JewishGen.org Discussion Group FAQs
What is the JewishGen.org Discussion Group?
The JewishGen.org Discussion Group unites thousands of Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide as they research their family history, search for relatives, and share information, ideas, methods, tips, techniques, and resources. The JewishGen.org Discussion Group makes it easy, quick, and fun, to connect with others around the world.
Is it Secure?
Yes. JewishGen is using a state of the art platform with the most contemporary security standards. JewishGen will never share member information with third parties.
How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
As we continue to modernize our platform, we are trying to ensure that everything meets contemporary security standards. In the future, we plan hope to have one single sign-in page.
I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
Yes. In terms of functionality, the group will operate the same for people who like to participate with email. People can still send a message to an email address (in this case, main@groups.JewishGen.org), and receive a daily digest of postings, or individual emails. In addition, Members can also receive a daily summary of topics, and then choose which topics they would like to read about it. However, in addition to email, there is the additional functionality of being able to read/post messages utilizing our online forum (https://groups.jewishgen.org).
Does this new system require plain-text?
No.
Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
Yes.
Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
Yes! Our new platform allows members to use “Hashtags.” Messages can then be sorted, and searched, based upon how they are categorized. Another advantage is that members can “mute” any conversations they are not interested in, by simply indicating they are not interested in a particular “hashtag.”
Will all posts be archived?
Yes.
Can I still search though old messages?
Yes. All the messages are accessible and searchable going back to 1998.
What if I have questions or need assistance using the new Group?
Send your questions to: support@JewishGen.org
How do I access the Group’s webpage?
Follow this link: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main
So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?
Correct!
Will there be any ads or annoying pop-ups?
No.
Will the current guidelines change?
Yes. While posts will be moderated to ensure civility, and that there is nothing posted that is inappropriate (or completely unrelated to genealogy), we will be trying to create an online community of people who regulate themselves, much as they do (very successfully) on Jewish Genealogy Portal on Facebook.
What are the new guidelines?
There are just a few simple rules & guidelines to follow, which you can read here:https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/guidelines
Thank you in advance for contributing to this amazing online community!
If you have any questions, or suggestions, please email support@JewishGen.org.
Sincerely,
The JewishGen.org Team
Translation of the Memorial Book of Turobin, Poland available at reduced price #YizkorBooks#Poland
Joel Alpert
Yizkor Books in Print is happy to make this book available at severely
reduced pricing by ordering through JewishGen List Price: $61.95, available from JewishGen for $39 For more information and directions for ordering go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Turobin.html Go toward the bottom of the page below "Available at:" for the link to start your order. For information on the other 95 other Yizkor book we publish, go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor Books in Print Project
|
||
|
||
Translation of the Memorial Book of Turka.Ukraine available at reduced price #YizkorBooks#Ukraine
Joel Alpert
Memorial Book of the Community of Turka on the Stryj and Vicinity
(Turka, Ukraine) Yizkor Books in Print is happy to make this book available at severely reduced pricing by ordering through JewishGen List Price: $52.95, available from JewishGen for $37 For more information and directions for ordering go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Turka.html Go toward the bottom of the page below "Available at:" for the link to start your order. For information on the other 95 other Yizkor book we publish, go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor Books in Print Project
|
||
|
||
Attendance Half-jew attending Berlin University 1940#Germany
Vera Finberg <vera.finberg@...>
My uncle, half Jewish, who legally left the Berlin Jewish Community at age 16 in 1932 Hewas in the German Army in 1940 and supposedly thrown out by Nazi Law 12. According to his son, he then attended the German University in Berlin under his own name; Siegfried Kahan and graduated in 1945. How would this have been possible? Vera Finberg Fairfax, VA KAHAN, BONDY, THIEBEN,
|
||
|
||
Re: Unsure if these are names.
#names
Diane Jacobs
Csernia or Cherna was my mother's Hebrew name. I found it on her ketuba. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message -------- From: Joe Lewis <joelewis.cpa@...> Date: 4/21/20 2:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: main@... Subject: Re: [JewishGen.org] Unsure if these are names. #names I can't speak to the origin of Cerne. Joe Lewis, Sherman Oaks, California joelewis.cpa@... -- Diane Jacobs
|
||
|
||
searching for the maiden name of my great-grandmother Riva/Rivke BERENSON
#ukraine
Molly Staub
I’ve tried to solve this brick wall problem for years. However, with the surge of new researchers lately, perhaps someone will have an answer. I’m searching for the maiden name of my great-grandmother Riva/Rivke Berenson (married to Yishea/Ovshiy Berenson – don’t know when he died). She was a midwife in Krasnoye, Podolia Gubernia, Ukraine. Several of her children (born between 1868 and about 1884) had left for London by 1901 (appearing on that Great Britain Census). Family lore says she traveled to London to visit them and even spoke at a school for midwifery, but I haven’t found a passport or any record. I know of a family of landsmen in Krasnoye where she delivered all of their Loigman children, between 1887 and 1904. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?
