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Re: MIELZINER in Denmark
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Allan Falk <salfalk@...>
Yes, I have some Mielziners, apparently belonging to 2 different
families, could you be more specific about the persons you are looking for? Best regards Allan Falk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: davidmjacobs [mailto:davidmjacobs@shaw.ca] Sendt: 15. november 2002 02:16 Til: Scandinavia Emne: [scandinavia] MIELZINER in Denmark Anyone else have the MIELZINER family in Denmark (originally from Poland) in their family tree, late nineteenth century? Genealogically yours, David Jacobs ---------------------------------------
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Re: Looking for Descendents of Wulff Joseph Wulff and Family
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Allan Falk <salfalk@...>
Dear Melissa,
I can inform you, that a book was written about your family, "Sl=E6gten Wulff fra Fredericia og Randers" 1953, containing also information about Wulff Joseph Wulff, assistent under the danish government on the Guinea-cost. The book contains information of more than 1500 persons! If you can adopt GEDCOM-files I can send you all the information I have written down >from the book, or parts of it, as you prefer.=20 I would on my part be happy, if you could give me more information of Wulff Joseph Wulffs descendants. Looking forward to hearing >from you and with best regards Allan Falk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Melissa Mensah [mailto:naatakyiwa@hotmail.com]=20 Sendt: 15. november 2002 11:12 Til: Scandinavia Emne: [scandinavia] Looking for Descendents of Wulff Joseph Wulff and Family My name is Melissa. My father's name was Frantz Wulff-Tagoe. He was the descendant of a Danish Jewish Civil Servant named Wulff Joseph Carl WULFF, who settled in the Danish Colony, the Gold Coast, West Africa in the mid-1800's. ...snip... -------------------------------
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia SV: MIELZINER in Denmark
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Allan Falk <salfalk@...>
Yes, I have some Mielziners, apparently belonging to 2 different
families, could you be more specific about the persons you are looking for? Best regards Allan Falk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: davidmjacobs [mailto:davidmjacobs@shaw.ca] Sendt: 15. november 2002 02:16 Til: Scandinavia Emne: [scandinavia] MIELZINER in Denmark Anyone else have the MIELZINER family in Denmark (originally from Poland) in their family tree, late nineteenth century? Genealogically yours, David Jacobs ---------------------------------------
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia SV: Looking for Descendents of Wulff Joseph Wulff and Family
#scandinavia
Allan Falk <salfalk@...>
Dear Melissa,
I can inform you, that a book was written about your family, "Sl=E6gten Wulff fra Fredericia og Randers" 1953, containing also information about Wulff Joseph Wulff, assistent under the danish government on the Guinea-cost. The book contains information of more than 1500 persons! If you can adopt GEDCOM-files I can send you all the information I have written down >from the book, or parts of it, as you prefer.=20 I would on my part be happy, if you could give me more information of Wulff Joseph Wulffs descendants. Looking forward to hearing >from you and with best regards Allan Falk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Melissa Mensah [mailto:naatakyiwa@hotmail.com]=20 Sendt: 15. november 2002 11:12 Til: Scandinavia Emne: [scandinavia] Looking for Descendents of Wulff Joseph Wulff and Family My name is Melissa. My father's name was Frantz Wulff-Tagoe. He was the descendant of a Danish Jewish Civil Servant named Wulff Joseph Carl WULFF, who settled in the Danish Colony, the Gold Coast, West Africa in the mid-1800's. ...snip... -------------------------------
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Re: Immigration from Britain by ship
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Harvey Kaplan <harvey@...>
Diane etc
The search for passenger manifests in London is not too simple! Try their website first: http://www.pro.gov.uk/ The passenger manifests are filed year by year, then by port. They are not indexed. There is a book of ships names etc, which might help you. Try one of the info files on Jewishgen (think the book is Morton-Allen?). If you know the year, can guess the port correctly, and are prepared to sift through the boxes of manifests, there is a possibility of success. good luck & best wishes Harvey Hello Harvey:MODERATOR NOTE: You can find a list of JewishGen InfoFiles at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/
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Translation Needed for Yiddish or Russian 3 Words
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Deborah.Scheimer@...
