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JFRA Israel - Ra'anana - Wed., Nov. 9 - Leslie Oberman
#general
Schelly Talalay Dardashti
JFRA Israel is delighted to welcome visiting speaker
Leslie Oberman of Australia to the JFRA Ra'anana branch's next meeting. Wednesday, 9 November Doors open 7 pm, program begins 7.30 pm JFRA Israel – Ra'anana (English) Leslie Oberman, Melbourne, Australia President, Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (Victoria) Inc. Topic:“Finding family in Australia.” His presentation will describe how to locate family downunder. Since 1974, he has been researching his family, among the founders of Rosh Pina. Results of his research may be seen at www.oberman.org and www.bucshester.org . He is president of the AJGS (Vic) Inc, with some 160 members. Location: Beit Fischer, 5 Klausner St., Ra'anana JFRA members, NIS 5; others, NIS 15 Membership checks (payable to JFRA) for 2006 will be accepted: NIS 100, individual; NIS 160, couple. Info: Ingrid Rockberger, ingrid@genealogy.org.il Best wishes, Schelly Talalay Dardashti Tel Aviv schelly@allrelative.net schelly@genealogy.org.il
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JGS Pittsburgh November Meeting
#general
Rae Barent <RaeBarent@...>
JGS Pittsburgh November Meeting
Date: Monday, November 21, 2005 Time: 7:30 P.M. Place: Rudolph Family Holocaust Ctr.of United Jewish Federation JCC Robinson Bldg. 5738 Darlington Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Most of us are familiar with the major divisions of Jewry in America... Orthodox, Conservative and Reform and the variations of these. Not as many of us think about another division of Jewry.. that between the Sephardim and the Ashkenazim. Sefarad is a Hebrew word meaning Spain. So, in the strictest sense of the word the Sephardim (plural of Sephardi) are the Jews who came >from the Iberian peninsula. Today however the word Sephardim has taken a much wider meaning and includes Jewish Communities in North Africa, Iraq (Babylon), Syria, Greece, Turkey and most Jews who are not Ashkenazim. The word Ashkenazi has had a similar broadening of its definition. Arising >from a Hebrew word meaning "German" it has taken on a broader definition that includes not only German Jews but those of Eastern Europe and Russia as well. Today the distinction between Sephardim and Ashkenazim is primarily one of differing traditions due to their backgrounds. Differing languages (Ladino and Arabic vs Yiddish and Polish), religious melodies during the services, festival traditions, Hebrew pronunciation are among the things that differ between Sephardim and Ashkenazim although most Conservative synagogues now use the Sephardic pronunciation... Bat Mitzvah and not Bas Mitzvah. While Ashkenazim can be religiously subdivided into Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, etc, the Sephardim have remained largely homogeneous and more traditionally religious in what, for lack of a better term, is called Orthodox. However it is an Orthodoxy that encompasses the entire spectrum of Sephardim, with obviously some Sephardim more religious than others. As genealogists and as Jews it is important to explore all facets of Judaism. To that end, I urge you to attend the November meeting at which Abe Anouchi will provide us with an excellent program on Sephardism. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 but refreshments and conversation will begin at 7:00. Rae M. Barent Programming
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JFRA Israel - Ra'anana - Wed., Nov. 9 - Leslie Oberman
#general
Schelly Talalay Dardashti
JFRA Israel is delighted to welcome visiting speaker
Leslie Oberman of Australia to the JFRA Ra'anana branch's next meeting. Wednesday, 9 November Doors open 7 pm, program begins 7.30 pm JFRA Israel – Ra'anana (English) Leslie Oberman, Melbourne, Australia President, Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (Victoria) Inc. Topic:“Finding family in Australia.” His presentation will describe how to locate family downunder. Since 1974, he has been researching his family, among the founders of Rosh Pina. Results of his research may be seen at www.oberman.org and www.bucshester.org . He is president of the AJGS (Vic) Inc, with some 160 members. Location: Beit Fischer, 5 Klausner St., Ra'anana JFRA members, NIS 5; others, NIS 15 Membership checks (payable to JFRA) for 2006 will be accepted: NIS 100, individual; NIS 160, couple. Info: Ingrid Rockberger, ingrid@genealogy.org.il Best wishes, Schelly Talalay Dardashti Tel Aviv schelly@allrelative.net schelly@genealogy.org.il
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS Pittsburgh November Meeting
#general
Rae Barent <RaeBarent@...>
JGS Pittsburgh November Meeting
