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Re: Mokom Sholom cemetery, NYC?
#general
Tracy Jones <dorablebmf@...>
Michelle Sandler <michellegailsandler@...> wrote, 4 Apr 2016 ...
My great grandmother died in 1894 in New York City. She is buriedRe Michelle Sandler's request for information about Moko Sholom cemetery. I located this online and have used Gutterman Brothers list before. Mokom Sholom County: Queens 80-07 Pitkin Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 718-845-6030 201 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002 212-477-2221 Records available at Manhattan central office for Acacia/Machpelah/Mokom Sholom. The office does not have well-organized records or plot maps. You must have the date of death to retrieve records. Recent burials are computerized. Tracy Jones Cookeville, TN
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Mokom Sholom cemetery, NYC?
#general
Tracy Jones <dorablebmf@...>
Michelle Sandler <michellegailsandler@...> wrote, 4 Apr 2016 ...
My great grandmother died in 1894 in New York City. She is buriedRe Michelle Sandler's request for information about Moko Sholom cemetery. I located this online and have used Gutterman Brothers list before. Mokom Sholom County: Queens 80-07 Pitkin Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 718-845-6030 201 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002 212-477-2221 Records available at Manhattan central office for Acacia/Machpelah/Mokom Sholom. The office does not have well-organized records or plot maps. You must have the date of death to retrieve records. Recent burials are computerized. Tracy Jones Cookeville, TN
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Looking for the descendants of Hedwig SCHWARTZENBURG born Mainz in 1910
#general
Salinger Ralph
Dear Genners,
I am attempting to help a friend reconnect with his family. He is searching for the descendants of Hedwig SCHWARTZBURGER born 1900 in Mainz Germany. Hedwig died around the year 2000 My friend remembers that she had 2 daughters that may have lived in Bellevue, Seattle in the state of Washington. Many thanks for your attention, Ralph Salinger Kfar Ruppin Israel salinger@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for the descendants of Hedwig SCHWARTZENBURG born Mainz in 1910
#general
Salinger Ralph
Dear Genners,
I am attempting to help a friend reconnect with his family. He is searching for the descendants of Hedwig SCHWARTZBURGER born 1900 in Mainz Germany. Hedwig died around the year 2000 My friend remembers that she had 2 daughters that may have lived in Bellevue, Seattle in the state of Washington. Many thanks for your attention, Ralph Salinger Kfar Ruppin Israel salinger@...
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Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#belarus
Janette Silverman <cochairs@...>
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#belarus
Janette Silverman <cochairs@...>
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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KehilaLinks Project Report for March 2016
#belarus
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants: Benoni, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/benoni ~~~ Byerazino (Berezino, Berezin) (including Pahost), Belarus Created by Carola Murray-Seegert http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Byerazino/ ~~~ Graaf Reinet, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/graaff_reinet ~~~ Grahamstown, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/grahamstown ~~~ Springs, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/springs ~~~ Yakovleva (Gutovo), Belarus Created by Debbie Kropkin Webpage Design by KehilaLInks volunteer Ron Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yakovleva/index.html KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pine_bluff/ ~~~ Pishchanka (Peschanka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pishchanka/default.asp ~~~ Radauti (Radautz, Radevits) (Bk) http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radauti/index.php ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage please contact us at: <bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing you a Sweet and Joyous Pessach, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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Belarus SIG #Belarus KehilaLinks Project Report for March 2016
#belarus
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants: Benoni, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/benoni ~~~ Byerazino (Berezino, Berezin) (including Pahost), Belarus Created by Carola Murray-Seegert http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Byerazino/ ~~~ Graaf Reinet, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/graaff_reinet ~~~ Grahamstown, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/grahamstown ~~~ Springs, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/springs ~~~ Yakovleva (Gutovo), Belarus Created by Debbie Kropkin Webpage Design by KehilaLInks volunteer Ron Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yakovleva/index.html KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pine_bluff/ ~~~ Pishchanka (Peschanka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pishchanka/default.asp ~~~ Radauti (Radautz, Radevits) (Bk) http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radauti/index.php ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage please contact us at: <bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing you a Sweet and Joyous Pessach, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#bessarabia
Janette Silverman <cochairs@...>
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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Bessarabia SIG #Bessarabia Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#bessarabia
Janette Silverman <cochairs@...>
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#unitedkingdom
bounce-3125807-785714@...
