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in search of family tree
#germany
Alan Bauer
Hello,
A cousin of mine mentioned that one of grandfather's cousins had recently past away and that he had sent and/or posted our family tree with Yad Vashem. I have looked at the Yad Vashem site, but I am unable to find anything related to family trees, am I looking in the wrong place? Is there perhaps a different repository for Jewish Family Trees? Thank you in advance for your. Best Regards Alan Bauer [City? State?] baualai@msn.com MOD Note - Not every reply to this message can be posted to the list. Please reply to baualai@msn.com. Copy to the list optional.
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German SIG #Germany in search of family tree
#germany
Alan Bauer
Hello,
A cousin of mine mentioned that one of grandfather's cousins had recently past away and that he had sent and/or posted our family tree with Yad Vashem. I have looked at the Yad Vashem site, but I am unable to find anything related to family trees, am I looking in the wrong place? Is there perhaps a different repository for Jewish Family Trees? Thank you in advance for your. Best Regards Alan Bauer [City? State?] baualai@msn.com MOD Note - Not every reply to this message can be posted to the list. Please reply to baualai@msn.com. Copy to the list optional.
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Re: Launch of New Jewish Cemetery Database in New Haven CT
#general
Barbara Zimmer
Dear Genners,
Jan Meisels Allen announced the launch of a database for the Great New Haven Connecticut area's 49 Jewish cemeteries. I used that website today to search for several of my extended family members, only to find that the data was not totally correct. The dates of birth and death for the three subjects were correct, as was the name of the cemetery, BUT their spouses were listed incorrectly. This is just a small sampling of the database, but you should be aware that some of the data may not be reliable. Barbara Zimmer MODERATOR NOTE: We all know that databases, especially new ones often have challenges. The website for The New Haven Jewish Cemetery Database has contact information for the database managers. If you find a problem with information on this or any other database, you should contact the managers of that database.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Launch of New Jewish Cemetery Database in New Haven CT
#general
Barbara Zimmer
Dear Genners,
Jan Meisels Allen announced the launch of a database for the Great New Haven Connecticut area's 49 Jewish cemeteries. I used that website today to search for several of my extended family members, only to find that the data was not totally correct. The dates of birth and death for the three subjects were correct, as was the name of the cemetery, BUT their spouses were listed incorrectly. This is just a small sampling of the database, but you should be aware that some of the data may not be reliable. Barbara Zimmer MODERATOR NOTE: We all know that databases, especially new ones often have challenges. The website for The New Haven Jewish Cemetery Database has contact information for the database managers. If you find a problem with information on this or any other database, you should contact the managers of that database.
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Lawyer Nathan Lewin
#general
Neil@...
This prominent lawyer in DC has two daughters, Alyza and Na'ama. A recent newspaper
article states he is a mechuten to the late Abraham Halbfinger. Does anyone know the connection? Thanks -- Neil Rosenstein
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Lawyer Nathan Lewin
#general
Neil@...
This prominent lawyer in DC has two daughters, Alyza and Na'ama. A recent newspaper
article states he is a mechuten to the late Abraham Halbfinger. Does anyone know the connection? Thanks -- Neil Rosenstein
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Re: History of a business in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1930's
#general
Ann Rabinowitz
Sometimes just Googling a topic will bring up a very helpful piece of information
regarding your inquiry which will enhance what you know about a family business. Naturally, researchers want details of a specific business, but there are also details to be learned of the general nature of the business which are important too. In regard to the fishing business, there is an article >from "Fortune Magazine" which discusses the fishing business in 1935 and the early 20th Century: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/09/from-the-drought-an-opportunity-fortune-1935/ (MODERATOR: https://tinyurl.com/qcutkmp ) It gives much insight into the nature of the ups and downs of the business and its prognosis for the future. In addition, there is a site "I Am Provincetown" which provides info on the fisheries industry in the town: http://www.iamprovincetown.com/history/cape_cod_cold_storage.htm Ann Rabinowitz annrab@bellsouth.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: History of a business in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1930's
#general
Ann Rabinowitz
Sometimes just Googling a topic will bring up a very helpful piece of information
regarding your inquiry which will enhance what you know about a family business. Naturally, researchers want details of a specific business, but there are also details to be learned of the general nature of the business which are important too. In regard to the fishing business, there is an article >from "Fortune Magazine" which discusses the fishing business in 1935 and the early 20th Century: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/09/from-the-drought-an-opportunity-fortune-1935/ (MODERATOR: https://tinyurl.com/qcutkmp ) It gives much insight into the nature of the ups and downs of the business and its prognosis for the future. In addition, there is a site "I Am Provincetown" which provides info on the fisheries industry in the town: http://www.iamprovincetown.com/history/cape_cod_cold_storage.htm Ann Rabinowitz annrab@bellsouth.net
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ViewMate translation request - Polish
#general
Barry Helfand <barry_helfand@...>
I have posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a loose translation. It is on
ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM29704 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Barry Helfand Upland, California
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate translation request - Polish
#general
Barry Helfand <barry_helfand@...>
I have posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a loose translation. It is on
ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM29704 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Barry Helfand Upland, California
