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Re: Jews in Austrian Military
#hungary
Cheryl Etting <twekkie@...>
I would appreciate a look up for the names of Sas and Deutsch.
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Re: Oradea
#hungary
Gzsuzsi@...
In a message dated 7/31/98 1:10:53 PM, you wrote:
<<have you ever heard of a town called Cauaceu (used to be Hegykozkovaci before WWI) in Bihor County near Oradea? Thank you, Deborah Zaccaro Hi Deborah, A few days ago I didn't have an answer to your question, however after finding a new site, I think you may have a hit. I'm posting to the group because I feel it may be of use for others researching the Transylvanian area. Go to http://www.rotravel.com/sit/map/index.htm Click on Satu Mare County Look between the towns of Carei and Tasnad, near the River Erin and you will spot a little town called Cauas (say Ka-oo-ah-sh). This may be what you are looking for, as it is situated in the valley between two mountains (hills, rather). In the old name Hegykozkovacs, 'hegykoz' means in between mountains. Please know that in the last 50 years, county boundaries have changed back and forth and some places that were at one time in Bihor County may well be today in Satu Mare, Salaj, or even Cluj Counties. Same holds true for names of smaller villages. "Cauas" is closer to "kovacs" than Cauaceu (say Ka-oo-ah-chay-oo) and anyway, in Roumanian language, the "ceu" is a suffixlike definite pronoun indicating masculin gender. My best, Susan Geroe
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*Re: Identifying a photo
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear Margarita,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Check these sites: http://www.uniformology.com/index.html http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~phil/ you can also email to: mailto:rgrasso@inf.unitn.it a person who specializes in this subject. regards Tom regards Tom at 31/07/98 - 18:34 -0300, Margarita wrote:
This person is wearing a uniform. Any experts in this field? Is there a Web
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* Books on Hungary at LDS
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear all,
I just came accross of the following page: http://www.acronet.net/~magyar/english/96-07/tortknyv.html which list a number of very interesting books covering Hungary and Hungarian Jewry, which can be found at the LDS library. I can't reach them here in Brazil, but maybe some of you can. I hope this is useful. b'Shalom Tom BTW, I am looking for a book published by Avotaynu, called Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories by David Zubatsky and Irwin Berent If somebody has it or can have access to it, please let me know in private. Many thanks
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1848 Census error
#hungary
Michael <tex@...>
Arthur Kurzweil's Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy lists the LDS numbers for
the 1848 census. I ordered the number he listed for Hajdu county and found it to be incorrect. When I checked the book with the librarian we noticed that the number was out of sequence with the other numbers in the census. So I ordered the number that seemed logical considering the other numbers. Another mistake. Does anyone know if the Hajdu portion of the 1848 census is extant and on film? I don't see it included in Debbi Korman's listing in the contents of the census on the H-SIG web site. But I believe that I found it listed on the LDS computer and ordered that number too which was also incorrect. Michael Kelemen Toronto PS. Debbi's List: Bekes and Bihar - 719,823 Also on 719,823 are the census pages for the free cities of Debreczen, Eperjes (Presov), Gyongyos, Gyor, Miskolcz, Modor (now Modra, close to Bratislava), Nagy-Szombat (Trnava), Szakolcza (now Skalica near Nitra), Trenscen, Ujvidek, Temesvar and Zombor. Esztergom, Baranya, Csanad, Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor, Komarom, Kozep-Snolnok (later Szilagy) - 719,824 Krasso, Kraszna (later Szilagy), Marmaros, Moson, Szabolcs, Tolna - 719,825 Trenscen, Turocz, Ung - 719,826 Vas, Veszprem - 719,827 Zala - 719,828
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: Jews in Austrian Military
#hungary
Cheryl Etting <twekkie@...>
I would appreciate a look up for the names of Sas and Deutsch.
Cheryl ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: Re: Oradea
#hungary
Gzsuzsi@...
