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Roadblock searching Barasch family from Iasi
#romania
Jeffrey Barasch <jpbarasch@...>
I've been stuck at a roadblock for 25+ years.
My grandfather, Philip Barasch, born about 1885, came >from Iasi to NYC in 1907 (followed by several siblings and his mother, Rifca). His father, Rachmeil Barasch (my G-GF) died in Iasi in 1901. He was a baker. I went to Iasi myself and found the death certificate and burial record for Rachmeil, but there was no further info on his family and I could not find his grave in the Iasi cemetery (may have been one of the graves in which the writing wore off). I was also unable to find the marriage record or birth records for my great-grandparents, Rachmeil and Rifca, in the Iasi civil archives (nor for my own GF, Philip). I did find a few of his younger siblings birth records, born to Rachmeil and Rifca Barasch around 1890. So I'm stuck as I can't find Rachmeil's parents or any of his siblings. I'm thinking that maybe they came >from another town before settling in Iasi, but have no clue where. So I can't get any further tracing my family. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Jeffrey Barasch
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Romania SIG #Romania Roadblock searching Barasch family from Iasi
#romania
Jeffrey Barasch <jpbarasch@...>
I've been stuck at a roadblock for 25+ years.
My grandfather, Philip Barasch, born about 1885, came >from Iasi to NYC in 1907 (followed by several siblings and his mother, Rifca). His father, Rachmeil Barasch (my G-GF) died in Iasi in 1901. He was a baker. I went to Iasi myself and found the death certificate and burial record for Rachmeil, but there was no further info on his family and I could not find his grave in the Iasi cemetery (may have been one of the graves in which the writing wore off). I was also unable to find the marriage record or birth records for my great-grandparents, Rachmeil and Rifca, in the Iasi civil archives (nor for my own GF, Philip). I did find a few of his younger siblings birth records, born to Rachmeil and Rifca Barasch around 1890. So I'm stuck as I can't find Rachmeil's parents or any of his siblings. I'm thinking that maybe they came >from another town before settling in Iasi, but have no clue where. So I can't get any further tracing my family. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Jeffrey Barasch
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Batorove Kosihy, Slovakia (formerly Batorkeszi, Hungary) Holocaust Memorial Unveiling
#hungary
garybinetter@...
There will be a ceremony at Batorove Kosihy, Slovakia (formerly =
Batorkeszi, Hungary) on Sunday 3 November 2019 at 1400 (2pm) for the = unveiling of a Holocaust Memorial in memory of victims >from Batorkeszi. I assume it will be held at the Jewish Cemetery. If you intend going please get in touch with me off-list and I will be = happy to pass on further details as they come to hand. Gary Binetter garybinetter@gmail.com
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Batorove Kosihy, Slovakia (formerly Batorkeszi, Hungary) Holocaust Memorial Unveiling
#hungary
garybinetter@...
There will be a ceremony at Batorove Kosihy, Slovakia (formerly =
Batorkeszi, Hungary) on Sunday 3 November 2019 at 1400 (2pm) for the = unveiling of a Holocaust Memorial in memory of victims >from Batorkeszi. I assume it will be held at the Jewish Cemetery. If you intend going please get in touch with me off-list and I will be = happy to pass on further details as they come to hand. Gary Binetter garybinetter@gmail.com
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Help reading handwritten birth record
#galicia
Sabrina Bonus <sabrina.bonus@...>
Dear all,
Can someone please help to decipher this handwritten page of birth records from, I hope, Horodenka? A link to the item on FamilySearch is below. I am interested in what is written sideways on the left, and how it relates to anything else on the page, if at all. I think the people on the left are mine. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM9-ZXDC?i=800&;cat=1689043 [MOD: Or this shorter URL: https://tinyurl.com/Horodenka-FS .] This is >from fond 701-1/31 Birth, marriage, and death extracts 1922-1939, >from Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lvov. Film # 007761769 image 801 of 966. I can send screenshots if necessary. Thanks, Sabrina Bonus Seattle, WA, USA
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Help reading handwritten birth record
#galicia
Sabrina Bonus <sabrina.bonus@...>
Dear all,
Can someone please help to decipher this handwritten page of birth records from, I hope, Horodenka? A link to the item on FamilySearch is below. I am interested in what is written sideways on the left, and how it relates to anything else on the page, if at all. I think the people on the left are mine. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM9-ZXDC?i=800&;cat=1689043 [MOD: Or this shorter URL: https://tinyurl.com/Horodenka-FS .] This is >from fond 701-1/31 Birth, marriage, and death extracts 1922-1939, >from Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lvov. Film # 007761769 image 801 of 966. I can send screenshots if necessary. Thanks, Sabrina Bonus Seattle, WA, USA
