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Bessarabia SIG, update for the month of May2019
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Yefim Kogan
Dear researchers,
Here is an update for the Bessarabia SIG projects for the month of May 2019. See also at What's New at Bessarabia SIG website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: --Miriam Weiner Archival Database. New 2123 records >from 710 families/ groups with 308 images were added to the database. You can see now more records of Jews >from towns of Yedinets, Orgeev, Soroki, a number of agricultural colonies and more Click to get directly to the Miriam Weiner's collection: https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/RES_MasterIndex.asp?colid=62&listtype=C The highlights of the this load are 380 Births records >from Soroki and Soroki district plus records of parents and towns where parents were registered and also a full set of records >from town of Balta, Podolia for Jews out-of-town registered in Bessarabian towns, but lived in Balta region (51 families with 174 records). We also updated the Introductory pages to the collection, and now you can see all different sets available at this collection. --Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in June of 2019. A number of Revision List sets are going to be completed for town of Kishinev, Ataki, Faleshty, Ismail, Bendery, Romanenko. There are already 2327 records already completed. See the progress: https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/databases/RevisionsJuneOf2019May.pdf I am looking forward to see many of you at the conference and talk with everybody. If you have questions, issues, please email me directly. All the best, Inna Vayner, Yefim Kogan JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Leaders and Coordinators
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Bessarabia SIG, update for the month of May2019
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Yefim Kogan
Dear researchers,
Here is an update for the Bessarabia SIG projects for the month of May 2019. See also at What's New at Bessarabia SIG website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: --Miriam Weiner Archival Database. New 2123 records >from 710 families/ groups with 308 images were added to the database. You can see now more records of Jews >from towns of Yedinets, Orgeev, Soroki, a number of agricultural colonies and more Click to get directly to the Miriam Weiner's collection: https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/RES_MasterIndex.asp?colid=62&listtype=C The highlights of the this load are 380 Births records >from Soroki and Soroki district plus records of parents and towns where parents were registered and also a full set of records >from town of Balta, Podolia for Jews out-of-town registered in Bessarabian towns, but lived in Balta region (51 families with 174 records). We also updated the Introductory pages to the collection, and now you can see all different sets available at this collection. --Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in June of 2019. A number of Revision List sets are going to be completed for town of Kishinev, Ataki, Faleshty, Ismail, Bendery, Romanenko. There are already 2327 records already completed. See the progress: https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/databases/RevisionsJuneOf2019May.pdf I am looking forward to see many of you at the conference and talk with everybody. If you have questions, issues, please email me directly. All the best, Inna Vayner, Yefim Kogan JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Leaders and Coordinators
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So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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JewishGen's NY Genealogy Course starts June 14
#southafrica
So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica JewishGen's NY Genealogy Course starts June 14
#southafrica
So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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JewishGen's NY Genealogy Course starts June 14
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bounce-3693325-772957@...
So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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French SIG #France JewishGen's NY Genealogy Course starts June 14
#france
bounce-3693325-772957@...
So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Re: cadastral map for Prague ghetto?
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: cadastral map for Prague ghetto?
