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2 ViewMate translation requests - Polish (one might be Russian - I don't know) Thank You
#poland
Yossi M. Yeinan <yosef@...>
I've posted 2 vital records in Polish (one may be in Russian - I don't
know) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM51904 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50122 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Yossi Yeinan --------------------------------------------- Yosef Yeinan, MSW Tour Guide/Educator and Community Organizer Gefen Professional Service Jerusalem, Israel
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JRI Poland #Poland 2 ViewMate translation requests - Polish (one might be Russian - I don't know) Thank You
#poland
Yossi M. Yeinan <yosef@...>
I've posted 2 vital records in Polish (one may be in Russian - I don't
know) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM51904 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM50122 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Yossi Yeinan --------------------------------------------- Yosef Yeinan, MSW Tour Guide/Educator and Community Organizer Gefen Professional Service Jerusalem, Israel
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ROSENBAUM-19th cent. Tveria (Tiberius)
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
My maternal great grandfather, Yacov Gedalia SCHECHTER's, grandfather
Yisrael ben Yosef ( family name unknown) came to Eretz Yisrael (Palestine) during the first half of the 19th cent. and seems to have gone first to Zfat and at some point to Tveria. One of my cousins believes that his family name was ROSENBAUM (spelling?) and that his children later changed it to SCHECHTER as per their profession (Shochet/ritual butcher). His children did not make aliya as their father did (to die here as many others did). The book "Tveria" published several decades ago has a list of family names which appear in any sources in Tveria and lists a ROSENBOIM without giving any details of his first name, years, origin etc. Does anyone know details of the above ROSENBOIM who lived in Tveria at some point in history? TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ROSENBAUM-19th cent. Tveria (Tiberius)
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
My maternal great grandfather, Yacov Gedalia SCHECHTER's, grandfather
Yisrael ben Yosef ( family name unknown) came to Eretz Yisrael (Palestine) during the first half of the 19th cent. and seems to have gone first to Zfat and at some point to Tveria. One of my cousins believes that his family name was ROSENBAUM (spelling?) and that his children later changed it to SCHECHTER as per their profession (Shochet/ritual butcher). His children did not make aliya as their father did (to die here as many others did). The book "Tveria" published several decades ago has a list of family names which appear in any sources in Tveria and lists a ROSENBOIM without giving any details of his first name, years, origin etc. Does anyone know details of the above ROSENBOIM who lived in Tveria at some point in history? TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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Ships from Szczecin to Haifa in 1948
#general
charles goldenzon
A relative of mine left the port of Szczecin (Poland) in 25 November 1948 at 4pm
to Haifa. The translation of a Yiddish postcard reads the name of the ship as "Biniavisky". Unfortunately I could not find any ship with this name. Can anyone help a) identifying the real name of the ship and b) indicating any direction for me to obtain a passengers list? Regards, Charles Goldenzon Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Ships from Szczecin to Haifa in 1948
#general
charles goldenzon
A relative of mine left the port of Szczecin (Poland) in 25 November 1948 at 4pm
to Haifa. The translation of a Yiddish postcard reads the name of the ship as "Biniavisky". Unfortunately I could not find any ship with this name. Can anyone help a) identifying the real name of the ship and b) indicating any direction for me to obtain a passengers list? Regards, Charles Goldenzon Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Re: Symcha LISSENKER of Starokonstantinov, Ukraine
#general
Dorann Cafaro
Here is another piece for you:
Symeha Lisenker was in 1940 census in NY as a lodger, Township:A D 3 (now Manhattan Borough) page 4B family 89 line 62 - born 1902 Russia residing at 242 West 22nd St NY he was also there in 1935 - he is single working as a bus boy in a cafeteria and he is not a citizen. I would expect he died in NY but notice the spelling. Dorann Cafaro
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Symcha LISSENKER of Starokonstantinov, Ukraine
#general
Dorann Cafaro
Here is another piece for you:
Symeha Lisenker was in 1940 census in NY as a lodger, Township:A D 3 (now Manhattan Borough) page 4B family 89 line 62 - born 1902 Russia residing at 242 West 22nd St NY he was also there in 1935 - he is single working as a bus boy in a cafeteria and he is not a citizen. I would expect he died in NY but notice the spelling. Dorann Cafaro
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Re: Hungarian "Aryanization" database?
#hungary
edelman@...
