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Lin <lin2@...>
Hi Gersiggers,
I found an article online in the "Dorsten unterm Hakenkruez" about my great-aunt Frieda HUMBERG ROSENBAUM. Part of it is her life during the Shoah. I put it in the google translator, which normally works okay, but I'd like a better translation, if possible. Since it's not a document or photo, I don't know how put it on viewmate. Can anyone help? Thanks so much. Best wishes, Lin Herz Palm Bay, Florida Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen and GerSIG http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/ http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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German SIG #Germany translation needed
#germany
Lin <lin2@...>
Hi Gersiggers,
I found an article online in the "Dorsten unterm Hakenkruez" about my great-aunt Frieda HUMBERG ROSENBAUM. Part of it is her life during the Shoah. I put it in the google translator, which normally works okay, but I'd like a better translation, if possible. Since it's not a document or photo, I don't know how put it on viewmate. Can anyone help? Thanks so much. Best wishes, Lin Herz Palm Bay, Florida Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen and GerSIG http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/ http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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ViewMate translation request - German
#ukraine
Nehama and Moshe Kutten
I've posted a post card in German >from my great-grandmother to her sister
(?) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32768 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Moshe Kutten Coatesville, PA, USA
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine ViewMate translation request - German
#ukraine
Nehama and Moshe Kutten
I've posted a post card in German >from my great-grandmother to her sister
(?) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32768 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Moshe Kutten Coatesville, PA, USA
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Heartwarming genealogical success story in the Harvard Divinity Bulletin
#ukraine
Dick Plotz <Dick@...>
The new issue of the Harvard Divinity Bulletin includes this account
by Jonathan Herman, a faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies at Georgia State University, of his family history in Zhabokrich, Ukraine, and Connecticut: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/harvard-divinity-bulletin/articles/a-picture-worth-a-thousand-tears [ or http://tinyurl.com/p3hvd3w ] I'm not a Harvard Divinity School alumnus, but subscribe to the Bulletin because it often includes articles of Jewish interest. This is the best ever. Dick Plotz Providence RI USA Dick@...
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Heartwarming genealogical success story in the Harvard Divinity Bulletin
#ukraine
Dick Plotz <Dick@...>
The new issue of the Harvard Divinity Bulletin includes this account
by Jonathan Herman, a faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies at Georgia State University, of his family history in Zhabokrich, Ukraine, and Connecticut: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/harvard-divinity-bulletin/articles/a-picture-worth-a-thousand-tears [ or http://tinyurl.com/p3hvd3w ] I'm not a Harvard Divinity School alumnus, but subscribe to the Bulletin because it often includes articles of Jewish interest. This is the best ever. Dick Plotz Providence RI USA Dick@...
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Kherson (Cherson) City and Gubernia KehilaLink New Website
#ukraine
Charles WALOWITZ
Dear Genners,
We are happy to announce the creation of the Kherson (Cherson) KehilaLinks Website. This is a work in process. We would like people who have roots either in the City or Gubernia, to submit material for the website. You can submit photos, postcards, and family histories. Also very helpful would be a descriptive narrative mentioning all the generations, their migration, documents you may have received >from Ukraine, etc. We would be grateful if you will help us "populate" our new website. The site's address is: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kherson/ If you can help with any kind of material, or if you have any ideas or comments, please write to us directly at ruthw95@.... Charles and Sylvia Walowitz. Brooklyn, New York, USA. Waibsnaider, Perman, Kozodoy, Elimelekh, Minond, Liponevzky, Shurkhin, Ber, Gershman, Seltzer, Salzman, Grinker, Spiegel, Broder
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Kherson (Cherson) City and Gubernia KehilaLink New Website
#ukraine
Charles WALOWITZ
Dear Genners,