Date: Monday, November 21, 2005 Time: 7:30 P.M. Place: Rudolph Family Holocaust Ctr.of United Jewish Federation JCC Robinson Bldg. 5738 Darlington Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Most of us are familiar with the major divisions of Jewry in America... Orthodox, Conservative and Reform and the variations of these. Not as many of us think about another division of Jewry.. that between the Sephardim and the Ashkenazim. Sefarad is a Hebrew word meaning Spain. So, in the strictest sense of the word the Sephardim (plural of Sephardi) are the Jews who came >from the Iberian peninsula. Today however the word Sephardim has taken a much wider meaning and includes Jewish Communities in North Africa, Iraq (Babylon), Syria, Greece, Turkey and most Jews who are not Ashkenazim. The word Ashkenazi has had a similar broadening of its definition. Arising >from a Hebrew word meaning "German" it has taken on a broader definition that includes not only German Jews but those of Eastern Europe and Russia as well. Today the distinction between Sephardim and Ashkenazim is primarily one of differing traditions due to their backgrounds. Differing languages (Ladino and Arabic vs Yiddish and Polish), religious melodies during the services, festival traditions, Hebrew pronunciation are among the things that differ between Sephardim and Ashkenazim although most Conservative synagogues now use the Sephardic pronunciation... Bat Mitzvah and not Bas Mitzvah. While Ashkenazim can be religiously subdivided into Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, etc, the Sephardim have remained largely homogeneous and more traditionally religious in what, for lack of a better term, is called Orthodox. However it is an Orthodoxy that encompasses the entire spectrum of Sephardim, with obviously some Sephardim more religious than others. As genealogists and as Jews it is important to explore all facets of Judaism. To that end, I urge you to attend the November meeting at which Abe Anouchi will provide us with an excellent program on Sephardism. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 but refreshments and conversation will begin at 7:00. Rae M. Barent Programming
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Nicki Chodnoff - On The Go Publishing <nicki@...>
Hi All
If you are traveling to Lodz in the near future, please contact us. We need an *immense* favor; we need someone to photograph a few (3 or 4) headstones or markers of our immediate relatives at the new Lodz cemetery. Digital photos are ideal. You will need to get the grave site location >from the administrator upon arrival at the cemetery. Please note: the administration office is closed on Sunday (and maybe Saturday). Please contact us privately at: rshaw@cheltenham-township.org or nicki@onthegopublishing.com . Thank you in advance." Nicki Chodnoff nicki@onthegopublishing.com Columbus, Ohio researching ROZENTAL >from Lodz and Dabie; ORCHAN >from Lodz, Dabie, and Poddebiece; and PARZENCZEWSKA(SKI) >from Lodz and Ozorkow and Cheltenham Township Main Street Ruth Littner Shaw rshaw@cheltenham-township.org
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Nicki Chodnoff - On The Go Publishing <nicki@...>
Hi All
If you are traveling to Lodz in the near future, please contact us. We need an *immense* favor; we need someone to photograph a few (3 or 4) headstones or markers of our immediate relatives at the new Lodz cemetery. Digital photos are ideal. You will need to get the grave site location >from the administrator upon arrival at the cemetery. Please note: the administration office is closed on Sunday (and maybe Saturday). Please contact us privately at: rshaw@cheltenham-township.org or nicki@onthegopublishing.com . Thank you in advance." Nicki Chodnoff nicki@onthegopublishing.com Columbus, Ohio researching ROZENTAL >from Lodz and Dabie; ORCHAN >from Lodz, Dabie, and Poddebiece; and PARZENCZEWSKA(SKI) >from Lodz and Ozorkow and Cheltenham Township Main Street Ruth Littner Shaw rshaw@cheltenham-township.org
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Shaw, Ruth <RShaw@...>
We are asking if anyone is going to Lodz soon; if so, please contact us.
We are *very* desirious of having someone photograph a few headstones, specifically our immediate relatives. The 'addresses' will need to be researched upon your arrival at the cemetery. Please contact: mailto:rshaw@cheltenham-township.org or nicki@onthegopublishing.com. Thank you.
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Shaw, Ruth <RShaw@...>
We are asking if anyone is going to Lodz soon; if so, please contact us.
We are *very* desirious of having someone photograph a few headstones, specifically our immediate relatives. The 'addresses' will need to be researched upon your arrival at the cemetery. Please contact: mailto:rshaw@cheltenham-township.org or nicki@onthegopublishing.com. Thank you.
