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Mielec records
#general
guznita@...
Do you have any records for Mielec, Galicia for the period
1870 to 1910 and if so how can I access them? Nita Guz
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Mielec records
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guznita@...
Do you have any records for Mielec, Galicia for the period
1870 to 1910 and if so how can I access them? Nita Guz
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Newark, NJ Old Cemetery Records
#general
Rusty Wilson
Does anyone know if records still exist for any of the old and
inactive Newark cemeteries? I'm interested primarily in the Grove Street cemetery. Were the original cemetery records transferred to the public library, or a government agency, or some other organization? Or just destroyed or lost? -- Rusty Wilson Rusty.Wilson1@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Newark, NJ Old Cemetery Records
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Rusty Wilson
Does anyone know if records still exist for any of the old and
inactive Newark cemeteries? I'm interested primarily in the Grove Street cemetery. Were the original cemetery records transferred to the public library, or a government agency, or some other organization? Or just destroyed or lost? -- Rusty Wilson Rusty.Wilson1@...
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Re: Julian/Julijan
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Jim Bennett
My own great great grandfather was Julius Salomonsohn, born in
Lobsens[then Posen Province, Prussia--now part of Northwest Poland]. His grandson was named Julian in his memory. So my mother Shirley was Shirley/Sara bat Julian. A few years ago in the Polish Archives branch in Bydgoszcz, in the files of the Jewish Community of Lobzenica, I found records of school enrollments of Jewish children Recorded in the 1830-1840 period. And there was my gg grandfather Juda son of Michael Salomonsohn. No now, in synagogue, when we recite memorial prayers I can now say -- after 30 years of searching--"My mother, my teacher Sara bat Yehuda". Jews whose civil name in Europe was Julian, were almost always born as Yehuda=Juda. Jim Bennett Haifa
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Julian/Julijan
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Jim Bennett
My own great great grandfather was Julius Salomonsohn, born in
Lobsens[then Posen Province, Prussia--now part of Northwest Poland]. His grandson was named Julian in his memory. So my mother Shirley was Shirley/Sara bat Julian. A few years ago in the Polish Archives branch in Bydgoszcz, in the files of the Jewish Community of Lobzenica, I found records of school enrollments of Jewish children Recorded in the 1830-1840 period. And there was my gg grandfather Juda son of Michael Salomonsohn. No now, in synagogue, when we recite memorial prayers I can now say -- after 30 years of searching--"My mother, my teacher Sara bat Yehuda". Jews whose civil name in Europe was Julian, were almost always born as Yehuda=Juda. Jim Bennett Haifa
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19th century travel to America
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Eva Lawrence
I have the travel diary of an ancestor who sailed to New Orleans >from Bonn
via Antwerp in 1852, together with his 11-year-old son. While apparently they travelled without a passport or other papers, he does comment on customs officials who stopped them at each border and examined the luggage, and also seems to have been afraid of being arrested on leaving Baden - he was known to have been associated with dissidents and can't have had official permission to leave. In Weffer's 1977 book of 19th-century Bonn emigrants, there is note of a 1868 Coeln official advertisement seeking the son for evading his Prussian military duties. However, the father's equally illegal emigration and his subsequent return appears to have remained unrecorded. Eva Lawrence St Albans
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 19th century travel to America
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Eva Lawrence
I have the travel diary of an ancestor who sailed to New Orleans >from Bonn
via Antwerp in 1852, together with his 11-year-old son. While apparently they travelled without a passport or other papers, he does comment on customs officials who stopped them at each border and examined the luggage, and also seems to have been afraid of being arrested on leaving Baden - he was known to have been associated with dissidents and can't have had official permission to leave. In Weffer's 1977 book of 19th-century Bonn emigrants, there is note of a 1868 Coeln official advertisement seeking the son for evading his Prussian military duties. However, the father's equally illegal emigration and his subsequent return appears to have remained unrecorded. Eva Lawrence St Albans
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database on Every Man Alive Goes Live
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The Royal British Legion is working with Commonwealth War
Commission in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of WWI and to keep alive the memory of those who fell in the First World War, the website Every Man Remembered has gone live. They would like every single man and woman >from across the Commonwealth who fell to be individually commemorated by those alive today. You can enter a short message of up to 140 characters, upload up to 5 photos, and add a more detailed story of up to 3500 characters (about a page). This includes over 800 women in their records who died in WWI. To go to the site click: http://www.everymanremembered.org/ Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database on Every Man Alive Goes Live
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The Royal British Legion is working with Commonwealth War
Commission in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of WWI and to keep alive the memory of those who fell in the First World War, the website Every Man Remembered has gone live. They would like every single man and woman >from across the Commonwealth who fell to be individually commemorated by those alive today. You can enter a short message of up to 140 characters, upload up to 5 photos, and add a more detailed story of up to 3500 characters (about a page). This includes over 800 women in their records who died in WWI. To go to the site click: http://www.everymanremembered.org/ Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Master Genealogist Genealogy Software to be Discontinued
