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Re: Yosef Chaim ben (son of) David SCHECHTER 19th Cent Galicia-correction
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
Regarding a post which I just sent: Yosef Chaim SCHECHTER's sister
Chaya Gitel married Alter Benzion HORWITZ and one of her female descendants married AUERBACH. Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Yosef Chaim ben (son of) David SCHECHTER 19th Cent Galicia-correction
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
Regarding a post which I just sent: Yosef Chaim SCHECHTER's sister
Chaya Gitel married Alter Benzion HORWITZ and one of her female descendants married AUERBACH. Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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Death Record TIME viewmateview.asp?key=VM64557
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dzwieder@...
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Subj: ViewMate translation request - HUNGARIAN I've posted a vital record in HUNGARIAN for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64557 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. This Death record indicates a date (July 5th 1891 if I am not mistaken! And it writes a time, what hour is it? and is in the morning or in the evening or else? I would be very thankful for any help and for any other info Thank you very much. All the best David Zvi Wieder dzwieder@okmail.co.il
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Death Record TIME viewmateview.asp?key=VM64557
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dzwieder@...
BS"D
Subj: ViewMate translation request - HUNGARIAN I've posted a vital record in HUNGARIAN for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64557 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. This Death record indicates a date (July 5th 1891 if I am not mistaken! And it writes a time, what hour is it? and is in the morning or in the evening or else? I would be very thankful for any help and for any other info Thank you very much. All the best David Zvi Wieder dzwieder@okmail.co.il
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Please disregard "Seeking excerpt from Pascal Faustini's La communaute juive de Metz et ses familles"
#germany
Michael Moritz
Hello, please disregard the below post. I learned the file is available
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to purchase for download online. Thank you.
On 3/1/18, 9:37 PM, "Michael Moritz" <michael.d.moritz@gmail.com> wrote:
I have found online that Pascal Faustini wrote a massive volume on the Jews of Metz dating >from 1565-1700, but sadly that he passed away. I am seeking a copy of the excerpts Chapters 59 (Schwab/Schwaube/Grumbach) and Chapter 78 (Zay/Zey/See). Please let me know if you can assist.
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German SIG #Germany Please disregard "Seeking excerpt from Pascal Faustini's La communaute juive de Metz et ses familles"
#germany
Michael Moritz
Hello, please disregard the below post. I learned the file is available
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to purchase for download online. Thank you.
On 3/1/18, 9:37 PM, "Michael Moritz" <michael.d.moritz@gmail.com> wrote:
I have found online that Pascal Faustini wrote a massive volume on the Jews of Metz dating >from 1565-1700, but sadly that he passed away. I am seeking a copy of the excerpts Chapters 59 (Schwab/Schwaube/Grumbach) and Chapter 78 (Zay/Zey/See). Please let me know if you can assist.
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movie: The Ceiling
#galicia
Marcia Indianer Meyers <marciarthur@...>
Greetings,
In the 1990s I was in Israel and bought the video: The Ceiling at Beth Hatefutsoth. I will present a program and want to use that movie, which is about the painting of the Chodorow synagogue ceiling. My video isn't in great shape. Does anyone have a DVD of that movie? Thank you, Marcia Indianer Meyers marciarthur@sbcglobal.net JGSCT board
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia movie: The Ceiling
#galicia
Marcia Indianer Meyers <marciarthur@...>
Greetings,
In the 1990s I was in Israel and bought the video: The Ceiling at Beth Hatefutsoth. I will present a program and want to use that movie, which is about the painting of the Chodorow synagogue ceiling. My video isn't in great shape. Does anyone have a DVD of that movie? Thank you, Marcia Indianer Meyers marciarthur@sbcglobal.net JGSCT board
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Warsaw families: Sak -Gliksberg/Glucksberg - Milgrom - Rozenstroch - Fisz
#poland
rv Kaplan
Have recently been expanding on my knowledge of my Linderman/Lindeman
family >from Kutno and Plock. I have now taken the family back 2 generations to the 1750s and using JRI-Poland, have discovered a whole new branch with descendants mostly in Warsaw, and families by the names of: Sak -Gliksberg/Glucksberg - Milgrom - Rozenstroch - Fisz I have contacted some researchers >from JGFF and >from another genealogy database - but not getting very far. Please contact me personally. Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland
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JRI Poland #Poland Warsaw families: Sak -Gliksberg/Glucksberg - Milgrom - Rozenstroch - Fisz
#poland
rv Kaplan
Have recently been expanding on my knowledge of my Linderman/Lindeman
family >from Kutno and Plock. I have now taken the family back 2 generations to the 1750s and using JRI-Poland, have discovered a whole new branch with descendants mostly in Warsaw, and families by the names of: Sak -Gliksberg/Glucksberg - Milgrom - Rozenstroch - Fisz I have contacted some researchers >from JGFF and >from another genealogy database - but not getting very far. Please contact me personally. Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland
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ViewMate translation request
#poland
magijak@...
