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ViewMate Translation wanted - German
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Kathy Sefton
I have posted on Viewmate a postcard sent >from Gemany in 1920. I believe
it is written in German, not Yiddish. The name of the family involved is Schlegel. The postcard can be found on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24910 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much for your help! Kathy Sefton
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate Translation wanted - German
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Kathy Sefton
I have posted on Viewmate a postcard sent >from Gemany in 1920. I believe
it is written in German, not Yiddish. The name of the family involved is Schlegel. The postcard can be found on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24910 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much for your help! Kathy Sefton
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ViewMate Translation Request - Polish
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Ken Entin
I have the birth register entries for my grandfather and his siblings.
One of the columns asks for the name, occupation, and residence of the father (the column heading has already been translated). In each instance, the father is Moses Gutman and the residence is Bolszowce in Galicia. What I would like to know is the meaning of the words which appear to represent the occupation. The item is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24921 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. If you prefer, you can contact me directly. Thank you very much. Kenneth Entin
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ViewMate Translation Request - Polish
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Ken Entin
I have the 19th century birth register entries for my grandfather and
his siblings. One of the columns asks for the name, occupation, and residence of the father (the column heading has already been translated). In each instance, the father is Moses GUTMAN and the residence is Bolszowce in Galicia. What I would like to know is the meaning of the words which appear to represent the occupation. The item is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24921 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. If you prefer, you can contact me directly. Thank you very much. Kenneth Entin
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia ViewMate Translation Request - Polish
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Ken Entin
I have the birth register entries for my grandfather and his siblings.
One of the columns asks for the name, occupation, and residence of the father (the column heading has already been translated). In each instance, the father is Moses Gutman and the residence is Bolszowce in Galicia. What I would like to know is the meaning of the words which appear to represent the occupation. The item is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24921 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. If you prefer, you can contact me directly. Thank you very much. Kenneth Entin
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate Translation Request - Polish
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Ken Entin
I have the 19th century birth register entries for my grandfather and
his siblings. One of the columns asks for the name, occupation, and residence of the father (the column heading has already been translated). In each instance, the father is Moses GUTMAN and the residence is Bolszowce in Galicia. What I would like to know is the meaning of the words which appear to represent the occupation. The item is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24921 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. If you prefer, you can contact me directly. Thank you very much. Kenneth Entin
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GROSSMAN - Military Records, Austria/Hungary 1895 -1896 & USA Naturalization
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Karen <k.silver@...>
Hello Jewish Genners:
I just received information on an Alien Registration form in 1940 that my great Uncle Ferdinand Alfred GROSSMAN had listed that he was in the Army in Austria-Hungary >from 1895-1896. I would like to search those records somehow, if somebody out there can direct me. He was born June 16, 1876 in Nagy, Becskerek. He also said that he filed his first citizenship papers in 1907 in Harrisburg, PA. I have not been able to find those either. Any suggestions? Thank you, Karen Silver-Catania
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen GROSSMAN - Military Records, Austria/Hungary 1895 -1896 & USA Naturalization
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Karen <k.silver@...>
Hello Jewish Genners:
I just received information on an Alien Registration form in 1940 that my great Uncle Ferdinand Alfred GROSSMAN had listed that he was in the Army in Austria-Hungary >from 1895-1896. I would like to search those records somehow, if somebody out there can direct me. He was born June 16, 1876 in Nagy, Becskerek. He also said that he filed his first citizenship papers in 1907 in Harrisburg, PA. I have not been able to find those either. Any suggestions? Thank you, Karen Silver-Catania
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Re: Mobility in the Ukraine - agricultural settlement
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Doug Cohen
My principal source for that comment is Hal Bookbinder's IAJGS lecture, "Why
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Did our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place Like the Pale" which I heard at a conference (Los Angeles, I think) a few years ago, and which he repeated earlier this month in Boston. My two-sentence summary is certainly an oversimplification, but, I think true to his message. Polonsky, in his encyclopedic series, "The Jews in Poland and Russia" refers to the agricultural settlement program as "half-baked" (vol. 1, p. 386). Doug Cohen Lexington, MA
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From: Chaim Freedman [mailto:chaimjan@zahav.net.il] Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 11:52 AM To: Ukraine SIG Subject: [ukraine] Mobility in the Ukraine - agricultural settlement BlankDoug Cohen wrote "The Jews didn't know how to farm, the land was poor, and the promised government support didn't materialize. Lots of the settlers moved back into the main part of the Pale after a few years in the agricultural communities." This is most definitely incorrect. See: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/ Chaim Freedman Petah Tikvah, Israel email chaimjan@zahav.net.il MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please continue this discussion privately unless there is a consensus.