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#unitedkingdom
bounce-3125807-785714@...
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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KehilaLinks Project Report for March 2016
#poland
#ciechanow
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants: Benoni, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/benoni ~~~ Byerazino (Berezino, Berezin) (including Pahost), Belarus Created by Carola Murray-Seegert http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Byerazino/ ~~~ Graaf Reinet, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/graaff_reinet ~~~ Grahamstown, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/grahamstown ~~~ Springs, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/springs ~~~ Yakovleva (Gutovo), Belarus Created by Debbie Kropkin Webpage Design by KehilaLInks volunteer Ron Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yakovleva/index.html KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pine_bluff/ ~~~ Pishchanka (Peschanka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pishchanka/default.asp ~~~ Radauti (Radautz, Radevits) (Bk) http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radauti/index.php ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage please contact us at: <bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing you a Sweet and Joyous Pessach, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#ciechanow
#poland
Janette Silverman <cochairs@...>
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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#Ciechanow #Poland KehilaLinks Project Report for March 2016
#ciechanow
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants: Benoni, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/benoni ~~~ Byerazino (Berezino, Berezin) (including Pahost), Belarus Created by Carola Murray-Seegert http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Byerazino/ ~~~ Graaf Reinet, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/graaff_reinet ~~~ Grahamstown, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/grahamstown ~~~ Springs, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/springs ~~~ Yakovleva (Gutovo), Belarus Created by Debbie Kropkin Webpage Design by KehilaLInks volunteer Ron Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yakovleva/index.html KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pine_bluff/ ~~~ Pishchanka (Peschanka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pishchanka/default.asp ~~~ Radauti (Radautz, Radevits) (Bk) http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radauti/index.php ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage please contact us at: <bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing you a Sweet and Joyous Pessach, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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#Ciechanow #Poland Vast array of databases at this year's IAJGS Conference in Seattle Aug 7012
#ciechanow
#poland
Janette Silverman <cochairs@...>
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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Yizkor Book Project, March 2016
#ciechanow
#poland
Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
Yet another month has whooshed past and it's the time to let you know what has been accomplished in the Yizkor Book Project over the last 31 days. I would like to point out some particularly notable projects that were added or updated in March: The first was the completion of the online placement of the translation of the Golshany, Belarus Yizkor Book, which was generously donated to our project by Jack Leibman and we are most thankful for this significant donation. Another notable addition was the addition of the "Biographical Dictionary of Jewish Resistance" book which was provided to us by Yad Vashem. The list of the names appearing in it was painstakingly translated for us by Shalom Bronstein and it contains an enormous amount of information on a large number of Jewish Partisans and is definitely worth your perusal. I am also pleased to note that Esther Weinschelbaum has kindly sent us a Hebrew translation of the Kamen Kashirskiy Book which joins the ever growing Hebrew translations about former Jewish communities in the Ukraine and Esther is well-deserving of our grateful thanks. Finally, as I've noted before, the Yizkor Books in Print Project doesn't stop for a minute and just this last month, we are happy to announce that the publishing of "The Book of Dembitz". This and the many other books already published by the YBIP Project are in high demand. Of course, there are still many books waiting to be published and the work goes on as we "speak". And now for all the changes and additions that were carried out in the Yizkor Book Project over March. During this last month we have added in 3 new books: - Biographical Dictionary of Jewish Resistance http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Lexicon/Lexicon.html - Kalisz, Poland (The Kalish book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kalisz1/kalisz1.html - Strimtura, Romania (Tales of Strimtera; the story of a Jewish community >from beginning to end) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/strimtura/strimtura.html We have also added in a new entry: - Kamen'-Kashirskiy, Ukraine (Kamen Kashirskiy Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Kamen_Kashirskiy/Kamen_Kashirskiyh.html [Hebrew] We have continued to updated 26 of our existing projects: - Biala Podlaska, Poland (Book of Biala Podlaska) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Biala_Podlaska/Biala_Podlaska.html - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Briceni, Moldova (Brichany: its Jewry in the first half of our century) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Brichany/Brichany.html - Brody, Ukraine (An Eternal Light: Brody in Memoriam) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/brody/brody.html - Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa1/Czestochowa1.html - Golshany (Olshan), Belarus (The Life and Destruction of Olshan) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/golshany/Golshany.