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Re: Looking for families from Markt Berolzheim
#germany
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
Is Daniel familiar with the Charles Berolzheimer papers at the Leo
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Bach Institute in New York City? They are digitized and available online through the Insitute, and are full of genealogical information--some >from Markt Berolzheim, some >from Fuerth (including many of my husband's ancestors) and other towns in that area. Peace, Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, Hyde Park, NY christine3cats@... Lin Herz lin32905@... wrote:
Daniel BURMANN, the volunteer archivist of Markt Berolzheim is writing a
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ViewMate translation request: death record of Ruben FREUND, 1887 Frankfurt
#germany
Renee Steinig
I've posted on ViewMate the death record of Ruben FREUND, who was born
in Romrod c.1815 and died in Frankfurt in August 1887. He was the widower of my great-grandfather's sister, Fanny geb. ISENBURGER. I would appreciate a translation of the document -- in particular the names of the informant and of Ruben's father. (If I'm reading correctly, his mother's name was unknown.) The record will be on ViewMate for the next seven days: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75362 Please respond there or write me privately. Thank you very much, Renee Renee Stern Steinig, Dix Hills NY genmaven@...
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German SIG #Germany Re: Looking for families from Markt Berolzheim
#germany
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
Is Daniel familiar with the Charles Berolzheimer papers at the Leo
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Bach Institute in New York City? They are digitized and available online through the Insitute, and are full of genealogical information--some >from Markt Berolzheim, some >from Fuerth (including many of my husband's ancestors) and other towns in that area. Peace, Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, Hyde Park, NY christine3cats@... Lin Herz lin32905@... wrote:
Daniel BURMANN, the volunteer archivist of Markt Berolzheim is writing a
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German SIG #Germany ViewMate translation request: death record of Ruben FREUND, 1887 Frankfurt
#germany
Renee Steinig
I've posted on ViewMate the death record of Ruben FREUND, who was born
in Romrod c.1815 and died in Frankfurt in August 1887. He was the widower of my great-grandfather's sister, Fanny geb. ISENBURGER. I would appreciate a translation of the document -- in particular the names of the informant and of Ruben's father. (If I'm reading correctly, his mother's name was unknown.) The record will be on ViewMate for the next seven days: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75362 Please respond there or write me privately. Thank you very much, Renee Renee Stern Steinig, Dix Hills NY genmaven@...
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Brest-Litovsk Yizkor Book Now Indexed and Available on Line
#lithuania
Joel Alpert
We are pleased to announce the addition of Indices to one more of our
publications: Brest-Litovsk - Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Belarus) - Volume II Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot This is the 70th of the total of 84 titles we have published. Additionally we have placed on the web links to printable files for those who have already purchased this title. A new edition of the book with the index included is now available >from Amazon with the index added at the end of the book. Please find these words in the announcement of the book on the YBIP page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html "Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book." You can then print the index pages and insert into the back of your book. New orders for our books will have these pages already included. The remaining books without indices will have them included in the near future. The indexing work was carried out by a team of 20 volunteers led by Susan Rosin. Even if you have not purchased the Yizkor Book of your ancestral shtetl, look over the index to see if any of your family names appear. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Brest-Litovsk Yizkor Book Now Indexed and Available on Line
#lithuania
Joel Alpert
We are pleased to announce the addition of Indices to one more of our
publications: Brest-Litovsk - Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Belarus) - Volume II Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot This is the 70th of the total of 84 titles we have published. Additionally we have placed on the web links to printable files for those who have already purchased this title. A new edition of the book with the index included is now available >from Amazon with the index added at the end of the book. Please find these words in the announcement of the book on the YBIP page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html "Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book." You can then print the index pages and insert into the back of your book. New orders for our books will have these pages already included. The remaining books without indices will have them included in the near future. The indexing work was carried out by a team of 20 volunteers led by Susan Rosin. Even if you have not purchased the Yizkor Book of your ancestral shtetl, look over the index to see if any of your family names appear. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project
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Brest-Litovsk Yizkor Book Now Indexed and Available on Line
#poland
Joel Alpert
We are pleased to announce the addition of Indices to one more of our
publications: Brest-Litovsk - Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Belarus) - Volume II Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot This is the 70th of the total of 84 titles we have published. Additionally we have placed on the web links to printable files for those who have already purchased this title. A new edition of the book with the index included is now available >from Amazon with the index added at the end of the book. Please find these words in the announcement of the book on the YBIP page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html "Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book." You can then print the index pages and insert into the back of your book. New orders for our books will have these pages already included. The remaining books without indices will have them included in the near future. The indexing work was carried out by a team of 20 volunteers led by Susan Rosin. Even if you have not purchased the Yizkor Book of your ancestral shtetl, look over the index to see if any of your family names appear. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project
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JRI Poland #Poland Brest-Litovsk Yizkor Book Now Indexed and Available on Line
#poland
Joel Alpert
We are pleased to announce the addition of Indices to one more of our
publications: Brest-Litovsk - Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Belarus) - Volume II Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot This is the 70th of the total of 84 titles we have published. Additionally we have placed on the web links to printable files for those who have already purchased this title. A new edition of the book with the index included is now available >from Amazon with the index added at the end of the book. Please find these words in the announcement of the book on the YBIP page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html "Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book." You can then print the index pages and insert into the back of your book. New orders for our books will have these pages already included. The remaining books without indices will have them included in the near future. The indexing work was carried out by a team of 20 volunteers led by Susan Rosin. Even if you have not purchased the Yizkor Book of your ancestral shtetl, look over the index to see if any of your family names appear. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project
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ViewMate translation request - Russian
#poland
Dror Bereznitsky
I request a translation >from Russian of two Polish vital records.