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Roni S. Liebowitz
We are very pleased to announce that the 1903 and 1904 indices for almost
14,000 birth, marriage and death records for the city of Lodz have now been completed. We now have available a list of 25 of the most common surnames found in this batch of Lodz indices, 1903-1904. The surnames are followed by the frequency with which they appear: GOLDBERG 138 JAKUBOWICZ 124 KON 101 ROZENBERG 90 LEWKOWICZ 86 FRENKEL 68 LEWIN 61 FRYDMAN 60 ROZENBLUM 55 GRYNBAUM 54 ZILBERBERG 54 LIPSZYC 50 FUKS 48 ROZENCWAJG 48 GOLDMAN 47 MOSZKOWICZ 45 ROZEN 45 GROSMAN 44 GLIKSMAN 43 SZWARC 43 MARKOWICZ 42 WAJNBERG 41 BORNSZTEJN 39 KAC 39 ROZENBLAT 38 A list of all surnames found in the new data (1903-1904) is now online at: http://www.jri-poland.org/psa/lodz_surn2.htm There are an impressive 4760 unique surnames in this list. Not surprising since Lodz contained the second largest Jewish community in Poland, if not all of Europe. If you want to know how any times your family's surname exits, please contact us. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all those who have been so supportive of this project. We would also like to particularly thank JRI-Poland's Sheila Salo, Michael Tobias, and Stanley Diamond for their invaluable assistance and guidance. The Lodz PSA Project consists of two phases. Phase 1 is for the years 1878 to 1898 with over 50,000 records. All of this data is now live on the JRI-Poland database. Phase 2, also known as the "Seven-Year Initiative," was created to index the records for the years 1899 through 1905. With today's addition, the total records indexed for the Seven-Year Initiative is now 37,536 which covers the years 1899 through 1904. However, for Phase 2, only 1899 through 1901 is currently live on the database. If you are interested in seeing these important indices become part of the JRI-Poland database, please contact Roni Seibel Liebowitz, Lodz Archive Coordinator Roni19@optonline.net or Joe Ross, Lodz Town Leader, joeross1220@comcast.net for more details. Sincerely, Roni Seibel Liebowitz, Lodz PSA/JRI-Poland Archive Coordinator Roni19@optonline.net Scarsdale, New York and Joe Ross, Lodz Town Leader, JRI-Poland joeross1220@comcast.net Bala Cynwyd, PA
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Roni S. Liebowitz
We are very pleased to announce that the 1903 and 1904 indices for almost
14,000 birth, marriage and death records for the city of Lodz have now been completed. We now have available a list of 25 of the most common surnames found in this batch of Lodz indices, 1903-1904. The surnames are followed by the frequency with which they appear: GOLDBERG 138 JAKUBOWICZ 124 KON 101 ROZENBERG 90 LEWKOWICZ 86 FRENKEL 68 LEWIN 61 FRYDMAN 60 ROZENBLUM 55 GRYNBAUM 54 ZILBERBERG 54 LIPSZYC 50 FUKS 48 ROZENCWAJG 48 GOLDMAN 47 MOSZKOWICZ 45 ROZEN 45 GROSMAN 44 GLIKSMAN 43 SZWARC 43 MARKOWICZ 42 WAJNBERG 41 BORNSZTEJN 39 KAC 39 ROZENBLAT 38 A list of all surnames found in the new data (1903-1904) is now online at: http://www.jri-poland.org/psa/lodz_surn2.htm There are an impressive 4760 unique surnames in this list. Not surprising since Lodz contained the second largest Jewish community in Poland, if not all of Europe. If you want to know how any times your family's surname exits, please contact us. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all those who have been so supportive of this project. We would also like to particularly thank JRI-Poland's Sheila Salo, Michael Tobias, and Stanley Diamond for their invaluable assistance and guidance. The Lodz PSA Project consists of two phases. Phase 1 is for the years 1878 to 1898 with over 50,000 records. All of this data is now live on the JRI-Poland database. Phase 2, also known as the "Seven-Year Initiative," was created to index the records for the years 1899 through 1905. With today's addition, the total records indexed for the Seven-Year Initiative is now 37,536 which covers the years 1899 through 1904. However, for Phase 2, only 1899 through 1901 is currently live on the database. If you are interested in seeing these important indices become part of the JRI-Poland database, please contact Roni Seibel Liebowitz, Lodz Archive Coordinator Roni19@optonline.net or Joe Ross, Lodz Town Leader, joeross1220@comcast.net for more details. Sincerely, Roni Seibel Liebowitz, Lodz PSA/JRI-Poland Archive Coordinator Roni19@optonline.net Scarsdale, New York and Joe Ross, Lodz Town Leader, JRI-Poland joeross1220@comcast.net Bala Cynwyd, PA
