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ViewMate translation request - German
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Alan Seid
I've posted a marriage record for Josel SCHILDKRAUT (son Abrahm SCHILDKRAUT
and Beile SCHILDKRAUT) and Rische WEINSTOK (daughter of Abrahm Moses WEINSTOK, Sara WEINSTOK), on 8 Feb 1878 at Zloczow . Please help with providing a word for word translation of row 17 >from German to English. Please also provide the German text. I have a translation of the column headers. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM54998 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you Alan Seid
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate translation request - German
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Alan Seid
I've posted a marriage record for Josel SCHILDKRAUT (son Abrahm SCHILDKRAUT
and Beile SCHILDKRAUT) and Rische WEINSTOK (daughter of Abrahm Moses WEINSTOK, Sara WEINSTOK), on 8 Feb 1878 at Zloczow . Please help with providing a word for word translation of row 17 >from German to English. Please also provide the German text. I have a translation of the column headers. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM54998 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you Alan Seid
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Relatives from Kupel, Russia
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Marilynn Bloom <michitradingco@...>
Hi Everyone,
I've been on JewishGen for many years and I am looking for records from Kupel, Russia. Almost all my paternal family is >from there, and I have not been able to find any info on Kupel. I belong to the Ukraine Sig group and I believe there's still a Town Leader for Kupel, but so far nothing has been published. I know there is a large group of Kupelians in NY, but that has not been helpful for me. If there is anyone who could help me in my search, I would truly appreciate it? Thanks so much. Marilynn Bloom Houston, TX Researching: Margulis, Weiser, Dankovetsky, Byczek (Beychok).
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Relatives from Kupel, Russia
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Marilynn Bloom <michitradingco@...>
Hi Everyone,
I've been on JewishGen for many years and I am looking for records from Kupel, Russia. Almost all my paternal family is >from there, and I have not been able to find any info on Kupel. I belong to the Ukraine Sig group and I believe there's still a Town Leader for Kupel, but so far nothing has been published. I know there is a large group of Kupelians in NY, but that has not been helpful for me. If there is anyone who could help me in my search, I would truly appreciate it? Thanks so much. Marilynn Bloom Houston, TX Researching: Margulis, Weiser, Dankovetsky, Byczek (Beychok).
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Introducing JRI-Poland's new treasurer
#general
I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years’ experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University – both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ (http://www.jri-poland.org/support.htm) Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Introducing JRI-Poland's new treasurer
#general
I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years’ experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University – both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ (http://www.jri-poland.org/support.htm) Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years' experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University - both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years' experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University - both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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Introducing JRI-Poland's new treasurer
#poland
I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years' experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University - both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Introducing JRI-Poland's new treasurer
#poland
I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years' experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University - both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival
#poland
Mark Halpern
If you are in or near Poland in mid-June, you should consider attending
some or all of the festivities of Tenth Annual Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival, Zachor - Color and Sound. Dates are 9 June to 13 June, 2017. The Festival is organized by the Bialystok Center for Civic Education: Poland - Israel and the Jewish Community of Warsaw. All events are free. I attended the Festival in 2013 and can recommend this as a highlight of my trip. Here is the schedule: Friday, June 9: Evening concert by Czech band and Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Tanya Segal, Progressive Movement Rabbi in Krakow Saturday, June 10: Evening performance of "Miriam" and Havdalah service with Rabbi Tanya Segal Sunday, June 11: Morning excursion to the Bagnowka Jewish Cemetery at Wschodnia Street led by Professor Heidi Szpek, religion Professor at Central Washington University and author of "Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale." See http://www.jewishepitaphs.org/. Lunchtime Interwar Jewish Cabaret with artists >from the Warsaw Jewish Theater Afternoon Concert in Rynek Kosciuszki, the main square in Bialystok with music >from artists >from Czech Republic, Poland, Russian, and Ukraine Afternoon Workshops in Jewish/Israeli Dance, Kosher Jewish Cooking, and Children's Judaic Art. Evening concert by organists >from Netherlands and Poland Monday, June 12: Morning and all day exhibit devoted to Felicja Raszkin Nowak, a survivor of the Bialystok Ghetto Afternoon musical and art workshops for children Evening concert of songs of Jewish holidays by Polish artist and Sephardic songs by American and Polish artists Tuesday, June 13: All day Conference Jews >from Eastern Poland Evening Gala concert at the Podlaska Opera House by Israeli American Jazz Pianist and Musical Director of The Manhattan Transfer Yaron Gershovsky, whose mother was born in Bialystok For more information, please contact me at mark@halpern.com. Mark Halpern Bialystoker living now in West Chester, PA, USA
