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Re: Harav Shmuel Meisels
#galicia
pniname@...
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Dear friends, Who knows who was Harav Shmuel Meisels of Verba-Werba,124 Km N Of Lvov who was murderd in Holocaust? Lots of Thanks, Dr. Pnina Meislish, Jerusalem
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia RE: Harav Shmuel Meisels
#galicia
pniname@...
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Dear friends, Who knows who was Harav Shmuel Meisels of Verba-Werba,124 Km N Of Lvov who was murderd in Holocaust? Lots of Thanks, Dr. Pnina Meislish, Jerusalem
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Re: Italian Database
#general
Nardo Bonomi
Dear Jewishgenners and Duccio,
Im am working on an project of an Historical database of the Italian Jews since some years. This project entails: 1) Compile a list of resources 2) make the dataentry on the selected most relevant resources 3) build up a database You can see a the result of the first phase at http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/genealogy.html I begun a selected data entry with some other researchers but it will take lot of time. In the page we'll put also the book quotated by Mathilde A. Tagger (L. Picciotto Fargion. Il libro della memoria; gli ebrei deportati dall'Italia (1943-1945). Milano, Mursia, 1991) that lists all the deportees from Italy and Italian Dominions.Sincerely Nardo Bonomi Greve in Chianti - Italia Researching on: BRAVERMAN >from Podolya GROBMAN Ukraine LUFT >from Galizia GRUNBLATT >from Galizia OCCHIPINTI Sicily ----- Original Message ----- From: "duccio leoni" <duccio.leoni@onetel.net> Hello
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Italian Database
#general
Nardo Bonomi
Dear Jewishgenners and Duccio,
Im am working on an project of an Historical database of the Italian Jews since some years. This project entails: 1) Compile a list of resources 2) make the dataentry on the selected most relevant resources 3) build up a database You can see a the result of the first phase at http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/genealogy.html I begun a selected data entry with some other researchers but it will take lot of time. In the page we'll put also the book quotated by Mathilde A. Tagger (L. Picciotto Fargion. Il libro della memoria; gli ebrei deportati dall'Italia (1943-1945). Milano, Mursia, 1991) that lists all the deportees from Italy and Italian Dominions.Sincerely Nardo Bonomi Greve in Chianti - Italia Researching on: BRAVERMAN >from Podolya GROBMAN Ukraine LUFT >from Galizia GRUNBLATT >from Galizia OCCHIPINTI Sicily ----- Original Message ----- From: "duccio leoni" <duccio.leoni@onetel.net> Hello
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Surnames POLONSKY(or BOLONSKI) and BLOCKSTEIN in Slonim
#belarus
JhnLyon@...
Hi Everyone, I have just begun to investigate the lives and family of my
maternal grandparents. They were Marks POLONSKY (or BOLONSKI) and Annie BLOCKSTEIN. In their early twenties, they came to East London >from Slonim circa 1904. They had been sponsored by the STRONGWATER family. My grandfather's father was Lewis POLONSKY/BOLONSKI, a shoemaker and my grandmother's father was Michael BLOCKSTEIN, a bootmaker. Any connections or advice would be most welcome. Many thanks. John Jacob Lyons, London, SW1, jhnlyon@aol.com MOERATOR NOTE: Please always capitalize surnames and be sure to enter your names/ towns in the JewishGen Family Finder and search for others who are researching the same names/towns. It's at www.jewishgen.org/jgff
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Research
#ukraine
Sanford R. Simon <acsny1@...>
To: ukraine@lyris.jewishgen.org
Subject: Research Hello all, I'm traveling to the Ukraine as part of the research for a book I'm writing about the Holocaust. I'll be stopping at the Town of Ostrog in the Wolyn Region. I'll be landing in Kiev and traveling between Kiev and Zdolbunow. I have a guide, but I'm seeking information about the families of Kotel (Kotell) and (A or E)Eisenstein. (My Grandparents.) The trip is starting July 20th. Any information will be useful. Please respond privately. Sandy Simon acsny1@bellatlantic.net (Personal information redacted by Moderator)
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KAGAN - BERDICHEV / KOVEL
#ukraine
Anita Hasson <hassony@...>
Dear Genners !
