JewishGen.org Discussion Group FAQs
What is the JewishGen.org Discussion Group?
The JewishGen.org Discussion Group unites thousands of Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide as they research their family history, search for relatives, and share information, ideas, methods, tips, techniques, and resources. The JewishGen.org Discussion Group makes it easy, quick, and fun, to connect with others around the world.
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How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
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I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
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Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
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What are the new guidelines?
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The JewishGen.org Team
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ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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Re: blocking point in my research in Tuszyn
#poland
wyzansky@netzero.net <wyzansky@...>
but there are discrepancies with agesThere almost always are discrepancies with ages in these records. My grandparents were >from Lithuania and their ages are all over the map >from record to record. It was not as important to them as it is to us - no Social Security or Medicare eligibility at 65 so once someone was past bar/ bas mitzvah they really didn't pay much attention to age. Even here in the U.S., one woman in my family aged only seven years every 10 year census cycle :). Harold Wyzansky Cherry Hill, NJ
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: blocking point in my research in Tuszyn
#poland
wyzansky@netzero.net <wyzansky@...>
but there are discrepancies with agesThere almost always are discrepancies with ages in these records. My grandparents were >from Lithuania and their ages are all over the map >from record to record. It was not as important to them as it is to us - no Social Security or Medicare eligibility at 65 so once someone was past bar/ bas mitzvah they really didn't pay much attention to age. Even here in the U.S., one woman in my family aged only seven years every 10 year census cycle :). Harold Wyzansky Cherry Hill, NJ
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Translation Help - Request - INDYK - Wiskitki
#poland
Robyn Dryen
I have just received 5 marriage certificates and one birth
certificate >from the Grodzisk Branch of the Polish Archives. They all relate to my INDYK family >from Wiskitki and date >from 1877 to 1897. They are all in old Cyrillic and the copies are of variable quality. The marriage partners are FRYDRYCH, LACHMAN and BEREK. As Viewmate is currently off-line I am wondering if anyone would be kind enough to assist me with translations. I am able to send in either graphic format or in PDF. I would be very grateful for any assistance. Please email me directly at mailto:songlines@ksa1.com.au Thanks Robyn Dryen Sydney, Australia Searching: INDYK - Wiskitki and Zyrardow; LACHMAN - Wiskitki; KRUPA - Lowicz and Grabow; HERSKOWICZ - Lowicz; DRUKER - Piatek
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JRI Poland #Poland Translation Help - Request - INDYK - Wiskitki
#poland
Robyn Dryen
I have just received 5 marriage certificates and one birth
certificate >from the Grodzisk Branch of the Polish Archives. They all relate to my INDYK family >from Wiskitki and date >from 1877 to 1897. They are all in old Cyrillic and the copies are of variable quality. The marriage partners are FRYDRYCH, LACHMAN and BEREK. As Viewmate is currently off-line I am wondering if anyone would be kind enough to assist me with translations. I am able to send in either graphic format or in PDF. I would be very grateful for any assistance. Please email me directly at mailto:songlines@ksa1.com.au Thanks Robyn Dryen Sydney, Australia Searching: INDYK - Wiskitki and Zyrardow; LACHMAN - Wiskitki; KRUPA - Lowicz and Grabow; HERSKOWICZ - Lowicz; DRUKER - Piatek
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JOWBR update
#poland
Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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JRI Poland #Poland JOWBR update
#poland
Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted": Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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JRI Poland #Poland ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#poland
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted": Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ GOOD NEWS!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#galicia
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ Good news!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia ShtetLinks Project Report for November / December 2008
#galicia
Susana Leistner Bloch
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen
