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11th Annual FEEFHS Conference, August 19-21, 2005
#latvia
Mike Posnick
Federation Of East European Family History Societies
11th International Genealogy Conference August 19-21, 2005 Four Points by Sheraton, Saint Paul Capitol 400 North Hamline Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota More than 90 Presentations by Expert Speakers, Including: * Gary Cohen, Professor of History, University of Minnesota * Judith R. Frazin, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois * Howard Margol, Past President, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies * Joanne M. Sher, Professional Genealogist and Director, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest * Joel Spector, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia Open to the Public Beginners Welcome Registration: $75.00 Friday or Saturday Only; $60.00 Sunday Only; $135.00 Entire Conference Further Information and Registration Forms Available On-Line at <www.feefhs.org> Mike Posnick Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Latvia SIG #Latvia 11th Annual FEEFHS Conference, August 19-21, 2005
#latvia
Mike Posnick
Federation Of East European Family History Societies
11th International Genealogy Conference August 19-21, 2005 Four Points by Sheraton, Saint Paul Capitol 400 North Hamline Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota More than 90 Presentations by Expert Speakers, Including: * Gary Cohen, Professor of History, University of Minnesota * Judith R. Frazin, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois * Howard Margol, Past President, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies * Joanne M. Sher, Professional Genealogist and Director, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest * Joel Spector, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia Open to the Public Beginners Welcome Registration: $75.00 Friday or Saturday Only; $60.00 Sunday Only; $135.00 Entire Conference Further Information and Registration Forms Available On-Line at <www.feefhs.org> Mike Posnick Minneapolis, Minnesota
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names
#latvia
MALCOLM COURTNEY <malcolm.courtney@...>
I am researching my family who lived at one time in
Riga. I am finding it difficult to establish their origins in order to further this research. Can anyone, therefore, please help me with establishing the origins of the following first names: [1] Tuly (my grandmother), [2] Dinah (my great grandmother), [3] Rachmi(e)l (my great grandfather), [4] Froim ( a great great aunt/uncle-I'm not sure which!), [5] Jennette (my great-great garndmother). Are these names of Latvian origin, and is the second one just an anglicised version of the original, whatever that might have been, or does it stand alone? Are the following surnames of Latvian origin, or do any of them come >from elsewhere: MARK, YACOBSO(E)N, KLINK, and WAAVELL? I would be most grateful for any help or advice and would ask that you respond to me privately. With thanks. Geraldine Courtney, Hampshire
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Latvia SIG #Latvia names
#latvia
MALCOLM COURTNEY <malcolm.courtney@...>
I am researching my family who lived at one time in
Riga. I am finding it difficult to establish their origins in order to further this research. Can anyone, therefore, please help me with establishing the origins of the following first names: [1] Tuly (my grandmother), [2] Dinah (my great grandmother), [3] Rachmi(e)l (my great grandfather), [4] Froim ( a great great aunt/uncle-I'm not sure which!), [5] Jennette (my great-great garndmother). Are these names of Latvian origin, and is the second one just an anglicised version of the original, whatever that might have been, or does it stand alone? Are the following surnames of Latvian origin, or do any of them come >from elsewhere: MARK, YACOBSO(E)N, KLINK, and WAAVELL? I would be most grateful for any help or advice and would ask that you respond to me privately. With thanks. Geraldine Courtney, Hampshire
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Vornovchitzia or Voronovitsa
#general
Marilyn F <mrl516@...>
If you have heard of Vornovchitzia or Voronvitsa in the Ukraine I would
