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Re: Searching records in New Haven, Connecticut #records

beckyanderson53@...
 

The city directories may well have information about the family.   I was able to follow my great-grandparents for the years they were in New Haven from 1900-1903.  Actually also noted that they left for New York in 1903.
Rebecca Fogel Anderson
New Holocaust Database Set - Polish Jews Found in Hungary (April 18th 1946) #holocaust #poland #hungary #JewishGenUpdates

Nolan Altman
 

JewishGen is pleased to announce that a new data set has been added to Holocaust Database (https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/)

This is a small collection, put together by the World Jewish Congress, with 639 names of Polish Jews found in Hungary immediately after the end of the war.  Some of them had fled from Poland to Hungary to escape deportations to death camps in Poland.  In other cases, there is no explanation as to how/why they ended up in Hungary.  Since most of these survivors entered the postwar displaced persons system, using USHMM and Bad Arolsen databases, in many cases it is possible to establish their final destination

 

The material consists of surname and given name, year and place of birth and residence in 1939.  An unusual addition to this list is the mother’s given and maiden name.

 

This list of Polish Jews in Hungary was produced by the World Jewish Congress April 18, 1946.  It is one list in an extensive collection (3.1.1.3) of lists of liberated persons held at the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany.  The list was created by Carol Oliver, as JewishGen volunteer.  To learn more about this data set, please see https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/holocaust/PolishSurvivorsFoundinHungary.html

You can search these records, along with all of JewishGen’s records from the Unified Search page at https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/all/ Alternatively, to search the Holocaust Database specifically, please start at https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/  You will also find a listing of all the component databases below the search grid.  By entering search terms in the grid, you will search all component databases at once.

Nolan Altman

Holocaust Database Coordinator

August 2020
Re: Formal name for the nickname, SHIL #ukraine #names

Dubin, David M. MD
 

Shil is probably a diminutive of Shia, short for Yehoshua/Joshua. 

to be distinguished from Chil, short for Yechiel. 

 
Birth Record from Kishinev YOSEF Meylman #bessarabia #romania

Yoram Millman
 

I am getting acquainted with the discussion group. Need help to crack a brick wall.
I am searching for any records from Romania ( Baccau and Monesht)  or Bessarabia ( Kishinev and Kalarash) related to my paternal family
MUHLMANN and GOLDSTEIN ( Romania), MUHLMANN, KHARTON, KARNER, GISTREK (Bessarabia).
The record attached might be of my great grandfather YOSEF MUHLMAN ,father of my grandfather HAIM MUHLMANN .
The birth records does not show the image and I am not clear what are the meaning of the other references it shows,

Will appreciate any help.

Yoram Millman
Re: Vital Records for Mariyampil in the Ivano-Frankivsk District from 1857 to 1920 #galicia #records

Mark Halpern
 

Hi Sharon:

The only Jewish vital records that have survived for Maryampol near Stanislawow are 1922-1932, 1936 births, marriages, and deaths that are now held by the civil records office (USC) in Warsaw. Many towns in the area were greatly affected by WWI, when many buildings with their records were destroyed. This may have been the case for Maryampol.

You should search Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation archival inventory https://www.rtrfoundation.org/search.php to determine other records for Maryampol that may be helpful. 

Mark Halpern 
JRI-Poland Stanislawow Area Coordinator
Conshohocken, PA

 

On 2020-08-03 5:07 pm, Sharon Taylor via groups.jewishgen.org wrote:

I am searching for vital records for the Nemeth and Ingier families from Mariyampil, Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk (was Stanislawow) district. The Nemeths lived there from 1857 until 1921. I have checked a variety of repositories for vital records for this specific time period. There seem to be earlier and later records from the district, but vital records for Mariyampil from 1857 to 1920 seem to be missing.  I am looking specifically for records from the town of Mariyampil (was Mariampol) located in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine district. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Sharon Taylor
Philadelphia, PA
 
Researching NEMETH, INGIER and BLOCH in Mariyampil (Mariampol), Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislawow), and Knihinin, Ukraine (Galicia)
Researching WIESNER, FLEISIG, and KASTENBAUM in Kulykiv (Kulikow) and Lviv (Lemberg), Ukraine (Galicia)
Re: Deportation from U.S. ports back to Eastern Europe #general

David Oseas
 

The only documented departure records that I'm aware of are from the port of Philadelphia -- see the article "NARA Coast to Coast: Emigration Records at the National Archives at Philadelphia, Part 1": http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=3273

You could get lucky and find their outbound journey at a connecting port, such as LIverpool -- try searching for them on a site that specializes in European records, such as FindMyPast.