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JewishGen's NY Genealogy Course starts June 14
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So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech JewishGen's NY Genealogy Course starts June 14
#austria-czech
So many of our immigrant ancestors lived in New York City -- they
started on the Lower East Side and upgraded to the Bronx and Brooklyn; their children moved to Queens, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey. We have census reports >from Ancestry and vital records from ItalianGen, but this class will focus on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including probate, landsmanshaften, voter registration, newspapers, and court case records. This is an intermediate level genealogy course with eight text lessons you can download; there are no specific times for the course as students are international. Students will select a branch to research and receive daily advice and suggestions >from the instructor through a 24/7 Forum, in a query and answer format. Students must feel comfortable browsing the web and downloading files, have 8-10 hours available each week, and should select one NYC family where census and vital records are already documented. Tuition is $150; registration is open at: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40135 For questions, please email the instructor: Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen's VP of Education, born and bred in NYC; she will lead you through it. phylliskramer1@gmail.com Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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(Czech Republic) Two New Books on Jewish Cemeteries in the Czech Republic
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Jan Meisels Allen
Jewish Heritage Europe recently posted about two new books on Jewish
cemeteries in the Czech Republic. Both books are illustrated with photographs and both are written only in Czech and currently only available in the Czech Republic. One book is Jewish Cemeteries and Burials by Jaroslav Achab Haidler and the other Gardens of Life: Moravian Jewish Cemeteries in Photographs by Helena Bretfeldova. Mr. Haidler is behind Project Keshet, a database about Czech Jewish cemeteries that is online at http://www.chewra.com/keshetnewen/kweb/kategorie.aspx Information about the two books may be found in the Jewish Heritage-Europe article found at: https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2019/05/28/czech-republic-two-recent-books -on-jewish/ I have no affiliation with either book and am posting this solely for the information of the reader. I have no further information than what is in the Jewish Heritage Europe article mentioned above. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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cadastral map for Prague ghetto?
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rfc974@...
Hi folks:
I'm doing some analysis of Prague Jewish births and deaths 1784 and 1800. I'm trying to get a better sense of the population dynamics. But I'm also noticing dynamics around specific buildings. For instance, a lot of people seem to die in house 248. So I'm looking for a map of the Prague ghetto that has the house numbers >from the late 1700s. Does anyone know if there is one? I'm imagining a cadastral map, but when I looked at the database of cadastral maps, I failed to find one for the ghetto. Thanks! Craig -- Craig Partridge
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech (Czech Republic) Two New Books on Jewish Cemeteries in the Czech Republic
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Jan Meisels Allen
Jewish Heritage Europe recently posted about two new books on Jewish
cemeteries in the Czech Republic. Both books are illustrated with photographs and both are written only in Czech and currently only available in the Czech Republic. One book is Jewish Cemeteries and Burials by Jaroslav Achab Haidler and the other Gardens of Life: Moravian Jewish Cemeteries in Photographs by Helena Bretfeldova. Mr. Haidler is behind Project Keshet, a database about Czech Jewish cemeteries that is online at http://www.chewra.com/keshetnewen/kweb/kategorie.aspx Information about the two books may be found in the Jewish Heritage-Europe article found at: https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2019/05/28/czech-republic-two-recent-books -on-jewish/ I have no affiliation with either book and am posting this solely for the information of the reader. I have no further information than what is in the Jewish Heritage Europe article mentioned above. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech cadastral map for Prague ghetto?
#austria-czech
rfc974@...
Hi folks:
I'm doing some analysis of Prague Jewish births and deaths 1784 and 1800. I'm trying to get a better sense of the population dynamics. But I'm also noticing dynamics around specific buildings. For instance, a lot of people seem to die in house 248. So I'm looking for a map of the Prague ghetto that has the house numbers >from the late 1700s. Does anyone know if there is one? I'm imagining a cadastral map, but when I looked at the database of cadastral maps, I failed to find one for the ghetto. Thanks! Craig -- Craig Partridge
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Re: Research in Warsaw archives, and access to LDS films *not* digitized
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David Oseas <doseas{nospam}@...>
On 5/31/2019 7:29 AM, Joel Weiner joel.alan.weiner@gmail.com wrote:
2. I see in the LDS catalog that there are films listed as "GraniteDGS 106421224 is a digital image set that has not yet been made public (see note at bottom of page: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2789223 ) In general, for films that have not yet been digitized, you can put in a digitization request under "Help > Contact Us" on the FamilySearch website. However, your request is just an indication of interest in a specific roll and is used to bump the priority of that roll up in the queue -- I'm still waiting for 1 of 3 requests that I put in about 18 months ago. Non-digitized films >from the Granite Mountain vault may be viewed in person at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. You need to submit a request to retrieve the film several days before visiting the library. Details can be found here: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ordering_Microfilm_or_Microfiche Regards, David Oseas Researching: HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles SCHECHTER/SCHACHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York; SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles; STECKER: New York > Florida WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Research in Warsaw archives, and access to LDS films *not* digitized
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David Oseas <doseas{nospam}@...>
On 5/31/2019 7:29 AM, Joel Weiner joel.alan.weiner@gmail.com wrote:
2. I see in the LDS catalog that there are films listed as "GraniteDGS 106421224 is a digital image set that has not yet been made public (see note at bottom of page: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2789223 ) In general, for films that have not yet been digitized, you can put in a digitization request under "Help > Contact Us" on the FamilySearch website. However, your request is just an indication of interest in a specific roll and is used to bump the priority of that roll up in the queue -- I'm still waiting for 1 of 3 requests that I put in about 18 months ago. Non-digitized films >from the Granite Mountain vault may be viewed in person at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. You need to submit a request to retrieve the film several days before visiting the library. Details can be found here: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ordering_Microfilm_or_Microfiche Regards, David Oseas Researching: HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles SCHECHTER/SCHACHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York; SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles; STECKER: New York > Florida WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
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Re: Research in Warsaw archives, and access to LDS films *not* digitized
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Yitzhak Sapir
Many of the records at FHL are also available on the Polish archives
(and in other cases, the Polish archives might contain scans not on FHL or vice-versa). You can go to the main Polish archives website - https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ And type, for example, mojzeszowego Warszawie This search brings up a list of units - each being a book of records. Normally, it accepts English as well, but here you have to type Warszaw, not Warsaw for the search to find the books. On the left you have filters such as "vital records and civil registers only" and "units with scans only" If you click any of the item, you can find a link to the collection: 72/200/0 Akta stanu cywilnego wyznania mojzeszowego w Warszawie https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/72/200/0/-#tabZespol You now have tabs on top allowing to explore all the units of these collection. You'll need to have a basic understanding of Russian/Polish script to be able to identify records. Many of the books contain hand-written indexes at the end (or, if a single book contains separate sections for birth/marraige/death, it might have the hand-written index after the relevant section) Another useful website is: http://www.lostshoebox.com/poland/online-records/ Units at FHL are already digitized if they have an associated DGS number. I don't know if there is any way to still view the original microfilms as FHL has decided to scan all their collections and provide online access to them. Perhaps the units are not online due to contractual restrictions. I see some units online in Warsaw, though. Yitzhak Sapir On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 5:30 PM Joel Weiner joel.alan.weiner@gmail.com <jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Research in Warsaw archives, and access to LDS films *not* digitized
#general
Yitzhak Sapir
Many of the records at FHL are also available on the Polish archives
(and in other cases, the Polish archives might contain scans not on FHL or vice-versa). You can go to the main Polish archives website - https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/ And type, for example, mojzeszowego Warszawie This search brings up a list of units - each being a book of records. Normally, it accepts English as well, but here you have to type Warszaw, not Warsaw for the search to find the books. On the left you have filters such as "vital records and civil registers only" and "units with scans only" If you click any of the item, you can find a link to the collection: 72/200/0 Akta stanu cywilnego wyznania mojzeszowego w Warszawie https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/72/200/0/-#tabZespol You now have tabs on top allowing to explore all the units of these collection. You'll need to have a basic understanding of Russian/Polish script to be able to identify records. Many of the books contain hand-written indexes at the end (or, if a single book contains separate sections for birth/marraige/death, it might have the hand-written index after the relevant section) Another useful website is: http://www.lostshoebox.com/poland/online-records/ Units at FHL are already digitized if they have an associated DGS number. I don't know if there is any way to still view the original microfilms as FHL has decided to scan all their collections and provide online access to them. Perhaps the units are not online due to contractual restrictions. I see some units online in Warsaw, though. Yitzhak Sapir On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 5:30 PM Joel Weiner joel.alan.weiner@gmail.com <jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote:
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