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United Kingdom National Archives Announces Reopening of Reading Rooms on July 21st
#unitedkingdom
#announcements
Jan Meisels Allen
The (UK) National Archives announced that on July 21st the reading rooms in Kew will reopen after being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Archives will be providing limited access to parts of the building and our services will operate differently for the time being.
They are introducing new systems:
For the time being, we will also continue to provide free downloads of our digital collection on our website, along with a huge number of research guides, resources and activities for the whole family to enjoy. For more information please read: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/coronavirus-update Thank you to Mark Nicholls, JGS Great Britain and member IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee for sharing this information.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: grandparents' names on Vienna birth certificates?
#general
#austria-czech
Birth records often contain a reference to the marriage of the parents. And that's where the grandparents should be found.
Johann
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Re: Charlotte FRIEDMANN from Breslau
#poland
#unitedkingdom
David Lewin
At 20:19 06/07/2020, rv Kaplan via groups.jewishgen.org wrote:
Try the Association of Jewish Refugees https://ajr.org.uk/searchnotices.htm#Misc David Lewin London
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Re: Help with Lithuania shtetl name
#lithuania
Adam Turner
Searching the JewishGen Gazetteer for "Vidugora" gives two places with the name Vidgiriai, both not far apart from one another, in the general area of Panevezys that could be candidates:
55°38' N 24°55' E: https://goo.gl/maps/WKjCLebVLvaNVp699 55°45' N 24°58' E: https://goo.gl/maps/sPovFQRuNAiNg5KA9
2) a village that today has a different name, perhaps because it was eventually subsumed into some other, larger nearby village as the latter village grew.That said, the only clear mention in the LitvakSIG database that mentions "Vidugora" around Panevezys/Pasvalys is for a birth that was evidently registered in the shtetl of Salociai for a family that was registered in Pasvalys. Salociai is not super close to either of the above possibilities - about 40 miles away. As Salociai is less than 3 miles from the current Latvian border, and the name "Vidgiriai" appears to be rather common in Lithuania (the Gazetteer shows at least 6 villages by this name in various parts of the country), I wonder whether the Vidugora being referred to in your grandfather's birth record could actually be one of the following: 1) a village that is today on the Latvian side of the border. Adam Turner San Francisco, CA
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Re: Can Udel be a Female Given Name?# names # hungary
bzk 1114
Udel is a womans name and was first used by the famous Ba'al Shem Tov (1698-1760) to name his daughter, a famous woman in her own right.
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Re: Female Maiden Name on Headstone
#belarus
#general
#russia
#names
#translation
Stephen Weinstein
A woman's maiden name and married name can be the same if she marries someone who has the same last name as her father did. For example, (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt, was the daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt and married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, so her maiden and married surname were the same.
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It's also possible for that she never married. Having a child does not conclusively prove that a person married.
On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 08:42 AM, Steven M. Greenberg wrote: Y. But, I may very well be mistaken because I noted her maiden name URETSKY remains on the headstone.
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Genealogical research in Argentina
#latinamerica
Alberto Guido Chester
From time to time people ask me for help or directions on research in Argentina.
This is my updated suggestion:
Eighty percent of Argentine Jews live or lived in Buenos Aires (city) or Greater Buenos Aires (city plus part of the province of the same name).
So concentrating in BA is a good choice, unless you know for certain they lived somewhere else in the interior of the country.
Immigration records for Buenos Aires can be found at "Cemla buscador". Note the records are incomplete (due mainly to book losses)and to not have Soundex capability so try different spellings. https://cemla.com/buscador/
The Buenos Aires Kehila at amia.org has a cemetery database for Jewish individuals. Again, no Soundex capability. Only burials for the Greater Buenos Aires.
I know they sometimes answer specific questions through their email.
The Argentine Jewish Genealogy Association is not working any more. But some members (including myself) are on this list and usually answer questions.
In Argentina, naturalization is a judicial (as opposed to administrative) process. For this reason, naturalization cases are scattered in many federal courts around the country. It is not impossible, but I do not recommend this venue of research.
If you are looking for relatives, use telexplorer.com for mail address and landline phone number (in steep use decline in Argentina)
It has no Soundex capability, so try different spellings. If you try a phone call from abroad, engage someone who can speak Spanish. Most Argentinians studied English at school but find it very difficult to speak it.
My suggestion is to try to get an email address from the conversation and communicate this way. People can google translate.
Argentinians are VERY suspicious of scam phone calls and do not feel comfortable answering cold calls (I have been told this happens in the USA also).
So you have to be patient.
I have been doing this kind of calls on behalf of Jewsihgenners since 1994 and seldom do them now because it requires a lot of patience and energy to prove you are not scamming.
A note on the agricultural colonies founded by Baron de Hirsch in Argentina:
Baron de Hirsch, a Jewish philanthropist, financed the well being of thousands of Jews from Europe by establishing agricultural colonies around the world. From 1891 he did so in Argentina with several colonies. The villages where these colonies were established still exist however most (but not all) of its Jewish inhabitants left them to look for a better future in urban centres.
I understand a small number of colonists´s lists are available online at present time. This can be searched in Jewishgen. I do know that an immense archive of the Jewish Colonization Association is held at the Central Archives of the history of the Jewish people at http://cahjp.nli.org.il/ but not catalogued or digitized.