Dear GENers,
There are 3 other words that are confusing me >from the diary of our distant ancestor. This diary was probably written in Russian around 1900 in Berdichev. There are also Yiddish words in it. It contains many explanations of Jewish customs >from the time that are most interesting. The first word is "kustarnichestvu" and I'm including the context below in case it might be helpful: "Accustomed to kustarnichestvu, an easy home trade where they could freely exploit somebody else's labor, mostly teenagers..." The second confusing word is "podpevatelyami" and the context is: "once more fuelling with hate against themselves and against all Jews the ruling circus (authorities) with anti-Semitism, the compulsive reactionary-podpevatelyami" The third word is "kazuistika" and the context is: "And a simple calculateless story/tale would tell much more to my child's heart than kazuistika of the Eastern fanatics." Thank you so much, Deborah SCHEIMER, deborah.scheimer@alltel.com RUDICK, Belilovka, Russia (Ukraine) -> Pittsburgh, PA 1904-1912 PERVIN, Berdichev & Zhitomir -> Pittsburgh, PA 1892-1917 GUNDESHEIMER, Meinstocheim, Germany --> Pittsburgh, PA 1910-1920 BINSTOCK changed to BEAN, Germany --> Boston, MA 1910-1920? Also looking for: BREAN, COOPER, GORALNIK or GOROWSKI, HOFFMAN, ISENBERG, JACOBSON, KLINKENSTEIN, KRIEGER, MELMAN, MENZER, NUDELMAN, [list truncated at allowable six lines]
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1930 Census - married but not at "home"
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jeremy frankel
Dear Genners,
I have a potentially frustrating puzzle I wonder if anyone else has come across in the 1930 census. Specifically, I am researching Brooklyn, NY, and this may be limited to the enumerator for the area I am researching. The enumerator was a Harry FINKELSTEIN and the Enumeration District was #1454. The family I am researching, Abraham and Fanny BARNETT, were living at 3734 Laurel Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. They are listed with their two grown-up children. The daughter, Lillian, is listed as 27 years, married at 18 and status as married. Her brother, Lawrence, is 24, married at 15 (a mistake, it should be 20) and also listed as married. In the case of Lillian, she is listed under her maiden, not married name. In both cases I am stymied as I cannot find their families in the 1930 census! The closest city directory was issued in 1933 and while Lawrence is listed at a different address, I checked the 1930 census but his family was not living there in 1930. This is not an isolated case - at least on this page. A few doors away at 3745, one finds the ABELSON family; Max and Ginnie, along with their eight grown-up children. There are five daughters and three sons. The youngest is 25 and all are married (one for sixteen years!) save the youngest daughter who is 30 years old. None of the children's families are listed, so one presumes that they all lived elsewhere. Again, all four married daughters are are listed under their maiden name! has anyone else come across this situation? Jeremy Frankel (ex Edgware, London, England) Oakland, California, USA EBIN: Russia -> New York, USA FRANKEL: Poland -> London, England GOLD (RATH): Praszka, Poland -> London, England KOENIGSBERG: Vilkaviskis, Lithuania -> London, England -> NYC, NY, USA LEVY (later LEADER): Kalisz, Poland -> London, England PRINCZ/PRINCE: Krakow, Poland -> London, England -> NYC, NY, USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Immigration from Britain by ship
#general
Harvey Kaplan <harvey@...>
Diane etc
The search for passenger manifests in London is not too simple! Try their website first: http://www.pro.gov.uk/ The passenger manifests are filed year by year, then by port. They are not indexed. There is a book of ships names etc, which might help you. Try one of the info files on Jewishgen (think the book is Morton-Allen?). If you know the year, can guess the port correctly, and are prepared to sift through the boxes of manifests, there is a possibility of success. good luck & best wishes Harvey Hello Harvey:MODERATOR NOTE: You can find a list of JewishGen InfoFiles at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Translation Needed for Yiddish or Russian 3 Words
#general
Deborah.Scheimer@...
