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Re: Name adoption lists
#germany
royer-mars@...
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JUROVSKY,Catherine
Hello Bris
Thank you very much. I have created an account on jroots and will post some requests with the help of my russian teacher (I am a first year student !!) I fully understand the impact of the war in the Dombass even though I did not know social media forums had been cut. in fact I had requested some help to find them to an ukrainian researcher as I did not realize that Karakubstroy was the war area! She was duly offended by my request and I had to apologize ! I would not be able to read these books you mention, not being fluent in either hebrew or russian, of which I am really sorry about ! Could you give me more information about them! Very best regards Catherine catherine.jurovsky@...
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JUROVSKY,Catherine
Dear Yellena As far as Lazar and Karina are concerned I only have what is at Yad Vashem. I only recently discovered their existence in the naturalization file of my grand father Naum Israel Benzion "Jurovsky" in France. The file dates back from 1932. For 4 years the naturalisation files were not available to researchers due to termite ridden premises.
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Re: Isaac MYERS/MOYERS b1829 Spittalfields, please can you help?
#unitedkingdom
Emma S
Dear Michael,
Thank you very much for your reply. I have found the burial information so when this pandemic is l over I will try to find out if the stone still exists. Thanks very much for your help. Best wishes, Emma Merridale Cemetary, Wolverhampton, MYERS Isaac 76 yrs. Buried 9 Mar 1905, abode - Union Workhouse Wednesfield. Grave 7026. Reg No G4/13239 (I am not sure what the reg no is).
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Shlomo Gurevich
New pages dedicated to the Jewish community of Monastyrshchina (Mstislavl uyezd, Mogilev gubernia) were added to my website at http://shl2gur.tripod.com/Monastyrshchina/
Shlomo Gurevich
Hoshaya, Israel
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Re: Refugee doctors in 1930s had to re-qualify before practising in UK
#unitedkingdom
jewishgen@...
My cousin Kenneth Collins has written extensively on Scottish Jewry and in particular those involved in the Medical profession.
He writes: "My records show that Ernst Rachwalsky requalified in Edinburgh in 1937 - with the Scottish Triple Qualification - LRCP and LRCS (Edinburgh) and LRCPS (Glasgow). He had an MD from Breslau in 1914. Unlike many others who studied in Scotland before taking the requalifying examinations he had studied in London and he gave his address as Upper Wimpole Street. He gave his last address in Germany as Glatz. All Triple Qualification exams were held in Edinburgh. This was all obtained from the Royal College of Surgeons register which I consulted more than 30 years ago."
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Russian translation
#translation
Laufer, Shmuel
A need Russian translation for 5 certificates of Zelazo family from Sarnaki. I don't need word-for-word but details such as names, dates, locations, occupations, and so on are very helpful.
A marriage certificate of Mordechai and Matel Zelazo for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80620
A birth certificate of Menuja Zelazo (Akta 14) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80625
A death certificate of Litman Zelazo for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80626
A birth certificate of Efroim Ber Zelazo for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address .... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80627
A birth certificate of Srul Jankel Zelazo for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address .... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM80628
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thanks in advance
Shmuel Laufer Rehovot -Israel
Research: Laufer (Przasnysz, Poland); Domb (Pultusk, Poland); Bruckman (Sarnaki, Poland); Zelazo (Sarnaki, Poland); Preschel (Berhomet, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine), Leder (Berhomet, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine); Schnap (Berhomet, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine); Mitelman (Chelm, Poland); Tenerman (Dubienka, Poland)
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Seek details on FROST family from Lublin Yizkor book from Szczebrzeszyn and Kurow in Poland
#poland
I am researching my maternal grandmother's family name FROST. Her maiden name was ITA FROST, born in 1898, and her parents were Arye (Leib) and Rachel Frost. I do not know where my grandmother was born nor anything about her history. I do know that at some point before World War II my grandmother lived in Zamosc and raised a family there. My mother Hene z'l, and my uncle, Arye Leib z'l, were born in Zamosc. My grandmother made aliyah after the war and lived in Haifa until her death in 1977.
Thanks. Yakov Slabiak
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Maxim KOTZIN
#russia
Ted Kotzin
Locking for information about Maxim (or Max) Kotzin, born 1862 in Kaunas, who was a doctor and professor in Moscow from before 1899 until he died about 1936; his wife Sophie outlived him and was in Moscow to at least 1959.
Ted Kotzin, Torrance CA TKotzin4713@...