Molly Arost Staub, Boca Raton, FL E-mail staubmolly@...
|
||
|
||
Re: Unsure if these are names.
#names
Joe Lewis
I have relatives with the names of Louis and Bryna, but on the ship manifests for their immigration to the US from Russia in the 1800's and early 1900's, they appear as Leiser/Leizer and Breine (male and female, respectively).
I can't speak to the origin of Cerne. Joe Lewis, Sherman Oaks, California joelewis.cpa@...
|
||
|
||
Re: downloading an image
#general
Max Heffler
Did you try right-clicking on the image? If that is not an option you can use Print Screen key or other screen capture programs
From: main@... [mailto:main@...]
On Behalf Of Lisa via groups.jewishgen.org
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 2:48 AM To: main@... Subject: [JewishGen.org] downloading an image #general
I found a record on JewishGen, and when I clicked through, I found an image here:
-- Web sites I manage - Personal home page, Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical Society, Woodside Civic Club, Skala, Ukraine KehilalLink, Joniskelis, Lithuania KehilaLink, and pet volunteer project - Yizkor book project: www.texsys.com/websites.html
|
||
|
||
Re: 2020 US Census - further thoughts
#general
Jim Gutterman
I think things and records etc will first have to evolve as different electronic capabilities, software etc also develop. For instance, those of us family trees we put out with Ancestry and other services will make things hugely easier for subsequent generations. Births, deaths, citizenship will likely be recorded n stored electronically by various govt or other entities. Just in general, the hunt will be different, but imo will be easier to find things. No more poring over handwritten n often inaaccurate manifests... James Gutterman <james.gutterman@...>
researching GUTTERMAN, GUTMAN, GOODMAN,GELLER, LANDESMAN, OCHS, HERSHKOVITZ
|
||
|
||
Yonatan Ben-Ari
Researching family tree of the rabbi of Novarodok, during the 19th
century, Rabbi David be Moshe (of Klezk), also known for his book "Galya Mesechet". One son, Moshe, married HOROWITZ from Minsk and adopted the HOROWIT0Z family name. A son-in-law, RABINOVITCH, published his above mentioned book. One reply which I received in the past when asking for David's family name, was TCHEMERINSKY but checking with some members of this family they did not know of the above Rabbi David. I have reason to believe that we are somehow related. TIA Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem yonibenari@...
|
||
|
||
Birth and marriage records needed CAPSON family Brooklyn, NY
#usa
Rachelle Litt
I am looking for a marriage record and birth record for David CAPSON of Brooklyn, NY David was born June 13, 1908 in Newark NJ and died June 8, 1988. I do not have the spouse's name except that it may have been Yudl?? in yiddish. There is a marriage in Browad Fl in 1983 but that was not the first marriage. There is also a grandfather by the same name who was married to Elke Sobolovsky and is from the town of Sabelwski ??Russia per his wife Sadie's Naturalization papers. Sadie was from Tarnopol. I am also looking for any information on David and Elke from Russia that can be found. The CAPSON, family is related to the BECK family and I am also looking for that link.
--Researching: CAPSON< BECK< SIMON< SEVACK< SOBOLOVSKY Rachelle Litt, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida rliuttrph@...
|
||
|
||
Seeking 1940 ship name and manifest Lisbon to Mozambique Portugal Lourenço Marques
#general
Della Peretti
Subject: Seeking 1940 ship name and manifest Lisbon to Mozambique #Portugal #Lourenço Marques #Mozambique #shipmanifest
My grandmother’s sister Rose PODLIASHUK, née KODRIANSKY and her husband Max fled Lisbon to Lourenço Marques in Mozambique between late-June and mid-July 1940. I believe their arrival date was on or before August 18. They were stranded there for a year after the ZamZam, the boat they were supposed to take to Palestine, was torpedoed by the Germans in the mid-Atlantic. They arrived in Palestine in mid-August 1941 by plane to Istanbul and then sea plane to Tiberias. I am looking for the name of the ship they took to get to Mozambique, the manifest, and any other information about the route or the voyage. Thank you for reading and responding to this. Della Peretti, Oakland, CA KODRIANSKY, PODLIASHUK, MANTCHIK, GITNIK
|
||
|
||
Yom HaShoah 2020/5780
#JewishGenUpdates
#holocaust
Avraham Groll
As we observe Yom HaShoah, we are sharing this message from Joyce Field – a devoted volunteer for more than two decades, and past Vice President of JewishGen. During her tenure, she established the Yizkor Book project, Burial Registry (JOWBR) and Holocaust Collection. But it also made me ever cognizant of the challenges and hardships that families experienced just 75 years ago during the Holocaust. While we are physically isolated, we have the luxury of modern technology to keep us safe, entertained, and in constant communication with family and friends. In contrast, what strength it must have taken for Holocaust Survivors to endure long periods of isolation, permeated by fear and dread of the unknown, without food, water or anything to keep them occupied. With these thoughts in mind, I am ever so grateful for having had the opportunity to actively participate in, and lead, JewishGen’s important work for so many years. Every moment was meaningful, infused with purpose, and it provided me with a tremendous sense of community. Most importantly, it allowed me to directly create projects and initiatives which, until this very day, help memorialize the Jewish people who were murdered during the Shoah, and their communities whose culture, customs, history and heritage was nearly eradicated. The word “Yizkor” means “remembrance.” On this day devoted to remembering the Holocaust, and its victims, please do your share to remember our ancestors. Search the Holocaust Collection, or the burial registry. Read through the translations of Yizkor Books, and make sure that the richness of Jewish communal life before the Holocaust will never be forgotten. Note: Photo:
|
||
|
||
Re: age of majority in Hungary in 1938?
