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Re: Translation needed 1744 Jewish census of Deutschkreutz, Hungary (now Austria) #hungary #austria-czech #translation

Jeremy Lichtman
 

Following. Some of my wife's family are from there (Spiegel - you manage some of the profiles on Geni).
Re: Finding the connection #general

Valentin Lupu
 

I doubt they were relatives. Camenca, Moldova, is located some 450 miles east of Kamienka, Slovakia. If the last & given names are common Jewish names, there are good chances to find remote people with the same names.
Valentin Lupu
ISRAEL
Re: Help with handwriting on JRI Birth Certificate #translation

Friedrich L.
 

Good morning from Germany,
I probably could read it, but I need a picture with higher resolution. Do you have a better copy or a link to find the document online?
ViewMate translation request - Polish #translation #poland

rolf.mc@...
 

I've posted 2 vital records in Polish for which I would like to have translations.
The images are on ViewMate at the following addresses:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82402
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82363
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much.
Rolf Cohn
Re: Project Gutenberg Blocked By ISPs in Italy #announcements #general

David Lewin
 

www.gutenberg.org works in England
Spanish translation help requested #translation

Leya Aronson
 

Hello,
I am including a record for someone who might be a relative of our family. They lived in Mexico, and the language is Spanish. However, I am also interested in finding where they are from originally, and the name VAKUM shows as place of origin.
Any help would be appreciated.
Leya Aronson
 
 
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Many Thanks,
Leya Aronson
Toronto, Canada
 
researching: LEVINOFF, HILLMAN, BESINKOVSKY from Yelizovetgrad [now Kropyvnyestski, Ukraine  and Odessa Russia 
ViewMate translation request - German and Polish/Ulranian #translation

S.geller@...
 

I request a translation (as much as possible) of the German and Polish/Ukranian text from several photos. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82369

 

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82368

 

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82367

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82366

 

Please respond using the online ViewMate form.

Thank you so much,
Steven Geller
Translation Needed from Handwritten old German script #translation #germany

rich.meyersburg@...
 

I have a death register entry from from Abterode in 1847 for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82361
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much in advance.

Rich Meyersburg
Laurel, MD
rich.meyersburg@...
Translation needed from Handwritten and printed old German script #germany #translation

rich.meyersburg@...
 


I've posted a death certificate from 1910 in German for which I need a translation into English.
 It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82401
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you in advance
Rich Meyersburg
Laurel MD
rich.meyersburg@...
ViewMate interpretation - photo #belarus

dprice dprice
 

I've posted a letter with a photo of my grandfather, Itshok Leib/Leo BADASH. I
am interested in knowing if he is wearing a WWI military shirt. Also, can anyone
identify the stamp beside the photo. It is on ViewMate at the following address
...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82373
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much.
David Price, researching BADASH/KUSHNER of Belarus
"High Rabbi" in Poland, Ger Rabbi #poland #warsaw #rabbinic

Elizabeth Jackson
 

My grandfather, Hirsch Wolf Ingberg, moved from Warsaw to Minden Germany in 1913.  My mother was born in 1918.  She recalled her father making annual trips to Poland to visit what she referred to as the"High Rabbi".  I believe this may have been the Ger Rabbi.  Mother thought her Father saw him in Krakow.

Researching this, I find the following regarding the Ger Rabbi for this time period:

Rebbe Avraham Mordechai Alter (December 25, 1866 – June 3, 1948), also known as the Imrei Emes. Son of Rabbi Leib Alter. Gerrer Rebbe from 1905 to 1948.

I know very little about my grandfather so I am very interested in learning who this "High Rabbi" was and what would be the reason for the annual visit.

Where would this have taken place?  Am I right in assuming the "High Rabbi" was the Ger Rabbi?  How might I learn more about my family's connection to this sect?

Any help/suggestions will be most appreciated.

Thank you.

