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Weissensee cemetery in Berlin
#general
Steve Orlen
Dear Cousins,
Today I received an email >from Angelika, a genner who lives in Berlin, volunteering to visit the cemetery on my behalf. Thanks to the several of you who kindly offered. Best, Steve Orlen Tucson, AZ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Weissensee cemetery in Berlin
#general
Steve Orlen
Dear Cousins,
Today I received an email >from Angelika, a genner who lives in Berlin, volunteering to visit the cemetery on my behalf. Thanks to the several of you who kindly offered. Best, Steve Orlen Tucson, AZ
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Need phone call in Moscow
#general
Deborah Dworski <ddworski@...>
Hello,
Is there someone residing in Moscow who could please make a phone call on my behalf? I have the names of several Russian veterans of WWII who live in Russia and may be related to me. I would like to try to contact them. I have a telephone number for a Russian government official who will provide the men's addresses and/or telephone numbers, but I need someone who speaks Russian to place the call on my behalf. Thank you in advance. Deborah Dworski Arlington, Virginia U.S.A. searching: DWORSKI, MINSKI, BRAMA, BRUNEWICZ, GRZEBIEN, SONNENBLUM, STUPP, SCHIEBER, KOFFLER, SCHNEID MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Need phone call in Moscow
#general
Deborah Dworski <ddworski@...>
Hello,
Is there someone residing in Moscow who could please make a phone call on my behalf? I have the names of several Russian veterans of WWII who live in Russia and may be related to me. I would like to try to contact them. I have a telephone number for a Russian government official who will provide the men's addresses and/or telephone numbers, but I need someone who speaks Russian to place the call on my behalf. Thank you in advance. Deborah Dworski Arlington, Virginia U.S.A. searching: DWORSKI, MINSKI, BRAMA, BRUNEWICZ, GRZEBIEN, SONNENBLUM, STUPP, SCHIEBER, KOFFLER, SCHNEID MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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KRAINDLA and TOVA
#general
chetreanu_gen@noos.fr <chetreanu_gen@...>
Dear Genners,
I want to thank all of you who have kindly send or posted comments about my questions about the KRAINDLA and TOVA surnames ! Shabbat Shalom, Francois Efraim Chetreanu Paris, France
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen KRAINDLA and TOVA
#general
chetreanu_gen@noos.fr <chetreanu_gen@...>
Dear Genners,
I want to thank all of you who have kindly send or posted comments about my questions about the KRAINDLA and TOVA surnames ! Shabbat Shalom, Francois Efraim Chetreanu Paris, France
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Harry RAVITZ / Joseph SASSON
#general
linda mason <emisarys@...>
Dear JewishGeners,
I am looking for any information that would put some puzzle pieces together for me, since my immediate family has either passed on, or doesn't talk. I'm looking for relatives of Harry & Fannie RAVITZ. Harry is listed on the 1930 census as a painter >from Russia, spoke hebrew, children are Murray, Beatrice, Adolf (who died WW2), and Anette. There is no record of him coming into the Ellis Island port, and they lived in Suffolk, Ma. Also looking for relatives of Joseph & Rachel SASSON. Joseph entered at Ellis Island 8/29/1920, >from Jerusalem, Palestine, must have married Rachel SAYEG (born Alexandria Egypt) in America, date unknown. I believe Joseph's brother Alberto Sasson lives in New York. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you & Shalom, Linda Mason
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Harry RAVITZ / Joseph SASSON
#general
linda mason <emisarys@...>
Dear JewishGeners,
I am looking for any information that would put some puzzle pieces together for me, since my immediate family has either passed on, or doesn't talk. I'm looking for relatives of Harry & Fannie RAVITZ. Harry is listed on the 1930 census as a painter >from Russia, spoke hebrew, children are Murray, Beatrice, Adolf (who died WW2), and Anette. There is no record of him coming into the Ellis Island port, and they lived in Suffolk, Ma. Also looking for relatives of Joseph & Rachel SASSON. Joseph entered at Ellis Island 8/29/1920, >from Jerusalem, Palestine, must have married Rachel SAYEG (born Alexandria Egypt) in America, date unknown. I believe Joseph's brother Alberto Sasson lives in New York. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you & Shalom, Linda Mason
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Re: "Oreh".. It's Orhei - city and a 'raion' (county/district)
#general
Nick <tulse04-news@...>
See http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Orhei/
Also http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/moldova.html which refers to the cemetery there. Maybe there is an appropriate SIG (Romanian or Moldavian if such a one exists) that might assist? Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WEITZMAN (Cracow), WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN/WEISSKOPF (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU (only adopted on leaving Belarus or later)/FREDKIN (?) (Gomel, Mogilev, Chernigov, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: "Oreh".. It's Orhei - city and a 'raion' (county/district)
#general
Nick <tulse04-news@...>
See http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Orhei/
