and behold! I struck a goldmine. I even found an Emmanuel Appel.
However, it's more like finding a batch of old pictures with no identifiers.
Where do I go >from here? Can anyone fill in the blanks or help direct me
to the next step?

Carolyn Simon, Tucson, AZ, # 139371
Also researching: GINZLER in ERDOBENYE, HERZOG in NAGYKALLO, WEINGARTEN
in SAMBOR, GASSMANN in PLAWNO, SCHACHER in RUSSIA, REVESZ in TIMOSOARA

The story told around my grandmother's dinner table was that she and
the great Jewish philosopher Martin BUBER were cousins and had played
together as children. I am more interested in digging back into that
part of my family history than I am in claiming a famous relative.
However, research on him has provided a clue. He is the same age as my
grandmother Lilian (Regina in Jordanov) NATOWITZ and lived for a time in
Lemberg (Lvov, Lviv) lived for a time with his grandfather.

My grandmother talked about visits to see her grandparents and being
looked after on the train trip by her Uncle Emanuel. After her parents'
marriage and until the family moved to the Chicago (with a brief stop in
New York), they lived in Jordanow. Her mother's maiden name was Fannie
(Feigel) APPEL. Her father was Jakob APPEL (or APFEL) The first mention
of him is in the Weinstein family tree (Krakow Families) at the time of
his wedding to Reizel Beila WEINSTEIN in Krakow. Jordanow is 186 miles

from Lemberg, a relatively short trip. My grandmother frequently wrote

about visiting her relatives in NYC, but I have not found a connection.

So, on a whim, I tried looking in JewishGen for APPEL in Lemberg, and lo
and behold! I struck a goldmine. I even found an Emmanuel Appel.
However, it's more like finding a batch of old pictures with no identifiers.
Where do I go >from here? Can anyone fill in the blanks or help direct me
to the next step?

Carolyn Simon, Tucson, AZ, # 139371
Also researching: GINZLER in ERDOBENYE, HERZOG in NAGYKALLO, WEINGARTEN
in SAMBOR, GASSMANN in PLAWNO, SCHACHER in RUSSIA, REVESZ in TIMOSOARA

I found a "Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry" related to my great
-uncle Leon AVERBACH, dated July 29, 1927. In the column "Cause of
Detention" it's written "LPC Dept Bond". I know what LPC means, but not
the rest. In the column "Departmental & Executive Orders / Date / Record No."
it's written "Bond (6)". As to the "Deportation" column, nothing was written.
In the Ship Manifest, his "Health Condition" was "good". I would like to know
what does "Dept Bond" and "Bond (6)" mean? I didn't find this in JGen
InfoFiles.

He lived in Kishinev, Romania, and I know that the reason why he went to
United States was not to live there, but to collect money in the
community and take it to Kishinev in order to buy land for a cemetery there.
He stayed 6 months in USA.

Eliana AIZIM

from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

aizim@uol.com.br

Searching:
AISEN, AISIN, AIZEN: Lugansk, Ukraine/ Argentina/ Brazil
GUREVICH: Yuzovka, Ukraine
VATNIK, WHITE: Peschanka, Ukraine/ Toronto, Canada/ Brazil
AVERBUCH, AVERBACH: Zhabokrich, Kryzhopol, Ukraine/ Brazil.

I found a "Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry" related to my great
-uncle Leon AVERBACH, dated July 29, 1927. In the column "Cause of
Detention" it's written "LPC Dept Bond". I know what LPC means, but not
the rest. In the column "Departmental & Executive Orders / Date / Record No."
it's written "Bond (6)". As to the "Deportation" column, nothing was written.
In the Ship Manifest, his "Health Condition" was "good". I would like to know
what does "Dept Bond" and "Bond (6)" mean? I didn't find this in JGen
InfoFiles.

He lived in Kishinev, Romania, and I know that the reason why he went to
United States was not to live there, but to collect money in the
community and take it to Kishinev in order to buy land for a cemetery there.
He stayed 6 months in USA.

Eliana AIZIM

from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

aizim@uol.com.br

Searching:
AISEN, AISIN, AIZEN: Lugansk, Ukraine/ Argentina/ Brazil
GUREVICH: Yuzovka, Ukraine
VATNIK, WHITE: Peschanka, Ukraine/ Toronto, Canada/ Brazil
AVERBUCH, AVERBACH: Zhabokrich, Kryzhopol, Ukraine/ Brazil.