appreciate any information you can share with me. I know that the Milgrom name was common there as was the name Rosenthal. Thanks in advance. Marilyn Feingold MILGROM,KORMAN-Tulchin SCHLAFFER, SZAFIR-Kamenka ( Moldova) PEKARSKY/SOKOLOFSKY-Tashkent/Israel STEINBERG/LERNER/ELKUS/MILGROM/Kishinev/Odessa TESLER/MALAMUD/LUBER-Kamenka (Moldova) KOLKER/TARTAKOV/SPIVAK-Obodivaka FELDMAN, SHENKER-Obodivka ROSENTHAL-Worone/Pittsburgh MILTER-Kodima (Moldova) TONKONOGY-Frunza (Tashkent)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Vornovchitzia or Voronovitsa
#general
Marilyn F <mrl516@...>
If you have heard of Vornovchitzia or Voronvitsa in the Ukraine I would
appreciate any information you can share with me. I know that the Milgrom name was common there as was the name Rosenthal. Thanks in advance. Marilyn Feingold MILGROM,KORMAN-Tulchin SCHLAFFER, SZAFIR-Kamenka ( Moldova) PEKARSKY/SOKOLOFSKY-Tashkent/Israel STEINBERG/LERNER/ELKUS/MILGROM/Kishinev/Odessa TESLER/MALAMUD/LUBER-Kamenka (Moldova) KOLKER/TARTAKOV/SPIVAK-Obodivaka FELDMAN, SHENKER-Obodivka ROSENTHAL-Worone/Pittsburgh MILTER-Kodima (Moldova) TONKONOGY-Frunza (Tashkent)
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Re: Translation of old Yiddish postcard from Tykocin
#general
Avigdor&Laia <lbendov@...>
Please take the time if you can and help me translate a postcard sent to a
relative in Chicago >from Tykocin Poland during WWII. Only a portion of it has weathered the years, but aside >from personal interest, it may reveal useful information about the times. Address responses directly to me at lbendov@netvision.net.il The direct link is: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6621 Avigdor Ben-Dov
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Translation of old Yiddish postcard from Tykocin
#general
Avigdor&Laia <lbendov@...>
Please take the time if you can and help me translate a postcard sent to a
relative in Chicago >from Tykocin Poland during WWII. Only a portion of it has weathered the years, but aside >from personal interest, it may reveal useful information about the times. Address responses directly to me at lbendov@netvision.net.il The direct link is: http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6621 Avigdor Ben-Dov
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FEEFHS Conference, August 19-21, 2005
#ukraine
Mike Posnick
Federation Of East European Family History Societies
11th International Genealogy Conference August 19-21, 2005 Four Points by Sheraton, Saint Paul Capitol 400 North Hamline Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota More than 90 Presentations by Expert Speakers, Including: * Gary Cohen, Professor of History, University of Minnesota * Judith R. Frazin, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois * Howard Margol, Past President, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies * Joanne M. Sher, Professional Genealogist and Director, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest * Joel Spector, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia Open to the Public Beginners Welcome Registration: $75.00 Friday or Saturday Only; $60.00 Sunday Only; $135.00 Entire Conference Further Information and Registration Forms Available On-Line at <www.feefhs.org> Mike Posnick Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine FEEFHS Conference, August 19-21, 2005
#ukraine
Mike Posnick
Federation Of East European Family History Societies
11th International Genealogy Conference August 19-21, 2005 Four Points by Sheraton, Saint Paul Capitol 400 North Hamline Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota More than 90 Presentations by Expert Speakers, Including: * Gary Cohen, Professor of History, University of Minnesota * Judith R. Frazin, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois * Howard Margol, Past President, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies * Joanne M. Sher, Professional Genealogist and Director, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest * Joel Spector, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia Open to the Public Beginners Welcome Registration: $75.00 Friday or Saturday Only; $60.00 Sunday Only; $135.00 Entire Conference Further Information and Registration Forms Available On-Line at <www.feefhs.org> Mike Posnick Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Flour mills
#ukraine
Noyma Appelbaum <noyma@...>
My mother and her sister left Zvenegrodka, Ukraine, sometime in 1913-14.