We are happy to announce the creation of the Kherson (Cherson) KehilaLinks Website. This is a work in process. We would like people who have roots either in the City or Gubernia, to submit material for the website. You can submit photos, postcards, and family histories. Also very helpful would be a descriptive narrative mentioning all the generations, their migration, documents you may have received >from Ukraine, etc. We would be grateful if you will help us "populate" our new website. The site's address is: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kherson/ If you can help with any kind of material, or if you have any ideas or comments, please write to us directly at ruthw95@.... Charles and Sylvia Walowitz. Brooklyn, New York, USA. Waibsnaider, Perman, Kozodoy, Elimelekh, Minond, Liponevzky, Shurkhin, Ber, Gershman, Seltzer, Salzman, Grinker, Spiegel, Broder
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Re: (1) Adopted girl from Florence; (2) NUNES CARVALHO family
#sephardic
Nardo Bonomi
1. Adopted girl >from Florence
I am wondering if anyone would know how I could find outDo you mean Florence (firenze) in Italy? If yes, there was an Hospital or nursery called "Istituto degl'Innocenti" who was in charge of the care of abandoned babies and to give them in adoption. The archive is very rich of registers and documents: http://www.istitutodeglinnocenti.it/?q=content/archivio-storico In same cases researchers have connected their family to the mother who abandoned their babies, after hundred years. But the Italian adoption is probably not the origin of the Jewish blood of your g-grandmother because the Jewish communities were very careful not to lose their babies. An illegitimate Jewish baby would have kept in the Jewish community and the mother would have helped not to abandon it. I often found in Tuscany records of birth of Jewish babies with "Father unknown". They simply lived with the mother. On the Jews in Firenze please see my: http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Firenze.html 2. NUNES CARVALHO family Dear Keith and Nancy Atkinson We are now documented back to Abraham NUNES CARVALHOWhich is the source of this information? The family was active in Livorno. Isaque Nunes Carvalho is listed in a census of the 18th century. Livorno town had very strict links with Amsterdam. Nardo Bonomi (Braverman) Greve in Chianti - Firenze - Italy Researching on: BRAVERMAN >from Podolya GROBMAN Ukraine LUFT and GRUNBLATT Kolomya OCCHIPINTI anywhere
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Visit to Majorca/Mallorca
#sephardic
William Yoffee
Visit to Majorca/Mallorca
My wife and I are planning a trip to the Spanish Island of Majorca during Passover. We have arranged to participate in the Jewish Community's seder on the first night, and we will try to make contact with the Xueta community. For those who are not familiar with the history of the Jews of Majorca, there are indications of Jews present in the Balearic Islands as early as the 2nd Century C.E., and Jews lived there since the earliest occupation by Arabs beginning in 902 C.E. The Jewish community became especially important to the island's economy and foreign trade after the conquest by King James I of Aragon (King James I of Majorca) in 1229-30. The community thrived until all Jews were forcibly baptized in 1435, well before the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. These Conversos, also known as New Christians, were sodiscriminated against and virtually quarantined that they formed a separate community known as Xuetas (pronounced chu-eh-tas) and were not permitted to integrate or marry within the Old Christian community. Consequently, for over 500 years the families of the Xueta community prayed in a separate church and intermarried exclusively among themselves. Recently, some of this community's members appealed to rabbinical authorities in Israel for permission to convert to Judaism, but were determined to already be Jewish and therefor did not need to formally convert. There are fifteen existing family surnames that are considered to be of original Xueta families. While my surname is not one of them, Jaffe, or some variation appears frequently in the early Aragon records concerning Majorca. For example, in 1238, King James rewarded a number of the Jewish soldiers, including one named Jaffia, who participated in his conquest of the island with land grants on the Island of Majorca. He also afforded the Jewish community special protection. We would appreciate any information or advice >from anyone who has visited the Island of Majorca or had contact with the Jewish Community or the Xueta community. You may communicate directly with me at the email address below. Bill Yoffee Co-Administrator of the Xueta DNA Project of Family Tree DNA Administrator of the Jaffe Surname Project of Family Tree DNA kidsbks@...
