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Rabbi Nachum P. BROMSON (BRAMSON?) of Lithuania
#general
Alexandra Alznauer <petiealznauer@...>
I am researching Rabbi Nachum P. BROMSON of Lithuania. Last night I saw an
old, framed portrait of him hanging in the house of a descendant. The Rabbi's two daughters were married (at different times) to the same man, Tanchum SILBERMAN (born in Pasvintys, Lithuania in 1865). If anyone knows anything about this Rabbi or any writings he may have published, please contact me privately. Alexandra Alznauer San Francisco, CA ZILBERMAN, SILVERMAN (Girtagola, Jurbarkas, Pasvintys - Lithuania; Koenigsburg, East Prussia), KARP, KARPES, KARPELES (Seredzius, Cekiske - Lithuania), TATZ (Girtagola, Rasein - Lithuania), VINIK (Girtagola - Lithuania), PLAGER (Plag - Lithuania), LICHTENSTEIN (Chicago - Illinois) USA), ALEXANDER, BLOOM, BLUME (Troy, Hoosick Falls,- Amsterdam, New York)
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FRIDMAN or FRIEDMAN family - Girtagola, Lithuania
#general
Alexandra Alznauer <petiealznauer@...>
I'm looking for any information on FRIDMAN or FRIEDMAN >from Girtagola
(Girkalnis), Lithuania. I have an old photograph >from Rasein (Raseiniai) of a relative who may be Freyde FRIDMAN who was born in the middle of the 19th century. Alexandra Alznauer San Francisco, CA ZILBERMAN, SILVERMAN (Girtagola, Jurbarkas, Pasvintys - Lithuania; Koenigsburg, East Prussia), KARP, KARPES, KARPELES (Seredzius, Cekiske - Lithuania), TATZ (Girtagola, Rasein - Lithuania), VINIK (Girtagola - Lithuania), PLAGER (Plag - Lithuania), LICHTENSTEIN (Chicago - Illinois) USA), ALEXANDER, BLOOM, BLUME (Troy, Hoosick Falls,- Amsterdam, New York)
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EIDB Correction Finally Made!
#general
Marion Werle <werle@...>
Some time ago, I made a correction to the EIDB, and for months, I kept
looking, and found that no correction had been made. However, after reading Nancy Kendrick's posting below, I went back to the EIDB, and lo and behold, they had actually made the correction! The manifest in question originally showed my paternal gm and namesake, Itte Skuder, listed as "Jtte Skuder". It was pretty apparent, in looking at the rest of the manifest, that the capital "J" in other names was completely different than the "I" in "Itte". I pointed this out and also indicated that Itte was a common Jewish name. It took a very long time, but they did make the correction. BTW, I notice that the error was perpetuated slightly differently in the Ancestry.com Passenger List Database, where it shows up as "Jite". I submitted a correction there, and now there is a little plus sign near the name "Jite", and when you move the cursor over the plus sign, it says "Other possible names: Itte Skuder". Marion Werle North Hills, CA <werle@linkline.com> Subject: Re: Anonymous charity: Make corrections From: "Nancy Ring Kendrick" <ringgenealogy@email2me.net> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:29:48 +0800 Excellent suggestion, if it would work. Many subscribers to this list, to include me, have sent corrections to EIDB to no avail. I have tried to get them to correct one particuar item for about two years. It's as if it the correction link is to passify us. If anyone on the list has had success with getting something corrected on EIDB, please email me your technique privately.