They left for the U.S. because the family was large, impoverished, and opportunities seemed to be better in America. My mother had told me that her father was a miller. He was known and liked by the local peasants because he gave honest weight. But that's all she told me and I never thought to ask for more details. She is gone and of course today I have a million questions that she is unable to answer and which she may not ever have been able to answer. Perhaps someone out there can answer the following: Why would a miller not be able to make a living for his family in preWorld War I Ukraine? The idea of operating a flour mill conjures up visions at least of a lower middle class existence. Was milling a marginal occupation? Didn't operating a mill require capital? Didn't a mill require purchase and repair of equipment? Was operating the mill a seasonal occupation, busy after the harvest but otherwise idle? And did this mean only occasional income? Was the mill operated by water power? Where would such a mill have been located at that time? Who owned the site of the mill, the operator or a financier whose interest charges were high? Can someone in Ukraine SIG answer or direct me to answers of my questions? Please respond privately. Noyma Appelbaum Philadelphia, PA noyma@bellatlantic.net
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Flour mills
#ukraine
Noyma Appelbaum <noyma@...>
My mother and her sister left Zvenegrodka, Ukraine, sometime in 1913-14.
They left for the U.S. because the family was large, impoverished, and opportunities seemed to be better in America. My mother had told me that her father was a miller. He was known and liked by the local peasants because he gave honest weight. But that's all she told me and I never thought to ask for more details. She is gone and of course today I have a million questions that she is unable to answer and which she may not ever have been able to answer. Perhaps someone out there can answer the following: Why would a miller not be able to make a living for his family in preWorld War I Ukraine? The idea of operating a flour mill conjures up visions at least of a lower middle class existence. Was milling a marginal occupation? Didn't operating a mill require capital? Didn't a mill require purchase and repair of equipment? Was operating the mill a seasonal occupation, busy after the harvest but otherwise idle? And did this mean only occasional income? Was the mill operated by water power? Where would such a mill have been located at that time? Who owned the site of the mill, the operator or a financier whose interest charges were high? Can someone in Ukraine SIG answer or direct me to answers of my questions? Please respond privately. Noyma Appelbaum Philadelphia, PA noyma@bellatlantic.net
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Last Call for the 2005 FEEFHS Conference
#belarus
Mike Posnick
Federation Of East European Family History Societies
11th International Genealogy Conference August 19-21, 2005 Four Points by Sheraton, Saint Paul Capitol 400 North Hamline Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota More than 90 Presentations by Expert Speakers, Including: * Gary Cohen, Professor of History, University of Minnesota * Judith R. Frazin, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois * Howard Margol, Past President, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies * Joanne M. Sher, Professional Genealogist and Director, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest * Joel Spector, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia Open to the Public Beginners Welcome Registration: $75.00 Friday or Saturday Only; $60.00 Sunday Only; $135.00 Entire Conference Further Information and Registration Forms Available On-Line at <www.feefhs.org> Mike Posnick Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Last Call for the 2005 FEEFHS Conference
#belarus
Mike Posnick
Federation Of East European Family History Societies
11th International Genealogy Conference August 19-21, 2005 Four Points by Sheraton, Saint Paul Capitol 400 North Hamline Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota More than 90 Presentations by Expert Speakers, Including: * Gary Cohen, Professor of History, University of Minnesota * Judith R. Frazin, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois * Howard Margol, Past President, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies * Joanne M. Sher, Professional Genealogist and Director, Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest * Joel Spector, Immediate Past President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia Open to the Public Beginners Welcome Registration: $75.00 Friday or Saturday Only; $60.00 Sunday Only; $135.00 Entire Conference Further Information and Registration Forms Available On-Line at <www.feefhs.org> Mike Posnick Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Czech National Library (CNK)
#austria-czech
Gabriela Svatos
I would like to visit the Ceska Narodni Knihovna in Prague to do some
genealogical research in a few weeks (end of August) and would like to know if it is possible for foreigners to obtain access there. If so, what sort of identification or fees apply? Do books have to be requested a day or week in advance? Thanks, Gabi Gabriela Svatos Richmond Hill, Ontario E-mail: gsvatos@hotmail.com
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Czech National Library (CNK)
#austria-czech
Gabriela Svatos
I would like to visit the Ceska Narodni Knihovna in Prague to do some
genealogical research in a few weeks (end of August) and would like to know if it is possible for foreigners to obtain access there. If so, what sort of identification or fees apply? Do books have to be requested a day or week in advance? Thanks, Gabi Gabriela Svatos Richmond Hill, Ontario E-mail: gsvatos@hotmail.com
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Fleischhauer an occupation? and Sumptuary laws
#austria-czech
peter bakos <pgbakos@...>
Hi fellow SIGGERS.
