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Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives
#photographs
#general
Max Heffler
Years ago I got LDS microfilm sent to a local Family History Library where they had a USB writer and I copied an entire film or two to USB and then created an indexing project and shared the index with JewishGen. I don’t know if NYC Municipal Archives has similar equipment. _._,_._,_
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Re: C- Files - US Naturalization Index care - what info on it?
#general
Moishe,
Regards, David Oseas
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Re: Ancestry to be Acquired by Blackstone Group for $4.7 Billion
#announcements
Peter Cherna
"Alternate asset manager" is a broad and loose term that includes venture capitalists and private equity fund managers. Imprecisely, it means managing money in ways other than buying and selling publicly traded stocks and bonds.
(Tiny anecdote unrelated to your question, but my own name basically translates as "Black Stone". In the early days of the internet I tried to register "blackstone.com" but "some company or other" that I'd not heard of at the time beat me to it.)
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ViewMate- Translation of German marriage record in Ukraine
#germany
#ukraine
#translation
e weiss
I am trying to help a Holocaust survivor find out more about her family. I've posted two marriage records in German for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83610 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83611
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. E. Landau
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Re: Is Ojzer and Ejzer the same name as Uscher?
#general
Molly Staub
My father’s name was Usher Harast/Arost, becoming Oscar in the U.S. He had an uncle in Philadelphia also named Usher, and I have found several Jarast relatives in South America named Uscher. I have never found the spellings you posted. My father was from Dumbraveni, Soroki, Bessarabia. HOWEVER, I have recently discovered a large branch from Piotrkow, Poland with that name, spelled Jarost. I’m not an expert on Polish, but since your names include the letter J, perhaps that’s something you might pursue. Happy hunting,
Molly Arost Staub staubmolly@...
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Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives
#photographs
#general
Shelley Mitchell
Officially, this is not permitted. My first time there I discovered I could not copy with my phone. Since I was interested in the data and not the certificate, I just wrote down info. In the NYC Municipal Building, if you need a Naturalization done through their Supreme Court, you can photograph everything including the valuable Petition.
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Re: Ancestry to be Acquired by Blackstone Group for $4.7 Billion
#announcements
Laurie Sosna
Another take on the acquisition
https://gizmodo.com/worlds-biggest-landlord-buys-worlds-biggest-genealogy-w-1844630685
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Re: Austria will Allow Descendants of Holocaust Victims to Receive Citizenship Beginning September 1st
#holocaust
Shelley Mitchell
This might be a silly question but I’m curious. I’ve several instances where Jews can apply for foreign citizenship while retaining US citizenship. My question is what would be the benefit of having a foreign citizenship? Taxes? Foreign Travel?
TIA
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Re: Sperbers Galicia
#galicia
Joseph Lonstein
Hi Hannah,
Do you know where in Galicia? I'm searching for a Sperber family from Sieniawa, Galicia (now Poland). There was a very large Sperber family in and near Zablotow and Ivano-Frankivsk (now Ukraine), although I can't yet find any connection to my Sieniawa family. Regards, Joe Lonstein
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Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives
#photographs
#general
Jacob Heisler
You don't actually need to go to the NYC Municipal Archives to get a
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copy of those records. FamilySearch has them digitized, and while you do need to visit a Family History Center to access the digitized images, once you're there you can freely print or download the records. FamilySearch specifically has birth records up to 1909, one-page marriage certificates up to 1937, and death records up to 1948. The Archives alone have the three-page marriage licenses up to 1949. As for the legality of prohibiting taking a picture of a public record, that is a very good question I hope a more legal-literate person can answer. Is it in fact legal for them to prohibit taking pictures of public records?
On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 8:04 PM <jedbrickner@...> wrote:
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Re: Song - Why don't they give a Yiddisher Boy a Chance?
#unitedkingdom
GaryPSU
There’s a reference to a quote by Don Arden in this link, but not the song itself https://the-osbournes.fandom.com/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirits
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Mauthausen [camp] Database
#records
#holocaust
#germany
#austria-czech
Lande
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has added 1,572 names of Austrian and German prisoners in the KL Mauthausen, who died in the period from late 1942 to 1945. Records contain name, date of birth, place of birth, prisoner number and category, date of death, and place of death. You can request and immediately receive digital copies
Peter Lande, Washington, D.C.
