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How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
As we continue to modernize our platform, we are trying to ensure that everything meets contemporary security standards. In the future, we plan hope to have one single sign-in page.
I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
Yes. In terms of functionality, the group will operate the same for people who like to participate with email. People can still send a message to an email address (in this case, main@groups.JewishGen.org), and receive a daily digest of postings, or individual emails. In addition, Members can also receive a daily summary of topics, and then choose which topics they would like to read about it. However, in addition to email, there is the additional functionality of being able to read/post messages utilizing our online forum (https://groups.jewishgen.org).
Does this new system require plain-text?
No.
Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
Yes.
Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
Yes! Our new platform allows members to use “Hashtags.” Messages can then be sorted, and searched, based upon how they are categorized. Another advantage is that members can “mute” any conversations they are not interested in, by simply indicating they are not interested in a particular “hashtag.”
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Yes.
Can I still search though old messages?
Yes. All the messages are accessible and searchable going back to 1998.
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So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?
Correct!
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No.
Will the current guidelines change?
Yes. While posts will be moderated to ensure civility, and that there is nothing posted that is inappropriate (or completely unrelated to genealogy), we will be trying to create an online community of people who regulate themselves, much as they do (very successfully) on Jewish Genealogy Portal on Facebook.
What are the new guidelines?
There are just a few simple rules & guidelines to follow, which you can read here:https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/guidelines
Thank you in advance for contributing to this amazing online community!
If you have any questions, or suggestions, please email support@JewishGen.org.
Sincerely,
The JewishGen.org Team
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Re: TERLOW\TERLOWSKY
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yoni ben-ari <mrtfuzot@...>
Several weeks ago some one posted a message and on the bottom they noted
they were searching (among others) TERLOW/TERLOWSKY. A colleague of mine has this name, she and her husband emigrated >from russia to Israel in the 1970's. I may have accidently deleated the message. I've checked the archives and the message I am looking for does not appear. (Ann Rabinowitz posted a similar message but for american TERLOWSKYs) By coincidence (or not) my colleague's maiden name was RABINOWITZ. If whoever posted the message would contact me privately I would be happy to transfer the message to my colleague. Happy Purim >from Israel, Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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Re: Is Shmuel Sender like Dov Ber?
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Prof. G. L. Esterson <jerry@...>
Paul Fisher wrote:
"Is Schmuel Sender a Hebrew/Yiddish name combination like Dov Ber? In other words, if one document says someone is Sender and another says Shmuel, are they probably the same person?" >from the Given Names Data Bases for Lithuania and Poland, the only true Hebrew name which had Sender as the Yiddish kinui producing a Hebrew double name was: Aleksander . Prof. G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel jerry@...
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Re: Given name: Prive
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Prof. G. L. Esterson <jerry@...>
Rony Golan of Israel wrote: "Does anybody know what would be an
Angliced name for: Prive ?" For Lithuania Jews, the name Priva/Prive was used for women, and women with this name who immigrated to the US sometimes adopted the English name Pauline. Prof. G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel jerry@...
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Re: London birth certificates
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David Fielker <david@...>
If you are going to the Family Records Centre and you don't want a (brisk!)
ten minute walk, get out at the Angel Tube Station and turn right to the second bus stop. Take a number 19 or 38, and alight at the next stop after Sadlers Wells. David Fielker London, UK david@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: TERLOW\TERLOWSKY
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yoni ben-ari <mrtfuzot@...>
Several weeks ago some one posted a message and on the bottom they noted
they were searching (among others) TERLOW/TERLOWSKY. A colleague of mine has this name, she and her husband emigrated >from russia to Israel in the 1970's. I may have accidently deleated the message. I've checked the archives and the message I am looking for does not appear. (Ann Rabinowitz posted a similar message but for american TERLOWSKYs) By coincidence (or not) my colleague's maiden name was RABINOWITZ. If whoever posted the message would contact me privately I would be happy to transfer the message to my colleague. Happy Purim >from Israel, Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Is Shmuel Sender like Dov Ber?
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Prof. G. L. Esterson <jerry@...>
Paul Fisher wrote:
"Is Schmuel Sender a Hebrew/Yiddish name combination like Dov Ber? In other words, if one document says someone is Sender and another says Shmuel, are they probably the same person?" >from the Given Names Data Bases for Lithuania and Poland, the only true Hebrew name which had Sender as the Yiddish kinui producing a Hebrew double name was: Aleksander . Prof. G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel jerry@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Given name: Prive
#general
Prof. G. L. Esterson <jerry@...>
Rony Golan of Israel wrote: "Does anybody know what would be an
Angliced name for: Prive ?" For Lithuania Jews, the name Priva/Prive was used for women, and women with this name who immigrated to the US sometimes adopted the English name Pauline. Prof. G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel jerry@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: London birth certificates
#general
David Fielker <david@...>
If you are going to the Family Records Centre and you don't want a (brisk!)
ten minute walk, get out at the Angel Tube Station and turn right to the second bus stop. Take a number 19 or 38, and alight at the next stop after Sadlers Wells. David Fielker London, UK david@...