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Cemetery Photos
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AllanDolgow@...
I took random photographs of headstones at cemeteries in Novograd-Volinsky
and Kamenny Brod Ukraine. These were place in a photo album. Unfortunately I misplaced or lost the DVD that they were on. However if this is of value I will donate the album to JewishGen. Allan Dolgow West Sacramento
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine RE: Mobility in the Ukraine - agricultural settlement
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Doug Cohen
My principal source for that comment is Hal Bookbinder's IAJGS lecture, "Why
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Did our Ancestors Leave a Nice Place Like the Pale" which I heard at a conference (Los Angeles, I think) a few years ago, and which he repeated earlier this month in Boston. My two-sentence summary is certainly an oversimplification, but, I think true to his message. Polonsky, in his encyclopedic series, "The Jews in Poland and Russia" refers to the agricultural settlement program as "half-baked" (vol. 1, p. 386). Doug Cohen Lexington, MA
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From: Chaim Freedman [mailto:chaimjan@zahav.net.il] Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 11:52 AM To: Ukraine SIG Subject: [ukraine] Mobility in the Ukraine - agricultural settlement BlankDoug Cohen wrote "The Jews didn't know how to farm, the land was poor, and the promised government support didn't materialize. Lots of the settlers moved back into the main part of the Pale after a few years in the agricultural communities." This is most definitely incorrect. See: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/ Chaim Freedman Petah Tikvah, Israel email chaimjan@zahav.net.il MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please continue this discussion privately unless there is a consensus.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Cemetery Photos
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AllanDolgow@...
I took random photographs of headstones at cemeteries in Novograd-Volinsky
and Kamenny Brod Ukraine. These were place in a photo album. Unfortunately I misplaced or lost the DVD that they were on. However if this is of value I will donate the album to JewishGen. Allan Dolgow West Sacramento
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Call for Papers IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers. There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies, worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish history in the New England area. Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013. Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers will receive complimentary conference registration. The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over 1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend. Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them atchairs@iajgs2013.org. Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Call for Papers IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers. There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies, worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish history in the New England area. Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013. Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers will receive complimentary conference registration. The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over 1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend. Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them atchairs@iajgs2013.org. Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
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1876-1910: Tsarskoe Selo: Students Who Graduated from the Grammar School of Imperial Nikolaevsk Tsarskoselskaya
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Marilyn Robinson
There are a few Jews (or possible Jewish) graduates in the above timeframe.
The information is >from a Russian language site at: http://kfinkelshteyn.narod.ru/Tzarskoye_Selo/Uch_zav/Nik_Gimn/Nik_uch_sp1.htm http://tinyurl.com/c2yoaj9 "List of students graduated >from the course of studies at the Imperial Nikolaevsk Tsarskoselskaya Grammar School" Some names are: 1876-98: 1881-82--Izachik SIMON, Michael ALPER 1883-84--Michael WEINBERG 1884-85--Moses KAPLAN 1887-88--Adolf LIEBERMAN, Michael STEINBERG 1889-90--Alexander LEVIN 1891-92--Israel ROSENBERG 1899-1905: http://kfinkelshteyn.narod.ru/Tzarskoye_Selo/Uch_zav/Nik_Gimn/Nik_uch_sp2.htm http://tinyurl.com/b98hsaq 1899-1905--Joseph HIRSCHFELD 1902-03--Emmanuel POZNIAK 1904-05--Michael KAPLAN List of Other People, Received "Certificate of Maturity": Alexander EISEN ( 1900-01) Leah LUDWIG (1901-02) Jeremiah WIENER (1902-03) Haim FEIGELSON ( 1903-04) 1905-1910: http://kfinkelshteyn.narod.ru/Tzarskoye_Selo/Uch_zav/Nik_Gimn/Nik_uch_sp3.htm http://tinyurl.com/ar8aqfd 1906-07--Alexander MANDELSTAM 1908-09--David LEVITON, Eugene ROSENBLATT, Michael MORGULIS List of Other People, Received "Certificate of Maturity": 1906-07--Mendel GLEZEROV, Pinchus VIGDOR, Abram SHTEYNTSAIG 1907-08--Zundel GLEZEROV, Mendel SINELNIKOV, Mikhail GALKIN 1908-09--Samuel Haim POLE, Leon POZNAN Marilyn Robinson Florida
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 1876-1910: Tsarskoe Selo: Students Who Graduated from the Grammar School of Imperial Nikolaevsk Tsarskoselskaya
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Marilyn Robinson
There are a few Jews (or possible Jewish) graduates in the above timeframe.
