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Re: Lost family in Ukraine-a dead end
#ukraine
Phyllis Berenson
JewishGen has more than 12,000 records posted for Belaya Tserkov and more in the queue to be posted. See below --
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Re: Equivalent Name for Rose
#names
sharon yampell
Ruchel, Rachel, shoshana…
Sharon F. Yampell Voorhees, NJ USA GenealogicalGenie@...
From: Nina Tobias
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 6:36 PM To: main@... Subject: [JewishGen.org] Equivalent Name for Rose #names
Hello all,
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Re: Equivalent Name for Rose
#names
Susan&David
Go to one of the Jewishgen databases, e.g., The Memorial Plaques
Database
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https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/ Enter the given name is Exactly Rose you will find about 2,500 entries. You can look at the results and see an assortment of Hebrew names. Raisel/Reizel, Rivka, Rochel, Rosa are popular, but you will see a few outliers such as Shoshana, Chaya, Ita etc. David Rosen Boston, MA
On 7/28/2020 6:13 PM, Nina Tobias
wrote:
Hello all,
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Re: are there benefits of the My Heritage site over Ancestry
#general
Pieter Hoekstra
If you are looking for access to newspaper entries in Netherlands you can use "delpher.nl" for free. It is all in Dutch so you might need to use a translator to translate key search words. Once you have found the article, ad, etc you are looking for you can highlight it to download. You can also highlight it and download as text which you can then copy to your preferred translator. Pieter Hoekstra <sold@...>
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Oelbaum and Yudkowsky (from Roshitz Dynasty) families
#general
Neil Rosenstein
Trying to make contact with the family of Rabbi NOaxh Isac Oelbaum who
had a daughter married to a physician (pediatrician) and their daughter Bracha married Yitzy (Yitzchak) Yudkowsky.
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Equivalent Name for Rose
#names
Nina Tobias
Hello all,
Strong evidence indicates that the first name of my paternal great-grandmother was the English equivalent Rose. I do not know her birthplace, but she died in Iasi, Romania. I'm looking for suggestions of Hebrew, Yiddish or other possible names which might translate to '"Rose". With thanks, -- Nina Tobias Scottsdale, Arizona Researching: HOROWITZ (Iasi, Romania; Odessa) SWARTZ (Iasi, Romania; Philadelphia; Chicago) TOBIAS (Rymanow, Galicia; Chicago) , VOROBYEV, GOLDMAN, VERB (Russia; Chicago) -- Nina Tobias Scottsdale, Arizona Researching: HOROWITZ (Iasi, Romania; Odessa) SWARTZ (Iasi, Romania; Philadelphia; Chicago) TOBIAS (Rymanow, Galicia; Chicago) , VOROBYEV, GOLDMAN, VERB (Russia; Chicago)
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Jewish Genealogy Society of Toronto. Exclusive free MyHeritage webinar on Thursday July 30 at 10 am EST.
#announcements
#events
Jerry Scherer
Jewish Genealogy Society of Toronto. Exclusive free MyHeritage webinar on Thursday July 30 at 10 am EST.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto is proud to present MyHeritage Genealogy Expert, Daniel Horowitz, final exclusive free genealogical webinar this Thursday @ 10 am EST.
Families Reunited Thanks to Genetic Genealogy: True Stories Thu, Jul 30 @ 10 a.m. EST by Daniel Horowitz
As a global leader in family history, MyHeritage believes that every story count. Across a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds, our lives and family traditions are shaped by the generations that came before us, and we all have much to learn from our ancestors. Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4189115520003906319
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Yogev family in Chicago
#usa
Neil Rosenstein
Trying to make contact with the family of psychologist Saea Yogev and
her husband pediatrician Rami Yogev of Chicago. Their children are Tomer, Eldad and Shelly. The family traces back to the Frenkel-Avigdor rabbinical family (Rabbi Jacob Avigdor of Mexico City) as well as the Horowitz Chassidic Dynasty of Lesko (Linsk) and Ropshitz.