#hungary
Ava Forking
Age of majority was 24. My father had to wait for his 24th birthday in order to marry my mother, because his father did not give consent. He became 24 in October 27, 1939 and got married November 12
|
||
|
||
Re: Site cite: name adoption list Gailingen
#germany
René Loeb
Am 1. März 2003 um 10:39 Uhr schrieb "Wolfgang Fritzsche" <W.Fritzsche@...>:
www.AHB.de/AHB/links_e.htmHallo Herr Fritsche, die links für die Namensadoptionslisten führen nicht zu diesen sondern zur Kurparkklinik, Hessen! Gruss René Loeb
|
||
|
||
downloading an image
#general
I found a record on JewishGen, and when I clicked through, I found an image here:
http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/7/ig/7/ie/3411/book/28664.html And I can't see any way to download it. Is there a trick to it? Thanks, Lisa
|
||
|
||
Re: UNSURE IF THESE ARE NAMES ! Leiser, Breine
#names
Shelley Mitchell
Leiser/Leisor/Lazar is male.
My Lazar was a Leo/Leon. I believe Breine is the equivalent of Bruche. My Bruche was a Bertha. -- Shelley Mitchell NYC searching KONIGSBERG/KINIGSBERG, TERNER, MOLDAUER, SCHONFELD - Kolomyya PLATZ - DELATYN. All Galicia.
|
||
|
||
Re: UNSURE IF THESE ARE NAMES !
#names
Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
Leiser/Leizer is a male name. It’s a short form of Eliezer. But he could have used any name in the “new world."
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Cerne and Breine/Bryna are female names. No equivilants. My secular name is Barbara, but my religious name is Breindel (a diminutive of Brina. But I, my cousin Bina, and another cousin Ruth all have the religious name Breindel. Barbara Mannlein Tucson, AZ
On Apr 20, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Marilyn Weinman <marilynweinman@...> wrote: The words, that appear to be names are Leiser,Cerne,and Breine
|
||
|
||
Re: UNSURE IF THESE ARE NAMES !
#names
sharon yampell
Leiser or Leizer ….Male name…in my family, Louis Breine or Brane…Female name…in my family, Bertha
Sharon F. Yampell Voorhees, NJ USA GenealogicalGenie@...
From: Marilyn Weinman
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 8:53 PM To: main@... Subject: [JewishGen.org] UNSURE IF THESE ARE NAMES ! #names
In looking over documents and letters from a brother of my Grandfather, I've noticed what i believe are names of children, biut I'm not sure if these are male or female names, or if they're even names at all !!
|
||
|
||
Translation of the Memorial Book of Drohitchin (Drahichyn), Belarus available at reduced price #YizkorBooks#Belarus
Joel Alpert
Yizkor Books in Print is happy to make this book available at severely reduced pricing by ordering through JewishGen List price: $64.95, available from JewishGen for $42 For more information and directions for ordering go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Drahichyn.html Go toward the bottom of the page below "Available at:" for the link to start your order. For information on the other 95 other Yizkor book we publish, go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor Books in Print Project
|
||
|
||
Translation of the Memorial Book of Sokoly, Poland available at reduced price
#yizkorbooks
#poland
Joel Alpert
Yizkor Books in Print is happy to make this book available at severely
reduced pricing by ordering through JewishGen List price: $62.95, available from JewishGen for $31 For more information and directions for ordering go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Sokoly.html Go toward the bottom of the page below "Available at:" for the link to start your order. For information on the other 95 other Yizkor book we publish, go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor Books in Print Project
|
||
|