It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75355 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75330 Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Thank you so much, Dror Bereznitsky
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JRI Poland #Poland ViewMate translation request - Russian
#poland
Dror Bereznitsky
I request a translation >from Russian of two Polish vital records.
It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75355 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM75330 Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Thank you so much, Dror Bereznitsky
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Rabbi Avrohom Yissochor Halevi Pardes
#unitedkingdom
S Schwartz <ssucss@...>
I am looking for anyone that would have any sort of information on my GG Uncle,
Rabbi Avrohom Yissochor Halevi Pardes. He escaped >from Denkow Poland to London at the beginning of the war and opened a school in London. He remarried Baila Gittel Birnbaum >from London (I believe), but I don't believe there were any children >from this marriage. Any information about him, his wife, or anything you think I might find interesting or helpful would be greatly appreciated. S Schwartz New Jersey MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately with family information. Suggestions for research methods or resources may be shared with the list.
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Rabbi Avrohom Yissochor Halevi Pardes
#unitedkingdom
S Schwartz <ssucss@...>
I am looking for anyone that would have any sort of information on my GG Uncle,
Rabbi Avrohom Yissochor Halevi Pardes. He escaped >from Denkow Poland to London at the beginning of the war and opened a school in London. He remarried Baila Gittel Birnbaum >from London (I believe), but I don't believe there were any children >from this marriage. Any information about him, his wife, or anything you think I might find interesting or helpful would be greatly appreciated. S Schwartz New Jersey MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately with family information. Suggestions for research methods or resources may be shared with the list.
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Hebrew/Yiddish to German transcription
#germany
Dear Listreaders,
I have just posted my first ViewMate requests for a * transcription * of 3 documents (5 pages) written in Hebrew-German. I kindly ask for a word for word transcription to German without any further translation. The documents are part of a family collection at the Leo Baeck Institute and are letters to (or from) my GGG-Grandfather Abraham GOSLAR (1805-1884) >from Mr. Simon, Celle . You will find them on the Image Gallery via the following links https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75411 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75412 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75413 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75414 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75415 Please respond via the form povided on the Viewmate page. Thank you for your time and assistance. Corinna Woehrl, nee Goslar, Hoisdorf (btween Hamburg and Luebeck), GE
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German SIG #Germany Hebrew/Yiddish to German transcription
#germany
Dear Listreaders,
I have just posted my first ViewMate requests for a * transcription * of 3 documents (5 pages) written in Hebrew-German. I kindly ask for a word for word transcription to German without any further translation. The documents are part of a family collection at the Leo Baeck Institute and are letters to (or from) my GGG-Grandfather Abraham GOSLAR (1805-1884) >from Mr. Simon, Celle . You will find them on the Image Gallery via the following links https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75411 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75412 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75413 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75414 https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=75415 Please respond via the form povided on the Viewmate page. Thank you for your time and assistance. Corinna Woehrl, nee Goslar, Hoisdorf (btween Hamburg and Luebeck), GE
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Iasi records
#romania
Barbara Hershey <barbara.hershey@...>
Rom-Sig is excited to announce an initiative through which you can receive
copies of photographed birth, marriage and death records >from Iasi that have been indexed and placed on the JewishGen.org website. We are requesting that in order to receive copies, you make a new donation to a Romanian project of JewishGen for a minimum donation of $15 per record. All of these funds will be used to help obtain additional records and transcriptions of those records. If you are interested in receiving copies of records, send the following locator information to: Barbara Hershey at bhershey@... 1. Type of record (birth, marriage, death) 2. Date of record 3. Surname(s) on the record 4. Book and item number (this is the right column on JewishGen search results, e.g. Book 1882-4, page 94) or image number. We will then confirm whether we have located a copy of the requested record. At that point, we will ask you to submit your donation to a Romanian regional project on JewishGen JewishGen-erosity Romania Projects. We will send you the digital image when you provide us with your confirmation number or a forwarded copy of your donation receipt. While you're of course free to donate at any time, we would recommend that you wait until we confirm for you that we have located the requested records. **Please note we will not do open-ended searching for you. This benefit will be only for records that have already been placed on JewishGen's website. It does not include the burial information for which we don’t have photographs.** Barbara Hershey and Michael Moritz Coordinators for Rom Sig bhershey@...