Dear Fellow Researchers,
I've posted 5 vital records in Russian, >from Mogielnica Poland, for which I need extraction of all genealogical data (names, dates, places). I'd appreciate as complete a translation as possible. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64599 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64598 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64597 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64574 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63979 Thank you very much, magijak@gmail.com Jacob Hammer MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate translation request
#poland
magijak@...
Dear Fellow Researchers,
I've posted 5 vital records in Russian, >from Mogielnica Poland, for which I need extraction of all genealogical data (names, dates, places). I'd appreciate as complete a translation as possible. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64599 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64598 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64597 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM64574 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM63979 Thank you very much, magijak@gmail.com Jacob Hammer MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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Yosef Chaim ben (son of) David SCHECHTER 19th Cent Galicia
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
My great grandfather Yacov Gedalia SCHECHTER had several siblings one was Yosef
Chaim, and a sister married an AUERBUCH Their father was David ben (son of) R' Israel Nachman ben Yosef. Yisrael was a follower and student of R' Yehoshua Heschel of Apta. At somepoint, either in David's generation or later they seem to have changed their family name >from >from ROSENBAUM to SCHECHTER as per their profession-Schochtim (ritual butchers). If there are any descendants of Yosef Chaim SCHECHTER or his siblings on this forum I would be happy to communicate with them directly. Shabbat Shalom Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yosef Chaim ben (son of) David SCHECHTER 19th Cent Galicia
#general
Yonatan Ben-Ari
My great grandfather Yacov Gedalia SCHECHTER had several siblings one was Yosef
Chaim, and a sister married an AUERBUCH Their father was David ben (son of) R' Israel Nachman ben Yosef. Yisrael was a follower and student of R' Yehoshua Heschel of Apta. At somepoint, either in David's generation or later they seem to have changed their family name >from >from ROSENBAUM to SCHECHTER as per their profession-Schochtim (ritual butchers). If there are any descendants of Yosef Chaim SCHECHTER or his siblings on this forum I would be happy to communicate with them directly. Shabbat Shalom Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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7 Ways to Share Your Research with Others - New JGSLI Video
#general
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island (JGSLI), winner of the IAJGS
2015 Outstanding Publication Award for its You Tube Channel, is pleased to announce its latest video, "7 Ways to Share Your Research with Others". Let me ask you a question.If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a noise? Beats me. Here's another question.If you've spent years researching your family history but don't share it with your family, have you done all your research steps? Here are 7 ways that you can share with your family and friends the information you've been accumulating in interesting ways. You can access all 37 of our short instructional videos directly >from our You Tube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV8xttIn93AwJX2_I0AIAg/feed or >from our website http://jgsli.org/ If you have any comments or recommendations for other topics, please let me know at past_pres@jgsli.org Nolan Altman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 7 Ways to Share Your Research with Others - New JGSLI Video
#general
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island (JGSLI), winner of the IAJGS
2015 Outstanding Publication Award for its You Tube Channel, is pleased to announce its latest video, "7 Ways to Share Your Research with Others". Let me ask you a question.If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a noise? Beats me. Here's another question.If you've spent years researching your family history but don't share it with your family, have you done all your research steps? Here are 7 ways that you can share with your family and friends the information you've been accumulating in interesting ways. You can access all 37 of our short instructional videos directly >from our You Tube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV8xttIn93AwJX2_I0AIAg/feed or >from our website http://jgsli.org/ If you have any comments or recommendations for other topics, please let me know at past_pres@jgsli.org Nolan Altman
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question about KOYRE (from baal koyre) surname : why so rare ?
