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Sheindl and Guizi Sherman
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Ruth & Bruce Lynn <lynn33@...>
Hello,
A friend is looking for two sisters who entered the US through the port of Boston. She only knows their Yiddish names, Sheindl and Guizi Sherman. I've been unable to find them in census or ship records. Could anyone suggest some English translations for "Sheindl" and "Guizi"? Thanks very much. Ruth Nadelman Lynn Lexington, MA
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JRI Poland #Poland Sheindl and Guizi Sherman
#poland
Ruth & Bruce Lynn <lynn33@...>
Hello,
A friend is looking for two sisters who entered the US through the port of Boston. She only knows their Yiddish names, Sheindl and Guizi Sherman. I've been unable to find them in census or ship records. Could anyone suggest some English translations for "Sheindl" and "Guizi"? Thanks very much. Ruth Nadelman Lynn Lexington, MA
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Myadel (Myadzyel) and Koblynik (Narach)
#lithuania
Linda Epstein
Hi all,
I am trying to find the records >from the Miadler Untertutzung Verein, a landsmanshaften >from New York City (est. 1896). Their burial plot is located in Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, New York. YIVO does not have the records. A cousin will be going to the cemetery on the weekend and will ask in the office. If anyone has any connections to the society, please email me privately. Thank you, Linda Epstein FL Searching >from the area around Myadel and Koblynik and into Vilna Gubernia in Lithuania: CHODOSCH (all variants), MELTZER, GORDON, ALPEROVICH, SVIDLER, LEVINE, KLATSKY, KATZOWITZ, NAROTSKY, GITLITZ, MALASKIEWICZ SHUR/SHURE, OPESKIN/APESKIN, KUPER, GOVENDO
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Myadel (Myadzyel) and Koblynik (Narach)
#lithuania
Linda Epstein
Hi all,
I am trying to find the records >from the Miadler Untertutzung Verein, a landsmanshaften >from New York City (est. 1896). Their burial plot is located in Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, New York. YIVO does not have the records. A cousin will be going to the cemetery on the weekend and will ask in the office. If anyone has any connections to the society, please email me privately. Thank you, Linda Epstein FL Searching >from the area around Myadel and Koblynik and into Vilna Gubernia in Lithuania: CHODOSCH (all variants), MELTZER, GORDON, ALPEROVICH, SVIDLER, LEVINE, KLATSKY, KATZOWITZ, NAROTSKY, GITLITZ, MALASKIEWICZ SHUR/SHURE, OPESKIN/APESKIN, KUPER, GOVENDO
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Sign Up Now for Special Events at IAJGS Boston Conference
#lithuania
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Lithuania, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Sign Up Now for Special Events at IAJGS Boston Conference
#lithuania
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Lithuania, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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Sign Up Now for Special Events at IAJGS Boston Conference
#bessarabia
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Latvia, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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Bessarabia SIG #Bessarabia Sign Up Now for Special Events at IAJGS Boston Conference
#bessarabia
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Latvia, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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Re: Purchasing Power of the Russian Ruble in 1882
#lithuania
Orit Lavi
Dear friends
Ralph Salinger asked what was the purchasing power of the Ruble in 1882. Browsing through historic Jewish press >from that year yields the following. * A book cost about 1 Ruble (and a three volume book - 2.5 Ruble). * An yearly subscription to a weekly Hebrew newspaper was 4 - 6 Ruble. * A resident teacher who would also serve as the house ritual slaughter was offered 12 Ruble per month plus accomodation and a table. * A Synagogue usher in a small town was paid nearly half a Ruble per week. * A major settlement initiative was estimated at 150,000 Ruble, equal to 15,000 English pounds. * To enter America, a family would need to show it had 100 Ruble, whereas a single person - 50 Ruble (as per Russian Hebrew press >from 1882). Orit Lavi Tsukey Yam, Israel
