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#ukraine #translation #ukraine #translation

David J. Brotman

#641502

I have a photo of my great grandfather Kopul Brotman. I think he lived in Verbovets, Ukraine. The photo has a document with some lettering on it. Does anyone know what language it might be and what it says? Thanks

David J. Brotman sunset100@...>

Re: The Windemere Children--Child Survivors of the Holocaust #holocaust #unitedkingdom

Michael Wilson

#641501

Even more poignant is the fact that only 729 Jewish children could be found and sent to England … despite the offer of taking 1000

Mike Wilson

Re: The Windemere Children #holocaust

Michael Wilson

#641500

For much more about what has happened in the intervening years see https://45aid.org/

Mike Wilson

Re: German "JUDEN UND DISSIDENT" baptism/christening certificates for Jews? #germany

Rodney Eisfelder

#641499

Wesetx,
There are two parts to your question. In Germany, religions were funded by a proportion of taxes. Everyone was a member of the religion into which they were born - unless they formally renounced their membership, becoming either a member of another recognized religion or becoming a dissident. For some places - especially Berlin, the registers of Jews and Dissidents are filed together.
As to the other part of your question, some collections of genealogical records treat births and baptism /christening records as being the same thing. This is due to the biases of the orginizations that have created the collections.
You have to take each record on its merits, and examine it to see what it really is. Personally, I find it offensive when a Beschneidung (circumcision) register is grouped with baptisms and christenings, but I have to get over it and take the records for what they really are. And often, a Beschneidung register is really a birth register - one date column is left blank for the girls.

And lastly, sometimes there really are collections of baptisms/christening of Jews - those are conversions. I hope this helps a little.

Rodney Eisfelder, Melbourne, Australia

Re: 2nd Great Grandfather Moshe Mordecai BARNETT found in Kutno, Lodz, Poland #poland

Joan Parker

#641498

Hello,

I don't know if this will help but Tzvi Dov WINOGRAD halevi BARNETT married to Ida (???). These names appeared on the death certificate as the parents of my paternal grandmother Yetta Winograd PINKUS who died in 1931. Place of birth for all was written as Russia.

Happy Passover,

Joan

Joan Parker

Past President/Archivist

JGS of Greater Miami, Inc.

1) GOLDBERG, GOULD, GOODSTEIN/GUDSTEIN, BERGER, JAGODA-Lipno and Plock,Poland-Russia; Warsaw, Poland-Russia; Galveston, TX; Bronx and Brooklyn, NY.

2) PARKER, PINKUS/PINCUS, WINOGRAD, (GERSHO-BEROVNA?)., R0SEN, -Brest (Litovsk), Belarus; Grodno, Russia; Bronx and Brooklyn, NY. WEISS, NEIKRUG, DEL PINO--Brooklyn, NY. RABWIN--Hollywood, CA, Salt Lake City, UT. CLAYTON-California.

3) GELFAND, KRITZOFF, KATZ, TROCK --Berezin/Bresin, Kodima, Minsk, Belarus, Bronx, NY, Miami and Miami Beach, FL.

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On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 8:24 PM Richard Goldman <dicksgenealogy@...> wrote:

A complete set of the Book of Residence for Kutno, Poland exists. This lists all of the Jewish households from the early 19th century through 1931. I don't know if it is incorporated into JRI-Poland or another site yet. Many years ago we used a private researcher to extract some information from the BOR but I don't believe any of the Kutno group members were looking for the name BARNETT. I did just look at an index of ALL family names and did not see any BARNETT or anything similar.

Re: German "JUDEN UND DISSIDENT" baptism/christening certificates for Jews? #germany

Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>

#641497

Check the dates carefully. Often, the brit milahs were recorded as baptisms…. If the ‘baptism’ occurred 8 days after birth it was the brit.

Barbara Mannlein
Tucson, AZ

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On Apr 9, 2020, at 2:05 PM, EdrieAnne Broughton <edrieanne@...> wrote:
Before the 20th Century often the prevalent church was the recorder of births, deaths and marriages...mainly because one church was 'official' and all other religions were dissident..so it wasn't just Jews who were singled out...many Christian sects were also labeled dissident.

Re: 2nd Great Grandfather Moshe Mordecai BARNETT found in Kutno, Lodz, Poland #poland

Richard Goldman

#641496

A complete set of the Book of Residence for Kutno, Poland exists. This lists all of the Jewish households from the early 19th century through 1931. I don't know if it is incorporated into JRI-Poland or another site yet. Many years ago we used a private researcher to extract some information from the BOR but I don't believe any of the Kutno group members were looking for the name BARNETT. I did just look at an index of ALL family names and did not see any BARNETT or anything similar.

given name Orel in Lithuania #lithuania #names

rv Kaplan

#641495

Roiza Baier married Shmuil Benin in Kovno in 1897. Her father's name is listed as Orel Baier.

Does anyone know what Orel corresponds to in Yiddish or Hebrew? Could it connect to Aryeh or Aron?

thanks

Harvey Kaplan

Glasgow, Scotland

KAPLAN, FAYN, FEIN, FINE, BARSD, GRADMAN

- Ariogala, Josvainiai, Kedainiai, Krakes, Seta, Veliuona, Grinkiskis, Lithuania

Re: German "JUDEN UND DISSIDENT" baptism/christening certificates for Jews? #germany

EdrieAnne Broughton

#641494

Before the 20th Century often the prevalent church was the recorder of births, deaths and marriages...mainly because one church was 'official' and all other religions were dissident..so it wasn't just Jews who were singled out...many Christian sects were also labeled dissident.