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Gostynin, Poland (Book of Gostynin) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Gostynin/Gostynin.html - Ivanava, Belarus (Yanow near Pinsk; memorial book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ivanovo/Ivanovo.html - Jadow, Poland (The Book of Jadow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/jadow/jadow.html - Kamyanets Podilskyy, Ukraine (Kamenets-Podolsk and its surroundings) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Kamyanets_Podilskyy/Kamyanets_Podilskyy.html - Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lithuania5.html - Lithuania (Protecting Our Litvak Heritage) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania6/lithuania6.html - Lviv, Ukraine (Lwow Volume: Part I) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lviv/lviv.html - Marculesti, Moldova (Markuleshty; Memorial to a Jewish Colony in Bessarabia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Marculesti/Marculesti.html - Miechow, Charsznica & Ksiaz, Poland (Miechov Memorial Book, Charsznica and Ksiaz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Miechow/Miechow.html - Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland (Memorial book of Nowy-Dwor) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nowy_Dwor/Nowy_Dwor.html - Nowy Sacz, Poland (Blood Stained Feathers; The Life Story of a Shoah Survivor) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nowy_sacz2/nowy_sacz2.html - Przytyk, Poland (Przytyk Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/przytyk/przytyk.html - Rokiskis, Lithuania (Yizkor book of Rakishok and environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rokiskis/rokiskis.html - Sambir, Ukraine (The Book of Sambor and Stari Sambor; a Memorial to the Jewish Communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/sambor/sambor.html - Sobrance, Slovakia (The Unlikely Hero of Sobrance) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sobrance/Sobrance.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Tarnow, Poland (The life and decline of a Jewish city) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnow/tarnow.html - Vysotsk, Ukraine (Our Shtetl; Vysotsk memorial book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/vysotsk1/vysotsk1.html - Wyszkow, Poland (Wyszkow Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Wyszkow/Wyszkow.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach and/or Happy Passover, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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#Ciechanow #Poland Yizkor Book Project, March 2016
#ciechanow
#poland
Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
Yet another month has whooshed past and it's the time to let you know what has been accomplished in the Yizkor Book Project over the last 31 days. I would like to point out some particularly notable projects that were added or updated in March: The first was the completion of the online placement of the translation of the Golshany, Belarus Yizkor Book, which was generously donated to our project by Jack Leibman and we are most thankful for this significant donation. Another notable addition was the addition of the "Biographical Dictionary of Jewish Resistance" book which was provided to us by Yad Vashem. The list of the names appearing in it was painstakingly translated for us by Shalom Bronstein and it contains an enormous amount of information on a large number of Jewish Partisans and is definitely worth your perusal. I am also pleased to note that Esther Weinschelbaum has kindly sent us a Hebrew translation of the Kamen Kashirskiy Book which joins the ever growing Hebrew translations about former Jewish communities in the Ukraine and Esther is well-deserving of our grateful thanks. Finally, as I've noted before, the Yizkor Books in Print Project doesn't stop for a minute and just this last month, we are happy to announce that the publishing of "The Book of Dembitz". This and the many other books already published by the YBIP Project are in high demand. Of course, there are still many books waiting to be published and the work goes on as we "speak". And now for all the changes and additions that were carried out in the Yizkor Book Project over March. During this last month we have added in 3 new books: - Biographical Dictionary of Jewish Resistance http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Lexicon/Lexicon.html - Kalisz, Poland (The Kalish book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kalisz1/kalisz1.html - Strimtura, Romania (Tales of Strimtera; the story of a Jewish community >from beginning to end) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/strimtura/strimtura.html We have also added in a new entry: - Kamen'-Kashirskiy, Ukraine (Kamen Kashirskiy Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Kamen_Kashirskiy/Kamen_Kashirskiyh.html [Hebrew] We have continued to updated 26 of our existing projects: - Biala Podlaska, Poland (Book of Biala Podlaska) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Biala_Podlaska/Biala_Podlaska.html - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Briceni, Moldova (Brichany: its Jewry in the first half of our century) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Brichany/Brichany.html - Brody, Ukraine (An Eternal Light: Brody in Memoriam) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/brody/brody.html - Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa1/Czestochowa1.html - Golshany (Olshan), Belarus (The Life and Destruction of Olshan) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/golshany/Golshany.