ShtetLinks. We thank the owners and webmasters of these shtetlpages for creating fitting memorials to the Jewish Communities that once lived in those shtetlach and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants. Bucecea, Romania Created by Robert Zavos http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Bucecea/Bucecea.htm ~~~~~ Causeni (Kaushany), Moldova Created by Yefim Kogan http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Causeni/Kaushany.htm ~~~~~ Nove Davydkovo (Ujdvidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Nove_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Ostrow Wielkopolski (Ostrowo), Poland Created by Victoria Barkoff http://shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ostrow_Wielkopolski/ ~~~~~ Pinsk, Belarus Created by Eilat Gordin Levitan and Kevin Lo http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/pinsk/pinsk.html ~~~~~ Stare Davydkovo (Odavidhaza), Ukraine Created by Adam Smith and Marshall J. Katz http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Stare_Davydkovo/ ~~~~~ Siaulenai (Shavlan), Lithuania Created by Eunice E. Blecker. Web design by ShtetlLinks volunteer Ed Vogel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Siaulenai/index.html ~~~~~ ShtetLinks websites that have been completely redesigned: Mukacheve (Mukacevo / Munkacs), Ukraine Web Design by Marshall Katz. Compiled by Louis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mukacheve/ ~~~~~ Some of our shtetlpages were created by people who are no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors. We are happy to announce that one of these shtetlach were recently "adopted" : Piotrkow Trybunalski (Piotrykov), Poland Shtetlpage adopted by Marianna Hoszowska http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Piotrkowtryb/ ~~~~~ If you wish to follow their example and create a ShtetLinks webpage for your ancestral shtetl or adopt an exiting "orphaned" shtetlpage please contact us at: < shtetl-help@jewishgen.org > ~~~~~ Good news!! As a result for our appeal for HTML volunteers we now have a team of dedicated people who will help you create a webpage for your ancestral home. Please contact us if you would like help in creating a ShtetLinks webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, ShtetLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, ShtetLinks Technical Coordinator
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JOWBR update
#galicia
Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia JOWBR update
#galicia
Joyce Field
JewishGen is pleased to announce an update to its burial registry,
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR). Approximately 50,000 burial records and 25,000 new photos of matzevot have been added. At <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.htm> there is a complete listing of the 2,033 cemeteries and plots in the searchable database, comprising 1,074,427 records. Noteworthy additions to the database are: -Basavilbaso, Argentina: 1,653 records -Iasi, Romania: 18,000 new records -Petach Tikvah/Segulah Cemetery, Israel: 2,900 additional records and 6,100 photos -Toronto, Canada: updates and additions of photos to 60 Toronto cemeteries -Southwest and Midwest U.S. cemeteries: 4,700 new records and 8,700 photos -Pennsylvania cemeteries: 4,700 new records -Alabama and Mississippi cemeteries: 1,500 records >from 13 cemeteries in these two states -Indianapolis, Indiana: an additional 2,100 records and 1,800 photos -Bayside cemeteries, N.Y.: first installment of 1,100 records The searchable database contains over 432,000 records for the United States, over 133,000 records for Canada, over 46,000 records for Romania,over 106,000 records for Israel, over 29,000 records foe England, and almost 29,000 records for Poland. As can be seen, donations of many more burial records are needed for JOWBR to reach the 2 million mark! Please contact Nolan Altman at <nta@pipeline.com> to find out how you can help JOWBR grow. Best wishes for the new year. Joyce Field
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Re: Why go to Bad Kudowa?
#general
Sue Clamp <clamp@...>
david rubin wrote:
<snipped> I've done some research on this and it seems that Bad Kudowa was the place to go if you had heart or circulation problems. The hotel where my grandmother stayed also happened to be "strictly kosher", so that obviously had some appeal. In 1922, at the time of the visit, my grandmother was in her 40s, and although she did have a heart problem when she died, that wasn't until 1951. Could she have been unwell enough from this in 1922 to warrant a visit to a spa for a "cure"? Would aperson who was unwell have undertaken such a long trip in any case? I estimate that >from London to Bad Kudowa might have taken at least three days by boat and train. Some have suggested that visits to spas were sometimes prescribed by doctors. If such a prescription had been made by a doctor in London, I feel sure it would have been to a spa much nearer to home! I have to conclude that there must have been some other reason to go to Bad Kudowa. It has been suggested that other family members (SKOWRONEK) may have also gone or been there and that Kudowa was a convenient central point for them all to meet (not so convenient for my grandmother...) and, at the same time as "taking the waters" (perhaps more for relaxation and fun than for health reasons), they were also able to get together as family. I know my aunt (this grandmother's daughter) was also there, but may also have visited Warsaw to see members of the other side of the family (ROSENBERG/HERSZENKRUG) and also found herself passing through Berlin, visiting my great-uncle (Israel SKOWRONEK), en route to Kudowa. Israel was also due to go to Kudowa *after* my grandmother had been there (a postcard he wrote suggests this). This suggests to me that somebody >from the family was either in Kudowa in the longer term, or actually lived there. Like David, I feel there have been a lot of general comments about spas, and some speculation, and I imagine the moderators must be thinking the thread should be drawing to a close. Unless anyone has recognised anybody in the photograph that I uploaded to my web site ( http://www.clamp.dsl.pipex.com/gen20.html ), or has some specific details about Bad Kudowa or the Hotel Austria, about which they can email me privately, I think this thread has come to the end of its useful life :-) Thank you to everyone for their very useful comments! Sue Clamp Cambridgeshire, UK
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Why go to Bad Kudowa?