Hope this helps
Alberto Guido Chester
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Grave photo request: KOMINSKY, Grovier Memorial Gardens, Broadview, Illinois
#photographs
#usa
Yohanan
May I please request any of the Chicago researchers that may attend Gravier Memorial Gardens, Broadview, Illinois, kindly take grave photos of Thanks,
Yohanan Loeffler Melbourne Australia
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SURNAMES? Re: Photo identifications
#ukraine
MARC M COHEN
Marcia,
What are your relatives' surnames from Khotyn? Mine are BARAK and CANTORCZY or KANTORJI.
Marc
-- 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
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Re: How to make sense of two death records that don't make sense to me
#germany
Shana Millstein
I want to thank all of you for sending me your thoughts. I will be following up on them. Right now, I have a theory which fits the data I have (data that I do not have italicized in parentheses): In 1813 Levi and Henriette LICHTENSTEIN have a daughter Seraphine. (Henriette dies). Levi (who now has the imposed surname Israel?) remarries Freidericke and they have a daughter in 1826 they name Seraphina (a tiny variation in the name, and the main part of this theory I have trouble with. More research to do). They have another child in 1833 named Johanne Henriette (after his dead wife?). The two records do come from different parts of Germany. None of them ever came to the US.
I look forward to following up on your ideas and solving the mystery. Shana Millstein, from San Francisco.
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Re: "His name was changed at Ellis Island"
#names
Shel
Haven’t nailed down the exact name on the early 20th century Passenger List yet, but I suspect it was GOLDSTEIN. GOLDSTEN was listed in the 1920 Census. It became GONSALVES at a later date, and even later became GORDON -- all in the same generation! Different children have used each of the latter two! And none of the changes was made “at Ellis Island”! :-)
Imagine the descendants doing their genealogies 100 yrs. from now! [All names have been changed to protect the innocent, but you can see the progression!] Shel Bercovich Searching: LIPKIND, BERCOVICI, ZWANG (TSVANG) KLEBANOV, ECHTER (& variations)
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Re: Records? Ancestor moved from Boston to Tel Aviv in 1920s.
#israel
Susan&David
I located a September 1928 list of donors to the Home for the Aged in Boston. Abraham Kaslick is on the list.
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David Rosen Boston, MA
On 7/6/2020 4:29 PM, Sherri Bobish wrote:
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Re: Chasing a Mystery in Philly, and Looking for Puzzle Pieces: Abraham Louis Snader
#usa
You can find the Death Certificate on Ancestry. Date of Death, Feb 14, not the 17th, back then Montefiore records listed date of funeral...not date of death. Use the name, Leah Fleysker, that's how it's indexed.
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Re: How to make sense of two death records that don't make sense to me
#germany
a.eatroff@...
It's my understanding that it is very common for multiple family members to be named for the same ancestor. My mother has 3 cousins on her mother's side all named Michael for their grandmother. My great-grandmother and her siblings all had daughters named Jente for their mother. I've also seen numerous instances of children named for their siblings who died as infants. Repeated names show up everywhere and it can create a fair amount of confusion.
I will say it would be unusual for a man to give two of his living children the same name, even if the children have two different wives. But for two cousins to have the same given name, be in the same profession, and then name their children for the same ancestor wouldn't be unheard of at all.
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Re: Subj: ViewMate translation request - German
#translation
Bess Taylor
Dear Fredel,
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Re: Can Udel be a Female Given Name?# names # hungary
My father's written name was Udel (or it could be Jdel, hard to tell from the handwriting on a document). On other things, his name was Yehuda. His American name was Julius. His mother's name was Udlea (written). Her American name was Ida. Hope this helps.
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Re: Records? Ancestor moved from Boston to Tel Aviv in 1920s.
#israel
Sherri Bobish
To the original poster: It may help to know that the last time Abraham Kaslick appears in the Boston city directories is 1924. That may be of some help when searching arrival records of the Immigration Department of the Palestine Zionist Executive, mentioned by Alan. I think the info for the city directories was collected the year previous to the date of the publishing (can anyone confirm that, or have better knowledge?) If so, than Abraham may have left Boston in 1923. Regards, Sherri Bobish Princeton, NJ
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I am looking for birth data for individuals born in and around
Flamersheim before 1850. I do not know precisely where these births would have been registered Flamersheim is about 10 kilometers south and east of Euskirchen, so that is where the registry might have been. Help is appreciated... I am most interested in the Oster family and the Herz family Bob Heuman
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Re: How to Order Death Records From Quebec, Canada?
#canada
Judy Brandspigel
Burial records including pictures of most headstones from Montreal cemeteries are online at JOWBR (reached through JewishGen).
You can also do research at JGS-Montreal.org. (Scroll to the bottom -<Research>-and click on Dashboard for links for numerous sites.) Most (Jewish) burials in Montreal are handled by Paperman. I don’t know about now but in the past they sent me the Burial records that listed all the information about the deceased. They would have prepared this information to send to the government for the preparation of official death certificates. You might be able to find what you need this way. But if you need official documentation the government of Quebec website is www.gouv.qc.ca. Good luck! Judy Winstan Brandspigel Montreal, Que. Canada
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Charlotte FRIEDMANN from Breslau
#poland
#unitedkingdom
rv Kaplan
Looking for information about the fate of Charlotte (Lotte) FRIEDMANN from Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), who was a refugee in Scotland during the Second World War, living in Aberdeen. The trail goes cold after 1945, though she doesn't seem to have married or died in Scotland.
thanks
Harvey Kaplan
Director
Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
Glasgow
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