The information is >from a Russian language site at: http://kfinkelshteyn.narod.ru/Tzarskoye_Selo/Uch_zav/Nik_Gimn/Nik_uch_sp1.htm http://tinyurl.com/c2yoaj9 "List of students graduated >from the course of studies at the Imperial Nikolaevsk Tsarskoselskaya Grammar School" Some names are: 1876-98: 1881-82--Izachik SIMON, Michael ALPER 1883-84--Michael WEINBERG 1884-85--Moses KAPLAN 1887-88--Adolf LIEBERMAN, Michael STEINBERG 1889-90--Alexander LEVIN 1891-92--Israel ROSENBERG 1899-1905: http://kfinkelshteyn.narod.ru/Tzarskoye_Selo/Uch_zav/Nik_Gimn/Nik_uch_sp2.htm http://tinyurl.com/b98hsaq 1899-1905--Joseph HIRSCHFELD 1902-03--Emmanuel POZNIAK 1904-05--Michael KAPLAN List of Other People, Received "Certificate of Maturity": Alexander EISEN ( 1900-01) Leah LUDWIG (1901-02) Jeremiah WIENER (1902-03) Haim FEIGELSON ( 1903-04) 1905-1910: http://kfinkelshteyn.narod.ru/Tzarskoye_Selo/Uch_zav/Nik_Gimn/Nik_uch_sp3.htm http://tinyurl.com/ar8aqfd 1906-07--Alexander MANDELSTAM 1908-09--David LEVITON, Eugene ROSENBLATT, Michael MORGULIS List of Other People, Received "Certificate of Maturity": 1906-07--Mendel GLEZEROV, Pinchus VIGDOR, Abram SHTEYNTSAIG 1907-08--Zundel GLEZEROV, Mendel SINELNIKOV, Mikhail GALKIN 1908-09--Samuel Haim POLE, Leon POZNAN Marilyn Robinson Florida
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Re: the given name SCHMIKA
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Sarah L Meyer
Hi Michael,
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On the basis that Schmika could be also be spelled Shmika, I looked this up in Beider's book of Ashkenazic Given Names, he suggests Sime which is derived >from Simcha joy. I expect the most common US form would be Simma. Beider distinguishes Sime >from Shimone. Sarah L M Christiansen Georgetown TX
Michael Herzlich wrote:We have a photo (female) with the name SCHMIKA (in caps) below it. I
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: the given name SCHMIKA
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Sarah L Meyer
Hi Michael,
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On the basis that Schmika could be also be spelled Shmika, I looked this up in Beider's book of Ashkenazic Given Names, he suggests Sime which is derived >from Simcha joy. I expect the most common US form would be Simma. Beider distinguishes Sime >from Shimone. Sarah L M Christiansen Georgetown TX
Michael Herzlich wrote:We have a photo (female) with the name SCHMIKA (in caps) below it. I
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GREENE of Boston - Thank you
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JoAnne Lamm
On Nov. 13, I asked for help in finding my Greene family of Boston.
By Nov. 14, the group members had located the family and some of their burial sites, offered to take pictures at the cemetery and showed me the steps they took to find my family. I'm touched by how helpful this group has been and hope to repay the kindness someday by helping someone else. Thank you, JoAnne Lamm Stockton, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen GREENE of Boston - Thank you
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JoAnne Lamm
On Nov. 13, I asked for help in finding my Greene family of Boston.
By Nov. 14, the group members had located the family and some of their burial sites, offered to take pictures at the cemetery and showed me the steps they took to find my family. I'm touched by how helpful this group has been and hope to repay the kindness someday by helping someone else. Thank you, JoAnne Lamm Stockton, CA
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