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Searching for AXELRAD
#galicia
I am looking for a Nathan AXELRAD (or AXELROD) who lived in Raanana in
1956. or his relatives or descendants. He once lived in Stanislawow now called Ivano Frankiwsk, now in western Ukraine. Axelrod or his descendants are being sought by members of the KRESSEL family >from Zablotow who are now in the USA. Please respond privately. Thank you. Tony Hausner Silver Spring, MD Researching: Hausner: Skala, Galicia, Austria, Bohemia Wechsler, Zimmerman: Galicia Bloch, Epstein: Czech
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Searching for AXELRAD
#galicia
I am looking for a Nathan AXELRAD (or AXELROD) who lived in Raanana in
1956. or his relatives or descendants. He once lived in Stanislawow now called Ivano Frankiwsk, now in western Ukraine. Axelrod or his descendants are being sought by members of the KRESSEL family >from Zablotow who are now in the USA. Please respond privately. Thank you. Tony Hausner Silver Spring, MD Researching: Hausner: Skala, Galicia, Austria, Bohemia Wechsler, Zimmerman: Galicia Bloch, Epstein: Czech
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New JRI-Poland Project - Rzeszow Census Records
#galicia
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
Dear Fellow Galitzianers,
It's my pleasure to let you know about the Rzeszow Census indexing project of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland. Rzeszow is at coordinates Latitude 50o 03' Longitude 22o 00', in the former Galicia region of Austro-Hungary. Today Rzeszow is in southeastern Poland, between Krakow and Lviv, Ukraine. The Census of 1870 includes 5394 individuals; the Census of 1890 includes 5527 individuals. Both censuses provide: House Number, Apartment Number, Surname, Given Name, Gender, Year of Birth, Place of Birth, Marital Status, Community Affiliation, Relationship to Head of Household and Comments in some cases. There are 598 distinct surnames, 242 different towns of birth and 100 different community affiliations listed in the 1870 Census. There are 1211 distinct surnames, 413 towns of birth and 331 community affiliations listed in the 1890 Census. Name and Town frequency lists for both censuses are available for your use. I welcome hearing >from you if you have an interest in this Rzeszow Census indexing project or if you would like to obtain copies of the Surname, Town of Birth and Community Affiliation Frequency lists. Questions relating to any Rzeszow district indexing projects are also welcome. Sincerely, Eden S. Joachim Pomona, New York esjoachim@optonline.net Archive Coordinator - Rzeszow Branch of the Polish State Archives. Archive Coordinator - Sanok Sub-Branch of the Polish State Archives Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Project www.jri-poland.org
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia New JRI-Poland Project - Rzeszow Census Records
#galicia
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
Dear Fellow Galitzianers,
It's my pleasure to let you know about the Rzeszow Census indexing project of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland. Rzeszow is at coordinates Latitude 50o 03' Longitude 22o 00', in the former Galicia region of Austro-Hungary. Today Rzeszow is in southeastern Poland, between Krakow and Lviv, Ukraine. The Census of 1870 includes 5394 individuals; the Census of 1890 includes 5527 individuals. Both censuses provide: House Number, Apartment Number, Surname, Given Name, Gender, Year of Birth, Place of Birth, Marital Status, Community Affiliation, Relationship to Head of Household and Comments in some cases. There are 598 distinct surnames, 242 different towns of birth and 100 different community affiliations listed in the 1870 Census. There are 1211 distinct surnames, 413 towns of birth and 331 community affiliations listed in the 1890 Census. Name