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Re: Vetting family tree submissions to genealogy sites for data soundness
#general
Eva Lawrence
Most of the people who are being dismissive of the large genealogical companies go on to say that they haven't subscribed for years. All these companies have had to up their game for that very reason. Their indexing is not as inaccurate as it was, and they are still the easiest route to accessing original images of census and marriage records and one can now use them increasingly to contact potential relatives. . If you are starting to research a new line, a commercial site is often the best to start. I supplement what I find with Familysearch and Geni, both free to use. I take care to save all mt information on my own computer, so that I can move to another site when it's no longer useful for the projects I'm working on.. . A downside is that I keep on getting emails with information I've had for years, which does waste time..
-- Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK.
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Re: Partial Manifest Located, How to locate remaining section
#unitedkingdom
#general
jbonline1111@...
A quick look at Steve Morse's great one-step site produced a record for Dorothy WEINGARTEN in 1929. However, it shows her arriving in the USA. Did you look there?
-- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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Re: Vetting family tree submissions to genealogy sites for data soundness
#general
Carolyn Lea
I totally disagree that these sites are garbage. Many of the trees may be garbage but that is not why I subscribe. The number of records to be found on these sites is far beyond what I could hope to find w/o them - let alone pay for copies of them from somewhere. Death records alone for everyone in my tree would be beyond my means. And my tree is not that big! Yes, there are plenty of incorrect transcriptions. Ancestry - I assume - still uses non-English speaking translators saying they are less likely to make assumptions - i.e. cheap labor. I do not know about My Heritage. There are also the people who claim your family and add incorrect alternate information to deal with. On Ancestry I always correct misspellings and transcription errors as well as people making wrong claims.
Family Search uses native speakers - you can help index for them if you are bored! If I remember correctly they go through 2 indexers and a 3rd arbitrator per record. I still have had some of my indexing corrections overridden even though I know them to be correct as I researched other records for the family to be certain. I do not put my info online but two cousins I sent to have - w/o asking. I am confused by what you mean by, "My data has been leaked by two such companies without my permission." Leaked from where? Is this public data like birth and death dates? I was very fortunate about two weeks ago to come across a record on My Heritage that provided part of an answer as to what became of my grandfather, Henry Schwarzbaum and I have been searching for him for almost 20 years. Carolyn Lea (Schwarzbaum) Schwarzbaum : Posen, Lewinsohn/Levison: Elbing, Rothschild: Hamburg?, Basch: Poland/England
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Re: tracing American relatives
#usa
Ruth Kornbluth
On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 04:06 PM, Ruth Kornbluth wrote:
Was there ever an organization that helped survivors establish contacts with American relatives after the war by publishing ads in newspapers across the USA? And, if so, would any of those records be available for research?
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Re: Survivors to Israel
#holocaust
#israel
#romania
llevangta@...
If you send me your email I will forward it to you.Could you send it to me too? It’d be much help..! llevangelista.ibms@... Lailah Lebedenco Evangelista
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llevangta@...
Hey everyone!
I am looking for any information about my maternal family called LEBEDENKO or POPOV who lived in Moldova.
I know some first names: Kiril LEBEDENKO my Moldavian greatgrandfather (born on 1894), married around 1920 to Fidorka/Feodora POPOV, my Romanian greatgrandmother (born on 1900) in the city of Nikolaevka, Moldova, where Kiril was born. Then the couple immigrated to Brazil, probably from Deutschland... one of them must have their names somewhere in the Hamburg Passenger Lists, though I couldn’t find it...
Kiril’s father was Afanásio LEBEDENKO who was son of Yahim LEBEDENKO, his mother is unknown. Afanásio married Ksenia SEMENICHEN/SEMENIKIN, daughter of Halimon SEMENIKIN & Feudocia (I don’t have registration of any of her surnames before her marriage to Halimon).
Fidorka/Feodora‘s parents were Gerassin/Heracin POPOV, son of Miheika POPOV & Parankia CERKASSIN, & Anna BULGACOV, daughter of Grigori BULGACOV & Marfa/Marhutka YASTREBOV. Any of their names, if are there any translations or anyone could explain the differing names for the same people, it’d be great help, I would love to have them in Russian as well... No matter how much information, if any, contact me please!!! Lailah Lebedenco Evangelista, from Brazil
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Translation from Russian - Pictures (LEBEDENKO/LEBEDENCO family)
#photographs
#russia
#romania
#translation
#ukraine
llevangta@...