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Re: (1) Adopted girl from Florence; (2) NUNES CARVALHO family
#sephardic
Nardo Bonomi
1. Adopted girl >from Florence
I am wondering if anyone would know how I could find outDo you mean Florence (firenze) in Italy? If yes, there was an Hospital or nursery called "Istituto degl'Innocenti" who was in charge of the care of abandoned babies and to give them in adoption. The archive is very rich of registers and documents: http://www.istitutodeglinnocenti.it/?q=content/archivio-storico In same cases researchers have connected their family to the mother who abandoned their babies, after hundred years. But the Italian adoption is probably not the origin of the Jewish blood of your g-grandmother because the Jewish communities were very careful not to lose their babies. An illegitimate Jewish baby would have kept in the Jewish community and the mother would have helped not to abandon it. I often found in Tuscany records of birth of Jewish babies with "Father unknown". They simply lived with the mother. On the Jews in Firenze please see my: http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/Firenze.html 2. NUNES CARVALHO family Dear Keith and Nancy Atkinson We are now documented back to Abraham NUNES CARVALHOWhich is the source of this information? The family was active in Livorno. Isaque Nunes Carvalho is listed in a census of the 18th century. Livorno town had very strict links with Amsterdam. Nardo Bonomi (Braverman) Greve in Chianti - Firenze - Italy Researching on: BRAVERMAN >from Podolya GROBMAN Ukraine LUFT and GRUNBLATT Kolomya OCCHIPINTI anywhere
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Visit to Majorca/Mallorca
#sephardic
William Yoffee
Visit to Majorca/Mallorca
My wife and I are planning a trip to the Spanish Island of Majorca during Passover. We have arranged to participate in the Jewish Community's seder on the first night, and we will try to make contact with the Xueta community. For those who are not familiar with the history of the Jews of Majorca, there are indications of Jews present in the Balearic Islands as early as the 2nd Century C.E., and Jews lived there since the earliest occupation by Arabs beginning in 902 C.E. The Jewish community became especially important to the island's economy and foreign trade after the conquest by King James I of Aragon (King James I of Majorca) in 1229-30. The community thrived until all Jews were forcibly baptized in 1435, well before the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. These Conversos, also known as New Christians, were sodiscriminated against and virtually quarantined that they formed a separate community known as Xuetas (pronounced chu-eh-tas) and were not permitted to integrate or marry within the Old Christian community. Consequently, for over 500 years the families of the Xueta community prayed in a separate church and intermarried exclusively among themselves. Recently, some of this community's members appealed to rabbinical authorities in Israel for permission to convert to Judaism, but were determined to already be Jewish and therefor did not need to formally convert. There are fifteen existing family surnames that are considered to be of original Xueta families. While my surname is not one of them, Jaffe, or some variation appears frequently in the early Aragon records concerning Majorca. For example, in 1238, King James rewarded a number of the Jewish soldiers, including one named Jaffia, who participated in his conquest of the island with land grants on the Island of Majorca. He also afforded the Jewish community special protection. We would appreciate any information or advice >from anyone who has visited the Island of Majorca or had contact with the Jewish Community or the Xueta community. You may communicate directly with me at the email address below. Bill Yoffee Co-Administrator of the Xueta DNA Project of Family Tree DNA Administrator of the Jaffe Surname Project of Family Tree DNA kidsbks@...
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Can you help with research in Lebanon ?
#sephardic
Barbara Algaze
One of my students is looking for information about her ancestors >from
Lebanon. Can anyone help me with locating micofilm, microfiche, books, websites, databases, or archives that might help me help her? With many thanks. Barbara Algaze Los Angeles, California Algaze3@...
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Can you help with research in Lebanon ?
#sephardic
Barbara Algaze
One of my students is looking for information about her ancestors >from
Lebanon. Can anyone help me with locating micofilm, microfiche, books, websites, databases, or archives that might help me help her? With many thanks. Barbara Algaze Los Angeles, California Algaze3@...