and Town frequency lists for both censuses are available for your use. I welcome hearing >from you if you have an interest in this Rzeszow Census indexing project or if you would like to obtain copies of the Surname, Town of Birth and Community Affiliation Frequency lists. Questions relating to any Rzeszow district indexing projects are also welcome. Sincerely, Eden S. Joachim Pomona, New York esjoachim@optonline.net Archive Coordinator - Rzeszow Branch of the Polish State Archives. Archive Coordinator - Sanok Sub-Branch of the Polish State Archives Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Project www.jri-poland.org
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Jezierzany and Skala Births: Where Registered Question
#galicia
Gabe Kingsley <gabek1@...>
Greetings all -
My paternal grandfather, Juda KUBERT, was thought to have been born in Jezierzany December 12, 1879. Although unable to find his record of birth in the Polish records database in Jezierzany, I did find his birth record in Skala, the town of his mother, Kreindel GARTLER, 11.5 miles away. In this entry, his father, Morris KUBERT, was not shown, only his mother, and the surname used was hers. I'm certain this is my grandfather, but wonder if it was a common practice for a mother to register a birth in her former home town and if that listing could be done without the name of the father. Also in the Skala database is a listing for his younger sister, Jente, born in 1885, but in that entry, their father, Moses KUBERT, is properly listed and showing Jezierzany as his home town. For what it's worth, he was born on the 2nd night of Chanukah. I can imagine that she had my grandfather while visiting her parents, thereby causing the registration in Skala. I guess it is possible that they lived in Skala for a time following his birth, but he always claimed Jezierzany and was, for a time, president of the Jezierzany Sick and Benevolent Society in New York. I never heard of Skala until recently. My grandmother, Basha SEIDMAN, was >from Husiatyn. Oddly, there seem to be no listing of the birth of any of their siblings elsewhere in the region, but there are records of another of his sister's children being born. Any thoughts? Thanks, Gabe Kingsley Hayward, CA Jezierzany: KUBERT, SPERLING, WEISSBROT Husiatyn: SEIDMAN, ROSENHAUCH Skala: GERTLER/GARTLER, JAGENDORF Wasylkowce: ROSENHAUCH Message header changed by Moderator.
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Jezierzany and Skala Births: Where Registered Question
#galicia
Gabe Kingsley <gabek1@...>
Greetings all -
My paternal grandfather, Juda KUBERT, was thought to have been born in Jezierzany December 12, 1879. Although unable to find his record of birth in the Polish records database in Jezierzany, I did find his birth record in Skala, the town of his mother, Kreindel GARTLER, 11.5 miles away. In this entry, his father, Morris KUBERT, was not shown, only his mother, and the surname used was hers. I'm certain this is my grandfather, but wonder if it was a common practice for a mother to register a birth in her former home town and if that listing could be done without the name of the father. Also in the Skala database is a listing for his younger sister, Jente, born in 1885, but in that entry, their father, Moses KUBERT, is properly listed and showing Jezierzany as his home town. For what it's worth, he was born on the 2nd night of Chanukah. I can imagine that she had my grandfather while visiting her parents, thereby causing the registration in Skala. I guess it is possible that they lived in Skala for a time following his birth, but he always claimed Jezierzany and was, for a time, president of the Jezierzany Sick and Benevolent Society in New York. I never heard of Skala until recently. My grandmother, Basha SEIDMAN, was >from Husiatyn. Oddly, there seem to be no listing of the birth of any of their siblings elsewhere in the region, but there are records of another of his sister's children being born. Any thoughts? Thanks, Gabe Kingsley Hayward, CA Jezierzany: KUBERT, SPERLING, WEISSBROT Husiatyn: SEIDMAN, ROSENHAUCH Skala: GERTLER/GARTLER, JAGENDORF Wasylkowce: ROSENHAUCH Message header changed by Moderator.