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Hungarian Translation-Viewmate
#general
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
I need assistance with a translation >from a Hungarian postcard sent >from
Transcarpathia, Hungary/Czechoslovakia circa 1920s or 30s on Viewmate at: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8915 Please reply to me privately. Thank you! Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@hotmail.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Rabbi Nachum P. BROMSON (BRAMSON?) of Lithuania
#general
Alexandra Alznauer <petiealznauer@...>
I am researching Rabbi Nachum P. BROMSON of Lithuania. Last night I saw an
old, framed portrait of him hanging in the house of a descendant. The Rabbi's two daughters were married (at different times) to the same man, Tanchum SILBERMAN (born in Pasvintys, Lithuania in 1865). If anyone knows anything about this Rabbi or any writings he may have published, please contact me privately. Alexandra Alznauer San Francisco, CA ZILBERMAN, SILVERMAN (Girtagola, Jurbarkas, Pasvintys - Lithuania; Koenigsburg, East Prussia), KARP, KARPES, KARPELES (Seredzius, Cekiske - Lithuania), TATZ (Girtagola, Rasein - Lithuania), VINIK (Girtagola - Lithuania), PLAGER (Plag - Lithuania), LICHTENSTEIN (Chicago - Illinois) USA), ALEXANDER, BLOOM, BLUME (Troy, Hoosick Falls,- Amsterdam, New York)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen FRIDMAN or FRIEDMAN family - Girtagola, Lithuania
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Alexandra Alznauer <petiealznauer@...>
I'm looking for any information on FRIDMAN or FRIEDMAN >from Girtagola
(Girkalnis), Lithuania. I have an old photograph >from Rasein (Raseiniai) of a relative who may be Freyde FRIDMAN who was born in the middle of the 19th century. Alexandra Alznauer San Francisco, CA ZILBERMAN, SILVERMAN (Girtagola, Jurbarkas, Pasvintys - Lithuania; Koenigsburg, East Prussia), KARP, KARPES, KARPELES (Seredzius, Cekiske - Lithuania), TATZ (Girtagola, Rasein - Lithuania), VINIK (Girtagola - Lithuania), PLAGER (Plag - Lithuania), LICHTENSTEIN (Chicago - Illinois) USA), ALEXANDER, BLOOM, BLUME (Troy, Hoosick Falls,- Amsterdam, New York)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen EIDB Correction Finally Made!
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Marion Werle <werle@...>
Some time ago, I made a correction to the EIDB, and for months, I kept
looking, and found that no correction had been made. However, after reading Nancy Kendrick's posting below, I went back to the EIDB, and lo and behold, they had actually made the correction! The manifest in question originally showed my paternal gm and namesake, Itte Skuder, listed as "Jtte Skuder". It was pretty apparent, in looking at the rest of the manifest, that the capital "J" in other names was completely different than the "I" in "Itte". I pointed this out and also indicated that Itte was a common Jewish name. It took a very long time, but they did make the correction. BTW, I notice that the error was perpetuated slightly differently in the Ancestry.com Passenger List Database, where it shows up as "Jite". I submitted a correction there, and now there is a little plus sign near the name "Jite", and when you move the cursor over the plus sign, it says "Other possible names: Itte Skuder". Marion Werle North Hills, CA <werle@linkline.com> Subject: Re: Anonymous charity: Make corrections From: "Nancy Ring Kendrick" <ringgenealogy@email2me.net> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:29:48 +0800 Excellent suggestion, if it would work. Many subscribers to this list, to include me, have sent corrections to EIDB to no avail. I have tried to get them to correct one particuar item for about two years. It's as if it the correction link is to passify us. If anyone on the list has had success with getting something corrected on EIDB, please email me your technique privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Hungarian Translation-Viewmate
#general
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
I need assistance with a translation >from a Hungarian postcard sent >from
Transcarpathia, Hungary/Czechoslovakia circa 1920s or 30s on Viewmate at: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8915 Please reply to me privately. Thank you! Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@hotmail.com
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Re: LINK TO UNKNOWN PLACE NAMES
#southafrica
Martha LEV-ZION <martha@...>
On 30 Dec 2006, at 07:05, Dennis Kahn wrote:
Dennis, I cannot help you with the former place, but Kazimirshoff appears to have been in Courland [now Latvia] in the Pfalzgrafen community in the area of Mitau. Today that would be in the Jalgavas area. Martha Lev-Zion Israel
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica re: LINK TO UNKNOWN PLACE NAMES
#southafrica
Martha LEV-ZION <martha@...>
On 30 Dec 2006, at 07:05, Dennis Kahn wrote:
Dennis, I cannot help you with the former place, but Kazimirshoff appears to have been in Courland [now Latvia] in the Pfalzgrafen community in the area of Mitau. Today that would be in the Jalgavas area. Martha Lev-Zion Israel
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Name on Census-Viewmate
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
I need suggestions on deciphering a name on a census record >from the
Bronx, New York in 1930 of a Galician/Austrian man. A close-up of the name appears on Viewmate. No clue what it might be. Any and all suggestions appreciated, sent to me privately, please. Here's the link: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8914 "Scrotha Bearus" is the best I can make out, which makes no sense at all. He is listed as the "father-in-law" of Louis Kaufman, and father of Louis's wife, Sophie. Both >from "Galicia." Discovering his surname, will provide her maiden name, which is what I'm after. Thanks! Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@hotmail.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Name on Census-Viewmate
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
I need suggestions on deciphering a name on a census record >from the
Bronx, New York in 1930 of a Galician/Austrian man. A close-up of the name appears on Viewmate. No clue what it might be. Any and all suggestions appreciated, sent to me privately, please. Here's the link: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=8914 "Scrotha Bearus" is the best I can make out, which makes no sense at all. He is listed as the "father-in-law" of Louis Kaufman, and father of Louis's wife, Sophie. Both >from "Galicia." Discovering his surname, will provide her maiden name, which is what I'm after. Thanks! Pamela Weisberger Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@hotmail.com
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WAJSENBERG
#ukraine
mark
Dear Genners.