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania re: Purchasing Power of the Russian Ruble in 1882
#lithuania
Orit Lavi
Dear friends
Ralph Salinger asked what was the purchasing power of the Ruble in 1882. Browsing through historic Jewish press >from that year yields the following. * A book cost about 1 Ruble (and a three volume book - 2.5 Ruble). * An yearly subscription to a weekly Hebrew newspaper was 4 - 6 Ruble. * A resident teacher who would also serve as the house ritual slaughter was offered 12 Ruble per month plus accomodation and a table. * A Synagogue usher in a small town was paid nearly half a Ruble per week. * A major settlement initiative was estimated at 150,000 Ruble, equal to 15,000 English pounds. * To enter America, a family would need to show it had 100 Ruble, whereas a single person - 50 Ruble (as per Russian Hebrew press >from 1882). Orit Lavi Tsukey Yam, Israel
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Sign Up Now for Special Events at IAJGS Boston Conference
#poland
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Latvia, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Sign Up Now for Special Events at IAJGS Boston Conference
#poland
Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair
If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Latvia, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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Translation of Russian to English - Book of Residents Nowe Miasto nad Pilica Poland
#general
Mady Land <madyland@...>
Hello Genners,
I've posted to Viewmate a page >from a Book of Residents of the town of Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Poland. It's in columnar form, and I would like as much detail as possible translated >from the Russian. The surname of interest is EDYGER or EDIGER. I would appreciate all names and dates, addresses, remarks, etc. if legible. It can be found at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM27843 Thank you for your help. Mady Land New York, NY Researching: KELMAN/KIELMAN/Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, New York; LANDSZNEJDER/LANDSCHNEIDER/ KLAMRA/ZAROSLA/Plock, Bodzanow, Gabin, Zychlin,New York; ZYLBER/KARAS/ DOBRZYNSKA/Dobrzyn nad Wisla; GEJDYGIER/EIDEGER/Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Lodz, Aleksandrow Lodski, New York, Winnipeg, Calgary; BOROWSKI/KIELER/Aleksandrow Lodzki; FOGEL/FOGIEL/FOJGEL/HERYING/HAJDENBLIT/Hrubieszow, Ratno, Lublin, Poland; New York; LADZINSKI/LADYSINSKA/LADIZINSKY/Myastowka/Gorodkivka Ukraine, New York; MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond via ViewMate or, privately, via email. Research list truncated at 6 lines in accordance with JGDG policy.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Translation of Russian to English - Book of Residents Nowe Miasto nad Pilica Poland
#general
Mady Land <madyland@...>
Hello Genners,
I've posted to Viewmate a page >from a Book of Residents of the town of Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Poland. It's in columnar form, and I would like as much detail as possible translated >from the Russian. The surname of interest is EDYGER or EDIGER. I would appreciate all names and dates, addresses, remarks, etc. if legible. It can be found at: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM27843 Thank you for your help. Mady Land New York, NY Researching: KELMAN/KIELMAN/Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, New York; LANDSZNEJDER/LANDSCHNEIDER/ KLAMRA/ZAROSLA/Plock, Bodzanow, Gabin, Zychlin,New York; ZYLBER/KARAS/ DOBRZYNSKA/Dobrzyn nad Wisla; GEJDYGIER/EIDEGER/Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Lodz, Aleksandrow Lodski, New York, Winnipeg, Calgary; BOROWSKI/KIELER/Aleksandrow Lodzki; FOGEL/FOGIEL/FOJGEL/HERYING/HAJDENBLIT/Hrubieszow, Ratno, Lublin, Poland; New York; LADZINSKI/LADYSINSKA/LADIZINSKY/Myastowka/Gorodkivka Ukraine, New York; MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond via ViewMate or, privately, via email. Research list truncated at 6 lines in accordance with JGDG policy.