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Presentation about A. Goldfaden and the Yiddish Theater
#yiddish
David Harris <dorsharris@...>
To the YT&V Members:
I have been informed of a FREE (for reservation see below) presentation of a documentary film about the origins of the modern Yiddish theatre and its Yiddish theatre pioneer, Abraham Goldfaden. Directed by Radu Gabrea, Bucarest, Romania. 2004, With Zalmen Mlotek, Folksbiene Theatre, New York (piano presentation); Yiddish songs with singers Elenor Reissa and Elisabeth Schwartze. Discussion with film maker Radu Gabrea, historian Nahma Sandrow and Moshe Yassur to follow. It will be presented in New York city, 6:30 PM, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, - Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, Proshansky Auditorium at The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., at 34th Street. For reservations please contact 1.212.817.8215 or continuinged@gc.cuny.edu and mention the Reservation Code 6420. Free. First come, first served basis. David Harris Silver Spring, MD
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Yiddish Theatre and Vadeville #YiddishTheatre Presentation about A. Goldfaden and the Yiddish Theater
#yiddish
David Harris <dorsharris@...>
To the YT&V Members:
I have been informed of a FREE (for reservation see below) presentation of a documentary film about the origins of the modern Yiddish theatre and its Yiddish theatre pioneer, Abraham Goldfaden. Directed by Radu Gabrea, Bucarest, Romania. 2004, With Zalmen Mlotek, Folksbiene Theatre, New York (piano presentation); Yiddish songs with singers Elenor Reissa and Elisabeth Schwartze. Discussion with film maker Radu Gabrea, historian Nahma Sandrow and Moshe Yassur to follow. It will be presented in New York city, 6:30 PM, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, - Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, Proshansky Auditorium at The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., at 34th Street. For reservations please contact 1.212.817.8215 or continuinged@gc.cuny.edu and mention the Reservation Code 6420. Free. First come, first served basis. David Harris Silver Spring, MD
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Research through the Archives in Vilnius
#lithuania
Jrbaston
Dennis Gelpe asked:
<< I was wonder just what examples of data were found when using the Vilna State Archives genealogical research services....Have people been able to learn about past family members, or names of people going back generations? >> My experience requesting research >from Galina Baranova and the Lithuanian State Historical Archive in Vilnius has been a very positive and very helpful one. It began back in 1995 when Galina and her colleague Laima attended the IAJGS conference in Washington, D.C. and I had a consultation with them. I requested that they research my BASTUNSKI and KAGANOVICH families >from Eisiskes, and a few months later (waiting times were much shorter 10 years ago!), I received a list of 36 birth, marriage and death records for individuals with these surnames. I ordered copies of many of the records, and especially in the case of the BASTUNSKI family found branches I'd never known. Two years later when I went to Vilnius and found my father's second cousin living there, I was able to pinpoint exactly how he and I were related because of the records Galina had found. Otherwise I would have never known how we were connected. Later Galina researched the revision lists >from Eisiskes, and as a separate research task, the revision lists >from the Lida Kahal (community) going back to the supplemental revision of 1818 >from the tiny villages in the Lida Kahal. Because of this I was able to find my BASTUNSKI family -- going back to my fourth great-grandfather -- living in the tiny village of Sokoly, near Bastuny, in 1818. Galina later informed me about another list >from 1888 that included the name BASTUNSKI. If there are vital records for your town, you can learn a lot by helping to get these records indexed through LitvakSIG's VItal Records Indexing project. If you make a qualifying contribution and obtain the Excel File of that town's data you can search it in ways that help you find family members with different surnames, etc. But for some towns there are also additional records in the Vilnius Archive that can be searched, including vital records later than those in the VRI project, and such a search can be very worthwhile. Judy Baston San Francisco, CA
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Research through the Archives in Vilnius
#lithuania
Jrbaston
Dennis Gelpe asked:
<< I was wonder just what examples of data were found when using the Vilna State Archives genealogical research services....Have people been able to learn about past family members, or names of people going back generations? >> My experience requesting research >from Galina Baranova and the Lithuanian State Historical Archive in Vilnius has been a very positive and very helpful one. It began back in 1995 when Galina and her colleague Laima attended the IAJGS conference in Washington, D.C. and I had a consultation with them. I requested that they research my BASTUNSKI and KAGANOVICH families >from Eisiskes, and a few months later (waiting times were much shorter 10 years ago!), I received a list of 36 birth, marriage and death records for individuals with these surnames. I ordered copies of many of the records, and especially in the case of the BASTUNSKI family found branches I'd never known. Two years later when I went to Vilnius and found my father's second cousin living there, I was able to pinpoint exactly how he and I were related because of the records Galina had found. Otherwise I would have never known how we were connected. Later Galina researched the revision lists >from Eisiskes, and as a separate research task, the revision lists >from the Lida Kahal (community) going back to the supplemental revision of 1818 >from the tiny villages in the Lida Kahal. Because of this I was able to find my BASTUNSKI family -- going back to my fourth great-grandfather -- living in the tiny village of Sokoly, near Bastuny, in 1818. Galina later informed me about another list >from 1888 that included the name BASTUNSKI. If there are vital records for your town, you can learn a lot by helping to get these records indexed through LitvakSIG's VItal Records Indexing project. If you make a qualifying contribution and obtain the Excel File of that town's data you can search it in ways that help you find family members with different surnames, etc. But for some towns there are also additional records in the Vilnius Archive that can be searched, including vital records later than those in the VRI project, and such a search can be very worthwhile. Judy Baston San Francisco, CA
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