Also http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/moldova.html which refers to the cemetery there. Maybe there is an appropriate SIG (Romanian or Moldavian if such a one exists) that might assist? Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WEITZMAN (Cracow), WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN/WEISSKOPF (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU (only adopted on leaving Belarus or later)/FREDKIN (?) (Gomel, Mogilev, Chernigov, Belarus)
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Seeking Descendants of Sigmund and Gisela REININGER, and Walter REININGER
#general
Carol Monahan <cmonahan26@...>
I am trying to help someone in France locate cousins in the U.S. She is the
granddaughter of Sigmund and Gisela REININGER. She knows that Gisela and her son, Walter REININGER (born in Vienna in 1902) came to the U.S. after WWII. Walter died in Baltimore in Feb 1969 and had a daughter, Ruth (born in Vienna in 1937), who married someone named MILLER. If you have any information about descendants, please contact me privately. Thank you. Carol LEVY MONAHAN Metairie, LA USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking Descendants of Sigmund and Gisela REININGER, and Walter REININGER
#general
Carol Monahan <cmonahan26@...>
I am trying to help someone in France locate cousins in the U.S. She is the
granddaughter of Sigmund and Gisela REININGER. She knows that Gisela and her son, Walter REININGER (born in Vienna in 1902) came to the U.S. after WWII. Walter died in Baltimore in Feb 1969 and had a daughter, Ruth (born in Vienna in 1937), who married someone named MILLER. If you have any information about descendants, please contact me privately. Thank you. Carol LEVY MONAHAN Metairie, LA USA
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Searching the American Jewish Year Book
#lithuania
Joel Ratner
I have been asked to expand on my comment about the searchable nature of the
American Jewish Year Book which is online at www.ajcarchives.org . Each volume of the AJYB is in a searchable PDF format. Once opened, the volume can be searched for any text of your choosing within Adobe Reader by selecting "Search", entering your search criteria and letting Adobe Reader do the rest. Just be advised you must have the exact spelling for this to work. The spellings I have encountered for towns of interest to Litvaks include Vilna, Kovno and Gedrovitch [this one was new to me]. It is useful to do a search on Vilna and Kovno even if these are not your towns of interest, because in many cases, other towns are listed as [town, Kovno gub.] or something similar. A search on Kovno and Vilna would therefore capture most instances of other Lithuanian towns. Joel Ratner
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Searching the American Jewish Year Book
#lithuania
Joel Ratner
I have been asked to expand on my comment about the searchable nature of the
American Jewish Year Book which is online at www.ajcarchives.org . Each volume of the AJYB is in a searchable PDF format. Once opened, the volume can be searched for any text of your choosing within Adobe Reader by selecting "Search", entering your search criteria and letting Adobe Reader do the rest. Just be advised you must have the exact spelling for this to work. The spellings I have encountered for towns of interest to Litvaks include Vilna, Kovno and Gedrovitch [this one was new to me]. It is useful to do a search on Vilna and Kovno even if these are not your towns of interest, because in many cases, other towns are listed as [town, Kovno gub.] or something similar. A search on Kovno and Vilna would therefore capture most instances of other Lithuanian towns. Joel Ratner
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Re: WWI events in Lithuania
#lithuania
Joel Ratner <joelrat1@hotmail.com> recommended using the American Jewish
Year Book,which is available in pdf files online at www.ajcarchives.org, as a source for historical information. I second that endorsement, and would add a brief explanation of a somewhat tedious, but potentially productive way of using this source of Jewish and family history information. After accessing this site, click on the link at the top of the home page to get to the "American Jewish Yearbooks, 1899-present" page. This will display a list of the yearbooks in chronological order. Click on the yearbook of interest to you. That will open the pdf file of that particular volume. Next, click on the search icon, which looks like a pair of binoculars, at the top left of the window. In the "What word or phrase?" box on the right, type your area of interest, perhaps Lithuania, or a specific shtetl or city, or a specific surname. Click on search, then be patient because the first time you search a particular volume in a session it may take two or three minutes. In the 1917-1918 volume, for example, a search for the word Lithuania brings up nine occurrences of the word in that volume. Then, one at a time, clicking on each item listed in the results box displays the page on which Lithuania is mentioned. Each page of interest can be printed out, and you can navigate to the preceding or following page if necessary. I have used this process to find some brief mentions of some of my ancestors who were active in various Jewish communal or fraternal organizations in the U.S. in the early 20th Century. As I said, this can be rather time-consuming and tedious. I would be interested in hearing if someone has developed a more convenient or more useful way of searching through these yearbooks. Martin Fischer Oak Park Illinois, USA ----------- The Fischer and Levin family history Web site is at: http://mefischer1.home.comcast.net/