Today comes a new question in the occupation business. I am in receipt of papers >from the Narodni Archiv in Prague. They have discovered a marriage for me between Josef PODWINETZ of Grottau (Hradek) son of Markus PODWINETZ and Julie GOLDBERG (perhaps a cousin marriage) of Jungbunzlau; and Betty FLASCHNER daughter of Abraham FLASCHNER, Fleischhauer, and Amalie WUNDER his wife, of Bphmisch Leipa. What is a Fleischhauer? I looked in a German Dictionary and found no such word, but "hauer" means tusks and of course "fleisch" is flesh or meat. I found a verb, "hauen" which means to beat, but flesh beater makes to sense either. A word about taxes on "luxury" foods. I don't know much about Jewish history but I do know a bit about History at large. In the middle ages (actually there are origins in Rome of the Ceasars) there were so-called sumptuary laws which defined what one could wear as defined by ones station in life. Colors and types of garments were defined in this way. Could the rules governing what Jewish people could buy to eat, and levying taxes on certain items have been a way of defining a group as a way to keep them down, as was the case with sumptuary laws in earlier times? MODERATOR NOTE: Please sign posts with your full name as well as country/state/city etc. This is JewishGen policy as well as good etiquette.
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Fleischhauer an occupation? and Sumptuary laws
#austria-czech
peter bakos <pgbakos@...>
Hi fellow SIGGERS.
Today comes a new question in the occupation business. I am in receipt of papers >from the Narodni Archiv in Prague. They have discovered a marriage for me between Josef PODWINETZ of Grottau (Hradek) son of Markus PODWINETZ and Julie GOLDBERG (perhaps a cousin marriage) of Jungbunzlau; and Betty FLASCHNER daughter of Abraham FLASCHNER, Fleischhauer, and Amalie WUNDER his wife, of Bphmisch Leipa. What is a Fleischhauer? I looked in a German Dictionary and found no such word, but "hauer" means tusks and of course "fleisch" is flesh or meat. I found a verb, "hauen" which means to beat, but flesh beater makes to sense either. A word about taxes on "luxury" foods. I don't know much about Jewish history but I do know a bit about History at large. In the middle ages (actually there are origins in Rome of the Ceasars) there were so-called sumptuary laws which defined what one could wear as defined by ones station in life. Colors and types of garments were defined in this way. Could the rules governing what Jewish people could buy to eat, and levying taxes on certain items have been a way of defining a group as a way to keep them down, as was the case with sumptuary laws in earlier times? MODERATOR NOTE: Please sign posts with your full name as well as country/state/city etc. This is JewishGen policy as well as good etiquette.
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Re: U.S.Census
#general
Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...>
Where do you live, Ann? In Fort Wayne, IN or
Cleveland, OH? Very few libraries that I know of have all the censuses for all over the US. Of course, you can order them at the LDS. Big cities might have some or all of the censuses for that city, but not for elsewhere. Sally Bruckheimer Chatham, NJ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: U.S.Census
#general
Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...>
Where do you live, Ann? In Fort Wayne, IN or
Cleveland, OH? Very few libraries that I know of have all the censuses for all over the US. Of course, you can order them at the LDS. Big cities might have some or all of the censuses for that city, but not for elsewhere. Sally Bruckheimer Chatham, NJ
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