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival
#poland
Mark Halpern
If you are in or near Poland in mid-June, you should consider attending
some or all of the festivities of Tenth Annual Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival, Zachor - Color and Sound. Dates are 9 June to 13 June, 2017. The Festival is organized by the Bialystok Center for Civic Education: Poland - Israel and the Jewish Community of Warsaw. All events are free. I attended the Festival in 2013 and can recommend this as a highlight of my trip. Here is the schedule: Friday, June 9: Evening concert by Czech band and Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Tanya Segal, Progressive Movement Rabbi in Krakow Saturday, June 10: Evening performance of "Miriam" and Havdalah service with Rabbi Tanya Segal Sunday, June 11: Morning excursion to the Bagnowka Jewish Cemetery at Wschodnia Street led by Professor Heidi Szpek, religion Professor at Central Washington University and author of "Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale." See http://www.jewishepitaphs.org/. Lunchtime Interwar Jewish Cabaret with artists >from the Warsaw Jewish Theater Afternoon Concert in Rynek Kosciuszki, the main square in Bialystok with music >from artists >from Czech Republic, Poland, Russian, and Ukraine Afternoon Workshops in Jewish/Israeli Dance, Kosher Jewish Cooking, and Children's Judaic Art. Evening concert by organists >from Netherlands and Poland Monday, June 12: Morning and all day exhibit devoted to Felicja Raszkin Nowak, a survivor of the Bialystok Ghetto Afternoon musical and art workshops for children Evening concert of songs of Jewish holidays by Polish artist and Sephardic songs by American and Polish artists Tuesday, June 13: All day Conference Jews >from Eastern Poland Evening Gala concert at the Podlaska Opera House by Israeli American Jazz Pianist and Musical Director of The Manhattan Transfer Yaron Gershovsky, whose mother was born in Bialystok For more information, please contact me at mark@halpern.com. Mark Halpern Bialystoker living now in West Chester, PA, USA
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Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival
#poland
Mark Halpern
If you are in or near Poland in mid-June, you should consider attending
some or all of the festivities of Tenth Annual Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival, Zachor - Color and Sound. Dates are 9 June to 13 June, 2017. The Festival is organized by the Bialystok Center for Civic Education: Poland - Israel and the Jewish Community of Warsaw. All events are free. I attended the Festival in 2013 and can recommend this as a highlight of my trip. Here is the schedule: Friday, June 9: Evening concert by Czech band and Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Tanya Segal, Progressive Movement Rabbi in Krakow Saturday, June 10: Evening performance of "Miriam" and Havdalah service with Rabbi Tanya Segal Sunday, June 11: Morning excursion to the Bagnowka Jewish Cemetery at Wschodnia Street led by Professor Heidi Szpek, religion Professor at Central Washington University and author of "Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale." See http://www.jewishepitaphs.org/. Lunchtime Interwar Jewish Cabaret with artists >from the Warsaw Jewish Theater Afternoon Concert in Rynek Kosciuszki, the main square in Bialystok with music >from artists >from Czech Republic, Poland, Russian, and Ukraine Afternoon Workshops in Jewish/Israeli Dance, Kosher Jewish Cooking, and Children's Judaic Art. Evening concert by organists >from Netherlands and Poland Monday, June 12: Morning and all day exhibit devoted to Felicja Raszkin Nowak, a survivor of the Bialystok Ghetto Afternoon musical and art workshops for children Evening concert of songs of Jewish holidays by Polish artist and Sephardic songs by American and Polish artists Tuesday, June 13: All day Conference Jews >from Eastern Poland Evening Gala concert at the Podlaska Opera House by Israeli American Jazz Pianist and Musical Director of The Manhattan Transfer Yaron Gershovsky, whose mother was born in Bialystok For more information, please contact me at mark@halpern.com. Mark Halpern Bialystoker living now in West Chester, PA, USA
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JRI Poland #Poland Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival
#poland
Mark Halpern
If you are in or near Poland in mid-June, you should consider attending