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Re: Yiddish Publishers in Warsaw
#poland
Clifford S. Goldfarb
Thanks for that tip, Steven. Although there were no details of the publisher in the listings, I can add M. Goldfarb to my list. I can also try to find copies of the books listed to see if there is more information about the publishers. Cliff Goldfarb <cgoldfarb@...>
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POLLAK family in Brooklyn, NY
#names
Neil Rosenstein
Trying to make contact with the family of Eli and wife Sara POLLAK of
Brooklyn, parents of 1. Gloria, married -----, living in Brooklyn 2. Yocheved, married. ----, living in Brooklyn and 3. Michael POLLAK, married, died about 2000, in New York. The family descended from the FRUCHTER family which traced back to HOROWITZ rabbis of fame. Thanks DR NEIL ROSENSTEIN
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Manifest Question
#poland
This a question I posed about a year ago to the FB Tracing the Tribe group with no real help. I thought I'd try again here.
I found a found a manifest record for my great-grandmother Bessie JAFFE's arrival using her Hebrew name, Pesche, in 1893. The record shows she was traveling with two sons, Sender 9 and Gedale JAFFE, age 7. I managed to match Sender and Gedale to my great uncles Samuel and Charles from the inscriptions on their graves.
My great-grandfather Henry was already in the US since 1875. Another son, Albert, remained behind to complete his rabbinic studies and joined the rest of the family in 1905. This leaves one crucial gap in the record: What happened to my to my grandfather Jacob, the youngest child born in Poland? We gave a rage of birth dates for my grandfather but our best guess would make him 5 or 6 years old when his mother and two older brothers made the crossing. I can find no manifest record for Jacob anywhere and a friend who does genealogical research was unable to find anything showing when my grandfather arrived. For years, we believed a story he told about making the journey with a younger cousin when he was thirteen. But there are numerous inconsistencies with that version, not the least of which him appearing in the 1900 census. I have Jacob's passport application in which he uses his father's 1895 naturalization petition to establish citizenship. I can think of no version of the story where my great-grandmother would have made the crossing without her youngest son. But everything I've read and heard says that Jacob could not have been with his mother and 2 brothers on the 1893 crossing if he doesn't appear on the manifest. I know of no other family to make the crossing after who could have accompanied him (except Albert, but that would have been too late to be on the 1900 census). Any thoughts about avenues to explore that might help us figure out how and when Jacob arrived? Thanks, Lee Jaffe <leejaffe54@...>
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ViewMate translation request - Hungarian
#hungary
#translation
Toivykahan@...
I request a translation of the Hungarian text on a Marriage certificate. It is on ViewMate at the following address Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Thank you so much,
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Re: Do Revision Lists include all children in a household?
#lithuania
Susan Miller
David,
Three were male. They were 15, 7 and one in 1858 I agree, the 15 year old may have been hiding for fear of conscription. The 7 and one year lived into old age, so it can't be that they died before 1858. I appreciate your response! Susan Miller
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Refugee doctors in 1930s had to re-qualify before practising in UK
#unitedkingdom
Gerald and Margaret
Refugees with medical qualifications arriving in the UK in the 1930s had to re-qualify before they could practise. Several institutions offered this course, but it was known that the qualification could be obtained more quickly at a Scottish University. I know that my maternal grandfather, Ernst RACHWALSKY (1889-1961) took the exams in Scotland.in 1936 but was it at Edinburgh or Glasgow. ?? Are there any relevant records on-iine ?
Margaret Levin
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: "Jane's Walk 2020 May 1-3, 2020"
#events
Cory Lemos
JG Member: 524511
Dear Moderator
Re: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: "Jane's Walk 2020 May 1-3, 2020"
Even with Covid-19, walking tours of Toronto neighbourhoods are still happening this weekend during Jane's Walk 2020.
Below is a link to my 'citizen-led' tour of Corktown and the history behind its first movie theatre.
https://www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/historyofcorktownsfirstmovietheatre YouTube direct link: https://youtu.be/GAgVzDDTmg0 Cheers!
Coralina Lemos
corktownhistory.com
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Alex Girshovich
The two main Russian-speaking forums that I use are Jewish roots https://forum.j-roots.info/ and Genealogy Forum VGD https://forum.vgd.ru/.
Both are fully accessed from all over the world, including Ukraine. As for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, there are blocking measures from both sides. Russians block Ukrainians from accessing Russian sites, while Ukrainians block themselves from accessing Russian sites. Genealogy wise, the majority of forums are in Russia for various reasons. And of course, there are many Facebook groups which serve as a sort of genealogy forums. Alex Girshovich.
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Re: Brick wall locating Anna Goldman
#poland
#unitedkingdom
edstarr@...
Hi Greg,
Have you tried to get a copy of Anna Goldman's death certificate? It may list the person who provided the information about the decedent, which is usually a family member. How about trying to locate an obituary notice in a newspaper? Also, have you checked to see if there is a probate/estate file? Just some ideas. I hope they are useful. Ethan Starr Washington, DC
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Rodger Cooper
I had a fraternity brother named Don Peltz. Went to Vanderbilt University.
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