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Witbank - The First South African Kehilalink
#general
Hi All
I am pleased to announce that Witbank, first South African Kehilalink on JewishGen, is now up and running. After many years of research and compilation by Barry Mann, I have created the Witbank website and it is now active. It can be accessed at the following address: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Witbank I want to thank Barry for all the information he provided. If you are connected to Witbank and you would like to share your memories, stories or photos, please contact me. I look forward to your feedback. Further news is that I am now working on the Muizenberg Kehilalink for JewishGen. If you live in Australia, there is something exciting coming your way, soon to be revealed! Best regards Eli Rabinowitz Perth, Australia eli@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Witbank - The First South African Kehilalink
#general
Hi All
I am pleased to announce that Witbank, first South African Kehilalink on JewishGen, is now up and running. After many years of research and compilation by Barry Mann, I have created the Witbank website and it is now active. It can be accessed at the following address: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Witbank I want to thank Barry for all the information he provided. If you are connected to Witbank and you would like to share your memories, stories or photos, please contact me. I look forward to your feedback. Further news is that I am now working on the Muizenberg Kehilalink for JewishGen. If you live in Australia, there is something exciting coming your way, soon to be revealed! Best regards Eli Rabinowitz Perth, Australia eli@...
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ViewMate Translation Request - Russian
#general
Miriam Lappen
I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a direct translation.
It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=27839 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Miriam Lappen West Hartford, CT/USA PEDRO Szrensk/Drobin Poland GELBORT Goworowo/Ostrow Mazowiecka Poland BLUMENKRANC Ostrow Mazowiecka Poland/Buenos Aires Argentina
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate Translation Request - Russian
#general
Miriam Lappen
I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a direct translation.
It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=27839 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Miriam Lappen West Hartford, CT/USA PEDRO Szrensk/Drobin Poland GELBORT Goworowo/Ostrow Mazowiecka Poland BLUMENKRANC Ostrow Mazowiecka Poland/Buenos Aires Argentina
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Sign Up Now for Special Events at IAJGS Boston Conference
#yiddish
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If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Latvia, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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If you have been waiting to sign up for the special events at the IAJGS
2013 Boston conference, time is running out. The tours (sign up at www.tours.iajgs2013.org ) are very popular -- filling up fast and selling out. In response to the high demand, we are pleased to announce that we are offering a second walking tour of Boston's Old South End, but we do not have that capability for any of the other tours. The two bus tours are also filling up. Visit the Touro Synagogue (www.tourosynagogue.org), America's oldest synagogue and a national historic site, as it celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The curator and archivist of the synagogue's visitor center, David Kleiman, will travel on the bus with the group to provide background and then will lead the tour. The Colonial Jewish Burial Ground (http://www.loebtouro.org/jll_cem.shtml), generally closed to the public, will be opened especially for our group. Tour Date & Destination: Sunday, August 4, Newport, Rhode Island. Visit the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) which rescued over a million Yiddish books >from dumpsters around the world as the older generation of Yiddish speakers passed on and their children could not read the language of their parents and ancestors. This ongoing campaign has saved Yiddish literature for future generations and made the widespread university-level study of Yiddish language and literature possible. It earned Aaron Lansky, the Center's founder and director, a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and an invitation to be the keynote speakerat our opening session. Tour Date & Destination: Friday, August 9, Amherst, Massachusetts. The special events involving meals (sign up at www.meals.iajgs2013.org) -- Breakfasts with Experts, SIG Luncheons, and the Gala Banquet -- have limited space and a sign-up deadline of July 24. Genzyme is offering a symposium on Ashkenazi Jewish genetic diseases, with a specially priced breakfast on Thursday. The banquet on Thursday night features the outstanding Zamir Chorale (www.zamir.org) of Boston. The 19 computer workshops (sign up at www.workshops.iajgs2013.org) -- four using Mac computers -- have very limited space. Subjects range >from Steve Morse's popular "One-Step Search" tools to Reunion(R) and Family Tree Maker(R) genealogy software. The hands-on workshops can teach you new skills in doing research in Bessarabia, Hungary, Latvia, or Poland or how better to use the Internet, social media, or JewishGen. Florence Schumacher publicity@...
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