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Jan Meisels Allen
On July 29 it was announced that The Master Genealogist (TMG)
software it will be discontinued at the end of 2014 after being in the market for 25 years. It will continue to sell the full product and updates through September. It is expected that support will be maintained as will the support forum which would be available for user-to-user support. According to the announcement, this was done for two reasons: the market for advanced features has proved to be insufficient to support the infrastructure that is necessary to support it and continue development; and health issues of Bob Welke, owner of Wholly Genes, the producer of TMG. To read the announcement go to: http://tinyurl.com/nkqzk2t original url: http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/15798-tmg-to-be-discontinued/ Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Master Genealogist Genealogy Software to be Discontinued
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Jan Meisels Allen
On July 29 it was announced that The Master Genealogist (TMG)
software it will be discontinued at the end of 2014 after being in the market for 25 years. It will continue to sell the full product and updates through September. It is expected that support will be maintained as will the support forum which would be available for user-to-user support. According to the announcement, this was done for two reasons: the market for advanced features has proved to be insufficient to support the infrastructure that is necessary to support it and continue development; and health issues of Bob Welke, owner of Wholly Genes, the producer of TMG. To read the announcement go to: http://tinyurl.com/nkqzk2t original url: http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/15798-tmg-to-be-discontinued/ Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Fish Suppers on Fridays
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FREYAB@...
Dear Genners,
There is one more answer to those who wondered whether it was customary to eat fish on Friday.night. This is an article that was written in the Jewish Heritage Online Magazine. Quite enlightening. http://www.jhom.com/topics/fish/gefilte.html Freya Blitstein Maslov Morton Grove, IL MODERATOR NOTE: This subject has strayed >from any genealogical relevance it might have had. Please continue privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Fish Suppers on Fridays
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FREYAB@...
Dear Genners,
There is one more answer to those who wondered whether it was customary to eat fish on Friday.night. This is an article that was written in the Jewish Heritage Online Magazine. Quite enlightening. http://www.jhom.com/topics/fish/gefilte.html Freya Blitstein Maslov Morton Grove, IL MODERATOR NOTE: This subject has strayed >from any genealogical relevance it might have had. Please continue privately.
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Re: Steamship tickets from Europe to America
#general
Alan Greenberg
The package ticket could also include rail at the North American end,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
taking the immigrant >from wherever the boat docked to their final destination. Alan Greenberg Montreal, Canada
At 29/07/2014 05:01 PM, Phyllis Kramer phylliskramer1@ wrote:
Train tracks covered eastern europe by 1900, and the steamship
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Steamship tickets from Europe to America
#general
Alan Greenberg
The package ticket could also include rail at the North American end,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
taking the immigrant >from wherever the boat docked to their final destination. Alan Greenberg Montreal, Canada
At 29/07/2014 05:01 PM, Phyllis Kramer phylliskramer1@ wrote:
Train tracks covered eastern europe by 1900, and the steamship
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ViewMate translation request - German Script
#austria-czech
samglaser@...
I am looking for help to translate the following German scripts >from the Badatelna.
They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34965 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34966 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34967 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34972 Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Thank you so much in advance, Sam Glaser Fairfax, VA
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech ViewMate translation request - German Script
#austria-czech
samglaser@...
I am looking for help to translate the following German scripts >from the Badatelna.
They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34965 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34966 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34967 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34972 Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Thank you so much in advance, Sam Glaser Fairfax, VA
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Russian Translation Request - Viewmate
#poland
stephen cohen
I've posted some vital records on Viewmate in Russian for which I am
looking for a translation of the pertinent genealogical information including names, surnames, dates, and towns. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34953 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34952 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34951 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34950 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34949 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application or privately via email. Thank you so much for your help in advance. Stephen Cohen
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JRI Poland #Poland Russian Translation Request - Viewmate
#poland
stephen cohen
I've posted some vital records on Viewmate in Russian for which I am
looking for a translation of the pertinent genealogical information including names, surnames, dates, and towns. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34953 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34952 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34951 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34950 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM34949 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application or privately via email. Thank you so much for your help in advance. Stephen Cohen
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