Hi Rick,
Unlike Slovakia, the territories annexed to Hungary didn't have formal Aryanization, at least in the same way as Slovakia did. In Slovakia it was a slow process, also with exemptions... whereas in Hungary "[...]full-scale confiscation began in May 1944 concurrent with the deportations to Auschwitz; the Hungarian government declared that Jewish assets were now viewed as Hungarian national property. In practice, however, confiscation in Hungary became a competition between private looters, various state agencies, and also the Germans to secure what they could under the chaotic conditions of sudden ghettoization." - from https://tinyurl.com/zb7o5cqreal url: <http://freecontent.abc-clio.com/ContentPages/contentpage.aspx?entryid=1831741¤tSection=1831689&productid=1831685> Kind regards, Todd Edelman Davis, CA On 11/23/2016 02:15 AM, Peter Richard Pinard pinardpr@... wrote: Dear H-SIG,[snip]
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: Hungarian "Aryanization" database?
#hungary
edelman@...
Hi Rick,
Unlike Slovakia, the territories annexed to Hungary didn't have formal Aryanization, at least in the same way as Slovakia did. In Slovakia it was a slow process, also with exemptions... whereas in Hungary "[...]full-scale confiscation began in May 1944 concurrent with the deportations to Auschwitz; the Hungarian government declared that Jewish assets were now viewed as Hungarian national property. In practice, however, confiscation in Hungary became a competition between private looters, various state agencies, and also the Germans to secure what they could under the chaotic conditions of sudden ghettoization." - from https://tinyurl.com/zb7o5cqreal url: <http://freecontent.abc-clio.com/ContentPages/contentpage.aspx?entryid=1831741¤tSection=1831689&productid=1831685> Kind regards, Todd Edelman Davis, CA On 11/23/2016 02:15 AM, Peter Richard Pinard pinardpr@... wrote: Dear H-SIG,[snip]
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"Quilts to Remember" Display, Portland, Oregon
#general
pattitwirler@...
New display in Portland, Oregon - Multnomah Art Center 7688 SW Capitol Hwy.
"Quilts to Remember." Morris SHLAIFER, retired tailor ( 1889 Odessa, Ukraine- 1971 Portland, Oregon) created a reversible quilt made of umbrella silks with matching pillow filled with down >from the "old country". It was a gift to a 13 year old neighbor girl in the 1950's. One side of the quilt are triangles and the other are squares. This quilt and the resulting story were lovingly protected and preserved so that others could know about the man and enjoy the beauty of the unusual quilt. Since Morris and his wife Becky BERNSTEIN SHLAIFER had no children of their own, the now grown neighbor girl has done extensive research and genealogy as way to honor the beautiful quilt and the man who created it. The display and resulting stories will be available through January 2017. Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen, Board Member Multnomah Historical Association 2929 SW Multnomah Blvd, #107 http://multnomahhistorical.com/ 503-893-5549
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen "Quilts to Remember" Display, Portland, Oregon
#general
pattitwirler@...
New display in Portland, Oregon - Multnomah Art Center 7688 SW Capitol Hwy.
"Quilts to Remember." Morris SHLAIFER, retired tailor ( 1889 Odessa, Ukraine- 1971 Portland, Oregon) created a reversible quilt made of umbrella silks with matching pillow filled with down >from the "old country". It was a gift to a 13 year old neighbor girl in the 1950's. One side of the quilt are triangles and the other are squares. This quilt and the resulting story were lovingly protected and preserved so that others could know about the man and enjoy the beauty of the unusual quilt. Since Morris and his wife Becky BERNSTEIN SHLAIFER had no children of their own, the now grown neighbor girl has done extensive research and genealogy as way to honor the beautiful quilt and the man who created it. The display and resulting stories will be available through January 2017. Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen, Board Member Multnomah Historical Association 2929 SW Multnomah Blvd, #107 http://multnomahhistorical.com/ 503-893-5549
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Tours of Birobizhan
#general
Hallie Carmen <hallie.carmen1@...>
Hello, I am a college student who will be studying abroad in Harbin,
China this spring. Because of Harbin's close proximity to the Russian border I was hoping that I could visit Birobizhan,the capital of Stalin's failed Jewish autonomous region. I do not speak Russian and do not think I should travel alone there. Does anyone know of any reliable tourist groups or independent tour guides that give tours in English in Birobizhan? Has anyone ever been to Birobizhan and gone on a tour? Best, Hallie Carmen New York, USA KARMIN-Slutsk,Belarus MODERATOR NOTE: Please provide guide recommendations privately via email.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Tours of Birobizhan
#general
Hallie Carmen <hallie.carmen1@...>
Hello, I am a college student who will be studying abroad in Harbin,
China this spring. Because of Harbin's close proximity to the Russian border I was hoping that I could visit Birobizhan,the capital of Stalin's failed Jewish autonomous region. I do not speak Russian and do not think I should travel alone there. Does anyone know of any reliable tourist groups or independent tour guides that give tours in English in Birobizhan? Has anyone ever been to Birobizhan and gone on a tour? Best, Hallie Carmen New York, USA KARMIN-Slutsk,Belarus MODERATOR NOTE: Please provide guide recommendations privately via email.