Elizabeth Jackson

Researching: Ingberg, Klepfisz, Goldflam, Ruda, Mandel, Wasserspring, Baumwoll, Ajzensprung
Finding the connection #general

Marilyn Feingold
 

My grandfather had told me he was from Camenca in Moldova.  I have recently encountered a possible relative by the same name but different spelling.   They  lived in Slovakia.  I would need to get a birth certificate for their  possible relative and mine.  They were brothers. I do not have a birth certificate for either. The new family states that the district where they were from was Stara Lubovna. The village was Kamienka. Another place mentioned was Kamensky District in Penza Oblast.
 
I am very excited to have found this new family but I want some documentation to confirm that we are related.   Any suggestions as to how I should proceed will be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail me at marigold8672@....
Thank you!  I am open to hiring a researcher if anyone has any suggestions.
Marilyn Feingold
 
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New EMAIL! This is my new email. Please use this email to contact me in the future.
Thanks,
Marilyn
Haic "Soiketki", or "Soibetki" and Sara "Felester from Romania" #names #romania

Aline Petzold
 

I have a letter from my grandmother's sister in Romania dated around 1939.  In it the writer mentions two surnames of friends.  I have been unsuccessful in deciphering/tracking down these names.    The names are Haic "Soiketki", or "Soibetki" and Sara "Felester".  I am wondering if anyone can help me?
Aline Petzold
linypetzold@...
Re: Vetting family tree submissions to genealogy sites for data soundness #general

MARC M COHEN
 

I cannot speak to all the online collections of family trees.  However, I can report bad experiences with two of these websites:
 
1) Ancestry.com.  Yes, they are a great resource for census records, ship manifests, and other documents.  However, in researching my GGF Tzvi "Harry" CHOMITZ ROSENTHAL, who came to NYC circa 1896-1898,  I found an entry that appeared to reflect the facts about him and his brother with remarkable similarity.  However, there did not appear to be any information on whoever posted it.  So, I spent hours on the phone with the Ancestry.com staff, trying to persuade them to check their backups, records, or whatever.  They concluded that there were periods when Ancestry.com had a problem with recording the identities and contact info for people who posted family information.  What a waste!
 
2) Geni.com.  This website is absolutely terrible — almost criminal insofar as it allows members not only to copy unvetted information, but to take over the family trees of other people who stop paying membership fees and to actually go into your tree and delete individuals or even whole branches.  
 
My cousin Vivi WEININGER in Israel started a WEININGER tree (from Czernowitz, Storozhinets, Drachinets, Costestie, & Cabesti in Bukovina) on Geni.com.  Enthusiastically, I contributed a large amount of material, on my WEININGER- RÜBNER (RIBNER)-CANTORSZY (plus  Khotyn, Bessarabia) family trees  and soon we built a very extensive tree.  However, I was using the "free" membership, until this crazy guy from Israel who claimed to have a million family members on Genicom, took over my tree and deleted several adopted children.  That move would have been very hurtful to those adoptees and to their families.  I emailed back and forth with him, but he insisted that it was his right to claim any tree to which he could imagine a connection.
 
So, I complained to the Geni.com staff, who said that if I paid for membership, that I would have a "protected" family tree.  I started paying the dues, and was able to reclaim my tree and reinstate the adopted children.  Then, someone else took over part of my tree for my uncle Sheldon ROSENTHAL ROEN and his family.  This person turned out to be a first cousin, once removed, of his first wife, Selma POLLET, who now claimed ownership of that part of my tree.  We had a big argument via email.  Again, I was able to reclaim that part of my tree.  But what a pain..
 
One day, I discovered that there was a lateral link from my WEININGER GGF to another WEININGER who had copied my tree into his tree.  I emailed him and asked what evidence he had for this connection.  He said the dates of birth were close, so therefore, they must be brothers.  
 
Subsequently, when I ceased paying the blackmail to Geni.com, someone else deleted that entire branch ROSENTHAL-POLLETT from my family tree.  At that point, I gave up completely on Geni.
 
Perhaps Jewish-Gen should prepare and post a "Consumer Reports" type evaluation of the various and sundry online family tree websites.  This report would detail the pluses and minuses for each website, and perhaps even develop a numerical rating scale.  Jewish-Gen could perform a similar service with regard to the proliferation of DNA testing services.  
 