Can anyone translate the banners & subtitles for me? And if you have any idea of what is going on in the pictures please help understand it! All I know is that they have something to do with my family, lebedenko (lebedenco at Brazil) who lived in the USSR, not sure if Ukraine or Romania... if you recognize any of the places please let me know as well! One of the pics has numbers on it, not sure why, but I’m trying to find out... the other has some names, if could translate them as well, it’d be great!!!
Thanks for Everything! Lailah Lebedenco Evangelista P.s. Some other surnames I’m looking for are POPOV, SEMENIKIN, BULGACOV, GORSKA, SEMENICHEN, YASTREBOV & CERKASSIN please contact me if you know anything about them! & if you recognize any of the pictures, please do too!!
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Re: Moses & Rebecca Nathan approx. 1792
#unitedkingdom
Ruth
Did any of the Nathans emigrate to Montreal, Canada? I am not related but have an interest in the Nathan family -- specifically Moses Nathan who died in Montreal in 1804 leaving his widow Elizabeth nee Lyons (d. c. 1825) and four children, Elizabeth Catherine, Amelia, Sophia and Isaac.
-- Ruth Chernia Toronto, Canada searching for TSCHERNIA of Copenhagen, Denmark, & Genichesk, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine SHLAMOWITZ/SZLAMOWICZ/BIRENCWEIG of London, England; Lodz & Jezow, Poland SEIDLER/ZAJDLER/LANDAU of Lodz & Sulejow, Poland ROSENFELD of Raków, Kielce, Poland SHKOLNIK/TICK[ER] of Ladyzhyn & Bershad, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
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Re: Moses & Rebecca Nathan approx. 1792
#unitedkingdom
Hello Martyn:
Thank you for the quick response. I have been trying for this (and more) info for years! My apologies but because I'm not a Jew myself, my understanding of some of the info is misleading. I thought what followed, "Ben and Bat" referred to the male's and the female's unmarried names? Respectfully, Ron A. Nathan
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There's a record in the Revision List for 1874 which I'm trying to determine if it refers to my ancestors. So, what do you think about these names?
In Belarus, they were: Gdalia or Gdal, Hinda or Ginda. In New York in 1935, they might have been translated as what?
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Re: synagogue memorial plaques
#JewishGenUpdates
The idea of having all genealogists go to their own synagogues to copy the information on all memorial plaques is a great idea for several reasons:
1. The data can be put on similar spreadsheets such as was done for cemeteries. I would suggest that JewishGen develop a master form to post on JewishGen, and find a volunteer to coordinate this (like Nolan Altman).
2. Doing it from inside our synagogues is easier for most of us than going to cemeteries in other states and other countries.
Ellen Lukas Kahn
Reaching:
FAMILY NAMES, TOWNS (all in Germany)
FELDENHEIMER, Hengstfeld GUNDELFINGER, Michelbach an der Lüecke JACOBS, Osaan-Wittlich KAHN, Klüsserath (an der Mosel) KAHN, Osaan-Wittlich KAHN, Rhaunen (Hunsrück) LEVY, Aach (bei Trier) LUCAS, LUKAS, Duisberg, Mülheim an der Ruhr MAY, MAI, Niedermendig/Mendig MEZGER, Crailsheim, Goldbach NEUMANN, Wiesenbach ROSENFELD, Wallhausen, Hengstfeld SCHWAB, Schwäbisch Hall, Düensbach, Oberdorf bei Bopfingen STRAUS, Laufersweiler
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Sally Bruckheimer
I've seen the name in Poland. It isn't real common, but it is there.
Sally
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Looking for information on Jacob Tajch/ Taych/ Tyfield in Australia
#names
gordberger@sympatico.ca
I am looking for information about Jacob Tajch or Taych who arrived in Australia about 1876.
I know that Jacob subsequently changed his last name to Tyfield.
