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Re: TOYOS ARANDA #sephardic

Schelly Talalay Dardashti
 

Dear Ivan,

Pere Bonnin's Sangre Judia lists ARANDA as a confirmed Jewish name in a
document dated 1561 in Castilla.
You should also check SephardicGen.com < http://sephardicgen.com/ > and
Sephardim.com's < http://sephardim.com/ > name search engine for more
information.

You might want to consider doing a Y-DNA test with FamilyTreeDNA.com to
determine whom you match and their origins. As co-admin of the
IberianAshkenaz DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, we recommend 37 or 67
markers. This will help you to see the origins of the people you match.

If you need more information, feel free to write to me privately.

Best wishes
Schelly Talalay Dardashti
New Mexico, USA
___

From: Ivan Toyos Aranda <ivanthebest_93@hotmail.com>

I discovered that my family name is Sephardic Jewish .... There
aren't many people with the last name Aranda in Spain ... especially
in Córdoba and >from where I am, Kingdom of Navarre. I would like to
find my origins. Thank and God bless You
Sign Up Now for International Conference Activities #subcarpathia

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
 

You can now sign up for the special events at the 33rd IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy to be held in Boston August 4-9th. These
are events that require additional fees, such as computer workshops,
Breakfasts with the Experts, Special Interest Group (SIG) Luncheons, the
Gala Banquet, and sightseeing tours. Look under the PROGRAM tab on the
conference website (www.iajgs2013.org) for detailed information about
these events.

If you have already registered for the conference, go to the conference
website and update your registration form (mouse over the REGISTRATION tab
and click on "Update Your Registration Info"). If you haven't registered
yet for the conference, you will need to do so to be eligible to sign-up
for these activities (follow the same procedure as above but click on
"Registration Form" instead). In both cases, you will be put into the
registration form, which now has a new sections covering the optional
fee-based items. The number of participants for these activities is
limited, so sign up as soon as possible to reserve your place.

Computer workshops are available for PCs and Macs. They include "Creating
One Step Search Tools" with its creator, Stephen Morse; "Getting Started
with Family Tree Maker" and "Beginners' Reunion" and "Getting the Most Out
of Reunion10" (Mac); workshops for Hungarian and Bessarabian (Moldova)
research, JewishGen, social media, and Jewish community history, to name a
few.

Breakfasts with the Experts include "Researching Your Roots" in Galicia,
Germany, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine with the leading
experts in these fields. Another breakfast features "Understanding DNA
Testing and Results" with Bennett Greenspan. Genzyme will be offering a
special breakfast session on genetic diseases.

The Gala Banquet will feature entertainment by the internationally known
Zamir Chorale.

Throughout the week guided tours will be offered to local sites of Jewish
interest. On Sunday there will be a bus tour to the Touro Synagogue,
celebrating its 250th anniversary and a walking tour of old Jewish Newport
in Rhode Island. On Friday there will be a bus tour to the Yiddish Book
Center in Amherst where you'll find a million Yiddish books, permanent and
traveling exhibits, and art galleries.

On Monday there will be a walking tour of Boston's Old South End, home to
an early Jewish community between the 1840s and the 1920s. Also on Monday
will be a free tour for people who attend the showing of the film "Samuel
Bak: Painter of Questions" at the conference to the nearby Pucker Gallery
to see Bak's work. On Tuesday there will be a walking tour of Boston's
North End, where Boston's Eastern European Jewish immigrants lived over a
century ago. Here, too, are icons of American history, such as the Paul
Revere house. Wednesday will feature a walking tour of the West End, where
Jewish immigrants also lived. This also was the site of Boston's pre-Civil
War Underground Railroad and the free black community. The tour ends at
the Vilna Shul, one of the few surviving immigrant-era Jewish synagogues
in the country.

These optional activities complement the nearly 250 programs as well as
the outstanding evening entertainment included in the conference
registration fee.

For more details on the optional activities or to register, go to
www.iajgs2013.org.