Dear Genners,
Here is another reason to say: Don't believe everything in "the records"!

I was trying to help Harold find the burial site for his Waxman
family in East Boston and called the Jewish Cemetery Association of
Massachusetts. They had nothing in their data base on the pertinent
people >from the 1800s.

After Jonathan posted a link to FamilySearch.org's compilation of
Massachusetts deaths, I saw that Nathan Waxman was buried in the
Ohabei Shalom Cemetery in 1913.

So I called back to the JMAC and the very nice lady looked in the
**old version of the records. There were the missing people with
information on where they were buried. I was able to tell her the
dates of death for Nathan, Hannah and Esther.

Now Harold's cousin has the information she wanted.

Barbara Zimmer
Norfolk VA

Dear Genners,
Here is another reason to say: Don't believe everything in "the records"!

I was trying to help Harold find the burial site for his Waxman
family in East Boston and called the Jewish Cemetery Association of
Massachusetts. They had nothing in their data base on the pertinent
people >from the 1800s.

After Jonathan posted a link to FamilySearch.org's compilation of
Massachusetts deaths, I saw that Nathan Waxman was buried in the
Ohabei Shalom Cemetery in 1913.

So I called back to the JMAC and the very nice lady looked in the
**old version of the records. There were the missing people with
information on where they were buried. I was able to tell her the
dates of death for Nathan, Hannah and Esther.

Now Harold's cousin has the information she wanted.

Barbara Zimmer
Norfolk VA

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***Making the most of FAMILYSEARCH.org!*** With Todd Knowles

This workshop will show how best to find your Jewish ancestors at
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per page.

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JULY 15-18 2012
32nd IAJGS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on JEWISH GENEALOGY hosted by The
French Cercle de Genealogie Juive* (www.paris2012.eu – contact@paris2012.eu )

NEWSLETTER # 11 – May 30, 2012

***SIGN UP for COMPUTER WORKSHOPS (15 € -
http://www.paris2012.eu/products)***

***FAMILY TREE MAKER*** with Duff Wilson

**Getting STARTED with Family Tree Maker** (PC-Windows 07/15 at 2pm – Mac
07/16 at 2pm) :

This workshop will provide an introduction to Family Tree Maker and help you
learn basic concepts for getting started and building a family tree . This
is a beginner course for people who are not already familiar with Family
Tree Maker.

**Getting THE MOST out of Family Tree Maker** (PC-Windows 07/18 at 2pm – Mac
07/17 at 2pm)

This workshop will provide an overview of Family Tree Maker and teach
concepts such as tree building, adding and organizing media (photos,
documents, etc.), documenting source information, creating printed charts &
reports, and using Ancestry and other Internet resources to find more
information to grow your family tree. This is not a beginner course.

***MYHERITAGE: the ultimate genealogy super search engine*** with
Daniel Horowitz

MyHeritage Super Search technology has been thoroughly updated recently.
Learn how this new technology works, and how it can benefit your research.
PC workshop 07/16 at 2pm

***INTRODUCTION to JEWISHGEN***: Computer Workshop with Debra Kay-Blatt

An introduction to the use of the JewishGen website for those who are
beginners, including familiarization with search functions, databases, use
of the Family Finder and introduction to ShtetLinks pages. 07/16 at 4pm

***GETTING THE MOST of JEWISHGEN.org*** with Meredith Hoffman

Many people use one or another of the many tools on Jewishgen.org and are
not aware of the vast variety of resources and how to use them to optimize
their research. We survey the JewishGen Family Finder; reading, posting to,
and searching the Discussions Lists; the newly updated and immensely
valuable JewishGen FAQ; specific useful InfoFiles, 07/17 at 5pm

***Making the most of FAMILYSEARCH.org!*** With Todd Knowles

This workshop will show how best to find your Jewish ancestors at
www.familysearch.org. Familysearch is now home to hundreds of collections of
records >from all over the world, many with the original images attached.
Attendees will also learn how to access the genealogy wiki and helpful
training classes. 07/16 at 9am

***Break brick walls: use WORD and EXCEL to mine your data*** with
Rhoda Miller

Use Word and Excel to Mine Your Data Break through brick walls by
understanding your research better through technological organization with
easy-to-learn and use skill sets. Use Word and Excel to discover more from
information that has already been researched. Specific examples of uses of
Word tables and Excel spreadsheets will be offered. There will also be a
discussion involving securing data against loss or mismanagement. 07/16 at
11 am

***ORDER NOW THE AUDIO RECORDING OF THE LECTURES***

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single USB flash drive for € 129 (or $ 169) on site or after the conference.
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So YOU WILL SAVE € 12 ($ 15)!
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per page.