I'm researching KAGAN family >from BERDICHEV & KAGAN family >from KOVEL. If you have them in your family-tree, I shall be glad to exchange information. BEST REGARDS - ANITA, ISRAEL.
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Surnames POLONSKY(or BOLONSKI) and BLOCKSTEIN in Slonim
#belarus
JhnLyon@...
Hi Everyone, I have just begun to investigate the lives and family of my
maternal grandparents. They were Marks POLONSKY (or BOLONSKI) and Annie BLOCKSTEIN. In their early twenties, they came to East London >from Slonim circa 1904. They had been sponsored by the STRONGWATER family. My grandfather's father was Lewis POLONSKY/BOLONSKI, a shoemaker and my grandmother's father was Michael BLOCKSTEIN, a bootmaker. Any connections or advice would be most welcome. Many thanks. John Jacob Lyons, London, SW1, jhnlyon@aol.com MOERATOR NOTE: Please always capitalize surnames and be sure to enter your names/ towns in the JewishGen Family Finder and search for others who are researching the same names/towns. It's at www.jewishgen.org/jgff
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Research
#ukraine
Sanford R. Simon <acsny1@...>
To: ukraine@lyris.jewishgen.org
Subject: Research Hello all, I'm traveling to the Ukraine as part of the research for a book I'm writing about the Holocaust. I'll be stopping at the Town of Ostrog in the Wolyn Region. I'll be landing in Kiev and traveling between Kiev and Zdolbunow. I have a guide, but I'm seeking information about the families of Kotel (Kotell) and (A or E)Eisenstein. (My Grandparents.) The trip is starting July 20th. Any information will be useful. Please respond privately. Sandy Simon acsny1@bellatlantic.net (Personal information redacted by Moderator)
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine KAGAN - BERDICHEV / KOVEL
#ukraine
Anita Hasson <hassony@...>
Dear Genners !
I'm researching KAGAN family >from BERDICHEV & KAGAN family >from KOVEL. If you have them in your family-tree, I shall be glad to exchange information. BEST REGARDS - ANITA, ISRAEL.
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Igumen yizkor book?
#belarus
malkajef <malkajef@...>
Does anyone know if their exists an Igumen (Ehumen or Egumen) yizkorbook and
if so where it may be found? Igumen is 60 kms >from Minsk and is renamed Cherven. Jeff Malka MODERATOR NOTE: Please always sign messages with your location. Also please don't forget to check www.jewishgen.org/yizkor for bibliographic information, library holdings and translations!!
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Igumen yizkor book?
#belarus
malkajef <malkajef@...>
Does anyone know if their exists an Igumen (Ehumen or Egumen) yizkorbook and
if so where it may be found? Igumen is 60 kms >from Minsk and is renamed Cherven. Jeff Malka MODERATOR NOTE: Please always sign messages with your location. Also please don't forget to check www.jewishgen.org/yizkor for bibliographic information, library holdings and translations!!