Jay Sage
Florence Schumacher
New Issue of JewishGen's Success! Stories #subcarpathia

Phyllis Kramer
 

We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the latest issue of
JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES webzine. You can access these stories
from the "About Us" button on our website or by following this link:
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/ .

In this issue:
....Rachel Lev-Leshem, whose mother was a Holocaust survivor, travels
to her ancestral town of Érmihályfalva, Romania. A chance meeting at
the town's Synagogue leads to the recovery of the Mezuzah >from her
great-grandparents' home.
....Marla Raucher Osborn sorts through family stories and vital
records to determine if her grandmother's Bessarabia family surname of
Heller had once been Blecher, as rumored.
....Aaron Hurwitz connects with an unknown branch of his Blistein
family as a result of his posts on JewishGen's Family Finder and
Family Tree of the Jewish People.
....Janet Silver Ghent is contacted by a formerly unknown distant
cousin as a result of her posting on JewishGen's Family Finder and
they collaborate to research their common ancestors.

This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers -- Nancy Siegel,
Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster. We are sure you will be moved by
these stories and we encourage you to submit your own success stories
to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org .

Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida
VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Re: TOYOS ARANDA #sephardic

Schelly Talalay Dardashti
 

Dear Ivan,

Pere Bonnin's Sangre Judia lists ARANDA as a confirmed Jewish name in a
document dated 1561 in Castilla.
You should also check SephardicGen.com < http://sephardicgen.com/ > and
Sephardim.com's < http://sephardim.com/ > name search engine for more
information.

You might want to consider doing a Y-DNA test with FamilyTreeDNA.com to
determine whom you match and their origins. As co-admin of the
IberianAshkenaz DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, we recommend 37 or 67
markers. This will help you to see the origins of the people you match.

If you need more information, feel free to write to me privately.

Best wishes
Schelly Talalay Dardashti
New Mexico, USA
___

From: Ivan Toyos Aranda <ivanthebest_93@hotmail.com>

I discovered that my family name is Sephardic Jewish .... There
aren't many people with the last name Aranda in Spain ... especially
in Córdoba and >from where I am, Kingdom of Navarre. I would like to
find my origins. Thank and God bless You
Subcarpathia SIG #Subcarpathia Sign Up Now for International Conference Activities #subcarpathia

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
 

You can now sign up for the special events at the 33rd IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy to be held in Boston August 4-9th. These
are events that require additional fees, such as computer workshops,
Breakfasts with the Experts, Special Interest Group (SIG) Luncheons, the
Gala Banquet, and sightseeing tours. Look under the PROGRAM tab on the
conference website (www.iajgs2013.org) for detailed information about
these events.

If you have already registered for the conference, go to the conference
website and update your registration form (mouse over the REGISTRATION tab
and click on "Update Your Registration Info"). If you haven't registered
yet for the conference, you will need to do so to be eligible to sign-up
for these activities (follow the same procedure as above but click on
"Registration Form" instead). In both cases, you will be put into the
registration form, which now has a new sections covering the optional
fee-based items. The number of participants for these activities is
limited, so sign up as soon as possible to reserve your place.

Computer workshops are available for PCs and Macs. They include "Creating
One Step Search Tools" with its creator, Stephen Morse; "Getting Started
with Family Tree Maker" and "Beginners' Reunion" and "Getting the Most Out
of Reunion10" (Mac); workshops for Hungarian and Bessarabian (Moldova)
research, JewishGen, social media, and Jewish community history, to name a
few.

Breakfasts with the Experts include "Researching Your Roots" in Galicia,
Germany, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine with the leading
experts in these fields. Another breakfast features "Understanding DNA
Testing and Results" with Bennett Greenspan. Genzyme will be offering a
special breakfast session on genetic diseases.

The Gala Banquet will feature entertainment by the internationally known
Zamir Chorale.

Throughout the week guided tours will be offered to local sites of Jewish
interest. On Sunday there will be a bus tour to the Touro Synagogue,
celebrating its 250th anniversary and a walking tour of old Jewish Newport
in Rhode Island. On Friday there will be a bus tour to the Yiddish Book
Center in Amherst where you'll find a million Yiddish books, permanent and
traveling exhibits, and art galleries.