some or all of the festivities of Tenth Annual Bialystok Jewish Culture Festival, Zachor - Color and Sound. Dates are 9 June to 13 June, 2017. The Festival is organized by the Bialystok Center for Civic Education: Poland - Israel and the Jewish Community of Warsaw. All events are free. I attended the Festival in 2013 and can recommend this as a highlight of my trip. Here is the schedule: Friday, June 9: Evening concert by Czech band and Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Tanya Segal, Progressive Movement Rabbi in Krakow Saturday, June 10: Evening performance of "Miriam" and Havdalah service with Rabbi Tanya Segal Sunday, June 11: Morning excursion to the Bagnowka Jewish Cemetery at Wschodnia Street led by Professor Heidi Szpek, religion Professor at Central Washington University and author of "Bagnowka: A Modern Jewish Cemetery on the Russian Pale." See http://www.jewishepitaphs.org/. Lunchtime Interwar Jewish Cabaret with artists >from the Warsaw Jewish Theater Afternoon Concert in Rynek Kosciuszki, the main square in Bialystok with music >from artists >from Czech Republic, Poland, Russian, and Ukraine Afternoon Workshops in Jewish/Israeli Dance, Kosher Jewish Cooking, and Children's Judaic Art. Evening concert by organists >from Netherlands and Poland Monday, June 12: Morning and all day exhibit devoted to Felicja Raszkin Nowak, a survivor of the Bialystok Ghetto Afternoon musical and art workshops for children Evening concert of songs of Jewish holidays by Polish artist and Sephardic songs by American and Polish artists Tuesday, June 13: All day Conference Jews >from Eastern Poland Evening Gala concert at the Podlaska Opera House by Israeli American Jazz Pianist and Musical Director of The Manhattan Transfer Yaron Gershovsky, whose mother was born in Bialystok For more information, please contact me at mark@halpern.com. Mark Halpern Bialystoker living now in West Chester, PA, USA
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Introducing JRI-Poland's new treasurer
#poland
I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years' experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University - both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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JRI Poland #Poland Introducing JRI-Poland's new treasurer
#poland
I want to welcome Dennis Gries of Sarasota, Florida to the team
as our new volunteer Treasurer. Dennis brings to JRI-Poland more than 40 years' experience in finance, accounting, tax and business. Dennis retired >from paid compensation in 2004, and since has served as a volunteer for various organizations, including being the Treasurer of a regional Computer Users Group, a site tax coordinator and regional tax guru for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for United Way, and delivers for Meals on Wheels. Dennis has a BS in Accounting >from Temple University and an MS in taxes >from Drexel University - both in Philadelphia. He had a CPA license which he gave up in 2005 when he retired. Dennis' name and contacts now appear on the JRI-Poland website linked to the "Donate" button on the JRI-Poland navigation bar. _www.jri-poland.org/support.htm_ Stanley Diamond Executive Director For the board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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Re: Occupation "Hauptcollecteur" of ancestor born in 1773 ?
#germany
Irene Peters <iupfamilyresearch@...>
After looking it up on Google as 'Hauptkollekteur', it seems to have
been the senior-most position in a state-run or owned lottery. A synonym would be 'Lotterieeinnehmer'. Apparently this profession dates back to 1732. The Hauptkollekteur was responsible for selling tickets/lots, notifying winners, etc. The money generated >from those lotteries went into construction projects and other government endeavors. See here (in German): For the term: http://tinyurl.com/mzj3n28 For the profession: http://tinyurl.com/lc4qnsd For the lottery as such: http://tinyurl.com/m4djodw Hope this helps. Best regards, Irene Peters, Berlin, Germany iupfamilyresearch@gmail.com On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 9:42 PM, John D Anderson counselor12721@gmail.com <gersig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: I came across a job title in a database, and can't figure it out. It's
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German SIG #Germany Re: Occupation "Hauptcollecteur" of ancestor born in 1773 ?
#germany
Irene Peters <iupfamilyresearch@...>
After looking it up on Google as 'Hauptkollekteur', it seems to have
been the senior-most position in a state-run or owned lottery. A synonym would be 'Lotterieeinnehmer'. Apparently this profession dates back to 1732. The Hauptkollekteur was responsible for selling tickets/lots, notifying winners, etc. The money generated >from those lotteries went into construction projects and other government endeavors. See here (in German): For the term: http://tinyurl.com/mzj3n28 For the profession: http://tinyurl.com/lc4qnsd For the lottery as such: http://tinyurl.com/m4djodw Hope this helps. Best regards, Irene Peters, Berlin, Germany iupfamilyresearch@gmail.com On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 9:42 PM, John D Anderson counselor12721@gmail.com <gersig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: I came across a job title in a database, and can't figure it out. It's
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Re: Expulsion from Spain
#general
spdenker@...
I am looking for books or articles with information about and the likely routes to
safety >from Barcelona, Spain taken by Jews to the areas near Frankfurt, Germany following the expulsion . Stephen Denker Brookline, MA Looking for Epstein, Benveniste families
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Expulsion from Spain
#general
spdenker@...
I am looking for books or articles with information about and the likely routes to
safety >from Barcelona, Spain taken by Jews to the areas near Frankfurt, Germany following the expulsion . Stephen Denker Brookline, MA Looking for Epstein, Benveniste families
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