In a message dated 7/31/98 1:10:53 PM, you wrote:
<<have you ever heard of a town called Cauaceu (used to be Hegykozkovaci before WWI) in Bihor County near Oradea? Thank you, Deborah Zaccaro Hi Deborah, A few days ago I didn't have an answer to your question, however after finding a new site, I think you may have a hit. I'm posting to the group because I feel it may be of use for others researching the Transylvanian area. Go to http://www.rotravel.com/sit/map/index.htm Click on Satu Mare County Look between the towns of Carei and Tasnad, near the River Erin and you will spot a little town called Cauas (say Ka-oo-ah-sh). This may be what you are looking for, as it is situated in the valley between two mountains (hills, rather). In the old name Hegykozkovacs, 'hegykoz' means in between mountains. Please know that in the last 50 years, county boundaries have changed back and forth and some places that were at one time in Bihor County may well be today in Satu Mare, Salaj, or even Cluj Counties. Same holds true for names of smaller villages. "Cauas" is closer to "kovacs" than Cauaceu (say Ka-oo-ah-chay-oo) and anyway, in Roumanian language, the "ceu" is a suffixlike definite pronoun indicating masculin gender. My best, Susan Geroe
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Hungary SIG #Hungary *Re: Identifying a photo
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear Margarita,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Check these sites: http://www.uniformology.com/index.html http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~phil/ you can also email to: mailto:rgrasso@inf.unitn.it a person who specializes in this subject. regards Tom regards Tom at 31/07/98 - 18:34 -0300, Margarita wrote:
This person is wearing a uniform. Any experts in this field? Is there a Web
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Hungary SIG #Hungary * Books on Hungary at LDS
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear all,
I just came accross of the following page: http://www.acronet.net/~magyar/english/96-07/tortknyv.html which list a number of very interesting books covering Hungary and Hungarian Jewry, which can be found at the LDS library. I can't reach them here in Brazil, but maybe some of you can. I hope this is useful. b'Shalom Tom BTW, I am looking for a book published by Avotaynu, called Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories by David Zubatsky and Irwin Berent If somebody has it or can have access to it, please let me know in private. Many thanks
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Hungary SIG #Hungary 1848 Census error
#hungary
Michael <tex@...>
Arthur Kurzweil's Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy lists the LDS numbers for
the 1848 census. I ordered the number he listed for Hajdu county and found it to be incorrect. When I checked the book with the librarian we noticed that the number was out of sequence with the other numbers in the census. So I ordered the number that seemed logical considering the other numbers. Another mistake. Does anyone know if the Hajdu portion of the 1848 census is extant and on film? I don't see it included in Debbi Korman's listing in the contents of the census on the H-SIG web site. But I believe that I found it listed on the LDS computer and ordered that number too which was also incorrect. Michael Kelemen Toronto PS. Debbi's List: Bekes and Bihar - 719,823 Also on 719,823 are the census pages for the free cities of Debreczen, Eperjes (Presov), Gyongyos, Gyor, Miskolcz, Modor (now Modra, close to Bratislava), Nagy-Szombat (Trnava), Szakolcza (now Skalica near Nitra), Trenscen, Ujvidek, Temesvar and Zombor. Esztergom, Baranya, Csanad, Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor, Komarom, Kozep-Snolnok (later Szilagy) - 719,824 Krasso, Kraszna (later Szilagy), Marmaros, Moson, Szabolcs, Tolna - 719,825 Trenscen, Turocz, Ung - 719,826 Vas, Veszprem - 719,827 Zala - 719,828
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Jews in the Austrian Army
#hungary
Alex Kerner <kerner@...>
Thank a lot for the valuable information about the book. Could you
please look if the name HERSKOVITS appears (Adolf). Thanks, Alex Kerner
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Help in Hungarian needed
#hungary
Alex Kerner <kerner@...>
Hello,
Could somebody help me translating the following inscriptions on gravestones? Nyugodjek Bekeben Cyaszoljak felesege gyermekei es unokai elt 90 evet Thanks, Alex Kerner
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new "Success Stories" button on JRI-Poland web site
#poland
Steven A. Zedeck <saz@...>
Hi all:
I just added a new button on the main page of the JRI-Poland web site (http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl). The button is entitled "Success Stories". This links to a page that contains many success stories people have written to me or others on the JRI board. Have a look. If you have a success story, feel free to either post it to this list or email it to me. We enjoy reading these as it shows that we are doing the right thing and we are helping many people in their research. Thanks, Steve JRI-Poland Web Master -- * Steven A. Zedeck Internet: saz@JLC.net * * 25 Cathedral Circle, Nashua, NH 03063 saz@compuserve.com * *********************************************************************
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Jews in the Austrian Army
#hungary
Alex Kerner <kerner@...>
Thank a lot for the valuable information about the book. Could you
please look if the name HERSKOVITS appears (Adolf). Thanks, Alex Kerner
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Help in Hungarian needed
#hungary
Alex Kerner <kerner@...>
Hello,
Could somebody help me translating the following inscriptions on gravestones? Nyugodjek Bekeben Cyaszoljak felesege gyermekei es unokai elt 90 evet Thanks, Alex Kerner
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JRI Poland #Poland new "Success Stories" button on JRI-Poland web site
#poland
Steven A. Zedeck <saz@...>
Hi all:
I just added a new button on the main page of the JRI-Poland web site (http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl). The button is entitled "Success Stories". This links to a page that contains many success stories people have written to me or others on the JRI board. Have a look. If you have a success story, feel free to either post it to this list or email it to me. We enjoy reading these as it shows that we are doing the right thing and we are helping many people in their research. Thanks, Steve JRI-Poland Web Master -- * Steven A. Zedeck Internet: saz@JLC.net * * 25 Cathedral Circle, Nashua, NH 03063 saz@compuserve.com * *********************************************************************
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This SIG List has a new HOME!