#general
Nathalie Ried <njried@...>
Shalom,
I have been researching my ancestors >from Lithuania and Ukraine for about 14 years and have benefitted >from JewishGen's wonderful tools. I have noticed while researching my KOYRE family >from Odessa that this surname (which I assume comes >from the function of Torah reader in the synagogue, the baal koyre) was quite rare, even with its variant spellings (KOIRE, KOIRA, COIRE, COIRA etc) I have come across quite few bearers of that name, be it in the Ukraine or Lithuania records. I wonder why it is so rare (or is it a misperception on my part?), since there were baal koyres in all communities, and other names derived >from the same type of function are more common (GABAI for example) I'm interested in any remarks, suggestions or anecdotes about the name, its origins and rarity, thank you very much to all in advance, Chag Purim Sameach, Nathalie Ried (France)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen question about KOYRE (from baal koyre) surname : why so rare ?
#general
Nathalie Ried <njried@...>
Shalom,
I have been researching my ancestors >from Lithuania and Ukraine for about 14 years and have benefitted >from JewishGen's wonderful tools. I have noticed while researching my KOYRE family >from Odessa that this surname (which I assume comes >from the function of Torah reader in the synagogue, the baal koyre) was quite rare, even with its variant spellings (KOIRE, KOIRA, COIRE, COIRA etc) I have come across quite few bearers of that name, be it in the Ukraine or Lithuania records. I wonder why it is so rare (or is it a misperception on my part?), since there were baal koyres in all communities, and other names derived >from the same type of function are more common (GABAI for example) I'm interested in any remarks, suggestions or anecdotes about the name, its origins and rarity, thank you very much to all in advance, Chag Purim Sameach, Nathalie Ried (France)
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Seeking excerpt from Pascal Faustini's La communaute juive de Metz et ses familles
#germany
Michael Moritz
Hello, I recently learned that an ancestor of mine, Dina KRUMBACH of
Frankfurt, wife of Isaac Suesskind STERN, according to the great Frankfurt history Ele Toldot, was the daughter of Mayer Krumbach SCHWAB of Metz. I have found online that Pascal Faustini wrote a massive volume on the Jews of Metz dating >from 1565-1700, but sadly that he passed away. I am seeking a copy of the excerpts Chapters 59 (Schwab/Schwaube/Grumbach) and Chapter 78 (Zay/Zey/See). Please let me know if you can assist. Many thanks, Michael Moritz, New York, USA michael.d.moritz@gmail.com
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German SIG #Germany Seeking excerpt from Pascal Faustini's La communaute juive de Metz et ses familles
#germany
Michael Moritz
Hello, I recently learned that an ancestor of mine, Dina KRUMBACH of
Frankfurt, wife of Isaac Suesskind STERN, according to the great Frankfurt history Ele Toldot, was the daughter of Mayer Krumbach SCHWAB of Metz. I have found online that Pascal Faustini wrote a massive volume on the Jews of Metz dating >from 1565-1700, but sadly that he passed away. I am seeking a copy of the excerpts Chapters 59 (Schwab/Schwaube/Grumbach) and Chapter 78 (Zay/Zey/See). Please let me know if you can assist. Many thanks, Michael Moritz, New York, USA michael.d.moritz@gmail.com
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