For deportation records, there is an excellent article on that topic on the USCIS website: https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/genealogy-notebook/researching-deportation-records

Regards,
David Oseas

Researching:
HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York
KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles
KRONOWITH: Hungary > New York
OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
SCHECHTER/SHEKTER: Kishinev, Bessarabia > New York  
SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles
STRUL:  Iasi, Romania > Haifa, Israel
WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
Re: Viewmate - US Naturalization Index care - what info on it? #records

David Oseas
 

Michele,

7015983 is your grandfather's citizenship certificate number, which was issued 4/8/1952.  You can skip the initial index search and go straight to a request (for a fee) for his "C File" from USCIS (https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/requesting-records ) by asking for C-7015983.

195616 is his Petition for Naturalization and was filed in US District Ct @ Philadelphia prior to the issuance of his certificate, so early 1952 or late 1951.

Based on the date, I don't think that his naturalization papers are available from any source other than USCIS.

All non-citizens were required to register and were issued an A-Number starting in 1940 as part of the Alien Registration Program (https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/historical-record-series/a-files-numbered-below-8-million).  For many individuals, these became A-Files, which can also be requested (for a fee) through USCIS.

Regards,
David Oseas
Re: Housing Family Trees for FREE #general

Moishe Miller
 

Hello,
 
For those that might want to create and share a Family Tree online, I just got an invite from someone using "FamilyEcho". I do not know much about it, but it seems free and "share-able", without having others update it without your permission.
 
Moishe Miller
Brooklyn, NY
JGFF# 3391
Cracking a brick wall - Hershkowitz in Bucharest in the early 20th century - #romania

Marc Friedman
 

I have recently inherited a quantity of family photos, and much to my surprise there was a photo postcard printed in Bucharest that was identified as my great grandmother's eldest brother, Morris Hershkowitz (anglicized spelling), with his wife and son. 

Based on the probable year of birth for this great granduncle (early 1870's), and my grandfather's brothers (1896-1905), and comparing it to the picture (the son appears to be less than 10 years old - in a sailor's suit, no less), I figure the picture dates from around 1900.

The only other information I have is my great grandparents' marriage record, where my great grandmother's parents are listed as Harry Herscovitz and Mimi Iuster.  Harry (Shimon Zvi) came over with the 4 younger children in 1888 (the mother died before emigration), and that the family was originally from Onesti (from the Hamburg ship registry).  As far as I know (oral history), Morris never emigrated to the US.

Another part of the oral history (which is always questionable until it can be documented) is that between the wars, the family/cousins were very involved in the largest department store in Bucharest (as I said, this may be questionable).

If anyone has any constructive hints as to how to break through this brick wall - or if there is a member out there who is related to these individuals, I would be interested in hearing from you.

Marc FRIEDMAN
Irvine, CA

Researching:
GERMANY:  APFEL (Bretten and Sinsheim, Baden); KAHN (Rimbach, Hesse-Darmstadt/Chicago, IL); LAUMAN (Spachbruecken, Hesse-Darmstadt/Attica, IN); MAYER (Nierstein, Rheinpfalz/Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI); PFEIFER (Eberbach, Baden/Little Rock, AR)

HUNGARY:  SACZ/SCHATZ (Satoralja Uhjely); LAZAROVITZ (Marmaros Szighet/Chicago, IL); SERMER/SCHERMER (Satoralja Ujhely/Pittsburgh, PA); WEINGARTEN (Satoralja Ujhely);

LITHUANIA and LATVIA/KURLAND:  ABRAMOWITZ/FRIEDMAN (Pasvalys and Kurland/Pittsburgh, PA); FRANKENSTEIN (Verzhbolovo and Wilkowisk/Pittsburgh, PA); HADAS; TSESARSKY/CHESARSKI (Panevezh);