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Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies
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JMMNutel <jmmnutel@...>
I have updated my website of Anglo-Jewish geneological material and
included an index to birth, marriage and death announcements in the London Jewish Chronicle for 1890-1895. The site has moved to www.jeffreymaynard.com Jeffrey Maynard
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Fw: Question re name Ruth
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Robert Fraser <fraser@...>
Judith Romney Wegner wrote:
snip>> It is usual, though, for a female convert to select and adopt a Hebrew name (usually but not necessarily biblical, so she can take her pick). It would be nice if she were to select a biblical name. Whatever name she picks she will be known as "So-and-so bat Avraham ve-Sarah." In this connection, it's perhaps interesting to recall that Jews under nazi rule in Austria (perhaps elsewhere also) were forced to adopt a middle name that presumably identified them as Jews. So when my parents were granted passports to leave Vienna for the UK in 1939, the documents identified them as Herbert Israel and Erna Sara Finkelstein. Robert W Fraser Western Australia fraser@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies
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JMMNutel <jmmnutel@...>
I have updated my website of Anglo-Jewish geneological material and
included an index to birth, marriage and death announcements in the London Jewish Chronicle for 1890-1895. The site has moved to www.jeffreymaynard.com Jeffrey Maynard
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Fw: Question re name Ruth
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Robert Fraser <fraser@...>
Judith Romney Wegner wrote:
snip>> It is usual, though, for a female convert to select and adopt a Hebrew name (usually but not necessarily biblical, so she can take her pick). It would be nice if she were to select a biblical name. Whatever name she picks she will be known as "So-and-so bat Avraham ve-Sarah." In this connection, it's perhaps interesting to recall that Jews under nazi rule in Austria (perhaps elsewhere also) were forced to adopt a middle name that presumably identified them as Jews. So when my parents were granted passports to leave Vienna for the UK in 1939, the documents identified them as Herbert Israel and Erna Sara Finkelstein. Robert W Fraser Western Australia fraser@...
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Re: Dzielnica
#galicia
Alexander Sharon <a.sharon@...>
Paul Freudman wrote in part:
Some of my ancestors' records (>from the end of the 19th century) showDzielnica [dzheh lnitsah] is a generic name for town's district or quarter. Dzielnica Kazimierz or Dzielnica Kazimierzowska identified Kazimierz District or sometimes it was known as Zydowska (Jewish) Dzielnica. [In Polish history, dzielnica also used to describe an administrative part of the country) Alexander Sharon <a.sharon@...>
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Dzielnica
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Alexander Sharon <a.sharon@...>
Paul Freudman wrote in part:
Some of my ancestors' records (>from the end of the 19th century) showDzielnica [dzheh lnitsah] is a generic name for town's district or quarter. Dzielnica Kazimierz or Dzielnica Kazimierzowska identified Kazimierz District or sometimes it was known as Zydowska (Jewish) Dzielnica. [In Polish history, dzielnica also used to describe an administrative part of the country) Alexander Sharon <a.sharon@...>
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Need contact with S.J. Rockower
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hennynow
I tried to e-mail S.J. Rockower re his family tree ROCKOWER, but message
was bounced back as undeliverable. Please contact me at <hennynow@...> . Henny M. Roth
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Need contact with S.J. Rockower
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hennynow
I tried to e-mail S.J. Rockower re his family tree ROCKOWER, but message
was bounced back as undeliverable. Please contact me at <hennynow@...> . Henny M. Roth
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Searching: MINTZER from Strelisker, Poland
#galicia
Randsboxer@...
Has anyone heard of Strelisker, Poland? If so how can I find more
information? I believe my mother came >from Strelisker - her maiden name was MINTZER. Thank you for your help. Rose Boxer Ocala, Florida <RandSBoxer@...>
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Searching: MINTZER from Strelisker, Poland
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Randsboxer@...
Has anyone heard of Strelisker, Poland? If so how can I find more
information? I believe my mother came >from Strelisker - her maiden name was MINTZER. Thank you for your help. Rose Boxer Ocala, Florida <RandSBoxer@...>
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jewhoo - wierd +
#general
Susan M. Rogers <smrogers@...>
Delightful site. The sum total a perusal yields is some commentary!
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Susan Rogers New York, NY Researching: UBERSTINE, Ostroshitskiy Gorodok, goberniya Minskaya, Belarus, 1901 to US POLACZEK, Lida, Lida, Vilna goberniya, now Belarus, 1905 to US DEUTSCH, Tryskiai [Trishik], Shavli Uyezd, Kovno guberniya, Lithuania, 1906 to US SIMON, Brest Litovsk, Grodno goberniya (now Belarus), 1886 to US "Al Yellon" <tvdirector@...> wrote in message news:sdcs17p5lul104@......
Samy Benoudiz wrote in message ...This site is part of www.yahoo.com.Actually, www.jewhoo.com is NOT connected to Yahoo at all, as you can
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen jewhoo - wierd +
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Susan M. Rogers <smrogers@...>
Delightful site. The sum total a perusal yields is some commentary!
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Susan Rogers New York, NY Researching: UBERSTINE, Ostroshitskiy Gorodok, goberniya Minskaya, Belarus, 1901 to US POLACZEK, Lida, Lida, Vilna goberniya, now Belarus, 1905 to US DEUTSCH, Tryskiai [Trishik], Shavli Uyezd, Kovno guberniya, Lithuania, 1906 to US SIMON, Brest Litovsk, Grodno goberniya (now Belarus), 1886 to US "Al Yellon" <tvdirector@...> wrote in message news:sdcs17p5lul104@......
Samy Benoudiz wrote in message ...This site is part of www.yahoo.com.Actually, www.jewhoo.com is NOT connected to Yahoo at all, as you can
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