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Re: synagogue memorial plaques
#JewishGenUpdates
Max Heffler
My brain was on JOWBR cemeteries regarding complete sections. Not such issue with the plaques. I work on both and the 59 JOWBR cemeteries I am creating the HTML for were still on my mind. Both go to Nolan
From: main@... <main@...> on behalf of Max Heffler via groups.jewishgen.org <max=texsys.com@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 11:08 AM To: main@... <main@...> Subject: Re: [JewishGen.org] synagogue memorial plaques #JewishGenUpdates
Nolan Altman for complete sections: naltman@...
From: main@... <main@...> on behalf of itsdikka via groups.jewishgen.org <itsdikka=gmail.com@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10:19 AM To: main@... <main@...> Subject: [JewishGen.org] synagogue memorial plaques #JewishGenUpdates A few years ago I had my students copy down the information on all of the synagogue's memorial plaques. I had been to a conference and learned about an ongoing effort to record these names somewhere in case of synagogue closure, merger, etc. To whom
do I submit this information?
-- 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 -- 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
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Re: synagogue memorial plaques
#JewishGenUpdates
Max Heffler
Nolan Altman for complete sections: naltman@...
From: main@... <main@...> on behalf of itsdikka via groups.jewishgen.org <itsdikka=gmail.com@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10:19 AM To: main@... <main@...> Subject: [JewishGen.org] synagogue memorial plaques #JewishGenUpdates A few years ago I had my students copy down the information on all of the synagogue's memorial plaques. I had been to a conference and learned about an ongoing effort to record these names somewhere in case of synagogue closure, merger, etc. To whom
do I submit this information?
-- 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
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It's Your America: The 1940 Census Today Zoom and You Tube
#announcements
Jan Meisels Allen
Eighty years ago, the census of 1940—the 16th in the nation’s history—was carried out beginning in April. The 1940 census forms a critical link to our shared past and provides a window into an American world only one year away from being engulfed by war. It would also hold both immediate and long-lasting ramifications for the country and its citizens, some of which have only recently begun to come to light.
11AM CT today https://zoom.us/j/99592530846\
If you’re unable to join live today, recordings of all their lectures are uploaded to YouTube after initial broadcast https://www.youtube.com/wwiimuseum
Thank you to Randy Fishbein for informing us about this.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: 1-page Translation of Testimony by Dr. Robert Meidler from German to English
#holocaust
#translation
Stephen Katz
The Viewmate website says "Image no longer available."
Stephen Katz
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synagogue memorial plaques
#JewishGenUpdates
itsdikka@...
A few years ago I had my students copy down the information on all of the synagogue's memorial plaques. I had been to a conference and learned about an ongoing effort to record these names somewhere in case of synagogue closure, merger, etc. To whom do I submit this information?
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Re: Seeking genealogical resources for Milicz (Militsch) SW Poland
#poland
sfalkjd@...
You can also consider materials in the archive of the Centrum Judaicum in Berlin. It contains a large part of the materials collected by the Gesamtarchiv dear Deutschen Juden zu Berlin. The catalogue of this archive is in the form of a 2-volume book: Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in den Archiven der neuen Bundesländer: Stiftung "Neue Synagoge Berlin Centrum Judaicum"
(I think I have checked the excellent index for Militsch records, but I do not recall how extensive the materials are for this town.) All the best, Stephen Falk Point Roberts, WA, USA
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Re: "Mother" (But Not "Husband") On a Married Woman's Grave
#general
laurie.budgar@...
I have a similar quandary. I have a husband & wife who were second cousins, and are buried side-by-side. Her stone says "beloved sister" and his stone doesn't have any familial notes -- just his name and date of death, along with the usual Hebrew inscriptions. In this case, he died before she did, so I always assumed whoever buried her was a sibling. I also wondered, though, if maybe the family disapproved of their union (or the fact that he was something of a ne'er-do-well) and that's also why it didn't say "beloved wife." Would the cemetery still have records on who paid for their burials? Does the fact that they're both buried in the Hebrew Free Burial Cemetery change things? (I always thought that was for the indigent -- so if there was a sibling to pay for the burial why was she put there? Simply because her husband was?)
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