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Gostynin, Poland (Book of Gostynin) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Gostynin/Gostynin.html - Ivanava, Belarus (Yanow near Pinsk; memorial book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ivanovo/Ivanovo.html - Jadow, Poland (The Book of Jadow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/jadow/jadow.html - Kamyanets Podilskyy, Ukraine (Kamenets-Podolsk and its surroundings) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Kamyanets_Podilskyy/Kamyanets_Podilskyy.html - Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lithuania5.html - Lithuania (Protecting Our Litvak Heritage) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania6/lithuania6.html - Lviv, Ukraine (Lwow Volume: Part I) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lviv/lviv.html - Marculesti, Moldova (Markuleshty; Memorial to a Jewish Colony in Bessarabia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Marculesti/Marculesti.html - Miechow, Charsznica & Ksiaz, Poland (Miechov Memorial Book, Charsznica and Ksiaz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Miechow/Miechow.html - Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland (Memorial book of Nowy-Dwor) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nowy_Dwor/Nowy_Dwor.html - Nowy Sacz, Poland (Blood Stained Feathers; The Life Story of a Shoah Survivor) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nowy_sacz2/nowy_sacz2.html - Przytyk, Poland (Przytyk Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/przytyk/przytyk.html - Rokiskis, Lithuania (Yizkor book of Rakishok and environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rokiskis/rokiskis.html - Sambir, Ukraine (The Book of Sambor and Stari Sambor; a Memorial to the Jewish Communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/sambor/sambor.html - Sobrance, Slovakia (The Unlikely Hero of Sobrance) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sobrance/Sobrance.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Tarnow, Poland (The life and decline of a Jewish city) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnow/tarnow.html - Vysotsk, Ukraine (Our Shtetl; Vysotsk memorial book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/vysotsk1/vysotsk1.html - Wyszkow, Poland (Wyszkow Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Wyszkow/Wyszkow.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach and/or Happy Passover, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants: Benoni, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/benoni ~~~ Byerazino (Berezino, Berezin) (including Pahost), Belarus Created by Carola Murray-Seegert http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Byerazino/ ~~~ Graaf Reinet, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/graaff_reinet ~~~ Grahamstown, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/grahamstown ~~~ Springs, South Africa Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/springs ~~~ Yakovleva (Gutovo), Belarus Created by Debbie Kropkin Webpage Design by KehilaLInks volunteer Ron Miller http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yakovleva/index.html KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pine_bluff/ ~~~ Pishchanka (Peschanka) http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/pishchanka/default.asp ~~~ Radauti (Radautz, Radevits) (Bk) http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/radauti/index.php ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage please contact us at: <bloch@...>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. ~~~ Wishing you a Sweet and Joyous Pessach, Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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Janette Silverman <cochairs@...>
The 36th annual conference of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies will offer an extensive and rich array of research databases at this year's conference at the lovely Sheraton Hotel in the heart of downtown Seattle. The conference runs >from August 7 to 12, 2016. Banks of computers in the Sheraton's resource room will be linked to a vast array of paid subscription and "behind the wall" databases, all of which will be available for free. Among the databases that will be running for the duration of the conference are: the Ancestry family of websites (including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, Newspapers.com and Archives.com); FindMyPast; GenTeam; MyHeritage family of websites (including MyHeritage.com, Geni.com and World Vital Records); Godfrey.org; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Jewishdata.com; and many more. Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will also make their extensive archives available through dedicated computers. In addition, on Wednesday August 9, for one day only, the uniquely comprehensive ProQuest newspaper archive will be available in its entirety. "Last time we offered ProQuest, there were lines out the door," says Jan Meisels Allen, who is in charge of the conference databases. "Our conference has a unique emphasis on research," Allen adds. "You can further your research while enjoying all the other benefits of the conference." This summer's conference will also feature a Jewish Film Festival put together by leading Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema Eric Goldman. Other highlights of the Seattle conference include the opening night keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, and the banquet address by "legal genealogist" Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer. And, as at previous conferences, remote streaming of selected programs will be available through LIVE! The conference's Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. For more information, contact the conference co-chairs Janette Silverman, Phyllis Grossman, and Chuck Weinstein through the conference website www.iajgs2016.org. Janette Silverman
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