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Presentation in Sarasota FL March 21, 2014
#latvia
Jo Ann Goldwater
Hi everyone,
If you are in or near Sarasota FL, you are invited to come and hear my presentation entitled "Holocaust and Other Jewish Sites in Latvia and Lithuania: My Photo Experiences" Friday, March 21, 2014 10:30 AM The Al Katz Center for Holocaust Survivors and Jewish Learning Inc. 713 South Orange Avenue Burns Square, Sarasota $12 per adult * $5 per student * Light kosher lunch Everyone is welcome. For more information and reservations, contact: Beverly Newman 941-313-9239 Hope to see you there, regards, Jo Ann Goldwater
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Presentation in Sarasota FL March 21, 2014
#latvia
Jo Ann Goldwater
Hi everyone,
If you are in or near Sarasota FL, you are invited to come and hear my presentation entitled "Holocaust and Other Jewish Sites in Latvia and Lithuania: My Photo Experiences" Friday, March 21, 2014 10:30 AM The Al Katz Center for Holocaust Survivors and Jewish Learning Inc. 713 South Orange Avenue Burns Square, Sarasota $12 per adult * $5 per student * Light kosher lunch Everyone is welcome. For more information and reservations, contact: Beverly Newman 941-313-9239 Hope to see you there, regards, Jo Ann Goldwater
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ViewMate - Seeking Help Deciphering English Language Script
#general
Fishbein Associates, Inc.
Dear Fellow Researchers:
I have posted a vital record (ViewMate ID 32786), in English for which I need an interpretation of what is written. The script is unclear in a number of instances. My posting is on ViewMate at the following address http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32786 I would be most grateful if you could respond with your thoughts via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much, Randy Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate - Seeking Help Deciphering English Language Script
#general
Fishbein Associates, Inc.
Dear Fellow Researchers:
I have posted a vital record (ViewMate ID 32786), in English for which I need an interpretation of what is written. The script is unclear in a number of instances. My posting is on ViewMate at the following address http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32786 I would be most grateful if you could respond with your thoughts via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much, Randy Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D.
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A Pole in German POW camp Stalag II-A
#general
Peter Lebensold <peterlebensold@...>
Thanks to Peter Lande's reference - just over a week ago (see below) - to
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the Polish Holocaust database at http://straty.pl , I have just discovered that there was apparently a (previously-unknown) Josef LEBENSOLD interned in the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag II-A (at Neubrandenburg, Germany). Considering that this was - apparently - not an extermination camp, I am hopeful that there was enough record-keeping that I might be able to get additional information on this prisoner: date of birth, parents' names, ultimate fate, etc. I'd also be curious to know what a Pole might be doing at a POW camp (Wikipedia says there were 738 Poles at Stalag II-A). Perhaps he was serving in the Free Polish forces? Any possible sources for further information would be much appreciated. Peter Lebensold Toronto Subject: Polish Holocaust Database From: "Lande" <pdlande@...>
In the past one of the most useful Polish Holocaust databases has been Karta
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen A Pole in German POW camp Stalag II-A
#general
Peter Lebensold <peterlebensold@...>
Thanks to Peter Lande's reference - just over a week ago (see below) - to
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
the Polish Holocaust database at http://straty.pl , I have just discovered that there was apparently a (previously-unknown) Josef LEBENSOLD interned in the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag II-A (at Neubrandenburg, Germany). Considering that this was - apparently - not an extermination camp, I am hopeful that there was enough record-keeping that I might be able to get additional information on this prisoner: date of birth, parents' names, ultimate fate, etc. I'd also be curious to know what a Pole might be doing at a POW camp (Wikipedia says there were 738 Poles at Stalag II-A). Perhaps he was serving in the Free Polish forces? Any possible sources for further information would be much appreciated. Peter Lebensold Toronto Subject: Polish Holocaust Database From: "Lande" <pdlande@...>
In the past one of the most useful Polish Holocaust databases has been Karta
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