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Time to order the translation of Yizkor Book of your ancestral Shtetl
#yizkorbooks
Joel Alpert
Can we suggest that now is the time to see if your ancestral shtetl is
one of the more than 90 Yizkor Books that the Yizkor-Books-In-Print has published. Go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html to see the list of translations of Yizkor Books now available. For reduced pricing of 4 or more books, please contact YBIP@.... Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen
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Re: tracing relatives that moved to Israel in 1960
#romania
Valentin Lupu
Hi John,
I was able to find the photo of David's grave in Haifa. Although his mother name is not inscribed, it is probably the person you are looking for. David's age at his death was 73, therefore born in 1900. The inscription says "Here lies my husband, my father, our brother and my dear grandfather". In an official publication from March 1974, Robert Honig is declared as David's legal heir. Robert Henig is an known actor in Israel. Here is a translation of a short biographic note in Hebrew: "Robert Henig (born September 17, 1945 in Transylvania), an Israeli theater and film actor, born in Romania. Henig immigrated to Israel in the 1960s and lived in Haifa with his parents. Married and father of two daughters. He graduated in 1971 at the Beit Zvi Theater School and played in many shows and films." https://mubi.com/cast/robert-henig If you would like a phone number, let me know your personal email address. Valentin Lupu ISRAEL
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Re: Children named after their living parents
#general
joannegrosman joannegrosman
Hello,
Could you explain - why you write around Radmonsko? My grandparents are from Radomsko. Would be interested to know. best regards, Joanne Grosman Grosman, Garbarski, Altman, Bocian and Kremsdorf Czestochowa and Radomsko
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Re: Children named after their living parents
#general
Lin Mor
Did one of both of them have a Sephardic background? I believe they do name babies after living relatives. Linda Cohen Morzillo
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TIME CHANGE - Ask The MyHeritage Expert - How To Colorize Photos
Daniel Horowitz
NOTE there is a time change, now the meeting will be at 1PM EST This Tuesday, March 24 @ 1pm EST "Ask The Expert - How To Colorize Photos" 30 min to learn how to make the most of MyHeritage new feature that automatically colorizes your black and white #family #photos #genealogy #ancestors REGISTER NOW https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6908195679161189389 FREE and UNLIMITED access for all people to MyHeritage In Color™ from March 23 to April 23, so that people everywhere can join in the fun of colorizing their black and white photos. Ordinarily only 10 photos can be colorized by users who do not have a Complete plan, but now, you can colorize as many photos as you’d like for free. Best regards
Daniel Horowitz Daniel@...
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Skala Podolska Yizkor Book
#yizkorbooks
https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Skala.html Just recently I connected with Joel Alpert, one of the coordinators who run the Yizkor Book site. Even though our book was produced independently of the other books in the series, they agreed to list our book in their Yizkor Book website. Thank you Joel. Tony Hausner Silver Spring, MD 20901 301--587-6943 (primary email address: thausner@...) -- Tony Hausner thausner@...
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Re: 1918 Flu Death certificate
#usa
sharon yampell
My second cousin twice removed, Alice WOLOVITZ who is mentioned in Barry’s book about The Epidemic had Influenza with Pneumococcic Meningitisas a contributory illness on her death certificate. (see below)
She was a nursing student in Philadelphia trying to treat patients
Sharon F. Yampell Voorhees, NJ USA GenealogicalGenie@...
From: Gayle Schlissel Riley via Groups.Jewishgen.Org
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:49 AM To: main@... Subject: [JewishGen.org] 1918 Flu Death certificate
On the death certificates for the 1918 flu, what did they label as the cause? My grandmother had a brother who died at that time. I never saw the death certificate, only burial records.
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Re: Children named after their living parents
#general
Jeremy Lichtman
I've seen this before a few times in the area around Radomsko, but it is unusual.
I think part of the answer is that people's official names, as listed on a birth Akta, weren't necessarily the same as their Hebrew names. Jeremy Lichtman Toronto, Canada
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Re: New Mailing List Format
cohen.izzy@...
There is a Wikipedia article about #hashtag at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag On most websites, hashtags can contain letters, digits and underscores. They cannot contain spaces and other characters. And they must begin with this symbol #
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Re: #germany - Decipher hand written word in German script
#germany
Reuven Mohr
the word is 'Vorgemerkt' am 27.8.18.
to understand what that means, you might have to look at more records. Maybe there was 'made note of' the marriage ahead of the final date of the wedding, maybe when all licenses were ready, but the date was set for a later date.
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Re: tracing relatives that moved to Israel in 1960
#romania
Israel P
Does the grave say "my dear father" or "our dear father?"
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(US) National Archives Digitized Hundreds of World War l-Era Military films
#usa
#announcements
Jan Meisels Allen
Allied soldiers march through the French town of Lille, 1918. (NARA)
The (US) National Archives and Records Administration 9NARA) has digitized hundreds of old film reels shot between 1914 and 1936. This covers the period before America’s entry into World War l through the interwar years before World War ll. Coverage includes German and allied troops footage. See: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24608 Not all are available online.
The reels range from war footage to dogs being trained to deliver cigarettes to the men in the trenches as well as the those who served everyday lives.