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then on "Library", and finally ask for "Catalogue". You access the search
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Send your order to documentaliste@genealoj.org clearly specifying the
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Shalom,

So, another month has passed and, as usual, quite a lot to report with quite
a few new books started.

Now, >from time to time, I receive emails asking why such and such Yizkor
Book only has a small amount of translated material. As I explain, each
time, the translations in the Yizkor Book Project are online through the
help of a great deal of volunteers who have either supported the
translations financially or have carried out the translations themselves.
There are around 700 books in the project and, unfortunately, not all the
books have coordinators and many books are still waiting for volunteers to
step forward to take on their translation coordination. If you are
interested in knowing what is involved in coordinating such a project, I'm
here to answer any questions you may have in this regard.

As noted above and in most of my reports, volunteers are the essence of the
Yizkor Book Project and although I try to mention and thank as many as I can
each time, I don't always get to everyone to credit or thank them. For this
reason, it was decided to put up an online list of the all the volunteers
who have worked/are working on some aspect of the Yizkor Book Project so
that in a central location they would receive some sort of recognition for
their participation in the project. The list now appears at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and whilst the list already includes around
200 names, it is clear that this is still a drop in the ocean of the names
of volunteers involved in the project. With time, we hope to add in all the
names of people who have also been there to help out so don't be
disheartened if you don't yet appear there.

Another aspect of the Yizkor Book Project supported by volunteers is the
YBIP Project (Yizkor Books in Print) and I am pleased to inform you that
this project is definitely on a roll and last week Joel Alpert, YBIP
Coordinator, noted that 115 books had already been sold since the project's
instigation some months back. You may see what books are now available for
purchase at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html and also what books
are being prepared for publishing and also how it's possible to get involved
yourself in this initiative.

The Yizkor Book Project is also greatly assisted by donations to one of the
Translation Funds that have been set up to pay for the professional
translation of these books. This past month, a further such project was
added to the growing list - this time for Dumbraveni (Dombroven), Moldova
and if you are able to help financially to this or any other of the 58
funds, please go to
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
to see receive details of the translation projects are involved and their
proposal details.

As far as the May figures go, during this last month we have added these 8
new projects:

- Didymoteichon & Orestias, Greece (Birkenau: The Camp of Death)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Birkenau/Birkenau.html

- Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary (Hodmezovasarhely victims of fascism during the
Second World War)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Hodmezovasarhely/Hodmezovasarhely.html

- Leova, Moldova (A Town in Eastern Europe: Leova (Bessarabia))
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Leova1/Leova1.html

- Lokachi, Ukraine (Lokatch (Poland) Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lokachi/lokachi.html

- Nagykallo, Hungary (The Tsadik of Kalov and His Community...)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nagykallo/Nagykallo.html

- Ostrow Lubelski, Poland (Memorial-Book Ostrow-Lublesk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrow_lubelski/ostrow_lubelski.html

- Skierniewice, Poland (The book of Skierniewice)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Skierniewice/Skierniewice.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor Book in Memory of Voislavize)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html

Added in 4 new entries:

- Grebenau, Germany (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, Volume
III) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_germany/ger3_00132.html

- Ladyzhin, Ukraine (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume
I) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom1_00455.html

- Lauterbach, Germany (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, Volume
III) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_germany/ger3_00220.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume
VII) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol7_00156.html

We have continued to update 20 of our existing projects:

- Briceni, Moldova (Brichany: its Jewry in the first half of our century)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Brichany/Brichany.html

- Csenger, Hungary (Memorial Book of the Martyrs of Csenger, Porcsalma and
Vicinity) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Csenger/Csenger.html

- Debica, Poland (The Book of Dembitz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/debica/demp000.html [Polish]