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Re: Help with family who emigrated from Germany to Montreal
#general
Alan Greenberg
Just a reminder that the Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal has
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extensive holdings, some not available elsewhere, and will also offer research guidance. Write to vital@jgs-montreal.org Alan Greenberg JGS-Montreal Montreal, Canada
At Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:20:26 -0400, Judi Bartek wrote:
Dear Geners,
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Help with family who emigrated from Germany to Montreal
#general
Alan Greenberg
Just a reminder that the Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal has
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extensive holdings, some not available elsewhere, and will also offer research guidance. Write to vital@jgs-montreal.org Alan Greenberg JGS-Montreal Montreal, Canada
At Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:20:26 -0400, Judi Bartek wrote:
Dear Geners,
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WEISSMAN family from Kolomea (Austria) now Ukraine
#general
Rod MacNeil
Everyone: My great-grandmother, Marjem Chaje WEISSMAN, was born in Kolomea,
Austria in 1878. She had a large family with my great-grandfather, Osias WEISSMAN; and lived in the nearby village of Czortowiec (now Chortovets, Ukraine). Three of their young children, including my grandfather, came to the United States prior to WWI. The remainder of this family did not immigrate and were killed in the Holocaust. Marjem Chaje's WEISSMAN siblings, Moses (Morris), Samuel, Rose and Zachary David, and her mother (Pessie KERKER) also immigrated to New York in the first decade of the 20th century. All are buried in the Kolomear-2 Society in Mount Zion Cemetery Queens. I would like to make contact with any WEISSMAN decendents of my great-grandmother's siblings. Please respond to my privately off the list. Thanks, Rod MacNeil Philadelphia
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen WEISSMAN family from Kolomea (Austria) now Ukraine
#general
Rod MacNeil
Everyone: My great-grandmother, Marjem Chaje WEISSMAN, was born in Kolomea,
Austria in 1878. She had a large family with my great-grandfather, Osias WEISSMAN; and lived in the nearby village of Czortowiec (now Chortovets, Ukraine). Three of their young children, including my grandfather, came to the United States prior to WWI. The remainder of this family did not immigrate and were killed in the Holocaust. Marjem Chaje's WEISSMAN siblings, Moses (Morris), Samuel, Rose and Zachary David, and her mother (Pessie KERKER) also immigrated to New York in the first decade of the 20th century. All are buried in the Kolomear-2 Society in Mount Zion Cemetery Queens. I would like to make contact with any WEISSMAN decendents of my great-grandmother's siblings. Please respond to my privately off the list. Thanks, Rod MacNeil Philadelphia
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Where was Okenin, Austria?
#general
Donna Lester <daunlester@...>
Has anyone ever heard of Okenin, Austria?
My late great aunt's Petition for Naturalization states that she was born in Okenin, Austria on Sept. 1, 1899. I cannot find that location anywhere in Eastern Europe. Any information would be appreciated, as well as how to search for vital records >from there. Thank you! Dona Lester
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Where was Okenin, Austria?
#general
Donna Lester <daunlester@...>
Has anyone ever heard of Okenin, Austria?
My late great aunt's Petition for Naturalization states that she was born in Okenin, Austria on Sept. 1, 1899. I cannot find that location anywhere in Eastern Europe. Any information would be appreciated, as well as how to search for vital records >from there. Thank you! Dona Lester
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Research at CAHJP in Jerusalem
#general
Ood Rual <oodrual@...>
Good afternoon,
My name is Ron Peeters and I live in Ulvenhout (The Netherlands). When researching the background of the Jewish side of my family in CapeTown I found a very interesting link at the CAHJP in Jerusalem of which I hope to find out more. I am looking for someone to go to the CAHJP to review a file that is in German and photograph the relevant pages. Thanks in advance and kind regards. Ron Peeters MODERATOR NOTE: Please contact Ron privately about visiting CAHJP.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Research at CAHJP in Jerusalem
#general
Ood Rual <oodrual@...>
Good afternoon,
My name is Ron Peeters and I live in Ulvenhout (The Netherlands). When researching the background of the Jewish side of my family in CapeTown I found a very interesting link at the CAHJP in Jerusalem of which I hope to find out more. I am looking for someone to go to the CAHJP to review a file that is in German and photograph the relevant pages. Thanks in advance and kind regards. Ron Peeters MODERATOR NOTE: Please contact Ron privately about visiting CAHJP.