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Sue Clamp <clamp@...>
david rubin wrote:
<snipped> I've done some research on this and it seems that Bad Kudowa was the place to go if you had heart or circulation problems. The hotel where my grandmother stayed also happened to be "strictly kosher", so that obviously had some appeal. In 1922, at the time of the visit, my grandmother was in her 40s, and although she did have a heart problem when she died, that wasn't until 1951. Could she have been unwell enough from this in 1922 to warrant a visit to a spa for a "cure"? Would aperson who was unwell have undertaken such a long trip in any case? I estimate that >from London to Bad Kudowa might have taken at least three days by boat and train. Some have suggested that visits to spas were sometimes prescribed by doctors. If such a prescription had been made by a doctor in London, I feel sure it would have been to a spa much nearer to home! I have to conclude that there must have been some other reason to go to Bad Kudowa. It has been suggested that other family members (SKOWRONEK) may have also gone or been there and that Kudowa was a convenient central point for them all to meet (not so convenient for my grandmother...) and, at the same time as "taking the waters" (perhaps more for relaxation and fun than for health reasons), they were also able to get together as family. I know my aunt (this grandmother's daughter) was also there, but may also have visited Warsaw to see members of the other side of the family (ROSENBERG/HERSZENKRUG) and also found herself passing through Berlin, visiting my great-uncle (Israel SKOWRONEK), en route to Kudowa. Israel was also due to go to Kudowa *after* my grandmother had been there (a postcard he wrote suggests this). This suggests to me that somebody >from the family was either in Kudowa in the longer term, or actually lived there. Like David, I feel there have been a lot of general comments about spas, and some speculation, and I imagine the moderators must be thinking the thread should be drawing to a close. Unless anyone has recognised anybody in the photograph that I uploaded to my web site ( http://www.clamp.dsl.pipex.com/gen20.html ), or has some specific details about Bad Kudowa or the Hotel Austria, about which they can email me privately, I think this thread has come to the end of its useful life :-) Thank you to everyone for their very useful comments! Sue Clamp Cambridgeshire, UK
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Cemetery in Akron, Ohio
#general
Aryeh Wanderman
Can anyone help me in locating the graves of my aunts and uncles
in the Rose Hill Burial Park, in (or near?) Akron, Ohio, and, if possible photograph the monuments of: Bertha FEINGOLD Martha FEINGOLD Goldie (Gertrude) FEINGOLD Herman FEINGOLD Morris FEINGOLD Leah FEINGOLD GOURSE, her husband Nathan GOURSE and daughter Adelle GOURSE Max FEINGOLD (-- not sure he is buried there) Please respond to: Kenneth (Aryeh) Wanderman Jerusalem, Israel aryehwandeman@gmail.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Cemetery in Akron, Ohio
#general
Aryeh Wanderman
Can anyone help me in locating the graves of my aunts and uncles
in the Rose Hill Burial Park, in (or near?) Akron, Ohio, and, if possible photograph the monuments of: Bertha FEINGOLD Martha FEINGOLD Goldie (Gertrude) FEINGOLD Herman FEINGOLD Morris FEINGOLD Leah FEINGOLD GOURSE, her husband Nathan GOURSE and daughter Adelle GOURSE Max FEINGOLD (-- not sure he is buried there) Please respond to: Kenneth (Aryeh) Wanderman Jerusalem, Israel aryehwandeman@gmail.com
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Re: Burial Records, Bytom, Gleiwitza
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Peter Strauss <pfs126@...>
On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 "Ron Bower" <ruebin7@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
..." Can anybody tell me If there are still Jewish Cemeteries in Gleiwtz and Bytom? I have looked on JOWBR and don't see listings for those towns. I have just had a letter back >from the Jewish Community in Berlin and they tell me 2 of my Great Grandparents are buried in Gleiwtz." ===========> Reply: See Bytom: http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/pol-bl.html#Br Bottom of the page. See Gliwice I and II:=20 http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/pol-g.html Scroll down to the entry. Peter Strauss Oakland CA pfs126@earthlink.net
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German SIG #Germany RE: Burial Records, Bytom, Gleiwitza
#germany
Peter Strauss <pfs126@...>
On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 "Ron Bower" <ruebin7@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
..." Can anybody tell me If there are still Jewish Cemeteries in Gleiwtz and Bytom? I have looked on JOWBR and don't see listings for those towns. I have just had a letter back >from the Jewish Community in Berlin and they tell me 2 of my Great Grandparents are buried in Gleiwtz." ===========> Reply: See Bytom: http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/pol-bl.html#Br Bottom of the page. See Gliwice I and II:=20 http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/pol-g.html Scroll down to the entry. Peter Strauss Oakland CA pfs126@earthlink.net
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