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Born in "Castle, Germany"
#germany
One of my earliest American ancestors was born, according to her 1906 San
Francisco death certificate, in "Castle, Germany". Her obituary says she was born in "Castel, Germany". (I assume both of these were provided by an American child or grandchild.) My ancestor's census forms said she was born in Hessen (in 1860), Hesse-Darmstadt (in 1870), and Prussia (in 1880). I'm just going to assume that "Castle" refers to a city, and not a stone building, because if it is a stone building, then I have nothing, and should stop now. By using two databases in JewishGen, plus some resources in GerSig's site, and Google, I have found a Kassel (sometimes Cassel) in Hesse and a Castell in Bavaria. In the perfect world, there would be some animated map of Germany, where you could set a pin for a city, and a slider to set the year, and then see what polity the city was part of in different years. Does anyone know of such a thing? My questions are as follows: * Are there any other "Castle, Germany" places that I should look at? * Which of these cities should I research first? * Is one of these cities so obviously the right one, that I should not bother to research the other? Thanks for any help. Joshua LEVY, San Jose, California joshualevy2@... Researching Meyer, Leopold, and Antoinette LEVY of Goecklingen (o umlaut) Bavaria: early 1800s. And Clara/Caroline, Henry/Heinrich/Chaim, and Babette FEIST of either Kassel, Hesse or Castell, Bavaria: early 1800s.
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Hessian Archives
#germany
Hansmartin Unger <hansmartin.unger@...>
here is a possibilty to get in contact with the archives in hessian
https://landesarchiv.hessen.de/hessian-state-archives kind regards, Hansmartin Unger St.Gallen Switzerland
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German SIG #Germany Born in "Castle, Germany"
#germany
One of my earliest American ancestors was born, according to her 1906 San
Francisco death certificate, in "Castle, Germany". Her obituary says she was born in "Castel, Germany". (I assume both of these were provided by an American child or grandchild.) My ancestor's census forms said she was born in Hessen (in 1860), Hesse-Darmstadt (in 1870), and Prussia (in 1880). I'm just going to assume that "Castle" refers to a city, and not a stone building, because if it is a stone building, then I have nothing, and should stop now. By using two databases in JewishGen, plus some resources in GerSig's site, and Google, I have found a Kassel (sometimes Cassel) in Hesse and a Castell in Bavaria. In the perfect world, there would be some animated map of Germany, where you could set a pin for a city, and a slider to set the year, and then see what polity the city was part of in different years. Does anyone know of such a thing? My questions are as follows: * Are there any other "Castle, Germany" places that I should look at? * Which of these cities should I research first? * Is one of these cities so obviously the right one, that I should not bother to research the other? Thanks for any help. Joshua LEVY, San Jose, California joshualevy2@... Researching Meyer, Leopold, and Antoinette LEVY of Goecklingen (o umlaut) Bavaria: early 1800s. And Clara/Caroline, Henry/Heinrich/Chaim, and Babette FEIST of either Kassel, Hesse or Castell, Bavaria: early 1800s.
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German SIG #Germany Hessian Archives
#germany
Hansmartin Unger <hansmartin.unger@...>
here is a possibilty to get in contact with the archives in hessian
https://landesarchiv.hessen.de/hessian-state-archives kind regards, Hansmartin Unger St.Gallen Switzerland
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Viewmate file # VM52018
#poland
Brian Lehman <blrrcn@...>
Hello,
I added to Jewishgen Viewmate file # VM52018, a death record written in Polish, for Perel Trechtenberg F. Fischthal, 2nd entry, she died in 1904 in Czortkow. I would appreciate a translation of as much as possible, particularly paragraph 5 and 10. Thank you for any assistance offered. Brian Lehman Please see the link below: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM52018 MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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JRI Poland #Poland Viewmate file # VM52018
#poland
Brian Lehman <blrrcn@...>
Hello,
I added to Jewishgen Viewmate file # VM52018, a death record written in Polish, for Perel Trechtenberg F. Fischthal, 2nd entry, she died in 1904 in Czortkow. I would appreciate a translation of as much as possible, particularly paragraph 5 and 10. Thank you for any assistance offered. Brian Lehman Please see the link below: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM52018 MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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