On Monday there will be a walking tour of Boston's Old South End, home to
an early Jewish community between the 1840s and the 1920s. Also on Monday
will be a free tour for people who attend the showing of the film "Samuel
Bak: Painter of Questions" at the conference to the nearby Pucker Gallery
to see Bak's work. On Tuesday there will be a walking tour of Boston's
North End, where Boston's Eastern European Jewish immigrants lived over a
century ago. Here, too, are icons of American history, such as the Paul
Revere house. Wednesday will feature a walking tour of the West End, where
Jewish immigrants also lived. This also was the site of Boston's pre-Civil
War Underground Railroad and the free black community. The tour ends at
the Vilna Shul, one of the few surviving immigrant-era Jewish synagogues
in the country.

These optional activities complement the nearly 250 programs as well as
the outstanding evening entertainment included in the conference
registration fee.

For more details on the optional activities or to register, go to
www.iajgs2013.org.

Jay Sage
Florence Schumacher
Subcarpathia SIG #Subcarpathia New Issue of JewishGen's Success! Stories #subcarpathia

Phyllis Kramer
 

We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the latest issue of
JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES webzine. You can access these stories
from the "About Us" button on our website or by following this link:
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/ .

In this issue:
....Rachel Lev-Leshem, whose mother was a Holocaust survivor, travels
to her ancestral town of Érmihályfalva, Romania. A chance meeting at
the town's Synagogue leads to the recovery of the Mezuzah >from her
great-grandparents' home.
....Marla Raucher Osborn sorts through family stories and vital
records to determine if her grandmother's Bessarabia family surname of
Heller had once been Blecher, as rumored.
....Aaron Hurwitz connects with an unknown branch of his Blistein
family as a result of his posts on JewishGen's Family Finder and
Family Tree of the Jewish People.
....Janet Silver Ghent is contacted by a formerly unknown distant
cousin as a result of her posting on JewishGen's Family Finder and
they collaborate to research their common ancestors.

This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers -- Nancy Siegel,
Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster. We are sure you will be moved by
these stories and we encourage you to submit your own success stories
to us at success@lyris.jewishgen.org .

Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida
VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.
Re: location of Niederstetten ? #germany

Roger Lustig
 

The Niederstetten with a Jewish community is the one in
Baden-Wuerttemberg--your 2nd set of coordinates.

The first set of coordinates you give maps to Feldatal in Hessen, near
Kestrich, which had a small Jewish community.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Research coordinator, GerSIG

On 6/5/2013 3:48 PM, Hanna Grossman wrote:
In the past I have looked up the location of this town (which German geog.
site,I don't remember, but recorded that it was in Hesse.
Entering people that way TNG google map shows it to be at 50.65 N, 9.16E.
Recently an official of the Jewish community in Stuttgart told me
it was in Wuerttemberg, and looking it up in Jewish Communities I
find it listed as such, at 49.24 N, 9.55 E.
Are there two communities? Or who is wrong?
German SIG #Germany Re: location of Niederstetten ? #germany

Roger Lustig
 

The Niederstetten with a Jewish community is the one in
Baden-Wuerttemberg--your 2nd set of coordinates.

The first set of coordinates you give maps to Feldatal in Hessen, near
Kestrich, which had a small Jewish community.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Research coordinator, GerSIG

On 6/5/2013 3:48 PM, Hanna Grossman wrote:
In the past I have looked up the location of this town (which German geog.
site,I don't remember, but recorded that it was in Hesse.
Entering people that way TNG google map shows it to be at 50.65 N, 9.16E.
Recently an official of the Jewish community in Stuttgart told me
it was in Wuerttemberg, and looking it up in Jewish Communities I
find it listed as such, at 49.24 N, 9.55 E.
Are there two communities? Or who is wrong?
Re: Location of Niederstetten #germany

hannakg@...
 