#lithuania
Susan E. King <susan.king@...>
During the early morning hours, this SIG Discussion group, along with all
the others have been fully migrated over to a new JewishGen server which is set up specifically for handling mailing lists. Anyone posting to this list during the migration period probably experienced a "your are not subscribed to this list message". You probably caught us in the process of moving the subscriber list >from one machine to the other. <grin> To post to this list, send email to: litvaksig@lyris.jewishgen.org To unsubscribe, send email to: listserv@lyris.jewishgen.org unsubscribe litvaksig PLEASE NOTE the change in the address >from "MAIL.jewishgen.org " to "LYRIS.jewishgen.org". (in caps only for emphasis) This simply references a change in machines that is handling the requests. The Lyris software has many variations on a theme, with some unsubscribing instructions appearing at the bottom of each message. BOTH options will WORK so not to worry! <grin> We have also migrated the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site to handle the subscribe and unsubscribe requests as well if you prefer to use it. The purpose of this message is to advise you NOT to panic if you see different things. You can use whatever you are more comfortable with, 1) you can follow the instructions posted on the bottom of the message or 2) you can use the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site or 3) you can use the same command language you have used in the past. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be training the list administrators for each SIG mailing list on the features they need to know to manage the mailing lists more effectively. We will also be making the subscribers aware of a host of new features available to you as well. We will try to do this in an orderly and effective manner so as not to cause to much disruption on the day to day operation of each of the mailing lists. Whatever had worked for you in the past should continue to work for you... so implementing the new features are OPTIONAL at this point. JewishGen will have several trained volunteers who will be able to answer any questions regarding the new server software. There are many new features built in for which we will make you aware as soon as we have completed our final testing and evaluation period. For now, we simply wanted to make the migration in an "as is" basis. If you experience any problems, please direct them to: techsupport@mail.jewishgen.org We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused... but once all the features are fully implemented, we believe >from both sides of the fence we will all enjoy the results this new software and server have to offer. On behalf of a very weery JewishGen support team... <grin> Susan
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania This SIG List has a new HOME!
#lithuania
Susan E. King <susan.king@...>
During the early morning hours, this SIG Discussion group, along with all
the others have been fully migrated over to a new JewishGen server which is set up specifically for handling mailing lists. Anyone posting to this list during the migration period probably experienced a "your are not subscribed to this list message". You probably caught us in the process of moving the subscriber list >from one machine to the other. <grin> To post to this list, send email to: litvaksig@lyris.jewishgen.org To unsubscribe, send email to: listserv@lyris.jewishgen.org unsubscribe litvaksig PLEASE NOTE the change in the address >from "MAIL.jewishgen.org " to "LYRIS.jewishgen.org". (in caps only for emphasis) This simply references a change in machines that is handling the requests. The Lyris software has many variations on a theme, with some unsubscribing instructions appearing at the bottom of each message. BOTH options will WORK so not to worry! <grin> We have also migrated the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site to handle the subscribe and unsubscribe requests as well if you prefer to use it. The purpose of this message is to advise you NOT to panic if you see different things. You can use whatever you are more comfortable with, 1) you can follow the instructions posted on the bottom of the message or 2) you can use the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site or 3) you can use the same command language you have used in the past. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be training the list administrators for each SIG mailing list on the features they need to know to manage the mailing lists more effectively. We will also be making the subscribers aware of a host of new features available to you as well. We will try to do this in an orderly and effective manner so as not to cause to much disruption on the day to day operation of each of the mailing lists. Whatever had worked for you in the past should continue to work for you... so implementing the new features are OPTIONAL at this point. JewishGen will have several trained volunteers who will be able to answer any questions regarding the new server software. There are many new features built in for which we will make you aware as soon as we have completed our final testing and evaluation period. For now, we simply wanted to make the migration in an "as is" basis. If you experience any problems, please direct them to: techsupport@mail.jewishgen.org We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused... but once all the features are fully implemented, we believe >from both sides of the fence we will all enjoy the results this new software and server have to offer. On behalf of a very weery JewishGen support team... <grin> Susan
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This SIG List has a new HOME!