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Sarah and David ABRAMOWITZ- New Haven, Ct. USA end 19th cent
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
Still searching for descendants of my greatgrandfather's siblings,David and Sarah
ABRAMOWITZ. The details which I know are as follows: Sarah and David (presumed name) came with their widowed (or remarried) mother sometime during the latter part of the 19th cent. between (1860-1880 ?) to the USA from eastern Europe (probably via Liverpool). They had two younger brothers, Meyer(my grandfather) and Kalman (with who I do have contact). Sarah, I don't know her married name, lived on Coney Island and belonged to a Yiddish literary circle in NYC during the 1930s. She had a grandson , Tom, who lived and/or studied in College in Boston who was single in the early 1930s. May have had a non-Jewish father. David reportedly left New Haven to find his fortune in Boston and supposedly rose with the ranks of management in a retail business there. In the late 1920s he had a summer home an/or vacationed in Florida. If any of the above sound familiar or anyone have suggestions how with these scant bits of information I can continue (or can help me find) I would appreciate it. TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Sarah and David ABRAMOWITZ- New Haven, Ct. USA end 19th cent
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
Still searching for descendants of my greatgrandfather's siblings,David and Sarah
ABRAMOWITZ. The details which I know are as follows: Sarah and David (presumed name) came with their widowed (or remarried) mother sometime during the latter part of the 19th cent. between (1860-1880 ?) to the USA from eastern Europe (probably via Liverpool). They had two younger brothers, Meyer(my grandfather) and Kalman (with who I do have contact). Sarah, I don't know her married name, lived on Coney Island and belonged to a Yiddish literary circle in NYC during the 1930s. She had a grandson , Tom, who lived and/or studied in College in Boston who was single in the early 1930s. May have had a non-Jewish father. David reportedly left New Haven to find his fortune in Boston and supposedly rose with the ranks of management in a retail business there. In the late 1920s he had a summer home an/or vacationed in Florida. If any of the above sound familiar or anyone have suggestions how with these scant bits of information I can continue (or can help me find) I would appreciate it. TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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Re: History of a business in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1930's
#general
Stephen Katz
As explained in her post of 26 October, Joan Rosen is seeking information about a
business in Provincetown, Mass., in the 1930s, Cape Cod Fisheries. One often useful resource for genealogists researching businesses are corporation records maintained by the relevant state authorities. Not all businesses formally incorporated; however, when researching a business, it is worthwhile checking corporate filings in the event that the business had incorporated. In Massachusetts, corporate filings are made with Office of the Secretary of State, Corporations Division. That Division maintains several online databases; see http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corsearch.htm. I checked two of them, the "Corporate Database" and the "Corporation Card File Database," and came up with a possible lead for Joan. Searching for "Cape Cod Fisheries" in the Corporate Card File led to an index card for "Cape Cod Fisheries, Inc." of Provincetown, organized on 29 November 1933. The database does not indicate the officers or other principals of the corporation, but Joan might wish to contact the Corporations Division to ask if records of the corporation are still available and how she might be able to receive copies. The Corporation Card File Database and the Corporate Database produced information about another company, "Cape Cod Fisheries Co.", located at 33 Fish Pier, Boston. The data for this company indicate that it was originally incorporated in 1943 as "Nagco Fisheries, Inc." and changed its name to "Cape Cod Fisheries Co." in 1944. It thus might not be the business that Joan is looking for. Stephen KATZ New York City Researching:KATZ (Novograd-Volynsk, Ukraine and Boston, Mass.); TEPPER (Novograd-Volynsk and Rovno (Rivne), Ukraine, and New York City); KAPLAN (Stakliskes, Lithuania, and central Mass.); KABACHNIK (Butrymonis, Lithuania); VITKIN (Kaunas, Lithuania, and Boston,Mass.); GREENBERG/BLOCH, Vilna, Lithuania, and Boston, Mass.); BLUM, LEVINE (Boston, Mass.)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: History of a business in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1930's
#general
Stephen Katz
As explained in her post of 26 October, Joan Rosen is seeking information about a
business in Provincetown, Mass., in the 1930s, Cape Cod Fisheries. One often useful resource for genealogists researching businesses are corporation records maintained by the relevant state authorities. Not all businesses formally incorporated; however, when researching a business, it is worthwhile checking corporate filings in the event that the business had incorporated. In Massachusetts, corporate filings are made with Office of the Secretary of State, Corporations Division. That Division maintains several online databases; see http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corsearch.htm. I checked two of them, the "Corporate Database" and the "Corporation Card File Database," and came up with a possible lead for Joan. Searching for "Cape Cod Fisheries" in the Corporate Card File led to an index card for "Cape Cod Fisheries, Inc." of Provincetown, organized on 29 November 1933. The database does not indicate the officers or other principals of the corporation, but Joan might wish to contact the Corporations Division to ask if records of the corporation are still available and how she might be able to receive copies. The Corporation Card File Database and the Corporate Database produced information about another company, "Cape Cod Fisheries Co.", located at 33 Fish Pier, Boston. The data for this company indicate that it was originally incorporated in 1943 as "Nagco Fisheries, Inc." and changed its name to "Cape Cod Fisheries Co." in 1944. It thus might not be the business that Joan is looking for. Stephen KATZ New York City Researching:KATZ (Novograd-Volynsk, Ukraine and Boston, Mass.); TEPPER (Novograd-Volynsk and Rovno (Rivne), Ukraine, and New York City); KAPLAN (Stakliskes, Lithuania, and central Mass.); KABACHNIK (Butrymonis, Lithuania); VITKIN (Kaunas, Lithuania, and Boston,Mass.); GREENBERG/BLOCH, Vilna, Lithuania, and Boston, Mass.); BLUM, LEVINE (Boston, Mass.)