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Looking informations about Sarah SALMANOWITZ
#general
Gerard Xavier
Dear Genners,
I am looking for informations about my greta-grandmother's parents. My great-grandmother, Sarah SALMANOWITZ (SALMANOVITCH...), was born in 1852 in Grobina, Latvia, and died in 7 march 1936 in New York. She was married with Gutman DRIBINS. They were living first in Kretinga, Lithuania, and probably >from 1879 in Libau (now Liepaja), Latvia. Thank you in advance for any help. Gerard XAVIER Vedene, France
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking informations about Sarah SALMANOWITZ
#general
Gerard Xavier
Dear Genners,
I am looking for informations about my greta-grandmother's parents. My great-grandmother, Sarah SALMANOWITZ (SALMANOVITCH...), was born in 1852 in Grobina, Latvia, and died in 7 march 1936 in New York. She was married with Gutman DRIBINS. They were living first in Kretinga, Lithuania, and probably >from 1879 in Libau (now Liepaja), Latvia. Thank you in advance for any help. Gerard XAVIER Vedene, France
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Re: What are the next steps in locating individuals listed in Warsaw Jews Who Survived WWII, 1948 ?
#general
David
"Avraham Y. Kahana"<avreimale@gmail.com> asked on Tue, 6 Aug 2019:
Besides exhausting all search options (all online major databases,Search the Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony (POTs) for names of those who submitted POTs of Warsaw people. Many of these could be survivors and those who submitted and are still alive might have first hand knowledge. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/ (Use online telephone directories if contact details on POT is likely to be out of date.) David Ziants Ma'aleh Adumim, Israel Searching: ZIANTS, ISHMA/ISMACH (DAVIDSON,OSMAN), ZENETSKI (SCHLOSBERG), FRIEDMAN (>from Narewka, Bialystok, Lomza, Lodz, Bielsk, Warsaw); GEWELBA (GABLE,GALE,RAVELLE),SINGER (Warsaw); REINA (UK,Ashkenazi Holland); MICHAELS/MICHAEL (UK,W.Europe); VIEYRA,JUDA-RODRIGUEZ (PASQUAL) (UK, Sephardi Holland), all Dutch Sephardim.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: What are the next steps in locating individuals listed in Warsaw Jews Who Survived WWII, 1948 ?
#general
David
"Avraham Y. Kahana"<avreimale@gmail.com> asked on Tue, 6 Aug 2019:
Besides exhausting all search options (all online major databases,Search the Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony (POTs) for names of those who submitted POTs of Warsaw people. Many of these could be survivors and those who submitted and are still alive might have first hand knowledge. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/ (Use online telephone directories if contact details on POT is likely to be out of date.) David Ziants Ma'aleh Adumim, Israel Searching: ZIANTS, ISHMA/ISMACH (DAVIDSON,OSMAN), ZENETSKI (SCHLOSBERG), FRIEDMAN (>from Narewka, Bialystok, Lomza, Lodz, Bielsk, Warsaw); GEWELBA (GABLE,GALE,RAVELLE),SINGER (Warsaw); REINA (UK,Ashkenazi Holland); MICHAELS/MICHAEL (UK,W.Europe); VIEYRA,JUDA-RODRIGUEZ (PASQUAL) (UK, Sephardi Holland), all Dutch Sephardim.
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Re: 20 Romanian cities -Survivors
#romania
rhodamoore@...
Please note that in the book published in Jewish Gen about Bacau, chapter
entitled "Demographic Evolution if Jewish Population in Bacau," it is stated that in 1742 the ruler of Moldavia ordered the sheriff of Bacau to assist the Jews Avram and Boroh in establishing themselves in Bacau. So the list herein that says that Alba Iulia was the only town where Jews were permitted to live prior to 1857 is incorrect. Rhoda Moore On Aug 3, 2019, at 23:04, Romania SIG digest <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org>=wrote: =20he list. It wasn=E2=80=99t an extermination camp, but thousands of young men like m=y father were beaten half-to-death in a forced labor camp. Many died.=20.com <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: 1857)=20 JGSConstanta, by the Black Sea (Constantza)=20 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy closes at midnight CST on Jul=y 20. See www.iajgs2019.org for details about the conference. http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Support.htm~~ "Has JewishGen helped you connect with your family? We want to hear
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Romania SIG #Romania Re: 20 Romanian cities -Survivors
#romania
rhodamoore@...
Please note that in the book published in Jewish Gen about Bacau, chapter
entitled "Demographic Evolution if Jewish Population in Bacau," it is stated that in 1742 the ruler of Moldavia ordered the sheriff of Bacau to assist the Jews Avram and Boroh in establishing themselves in Bacau. So the list herein that says that Alba Iulia was the only town where Jews were permitted to live prior to 1857 is incorrect. Rhoda Moore On Aug 3, 2019, at 23:04, Romania SIG digest <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org>=wrote: =20he list. It wasn=E2=80=99t an extermination camp, but thousands of young men like m=y father were beaten half-to-death in a forced labor camp. Many died.=20.com <rom-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: 1857)=20 JGSConstanta, by the Black Sea (Constantza)=20 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy closes at midnight CST on Jul=y 20. See www.iajgs2019.org for details about the conference. http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Support.htm~~ "Has JewishGen helped you connect with your family? We want to hear
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