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Re: Italian Database
#general
Martha LEV-ZION <martha@...>
Ducccio Leoni wrote:
<...> I am surprised that you have no databases for the Italian Jews whoAll those databases available are done by volunteers who were interested in helping themselves and others. If no one of Italian heritage takes the bull by the horns, no Italian databases will be created. People spend a lot of time and money in searching for, purchasing, and databasing the original sources. They don't happen by magic, alas! I know there are a lot of people out there who utilize the Jewishgen resources, but don't understand how they got there. Usually, a very small group of people get together and pool their resources and their time to find and create what you see on Jewishgen. Jewishgen is a sort of repository. They do not go out and do the work of obtaining and databasing the resources. That is due uniquely to interest groups, some quite small, and some gigantic, who are dedicated to hunting down and databasing the material. There is no Italian SIG. Perhaps you would like to form one and get the ball rolling? Martha Lev-Zion, Israel http://www.avotaynu.com/allbooks.htm
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Italian Database
#general
Martha LEV-ZION <martha@...>
Ducccio Leoni wrote:
<...> I am surprised that you have no databases for the Italian Jews whoAll those databases available are done by volunteers who were interested in helping themselves and others. If no one of Italian heritage takes the bull by the horns, no Italian databases will be created. People spend a lot of time and money in searching for, purchasing, and databasing the original sources. They don't happen by magic, alas! I know there are a lot of people out there who utilize the Jewishgen resources, but don't understand how they got there. Usually, a very small group of people get together and pool their resources and their time to find and create what you see on Jewishgen. Jewishgen is a sort of repository. They do not go out and do the work of obtaining and databasing the resources. That is due uniquely to interest groups, some quite small, and some gigantic, who are dedicated to hunting down and databasing the material. There is no Italian SIG. Perhaps you would like to form one and get the ball rolling? Martha Lev-Zion, Israel http://www.avotaynu.com/allbooks.htm
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*Re: Surname TOTH
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear all,
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There is a bit of a confusion about certain Hungarian ethnic expressions in use mainly in the 19th century and early 20th, such as TO'T (Slovak), RA'C (Serbian), OLA'H (Romanian), SV'AB (Hungarian German, which by the way is the Hungarian word for cockroach), GA'DZSI (gypsy), VLAH (Bosnian), RUSZKY (Russian) and so on. They all were kind of pejorative, at least demeaning, much like disparaging expressions such as PATTY, INJUN, and GRINGO are in the US. And when somebody took such designation as a surname, mainly Jews, it somehow meant that it was forced on the person. Regards Tom
At 00:05 -0500 22.06.2006, H-SIG digest wrote:
Subject: Re: Surname TOTH --
........................................... Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom.vene@uol.com.br> Sao Paulo - Brazil
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FW: cemetery in cakovek, croatia
#hungary
Ed Zwieback <ezwieback@...>
I would suggest that the Jewish Community of Zagreb be contacted, as they
might know how to contact those with Cakovec records. I was in e-mail contact with the Zagreb Jewish Center in Dec. 2005; Julia Kos, the chief librarian, was reached by e-mail . I don't know whether the cemetery (burial) records are available. Birth, marriage, and death records might be available on microfilm >from the Mormon Library, SLC. You might check FHL INTL Film 2118925 ; Jewish BMD for most of the 1800's for Cakovec. The article at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/Croatia.htm may be helpful to you. Ed Zwieback Long Beach, CA with personal family at http://ezwieback.com/ZPK-p/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:10:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 2 I have just learned that there still exists a jewish cemetary in cakovec, croatia (used to be csaktornya, zala, hungary). This is the shtetl where my Neumanns lived for many years. The information on the jewishgen website says that it is still maintained by the Jewish Community in Cakovec. How would I go about contacting them? What information would it be reasonable to ask them for? Does anyone have advice for me on how to pursue this source of information? Denise Pfalzer Tampa, Florida USA
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Hungary SIG #Hungary *Re: Surname TOTH
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear all,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