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My Heritage - Theory of Family Relativity
#general
rv Kaplan
Has anyone had any luck with this facility on My Heritage? MH says:
Family Theories of Relativity will be generated between you and a match based off of common information in your family trees. The more information you add to your tree, whether it be manually added or confirming accurate matches, can trigger future theories.
I have over 14,000 DNA matches on MH, and over 2,200 people on my family trees, but not a single match has ever activated the Theory of Family Relativity.
I asked MH Support about this and they said:
'As there are no theories there at this time, it simply means none have been generated based off of the information currently in your tree and the trees of your DNA matches. The information in your tree is the only information at your disposal to add to or edit that can trigger a theory.
This is why I would recommend continuing to build on your tree in any way possible, as any piece of information can trigger a theory. Note that it would also be imperative for your DNA matches to be working on their own trees for theories to be generated.
For some more information on the feature itself, theories always begin in your tree and end in the family tree of your DNA Match. The traversal of the path may include other family trees on MyHeritage, Geni, FamilySearch or historical records on the tree.'
Doesn't make much sense to me. 14,000 people out there matching my dna and not even my 2 closest dna matches, who I know are my 2nd cousin once removed and my 3rd cousin, attract the Theory.
Am I missing something?
Harvey Kaplan
Glasgow, Scotland
KAPLAN, FAYN, FEIN, FINE, BARSD, GRADMAN - Ariogala, Josvainiai, Kedainiai, Krakes, Seta, Veliuona, Grinkiskis, Lithuania FELMAN, MIL(L)ER, ROSENBLOOM - Kamenets-Podolsk, Shatava, Balyn, Ukraine TROPP, STORCH - Kolbuszowa, Cmolas,Galicia LINDERMAN, LINDEMAN, LOPATKA, SZLAKMAN – Kutno and Plock, Poland
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Re: Silverman Family of Providence
#usa
psilver3@...
Archibald Silverman was in my family.
Do you have more information? Do you know the name of his father?
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Re: Ancestry to be Acquired by Blackstone Group for $4.7 Billion
#announcements
What is an 'alternative asset manager'?
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Re: Lipshitz family from Skokie-Chicago
#usa
Chicago Bubby
I can help you with that. Dr. Abraham Lipshitz' daughters both live in Israel. Their names are Anne Silverstein and Rose Nathan. Anne lived in Chicago until a number of years ago. Charles' daughter Deborah also lives in Israel, but his son, Leon lives in Chicago and I know him well. I'd be happy to provide you with his contact information. I don't want to put it in a public post, but if you email me at cmeyssub@... I can give you Leon's information. If you need it, I should be able to obtain contact information for Anne as well (I'd need to make a phone call or two; let me know).
There is another Lipshitz family here related to the above. Sam Lipshitz lives in Skokie. I believe that his father was cousin to Abraham & Charles (sorry, I don't remember his first name; maybe Henry, but I'm not sure). I have his contact information too if it helps. Cyndee Meystel Chicago, IL
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Re: Names of people buried in Timisoara, Romania, Cemetery
#romania
Peninah Zilberman
The Timisoara Jewish Cemetery has a very good up to date register I visited numerous times the cemetery and found all Tombstones requested.
You might consider writing to the Jewish Community and see what they can do for you. Alternatively you can wait for next season when I usually go to Timisoara and check for you. Best regards and good luck Peninah
Peninah Zilberman STAY SAFE & HEALTHY Canada 1-416-781-0330 Romania + 40-74-414-5351 Israel 972-54-228-8141
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Re: Sperbers Galicia
#galicia
s05a02@...
Hi Hannah,
One cousin of my father (Miriam) was married to a man called Sigmund Sperber If you want I can talk with his daughter and try to find out from where he his. What I know from him is that he was born in Europe and moved to Argentina probably due to the war where he married Miriam, later they moved to Santiago Chile and then moved to Beer- Sheva Israel. Sara Abrashkin Jerusalem
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Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives
#photographs
#general
neilan1
Very simple. Years ago, in my computer, I created a form that essentially mimics all of the information that is on B.C.'s, M.C.'s, & D.C.'s. With several copies of each form, I go to the archives and copy all of the data for which I am searching. When I get home, I then enter this data into the computer, and then print it out. If done in a formal manner, the printout looks pretty darn good.
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Re: Song - Why don't they give a Yiddisher Boy a Chance?
#unitedkingdom
tbrooketrout@...
This article has some good ideas for you, I think: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/28/arts/rescuing-old-yiddish-songs-from-the-haze-of-memories.html
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