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Let's Introduce Ourselves
#bessarabia
Stephen Cohen
Though I have been a member of this list for nearly 25 years, I’ll reintroduce myself—or rather, my ancestors:
NAYMAN/Newman from Lenino in southern Belarus KANTOROVITCH from Lakhva in southern Belarus GUREWICZ/Horowitz from David-Horodok in southern Belarus KUPERMAN/Kooperman/Cooperman from Goworowo and environs in northeastern Poland SZWARCBERG/Schwartzberg from Ostrow Mazowiecka in northeastern Poland KUSHELEVITZ from Kossovo in Belarus WITTENBERG from Mariampole and Prienai in Lithuania KIGEL from Ivnitsa and environs in Ukraine POLYAK/Pollack from Kodnya in Ukraine SHERMAN from Zhitomir in Ukraine There are some side branches, but those are the main points of interest. —Steve Cohen, central New Jersey
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leah
looking for a definition of the surname KORABELNIK. It's my father name. The origin is Suwalki area, poland.
leah Freund leahfreund@...
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Re: Genealogy Software For Family Trees
#general
Max Heffler
Now if I could just sync my Brother’s Keeper (my master database) with my one tree on geni, it would be great!
From: main@... [mailto:main@...]
On Behalf Of Dahn Cukier via groups.jewishgen.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 1:24 PM To: main@... Subject: Re: [JewishGen.org] Genealogy Software For Family Trees #General
Jeri, -- 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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Searching Stein family from Hulon, Israel
#israel
madeleine
For a friend - she is searching for Avram Stein and his sister Mattie born in the late 1950's or early 60's in Israel. Mattie's married name is not known. Their parents were Leib Stein and Toni nee Berkovitz (or Berkowicz). They once had a tool and dye shop in Tel Aviv, which was aready closed when my friend visited in 1979. They had a home in Hulon. Toni's parents (first names not known) lived on a short street south and perpendicular to Bartenura Street (which is close to Nordau St) in Tel Aviv.
Madeleine Okladek
GOTLIBOWICZ, ELJASZEWICZ, PROCHOWNIK, SZRAJER, NAJZNER, GRAUDENS, SZWISKA, NAJMAN
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Re: Translate from polish
#translation
Dr.Josef ASH
yeruham-tsvi'
if it were Polish you could read it and see the name recorded in the line 9 in brackets. At the end of the previous, eight line the same name appears in Russian as well as all the document
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Re: Seeking kin of GGF VULF SHESKIN OF VILNA
#lithuania
stillreads@...
There are some Seskins in the St. Louis Missouri area.
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ROBERG
#germany
A boy from ROBERG family did a work in class about his family generation and because of him I am glad to find another 4 generations till 1742.11 generations from now.
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Re: Gershon Kleinman from Warsaw
#poland
Jerry2000K@...
Sherri
Thank you, for that info, To clarify Dora and the boys came over on the ship alone and it was there rules for them to stay at the hospital till they are picked up, they mere there for 3 days. George was in the joint diseases in NYC which is now NYU. till he passes in Dec. 12 1947 The news that Dora was born in Lebrina Poland, this will be very helpful If you find any other info I would love to hear from you Thank you again Jerry Kleinman Florida
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Translate from polish
#translation
https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/88/767/0/-/12/skan/medium/gwkU32MOfUJvSUuXXtGtjA
Maybe someone know in polish where it's written lejzor bergerfrajd?
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Re: Other names for Yitzchak?
#names
LarryBassist@...
In Bob Malakoff's reply to this post he says:
"a Jewish naming convention where Jewish names consisted of a Hebrew name followed by an equivalent Yiddish name". I am wondering if Abraham Hermann is such a combination or not? Can anyone tell me? Thanks, Larry Bassist Springville, Utah, USA
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Seeking kin of GGF VULF SHESKIN OF VILNA
#lithuania
family@...
My grandmother, Sora Yenta Sheskin, was born in Vilna c. 1884. She married Yitzhak Golomb in 1909 and they together had 4 children (including my mother). Sadly, Sora Yenta died in Vilna in 1919. The only other Sheskin that I know of is Sora Yenta’s father, Vulf Sheskin. Is anyone connected to these Sheskins and thus able to provide me with some information? I know there are some Vulf Sheskins In the ALD but I don’t know enough to be able to determine if they are the correct individuals. Many thanks in advance. Judy Kasman Toronto
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Re: the English equivalent of Asnel or Zammel
#names
Dubin, David M. MD
Perhaps you mean Ansel? That would be a Germanic/Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Asher. It’s a man’s name, also spelled Anschel, Amsel, Amschel etc.
Zammel (also Zemmel, Semmel and the like) Is a Yiddishized Samuel.
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