My greatgrandfather Bejzman Aharon Shmuel was killed in pogrom in Novograd Volhynski. It was before WW1. Maybe somebody knows what year it was? Maybe there is somewhere the list of killed? Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@bezeqint.net
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine WAJSENBERG
#ukraine
mark
Dear Genners.
My greatgrandfather Bejzman Aharon Shmuel was killed in pogrom in Novograd Volhynski. It was before WW1. Maybe somebody knows what year it was? Maybe there is somewhere the list of killed? Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@bezeqint.net
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Ahavas Achim Synagogue-- Norma, Salem County, NJ
#general
Steve Pickoltz
Does anyone know who might be the contact person for the Ahavas
Achim Synagogue, in Norma, Salem County, NJ? I am looking for a burial record and a marriage record. Thank you. Steve Pickholtz Tabernacle, NJ nj55turtle@comcast.net searching-- PICKHOLTZ (all spellings), WINITSKY (all spellings), and KLEIN/KLINE (of the Phila. JCC family)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Ahavas Achim Synagogue-- Norma, Salem County, NJ
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Steve Pickoltz
Does anyone know who might be the contact person for the Ahavas
Achim Synagogue, in Norma, Salem County, NJ? I am looking for a burial record and a marriage record. Thank you. Steve Pickholtz Tabernacle, NJ nj55turtle@comcast.net searching-- PICKHOLTZ (all spellings), WINITSKY (all spellings), and KLEIN/KLINE (of the Phila. JCC family)
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Tifereth Israel Synagogue at Alliance, Cumberland County, NJ
#general
Steve Pickoltz
Does anyone have or know of a contact person for the Tifereth Israel
Synagogue in Alliance, NJ? I am trying to find burial information as well a marriage record. Thank you. Steve Pickholtz Tabernacle, NJ searching-- PICKHOLTZ (all spellings), WINITSKY (all spellings), KLEIN?KLINE (of the Phila. JCC family)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Tifereth Israel Synagogue at Alliance, Cumberland County, NJ
#general
Steve Pickoltz
Does anyone have or know of a contact person for the Tifereth Israel
Synagogue in Alliance, NJ? I am trying to find burial information as well a marriage record. Thank you. Steve Pickholtz Tabernacle, NJ searching-- PICKHOLTZ (all spellings), WINITSKY (all spellings), KLEIN?KLINE (of the Phila. JCC family)
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Searching: Salkin, Warshavsky, Kaplan
#belarus
Leonard Shaw
I have checked the JGFF, and list archives. I have
found a limited amount for the Salkin family. I wonder if any Jewish Genners have any information on the following families. Lobel/Leon WARSHAVSKY married to Friedel/Fannie Salkin. >from Chigrin, Kivgorod, Paltawa. Children: Abraham, Clara, Frank. Israel SALKIN married to Sarah Posner. Three children: Lazer/Louis, Friedel/Fannie, Morris. Solomon KAPLAN married to Sore/Sarah Goldberg/Galich from Shmuelovitz (Smolevichi), Minsk, Belarus.Children: Minnie, Marie, William, Harry, Sophie, Rose, Frances. Salkin and Washavsky both lived in Malden, MA in the early 1900's. Then in New York City. Kaplan lived in the Bronx and Manhattan. Please respond privately. Leonard Shaw Binghamton, NY lenshaw@yahoo.com __________________________________________________
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Searching: Salkin, Warshavsky, Kaplan
#belarus
Leonard Shaw
I have checked the JGFF, and list archives. I have
found a limited amount for the Salkin family. I wonder if any Jewish Genners have any information on the following families. Lobel/Leon WARSHAVSKY married to Friedel/Fannie Salkin. >from Chigrin, Kivgorod, Paltawa. Children: Abraham, Clara, Frank. Israel SALKIN married to Sarah Posner. Three children: Lazer/Louis, Friedel/Fannie, Morris. Solomon KAPLAN married to Sore/Sarah Goldberg/Galich from Shmuelovitz (Smolevichi), Minsk, Belarus.Children: Minnie, Marie, William, Harry, Sophie, Rose, Frances. Salkin and Washavsky both lived in Malden, MA in the early 1900's. Then in New York City. Kaplan lived in the Bronx and Manhattan. Please respond privately. Leonard Shaw Binghamton, NY lenshaw@yahoo.com __________________________________________________
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