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Re: WWI events in Lithuania
#lithuania
Joel Ratner <joelrat1@hotmail.com> recommended using the American Jewish
Year Book,which is available in pdf files online at www.ajcarchives.org, as a source for historical information. I second that endorsement, and would add a brief explanation of a somewhat tedious, but potentially productive way of using this source of Jewish and family history information. After accessing this site, click on the link at the top of the home page to get to the "American Jewish Yearbooks, 1899-present" page. This will display a list of the yearbooks in chronological order. Click on the yearbook of interest to you. That will open the pdf file of that particular volume. Next, click on the search icon, which looks like a pair of binoculars, at the top left of the window. In the "What word or phrase?" box on the right, type your area of interest, perhaps Lithuania, or a specific shtetl or city, or a specific surname. Click on search, then be patient because the first time you search a particular volume in a session it may take two or three minutes. In the 1917-1918 volume, for example, a search for the word Lithuania brings up nine occurrences of the word in that volume. Then, one at a time, clicking on each item listed in the results box displays the page on which Lithuania is mentioned. Each page of interest can be printed out, and you can navigate to the preceding or following page if necessary. I have used this process to find some brief mentions of some of my ancestors who were active in various Jewish communal or fraternal organizations in the U.S. in the early 20th Century. As I said, this can be rather time-consuming and tedious. I would be interested in hearing if someone has developed a more convenient or more useful way of searching through these yearbooks. Martin Fischer Oak Park Illinois, USA ----------- The Fischer and Levin family history Web site is at: http://mefischer1.home.comcast.net/
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Looking for an electronic copy of the Bialystoker Yizkor Book
#poland
Aline Lambert <aline.lambert@...>
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 Searching STOLOVITSKY / STOLOWICKI / STOLOWYCKI >from Volkovysk; MASZYCKI / MOSHITSKY >from Grajewo and Augustow; LIMKOWSKI & FERBER >from Chrzanow, Krakow, Warsaw; WAJNRYB / WEINRIB >from Szydlow; BLASZKA from Ostrowo, Lodz; ZYLBERSTAJN / SILBERSTEIN / ZILBERSTEIN >fromSzydlow, Kielce; DIAMENT >from Szydlow.
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JRI Poland #Poland Looking for an electronic copy of the Bialystoker Yizkor Book
#poland
Aline Lambert <aline.lambert@...>
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 Searching STOLOVITSKY / STOLOWICKI / STOLOWYCKI >from Volkovysk; MASZYCKI / MOSHITSKY >from Grajewo and Augustow; LIMKOWSKI & FERBER >from Chrzanow, Krakow, Warsaw; WAJNRYB / WEINRIB >from Szydlow; BLASZKA from Ostrowo, Lodz; ZYLBERSTAJN / SILBERSTEIN / ZILBERSTEIN >fromSzydlow, Kielce; DIAMENT >from Szydlow.
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Re: Ancestor - Drozdiasz
#poland
Naidia Woolf <rnwoolf@...>
I just came across the name Mosze DROZDZIARZ who was born in Gur, Poland in
1885 to Yaakov & Bluma DROZDZIARZ. I found his name (and particulars) while searching the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Name on the Yad Vashem database. Mosze perished in the Shoah. I'm wondering whether Mosze was related to my maternal grandparents, Israel and Sarah Rachel (nee Safirstein) ROSE, formerly DROZDIASZ (also RAUS). Israel and his wife (and 2 young daughters), were >from Karczew, Poland. The family emigrated to England circa 1900. I'm particularly interested in knowing whether any of the DROZDIASZ family >from Poland survived the Holocaust. (Please note that the family name is already registered in Family Finder.) Naidia Woolf Researching: DROZDIASZ (or variants), Karczew, Poland SAFIRSTEIN (or variants), Karczew, Poland KUJAWSKI, Lodz, Poland ISAACS (family of Solomon and Sarah), Birminghaml England/Poland (town unknown) MORRIS, Poland (town unknown) SHORN (family of Morris & Yenta), London, England, Poland (town unknown) ZONENBERG, Poland (town, unknown - possibly Lodz)
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JRI Poland #Poland RE: Ancestor - Drozdiasz
#poland
Naidia Woolf <rnwoolf@...>
I just came across the name Mosze DROZDZIARZ who was born in Gur, Poland in
1885 to Yaakov & Bluma DROZDZIARZ. I found his name (and particulars) while searching the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Name on the Yad Vashem database. Mosze perished in the Shoah. I'm wondering whether Mosze was related to my maternal grandparents, Israel and Sarah Rachel (nee Safirstein) ROSE, formerly DROZDIASZ (also RAUS). Israel and his wife (and 2 young daughters), were >from Karczew, Poland. The family emigrated to England circa 1900. I'm particularly interested in knowing whether any of the DROZDIASZ family >from Poland survived the Holocaust. (Please note that the family name is already registered in Family Finder.) Naidia Woolf Researching: DROZDIASZ (or variants), Karczew, Poland SAFIRSTEIN (or variants), Karczew, Poland KUJAWSKI, Lodz, Poland ISAACS (family of Solomon and Sarah), Birminghaml England/Poland (town unknown) MORRIS, Poland (town unknown) SHORN (family of Morris & Yenta), London, England, Poland (town unknown) ZONENBERG, Poland (town, unknown - possibly Lodz)
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