Dear GENers,
There are 3 other words that are confusing me >from the diary of our distant ancestor. This diary was probably written in Russian around 1900 in Berdichev. There are also Yiddish words in it. It contains many explanations of Jewish customs >from the time that are most interesting. The first word is "kustarnichestvu" and I'm including the context below in case it might be helpful: "Accustomed to kustarnichestvu, an easy home trade where they could freely exploit somebody else's labor, mostly teenagers..." The second confusing word is "podpevatelyami" and the context is: "once more fuelling with hate against themselves and against all Jews the ruling circus (authorities) with anti-Semitism, the compulsive reactionary-podpevatelyami" The third word is "kazuistika" and the context is: "And a simple calculateless story/tale would tell much more to my child's heart than kazuistika of the Eastern fanatics." Thank you so much, Deborah SCHEIMER, deborah.scheimer@alltel.com RUDICK, Belilovka, Russia (Ukraine) -> Pittsburgh, PA 1904-1912 PERVIN, Berdichev & Zhitomir -> Pittsburgh, PA 1892-1917 GUNDESHEIMER, Meinstocheim, Germany --> Pittsburgh, PA 1910-1920 BINSTOCK changed to BEAN, Germany --> Boston, MA 1910-1920? Also looking for: BREAN, COOPER, GORALNIK or GOROWSKI, HOFFMAN, ISENBERG, JACOBSON, KLINKENSTEIN, KRIEGER, MELMAN, MENZER, NUDELMAN, [list truncated at allowable six lines]
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 1930 Census - married but not at "home"
#general
jeremy frankel
Dear Genners,
I have a potentially frustrating puzzle I wonder if anyone else has come across in the 1930 census. Specifically, I am researching Brooklyn, NY, and this may be limited to the enumerator for the area I am researching. The enumerator was a Harry FINKELSTEIN and the Enumeration District was #1454. The family I am researching, Abraham and Fanny BARNETT, were living at 3734 Laurel Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. They are listed with their two grown-up children. The daughter, Lillian, is listed as 27 years, married at 18 and status as married. Her brother, Lawrence, is 24, married at 15 (a mistake, it should be 20) and also listed as married. In the case of Lillian, she is listed under her maiden, not married name. In both cases I am stymied as I cannot find their families in the 1930 census! The closest city directory was issued in 1933 and while Lawrence is listed at a different address, I checked the 1930 census but his family was not living there in 1930. This is not an isolated case - at least on this page. A few doors away at 3745, one finds the ABELSON family; Max and Ginnie, along with their eight grown-up children. There are five daughters and three sons. The youngest is 25 and all are married (one for sixteen years!) save the youngest daughter who is 30 years old. None of the children's families are listed, so one presumes that they all lived elsewhere. Again, all four married daughters are are listed under their maiden name! has anyone else come across this situation? Jeremy Frankel (ex Edgware, London, England) Oakland, California, USA EBIN: Russia -> New York, USA FRANKEL: Poland -> London, England GOLD (RATH): Praszka, Poland -> London, England KOENIGSBERG: Vilkaviskis, Lithuania -> London, England -> NYC, NY, USA LEVY (later LEADER): Kalisz, Poland -> London, England PRINCZ/PRINCE: Krakow, Poland -> London, England -> NYC, NY, USA
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Looking for Descendents of Wulff Joseph Wulff and Family
#scandinavia
Melissa Mensah <naatakyiwa@...>
Hello,
My name is Melissa. My father's name was Frantz Wulff-Tagoe. He was the descendant of a Danish Jewish Civil Servant named Wulff Joseph Carl WULFF, who settled in the Danish Colony, the Gold Coast, West Africa in the mid-1800's. I was told, he made the choice to remain in Ghana after the Danish Government refused to promote him because he was Jewish. He went on to marry a Ghanaian woman, and is buried at the family home in Accra. I have recenly been able to locate a living, Danish direct descendant of WJ Wulff and we are interested in learning more about the other Wulff family still living in Denmark. I understand some of our Danish relatives have visited the family home in Ghana. If you have any information you can share with us, we would be very grateful. Thank you Melissa Kankam
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia Looking for Descendents of Wulff Joseph Wulff and Family
#scandinavia
Melissa Mensah <naatakyiwa@...>
Hello,
My name is Melissa. My father's name was Frantz Wulff-Tagoe. He was the descendant of a Danish Jewish Civil Servant named Wulff Joseph Carl WULFF, who settled in the Danish Colony, the Gold Coast, West Africa in the mid-1800's. I was told, he made the choice to remain in Ghana after the Danish Government refused to promote him because he was Jewish. He went on to marry a Ghanaian woman, and is buried at the family home in Accra. I have recenly been able to locate a living, Danish direct descendant of WJ Wulff and we are interested in learning more about the other Wulff family still living in Denmark. I understand some of our Danish relatives have visited the family home in Ghana. If you have any information you can share with us, we would be very grateful. Thank you Melissa Kankam
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Re: Suczawa, Austria 1890's: Modern name/place?
#general
Stan Goodman <safeqNOT_HERE@...>
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:14:13 UTC, jg2333@msn.com (JANICE GOLDMAN)
opined: Dear Jewishgenners:This has to be Suceava, which is now in the northeast portion of Romania. The Romanian spelling is pronounced exactly as the Polish one that you site in your query. In other words, the name has not changed at all. At the time you are asking about, this area, called Bucovina, was in eastern Galicia, which belonged to the Autro-Hungarian Empire, thus your information that it was in Austria. I visited the town in October; quite an attractive place, very leafy and green, and bustling. Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, ROKITA: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better): http://www.hashkedim.com Please remove the capital letters >from my address in order to send me email.
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Trying to contact Edward Ball from North Warren, Pa.
#general
Ralph Salinger <salinger@...>
Dear Genners,
Can anybody help to contact Ed Ball, we used to correspond by regular mail so I only have his address in North Warren Pa. I have some interesting developments and wish to speak to him by phone, I have tried various People Searches and the phone company here in Israel but I can find no trace of him. Ed if you read this please contact me at salinger@kfar-ruppin.org.il I have made some amazing discoveries ! Ralph Salinger Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin salinger@kfar-ruppin.org.il
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Re: Trying to decipher 1880 census
#general
Polly Held <phheld@...>
What state? What county? What city, town?