There is a bit of a confusion about certain Hungarian ethnic expressions in use mainly in the 19th century and early 20th, such as TO'T (Slovak), RA'C (Serbian), OLA'H (Romanian), SV'AB (Hungarian German, which by the way is the Hungarian word for cockroach), GA'DZSI (gypsy), VLAH (Bosnian), RUSZKY (Russian) and so on. They all were kind of pejorative, at least demeaning, much like disparaging expressions such as PATTY, INJUN, and GRINGO are in the US. And when somebody took such designation as a surname, mainly Jews, it somehow meant that it was forced on the person. Regards Tom
At 00:05 -0500 22.06.2006, H-SIG digest wrote:
Subject: Re: Surname TOTH --
........................................... Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom.vene@uol.com.br> Sao Paulo - Brazil
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Hungary SIG #Hungary FW: cemetery in cakovek, croatia
#hungary
Ed Zwieback <ezwieback@...>
I would suggest that the Jewish Community of Zagreb be contacted, as they
might know how to contact those with Cakovec records. I was in e-mail contact with the Zagreb Jewish Center in Dec. 2005; Julia Kos, the chief librarian, was reached by e-mail . I don't know whether the cemetery (burial) records are available. Birth, marriage, and death records might be available on microfilm >from the Mormon Library, SLC. You might check FHL INTL Film 2118925 ; Jewish BMD for most of the 1800's for Cakovec. The article at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/Croatia.htm may be helpful to you. Ed Zwieback Long Beach, CA with personal family at http://ezwieback.com/ZPK-p/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:10:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Message-Number: 2 I have just learned that there still exists a jewish cemetary in cakovec, croatia (used to be csaktornya, zala, hungary). This is the shtetl where my Neumanns lived for many years. The information on the jewishgen website says that it is still maintained by the Jewish Community in Cakovec. How would I go about contacting them? What information would it be reasonable to ask them for? Does anyone have advice for me on how to pursue this source of information? Denise Pfalzer Tampa, Florida USA
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Re: Looking for an electronic copy of the Bialystoker Yizkor Book
#poland
Mark Halpern
BIALYGen, the Bialystok Region Jewish Genealogy Group, (see
www.jewishgen.org/BIALYGen) has been working with The Bialystoker Center in New York on many projects. Our first project was to gain permission from The Center to publish the English part of The Bialystoker MemorialBook (published in 1982) on the Internet. Thanks to Ada Holtzman, the full English section of The Bialystoker Memorial Book can be found on the Zchor website at http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/yizkor1.htm In addition, thanks to David Rosen and Sid Zabludoff, BIALYGen has created a surname index to this Book, which can be found on the BIALYGen website at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/bialygen/MemorialBook_Surnames.htm And lastly, BIALYGen, thanks to Kathryn Wallach, has created a surname index to the 1951 Bialystok Photo Album, which can be found at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/bialygen/Bialystok_Photo_Album_Surnames.htm Mark Halpern BIALYGen Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- Dear All. fellow researchers, Would anyone have an electronic copy of the Bialystoker Yizkor Book? I have a hard copy, but would appreciate help in locating the names MACZYCKI / MOSHITSKI as well as BRAMS throughout the book. Thank you very very much in advance! Aline Lambert New York
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: Looking for an electronic copy of the Bialystoker Yizkor Book
#poland
Mark Halpern
BIALYGen, the Bialystok Region Jewish Genealogy Group, (see
www.jewishgen.org/BIALYGen) has been working with The Bialystoker Center in New York on many projects. Our first project was to gain permission from The Center to publish the English part of The Bialystoker MemorialBook (published in 1982) on the Internet. Thanks to Ada Holtzman, the full English section of The Bialystoker Memorial Book can be found on the Zchor website at http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/yizkor1.htm In addition, thanks to David Rosen and Sid Zabludoff, BIALYGen has created a surname index to this Book, which can be found on the BIALYGen website at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/bialygen/MemorialBook_Surnames.htm And lastly, BIALYGen, thanks to Kathryn Wallach, has created a surname index to the 1951 Bialystok Photo Album, which can be found at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/bialygen/Bialystok_Photo_Album_Surnames.htm Mark Halpern BIALYGen Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- Dear All. fellow researchers, Would anyone have an electronic copy of the Bialystoker Yizkor Book? I have a hard copy, but would appreciate help in locating the names MACZYCKI / MOSHITSKI as well as BRAMS throughout the book. Thank you very very much in advance! Aline Lambert New York
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