- Dieveniskes, Lithuania (Devenishki book; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dieveniskes/dieveniskes.html

- Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html

- Gorodets, Belarus (Horodetz; history of a town, 1142-1942)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/gorodets/gorodets.html

- Ivanava, Belarus (Yanow near Pinsk; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ivanovo/Ivanovo.html

- Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/musicians/musicians.html

- Karelichy, Belarus (Korelitz; the life and destruction of a Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/korelicze/korelicze.html

- Katowice, Poland (Katowice: the Rise and Decline of the Jewish community;
Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Katowice/Katowice.html

- Kovel, Ukraine (Kowel; Testimony and Memorial Book of Our Destroyed
Community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kovel1/kovel1.html

- Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Krzemieniec)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/kremenets/kremenets.html

- Lyubcha, Belarus (Lubtch and Delatich; in memory of the Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyubcha/lyubcha.html

- Ostrolenka, Poland (Book of Kehilat Ostrolenka; Yizkor Book of the Jewish
Community of Ostrolenka)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrolenka1/ostrolenka1.html

- Ratno, Ukraine (Ratno; Story of a Destroyed Jewish Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ratno/Ratno.html

- Rava-Ruska, Ukraine (Rawa Ruska Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Rava-Ruska/Rava-Ruska.html

- Serock, Poland (The book of Serock)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/serock/serock.html

- Sokolka, Poland (Memorial Book of Sokolka)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/sokolka/sokolka.html

- Suwalki, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suwalki1.html

- Tarnogrod, Poland (Book of Tarnogrod; in memory of the destroyed Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnogrod/tarnogrod.html

Please remember that all this month's additions and updates have been
flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy
to find them.

All the best, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager

Shalom,

So, another month has passed and, as usual, quite a lot to report with quite
a few new books started.

Now, >from time to time, I receive emails asking why such and such Yizkor
Book only has a small amount of translated material. As I explain, each
time, the translations in the Yizkor Book Project are online through the
help of a great deal of volunteers who have either supported the
translations financially or have carried out the translations themselves.
There are around 700 books in the project and, unfortunately, not all the
books have coordinators and many books are still waiting for volunteers to
step forward to take on their translation coordination. If you are
interested in knowing what is involved in coordinating such a project, I'm
here to answer any questions you may have in this regard.

As noted above and in most of my reports, volunteers are the essence of the
Yizkor Book Project and although I try to mention and thank as many as I can
each time, I don't always get to everyone to credit or thank them. For this
reason, it was decided to put up an online list of the all the volunteers
who have worked/are working on some aspect of the Yizkor Book Project so
that in a central location they would receive some sort of recognition for
their participation in the project. The list now appears at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and whilst the list already includes around
200 names, it is clear that this is still a drop in the ocean of the names
of volunteers involved in the project. With time, we hope to add in all the
names of people who have also been there to help out so don't be
disheartened if you don't yet appear there.

Another aspect of the Yizkor Book Project supported by volunteers is the
YBIP Project (Yizkor Books in Print) and I am pleased to inform you that
this project is definitely on a roll and last week Joel Alpert, YBIP
Coordinator, noted that 115 books had already been sold since the project's
instigation some months back. You may see what books are now available for
purchase at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html and also what books
are being prepared for publishing and also how it's possible to get involved
yourself in this initiative.

The Yizkor Book Project is also greatly assisted by donations to one of the
Translation Funds that have been set up to pay for the professional
translation of these books. This past month, a further such project was
added to the growing list - this time for Dumbraveni (Dombroven), Moldova
and if you are able to help financially to this or any other of the 58
funds, please go to
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
to see receive details of the translation projects are involved and their
proposal details.

As far as the May figures go, during this last month we have added these 8
new projects:

- Didymoteichon & Orestias, Greece (Birkenau: The Camp of Death)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Birkenau/Birkenau.html

- Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary (Hodmezovasarhely victims of fascism during the
Second World War)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Hodmezovasarhely/Hodmezovasarhely.html

- Leova, Moldova (A Town in Eastern Europe: Leova (Bessarabia))
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Leova1/Leova1.html

- Lokachi, Ukraine (Lokatch (Poland) Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lokachi/lokachi.html

- Nagykallo, Hungary (The Tsadik of Kalov and His Community...)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nagykallo/Nagykallo.html