#latvia
Susan E. King <susan.king@...>
In the wee hours of the morning, this SIG Discussion group, along with all
the others have been fully migrated over to a new JewishGen server which is set up specifically for handling mailing lists. Anyone posting to this list during the migration period probably experienced a "your are not subscribed to this list message". You probably caught us in the process of moving the subscriber list >from one machine to the other. <grin> To post to this list, send email to: latvia@lyris.jewishgen.org To unsubscribe, send email to: listserv@lyris.jewishgen.org unsubscribe latvia PLEASE NOTE the change in the address >from "MAIL.jewishgen.org " to "LYRIS.jewishgen.org". (in caps only for emphasis) This simply references a change in machines that is handling the requests. The Lyris software has many variations on a theme, with some unsubscribing instructions appearing at the bottom of each message. BOTH options will WORK so not to worry! <grin> We have also migrated the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site to handle the subscribe and unsubscribe requests as well if you prefer to use it. The purpose of this message is to advise you NOT to panic if you see different things. You can use whatever you are more comfortable with, 1) you can follow the instructions posted on the bottom of the message or 2) you can use the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site or 3) you can use the same email command language you have used in the past. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be training the list administrators for each SIG mailing list on the features they need to know to manage the mailing lists more effectively. We will also be making the subscribers aware of a host of new features available to you as well. We will try to do this in an orderly and effective manner so as not to cause to much disruption on the day to day operation of each of the mailing lists. Whatever had worked for you in the past should continue to work for you... so implementing the new features are OPTIONAL at this point. JewishGen will have several trained volunteers who will be able to answer any questions regarding the new server software. There are many new features built in for which we will make you aware as soon as we have completed our final testing and evaluation period. For now, we simply wanted to make the migration in an "as is" basis. If you experience any problems, please direct them to: techsupport@mail.jewishgen.org We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused... but once all the features are fully implemented, we believe >from both sides of the fence we will all enjoy the results this new software and server have to offer. On behalf of a very weery JewishGen support team... <grin> Susan
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Latvia SIG #Latvia This SIG List has a new HOME!
#latvia
Susan E. King <susan.king@...>
In the wee hours of the morning, this SIG Discussion group, along with all
the others have been fully migrated over to a new JewishGen server which is set up specifically for handling mailing lists. Anyone posting to this list during the migration period probably experienced a "your are not subscribed to this list message". You probably caught us in the process of moving the subscriber list >from one machine to the other. <grin> To post to this list, send email to: latvia@lyris.jewishgen.org To unsubscribe, send email to: listserv@lyris.jewishgen.org unsubscribe latvia PLEASE NOTE the change in the address >from "MAIL.jewishgen.org " to "LYRIS.jewishgen.org". (in caps only for emphasis) This simply references a change in machines that is handling the requests. The Lyris software has many variations on a theme, with some unsubscribing instructions appearing at the bottom of each message. BOTH options will WORK so not to worry! <grin> We have also migrated the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site to handle the subscribe and unsubscribe requests as well if you prefer to use it. The purpose of this message is to advise you NOT to panic if you see different things. You can use whatever you are more comfortable with, 1) you can follow the instructions posted on the bottom of the message or 2) you can use the WEBFORM on the JewishGen site or 3) you can use the same email command language you have used in the past. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be training the list administrators for each SIG mailing list on the features they need to know to manage the mailing lists more effectively. We will also be making the subscribers aware of a host of new features available to you as well. We will try to do this in an orderly and effective manner so as not to cause to much disruption on the day to day operation of each of the mailing lists. Whatever had worked for you in the past should continue to work for you... so implementing the new features are OPTIONAL at this point. JewishGen will have several trained volunteers who will be able to answer any questions regarding the new server software. There are many new features built in for which we will make you aware as soon as we have completed our final testing and evaluation period. For now, we simply wanted to make the migration in an "as is" basis. If you experience any problems, please direct them to: techsupport@mail.jewishgen.org We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused... but once all the features are fully implemented, we believe >from both sides of the fence we will all enjoy the results this new software and server have to offer. On behalf of a very weery JewishGen support team... <grin> Susan
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