To read more see: https://www.military.com/off-duty/history/national-archives-wwi-films.html
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: Szmul vs Szlama
#names
Chayim Fried
i saw what other wrote but I must tell you that shmuel or Samuel, would never be misspelled, mistaken or entered as szlama which is shlomo in Hebrew or Yiddish, they are two different names, and do not even sound alike unless he had both names
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1918 Flu Death certificate
#usa
Gayle Schlissel Riley
On the death certificates for the 1918 flu, what did they label as the cause? My grandmother had a brother who died at that time. I never saw the death certificate, only burial records.
What would they say was the cause, for these deaths? Abraham Schlissel, Detroit Mich. EDER and SCHLISSEL was my family in Detroit. Thanks Gayle
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tracing relatives that moved to Israel in 1960
#romania
John Hoenig
I’m delighted to say I recently learned my great grandfather’s brother Moses Honig had two children who survived the Holocaust and moved to Israel around 1960. They were originally from the area of Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvar), Transylvania, Romania. I would now dearly love to locate their descendants (if there are any).
My relatives were David Honig and Mali Honig. I found David’s grave. It says David Hoenig was the son of Moshe and Tilah; he died on July 13, 1973 and is buried in Haifa.
I’m not very familiar with research techniques for Israel. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions about how I can learn more.
Many thanks.
John Hoenig Williamsburg, VA
Researching HONIG/HOENIG, FITZER, PELLER, MIHALY, KRENOVITZ/KRENOVICS/KREINOVIC, BUCHLER Aranyosgyeres, Turda, Koloszvar (Cluj-Napoca), Stanislawow, Radautz, Brzezany, Budapest
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John M. Hoenig Professor of Marine Science | Department of Fisheries Science Virginia Institute of Marine Science | PO Box 1346 (1375 Greate Rd), Gloucester Pt., VA 23062 my webpage: http://www.vims.edu/people/hoenig_jm/ pdf's of my papers: http://fluke.vims.edu/hoenig/professor.html Google Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T105G_oAAAAJ&hl=en Description: cid:1594B4CA-9176-4289-8A7F-09C9F800329E
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Viewmate Translation Request - Russian
Greg Tuckman
Hello group,
I've posted 5 vital records in Russian for which I need an extraction of data. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... Birth Record of Hersz Lejb TUCHMAN https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM79004&data=02%7C01%7C%7C47cefd7ff9c648b53ab408d7cea38deb%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637205074160812088&sdata=drOlpQETWrysR3OSz0cOpIXB4HAJu6YADN7XfgYDiSI%3D&reserved=0 Death Record of Hersz Lejb TUCHMAN https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM79005&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cdbbb75d565f14651db1108d7cea39250%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637205074232367791&sdata=YHA60G%2BRW7rSbhpHw5n18Dt7Uf5kLOyKhfy%2BcrI6Y2E%3D&reserved=0 Death Record of Etla Laja TUCHMAN https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM79006&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa1531b7b6094524233108d7cea396f3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637205074309978224&sdata=lMAZJnpUHYyvyHuXGLL6DMB1ytvNIG6Y8sJkCJ2cilA%3D&reserved=0 Death Record of Judka Blones https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM79007&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd4e4c24d511b484674cc08d7cea39bb6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637205074391230198&sdata=4CX4M7vOhS6QzOloyL20Xvr8HNxOikxUQUtRXKToMq4%3D&reserved=0 Marriage Record of Szmuel Eliasz MALACH and Chaia Sura FRANCBLAU https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM79008&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5fbde3e5cfa7447eae1508d7cea3a00c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637205074462470876&sdata=iT%2BwppduIwRVQik6bAbXR9i%2BSiK1ogCV9kuqO8VASiM%3D&reserved=0 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Greg Tuckman Phoenix, Arizona USA Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much.
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Alexandrovsk pogrom
#ukraine
JUROVSKY,Catherine
I would like to know if the list of victims of the 1905 Alexandrov pogrom is available. The older brother of my grand mother Boris Bespalov died in october 1905 he was 24. Regards
Catherine Jurovsky
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Re: Need assistance getting three vital records from Berlin
#germany
Joachim Mugdan
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> according to German privacy laws, marriage records are protected for 60 years
Unfortunately, the embargo period for marriage records is 80 years (30 years for death records, 110 years for birth records). -- Joachim Mugdan Basel, Switzerland JGFF Researcher 5749
-- -- Joachim Mugdan Basel, Switzerland JGFF Researcher 5749
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Re: Need assistance getting three vital records from Berlin
#germany
joannegrosman joannegrosman
Hello,
As you are a maven when it comes to the German civil registry system, I have a question. I tried to research relatives from the 19th century in the Brandenburg area called Neumark, but I can't really figure out where to look or where to address an inquiry. Now this area as you know is Poland. best regards, Joanne Grosman researching Grosman, Garbarski, Altman, Bocian, Kremsdorf
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Translaton request (Polish to English) via Viewmate
#lithuania
Storm
I've posted three vital records in Polish for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses... one or all three, I greatly appreciate any help. http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78992 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM79011 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM79012 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image pageThank you, S. Kauffman
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