POLAND:  COHEN and VOHALA

SLOVAKIA: SCHERMER (Nagy Mihaly)

ROMANIA: HERSCHKOWITZ (Onesti); IUSTER
Re: Why would my Grandfather travel under his older brother's name? #names

Mike Grossman
 

I have a similar question about my grandmother. According to her naturalization papers, Peppi/Bessie (nee BRODER) BERKOWITZ (her husband's name, married in Romania) traveled to the US under the name of Peppi GROSSMAN (no relation to my father's Grossman, I assume). When I found her on the ship's manifest, she was traveling with her 1-yo daughter Paulina/Pearl, who I had been looking for until then, but never could find under BERKOWITZ. Peppi's destination was to her husband "Abr Grossman" in Philadelphia, where her other children were born. After she arrived, I think they always used BERKOWITZ?
So, why GROSSMAN?
Thanks, MikeG
Yiddish Translation VM 83543 Request #translation

loren greenberg
 

Hello,
I would greatly appreciate your help with translating a short Yiddish note posted here.

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83543

The note was written in 1939. On the reverse is a photo of 3 siblings in Kovno, Lithuania.
The photo was taken just before one brother left Lithuania for the safety of Sydney, Australia.

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you,
Loren Greenberg
Los Angeles, California

Volpiansky- Kaunas or Kovno and Balbierishkis, Lithuania
Abelow - Merkine or Meretz, Lithuania
Golub(ofsky) and Perlow(sky) - Vasilishok or Vasilishki, Belarus
Milner - Smiltene, Latvia
Melamed, Shafir, Schaeffer, Agazim, Vinograd - StaroKonstantinov, Ukraine
Vital Records for Mariyampil in the Ivano-Frankivsk District from 1857 to 1920 #galicia #records

Sharon Taylor
 

I am searching for vital records for the Nemeth and Ingier families from Mariyampil, Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk (was Stanislawow) district. The Nemeths lived there from 1857 until 1921. I have checked a variety of repositories for vital records for this specific time period. There seem to be earlier and later records from the district, but vital records for Mariyampil from 1857 to 1920 seem to be missing.  I am looking specifically for records from the town of Mariyampil (was Mariampol) located in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine district. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Sharon Taylor
Philadelphia, PA
 
Researching NEMETH, INGIER and BLOCH in Mariyampil (Mariampol), Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislawow), and Knihinin, Ukraine (Galicia)
Researching WIESNER, FLEISIG, and KASTENBAUM in Kulykiv (Kulikow) and Lviv (Lemberg), Ukraine (Galicia)
Motel Turkanis #translation

Marvin Turkanis
 

 

 

I would appreciate a translation of all the information for my grandfather, Motel Turkanis, passenger number 66, and the applicable headings on the Hamburg Passenger List found at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1068&h=2400478&indiv=try.

Thank you.

Marvin Turkanis
"Rauschenbach" #slovakia #hungary

Hilary Osofsky
 

We're hoping to clarify a reference to  "Rauschenbach" [Hungary], in the 1899 New York passenger manifest of one of our Wolf family members. Some family information suggests that this referred to  Nizne Ruzbachy (earlier names include Unter-Rauschenbach), but Vysne Ruzbachy (earlier names include Ober-Rauschenbach).and Revuca (Grosz-Rauschenbach) are also possibilities.
Perhaps at that time Rauschenbach was understood to mean only one of those towns? RadixIndex does list the town of Rauschenbach, but this doesn't strike us as determinative since the name doesn't appear in either the JewishGen Gazeteer or cisarik.com. 

There are probably better sources; we would appreciate assistance in clarifying to which town Rauschenbach refers.