All the best to everyone, 
 
Marc
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Marc M. Cohen, Los Gatos, California, USA

BARAK/CANTORCZY: Khotin, Bessarabia; Strorozhinets, Bukovina, Ukraine
CHOMITZ/HAMETZ: Ionina (Janina), Greece; Ignatovka, Ukraine; Kiev Gubernia, Ukraine
COHEN: Dinovitsi (Dunayevtsy) Ukraine; Roman/Tirgu Frumos, Romania
KORNITZKY: Kiev Gubernia, Stepnitz/Stepantsy, Ukraine
RÎBNER: Storozhinetz, Costesti (Costyntsi), Drachinets, Cabesti, Bukovina, Ukraine
ROSENBERG: Tirgu Frumos, Roman, Romania; ISRAEL
WEININGER: Cabesti, Costesti, Drachinets, Czernowitz, Bukovina, Ukraine
Re: Queens, NY cemeteries and Florence Marmor #general

edlfrank@...
 

My mother's paternal grandparents are buried in one of them.  Jacob Joel died in January, 1870.  Dora (Dorothy) Friedlander Joel died in the 1880's.
I hope you find them.  According to Florence, Bayside was a colossal mess.
Re: Possible Americanized Given Names #belarus #names

Ben Karlin <BenKARLIN@...>
 

Hi Phil,

I have tracked as many KARLIN, KARLINSK(I/Y) and KAROLINSK(I/Y) families as I can from Belarus. We are from the Pinsk area; Motole, Yanove, Antipol and Pinsk itself.

What is their surname in the Revision List and what is their shtetl? If they had children who lived in the US, try comparing their gravestones with death certificates to see what was given as their father’s Anglicized name. It may also lead you to their parents’ graves which would help find dates of death.

Hope this helps.

Ben KARLIN
JewishGen Researcher No: 459852
Re: Queens, NY cemeteries and Florence Marmor #general

Peter Cohen
 

Mokom Sholom, Acacia, and Bayside are 3 different cemeteries. Although they are right next to each other and are managed by the same entity, they have separate records.  Acacia is well maintained. I have not been to Bayside for about 7 years, but it has a reputation of being partially consumed by poison ivy. (That may have improved in the last few years?)  Mokom Sholom is closed and can only be accessed by appointment.  I heard that their management office is difficult to deal with, but that has not been my experience. The person I spoke with was pleasant and helpful. There are several phone numbers on findagrave.com: Bayside (718)843-8480, Mokom Sholom (718)845-6030, Acacia (718)845-9240.
Translation needed 1744 Jewish census of Deutschkreutz, Hungary (now Austria) #hungary #austria-czech #translation

Carole Vogel <carolevogel51@...>
 

Hi All,

 

In the early 1700s, my 8th great-grandfather of Deutschkreutz, Hungary (now Austria) owned a multi-family building with five units. These dwellings were passed on to his descendants. The 1744 Jewish census provides the name and ages of the people in each household, plus additional information. 

 

I need help deciphering and translating the information. It is written in old German script. I’ve attached the image of the first of the five households. If you are able to help, I will forward the additional images.

 

Thanks very much!

Carole Garbuny Vogel

 

Branchville, New Jersey, USA
Searching for SCHULDENER WOLPERT #latvia #lithuania #southafrica #general

WWW
 

Searching for information on Phillip SCHULDENER. Surname may have been changed to WOLPERT. Wife Golye KAPLEN. Daughter Ida WOLPERT ESCOTT.  I have traced out Ida's family. Son Garney ESCOTT  and daughter Phyllis ESCOTT NATHANSON. Looking back to Ida's father's family. 
Bill WOLPERT  in Minneapolis.
WOLPERT/WOLFE/WOLPER/WOLPE/VOLPERT from Kedainiai Tryskiai Vieksniai. GROSSBERG/GROSSBERG from Tryskiai, Riga, South Africa

Bill Wolpert
Who are these guys? #warsaw #general

Bob Levitz <Roble18@...>
 

I request help identifying the people in a photo taken in Warsaw in the 1920s. It is on ViewMate at the following address:
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM82324

Please respond using the online ViewMate form.

Thank you so much,

Robert Levitz
Dallas, Texas USA
25541 - 25560 of 669713