- Ostrow Lubelski, Poland (Memorial-Book Ostrow-Lublesk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrow_lubelski/ostrow_lubelski.html

- Skierniewice, Poland (The book of Skierniewice)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Skierniewice/Skierniewice.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor Book in Memory of Voislavize)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html

Added in 4 new entries:

- Grebenau, Germany (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, Volume
III) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_germany/ger3_00132.html

- Ladyzhin, Ukraine (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume
I) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom1_00455.html

- Lauterbach, Germany (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, Volume
III) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_germany/ger3_00220.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume
VII) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol7_00156.html

We have continued to update 20 of our existing projects:

- Briceni, Moldova (Brichany: its Jewry in the first half of our century)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Brichany/Brichany.html

- Csenger, Hungary (Memorial Book of the Martyrs of Csenger, Porcsalma and
Vicinity) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Csenger/Csenger.html

- Debica, Poland (The Book of Dembitz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/debica/demp000.html [Polish]

- Dieveniskes, Lithuania (Devenishki book; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dieveniskes/dieveniskes.html

- Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html

- Gorodets, Belarus (Horodetz; history of a town, 1142-1942)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/gorodets/gorodets.html

- Ivanava, Belarus (Yanow near Pinsk; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ivanovo/Ivanovo.html

- Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/musicians/musicians.html

- Karelichy, Belarus (Korelitz; the life and destruction of a Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/korelicze/korelicze.html

- Katowice, Poland (Katowice: the Rise and Decline of the Jewish community;
Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Katowice/Katowice.html

- Kovel, Ukraine (Kowel; Testimony and Memorial Book of Our Destroyed
Community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kovel1/kovel1.html

- Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Krzemieniec)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/kremenets/kremenets.html

- Lyubcha, Belarus (Lubtch and Delatich; in memory of the Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyubcha/lyubcha.html

- Ostrolenka, Poland (Book of Kehilat Ostrolenka; Yizkor Book of the Jewish
Community of Ostrolenka)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrolenka1/ostrolenka1.html

- Ratno, Ukraine (Ratno; Story of a Destroyed Jewish Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ratno/Ratno.html

- Rava-Ruska, Ukraine (Rawa Ruska Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Rava-Ruska/Rava-Ruska.html

- Serock, Poland (The book of Serock)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/serock/serock.html

- Sokolka, Poland (Memorial Book of Sokolka)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/sokolka/sokolka.html

- Suwalki, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suwalki1.html

- Tarnogrod, Poland (Book of Tarnogrod; in memory of the destroyed Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnogrod/tarnogrod.html

Please remember that all this month's additions and updates have been
flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy
to find them.

All the best, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager

Shalom,

So, another month has passed and, as usual, quite a lot to report with quite
a few new books started.

Now, >from time to time, I receive emails asking why such and such Yizkor
Book only has a small amount of translated material. As I explain, each
time, the translations in the Yizkor Book Project are online through the
help of a great deal of volunteers who have either supported the
translations financially or have carried out the translations themselves.
There are around 700 books in the project and, unfortunately, not all the
books have coordinators and many books are still waiting for volunteers to
step forward to take on their translation coordination. If you are
interested in knowing what is involved in coordinating such a project, I'm
here to answer any questions you may have in this regard.

As noted above and in most of my reports, volunteers are the essence of the
Yizkor Book Project and although I try to mention and thank as many as I can
each time, I don't always get to everyone to credit or thank them. For this
reason, it was decided to put up an online list of the all the volunteers
who have worked/are working on some aspect of the Yizkor Book Project so
that in a central location they would receive some sort of recognition for
their participation in the project. The list now appears at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and whilst the list already includes around
200 names, it is clear that this is still a drop in the ocean of the names
of volunteers involved in the project. With time, we hope to add in all the
names of people who have also been there to help out so don't be
disheartened if you don't yet appear there.

Another aspect of the Yizkor Book Project supported by volunteers is the
YBIP Project (Yizkor Books in Print) and I am pleased to inform you that
this project is definitely on a roll and last week Joel Alpert, YBIP
Coordinator, noted that 115 books had already been sold since the project's
instigation some months back. You may see what books are now available for
purchase at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html and also what books
are being prepared for publishing and also how it's possible to get involved
yourself in this initiative.