Hilary Stein Osofsky
Orinda, California

WOLF: Primarily in and near Huncovce, Nizne Ruabachy, Vysne Ruzbachy, Strazky, Sulín, Kral'ova Lehota, Jelsava, Banská Bystrica; Szatmar
NUERNBERGER: Primarily in and near Zalesie, Podolinec, Hagy, Liptovsky Hradok, Zilina, Kosice, Spisska Stara Ves, Stara Lubovna, Krizova Ves Hafka, Presov
 
 
MT. SHARON CEMETERY #usa

Carole Brewster
 

Thank you all for your responses to my question about Mt. Sharon (Delaware Co. Pa) Cemetery. I called directly today & they were very helpful. I spoke with Jack Livezey & he drove to the plot & I found out it was a family plot & 8 of my relatives are resting there. I was speechless. There are so many of you willing to help others..thank you
Carole Hoffman Brewster
Viewmate - US Naturalization Index care - what info on it? #records

Michele Lock
 

I found the following naturalization index card for my grandfather on Familysearch.org:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83502

What do the different numbers mean? There is a number in the 7015983 in the upper right corner, then a petition number of 195616 in the lower left, then an alien registration number also in the lower left. There is also a date in which 'the certificate was issued' of 4/8/1952.

Which, if any, of these numbers can I use to request his naturalization papers from the Genealogy service in the US Citizen and Immigration Services in DHS? Will I still need to have this Genealogy service do an Index search first? I often read on this discussion board that a person has the 'C' number or certificate number; is that any of the numbers on this index card?

It also looks like my grandfather Philip Leapman originally filed under his Yiddish nickname and surname Paska Leibman, then requested this name change in 1952. I don't know when he made the original petition/declaration.

And finally - this naturalization took place in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Has anyone had any luck finding the actual naturalization declarations/petitions online, for this district? On Familysearch.org, they only go up to 1930.

Thanks for any input you may all have.

Michele Lock
Alexandria, Va

Searching for Lock/Lak/Lack from Zagare/Joniskis, Lithuania
Olitsky from Alytus, Suwalki, Lithuania
Leapman/Lipman/Leibman from Dotnuva, Lithuania
Lavine from Trenton, New Jersey, originally from Minsk Gubernia.
Gesher Galicia SIG Meeting - Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the IAJGS Conference #events #jgs-iajgs

Gesher Galicia SIG
 

The Gesher Galicia SIG will meet virtually at the upcoming IAJGS conference on

Wednesday, August 12
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm U.S. Eastern time
(11:45 am - 12:45 pm Pacific, 7:45 - 8:45 pm UK, 8:45 - 9:45 pm Central Europe, 9:45 -10:45 pm Israel, 4:45 - 5:45 am next day Australia)

Please join us to hear the latest news from Gesher Galicia -- new research projects, upcoming webinars, website changes, and more -- as well as tips on making the most of both our free resources and our member benefits.

The meeting is open to all; you do not have to be a paid conference attendee to join in. However, whether or not you’ve paid for the conference, you do need to register to attend this and other “Free Access Sessions.” Please read more below.

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Re: Housing Family Trees for FREE #general

Jeff at SG
 

Besides the religious aspects, there are other problematic aspects. One of them is simple implied misinformation. I remember looking up some prominent Jewish individuals and to my surprise retrieved their 'baptismal dates'. To me at the time (and to unsophisticated future researchers 100 years from now) the logical assumption was that they must have converted! I'm sure there is some clarification somewhere and experts know better but to the casual observer, the logical conclusion is that the person had converted and did not die a Jew. Definitely misinformation. 

I know the LDS has changed its policies about such baptisms as a result of the resulting angry outcry. They can just as easily change it again. But the recorded date of 'baptism' remains forever in the records. 

In my opinion it is insulting and a form of identity theft. These involuntary baptisms need to all be expunged from the records.

Jeff Malka
Too many names to list.
Re: Housing Family Trees for FREE #general

jbonline1111@...
 

I would not and do not house my family tree online anywhere, because I believe in privacy.  The deceased may not care but the living do.  I prefer to house everything on my own computer and backup. 
--
Barbara Sloan
Conway, SC
Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empire, 1853-1854 #general #russia

Herbert Lazerow
 

If you have the pages, you have what exists. Translation is probably not necessary, as Professor Deych organized the work in tabular form. You can use an online translator for the position your ancestor held.  What is available from the book that is not in the index is the name of the congregation, the number of members (presumably males at least 13 years old) and, for a small minority of the people listed, when they assumed the office and their annual compensation.
    Professor Deych indicated that for some listings there is additional information available in the archives in St. Petersburg, but did not mention what that additional information might be.
Bert
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Herbert Lazerow
21961 - 21980 of 669772