Please thank those who help you and support GerSIG, ViewMate and JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors0.html
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you for all who helped me with the location of this town.

Hanna Grossman, Cornwall, CT hannakg@optonline.net

Moderator note: It's appreciated when list members post "Thank You"
messages to the list. It's even more appreciated when a summary of
the useful information contained in the off-list email is included.

So, Hanna, what did you learn about the location of Niederstetten? MOD 1
German SIG #Germany Re: Location of Niederstetten #germany

hannakg@...
 

Please thank those who help you and support GerSIG, ViewMate and JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors0.html
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you for all who helped me with the location of this town.

Hanna Grossman, Cornwall, CT hannakg@optonline.net

Moderator note: It's appreciated when list members post "Thank You"
messages to the list. It's even more appreciated when a summary of
the useful information contained in the off-list email is included.

So, Hanna, what did you learn about the location of Niederstetten? MOD 1
Searching living Alzey descendants - KOCH, STRAUSS, BLUM, HIRSCH - more #germany

Renate Rosenau <RenateRosenau@...>
 

Searching for living descendants >from Alzey families

Alzey, a country town in Rheinhessen/Germany not far >from Mainz and Worms,
is preparing to lay STOLPERSTEINE (stumbling blocks) in memory of Nazi
victims. We would like to get in contact with living descendants of the
following persons:

- Helene KOCH nee Wolf, called Lina, b. Dec 25, 1866 in Planig (now
part of Bad Kreuznach), widow of August Koch, Alzey;

- Johanna STRAUSS, b. Sept 22, 1883 in Alzey, daughter of Moses STRAUSS
I and his second wife Barbara Mayer >from Nieder-Wiesen;

- Sisters Louise KOCH b. Febr 6, 1880, and Bertha FRANKEN nee KOCH,
b. Aug 6, 1881, their brother Albert had emigrated to the USA;

- Jakob SIEGEL, b. Apr 17, 1869 Alzey, and his wife Bertha nee
BERNHEIM, b. Jan 9, 1879 Neunkirchen/Saar;

- Bruno BLANKENSEE, b. Feb 14, 1900 in Nuernberg, chief waiter;

- Sisters Ida KAHN, teacher, b. May 8, 1885 Alzey, and Karoline called
Karla, born July 2, 1893 Alzey;

- Karoline HIRSCH nee BLUM, called Lina, b. Aug 7, 1886 Bodenheim,
widow of Simon Hirsch, b. in Hillesheim, butcher in Alzey

- Erna HIRSCH, b. May 9, 1902, niece of Karoline Hirsch, living with her
mother's family WEIL in Landau,

- Hermann HIRSCH, b. Nov, 29, 1888 in Alzey, and his wife Alice nee
WACHENHEIMER, b. July 5, 1893 Worms.

We will be grateful for any kind of information.

Please contact me: RenateRosenau@t-online.de

Renate Rosenau, Alzey, Germany
German SIG #Germany Searching living Alzey descendants - KOCH, STRAUSS, BLUM, HIRSCH - more #germany

Renate Rosenau <RenateRosenau@...>
 

Searching for living descendants >from Alzey families

Alzey, a country town in Rheinhessen/Germany not far >from Mainz and Worms,
is preparing to lay STOLPERSTEINE (stumbling blocks) in memory of Nazi
victims. We would like to get in contact with living descendants of the
following persons:

- Helene KOCH nee Wolf, called Lina, b. Dec 25, 1866 in Planig (now
part of Bad Kreuznach), widow of August Koch, Alzey;

- Johanna STRAUSS, b. Sept 22, 1883 in Alzey, daughter of Moses STRAUSS
I and his second wife Barbara Mayer >from Nieder-Wiesen;

- Sisters Louise KOCH b. Febr 6, 1880, and Bertha FRANKEN nee KOCH,
b. Aug 6, 1881, their brother Albert had emigrated to the USA;

- Jakob SIEGEL, b. Apr 17, 1869 Alzey, and his wife Bertha nee
BERNHEIM, b. Jan 9, 1879 Neunkirchen/Saar;

