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Re: Finding image on LDS microfilm from index
#general
Moishe Miller
Hello,
Sally Bruckheimer indicates that the "Vaz Dias Collectie" used to be LDS Microfilm #'s 899932 and 899933. Searching for those numbers on FamilySearch, does seem to still show them as she describes:
Moishe Miller
Brooklyn, NY
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Joan A. Baronberg
My great grandmother's (Yiddish) name was Eiga, sometimes spelled in English as Aega. One time someone wrote her name as Ida, but that was definitely not her name.
Joan Baronberg MESTER, WEISSER, FRIEDMAN
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Re: Seeking researcher for Galati, and possibly Braila, Romania
#romania
lisab5308@...
Hi Iris,
Please let me know if your researcher comes through. Thanks. LISA BRACCO
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Re: Seeking researcher for Galati, and possibly Braila, Romania
#romania
lisab5308@...
Hi Jeff,
Could you provide contact information for Dr. Gyemant? You can send directly to me at lisa5bracco4@.... Thanks. LISA
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Re: Tombstone Translation
#photographs
#translation
David Barrett
May I respectfully pass comment on the Hebrew abbreviations of בש''ט .
In this particular case as they appear by/with the date they must refer to the date and NOT to her personality ,all listed above the date. So in this case the abbreviations mean " at a good time" = בשעה טובה -- meaning ON SHABBAT - check the 1912 calendar!
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Re: Looking for information about my family from Yedenitz
#bessarabia
R Jaffer
When you click on the reply button, the text box appears. After typing your reply, you will see a green button to post reply to all, a red button to discard your messages and a white button on the right to make your message private, i.e. send only to the person who wrote the message. I will choose to reply to group so others can see this message.Roberta Jaffer Massachusetts, USA
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Re: Cohanim and Levites
#dna
jgw111@...
The R1a Levites are Ashkenazim. A small majority of Sephardic Levites are haplogroup J ----nothing more specific
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Re: Naming pattern - TURKUS
#general
avivahpinski@verizon.net
ELIAS is a very common Sephardic name and is found amongst Greek Jews in particular. Just try googling the name
or check any of the genealogy web sites. Turkus also appears to be a Sephardic name or possibly an Eastern European surname for someone from Turkey. Many of the Jews who left Spain went to Greece and Turkey. Some of them then moved into Eastern Europe. Your ancestors may well have been Sephardic Jews. There is a group specifically for Sephardic Jews in Europe - it might be worth getting in touch with them. . In addition, has anyone in the family tested DNA? In your situation, DNA testing might be very helpful. If you plan to test, make sure that you pick the DNA organization that will be most helpful in this. Avivah Pinski near Philadelphia, USA -- Avivah R. Z. Pinski , near Philadelphia, USA
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Iasi, Romania Research
#romania
Alan Tapper
My wife’s grandparents were both from Iasi. They were married in 1905. Moshe Hochberg served in the military before coming to the US and went back to pick up his bride. They were married on Ellis Island. His bride was Anna Katz
Thank you Alan Tapper sabaalan@...
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Re: Seeking researcher for Galati, and possibly Braila, Romania
#romania
debannex@...
Hi Iris
Would you share your researcher in Galati? My ggrandfather died in Galati. I know it was an accident, but that is all I know. I have a picture of his gravestone, but would love a copy of his death certificate and possibly a news article from a local paper. Maybe if I join in, I can help defray your cost. Thank you in advance Deborah Annex debannex@...
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kosher@...
Ida seems too Anglicized to be a name used in Eastern Europe. In addition to Chaya, with its various spellings, in Yiddish the name may have been Itka, whose name in English was Ida. Keith Osher
Newton, MA
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Re: Tombstone Translation
#photographs
#translation
binyaminkerman@...
Here is buried (abbreviation)
Our dear mother A modest and upstanding woman Honored and distinguished Beloved to all who knew her Mrs Chana Freida daughter of our leader the Rabbi (abbreviation) Yaakov Died with a good name (abbreviation)13th of Kislev 5673 May her soul be bound in the bonds of everlasting life (abbreviation) The acronym before her father's name does signify that he was a Rabbi.
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Re: Tombstone Translation
#photographs
#translation
kosher@...
Mary Ellen,
The translation of the gravestone is as follows: First line: po nikbarah (abbr.) – here lies
Second line: imanu ha’yikarah – our dear mother
Third line: eishet tzenuah v’yesharah – a modest and upright woman
Fourth line: nichbadah v’choshavah – respected and important
Fifth line: l’chol yoda’ah v’ahuvah – by all who knew and loved her
Sixth line: marat Chanah Freida – Mrs. Chanah Freida
Seventh line: bat mareinu ha’rav (abbr.) Yaakov – the daughter of our teacher Rabbi Yaakov
Eighth line: niftara – who died
Ninth line: b’shem tov (abbr.) 13th Kislev 5673 – with a good name on the 13th of Kislev 5673
Tenth line: nishmata tsrurah b’tsror ha’chaim (abbr.) – may her soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life
The 13th of Kislev 5673 corresponds to 23 November 1912. Yours truly, Keith
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Re: Tombstone Translation
#photographs
#translation
Malka
Hello Mary Ellen,
Here lies or here is buried (Abbreviation on top) Our dear mother Honest and modest Respected by all who knew her Mrs. Hannah Frieda Daughter of Ya’akov Passed 13 Kislev 1913 May her soul be gathered in eternal life (abbreviation on bottom) Shalom, Malka Chosnek
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Re: Naming pattern - TURKUS
#general
Rodney Eisfelder
Elaine,
This naming pattern (given name followed by patronym) was absolutely standard among Ashkenazi Jews before surnames were introduced. In Eastern Europe the patronym was generally "decorated" by -ovitch or similar. In Hebrew, it was prefixed by ben or bat, but in German speaking countries the patronym was generally undecorated. Many families continued to use patronyms as middle names long after the introduction of surnames in the early 19th century. One famous example is the Orthodox Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. While wikipedia says his father was Mendel Hirsch*, geni.com says his father was Raphael Aryeh Hirsch. So in the rabbi's name, Raphael was a patronym. Rodney Eisfelder Melbourne, Australia *At least one of sources cited by wikipedia is a family tree that supports the geni.com version.
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Re: Geni and Family Search
#general
Martyn Woolf
The sources used by My Heritage and Geni seem generally to consist only of what can be read on their subscribers' family trees. No genuine sources but you can build a tree of 50,000 people in a week or two and claim ancestry from King Alfred, Tutankhamen or the Queen of Sheba. All a lot of nonsense.
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Re: Seeking researcher for Galati, and possibly Braila, Romania
#romania
jeff.kaplan@...
I have previously had research done for my Iancovici and Sucher families from Galati in Romania - I contacted for the research Dr. Ladislau Gyemant - he advertises in Avotaynu all of the time. Thanks.
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Re: Archives of Ukraine records
#ukraine
ann.belinsky@...
Thanks!
This link gives really varied and detailed information! And you can get all the links translated into English. Some of the information is in Polish, so readable for people searching family names etc. (Other is in Cryllic lettering) Should be very useful for Ukrainian researchers. Ann Belinsky
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ahcbfc@...
My paternal grandfather (Schneider) left Chrzandow, Poland in 1914 on a Polish passport. That part of Poland had multiple border changes so he told us he was originally Austrian. Part of that area was in the Austrian Empire in the 1800s.
Barbara (Schneider) Cohen
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Alan Tapper
My wife’s grandparents were both from Iasi. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
moshe Hochberg . He served in the military under King Carl the first Anna Katz came to the US in 1905 Thank you Alan Tapper sabaalan@...
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