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Someone was kins enough to send me a copy of the 1880 NY
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Finding Spanish American War Veteran Information
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richard may
Dear Jewishgen community,
I just learned >from the 1930 census that an ancestor who resided in New York State was a veteran of the Spanish American War. Do any of you know how to find out more details of his service >from internet databases,publications or government archives? Thank you your help! Richard May < ferdlilac@yahoo.com > Buffalo,New York,USA
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Searching Descendants of Max HELLMAN
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rlberliner@...
I am posting this for cousins who are great grandchildren of
Max HELLMAN. Annie JACOBS, his wife, was my aunt. We believe Max came >from Latvia as the census taker wrote he was >from Riga. His parents were Samuel and Augusta HELLMAN. He was married to Annie JACOBS who was born in England and was the daughter of Joseph and Rachel JACOBS. Her family first migrated >from London to Baltimore, MD .Max & Annie migrated from New York or Baltimore to Atlanta, GA.Max had a sister whose name according to family lore was Mary Birkhan* and she lived in the Bronx, NY at one time. Mary's daughter was Gussie FRIEBERG. Gussie's daughter, Ruth, married a Dr. FOX. Gussie also had a son, Milton FRIEBERG. There was a Rabbi FRIEBERG in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn whose niece may have been related to the HELLMAN family. There are supposedly additional nieces of Max HELLMAN who once resided in the East New York area of Brooklyn. Max HELLMAN was born in 1862 and married Annie JACOBS 11/14/1886. He died in Atlanta, GA on 12/27/1935 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta. Facts >from his obituary were printed as follows: 1. He was a tailor who had emigrated >from Russia 2. He was prominent in local Jewish affairs. 3. Two daughters: Miss Frances HELLMAN and Mrs. (Leah) Nathan WOLFF (NYC) 4. 4 sons: Abraham Joseph ("Abe") HELLMAN of Chester, S.C.; Jacob J. ("Jim") HELLMAN of Atlanta, Elias and William HELLMAN of Spring Valley, N.Y. 5. One sister: Mrs. Mary BICKHANN*, NYC * Mary's surname could also have been BIRKHAN(N) and/or Mary FINEBERG. Thanks in advance to all who may be able to help us find Uncle Max HELLMAN's descendants and any other helpful information. Please reply privately to: rlberliner@comcast.net Rachelle Berliner Savannah, GA Searching: HELLMAN, BICKHANN/BIRKHANN, FRIEBERG, FINEBERG, FOX from Riga, Brooklyn, NY, NYC
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Mathematics of genealogy
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Rich Lowenthal <richlowenthal@...>
The mathematics of genealogy means that if you go back far
enough, most of us are related to most historical personages, and the further back you go the greater the chances you're a direct descendant of a specific (fertile) person. In other words, there's nothing particularly notable about being a descendant of William the Conqueror. It is estimated that if you go back far enough, you will find you are related to around 5/6 of the people then living. For anyone whose family has been Jewish for any length of time, it's even more likely that you're related to famous Jews--most of us are probably related to Rashi, Josephus, Maimonides, Philo, and Judah Maccabee, not to mention David. You'll find more information on this in "The Mountain of Names: A History of the Human Family," by Alex Shoumatoff, a fascinating work for anyone interested in genealogy. - Rich Lowenthal
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Suczawa, Austria 1890's: Modern name/place?
#general
Stan Goodman <safeqNOT_HERE@...>
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:14:13 UTC, jg2333@msn.com (JANICE GOLDMAN)
opined: Dear Jewishgenners:This has to be Suceava, which is now in the northeast portion of Romania. The Romanian spelling is pronounced exactly as the Polish one that you site in your query. In other words, the name has not changed at all. At the time you are asking about, this area, called Bucovina, was in eastern Galicia, which belonged to the Autro-Hungarian Empire, thus your information that it was in Austria. I visited the town in October; quite an attractive place, very leafy and green, and bustling. Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, ROKITA: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better): http://www.hashkedim.com Please remove the capital letters >from my address in order to send me email.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Trying to contact Edward Ball from North Warren, Pa.
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Ralph Salinger <salinger@...>
Dear Genners,
Can anybody help to contact Ed Ball, we used to correspond by regular mail so I only have his address in North Warren Pa. I have some interesting developments and wish to speak to him by phone, I have tried various People Searches and the phone company here in Israel but I can find no trace of him. Ed if you read this please contact me at salinger@kfar-ruppin.org.il I have made some amazing discoveries ! Ralph Salinger Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin salinger@kfar-ruppin.org.il
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