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Romania SIG #Romania Iasi records
#romania
Barbara Hershey <barbara.hershey@...>
Rom-Sig is excited to announce an initiative through which you can receive
copies of photographed birth, marriage and death records >from Iasi that have been indexed and placed on the JewishGen.org website. We are requesting that in order to receive copies, you make a new donation to a Romanian project of JewishGen for a minimum donation of $15 per record. All of these funds will be used to help obtain additional records and transcriptions of those records. If you are interested in receiving copies of records, send the following locator information to: Barbara Hershey at bhershey@... 1. Type of record (birth, marriage, death) 2. Date of record 3. Surname(s) on the record 4. Book and item number (this is the right column on JewishGen search results, e.g. Book 1882-4, page 94) or image number. We will then confirm whether we have located a copy of the requested record. At that point, we will ask you to submit your donation to a Romanian regional project on JewishGen JewishGen-erosity Romania Projects. We will send you the digital image when you provide us with your confirmation number or a forwarded copy of your donation receipt. While you're of course free to donate at any time, we would recommend that you wait until we confirm for you that we have located the requested records. **Please note we will not do open-ended searching for you. This benefit will be only for records that have already been placed on JewishGen's website. It does not include the burial information for which we don’t have photographs.** Barbara Hershey and Michael Moritz Coordinators for Rom Sig bhershey@...
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(US) USCIS Updates its Genealogy Request Forms
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its
two Genealogy forms on September 17, 2019 : Form G-1041 Genealogy Index Search Request: New Edition dated 9/17/2019 https://www.uscis.gov/g-1041?utm_source=rss-feed&utm_campaign=Forms%20Updates Click on the Form G-1041 and the second one for the instructions. The filing fee of $65.00 did not change.USCIS will also accept the December 23, 2016 form but that is no longer on their website. Form G-1041A Genealogy Records Request: New Edition Dated 9/17/2019 https://www.uscis.gov/g-1041a Click on the Form G-1041A and the second link beneath it for the instructions. The filing fee of $65.00 did not change. USCIS will also accept the December 23, 2016 form but that is no longer on their website. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (US) USCIS Updates its Genealogy Request Forms
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its
two Genealogy forms on September 17, 2019 : Form G-1041 Genealogy Index Search Request: New Edition dated 9/17/2019 https://www.uscis.gov/g-1041?utm_source=rss-feed&utm_campaign=Forms%20Updates Click on the Form G-1041 and the second one for the instructions. The filing fee of $65.00 did not change.USCIS will also accept the December 23, 2016 form but that is no longer on their website. Form G-1041A Genealogy Records Request: New Edition Dated 9/17/2019 https://www.uscis.gov/g-1041a Click on the Form G-1041A and the second link beneath it for the instructions. The filing fee of $65.00 did not change. USCIS will also accept the December 23, 2016 form but that is no longer on their website. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: Czernowitz records
#romania
Daniel Horowitz
Shalom Zeev,
I would like to point you to the Czernowitz BMD database available at https://czernowitz.geneasearch.net It is based on the microfilms >from FamilySearch but has also some extra documents. There is also The Czernowitz-L Website and mailing list http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/ Best regards Daniel Horowitz Daniel@... Best regards Daniel Horowitz Daniel@... On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 9:04 AM Romania SIG digest <rom-sig@...> wrote: Subject: Czernowitz records
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Romania SIG #Romania Re: Czernowitz records
#romania
Daniel Horowitz
Shalom Zeev,
I would like to point you to the Czernowitz BMD database available at https://czernowitz.geneasearch.net It is based on the microfilms >from FamilySearch but has also some extra documents. There is also The Czernowitz-L Website and mailing list http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/ Best regards Daniel Horowitz Daniel@... Best regards Daniel Horowitz Daniel@... On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 9:04 AM Romania SIG digest <rom-sig@...> wrote: Subject: Czernowitz records
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