- Bruno BLANKENSEE, b. Feb 14, 1900 in Nuernberg, chief waiter;

- Sisters Ida KAHN, teacher, b. May 8, 1885 Alzey, and Karoline called
Karla, born July 2, 1893 Alzey;

- Karoline HIRSCH nee BLUM, called Lina, b. Aug 7, 1886 Bodenheim,
widow of Simon Hirsch, b. in Hillesheim, butcher in Alzey

- Erna HIRSCH, b. May 9, 1902, niece of Karoline Hirsch, living with her
mother's family WEIL in Landau,

- Hermann HIRSCH, b. Nov, 29, 1888 in Alzey, and his wife Alice nee
WACHENHEIMER, b. July 5, 1893 Worms.

We will be grateful for any kind of information.

Please contact me: RenateRosenau@t-online.de

Renate Rosenau, Alzey, Germany
Thank you #poland

Groll, Avraham
 

Dear Friends,

The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success.

On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers
who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who
participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary
Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld.

The Tribute Journal is now available online at:

http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php
(Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate
the pages.)

Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at:

http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org

If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or
email agroll@JewishGen.org .

Sincerely,

Avraham Groll
Director of Business Operations
BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Thank you #poland

Groll, Avraham
 

Dear Friends,

The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success.

On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers
who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who
participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary
Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld.

The Tribute Journal is now available online at:

http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php
(Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate
the pages.)

Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at:

http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org

If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or
email agroll@JewishGen.org .

Sincerely,

Avraham Groll
Director of Business Operations
Thank you #lodz #poland

Groll, Avraham
 

Dear Friends,

The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success.

On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers
who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who
participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary
Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld.

The Tribute Journal is now available online at:

http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php
(Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate
the pages.)

Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at:

http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org

If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or
email agroll@JewishGen.org .

Sincerely,

Avraham Groll
Director of Business Operations
Lodz Area Research Group #Lodz #Poland Thank you #lodz #poland

Groll, Avraham
 

Dear Friends,

The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success.

On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers
who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who
participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary
Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld.

The Tribute Journal is now available online at:

http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php
(Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate
the pages.)

Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at:

http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org

If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or
email agroll@JewishGen.org .

Sincerely,

Avraham Groll
Director of Business Operations
Hospital records #lodz #poland

Ariel K <arielvfu@...>
 

we wish to know if it is possible to track down records about a woman
hospitalized in one of the Jewish hospitals in the year 1938 (we have
the dates)

did any of the records survive?

kind regards
Ariel Koby
Lodz Area Research Group #Lodz #Poland Hospital records #lodz #poland

Ariel K <arielvfu@...>
 

we wish to know if it is possible to track down records about a woman
hospitalized in one of the Jewish hospitals in the year 1938 (we have
the dates)

did any of the records survive?

kind regards
Ariel Koby
Thank you #poland

Groll, Avraham
 

Dear Friends,

The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success.

On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers
who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who
participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary
Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld.

The Tribute Journal is now available online at:

http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php
(Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate
the pages.)

Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at:

http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org

If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or
email agroll@JewishGen.org .

Sincerely,

Avraham Groll
Director of Business Operations
JRI Poland #Poland Thank you #poland

Groll, Avraham
 

Dear Friends,

The 1st JewishGen Spring Brunch this past Sunday was a success.

On behalf of our board, the event committee and the many volunteers
who were instrumental in organizing the brunch, thank you to all who
participated in showing just a small level of appreciation to Gary
Mokotoff, Karen Franklin and Lance Ackerfeld.

The Tribute Journal is now available online at:

http://wizadjournal.com/jewishgen2013/playfull-controls.php
(Use the controls on the upper left-hand part of the screen to navigate
the pages.)

Pictures >from the event are on our Facebook page, and can be viewed at:

http://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org

If I can ever be of help, please contact me anytime at 646-437-4326 or
email agroll@JewishGen.org .

Sincerely,

Avraham Groll
Director of Business Operations
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