EdrieAnne Broughton

Re: Discovered my grandmother owned land before the war, what now? #austria-czech #holocaust

ivy.lessner@...

#641493

Michal'any, Slovakia is still on the map today, on the border with Hungary. Mchal'any is just southeast of Košice and south of Trebišov.

Re: The Windemere Children #holocaust

Elaine King

#641492

I saw this program, but I wondered what happened to the children after they left Windemere. Obviously they stayed in England, but did they go to individual families?

Elaine King <EGKing79@...>

Elesavetgrad cemetery in Washington, DC #usa

David W. Perle

#641491

Hi, all. Might anyone have contact info for Elesavetgrad cemetery in Washington, DC? There are requests for photos of graves that I'd love to visit and fulfill, as I've done in the past. A couple of years ago, I met a gentleman who arrived when I was there and turned out to be an overseer of the grounds, and happened to have had his binder with him of grave locations, which helped me with my last couple of names that visit. I left a message a week ago on the number posted on the front gate, and I've googled for additional contact info but stuff that comes up seems to be outdated.

David W. Perle, Washington, DC <dwperle@...>

Leiser REISEN> Louis Reisen or Raisch or Resin Missing Brother #ukraine #russia #usa

murphy8@...

#641490

Leiser Reisen was born about 1875 in Russia>Ukraine, immigrated to New York from Poltava Gub (Priluki or Pereyaslav) in 1899. Married Sara Krawitz in 1906. In his marriage record, his mother is listed as Beile Lodin and father is Samuel Resin. His mother had children with another father, last name being Kanower > Cohen and she later remarried Polonetzki. He is not the Louis Reisen in NY who is from Romania and shows up in searches.

I am having difficulty finding him after 1906.

Can anyone help me find this elusive ancestral brother?
Any help, suggestions, etc would be greatly appreciated.
Robin August

#translation from the Russian needed #translation

Deanna Levinsky <DEANNASMAC@...>

#641489

This is a tombstone of a person whose last name is Schafferenko
I cannot translate the rest of the Russian and would appreciate help
Happy Passover to all
--
Deanna M. Levinsky, Long Island, NY

PDF

headstone_schafferenko.pdf

Re: The Windemere Children--Child Survivors of the Holocaust #holocaust #unitedkingdom

Michael Sharp

#641488

I know one of the survivors well. The programme is pretty accurate particularly the scenes where they have their first meal after arrival, go cycling in their underwear while waiting for supplies of clean clothes, and Arek's relationship with his girlfriend. The Polish actors spent much time with the survivors before filming. The scenes at the end are very moving.

Watch out for a sequel from the BBC - The Windermere Children - in their own words

For more on Arek's story scroll down the Stories page on www.holocaustlearning.org.uk

Michael Sharp<michael.sharp@...

Re: The Windemere Children--Child Survivors of the Holocaust #holocaust #unitedkingdom

JudiZimmer

#641487

Very moving, and after the program is a one-hour documentary with interviews of some of the children, including little Bela!

Judi Zimmer

Wed, 08 Apr 2020, Jan Meisels Allen wrote:

This week in the United States – I don’t know about the rest of North America—the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) aired The Windemere Children. It is a 90 minute program based on fact. In August 1945, the British Government agreed to give refuge to 1,000 children who survived the Nazi concentration camps......

Re: Discovered my grandmother owned land before the war, what now? #austria-czech #holocaust

Valentin Lupu

#641486

Hi Moses,
The parents of a friend of mine were from the town of Michalany in Slovakia, during WWII. Slovakia was then part of Czechoslovakia Republic (CSR). Most of the town people were Jewish and Hungarian / Slovakian speakers. Michalany is known now as Michalovce in Slovakia (near Kosice).

Valentin Lupu
ISRAEL

Re: Searching for Relatives/People from Posvil Lithuania #lithuania

Ellen

#641485

Stewart,

I sent you an email about a possible connection. If you don't see it, check your Junk Mail folder.

Ellen
--
Researching WEISSMAN/VAYSMAN (Ostropol, Ukraine); MOROZ and ESTRIN/ESTERKIN (Shklov & Bykhov, Belarus); LESSER/LESZEROVITZ, MAIMAN, and BARNETT/BEINHART/BERNHART (Lithuania/Latvia); and ROSENSWEIG/ROSENZWEIG, KIRSCHEN, and SCHWARTZ (Botosani, Romania)

Re: Need help with grandfather's name change and birthplace (Maramoros?) #austria-czech #hungary #names

Valentin Lupu

#641484

Sorry Marilyn, it was my typo. The birth year should be 1885 (not1895) as you can read in Friedl's birth registration. It does make sense.
I live in a suburb of Haifa,
All the best,
Valentin

Re: Research for family from Vilno, Lithuania #lithuania

Carol Hoffman

#641483

You might want to consider joining the Vilnius District Research Group of LitvakSIG. New records are being translated on a regular basis. Contributing to the group will entitle you to five years of free access.

I wish you continued good luck with your searches.

Carol Hoffman

Tel Aviv

13561 - 13580 of 655050

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