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Re: Unknown Daughter/Sister--Did She Really Exist?
#general
Maury Kitces
Have you found the family in the 1910 census? Column 10 lists how many shildren the
mother had, and column 11 lists how many are still living. It is not always correct, but it confirms the additional child, then it is worth the effort to try to find her. Maury Kitces
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Unknown Daughter/Sister--Did She Really Exist?
#general
Maury Kitces
Have you found the family in the 1910 census? Column 10 lists how many shildren the
mother had, and column 11 lists how many are still living. It is not always correct, but it confirms the additional child, then it is worth the effort to try to find her. Maury Kitces
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Restoration of Jewish Matriky Czech National Archives
#austria-czech
danielat1@...
I met with Dr Lenka Matusikova and Dr Michal Durovic on Monday morning here in Prague to discuss
the latest round of restoration. They showed me the 200 acid free (flat) boxes sitting in a corridor upstairs which will be folded and the Matriky inserted shortly. Each Matrik or register of the Vital Records has been measured individually to fit into each archival box made here on order by a Czech company. Dr Durovic is head of the conservation department at the National Archives and he actually made up one box to show me how it will work. It was a smaller size than the usual Matrik for an Index book. These boxes will store 200 of the Jewish Matriky which are loose leaved and unbound and have been in a terrible state as a result of years of use. Ten Matriky have also been completely restored by conservation both in the laboratory of the Archives and by commissioned private restorers. The last such Matrik is expected to be delivered next week and then Dr Durovic has promised me a final report. Some of you have contributed as I have to these restoration efforts by donating funds and I am happy to send you more information off list if you are interested. Daniela Torsh Prague and Sydney
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Decin visit
#austria-czech
danielat1@...
I have just got home and am writing a report on our trip to Decin in the
Czech Republic. Let me know if you would like a copy to my private address please. The Jewish Community is headed by Mr Vladimir Poskocil and the URL for their website is www.zidovskaobecdecin.wz.cz for your information. Regards >from Sydney, Australia Daniela Torsh
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Restoration of Jewish Matriky Czech National Archives
#austria-czech
danielat1@...
I met with Dr Lenka Matusikova and Dr Michal Durovic on Monday morning here in Prague to discuss
the latest round of restoration. They showed me the 200 acid free (flat) boxes sitting in a corridor upstairs which will be folded and the Matriky inserted shortly. Each Matrik or register of the Vital Records has been measured individually to fit into each archival box made here on order by a Czech company. Dr Durovic is head of the conservation department at the National Archives and he actually made up one box to show me how it will work. It was a smaller size than the usual Matrik for an Index book. These boxes will store 200 of the Jewish Matriky which are loose leaved and unbound and have been in a terrible state as a result of years of use. Ten Matriky have also been completely restored by conservation both in the laboratory of the Archives and by commissioned private restorers. The last such Matrik is expected to be delivered next week and then Dr Durovic has promised me a final report. Some of you have contributed as I have to these restoration efforts by donating funds and I am happy to send you more information off list if you are interested. Daniela Torsh Prague and Sydney
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Decin visit
#austria-czech
danielat1@...
I have just got home and am writing a report on our trip to Decin in the
Czech Republic. Let me know if you would like a copy to my private address please. The Jewish Community is headed by Mr Vladimir Poskocil and the URL for their website is www.zidovskaobecdecin.wz.cz for your information. Regards >from Sydney, Australia Daniela Torsh
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