The Yizkor Book Project is also greatly assisted by donations to one of the
Translation Funds that have been set up to pay for the professional
translation of these books. This past month, a further such project was
added to the growing list - this time for Dumbraveni (Dombroven), Moldova
and if you are able to help financially to this or any other of the 58
funds, please go to
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
to see receive details of the translation projects are involved and their
proposal details.

As far as the May figures go, during this last month we have added these 8
new projects:

- Didymoteichon & Orestias, Greece (Birkenau: The Camp of Death)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Birkenau/Birkenau.html

- Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary (Hodmezovasarhely victims of fascism during the
Second World War)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Hodmezovasarhely/Hodmezovasarhely.html

- Leova, Moldova (A Town in Eastern Europe: Leova (Bessarabia))
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Leova1/Leova1.html

- Lokachi, Ukraine (Lokatch (Poland) Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lokachi/lokachi.html

- Nagykallo, Hungary (The Tsadik of Kalov and His Community...)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nagykallo/Nagykallo.html

- Ostrow Lubelski, Poland (Memorial-Book Ostrow-Lublesk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrow_lubelski/ostrow_lubelski.html

- Skierniewice, Poland (The book of Skierniewice)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Skierniewice/Skierniewice.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor Book in Memory of Voislavize)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html

Added in 4 new entries:

- Grebenau, Germany (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, Volume
III) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_germany/ger3_00132.html

- Ladyzhin, Ukraine (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume
I) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom1_00455.html

- Lauterbach, Germany (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, Volume
III) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_germany/ger3_00220.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume
VII) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol7_00156.html

We have continued to update 20 of our existing projects:

- Briceni, Moldova (Brichany: its Jewry in the first half of our century)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Brichany/Brichany.html

- Csenger, Hungary (Memorial Book of the Martyrs of Csenger, Porcsalma and
Vicinity) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Csenger/Csenger.html

- Debica, Poland (The Book of Dembitz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/debica/demp000.html [Polish]

- Dieveniskes, Lithuania (Devenishki book; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dieveniskes/dieveniskes.html

- Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html

- Gorodets, Belarus (Horodetz; history of a town, 1142-1942)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/gorodets/gorodets.html

- Ivanava, Belarus (Yanow near Pinsk; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ivanovo/Ivanovo.html

- Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/musicians/musicians.html

- Karelichy, Belarus (Korelitz; the life and destruction of a Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/korelicze/korelicze.html

- Katowice, Poland (Katowice: the Rise and Decline of the Jewish community;
Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Katowice/Katowice.html

- Kovel, Ukraine (Kowel; Testimony and Memorial Book of Our Destroyed
Community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kovel1/kovel1.html

- Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Krzemieniec)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/kremenets/kremenets.html

- Lyubcha, Belarus (Lubtch and Delatich; in memory of the Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyubcha/lyubcha.html

- Ostrolenka, Poland (Book of Kehilat Ostrolenka; Yizkor Book of the Jewish
Community of Ostrolenka)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrolenka1/ostrolenka1.html

- Ratno, Ukraine (Ratno; Story of a Destroyed Jewish Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ratno/Ratno.html

- Rava-Ruska, Ukraine (Rawa Ruska Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Rava-Ruska/Rava-Ruska.html

- Serock, Poland (The book of Serock)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/serock/serock.html

- Sokolka, Poland (Memorial Book of Sokolka)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/sokolka/sokolka.html

- Suwalki, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suwalki1.html

- Tarnogrod, Poland (Book of Tarnogrod; in memory of the destroyed Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnogrod/tarnogrod.html

Please remember that all this month's additions and updates have been
flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy
to find them.

All the best,
Lance Ackerfeld
Yizkor Book Project Manager

JULY 15-18 2012
32nd IAJGS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on JEWISH GENEALOGY hosted by The
French Cercle de Genealogie Juive*
(www.paris2012.eu – contact@paris2012.eu )

NEWSLETTER # 11 – May 30, 2012

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An introduction to the use of the JewishGen website for those who are
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***GETTING THE MOST of JEWISHGEN.org*** with Meredith Hoffman

Many people use one or another of the many tools on Jewishgen.org and are
not aware of the vast variety of resources and how to use them to optimize
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***Making the most of FAMILYSEARCH.org!*** With Todd Knowles

This workshop will show how best to find your Jewish ancestors at
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